Awesome Pro Wrestling Heel Turns

[@jeremywilliams5141]

Here are a few others that are worth mentioning: 1. Larry Zbyszko turning on Bruno Sammartino in 1980. 2. The Fabulous Freebirds turning on Kerry Von Erich in Kerry's NWA World Championship match against Ric Flair. This would start the long-standing rivalry between the Von Erichs and the Freebirds in World Class Championship Wrestling. 3. Ric Flair turning on Dusty Rhodes in 1985. This would lead to not only their world title match at Starrcade but also the formation of The Four Horsemen.

[@jerrystephens9057]

Finally - someone who knows some real heel turn heat. Golly-these are legendary!

[@jeremywilliams5141]

@@mikehunt4986 Thank you. LOL

[@randallguzik3764]

The Ole Turn on Dusty in 1980 in the Omni…started a riot. Barry Windham turning on Lex Luger…

[@philbabb6460]

deep cuts

[@jarrodhall3686]

@@jeremywilliams5141That wasn’t a compliment.

[@JamalTheTitan]

Shawn didn't turn heel, Marty tried to escape through the window.

[@timomajere]

Sir Robert Heenan.. R.I.P, Brain.

[@NJ973201]

"What an act of cowardism."

[@LongLiveRockAnRoll]

What an act of cowardism.

[@everyonelovesmajima]

He don’t need Jannetty, I told you that off and on.

[@Ptzzy]

🤣🤣🤣

[@MrNegativecreep07]

2:03 I think you'll find Marty, in an act of disgraceful cowardice, jumped through the window to escape.

[@OldDirtyCollector]

Shawn’s short heel turn in 2005 was pretty well done also. The promos especially in Montreal were done to perfection and gave us a taste of 1997 HBK.

[@stingrey1571]

the interesting thing about andre heel's turn is it was also a piper face turn. piper was getting cheered after WM2. when he showed concern for hogan, this solidified the turn.

[@StarionX]

One of the best face turns was Mr. Perfect in 1992 on Prime Time Wrestling. Warrior was gone and Macho Man had to find a partner against Razor Ramon and Ric Flair. I do believe it was last minute, but the general idea made for some interesting content. It was worth watching through it. Heenan, the legend he was at the time, helped bring the whole thing together with his reactions and banter.

[@traderneal]

I know it's old school, but how do you not have Larry Zbyszko turning on Bruno? That was the ultimate turn. Very few if any saw that coming.

[@The495marauder]

The fabulous Rougeau brothers turning heel was classic. And ought to be ranked high.

[@toptenguy1]

Funny thing is that I am a French Canadian and we had a Quebec feed in 1988. So they always gave the Rougeaus the legitimate benefit of the doubt for the most part! hahaha.

[@alleahsasseville]

Old enough to remember seeing these live...Shawn and Marty,Hogan and Andre & Hogan and Macho Man.... truly ICONIC heel turns.

[@kynoble]

What was all over Andre's shirt?

[@alleahsasseville]

@@kynoble the pink dress shirt? Sweat....it was probably hot with all of those lights for Pipers Pit. And because he was so tall they were probably so hot 🔥 🥵

[@kynoble]

@@alleahsasseville Of course. Was that yet another problem Andre had to deal with because of his size? He just didn't fit in this world.

[@alleahsasseville]

@@kynoble probably both

[@MidwestMachete]

A really good babyface turn I can think of off the top of my head is the Daniel Bryan one when he attacked Bray Wyatt. The way the crowd reacted to it, it was beautiful.

[@terrysmart2048]

Shawn Michaels …. I heard about it when I was 6 years old by some kid in my class , couldn’t and wouldn’t believe it , didn’t actually see the footage until I was 15! Life before the internet !

[@frickaaron]

Baby face turns would be amazing to watch

[@noeljr.7724]

Loved this. It brought back a lot of memories.

[@JHC2812]

Most shocking for me was Hogan turning NWO but my favorite heel turn ever has to be Brett Hart in 97

[@vincentcarbaugh5110]

Heel Stone Cold was the most ruthless his character had ever been. That beat down him and Triple H gave the Hardys and Lita was absolutely brutal.

