 What's good Josh will Ross back out again with another video. So we're gonna check out awesome pro wrestling heel turns by dammit What's good Josh will Ross back out again with another video? So we're gonna check out awesome pro wrestling heel turns by wrestling bios man It's one of those things where Sometimes a heel turn ultimately can enhance the wrestler's career We've seen it time and time and time and time and time again I think it's like a a rite of passage that once you turn heel It just enhances you Overall for the most part in your career from there You know you're able to you know kind of get into more your creative bag We've seen it with HBK. We've seen it with Roman Reigns recently Him turning here was the best thing that happened to his career We've seen it with the rock same thing him turning heel was the best thing that happened to his career There's one of those things where once you do that and you're really good at it whenever you turn face Again, it's gonna be you know the fans are gonna love you same thing with Hulk Hogan Hulk Hogan was the ultimate baby face for so long And then you know people kind of got tired of it went to WCW once he turned heel And he was able to ride that wave of hate people started loving him people started cheering for him people started thinking He was cool. That's just that's just what that's just what happens in wrestling. So weird. We love the bad guys We love to hate the bad guys In the baby faces sometimes we care for them depending on the situation But a lot of times it's just like we prefer a heel. So we're gonna take this out This should be a good one. Appreciate all the love and support you guys have shown on channel Austin back in late 90s. I don't know why it was all the way up here, but here we go Nothing beats a good old heel turning pro wrestling So turning to the dark side seems to get more people talking than a guy turning baby face So that's because he turns are supposed to come across Unexpected sometimes it doesn't work But a well executed heel turn has the chance to live on forever is an unforgettable moment Today, I'm going to take a look at a few of my favorite heel turns Some will be obvious of course because it would be a send to leave off some of the more well-known terms But I'll also explain why the turn So here's some of my favorite heel turns in pro wrestling Classic one right here This one falls into the obvious category and it's one that's been talked about frequently But that's for good reason the Rockers tag team was a hit with younger fans and also female fans Shawn Michaels and Marty Janetti incorporated a lot of tantum high-flying offense into their move set that excited fans They had a carefree attitude Just their overall presentation from their entrance music to their ring of towers told viewers that hey These guys like to have fun and you're gonna have fun watching them wrestle all good things must come to an end And after some issues behind the scenes and because Sean had his own desire to begin a singles run The Rockers would break up and an infamous promo held in Brutus beef cakes barber shop in the run-up to this historic moment The tag team were having some issues in the ring and the WWF magazine even covered the potential breakup of Sean and Marty Janetti Marty said if Sean wants to make this work He has to shake his hands and put their problems aside Sean not only shook Marty's hand, but he gave him a big old hug in the fans pop Just when everyone On track Sean kicked Marty in the face and he proceeded to put Marty's head through the barbershop window Sean kicks his former partner while he's down He grabs the WWF magazine and he rips it in half Sean had turned to the dark side and he had go on to become the heartbreak The rest is history. Yep, leaving the Rockers was the best thing Sean ever did in hindsight and as for Marty Janetti. Well, yeah, it wasn't so good for Marty. Nope Oh shit, man Now this one is very controversial It for the longest it really didn't work if you really want to be honest Stone Cold Turning to the dark sides online with Vince McMahon. You thought it would work JR was trying to sell it as much as he could But if you watch WrestleMania 17 the crowd was still cheering the crowd wanted Stone Cold to win So it didn't really initially work. It didn't really start taking place in my opinion until He started to align himself with trip with Triple H and they became a two-man power trip That's when I started to feel like the heel turn was somewhat working But people still love Stone Cold. It was just it worked in a sense, but not really You know, he was getting booze, but in my opinion, I think people still loved him too much Stone Cold said that this didn't work out too well and many fans online agree with Austin But I didn't think Austin's