It changed the industry. It’s why I started watching wrestling. I kept hearing my friends and classmates talking about Hulk Hogan being a bad guy and leading this group called the New World Order. I had to check it out. Hulk Hogan was such a huge star that even a kid like me knew who he was even though I had never watched wrestling in my life at that point. Hearing Hulk Hogan was a bad guy was shocking even to me.
Shawn on Marty was my fav, I couldn’t believe it saw it in real time. I knew Shawn was turning but like that, damn. Watching attending wrestling events since 78’
The dude shouting “No!” as Seth pulls back the chair to swing it is perfect. It’s dead quiet, the crowd sees what’s happening and are too stunned to react except for that guy. Beautiful. And then Dean sees Roman collapse and looks to see Seth holding the chair and he cannot compute what’s going on before Seth attacks him, too. Just great. And as much as I hated at the time, it was the perfect moment to do it because they just had a clean sweep beating Evolution the night before. You know Triple H isn’t going to let that go. Might as well be the first one to sell out. And I assume that Hogan dropping the leg on Macho and joining the Outsiders to form the NWO isn’t on this list because maybe WCW didn’t air in England then? Because that’s probably the greatest of all time in terms of shock and the impact it had on the wrestling business.
Great list! Been a wrestling fan for over 30 years and probably the 2 most "didn't see that coming" heel turns were Hogan joining NWO. Such a hard pill to swallow at the time and seeing the fans throw trash in the ring (as disrespectful as that was btw) I guess they too had a hard time with it. Lol. If they ever do this with Cody which I think fans do want to see, they'll need to make it as impactful as the Hogan turn since Cody is arguably one of the biggest babyfaces ever so if they do end up doing this theyd better NOT screw it up! Next, Roman turning heel after his long babyface run wasn't in itself super shocking. But the camera paning towards Paul Heyman left me pretty shocked! Did NOT see that coming at all! Fans always wanted Roman as a heel, but pairing him with Paul was definitely the duo we didn't know we needed.
My wife gasped and grabbed my arm when Kevin clotheslined Sami at the end of Takeover, something to be said for wrestlers who can still get that reaction out of people who have been watching since the ‘80s
Stephanie turning on her dad and Test for HHH the first time was shocking to me as a teen. Completely agreed with blaming Vince but felt so bad for Test.
HBK has one of the best heel turn ever! Then with Bobby the Brain on commentary saying I knew he was gonna to do that when Marty went flying to the barbershop window! Lol I still can watch it because it was awesome! Its was serious but hilarious all in one!
When I was a kid I used to watch Mick McManus on my grandfather's lap. Not a heel turn as such, but my grandfather taught me that bad guys are better. I'm 59 now and my wife laughs at me for being a flat out fan of the bad guys!
Unfortunately, I actually totally understand Vince when he said he doesn’t like Christian’s face 😅 I’ve ALWAYS thought that haha but I’m not as shitty as Vince and I can look past it and appreciate how awesome he is as a human and wrestler
HBK turning on Marty was the biggest one for me. The Rockers were so popular. You felt like they were on the brink of becoming tag team champions. When he super kicked him, it was heart-breaking. I watched this one as a kid when kay-fabe was very much alive. Andre turning on Hogan is another one for this list.
Oh man when Seth turned on Roman reigns and Dean Ambrose that time I was so mad like they just won the big match against evolution. Why is he turning on them? They just won. I didn’t understand it. I mean I wasn’t even that young when this happened and I knew it was fake, but I still was so.
The first heel turn I experienced live was Batista. It still makes me laugh when he just started beating the hell out of Mysterio screaming "YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE MY FRIEND"
Seth Rollins is the only heel turn that ever "got me" I was 10 years old when I discovered wrestling, I knew it was a work, every heel turn I ever saw either excited me or pissed me off in the wrong way, i.e. excited for KO turning on Sami, pissed off about lame writing when Matt turned on Jeff, etc. Seth Rollins worked me, I dropped my phone while my dad lost his mind cause he knew the Shield were my boys and I sat there just shocked still. To this day if me and my brother are in a team game with randos who are being jerks I can say "there's all ways a plan b" and we will go on a team kill spree, one guy even got the reference and had time to beg for his life.
I consider myself to be someone who doesn’t show a lot of emotion so it takes a lot to get a pop out of me from wrestling. But, the Jey Uso double-cross and super kick to Sami was a great turn. Even if it was kind of obvious, the timing, Sami’s selling and the crowd reaction was incredible.
Man, I remember the Trish heel turn, because I like most teenage boys at that time had a crush on this woman, so when she turned it hurt because I didn't wanna boo Trish Stratus
Simon, you would enjoy the UA-cam channel, Wrestling Bios. He goes through the Monday Night and Thursday Night Wars, along with ppv's, week by week with weekly episodes.
