Best heel turn?

[Manster72]

wrestling is famous for heel turns or swerves. i was curious what people thought was the best turn of all time. My personal fav was the road warriors turning on fat Dusty. then again i did enjoy shane Micheals kicking janetty in the face.

[lleeder]

Mikeyboy turning on Gvac.

[moochcassidy]

lleeder

(2l's 2e's)

[Doctor Z]

No brainer.

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[sailor]

lleeder

(2l's 2e's)

it's pronounced yee-der.

[patsopinion]

No brainer.


wcw doesnt count
that shit was fucking awful

[Crippler]

I'm not quite sure it counts as a heel turn, more of a swerve, but I was always a bug fan of Jake the Snake so I submit...

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"...NEVER TRUST A SNAKE!"

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[cougarjake13]

hogans heel turn has to be the hands down winner



i dont think anyone ever saw it coming

[ScottFromGA]

thinking back on that there, that really wasn't as bad as the Undertaker trying embalm Stone Cold, was it?

[cougarjake13]

thinking back on that there, that really wasn't as bad as the Undertaker trying embalm Stone Cold, was it?

was it a heel turn ??


i ask cause i dont remember that so it obviously happened in the time i wasnt watching much

[epo]

That's right....an entire federation turning heel!

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[Towelie]

thinking back on that there, that really wasn't as bad as the Undertaker trying embalm Stone Cold, was it?

I think he turned heel before that. Paul Bearer turned on Kane and went back with Taker and that started the whole Ministry of Darkness

[Nobody's Hero]

Andre's turn on Hogan was pretty big, but i think that Austin's turn at Wrestlemania X-7 was the most well executed (even though the "partisan" Texas crowd wouldn't go with it).

[Fallon]

I was still fairly new into watching wrestling, so this was kickass.

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[lleeder]

This has to be the least interesting heel turn skip to 7:55.

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Here was a great classic.
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[ahhdurr]

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[epo]

Flair goes heel on Sting. Classic!

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[K.C.]

Flair goes heel on Sting. Classic!


Come on, Epo...I would have thought you, of all people, would have nailed the greatest heel turn by now:

http://punchup.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/john_mccain.jpg

[CYYYFYYY]

I think Hogan joining the NWO was number one (Even though Henan messed it up by his announcing)

However even though it was obvious... Shawn Micheles Attack on Marty Jenety at the Barber shop was very cool

[Devo37]

Paul Orndorff clotheslining Hogan (can't find a video of it).

[JerseySean]

That's right....an entire federation turning heel!

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Nice call

[Mike Kingston]

Favorites....

All-Time: Austin/Hart double turn at WM 13. Perfectly executed.

Hogan/Orndorff, Hogan/Andre, and Michaels/Jannety are all definitely memorable.

[eeroomnhoj]

No brainer.

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Yes that is the one that made me jump around and scream like a little girl.

[cougarjake13]

Favorites....

All-Time: Austin/Hart double turn at WM 13. Perfectly executed.





please explain how this went down


i wasnt watching back then

[Don Stugots]

I loved Andre's heel turn.

A bad one would be Ronnie Garvin's.

[Dirtybird12]

I remember watching this on TV as a child. I loved it. Larry Zbyszko turns on Bruno Sammartino. Zbyszko looks like Jim Belushi

Vince calling the action by himself.

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[AnnoyedGrunt]

please explain how this went down


i wasnt watching back then

Leading up to the match Bret was the classic babyface and Austin was the bad ass heel. However, there was a feeling that Bret was too old fashioned and Austin was pretty damn cool. So the match happens and it's a crazy brawl (especially for its time) where both guys are wrestling like heels. The finish is the famous spot where Austin is caught in the sharpshooter and screaming with blood pouring down his face. He tries to break free but can't. This goes on for a few minutes until Austin passes out from the pain, losing the match. However, the fans cheer the fact that he never gave up and Bret cements his heel turn by cutting a promo later that night and interfering in the main event.

[sailor]

bruno should wax.

[ahhdurr]

This has to be the least interesting heel turn skip to 7:55.

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Sure to you... on Long Island that's called Saturday night outside the strip mall bar.

[Dash77]

please explain how this went down


i wasnt watching back then

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[burrben]

lucifer

[MagillaGorillaz]

Tugboat joining forces with Earthquake to become Typhoon. That turn was cool when I was a kid.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

Favre on the Packers



in Rasslin, I liked HBK on Jannetty , Hogan's was the most shocking

[lleeder]

I can't find video did Tatanka turn on someone or just join the Million Dollar Man?

This turn destroyed an ok tag team and lauched a terrific scent.

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[Don Stugots]

the Indian turned on Lex didnt he?

[Towelie]

Leading up to the match Bret was the classic babyface and Austin was the bad ass heel. However, there was a feeling that Bret was too old fashioned and Austin was pretty damn cool. So the match happens and it's a crazy brawl (especially for its time) where both guys are wrestling like heels. The finish is the famous spot where Austin is caught in the sharpshooter and screaming with blood pouring down his face. He tries to break free but can't. This goes on for a few minutes until Austin passes out from the pain, losing the match. However, the fans cheer the fact that he never gave up and Bret cements his heel turn by cutting a promo later that night and interfering in the main event.

And the famous incident that predicated it:

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Which essentially started the Attitude era and started the Mr. McMahon character.