[@JackQSmith]

Owen's turn was my favorite, even if it was predictable. Even though he botched that line during his promo, I thought it kind of worked, seemed natural. Think of where his kayfabe mental state was at the time. I thought it made perfect sense that something so nonsensical would come out as he's venting his frustrations about his brother. Also this was a rare PPV with Ted DiBiase on color. Dibiase's laugh of approval to Owen's kick, and everything else Owen did and said, was fantastic.

[@EternallyEve]

This upload's been blessed with good timing following the Full Gear main event. Love the content!

[@StevenLong]

Ciampa turning on Gargano just hit me so hard. They even brought up the copyright notice on the screen, which usually indicates that the screen is about to go black and it felt like never in the history of WWE had anything interesting happened after that notice appeared, just usually a lingering shot on someone looking victorious or defeated. And it was so brutal and they just sold everything so well.

[@diywrites8703]

"Shawn Michaels threw Marty through the barber shop window" Wait, what? Bobby Hennan said he saw Janetty jump through the window to try and escape!!!

[@MiddleofKnowhere]

Great vid! Hope you do a babyface vid as well. Great content as always.

[@saltedllama2759]

Stone Cold's turn at WM17 literally killed the height of his run. He was never able to recover to quite the same level after that, nor was the Attitude Era in general.

[@yell0wberry]

A lot of folks, forget that the Honkytonk man was originally a baby face before he turned, heal against Jake, the snake Roberts, and defeating Ricky, the dragon steamboat to become one of the most successful IC champions of all time.. II look at opposites, the turn from heel to face by Roddy Piper, was quite shocking as well. I thought the Mr. wonderful Paul, Ondroff’s turn from face to heel was quite significant too. i’m not sure why I never felt that sting was a heel when the four horsemen flipped on him.. one of the worst turns was when Bill Goldberg briefly went from face to heal

[@_The_Worst_]

Yeah, that definitely was a heIIa good storyline in 80's WWF...🤘🏼💯✔️ Some crazy ish, fo sho...👌🏼

[@DolFanSFV]

As a kid. I think I cried when Andre turned on Hogan. Another good one was Mr. Wrestlemania Daniel Bryan turning

[@ipayyoutube9252]

If you're going to have Michaels turning heel on here the commentary has to be included as well. Heenan made that moment just as great as Michaels did.

[@fuzzluvver69]

Two things. First is that looking back I feel so lucky to have been able to see Bret and Owen wrestle each other live back in 1994 - my friend and I made a huge Owen Hart sign (though I don't think he actually saw it). Secondly. I still can't believe the cowardice of Marty Jannetty when he jumped through that window to try and escape...

[@michaeljackson6613]

Dean ambrose turning on Seth Rollins I never saw coming especially after winning the tag belts and roman telling everyone his cancer came back

[@grapelund]

Marty Janetty trying to escape through the window was such a coward move!!!

[@oneaboveall1922]

The two greatest heel turn IMO were Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan. Even as a kid I knew Shawn was gonna turn on Marty bt damn did he TURN

[@AdamAtrocity17]

Love them or hate them but Vince and Hulk are gods of wrestling.

[@ToysToolsandTales]

Thanks for another great video.

[@MrDrokkul]

After Seth's turn on the Shield my friends and I were talking about it the next day and I was saying how there were little round things bouncing around in the ring after the volley of chair shots and I said "I think he beat the buttons off him" meaning Dean's outfit. That became out new phrase for any knockdown, drag-out fight in wrestling or MMA "He beat the f'n BUTTONS off him!" Subsequent viewings have led me to believe they were the caps off the ends of the chair legs, lol.

[@corkscrewfoley]

Shawn didn't turn on Marty, Marty put himself through the glass.

[@simpdown1404]

Andre The Giant Shawn Michaels Hollywood Hogan -The best heel turns imo

[@spiderjerusalem100]

Stone cold was never really a straight babyface, his character was a badass who kicked ass and did whatever the hell he wanted to do. His heel turn wasn't that shocking. Also imagine if Bret had never left WWE and stayed on in to the ruthless aggression era instead of being wasted in WCW.

