 What's good Josh the boy Ross back again with another video. So we're gonna check out ten heel turns that vitally saved a WWE wrestlers career, man He'll turns are one of the pivotal points for a lot of wrestlers Once they turn heel for a lot of times in a lot of situations. It's like they they start to become More cool more charismatic like I've had this discussion with the People love it people love to see people go roll people love to see the dark side of Like that person. I don't know why maybe that's the state of how we operate as you know as human beings But we love to see we love a good villain You see it all the time and it's definitely prevalent in in wrestling for sure Like seeing someone as always a goody two shoes. It kind of gets boring. It kind of gets, you know, redundant But when you see someone that's like kind of an asshole They kind of do things that you know, it's not I guess you can say conventionally good People for whatever reason like it and relate I can name a few wrestlers When HPK Shawn Michaels decided to go heel you can say the same thing with the Rock when he decided to go heel Definitely with Hulk Hogan when he went he'll it was insane. No one no one could believe it, but it worked And the most recent one Roman Reigns went he'll it made it took him to the next level because now We can see him actually just not give a f and go crazy go roll, you know So this should be a great video appreciate all the love and support road to 90 K. Let's do this thing This should be great despite initial success sometimes a baby faces persona can become stale But to turn he'll this heel turn usually gives their character a new lease of life And the wrestler will then embark on the best run of their entire career Which wrestlers were they or join us now as WrestleMania looks at ten wrestler heel turns that saved a career It's like something about being bad that people love they love it Be sure to subscribe and hit that notification bell for daily wrestling videos and follow us on Facebook for exclusive lears Also, check out wrestling.co.uk. Let's go subscribe to WrestleMania if you haven't already number 10 Batista Batista made his return from injury in 2009. His babyface character was insanely stale Batista had been a babyface since 2005 and something needed to change his popularity was dwindling And if something wasn't done his star power would have seriously diminished WWE made the right call to turn Batista heel and then we're gonna do this at the bragging rights pay-per-view in 2009 but he still would turn on his close friend Ray Mysterio, which is that was a good storyline I love that. That was actually pretty good. I was like, okay Ray will always be like this ultimate underdog baby face, so you can't really turn him you can try But he'll always be the underdog baby face Batista though it made sense to turn him here at that time This heel turned injected new energy into the former WWE champion The Batista's character work was exceptional Although his heel run would just last eight months. It was truly some of the best work of his entire career Batista seemingly overnight became fantastic on the mic and his mannerisms and body language took the new villainous persona To a whole new level and that's what I love when a character turns heel That it's like they get to be Like more of themselves like they're able to open up. They don't have to confine to being all cookie cutter great and wholesome. No, they can just say Screw it, bro. I don't give a damn what you think. I don't give a damn what anybody thinks I'm here to kick ass take names and win championships. I love that Number nine Neville This was really good for him too for being one of the best in-ring talents in the industry But there was always something missing the character is never going to receive a substantial push in WWE because he lacked character and fans struggled to take him seriously as a threat This all changed when WWE made the decision to turn him heel at the end of 2016 His character would turn a complete 180 and it would enter into the cruiserweight division This character change was phenomenal. It was great Neville that edge that had been missing Neville had a great presence on screen as a heel and fans were so impressed with the new character That they wanted him to push him into the main event scene. Although we would leave the WWE in 2017 He would eventually signed with aw where he kept the majority of the character traits That he initially debuted during his WWE heel which worked for him number eight Daniel Bryan This was a good one as well him turning heel It worked because for the longest we hadn't seen him wrestle. He couldn't wrestle He was finally able to wrestle the yes movement wasn't as strong as it once was before So it's like let's turn him heel and it worked. It was it was Oh, it was it was it was great, man A former WWE champion Daniel Bryan is widely regarded as being one of the most popular stars to ever step foot in a WWE ring However in 2018 it was clear that the yes movement character had become stale and brian needed to try something new Whilst the fans hadn't officially turned on brian the reactions were getting weaker and weaker And it was apparent that if brian wanted to maintain his main event position He was going to have to evolve brian would turn heel during a wwe This was such a shocking moment to strike down and brian would cheat to win the title in a move that nobody saw coming Nobody saw it coming Bryan would then debut a brian new heel character to go along with his title reign And he would preach about the environment and he would be little fans for their part in destroying the