time as a heel after WrestleMania 17 was all that bad I thought some of Austin's promos were great when he went back to the dark side following his match against the Rock But I also understand why others wouldn't have liked it Some would actually consider this is one of the worst heel turns in pro wrestling I can see that Rock took place at WrestleMania and Vince McMahon made an appearance towards the end of the bout Shocked when McMahon and Austin joined forces to ensure Stone Cold left WrestleMania as WWF champion This one was made all the more noteworthy due to the history Vincent Austin had it was through their rivalry that the Mr McMahon character became truly prominent on weekly Television and seeing Stone Cold partner up with his boss like this felt a bit strange But man, what a way to end WrestleMania great about it He turned closed what many consider to be the greatest WrestleMania of all time The vast majority of fans weren't ready to boo Stone Cold though It was always gonna be a tough sale seeing his fans had cheered a heel Austin back in late 96 and 97 And it was those cheers that turned him naturally into a baby face The WWF would have to edit pre-tape shows and add booze because fans were still giving Stone Cold positive reaction This is what I was saying it worked when he lined himself with Triple H It kind of worked a little bit more, but it wasn't They had to really force it in it's supposed to become natural He was just too big of a baby face people just cared about him too much to like truly hate him Actions when he walked to the ring, but again, I find the heel turn interesting and entertaining and I enjoy He's Steve Austin just as much as baby face Steve Austin Set is at the beginning Here but one I can't leave out of this video You know the deal one of the biggest baby faces of all time eat your vitamins Say your prayers Hulk Hogan rose to the very top of the wrestling world by being a good guy, but all that happened in WWF In WCW, depending on where the shows were being held, Hulk Hogan could get some pretty rough receptions Not only because he was an old WWF guy, but because he was doing the same old thing that he had done for years and years Hulk Mania wasn't totally broken in the summer of 1996 But it sure would have ended up that way if things continued the way they did So Hogan took the opportunity to join forces with Scott Hall and Kevin Nash And well to say there was shock would be an understatement Hulk did toy around with the dark side the year prior and it was comically bad But Nash and Hall were the key to this heel turn being successful The Outsiders invasion felt a lot more real than what Hogan had tried to do before They gave this group an edge and a lot more legitimacy So everything just fell and look at that girl throwing trash at him And we ended up getting a true game changing faction that's became just as legendary as WCW itself The new world order Hulk Hogan's heel turns probably the most significant and noteworthy heel turn in pro wrestling history Facts facts facts facts Man It's right here across the united states of america The double turn I apologize for nothing Bret Harteel's heel turn had been building up ever since around December 1996 I'd say Sean Michaels still had his fans and Bret was tearing Sean a new one frequently on tv And in a way it made Bret come off as a little better Just a little Steve Austin was also rising up the ranks as a popular anti-hero And Austin was getting the better of Bret on a few occasions While Bret was eager to fight Austin and prove that the hitman was better than stone cold He would also complain quite a lot whenever he got his hands on a microphone Leading to some fans saying Bret is a crybaby Still though what you have to remember here and what makes Bret's heel turn so good Is the fact that Bret had a point and Bret was pretty much right He was getting screwed over by Austin and it did seem like Sean was dodging Bret when it came to a fight Bret was the victim of a lot of injustice but stone cold's popularity just couldn't be denied And Bret would have to come to terms with a lot of his old fans dismissing the excellence of execution As their hero It all came to a head at WrestleMania 13 where both Bret and Austin's roads were solidified In what many consider to be the greatest double turn of all time But do keep in mind that both guys were already well on this path in the run up to WrestleMania The WWF did gamble a little on how fans would react but it turned out better than expected Austin wouldn't submit to the sharpshooter and referee Ken Shamrock had to step in And end the WrestleMania 13 submission match Bret however decided to attack stone cold after the bell And when Shamrock took Bret down by force the headman backed down Getting a lot of booze in the process