[@thomasroedgaard117]

The lust for Liz in The Chumsters eyes!

[@J421-i6g]

Hogan's heel turn hands down is the greatest of all time, easily.

[@antd7296]

If you’re not acknowledging The Tribal Chiefs turn, then this video isn’t on the island of relevancy

[@vickmcfadden833]

Triple H turning heel on HBK wasn’t surprising since he was heel moat of his WWE career.Bret Hart only turned heel in America but was beloved everywhere else . The biggest heel turn was Hulk Hogan . Macho Man looking back was justified on being pissed at Hulk

[@davidbrakefield6825]

To me one of the best and most unexpected face turns was Andre the giant at wrestlemania 6 just wish it had come a year earlier so we could have got some good Andre face matches to wind up his career.

[@VulgarBerserker316]

Wow someone else who enjoyed Steve Austin's Mania17 heel turn! I thought it was great. The guy was always a heel from day one, the fans just loved it. It wasnt until Hunter ended up with the Leg injury that Austin's heel turn started going down hill with the comedy act

[@trafficality]

Vague memories of Brian Adidas and the Von Erichs in WCCW. It started out as a face VS face match with Adidas turning on Von Erich (I can't remember which one.) The promos were okay. Von Erichs talking about how they were such good friends almost brothers and Adidas talked out he was just using them. I know what a punch to the gut it is to have someone you thought of as friend turn on you.

[@TheIndustrialRetrospective]

Hogan, Rollins and Hart are the best of all time

[@SamBekit]

As kid what Shawn did broke my heart I'm still traumatized 😂

[@Derek-tk4wf]

9:10 - Kane fired his ass

[@johnepants]

Randy throws a woman across a room and threatens to deck her in the face during a ppv broadcast IWC: “Randy was the real face in this feud”

[@dismothafuka405]

Has there ever been a tag team where when they broke up BOTH became bigger stars?

[@ericdemby4644]

I wonder if it was Shawn's idea to have triple h turn on him kinda like how he did Janetty.

[@rogerakhan74]

Also in the 1989 RR Hogan eliminated Savage which probably sparked the latter's paranoia.

[@nicktaylor2657]

No Roman Reigns returning and aligning with Paul Heyman to set up what is now the Bloodline It was definitely the best storyline that came out of the pandemic

[@MMStoodios]

I remember watching Michaels put Marty through the window lol I was devastated as a kid... hated him ever since

[@wolfsheimimmel3713]

Its not wwe but Stardoms Starlight Kid has one of the best heel turns.

[@SithLordAnakin]

You see things different in your head when they say Shawn Michaels "Sweet Chin'ed" Marty through the barbershop window. Only to see that he actually through him through it.

[@CuteLesbo69]

I would have to say the greatest feud of all time was Jumping Jeff Farmer vs Motley Cruz. We still light the sacred fires and tell the tales.

[@coreyhall1150]

You know who was actually a damn good heel? RVD I LOVE heel RVD.

[@bthrillz84]

Let me find out this is really Sheamus narrating these videos 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🤨

[@Greatesttruckerever84]

🤣🤣🤣

[@tomhanks208]

never thought about that lol

[@SniffHeinkel]

What ever happened to Sheamus?

[@WarhawkBeyond2040]

For me, the greatest heel turn ever in wrestling is still without a doubt when Hulk Hogan shocked the world by dropping a leg drop on Randy Savage to join Hall & Nash. It turned the entire world upside down and the heat Hogan gained from the turn was absolutely nuclear. It was the best thing that ever happened to him as it helped reinvigorated his career and freshened up the character to become Hollywood Hogan as he went from the biggest beloved hero ever to the most hated villain. Nothing will ever come close to this moment because no on saw it coming

[@jameswarner5878]

I just wish Heenan wasn't saying "but whose side is he on" over and over.

