More Awesome Pro Wrestling Babyface Turns
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This video looks at more WWE / WCW babyface turns in pro wrestling. This time, the wrestlers discussed were all requested by channel viewers.
Fans enjoy discussing heel turns and guys breaking bad in pro wrestling, but some face turns are also worth discussing too. This video looks at some face turns that channel viewers enjoyed over the years including Demolition's turn at Survivor Series 88, Lex Luger bodyslamming Yokozuna at the Stars and Stripes challenge, Shawn Michaels face turn at 1995 (a turn HBK didn't want to do) and Nikita Koloff shocking NWA fans when he sided with Dusty Rhodes.
00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Big Boss Man
02:00 - Nikita Koloff
03:45 - Triple H
05:12 - Andre The Giant
06:27 - The Shield
08:16 - Virgil
09:56 - Demolition
11:42 - Lex Luger
13:33 - Daniel Bryan
15:45 - Shawn Michaels
18:20 - The Rock
19:53 - Final Thoughts / Credits
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The Undertaker's face turn during the Randy Savage/Jake "The Snake" Roberts' beef in 1991-WrestleMania VIII in 1992 was a wow moment.
YES! Very wow-worthy!
"Whose side are you on?"
"NOT YOURRRRRRS!"
The Shawn Michaels one felt more like a face turn for Sid, until the powerbombs kept coming and Diesel ran down to make the save
My mom who was a pro wrestler also ran a small local promotion on the NJ shore and Axe from Demolition would often be the main event for her. It was so cool to be a little kid and hang out with him. I actually got him to do his iconic face paint on me once. What a legend gave me some of the best childhood memories miss him so much!
Dan LaBrecque: Thank you for sharing your story! Very cool to hear and to imagine that!
Dan LaBrecque: Thank you for sharing your story! Very cool to hear and to imagine that!
He was also one of the greatest masked wrestlers of all time as The Masked Superstar.
🤥
Wow! No Kidding!! You Lucky Dawg, you!!!
I know it didn't last long but when "The old Stone Cold" returned to save Team WWF from The Alliance. One of the greatest Babyface pops ever.
Yes true but there's no pop like both the L.O.D. & Ultimate Warrior.
Jim ross call was legendary too. "He's walking!!! He's talking!!!"
Completely agreed!!
Even stone cold haters cheered when his music hit. A friend and myself included.
The sad part of the Daniel Bryan, Wyatt family turn is that he has no memory of it at all. He sustained a concussion in that match and remembers very little to nothing about it.
The passion in that crowd where Koloff turned I still remember. Huge pop for a small show.
The one face turn I really loved was when Mr. Perfect chose to team with Savage at Survivor Series 1992. The whole episode of Prime Time that night was dedicated to building up to that moment, and it was great to see Perfect slowly turn face throughout the episode.
Curt hennig is all time man, perfect
@@theramplocal One of the great Intercontinental Champion. *RIP*
This is my favourite face turn of all time. It was, to coin a phrase, 'perfectly' done.
That one was awesome, but remember it probably would have never happened (at least not yet) if the Warrior had stuck around!
Michaels & Nash: 'Its because of the kickout, isn't it?'
Got me a chuckle
Those Beautiful Day promos leading to HHH’s return sure did help solidify his Face Turn.
Watching Nikita Kolof walking out with Dusty was so emotional. A total swerve. When Magnum has his accident, my sister and I were crushed. And seeing his "mortal enemy" align with his best friend was amazing. Damn, almost 40 years later, seeing that wreckage makes me cry.
I sure hope some of you younger folks out there feel the same emotion MY generation got. As a great man once said, "it's still real to me, damnit!"
Yea magnum's crash still sucks he was great and so over but some people on the sly was kinda of cheering for nikita in that best of 7 series! So nikita's face turn was epic stuff don't it seem like in the nwa in the 80's had a cage match every week god i used to love that!
Literally one of the few times that a tragic real event was melded perfectly into pro wrestling. I was SHOCKED.
I remember too. I was a kid, but the memories are fresh. Magnum would have become a mega star too.
During the Boss Man segment, when you covered his Attitude Era return as a heel, I was hoping you were going to mention his fake face turn. I think he'd previously been beaten down by fellow members of (I think) the Corporate Ministry, and when he returned with his old "Hard Times" theme music, I marked out so much! Turned out I couldn't see past my own nostalgia, because he just said something like "I love you guys" and they all had a big group hug. That got me hook, line and sinker! 🤣
Boss Man was underrated. Such a great big man with charisma to boot.
I think Triple H is good enough to be a face or a heel. He's just such a damn good heel that he outshines himself.
Isn't it crazy that through the sheer power of sports entertainment, VIRGIL somehow got one of the top 10 biggest pops ever?!?! Don't tell Virgil I said this, he'll charge me for using his name 🤣
$10
Don't make eye contact with him or he'll ask for $10
The oppressed underling rebelling against the tyrant is a universally loved story. It's the core of what's happening right now with Sami/Jey and Roman.
@@Good100 true. Sami is awesome at everything. Virgil was about as crappy a performer you could cast as the underling vs. tyrant, yet it still got a massive pop during the turn
Don't look now, but he's in your back yard waiting. 🤣
If I recall, the crowd was confused, and didn't fully realize that Demolition turned face. It could have been Fuji who turned face. It was only made clear later on.