And that's good that that I'm in the green It's a lot of people say this is the greatest double turn in in WrestleMania In just in wrestling history. I think it is Stone cold not tapping passing out blood falling down his face and passing out didn't win he passed out Bret Infuriated attacking him after it's over. It was great. This is this is how You you really solidify someone's character And now people want to see stone cold win the championship because he never gave up Austin meanwhile showed true grit when he wouldn't submit the brett's finisher Instead losing consciousness while locked in the sharpshooter, but still never giving up Stone cold also refused help when getting out of the ring Preferring to walk back up the ramp by himself and getting a standing ovation in the process That's how you do it Bret made his actions the next night on Raw and again Bret told no lies and everything he said was true He talked about all the times he'd been messed around in WWF Since returning at the 1996 survivor series and the hit man kept it all off by saying It seems like a lot of fans in America don't care about him anymore But the fact of the matter is Bret really doesn't care too much about the American fans neither Love it love it I think it's an example of WWE turning a negative into a positive When the decision was made to remove Kane's mask WWE had a bit of a problem that told fans for the longest time that Kane's face was disfigured You've got two options here really if the mask was definitely going to come off You could apply makeup every single time Kane performed including house shows and that would have been extremely difficult to do or you could just do nothing and let Kane go out there with a face that wasn't disfigured and try to explain your way out of it The WWE went with the latter option and they decided a heel turn would also be necessary So when Kane was forced to remove his mask on Raw, a storyline was built around Kane's mental state that was actually pretty well done all things considered Kane was mentally disfigured, he had hidden behind the mask out of fear that people wouldn't accept him and in doing this he had so much interest himself that his face was a mess When it was pointed out to Kane that there was nothing wrong with how he looked he would think that people were downplaying the severity of his illness He just went rogue, I loved it And of course, Slow Chemical became his theme song You know me, you know how much I love Slow Chemical, it just fit him perfectly Sent him on fire Kane was having none of it, he would end up setting good old JR on fire when lost questioned his perceived disfigurement and Kane would go on a rampage soon afterwards where he was reborn as a monster in WWE, something he hadn't been for quite a few years Personally speaking, I prefer the old original Kane, but the removal of Kane's mask I thought was handled very well and reverting Kane back to being an intimidating and unstoppable force in WWE was a good call, it gave the character many many more years in the company Facts, before they turned him into the devil's favorite bitch for the authority This is really good I'm not sure if it was just me that thought this, but when the Shane was getting heavily featured in WWE I sometimes felt that Seth Rollins didn't get as much recognition as Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose, Roman was always given a little more than the other guys being a big powerhouse that the WWE took a liking to and Ambrose managed to get himself highlighted due to how unpredictable and unstable he could be from time to time in the ring Seth Rollins was given the name The Architect, the guy who puts it all together away from the ring, the planner of the group, the guy who gives the shade their tactical edge, the man who comes up with the blueprints, so you've got the powerhouse, the chaotic brawler and the high-flang technician, in my opinion Seth was the most naturally talented in-ring competitor of the trio and it felt to me that more people would talk about his Shane teammates and hey I'm gonna be totally wrong here but that's how I remember it Honestly I think he's spot on if you guys remember around that time people were really high on Roman Reigns, people loved how Dean Ambrose was coming off on the microphone and just his antics and people appreciated Seth but people didn't think Seth was I guess you could say I think people would have people were choosing Roman, Dean, then Seth and it's crazy how how even to all three of their careers have definitely first these guys are they I will say this WWE at the time they knew they were the future and they they they're proving it they're proving it right now they have been everything that they've been built up to be you know what I'm saying so it's it's crazy to