WWE might have unintentionally turned top heel star babyface, says Dutch Mantell, after heartbreaking segment
A 30-year-old WWE Superstar is currently considered one of the top heels in the Stamford-based company. However, wrestling veteran Dutch Mantell thinks Creative, led by Triple H, might have unintentionally turned that superstar babyface.
The person in question is Liv Morgan. The Women's World Champion is involved in a love triangle storyline with Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley. While she had been trying to steal Dirty Dom from Mami on RAW, the former NXT North American Champion seemingly broke her heart last Monday when he chose his Judgment Day teammate over her. Dominik even told Morgan he hated her and that she ruined his life, bringing her down to tears.
On his Story Time with Dutch Mantell, the wrestling veteran claimed Morgan came out of that segment looking like the babyface in that storyline:
"Say I'm a new fan, and I'm tuning in and I'm watching Liv talk to Dom, and he just cusses her out, and she starts crying. Who you feel sorry for? Because it feels like Rhea and Dominik are teaming up on her. So, in just watching this interview, I'm not taking into account anything that's happened in the past, but I think that little Liv turned out to be the babyface in that. I mean, I felt for her more than I felt for Dom," he said. [From 0:47 - 1:31]
The 74-year-old former WWE manager wondered if the company intended to make that move. Nevertheless, he expressed his desire to see the angle continue in that direction:
"Rhea is so much bigger than Liv. So, and if Dom is at ringside with her, I mean, I would be pulling for little Liv. They gotta watch it because, I think, they kinda turned her right then. And I hope they kinda go with this direction a little more because while it was designed to go the other way, I think now, I don't know if they designed it this way, but I think Liv is crossing that threshold of being a babyface and Dom and Rhea are crossing that line going back the other way." [From 2:00 - 2:41]
Dominik Mysterio will betray Rhea Ripley at SummerSlam, believes ex-WWE host
The Eradicator will challenge Liv Morgan for the Women's World Championship next Saturday at SummerSlam. Despite Dominik Mysterio choosing her over the 30-year-old last Monday on RAW, former WWE host Matt Camp believes Mami will get betrayed by her on-screen boyfriend at The Biggest Party of the Summer.
Camp explained that WWE has no choice but to have Dirty Dom turn on Ripley and side with Morgan since Mami has turned babyface while the former NXT North American Champion remains one of the biggest heels in the company:
"Rhea Ripley ain't gonna be a babyface with Dominik Mysterio standing next to her. And she is a babyface. And she's been a babyface since she beat Becky at WrestleMania and probably before that, and since Liv drove her arm into a wall and injured her. She is a top-five person in the company that's a babyface. Dirty Dom with Rhea is not a babyface. And based on that, I am fully expecting Dom to side with Liv," he said.
WWE personality Peter Rosenberg has also predicted that Dominik will betray Ripley at SummerSlam. He claimed Dirty Dom would have a "nasty makeout" with the Women's World Champion after helping her defeat Mami. It would be interesting to see if that happened.
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