Man, I remember after Randy Orton won the title at Summerslam 04 and he was celebrating on the Raw after with Evolution. When Triple H went thumbs down and Batista electric chair dropped RKO, I lost my shit
I admit it's not particularly memorable, and kind of goofy, but Nakamura going heel on AJ at Wrestlemania and hitting him in the balls week after week never fails to entertain me.
really would prefer if this list wasn't just wwe... hogan joining hall and nash to form the nwo should certainly be top 3 all time heel turns. also, one of them should "everybody sting ever teamed with in nwa / wcw and tna" a few others almost caused riots, the Freebirds turning on the Von Erich's (a bit before most of our time as wrestling fans, but i've certainly heard about it)
Big Mandela effect when it comes to the Rockers break up: Shawn superkicked Marty to the floor then picked him up and threw him thru the window.didn’t actually superkick him thru the window, like we all seem to remember it
Let me just say this. To think about the years of people saying Cena turn heel he needs it.. despite that despite Cena sucks chants people has always loved and respected him. The fact his last couple of short runs even the old who yelled Cena sucks now pops massively for the guy. He did what Neither Rock,Austin,Hogan,Roman nobody else could do. Stay Face from the day his massive baby face push started.
I think DIY deserves an honourable mention at least, we all thought it was just a oh well they'll try again as the credits showed and then Ciampa just beat the shit out of Gargano. It's just a damn shame the feud was dragged due to pandemic and injuries.
Who says the Hogan/Macho Man match wasn't good? I thought it was excellent. Macho could wrestle anyone, and he got one of the better matches out of Hogan. It's a very good match.
Ahem - a hairdresser who worked with garden shears instead of, you know, scissors. He gets hate for hitching a ride to Hogan's star but...don't wrestlers do that all the time? The Usos or Solo and Our Tribal Chief, countless wrestlers as the nWo, hell even Randy in Evolution. Brutus had a decent career and got a very silly gimmick over on its own bizarre merits - as a kid, I didn't really think of.him as Hogan's stooge. He didn't have a Hall of Fame career but, guess what?, wrestling is nurtured, loved, appreciated, promoted and kept going by people who aren't in, maybe won't ever be in, the HoF - or who are moderately over guys with good physiques who have a Zelig like ability to show up at the right time and regardless of abilities make it into the HoF anyway.
Simon. I know you've probably addressed this stuff, but please bring back your advice videos on the fitness palace of love stuff and your reaction videos. Miss those.
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Ciampa turning on Gargano in NXT is top 5 to me. Led to an amzing series of matches and was shocking.
Janete tried to jump threw the window!!!😂😂. I’ll never not laugh when I think about Bobby Heenan
Not WWE, but "Hogan is the Third Man" absolutely wrecked people. Dudes in my dorm were crying.
Please tell us they were drunk.
It changed the industry. It’s why I started watching wrestling. I kept hearing my friends and classmates talking about Hulk Hogan being a bad guy and leading this group called the New World Order. I had to check it out. Hulk Hogan was such a huge star that even a kid like me knew who he was even though I had never watched wrestling in my life at that point. Hearing Hulk Hogan was a bad guy was shocking even to me.
Hogan turning heel was like wrestling's 9/11 at the time.
What girls school did you go to?
Shawn on Marty was my fav, I couldn’t believe it saw it in real time. I knew Shawn was turning but like that, damn. Watching attending wrestling events since 78’
The dude shouting “No!” as Seth pulls back the chair to swing it is perfect. It’s dead quiet, the crowd sees what’s happening and are too stunned to react except for that guy. Beautiful. And then Dean sees Roman collapse and looks to see Seth holding the chair and he cannot compute what’s going on before Seth attacks him, too. Just great. And as much as I hated at the time, it was the perfect moment to do it because they just had a clean sweep beating Evolution the night before. You know Triple H isn’t going to let that go. Might as well be the first one to sell out.
And I assume that Hogan dropping the leg on Macho and joining the Outsiders to form the NWO isn’t on this list because maybe WCW didn’t air in England then? Because that’s probably the greatest of all time in terms of shock and the impact it had on the wrestling business.
Urmm... the reason Hogan turning heel in WCW isn't on this list, is because... it's a list of WWE heel turns
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Great list! Been a wrestling fan for over 30 years and probably the 2 most "didn't see that coming" heel turns were Hogan joining NWO. Such a hard pill to swallow at the time and seeing the fans throw trash in the ring (as disrespectful as that was btw) I guess they too had a hard time with it. Lol. If they ever do this with Cody which I think fans do want to see, they'll need to make it as impactful as the Hogan turn since Cody is arguably one of the biggest babyfaces ever so if they do end up doing this theyd better NOT screw it up! Next, Roman turning heel after his long babyface run wasn't in itself super shocking. But the camera paning towards Paul Heyman left me pretty shocked! Did NOT see that coming at all! Fans always wanted Roman as a heel, but pairing him with Paul was definitely the duo we didn't know we needed.