[razorboy]

However even though it was obvious... Shawn Micheles Attack on Marty Jenety at the Barber shop was very cool

Hogan/Orndorff, Hogan/Andre, and Michaels/Jannety are all definitely memorable.

Dear Lord, I miss The Rockers. :glurps:

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[Don Stugots]

nice earrings fags.

[Dash77]

The day MikeyBoy turns on us...:down:

[DiabloSammich]

And the famous incident that predicated it:

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Which essentially started the Attitude era and started the Mr. McMahon character.



Wow. They weren't bashful about throwing around the word "shit" on tv, were they?

[conman823]

Dear Lord, I miss The Rockers. :glurps:

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Bobby Heenan and Monsoon also made this a great moment....

Heenan: "He tried to throw himself out the window, what an act of cowardice!"

Monsoon: "Are you blind? What a dispicable act that was!"

Don West should DIE!

[Drunky McBetidont]

my favorite was when the iron sheik told iran to go fuck themselves in their grandmother's asshole. i thought that was great. also when johnny fairplay told everyone that his grandmother was dying and it was a lie to try and win survivor. good times.

[MIKEYDAKEN]

can't belive noone brought up the best heel turn ever the crippler chris benoit

[Tall_James]

Lando Calrissian?

[conman823]

Lando Calrissian?

All he did was invite them over for dinner.....

[ralphbxny]

That's right....an entire federation turning heel!

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Nice call

QFT!

Miss those days. I had stopped watching wrestling till ECW!

[AnnoyedGrunt]

Lando Calrissian?

He went back to being a face before the show was even over. I hate that Russo-ish crash tv.

[Sue_Bender]

Dr. Scholls, you Dick-Huggers.

[Manster72]

so no one has a vid cap of the road warroirs hitting dusty in the eye with a spike from there shoulder pads...anyway. a little off topic but me eraliest wretling memory was a fued between tommy "wildfire" rich and buzz sawyer. unreal fued i remeber a promo were buzz saywer used a tree with a noose in it calling tommy rich strange fruit. it was georiga wrestling back then.

[DantheBartender]

I liked it when Owen turned against Bret Hart at the Royal Rumble in 1994. Bret was basically getting double-teamed the whole time by then-tag champs the Quebecers, taking liberties with his knee and beating him to the point that he lost the match. Owen climbed into the ring while Bret was hurt, helped him to his feet, then kicked his leg out from under him.

I liked Owen better all along.

I don't know how to imbed a clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgiAOshKxOw

[Heather 8]

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Heather 8 with the assist. :thumbup:

[Don Stugots]

i still miss Owen.

[BillySolHarg]

Going old school, but it is a good one! Playboy Buddy Rose...and he calls Matt Borne (Evan Bourne, anyone?) a pussy!! This is 1984 folks!

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[LuisMoreno]

That's right....an entire federation turning heel!

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WOW... I had no idea THAT'S how it all went down?!... ECW was actually normal at one time?:wallbash:

[LuisMoreno]

What about when HBK turned on MJ ?!?!:thumbup:

[Chimee]

It gets referenced in every thread on the site and I'm sure it's been posted multiple times in this one.

[LuisMoreno]

Dear Lord, I miss The Rockers. :glurps:

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you are right!... I see it now... oppps:wallbash:

[sticksnstones]

WOW... I had no idea THAT'S how it all went down?!... ECW was actually normal at one time?:wallbash:


+1

[Dougie Brootal]

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Heather 8 with the assist. :thumbup:

hell yeah. i think i cried when i saw this.

[NYHCmikeX]

I dont feel like reading the entire thread, but when Rick Martel left Tito Santana and destroyed Strike Force was almost as bad to me as a lil kid as The Rocker break-up.

Although, Arrogance was one fabulous cologne....


Hogan was still the best heel turn though.

[tnbt23]

One of my personal favs was when Lex Luger turned heel on Ricky Steamboat after his match with Terry Funk at Clash of Champions VII. The image of Steamboat clutching at Luger trying to get to his feet as Luger talked shit about being overlooked and finally uttering the line: "C'mon Ricky, let's go home.." and then clotheslining the hell outta him and beating him mercilessly with a chair..

[vjr97]

two real good one's cuz they came out of now where and the amount of heat they fucking got: in the bill watts uwf.terry taylors heal turn...they way he hung on the rops making belive he was hurt jajajaja.i hate that it happened to the horsemen.the curt hennig turn on the 4horsemen in the cage against the nwo:furious: lamest heel turn:eric bishoff.no one gave a fuck!

[TripleSkeet]

Dear Lord, I miss The Rockers. :glurps:

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I miss Gorilla and The Brain announcing.

[TripleSkeet]

Going old school, but it is a good one! Playboy Buddy Rose...and he calls Matt Borne (Evan Bourne, anyone?) a pussy!! This is 1984 folks!

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I liked Matt Borne better when he was Doink the Clown.

[JBLouisville]

For me, John Layfield turning his back on Ron Simmons when Paul E fired them for losing a tag team match.

Week a two later, out comes JBL. That is what hooked me on WWE.

JBL won his title on my birthday.

[Philip]

I liked HBK's turn after blowing his reffing duties in the undertaker brett hart match. Started teaming up with HHH, which led to DX. Hated DX after Michaels got hurt.