earth This was a bold character But it was genius and it could be argued that this was the finest work of brian's entire career I'm missing brian would also take part in a memorable storyline with kofi kingston Which saw brian help kofi reach to the top of the wwe number seven edge During edges. Oh, yeah edge One of the best heels ever early days in wwe He was always a solid mid carder But he liked something that made fans question if he was a true main event talent In 2004 edges babyface character was incredibly dull and fans were on the board of the generic happy go lucky baby Yeah, it didn't work He didn't fit in with the ruthless aggression era A heel turn would come when edge became obsessed with winning the world title And when fans didn't choose him to face world champion triple h at tabu tuesday, he officially snapped Oh, I love it I love it edge entered into a feud with the legendary shore michael's and this propelled him to the next level His heel turn had logic and there was genuine motivation behind his shift in motives Thankfully, this is where edge began to come into his own in wwe The next few months he would transition into one of the best heels ever And it wouldn't be too long before edge would win his first ever wwe title Number six hulk hogan called it. I called it when he turned into hollywood hogan, bro It was fantastic Wcw was that show to watch because people got tired of the Say your prayers brother. They got tired of it as you would They wanted to see something different And some people were legit hurt Some fans were legit pissed that he went evil And it was the best thing that ever happened to him and was the best thing dammit that ever happened to wrestling In 1996 wrestling fans were growing tired of family friendly cartoonish wrestling and they crowd out for something more Wcw were ahead of the game in realizing this and they decided to turn the beloved hulk hogan heel Hogan's character had become rather dated and as the wrestling world entered a new era the red and yellow had to go Hogan would turn heel at the bash at the beach pay-per-view in 96 And he would form the nwo alongside kevin ash and scoreball This heel turn took wc easily one of the greatest factions if not the greatest faction of all time To new heights and it gave hogan arguably the most entertaining run of his entire career facts Without a doubt kept hogan's popularity alive through the 90s And if this heel turn didn't happen it would have been rather interesting to see what would have happened to hogan's once illustrious star power And it's crazy people hate it hogan I'm talking about people legit hate it hogan when he first turned heel And then people started loving him As some months went by the weeks and months went by people couldn't get enough Of hollywood hulk hogan Number five bradshaw. Oh, yeah, mania 20 wwe were low on star power Brock Lesnar and golberg had just exited the company and they needed to make new stars rather quickly wwe came up with the idea of turning apa member bradshaw into a main eventer Which they did transition into john bradshaw layfield and he would debut a brand new heel character Which was a ton of skepticism surrounding this at the time as fans questioned if bradshaw could pull it off Well, he did a strong booking and unbelievable commitment to the character It couldn't have worked any better. He killed it into a feud with eddie grower for the title and the character work from both men Was on point and it made fans take jbl seriously as a legitimate main of an attraction number four chris jericho But when chris jericho returned to the wwe in 2007 something fell off Jericho's character wasn't hitting the mark and it was obvious to fans as well as jericho himself But a character change was needed. Jericho would turn heel and enter into a easily one of my favorite views jericho hpk Oh my god One of my favorite feuds of all time Love this feud, bro Feud with shore michael's but along with his heel turn came a brand new version of jericho He began to wear suits and he would cut long-winded promos where he belittled the fans and stated that he believed that he was the best In the world Jericho's heel character was so good that he actually had people attacking him on the street because he was Wow The heel character was acclaimed by fans and is often regarded as the most compelling work of his entire career number three bailey bailey I know i keep pausing but i have to interject my commentary within these vids man When bailey turned heel it All the fans just had a sigh of relief Because bailey has always been the goody two shoes and do the right thing And then fans got tired of it When she turned heel Chef's kiss it was it was beautiful And there's a report saying that she may be coming back at this year's summer slam So we will see if she does make a return. She needs to be a heel if she makes a return for sure Bailey's hugger character was beloved by fans in axt But when she debuted on the main roster with the character grew tiresome very quickly Therefore in 2019 she decided to pitch a heel turn Bailey knew that a heel turn was needed as she couldn't do the same character forever Bailey would destroy the bailey buddies and would even cut her ponytail off showing fans that the old bailey was officially dead I loved it part of this new heel persona She would join forces with sasha banks and the heel work from both women was top tier Bailey would explain the heel turn during an interview with fox five atlanta and the reason behind the heel turn She stated nothing's changed. I know a lot of people are asking about my actions lately But do you have a best friend and would you do anything