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Michael Cole. During Lawler's heart attack, Cole's professionalism gained so much respect for one of the most hated guys in the business. Big Boss Man. "Bought" by Ted Dibiase, realized it, and refused to be bought, declaring himself no thief, and returning the Million Dollar Belt AND Damien to Jake Roberts.
So glad Taker's shocking face turn in 1992 made the list. That moment gets so often overlooked. Jake was damn near the devil incarnate, and I was STUNNED when Taker saved Macho and Liz from the chair shot
The Miss Elizabeth, and Macho Man angle was just pure magic. The starts aligned perfectly for that moment. Never seen a wrestling angle involving love that gripping, and executed so well. Very much a tear jerker. The Austin vs Bret double face turn was so monumental for the business as a whole. That had impact felt for years.
Batista's final run in 2010 as a heel before leaving WWE was probably the best work of his career. He works better as a heel (or at least he did in that context).
+SolidSonicTH He actually asked creative to be a top heel when he returned. Unfortunately, they wanted him to be a face and look how that turned out. If they just debuted him as a heel, he may still be with the WWE to this day.
Bret v Austin at WrestleMania 13 is still my favourite match of all time. I was 10 when I first saw it about a week after 'Mania (we didn't have sky so my Aunty taped it for us). I've got it on VHS (but no way to watch said VHS) and recently found it online on a Chinese version of RU-vid. Still a great match 19 years later
If you haven't seen the Austin VS Bret match then do yourself a favor and go check it out. It's a great technical match. Stone Cold was one of the best technical wrestlers ever, not to mention he wrestles one of the best technicians to ever be in the ring, Bret Hart. It's such a shame that Austin got hurt. He might've still been wrestling today.
Yes, in fact it's an understatement to call it a great technical match. It was one of the absolute best. PS: Re Austin, not sure if one of the greatest, but still quite good. Imagine what WWE could have been were he still here :-(
+Monster Oh shit, you're cool man! You watched the Attitude era! Just because a moment happened in one of the worst eras in WWE, doesn't mean that the moment wasn't one of the best. Stop living in the past.
I cannot believe there was absolutely no mention of Mr. Perfect's face turn in the WWE when he parted ways with Bobby Hennan. One of the greatest moments.
+Brandon Howes He doesn't suit being a heel, just like Jack doesn't work as the only baby face. Adam for face, Pacitti for heel, and the rest are mid-carders tbh.
That "Yes Chant" when Bryan turned on Wyatt was insane. It was so loud and in between yes's it was dead silent cuz every single person in the crowd was doing it. One of the greatest moments in Raw history.
Hulk Hogan face turn 1999 was the biggest for me. Even bigger than Hogan turning face at WM 18. 1999 with Goldberg and Sting - him turning face, people cried - and I have never seen a crowd lose it like that an entire match. (Except Hogan vs Rock)
Bobby Heenan was so awesome that all it took for Andre to turn heel was to join the Heenan Family and later turning on Bobby, made him back to babyface.
Wow, just learning about it now but that Luger turn was A+ material. It just sounds so easy, tugging at American kneejerk reactions, but God it was so magnificent.
Totally agree with the Bryan vs Bray face turn. What made that awesome was the very slow build up of the Yes chant. It started slow and then gradually got quicker. What made that even more amazing (but sad in the end) was that Bryan said he couldn't remember most of that night due to a concession he took during that match. Very sad in the end, but it was an amazing end to a RAW episode in years.
Hunter Wade Yeah we are! I just don't understand why people hate him so much, I was Hella hype when he returned at the Rumble and was really hoping he'd win the belt too!
Jack is my favorite person at what culture just because of the fast lane reactions when Susie said "something about tamina is just beautiful" and jack replied with "no she's not" and I was crying 😂😂 he's hallerious
I have to say, I think Michael Coles turn from heel to face after Jerry Lawlers heart attack on Raw was definitely my favorite face turn in recent memory.
I'd give an honorable mention to lucha legend El Santo, he started as a heel but not only did he turn face but he also a cultural icon and for many a real life superhero especially after having a successful movie career and bestselling comic book series. That's quite a face turn