[@WarhawkBeyond2040]

Yeah i know, i got really annoyed with that because he pretty much gave the whole thing away that Hogan was going to turn heel

[@toptenguy1]

@@jameswarner5878 To me that worked. Had Heenan suddenly said "THANK GOD HULK HOGAN IS HERE TO SAVE US!!" That would have made me even MORE suspicious! So I felt Heenan was spot on here, as he never trusted Hogan . lol

[@pleaseshutup7053]

The turn itself I could careless but what he became was the best

[@laserramon9926]

@@toptenguy1 it made if you knew the Brain's history with Hogan. The Brain always hated him so it made sense he would doubt Hogan's alliance.

[@LordKelvin34]

I'll never forget Shawn Michaels heel turn throwing Marty Jannetty through the Barbershop window and what Bobby Heenan said after that "Jannetty tried to fly out of there"

[@BlueLighteningGojo]

I remember that slime ball Marty trying to escape out the window. What do you mean Shawn threw him through it?

[@LordKelvin34]

@@BlueLighteningGojo he tried to give him a boost

[@roketpig7637]

BC 4 L

[@M1stah.J]

Jannetty dove through the window to escape out of an act of cowardice

[@williamthompson5504]

I think Heenan said "that Marty Jannetty is a coward. He just jumped through that window to get away from Shawn".

[@stevengrvp]

Wrestling and football 🏈 love it r.i.p Jason David frank aka Tommy green ranger forever

[@stevengrvp]

@@DaCosmicPrince this really went over your head look what bios wrote on Twitter. This is no different than people writing rip to Kevin Nash son or any other death on these videos

[@bababooey7641]

Orndorff turning on Hogan was the first heel turn I experienced and will always be my favorite. Loved when Orndorff used Real American as his theme song.

[@hollywoodhogan.7009]

Absolutely. That was great.

[@ShaunInce123]

He actually did a sequel video to this one. And that heel turn was in the video.

[@lenwennerberg1631]

Then Orndorff was teaming with him a year later at the first Survivor Series 😂

[@martyklestadt6766]

I had the WWF MicroLeague Wrestling game for my Commodore 64 computer back in 1987 (I was fifteen at the time). One of the matches on the disk was Hogan vs. Orndorff and Orndorff used the "Real American" theme. My friend who was more into wrestling than I was really got ticked that Orndorff would come out to that. I thought they just used that music in the game because they didn't have any music for Orndorff, but my friend knew that Orndorff was using that music to mock Hogan.

[@afgcinc7206]

I was at the first Televised show after the heel turn, Mid Hudson Civic Center, and I remember myself and the entire crowd mixing cheers and confusion when Real American came on - is Hogan actually here?!? And then it was Orndorff...brilliant. I remember he ended up losing the match to a jobber by DQ with an outside the ring Piledriver and then just walking out and I don't think I've ever heard louder Boos in-person in my life.

[@aaronsugar7228]

The Andre turn made me smile (I was fed up with Hogan at that point). The only shame was that Andre's health wasn't good enough to allow him to have a short run with the belt (squashing all the faces) leading up to WrestleMania 3.

[@jimschwandt8089]

One heel turn that was not "epic", but is still worth a mention is Rick Martel's turn on Tito Santana at Wrestlemania 5. Martel's "Model" character lasted from 89 till around 1993, which is fairly impressive considering the circumstances.

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

To this day I'm mad about Strike Force breaking up. They were great! Tito went with the El Matador gimmick which ruined his career. He still wrestles today!

[@nostalgiaman6816]

@@ModernDayRenaissanceManI wish Tom Zenk would have stayed

[@theprogressingdrummer1631]

Underrated heal turn, absolutely

[@jamesdabruzzo5360]

good call

[@J0nny_Ch1mp0]

Hulk was the heel in the Savage rivalry. Savage was justified in reacting how he did. It is one of the earliest examples in my lifetime of wwf gaslighting the fan base into cheering for who they felt like pushing at the time. Some things never change.

