Best Babyfaces Right Now, Ranked

Ever since Triple H took over as the head of WWE creative, the landscape in the company has become a much easier and successful place for babyfaces. Gone are the bland, smiling, cheesy good guys, and in are the authentic, likable, and charismatic heroes that fans want to genuinely root for.

In WWE right now, there are many thriving good guys – more so than perhaps any time in the promotion for the last 15 years. In truth, this makes it difficult to even go through the roster and find the best definitive babyfaces on the roster. On RAW, SmackDown, and NXT, there are several babyfaces having a fantastic time right now.

10 Randy Orton’s WWE Return Has Seen Him More Popular Than Ever

Orton’s Current Babyface Role Is Great

Randy Orton has always been better as a heel, but ever since his return from injury in 2023, he has been one of the best babyfaces in the company. Orton looks like he is having fun every time he is out there, and his energy and the smile across his face is quite simply infectious right now.

He is showcasing a likable personality, and it isn’t cheesy or bland how it might have been under the rule of Vince McMahon. It feels like Orton still has another gear to reach too following his comeback.

9 Jey Uso Has WWE Fans Wrapped Around His Finger

Even With Up And Down Booking, Jey Uso Is Still One Of WWE’s Best Faces

The response to Jey Uso’s entrance, his catchphrases, and his matches tells you all you need to know about how well he is thriving as a babyface. Even though his booking hasn’t been perfect recently, he is still among WWE’s best good guys.

His storyline overall throughout the last few years has been tremendous, with him now a defined solo babyface with the potential to win singles gold at some point.

8 Bayley Is Back To Being The Babyface She Was Always Meant To Be In WWE

A Recent Babyface Turn Has Been Great For Bayley

Bayley hasn’t been a babyface in WWE again for very long, but she is already getting back to her best. Instead of her old “hugger” gimmick, Bayley is a more experienced babyface with years worth of titles and success now, which suits the main roster better in this day and age.

The fans have been firmly behind her ever since she became a babyface again, rooting for her ahead of a title win at WrestleMania. She has settled back into the role with the utmost ease.

7 Trick Williams Is Setting NXT On Fire Right Now

He Is The New Face Of Developmental

The reactions Trick Williams gets in NXT are enough to match most on the WWE main roster today. His rise in WWE developmental has been natural, very quick, and it has seen him become the number one babyface on the whole brand.

Heading into WrestleMania weekend, “Whoop That Trick” was being chanted at the top of the lungs of WWE fans. Whenever he makes the switch to the main roster, WWE will have a certified star and future world champion on their hands.

6 Seth Rollins’ World Heavyweight Title Run Has Made Him A Great Babyface

Rollins Has Been The Ultimate Fighting Champion

Seth Rollins’ gimmick isn’t for everyone, but there is no denying that he is still among the most popular stars in WWE today. The development of his character has been very interesting, with him being both eccentric but also real and intense when needed.

His spirit as a fighting champion helped to carry the RAW brand, putting in great matches and putting his body through a lot of punishment in the process too, which the fans have respected a great deal.

5 R-Truth Is The Funniest Man In WWE Currently

Truth Has Never Been More Over

In the multiple decades R-Truth has been in the business, his current run in WWE has seen him reach perhaps his highest level of popularity yet. His comedy work has been brilliant – some of the best in WWE history in fact, and this has seen the audience grant him some of the biggest reactions.

This led to him being crowned as one half of the RAW Tag Team Champions, with a win this big seeming impossible for Truth over the last few years.

4 Becky Lynch Is Still Among WWE’s Best Babyfaces

Lynch Continues To Be Popular Amongst WWE Fans

Even though Becky Lynch has been at the top of the card for many years now, she is still thriving as a main eventer, and the support from fans has never wavered. With fresh faces, new stars, and other factors, Lynch is still among the best babyfaces.

Her promo work is always intense and fired up, getting fans on her side, and her matches are always among the most entertaining too. For now, she is the biggest babyface in the women’s division, though there are several others who could take that spot in the next year.

3 LA Knight Is Throwback To Old-School Babyfaces

Knight Has Risen Up The Card As A Good Guy

There are few in WWE who get the reactions on a consistent basis that LA Knight does. Over the last year, his rise as a babyface in WWE has been great to see, and WWE couldn’t help but to acknowledge his popularity. Knight is now an upper midcarder who wanders in and out of the main event, which is a stark contrast to where he was a year ago.

Knight’s Attitude Era style of promo work and character has been great, and it has seen waves of fans shower him in chants of “Yeah!”.

2 Sami Zayn Is The Ultimate Underdog In Today’s WWE

Fans Have Pushed Zayn To A Lot Of Recent Success

The last two years have seen Sami Zayn become one of the most relied upon babyfaces in the company. His work in The Bloodline storyline was sensational, and his back to back WrestleMania title victories have been historic.

Even without winning a world title, Zayn is steadily growing his stock to be considered among the best good guys in the history of the company. He is the perfect underdog, he is an everyman, and he is authentic.

1 Cody Rhodes Is The Newest Face Of WWE

Rhodes Is The Most Popular Babyface In The Business

There is absolutely no denying who the number one babyface in WWE is right now. After the biggest WrestleMania of all time ended with Cody Rhodes celebrating as the new WWE Champion, he has taken the position as the face of the company.

Rhodes is likable, he is a top merch seller, his promos are heartfelt, fans buy into everything he is doing, and he is simply not slowing down at all. Rhodes has been a sensation ever since his return to WWE, and is by far the best babyface in the world.