for your best friend? That's what I've been doing sasha banks is literally my best friend The best person I've ever met in my whole life and I would do anything for her And if anybody has a problem with her, I just have to be there for her and be by her side And that's all I'm doing. I'm a champion kids. Look up to me. I'm a role model Love it. Love it. Bailey and banks has worked together pretty much carry wwe throughout the pandemic Yes, it did a tough task when the wwe superstars were performing in front of zero fans on a weekly basis During this heel run bailey seemingly put it all together in the ring She became a locker room leader and a ring general and there are calls from fans for bailey to keep the heel character indefinitely Back number two of the rock Of course The rock has to be on here The rock as his earlier gimmick rocky maivia. I believe that's what it was It it wasn't working. It just wasn't but when he created the rock persona all Took him to the moon, bro. It instantly skyrocketed him people love to hate him Then people love To cheer him Initially the rock was pushed as a generic baby face But this was met with universal hatred from the audience So much so that the rock actually received a die rocky died chance Directed towards him But this all changed when the rock turned heel and joined the nation a domination This allowed the rock to let out his natural charisma and actually deliver a compelling character work This took the rock to the next level No without a doubt behind this wwb quickly realized They had an absolute mega star on their hands and by the summer of 1999 the rock's popularity had skyrocketed So much so that the rock was on the level of stonkles devos in terms of crowd reactions It was a great pull from wwb to align the rock with the nation way back in 97 And if this never happened, it's a distinct possibility that wwb would have never discovered just how great of a talent they had And number one roman reigns It only makes sense roman's on this list And I think him being on this list at number one Someone could say you could put rock at number one, but I think what makes this so impactful Is the fact that for about I don't know how many years it's about good four or five years Vince McMahon would not turn him heel The fans were booing him out of every single single arena Because we did not want this baby face roman. We just couldn't stand it. We could see right through it hell He when he announced he had um um He was dealing with leukemia And you know fans were sympathetic watching the episode very emotional He came back. He had some pops. He had some cheers But it didn't take maybe about two weeks them cheers started turning into booze after he came back From uh leukemia He was in remission So at that point people was like, yeah, we're over this. It's the same thing It wasn't until he came back at summer slam during the pandemic And everything changed and what we've been wanting for five years Finally happened Oh, man The wwe's decision to make roman reigns the face of the entire company was met with disdain from fans A lot of disdain received less than warm reactions from the audience for years And the main reason for this was that the character felt forced and unnatural facts However in 2020 wwe did the unthinkable. They would turn reigns heel Returning at summer slam reigns would debut a brand new villainous persona. I love it Prisoners reigns would align with paul hayman and the character work on offer was the best work of his career Without a doubt an association with the usas and the trio would form the bloodline Reigns would also embark on the longest universal title reigning company history And his heel run was so appreciated by fans that it simply made them ask one simple question Why did wwe wait so long to turn reigns heel? But they have it folks imagine if they would have turned him heel all those years ago. Oh my god, bro imagine Imagine you have a heel roman reigns Going in on brock lesnar like you can't get the job done. He attacks him with all types of weapons Imagine you have him just going in on any baby face attacking whoever he wants to attack Just imagine it Oh my god Him delivering the promos he delivered now Oh Imagine if he was the one. I mean, yeah, if say uh, brock never beat wrong the undertaker at um at rossomania imagine if He was the one to do it Imagine they built that up roman goes heel and His mission is to retire the undertaker. Imagine if he was the one to do it Do you understand the nuclear heat he would get and it will be beautiful? He would be a made star I mean granted it happened. He's a made star now but i'm just saying They had so many opportunities to do it and they didn't do it But now they have so I am okay with what they've done I just wish he was on the show more. That's it But uh comment down below. Let me know what's your favorite baby face turned into a heel my favorite It's between It's definitely between the rock And roman range Reason why for the rock is because it made him who he is And for roman reins I just got tired of seeing the baby face character when he became heel y'all remember how I was talking about How much I was loving smackdown how much I was loving almost every pay-per-view Like the ending of the pay-per-view because of roman he carried the wwe on his back For the pandemic era bro. He carried it. Oh my god He made smackdown what it was. It's not the same now but he definitely Was a very good integral part to where smackdown was when he was Prime in his heel run, so But I appreciate all of the support on you guys be shown on the channel road to 90k. Appreciate y'all kicking me See y'all next one. Peace