[@irvinwilliams2959]

I said that for years...Hogan did alot of heelish stuff in the 80s...Bobby heenan was right about hogan from the beginning

[@lrg123100]

They didn't have to gaslight anyone into cheering Hogan. He was the man back then

[@J0nny_Ch1mp0]

Macho Man was the man. He was better than Hulk: *better Mic skills/promo *more natural charisma *more athleticism *better at selling opponent moves *better in ring moveset *better gas tank;could wrestle longer matches without blowing up *didn't have to be a champ to get over Negatives: *not as good at politics *not as good at kissing McMahon ass Hogan was a better ass kisser. So he got the big opportunities. The wwf machine "pushed" him [aka: gaslit the fans]... It still happens today.

[@lrg123100]

@@J0nny_Ch1mp0 Mic skills is debatable, and Hogan is at the top of list of wrestlers with the most charisma. Savage was the better worker, but he has been overrated in that department since. Hogan wasn't the man because he was the best in overall ability. That was Ric Flair. Hogan was the man because he was clearly the most popular wrestler, and the biggest draw. He got the push from Vince because he was so popular by 1983, before he worked for Vince, that it was obvious he was the right buy for Vince to build behind. That "WWF Machine" wasn't the same when Hogan won the title 1984, as it was over a year later when Randy Savage showed up. By the time Savage got there most of the tough work had already been done in the WWF's national expansion. So Savage benefited from the WWF machine.

[@benzinoify]

For me Bobby Roode hitting Storm with that beer bottle to become champ had me reeling.

[@TheFlashman]

Kane's mask removal is a perfect example of not being able to put the genie back in the bottle. Once it was done, the mystique was gone and there was no way back to his Iconic status.

[@toptenguy1]

I don't know, Kane/Glen Jacobs had one of the most awesome faces in history. Heck he even turned it into a slightly profitable movie!

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Bald Kane is amazing also

[@lordrosemount]

I liked it. This idea of the scars being in the mind was one of the cleverest I can remember from the 'E. They could have taken it further (doubtless Vince stopped that because it wasn't in any movie he'd seen in the 1950s) but conceptually, it was great.

[@roccojamison89gooker51]

At 9:12, Kane and Jim Ross missed an opportunity to stand up straight and shake hands to re-enact the Pink Floyd album cover Wish You Were Here.

[@coreyhall1150]

@@toptenguy1 Nooooo. Once they took that mask off it was over. Typical Vince ruining something that got WAY OVER by accident in the first place.

[@therealDJG]

Bret Harts heel turn was so awesome. The transition from all around good guy to bitter heel worked. Especially since Bret had legit reasons to be mad.

[@fingersTitan]

The 2nd genius part was "Heel only in the USA." that was probably a 1st. Here in the UK. He remained an anti-American babyface.

[@jamescourt5201]

Hart started heel with the Hart foundation. He flipped with the wind.

[@fingersTitan]

@@boltelectric Undertaker was a full hero who took on and killed Hulkamania to us Brits. You've also just pulled out my No1 and No2 wrestlers in history. I hated it when them 2 wrestled each other as a kid. lol

[@JM1993951]

I love that Bret hasn’t dropped the bitterness. I don’t blame him either.

[@catchcan221]

@@JM1993951 He’s extremely committed to kayfabe.

[@mattroxursoul]

Hogan coming out for Andres Trophy was totally just to hot dog it up. Sort of like when Macho Man wins the title and Hulk definitely showboats in what should be Savages spot.

[@WelshOwl1867]

Wrestling Bios with the constant content despite being “on a break” What a legend 😮

[@demi323100]

I know right?

[@demi323100]

Swerve bro

[@PancakeProduct]

This is his face turn

[@roccojamison89gooker51]

Ryan will turn heel once he returns and he agrees to a lucrative Horsemen contract offered by Conrad Thompson to start a new podcast called "Save With Chinlocks, You Rude!"

[@mrkaoz8619]

His vacation is the first week of December

[@oliverkloshophdndrecords50]

Excuse me... Marty jumped through the window trying to escape from Shawn's greatness.

[@drewcowan]

That was a Marty Heel turn in my book. Cowardice to try and escape through the window.

[@LMNY1]

Are you blind?!