see that chef Rollins in the the popular opinion he was like the lesser of everyone else even though they were all you know pretty fantastic in the ring. Seth Rollins in my opinion is the most most giftedly talented and it's just crazy how things played out over time man. Although the trio would become very popular in WWE but it was Seth who would destroy the shield when he famously became Triple H's plan B. Seth had Roman with a steel chair and Ambrose couldn't believe what he was saying so Dean got taken out too and Seth would join Triple H in the Authority while also becoming one of the biggest heels WWE has to offer. It's a heel turn that would get replayed often and no one saw it coming it turned out to be highly beneficial to Seth in terms of his position in the company but in saying that every member of the shield would prosper in one way or another yeah a good heel turn though and it created a singles main eventer in just one night. Facts facts facts facts all factual. The Rock never sold out. Told you. The Rock just got ahead. The Rock's 99 years heel turn series was so good because it really was so unexpected. Rock was on the path to becoming one of WWF's top babyfaces alongside Steve Austin and everything pointed to Rocky becoming a big-time fan favorite at the end of the year. Survivor Series 1998 featured the deadly game tournament. The winner of the tournament would become the new WWF champion and in the finals Rock would become champion for the first time in his career but he also got a little assistance from Vince McMahon. A re-enactment of the Montreal Screwjob took place and Vince ordered the timekeeper to ring the bell when Rock put Mankind in the sharpshooter keeping mind that Mankind thought he was in Vince's good books when all this went down. Fans had wanted to cheer for Rocky but all that was taken away when the people's champion became the corporate champion. I think this is an interesting one because it bucked tradition. You knew the Rock was going to become a huge babyface star because fans couldn't get enough of him during this time period but the WWF pulled off a great swerve at Survivor Series 1998 and the heel turn ended up being a lot of fun because well they got us. They got us good. All this would set up a WrestleMania match featuring Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin beginning a WrestleMania trilogy that will go down in history is one of the WWE's best. Yeah I'm sorry it is without a doubt the best trilogy of matches to like to ever happen at WrestleMania bro. Best trilogy of matches. There's no Rock Stone Cold. I'm telling you right now the Rock in Stone Cold could happen one more time and I'm telling you now everybody and their grandmother would be wanting to watch that match. There'll be people who haven't watched wrestling in years. Rock and Stone Cold going any one more time. Sign me the fuck up. I would be hyped. I know it shouldn't be the main event but I would be hyped because that's just how legendary they careers were. Because I didn't get a chance to win the tag off because of you. That's a good one. That's a legendary heel turn. It's remembered for all ones little verbal slip up at the end unfortunately but Owen Kearney is back on bread. The 1994 rumble will always be memorable to me because as a kid I remember feeling really bad for Brett. The Heart Brothers had a few issues when Little Brother Owen got eliminated in a Survivor Series match that featured the Heart family taking on Shawn Michaels and the Knights. Originally supposed to be Jerry Lawler and the Knights. Over the holiday season it was revealed that the Hearts had put their differences aside and Owen was back on track. The Hitman and his little bro were going to try to win the tag team championships at the 1994 Royal Rumble when they took on the Quebecers. Brett hurt his knee during the match and he tried to persevere. He was unable to apply a sharp shooter though and he couldn't stand up. The referee decided to stop the match and award the victory to Jacques and Pierre. Owen yelled at Brett for not tagging out and then Owen attacked his older brother. It was a little bit put together too because Owen cut a promo on Brett that was aired on the big screens as the Hitman was being helped to the back. Owen was rubbing salt in the wounds by berating his brother while he clearly needed medical attention but then Owen has his little slip up when he says he kicked Brett's leg out of his leg and that line kind of overshadows the whole thing. Still this is one that resonated with me when I was younger and it's pretty fun to go back and watch. That's funny. Owen and Brett would collide at WrestleMania 10 and Owen was able to beat his big brother on the WWF's biggest stage. That's how you do it man. That is how you do it create some