My wife gasped and grabbed my arm when Kevin clotheslined Sami at the end of Takeover, something to be said for wrestlers who can still get that reaction out of people who have been watching since the ‘80s
Stephanie turning on her dad and Test for HHH the first time was shocking to me as a teen. Completely agreed with blaming Vince but felt so bad for Test.
The Stephanie McMahon turn in 1999 deserves to be on this list, she was totally justified and it was an amazing match ending
Roman & Seth heel turn changed the industry.
I'm shocked that Jericho turning on Shawn Michaels did not made the list.
I see what you did there
It's weird how Ambrose went from one of the best heel turn moments in a vacuum to being one of the worst heel runs of all time.
HBK has one of the best heel turn ever! Then with Bobby the Brain on commentary saying I knew he was gonna to do that when Marty went flying to the barbershop window! Lol I still can watch it because it was awesome! Its was serious but hilarious all in one!
When I was a kid I used to watch Mick McManus on my grandfather's lap. Not a heel turn as such, but my grandfather taught me that bad guys are better. I'm 59 now and my wife laughs at me for being a flat out fan of the bad guys!
Wrong...That coward, Marty Jeanetty jumped through the window to get away from Shawn.
So great when Jacey Jane and Gigi Dollin recreated it in NXT.
Unfortunately, I actually totally understand Vince when he said he doesn’t like Christian’s face 😅 I’ve ALWAYS thought that haha but I’m not as shitty as Vince and I can look past it and appreciate how awesome he is as a human and wrestler
The Trish & Lita heel turns were stunning
What’s all the subliminal flashing images that appear over your videos Simon? I noticed a few around 4:40-4:47
HBK turning on Marty was the biggest one for me. The Rockers were so popular. You felt like they were on the brink of becoming tag team champions. When he super kicked him, it was heart-breaking. I watched this one as a kid when kay-fabe was very much alive.
Andre turning on Hogan is another one for this list.
Oh man when Seth turned on Roman reigns and Dean Ambrose that time I was so mad like they just won the big match against evolution. Why is he turning on them? They just won. I didn’t understand it. I mean I wasn’t even that young when this happened and I knew it was fake, but I still was so.
The first heel turn I experienced live was Batista.
It still makes me laugh when he just started beating the hell out of Mysterio screaming "YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE MY FRIEND"
Seth Rollins is the only heel turn that ever "got me" I was 10 years old when I discovered wrestling, I knew it was a work, every heel turn I ever saw either excited me or pissed me off in the wrong way, i.e. excited for KO turning on Sami, pissed off about lame writing when Matt turned on Jeff, etc.
Seth Rollins worked me, I dropped my phone while my dad lost his mind cause he knew the Shield were my boys and I sat there just shocked still.
To this day if me and my brother are in a team game with randos who are being jerks I can say "there's all ways a plan b" and we will go on a team kill spree, one guy even got the reference and had time to beg for his life.
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I consider myself to be someone who doesn’t show a lot of emotion so it takes a lot to get a pop out of me from wrestling. But, the Jey Uso double-cross and super kick to Sami was a great turn. Even if it was kind of obvious, the timing, Sami’s selling and the crowd reaction was incredible.
Paul Orndorff turning on Hogsn is my favourite heal turn of all time.
Mine too. That clothesline was brutal.
Man, I remember the Trish heel turn, because I like most teenage boys at that time had a crush on this woman, so when she turned it hurt because I didn't wanna boo Trish Stratus
Simon, you would enjoy the UA-cam channel, Wrestling Bios. He goes through the Monday Night and Thursday Night Wars, along with ppv's, week by week with weekly episodes.
I really liked Ahmed Johnson when I was a kid, and him turning heel broke my effin heart.
Been watching a while, dont remember who it was but I remember strongbow being so upset because his buddy turned against him.
Love you Miller, always will
The Brutus "the Barber" Beefcake story starts with his Face turn at WM 3.
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Man, I remember after Randy Orton won the title at Summerslam 04 and he was celebrating on the Raw after with Evolution. When Triple H went thumbs down and Batista electric chair dropped RKO, I lost my shit
What about that one time the Big Show turned heel???
I admit it's not particularly memorable, and kind of goofy, but Nakamura going heel on AJ at Wrestlemania and hitting him in the balls week after week never fails to entertain me.