[@louisvelez40]

I loved all these heel turns but my favorite was Hulk Hogan with that leg drop to savage. You could feel the nuclear heat he received when he joined the Outsiders. Then the in ring promo, fans throwing trash and other things they got their hands on. The formation of the New World Order helped WCW in the ratings for nearly 2 years over WWF/E. Hall and Nash gave the build in this storyline the edge it needed with how real they made it. Hogan becoming the most hated villain after the most beloved rejuvenated his character.

[@mugabi9502]

Hogan's heel turn changed the course of wrestling. It also gave the WCW the advantage in the Monday Night wars.

[@sjfrenz93]

Barry Windham's heel turn when he joined the Horsemen was fantastic

[@liamfitzgerald7217]

A good face turn for me would be Batista turning face against Evolution. The pop he gets from it is brilliant.

[@benziescha5438]

Best face turn has to be Jarrett becoming the 5th member of team Joe 👌🎸

[@JohnYomtovJr]

Jericho’s WCW heel turn was epic and it led to some of the most memorable promos and matches in WCW history - definitely should be on this list.

[@chihollywood9379]

Armbar!!!!

[@JohnYomtovJr]

@@chihollywood9379 Introducing Bore Us Malenko - he has one more more than you Dean….he only has one move.

[@chihollywood9379]

@@JohnYomtovJr although he was a face at da time but Malenko disguising himself as Ciclope during a battle royal maybe considered also

[@boscoequadruple3240]

Yeah & technically, that was when "Y2J" was born.

[@nostalgiaman6816]

How did he turn heel?

[@vciotoli2126]

Cactus Jack's heel turn in ECW was a great one. The 'Cane Dewey' promo is still unbelievable.

[@coreylineberry8557]

Still the highest rated promo of all time on Cagematch.

[@coreyhall1150]

Oh man the "Anti-Hardcore" Foley was SHEER GENIUS. Love it. Cause YOU KNOW Foley was actually probably shooting for real about how Hardcore was nothing but garbage....

[@catchcan221]

@@coreyhall1150 He was right. ECW fans were mostly horrible human beings. Foley talks about how a wrestler did a dive over the top rope and landed on his head on the concrete and those cretain fans just yelled “you f-cked up!”

[@nemopouncey3827]

don't forget Tyson kidd turning on davy hart smith.

[@nemopouncey3827]

man the jtg an shad one was unexpected. r.i.p. shad

[@scottinglis6456]

I loved Tugboat's turn when he went on to be Typhoon

[@dawgpound187]

I agree, that was underrated, 6 man tag turns into The Natural Disasters

[@snerdterguson]

Am I wrong, or was Tugboat/Typhoon at one time The Shockmaster?

[@stevenpeeven3169]

@snerd Terguson he was

[@justafanofnerdculture7602]

Paul Orndorff turning on Hulk Hogan will always have a special place in my heart...and I was a Hulkamaniac! Also, Batista's face turn was as close to perfect as you can get. I love the fact that his face turn happened gradually and then we got a huge, huge payoff in the end.

[@jaychild78]

I was so confused as a kid when Mr Wonderful turned on Hogan on SNME 😮 completely shocked 😮

[@jonnyshanon2103]

Lol,I was so shocked and upset as a kid when that happened. I mean it really affected me.

[@kronos911]

@@jaychild78 Wasn't SNME it was one of their syndicated shows on Saturday either Challenge or Superstars.

[@karlepaul6632]

Andre turning heel was HUGE! The following week when Piper asked Hogan if he accepted Andre's challenge, and he did, that was it! I called my buddy with the projector TV (because I knew he was watching) and he already convinced his folks to get the WrestleMania III PPV! 😁 Huge turnout at his house that day! lol

[@sharmellkeane3924]

Best face turn either Perfect turning on Heenan or Jarrett joining the good guys with that guitar shot to AJ!

[@madteam3parents773]

Larry Zybysko's heel turn on Bruno Sammartino was epic!

[@antiadam666]

Hogan turning is THE heel turn. My personal favourite is Mark Henry though, that was pure gold

[@justadownsouthtexasboy1259]

YOU THIIIINK THIS IS EAZZZZZZZY.................... I GOTTA LOT LEFT IN THA TANK!!!

