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Face/Heel Turns
What are some face/heel turns that you liked through the years.
Face turns Batista-the tension built between him and HHH leading up to the contract signing for WM21 (which is another of my favorite RAW moments). His turn was done perfectly using the thumbs down on HHH and the crowd ate it up. Batista was extremely over in 2005 and I actually enjoyed his title reign. Kurt Angle- Invasion storyline (one of my all time favorite versions of Kurt Angle) He became the anti-hero that made Steve Austin a crowd favorite and the crowd loved him second only to The Rock. Randy Orton-I know I might be alone but when he spit in HHH's face and was face for a couple of months it was enjoyable. One of my favorite moments is the night after Summerslam with the thumbs down to Orton. I thought that it should have been the other way around and they turned on HHH, but it still worked for the brief time they did it. The crowd was cheering him before he was turned specifically in the month of July when he feuded with Edge over the Intercontinental Title. Heel Turns Hulk Hogan- The ultimate babyface in wrestling history sticks it to WCW and creates one of the greatest wrestling factions of all time the nWo. His "stick it" promo is my all time favorite promo by any wrestler. The man is extremely charismatic and had the crowd loving or hating him every step of the way. My favorite incarnation of Hogan is the black and white Hollywood Hogan where he would point to his hand and say the power that even the promoter doesn't possess brother. I don't think his turn can be topped, at least nobody has yet. The Rock- 1998 Corporate Champ turn. The Rock was the People's Choice to take out Mankind the supposed Corporate Champ and stick it to the McMahons. One of the greatest swerves ever and it gave The Rock his first WWF title in the process. The Rock was a perfect fit as The Corporation's top guy. Stone Cold Steve Austin- Austin shaking hands with Vince McMahon is something fans could never fathom, but when he put aside his rebelliousness against authority for siding with the boss, fans weren't happy. He managed to get the crowd to chant Austin sucks and in my opinion my favorite run of his is 2001-it is my favorite title reign of all time. His heel turn gets alot of criticism but I thought it worked pretty well. Chyna- The Rock fought HHH in the I Quit Match on RAW. Kane lifts Chyna ready to chokeslam her and Bossman makes HHH say I Quit. Trips does and Chyna nails HHH right between the legs. To be honest, who could have seen that coming? It was brilliantly done and HHH looking up at Chyna saying Why and then piefacing him down was great. I am a Chyna fan so it was good to see. HHH- I like when he turned on HBK, but my favorite heel turn of his is at Wrestlemania 15. DX looked like they were back together as one since Chyna helped HHH against Kane, "but it was all a ruse" (Michael Cole's exact words). HHH tapped X-Pac on the shoulder during his match with Shane McMahon and nailed him with a Pedigree severing a friendship and cutting loyalties to side with Shane McMahon. Brilliant move and the beginning of The Game/Cerebral Assassin. THE CHAMP IS HERE |
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I didn't eat my dinner when Brock turned heel on Smackdown! after that slap from Vince.
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Southern Hospitality
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Kane's heel turn in 2003 when he unmasked
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b/c 5 is better than 4
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I loved Angle's face turn during the Invasion.......Stone Cold's heel turn at Wrestlemania 17 was great as well.....
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King K Cool
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I liked Christian's Heel Turn when he smashed Edge with his King Of The Ring trophy.
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Hogan's heel turn was probably the biggest WTF moment for me. I was probably screaming like Tony Schiavone at the end of any WCW show.
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LUV CABBAGE/H8 JEWS
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boop/bop/beep
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My heel turn on Koko B. Ware was the best tbh
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Former TPWW Royalty
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Jericho's initial heel push as the 1st Undisputed Champion before the whole Triple H-Stephanie McMahon part of the feud. Managed to beat the Rock and Stone Cold in the same night then developed the cocky character even more with the belts.
Even though he turned heel a couple of months before the Undisputed Title win, that push as a heel started off pretty well. Other moments include Mr McMahon heel turn after The Screw-job and Hogan's heel turn during the initial NwO phase. |
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Recently, I thoroughly enjoyed the CM Punk heel turn.
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VG + Q&A FORUM REPRESENT
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TPWW's #3 Peep
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Definitely CM Punk recently.
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LUV CABBAGE/H8 JEWS
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That Undertaker one is fucking stupid.
"Show me respect, JR, show it to me by kissing Vince's ass". |
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And the story about The Undertaker there was that he hadn't literally kissed Vince's ass -- but he had company loyalty -- and that, in its own way, was kissing Vince's ass. A guy like JR who stood up to Vince was the anti-thesis to what Taker was. |
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Feeling Oof-y
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That Taker turn was gonna be my choice too. I prefer my turns to come out of the blue (but hopefully still make sense).
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Yeah, I loved that Taker turn. TBH the whole heel run was awesome
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Over Like Rover
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Formerly Fausto Carmona
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Shane McMahon running in as referee at Survivor Series 1998, counting 2 for Austin then flipping him off was epic.
About the 5:00 mark. |
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Ay. That Shane McMahon turn was gold.
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It wasn't really a "turn," but I still vividly remember the night when Paul Heyman was punishing the Alliance members that lost their matches the previous show. He would go through them, and when they were brought up, The Alliance would beat them down. It built up to Rhyno having his name called, and the place going nuts because they knew Rhyno would fuck some shit up. Then Heyman put a halt to things and simply suspended Rhyno before anyone could be humbled. This was done explain Rhyno's absence while he was getting his neck repaired.
So he wasn't really a face after that, in fact I think he returned to SmackDown! as a heel the following year; but the fans were so ready for it. One of my favourite face turn teases, if you will. |
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agreed
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