nibs92
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Post by nibs92 on Jun 29, 2022 14:09:28 GMT -5
I’m a bit of a part timer on the board nowadays, so hope you guys don’t mind me joining in the Mt. Rushmore fun. And apologies if this has been covered recently.
So I’m looking to see what everybody’s MR of turns are in wrestling, whether it be Face to Heel or vice versa. Mine are
Shawn on Marty - one of my all time favourite angles/ turns and one of the main reason I’m a wrestling fan 30 years later.
Austin/Hart double turn - an excellent conclusion to a fantastic match and really helped launch the Austin juggernaut.
Savage on Hogan - such a brilliant storyline and Macho played the part beautifully
Andre on the Heenan family - a feel good moment at the end of Andre’s career, even if he attacked two of my favourites (Bobby and Haku).
Honourable mention for Martel on Santana and Demolition/POP double turn
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Post by AndrewR85 on Jun 29, 2022 14:16:49 GMT -5
Tugboat turning heel and becoming Typhoon
Demolition / Powers of Pain
Red Rooster turning on Heenan
Greg Valentine turning on Jimmy Hart, splitting up Rhythm & Blues
Honourable mentions for Michaels/Jannetty and Martel/Santana.
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Post by CM Tusk on Jun 29, 2022 14:29:09 GMT -5
Austin/Bret
Batista turns face against Evolution
Seth turns on Shield
CM Punk turns heel RAW 1000
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Jun 29, 2022 14:57:31 GMT -5
Austin/Bret
Rock turning face in 99
Hogan turning heel in 96
HHH turning heel in 02
Honourable mentions goes to HBK turning heel in 05, Austin in 01 turning heel, Angles face turn in 01 and Cena’s face turn in 03.
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Post by The Brain on Jun 29, 2022 15:43:52 GMT -5
Andre on Hogan in early 87
Mach on Hogan on the Main Event
Bret/Austin at WM XIII
HBK on Jannetty on the Barber Shop
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Post by PJ on Jun 29, 2022 16:56:42 GMT -5
Hitman/Austin
Hogan @ BatB ‘96
Orndorff on Hogan
Snuka face turn
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Jun 29, 2022 17:07:39 GMT -5
HHH's heel turn at WM 15. One of the biggest OMG moments ever and no one saw it coming.
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Post by MKSavage on Jun 29, 2022 19:21:12 GMT -5
Bret/Austin
Hogan BATB 96
Macho Man The Main Event 1989
Virgil Royal Rumble 1991
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Post by hbkjason on Jun 29, 2022 23:51:14 GMT -5
Shawn Michaels Turns On Marty Jannetty: Who can forget the Barber Shop incident? The Rockers were my favorite tag team and I was devastated when this happened. I actually liked both guys and even though Shawn was the heel, he was still a favorite of mine. I also think that Heenan's commentary makes this segment "Jannetty tried to jump through the window" 
Hulk Hogan Turns on WCW: Arguably the biggest heel turn in wrestling history which led to the biggest boom period. Batista Turns On Evolution: Man was this done so, so incredibly well. This was near perfect storytelling in my opinion. The slow burn that led all the way to WrestleMania and then the matches with Triple H that came after it were all fantastic. Bret Hart vs Steve Austin: The famous "double turn" everything about this was perfect. Bret got to look like a heel and Austin got to look like a hero who never gave up.
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Post by The Brain on Jun 30, 2022 0:06:15 GMT -5
Shawn Michaels Turns On Marty Jannetty: Who can forget the Barber Shop incident? The Rockers were my favorite tag team and I was devastated when this happened. I actually liked both guys and even though Shawn was the heel, he was still a favorite of mine. I also think that Heenan's commentary makes this segment "Jannetty tried to jump through the window"
Hulk Hogan Turns on WCW: Arguably the biggest heel turn in wrestling history which led to the biggest boom period. Batista Turns On Evolution: Man was this done so, so incredibly well. This was near perfect storytelling in my opinion. The slow burn that led all the way to WrestleMania and then the matches with Triple H that came after it were all fantastic. Bret Hart vs Steve Austin: The famous "double turn" everything about this was perfect. Bret got to look like a heel and Austin got to look like a hero who never gave up. The coward! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2022 4:19:53 GMT -5
andre on hogan
orndorff on hogan
perfect on flair/razor
hogan on wcw/the fans
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Post by LA Times on Jun 30, 2022 10:33:23 GMT -5
Heel Turns:
Macho Man Randy Savage on Hulk Hogan, SNME 1989
Shawn Michaels on Marty Jannetty, Barber Shop 1991
Hulk Hogan on WCW, BATB 1996
Vince McMahon on Stone Cold, 1998
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Post by Warriah' on Jun 30, 2022 11:02:40 GMT -5
Hogan @ Bash at the Beach - Nothing tops this one.
Bret/Austin @ Mania 13 - The best example of a double turn.
Shawn @ Barber Shop - Literally put Shawn on the map.
Macho @ SNME - Probably the best example of long term booking we've ever seen.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Jun 30, 2022 11:53:51 GMT -5
I picked the four heel turns that I never saw coming at all.
Barry Windham turns on Lex Luger to join the Horsemen April '88
Hulk Hogan turns on the fans and WCW at Bash at the Beach '96
Triple H turns on DX at Wrestlemania XV
Seth Rollins turns on the Shield on Raw 2014
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Post by LK3 on Jul 4, 2022 3:50:11 GMT -5
CM Punk turns on The Rock
Seth betrays The Shield
Tommaso Ciampa turns on Gargano
Evolution turns on Randy Orton
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Post by jason88cubs on Jul 4, 2022 12:48:42 GMT -5
Hogan on WCW joining NWO
Shawn sending Marty through the window
Macho going after Hogan
Martel on Santana
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Post by JokerFC on Jul 4, 2022 22:55:10 GMT -5
I'm going to stick with the turns nobody seen coming & were SUCCESSFUL. Machos turn while great was telegraphed and built to...ditto with Bret. Austins turns in 01 were flops that sent WWF into creative tailspin.
1) HHH turns on DX and joins the Corporate team @ WM15. NOBODY seen this coming. Chyna had just turned face earlier in the night to re-unite DX. HHH was the #2 face in the company tied with Foley.
2) Paul Bearer turns on UT @ SSlam 96. Good god this one shocked me.
3) Hogan turns on WCW. Again...nobody thought such a thing was possible.
4) Undertaker turns heel on JR and forces him into Vince's Kiss my ass club. I was stunned by this one.
those are always the 4 that spring immediately to mind to because they made me actually go "WHOA" at the time.
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Post by CM Tusk on Jul 5, 2022 17:30:00 GMT -5
Austin/Bret Batista turns face against Evolution Seth turns on Shield CM Punk turns heel RAW 1000 Replace Batista with Bryan’s 2018 heel turn. I don’t know how I forgot it as it’s probably my favorite. |
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