good healings. A lot of hearts were broken when Andre the Jan showed up to Piper's pit on the 7th of February 1987 with Bobby Heenan. In order to build up their legendary WrestleMania 3 match, Hogan and Andre were guests on Piper's talk show segment and if you picked yourself back in that time period and if you remember the influence Hogan had as a baby face then you might be able to appreciate the emotion of this head turn. Hogan was already on set and when Andre walked out with Heenan, the Hulkster was in complete disbelief. Putting Bobby Heenan with Andre though was a stroke of genius because Heenan was the mouthpiece of the WWF at the time to the brand speaking on behalf of Andre. A few weeks earlier Hogan was presented with a trophy to commemorate 3 years since the Hulkster won the WWF championship. Andre made an appearance during Hogan's speech. He said 3 years is a long time to be champion and he gave Hulk a very firm handshake that threw Hogan off a little. Back in the Primetime studio Bobby Heenan wanted to know where Andre's trophy was and Grillamon soon said Andre's had plenty of accolades throughout his career. So the following week WWF gave Andre a trophy, a smaller trophy as pointed out by Bobby Heenan, but Hulk Hogan would come out and Hogan more or less states Andre's spotlight not intentionally mind you. Hogan wouldn't stop talking about how great it was that the WWF gave Andre a trophy, but the big man didn't want to hear it and Andre walked away. The following week both trophies were brought to Piper's pit. Ventura pointed out the size difference in the trophies while saying that Hulk Hogan's went out of his way to dodge certain challengers, challengers like Andre the Giant. So Ventura says that he's gonna bring Andre to Piper's pit the following week while Piper says that he'll get Hogan. Andre walks out the next week with Heenan, Hogan's in pure shock and he pours his red and yellow heart out to Andre. Hogan can't believe the Giant would side with Bobby Heenan, a man who's caused nothing but problems for Hulk and all the Hulkamaniacs. Andre was the reason Hogan wanted to become a wrestler, he's Hogan's role model, and to see him with Bobby Heenan is tearing Hogan apart. Heenan says that Hogan used Andre throughout his career, all Andre got was a small trophy, and even then Hogan got jealous so he had to run out and steal Andre's spotlight. Not once did Hulk Hogan ever give Andre a title shot and Andre's gonna challenge Hogan to a WrestleMania match right here on Piper's pit. Hogan says he and Andre are friends, Andre tells Hogan to get his hands off his shoulders, and then Andre makes the challenge official before ripping the shirt off Hogan's back and ripping the cross off that Hogan wears around his neck. Hogan leads here, it was totally unintentional, but it added a lot to the promo, and it's Roddy Piper who asked the console Hulk and get them back on his feet. They said this was a real good setup. Oh, Triple H, you son of a bitch. Oh, this was so good. One of my favorite blood feuds of all time. Triple H, HBK. HBK coming back after years of, you know, being retired, coming back, you had the DX reunion and Triple H turning on him was so chef's kiss fantastic. Hunters turned heel a few times in his career, but the one that pissed me off the most was when he turned on Shawn Michaels. This is so good. Being a big fan of 1997 WWF, I was very excited when D Generation X were set to make their return in the summer of 2002. Triple H had made a triumphant return to WW at the beginning of the year, while Shawn Michaels returned as part of the NWO. When the NWO angle fell apart, Triple H and Shawn Michaels decided to realign with each other. On the July 22nd, 2002 episode of Raw, HBK was down and out after Eric Bischoff told him he had to be Triple H's manager or he can leave WWE. Shawn said he was going to leave, Triple H had to talk him out of it. In a little later on, Triple H gave Shawn a shirt to wear because the two were going to go down to the ring and cut a promo. The DX, the music plays in the arena and the crowd goes crazy. In the game and the heartbreak kids turn back the clock by bringing D Generation X back to the world of wrestling. I fell for this hook line and sinker by the way, I had no idea what was coming. Shawn said just when you thought it was safe to put on the old gropplin show, DX or back in town, Triple H takes the mic and he goes through his are you ready routine. He finishes up and then he kicks HBK and hits him with a thunderous pedigree. D Generation X would not reunite on this evening as a matter of fact, fans would have to wait another 4 years before DX got back together. But this would all lead to Shawn Michaels returning to in-ring action at Summerslam 2002. Oh yeah, before that happened, Triple H tried to