[@DJVm4GOD1]

Heel turns such as Jericho on Shawn, Eddie on Rey in 2005, Batista on Rey at Bragging Rights, have to be up there in terms of great heel turns.

[@chihollywood9379]

Batista as well as Eddie destroyed Rey

[@zemox2534]

@@chihollywood9379 The Jericho heel turn in 2008 was awesome. It was the last time he was cool, at least in my eyes. The things he did to Shawn was truly despicable and made him a top heel

[@PeterHowe228]

If you're looking for a second top heel turn list here are some recommendations: Jake Roberts turning heel in 1991, Shawn Michaels in 1997, Scott Steiner in 1998, Triple H in 1999, JBL in 2004, Christian Cage in 2006, Kurt Angle in 2007, Chris Jericho in 2008, CM Punk in 2009, Christian in 2011, Bobby Roode in 2011, Daniel Bryan in 2018, MJF in 2019.

[@icedrgon]

What's really interesting is that I was in the live crowd at X-Seven. Without commentary there was a huge group of us who thought that Vince McMahon had actually turned face. There were a lot of cheers from various sections. Guess we couldn't of fathomed Stone Cold turning heel. Was only the next night on Raw that we realized what actually went down.

[@1223steffen]

Which was dumb

[@forearmsmcgee]

Best heel turns: Hogan nwo, Bully Ray aces n eights, Larry Z on Bruno, Samoa Joe joining main even mafia. Best face turns: Bossman turning on slick, Owen becoming the Black Hart, Jarrett joining team Joe (never ever saw Jarrett turning face) and Perfect siding with Macho

[@devoesnow6739]

Cena at One Night Stand was basically a heel, and it was beautiful

[@Kas58223]

Cena was a heel that night that was nuclear heat

[@mrdude88]

I hardly call that a heel turn. Cena just work the crowd, because understand the business and did the job for RVD in order to leave the crowd happy going home.

[@Slop_Dogg]

Besides when he was actually in the process of having his heel ring attire designed/theme created, that might be the closest we’ll ever get.

[@Kas58223]

@@mrdude88 ah I loved the way he worked that crowd up though it was great

[@mrdude88]

@@Kas58223 It was pretty good and the next night he was the same ole goody two shoes Superman-like Boy Scout character he is.

[@denniswilliams6519]

Shocked the Rock's first heel turn to join the Nation is not on here. One of the most impactful moments in wrestling history, turned the Rock's career around after his generic babyface run put it on damn near life support and was the first step in a true birth of a mega star.

[@TheAutistWhisperer]

I remember being legit angry and betrayed when Stone Cold sided with Vince. I know it has it's detractors but I liked that heel turn.

[@milknyte]

Same here also alliance Austin's theme is one of my favourites.

[@chihollywood9379]

It was actually good imo. I hate that Austin became a cowardly heed 4 a bit but he changed that part of his heel run not 2 soon after

[@romacechina]

Bob Backlund snapping and becoming Mr Backlund was one of the highlights of 1994 for me, he went from being in the background to being along with Owen, the best heel in the company that was entertaining and scary to watch in equal measure.

[@probochronicles3991]

That's another one I remember well, and actually should've been on this list

[@TankCop]

Loved the ROCKERS. when Shawn turned heel was the shock of my young life.

[@troystaunton254]

2:43 Austin’s work as a heel was amazing. Austin’s turn to heel killed wrestling. In literally 1 week it went from everyone talking about Monday night raw (on Wednesday as I’m Australian so we saw it Tuesday when we got home from school.) but we all went from talking about it and being pumped for Austin vs rock. To literally not one person even watching it, and as far as I’m aware I’m the only one who regained the interest and even then it’s podcasts and channels like this, not current wrestling. So Austin’s heel turn was absolutely not awesome for the business.

[@mikebailey8297]

Takers heel turn as Big Evil was awesome, but also his baby-face turn after the Jeff Hardy fight when he gave him huge respect. So memorable

[@Mattieb_23]

Family?😮

[@mikebailey8297]

Brother from another mother

[@thomassalas5191]

How about Paul's turn?