Kane in 2003 is my fav one. Shame that it didnt get him a world title and have it on the line vs undertaker at wm20
really would prefer if this list wasn't just wwe... hogan joining hall and nash to form the nwo should certainly be top 3 all time heel turns.
also, one of them should "everybody sting ever teamed with in nwa / wcw and tna"
a few others almost caused riots, the Freebirds turning on the Von Erich's (a bit before most of our time as wrestling fans, but i've certainly heard about it)
Is the Wyatt Sicks taking over?
Paul Bearer's first turn on Taker to align with Mankind blew my mind
Big Mandela effect when it comes to the Rockers break up: Shawn superkicked Marty to the floor then picked him up and threw him thru the window.didn’t actually superkick him thru the window, like we all seem to remember it
Let me just say this. To think about the years of people saying Cena turn heel he needs it.. despite that despite Cena sucks chants people has always loved and respected him. The fact his last couple of short runs even the old who yelled Cena sucks now pops massively for the guy.
He did what Neither Rock,Austin,Hogan,Roman nobody else could do. Stay Face from the day his massive baby face push started.
Jim Ross made the Austin/McMahon as big as it was. Go back and listen to his reaction and you will LOSE YOUR ISH!
Two that stick out to me. Andre turning on hogan in ‘87 and hogan joining the nWo in ‘96
Andre's heel turn that lead to WM3 followed by Hogan's heel turn at '96 Bash.
Good WWE list ! But in my opinion best Heel Turn hapened in WCW When Scott turned on his brother Rick and joined NWO ...
Let it be known, there is a large community still to this day that is devastated for what Ahmed Johnson did to the Undertaker
I think DIY deserves an honourable mention at least, we all thought it was just a oh well they'll try again as the credits showed and then Ciampa just beat the shit out of Gargano. It's just a damn shame the feud was dragged due to pandemic and injuries.
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Best Face turns next?
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One for me as a kid was Paul Bearer turning on The Undertaker
I liked Eddie Guerrero's heel turn in 2005 when he completely destroyed Rey Mysterio
That is definitely an all time one for me
Look st Kevins nxt promo, was upset with sami z
I enjoyed the Austin heel turn but what I’d of like is for to be heel including treating Vince like trash.
Wait... it WASN'T a REAL barbershop???
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I don’t know how hogans heel turn joining nwo didn’t make list
Because it's WWE heel turns. That was WCW 😂
@@SimonMillerYT that makes sense lol I thought the same thing except I thought I heard you mention a WCW guy at the end.
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Who says the Hogan/Macho Man match wasn't good? I thought it was excellent. Macho could wrestle anyone, and he got one of the better matches out of Hogan. It's a very good match.
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When stone cold turned on wwf and gave wcw the victory by stunning rock. Shook
Punk turning heel by clotheslining rock which he sold like death is up there too
Having a list of greatest wrestling heel turns and not having hogan bash at the beach at number 1 is a fucking joke, fuck this list smh
Liv and Finn about to pull a Christian and Trish
Can they just call him bron steiner now that vince is gone? Thats a legendary last name has so more much weight than breaker....
CM Punk's heel turn at RAW 1000?
Ciampa turned on gargano, one of the best rivalries of the last decade?
No Bret Hart heel turn, or Owen? 2 of the greatest.
Ahem - a hairdresser who worked with garden shears instead of, you know, scissors. He gets hate for hitching a ride to Hogan's star but...don't wrestlers do that all the time? The Usos or Solo and Our Tribal Chief, countless wrestlers as the nWo, hell even Randy in Evolution. Brutus had a decent career and got a very silly gimmick over on its own bizarre merits - as a kid, I didn't really think of.him as Hogan's stooge. He didn't have a Hall of Fame career but, guess what?, wrestling is nurtured, loved, appreciated, promoted and kept going by people who aren't in, maybe won't ever be in, the HoF - or who are moderately over guys with good physiques who have a Zelig like ability to show up at the right time and regardless of abilities make it into the HoF anyway.
Hogan wasn't really trying to steal macho man's spotlight? Are you sure
I would put Dom on this list
Love the video but Moxley is objectively not the biggest star they have had in AEW.
This should be fun, and don't church it up brother iam sure we all piss you off occasionally hell maybe occasionally every day
Simon. I know you've probably addressed this stuff, but please bring back your advice videos on the fitness palace of love stuff and your reaction videos. Miss those.
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looking balder and more beautiful than ever!
Being this early feels illegal.
Ciampa turned on gargano, one of the best rivalries of the last decade?
I don't trust the copyright logo anymore because of that.
Ciampa turned on gargano, one of the best rivalries of the last decade?