swerve everyone again by showing concern when Shawn was attacked backstage. He promised to find out who did it and make whoever did it pay for their crimes, but it turned out to be Triple H himself who jumped his old friend. This one was so memorable because it was done in such a way that was actually pretty believable. Randy Savage's 1989 hate turn was all about Macho's own insecurities and Macho's inability to control both his jealousy and his temper. He and Hulk Hogan had created a successful tag team known as the Megapars and the Megapars were insanely popular with younger audiences. They were truly a babyface stream team that featured two of the very best the WWF had to offer at the time, but the Megapars would explode in dramatic fashion and this would all lead to a big WrestleMania main event where it could be argued the build up was actually better than the match itself. Randy thought that Hulk Hogan was getting a little too friendly with Miss Elizabeth and he was picking up on a few things that Randy felt went beyond a professional relationship. The hate turn took place on the February 3rd, 1989 episode of the main event. The Megapars wrestled a king and the big boss man. Savage bumped into Liz, Liz got knocked out and Hulk Hogan decided to stop the match and carry Liz away to get medical attention. The Macho Man was left all on his own to fight two men while Hogan seemed way more interested in Miss Elizabeth. Liz told Hogan to go back and help Randy, but Randy was so angry with Hogan that he decided to slap him in the face instead and walk away from the match. Hogan of course defeated Akeem and the big boss man single-handedly, but he hurried back to check on Miss Elizabeth. Randy was already there giving Liz a hard time and then the Macho Man let it all out. He accused Hogan of trying to steal Miss Elizabeth away from him, he felt like he was taking a backseat in the Megapars, and when Hogan told Liz to talk some sense in the Randy, the Macho Man managed to attack and Savage turned Hale. The partnership was over, the feud had begun, and as mentioned, this would culminate in a WrestleMania match that of course Hulk Hogan won. Many would say that Randy was justified in turning Hale and it was actually Hulk Hogan who was the villain in all this. The key to it being a good Hale is that that Hale has to believe that they're in the right, and by all accounts, Randy had good reason to be annoyed, but this would turn out to be another very memorable turn and it was one of the better storylines WWF produced in the late 80s. Also, as a challenge, maybe let me know some of your favorite babyface turns too. We talk a lot about good guys turning into villains, but for many babyface turns it can be quite difficult sometimes to pinpoint the exact moment when the turn happened. Usually it's more of a natural progression or a slow build over time due to fan support, but if there's any that stuck out for you, let me know in the comments. I'm sure I hate the babyface video. I hope you enjoyed this one. Thank you for watching. Only turn Hale if you really need to and take care. People to hate you. That's what you want. You want people to hate you. That's how you really get under their skin because when they hate you, they ultimately love you. They will pay money to see you get beat up, but they ultimately still appreciate what you do, man. So comment down below. Let me know what is your favorite heel turn of all time. If I really have to think about this, favorite heel turn of all time for me. It's been so many good ones, bro. So many good ones. For me, it's probably triple H's. Triple H's. His heel turn was so good against HPK, Shawn Michaels. And once again, Shawn just came back and then they tease DX that whole thing. Like he said, it got me. I was hooked. I was like, oh man, we can DX back and then he turned on and it wasn't just that he turned on him. My man was trying to end HPK's career. He was trying to end his career. All the shit was so good. It was so personal. It felt so real. I loved it. It made me hate triple H. I hate him, bro. Oh, it was so damn good. That's one of my favorite heel turns of all time. Even though triple H was definitely healed throughout his mostly his career for a lot of bits, but it was just him turning on Shawn. That was so good. So you thought they were going to be baby faces together, thought it was going to work. Nah, it didn't go that way. And then another good one, obviously, Seth Rollins. And a recent one is Roman Reigns. Those are like, if I had to get like a top three, Seth Rollins was really good. Roman Reigns was fantastic as well. So, but comment down below. Let me know your favorite heel turn of all time. But I appreciate all love and support. Road to 150k. Appreciate y'all kicking with me. See y'all next one. Peace.