[@NightVisionPhantom]

The first heel turn I ever saw with my own eyes was Scott Steiner's turn on Rick. I didn't watch wrestling much before that time but I knew their names enough that they were identified as a solid tag team and when I saw the turn happen, I was shocked in a way teenage marks would be at the time. I never cared for the tag team as a whole or even Scott's singles runs going forward, but the main takeaway from all that was "don't trust even your own flesh and blood" in wrestling.

[@dohoangquan35]

Stone Cold's heel turn was great because when you look back at it, there were a lot of foreshadowings: Austin failed to beat HHH, had a hard time against other new main eventers like Kurt Angle, and a desperate "win-at-all-cost" attitude when he realized he was no longer in his prime compare to The Rock. The build-up to the turn was very logical. The problem was after Rock went away for filming, Stone Cold had no credible babyface to challenge him. That guy should has been Triple H himself, but instead they allied with each other.

[@camerondalton1495]

I agree. Him being protrayed as coward at points didn't help. Though his work was great as he showed a ton of range. He could be a bully, pyscho, and funny.

[@jamescarey1622]

I think they were building to a feud with HHH, but Hunter wound up tearing his quad.

[@Cableguy15]

Another foreshadowing (At least imo) was Vince McMahon's interview with Michael Cole just before his match with Shane at Mania 17. "You want shocking? Tonight, you'll get shocking. I guarantee it." - At first blush, he seems to be talking about how crazy the match is going to get. But with the way he was looking at the camera and how he phrased it, "Tonight", I always felt he was talking about the heel turn to come.

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@Cableguy15 Austin still got it

[@williamwolfxrivera9929]

Doubt was the major theme about Austin's return to glory hell irl he really was considered retiring which was incorporated into that Smackdown interview with JR after WM there's also the fact that Austin would attack Heels after the match when they actually won it clean as a whistle If you watch the ending of his NWO match with HHH he attack him not only that but JR actually took note at The sheer disappointment in Austin face but wave it off as nothing not realizing it affected the Rattlesnake more than we know

[@manchuriancandybar864]

Don't forget the heel turns of Pretty Paul Roma and the mighty Hercules that led to the formation of Power and Glory under the tutelage of The Doctor of Style Slick. They were one of the top contenders for the tag-team titles.

[@le.mister.j]

i was shocked when slickster came into the shot

[@snerdterguson]

There finishing move always looked so impressive back in the day. The superplex with Roma landing the splash from the top rope with perfect timing.

[@jamesabernethy7896]

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[@Lumpycpu]

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[@jamesabernethy7896]

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[@Goldnfoxx]

Oh, my favorite face turn of all time is easy... Macho Man at WrestleMania 7. Also the best match of Warrior's career, imo. I also REALLY liked Perfect's face turn on Raw when Warrior was ousted (talk about not following up a great face turn with anything meaningful, though...). Taker's face turn on Jake when Jake was going to hit Elizabeth with a chair was one of the few turns that actually got me, too. Was on the phone with a friend at the time, and we both said, "What the hell...?" at the exact same time. 😂

[@martinzies2874]

Bully Ray should feature surely?!

[@gaipontiff2]

One of my favorite heel turns was Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff turning on Hulk Hogan in 1986. The heat that Orndorff received was nuclear.

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

Most people don't remember before Wrestlemania 1. The Orndorff / Hogan tag team & subsequent Flower Shop segments are a little too old school for some.

[@nemopouncey3827]

Seth turning on the shield was like omg.

[@nemopouncey3827]

Andre turning on hogan?

[@rgwebb5165]

The Orndorff Hogan cage match from Saturday Nights Main Event was much better than Hogan Bundy at Wrestlemania 2. If Andre hadn't turned, I wonder if Mr. Wonderful would have headlined Wrestlemania with Hogan.

[@rgwebb5165]

Mega Powers explosion was so well done. Hogan had lust in his eyes.

[@sukanyacole1882]

Konnan turning on the 4 live kru and beating down bullet Bob, introduced LAX and probably K dawgs biggest push