But it felt a double turn
The Daniel Bryan turn happened in my hometown of Providence Rhode island, and I was there live! I can attest to that moment being thunderously loud that night and it was definitely a highlight. Providence is usually a pretty quiet city when WWE comes around, but that night was anything but. I also got to see CM punk (my fave wrestler) live for the first and only time, he was in a 6 man tag with the outlaws against the shield I believe. Great Raw that night!
Man, I was there the night they turned Boss Man face. I still talk about it because not much of note in wrestling ever happened here in Birmingham, but I definitely remember that night. I didn't see it, but my parents said they thought they saw someone try to sneak in the ring and unlock the cuffs holding Jake, and then be...escorted...out. That was a LONG night, too. Like 3½-4 hours of mostly job matches with a few major bouts, and I've never been able to find the FULL card listing online, or see myself or family on camera in that crowd (we were really close to the ring... like 5-7 rows back, with the Brother Love set on our right, but I think we were under the camera most of the time).
To this day, the Million Dollar Man and Virgil’s vignettes crack me up, watching them “prove” money is everything and everybody has a price. Restaurant tables….swimming pools…..cruel antics with the kid with the basketball….true HEELS 😂. Also, Virgil was WAY OVER after turning on DiBiase but it didn’t last too long…
GET UP! Do significantly more damage!
The highlight of Virgil's career, outside of the NWO.
I was at Royal Rumble 91. Everyone was behind Virgil.
Slick was always one of my favorite managers……slimy and extremely heelish, but I liked his style!
that yokozuna bodyslam contest was one of the first things i saw as a 7 year olf kid :D
Andre The Giant’s face turn was classic 👍
Gorilla Monsoon said that Bobby Heenan made the biggest mistake of his life after Heenan slapped Andre.
By adding Virgil to this list, Wrestling Bios just heel turned on OSW
Mr OOC will be fuming
Here I was bout to comment the same thing til I seen this comment lol
Has to be Steiners face turn after nearly dying, was heartwarming seeing such an alpha male talk so humble. And Jarrett joining team Joe…guitar shot on aj was 🔥🔥🔥
Sukanya Cole: Thank you. I love The Steiners And Jeff Jarrett. I grew up on USWA/CWA and seeing both Scott and Jeff go so far in Wrestling has been so amazing, fun, and heart-filled.
“I hope you enjoyed this one,” he says as if we don’t eat up every video this channel puts out.
Nikita’s face turn was the absolute best ever face turn
I don't know if these couple of face turns had been covered in other clips, but being a wrestling fan since the 80ties I have 2 face turns I like to remember very often. One face turn didn't happen overnight, it happened quite smoothly but still it was one of the nicest, the Macho Man turning face a couple of months after losing to Steamboat at Wrestlemania 3. The other one was the Hart Foundation parting ways with Jimmy Hart in 1988 and turning faces was very very appreciated as it would eventually lead to the spectacular title win in 1990. 👍👍
I was there live for Daniel Bryan’s Wyatt rejection in Providence. That ovation was another level live. Like absolutely batshit crazy.
And people say Daniel wasn't a draw.
I love the original sound bits before each segment. Takes you back to the days. Great work with these videos man.
Bossman's face turn was awesome, and hilarious when he eventually took out his frustrations on Brother Love 😂
Bret Hart and Jim neidhart turn against jimmy hart was another great turn in 80s.
One of my favorites was when Greg Valentine turned baby face against Honky Tonk Man. I must have been 8 or 9 and was floored by this turn. Nothing ever came of it but it was exciting to watch.
I liked Sgt. Slaughter’s face turn in 1991 after Summer Slam.
The Rock turning heel becoming Hollywood Rock
Maybe not a turn as such...more a moment....But when Regal stood up to triple h. The pop that got from the crowd was unreal! Bigger than any Levesque probably ever got. Probably why it was just a moment smh.
Sid actually got a huge babyface pop when he turned on Shawn Michaels. So much so that WWF muted the audio on all the replays.
Thanks wrestling bios!! I look forward to all your vids especially the mid 90s wwf/wcw ones🤘
The main thing I remember about the triple h return was how much bigger he was. Even at the time it was obvious he was on the juice.
His arms moved around like stiff action figure arms 🤣
4:10 - the end of the two man power trip
Hahahaaha Virgil. I’m among the many thousands who have had an unfortunate convention encounter with Virgil. It was absolutely as as ridiculous you’d possibly expect and hope, based on internet stories.
Seeing Kevin Nash and Randy Savage gradually turn face and form the Wolfpac against Hollywood Hogan and his sphere of influence was really cool. Not everything happened at once and for a while they were tweeners, but that made everything all the more realistic and believable.
8:21 the greatest face turn in history of man. Virgil
Every time when I'm drunk and just about to got to sleep, Wrestling Bios comes up with another gold upload to get me through the night!
You SOB !! Im drunk too and was gonna say the same thing !!! Literally ! Great minds drink alike ! But for real , thats wild . cheers brother !!!
Greetings from another drunk about to going to sleep but this time from South America
So we never forget
@@Brando-Lee3725 Haha Great minds do think alike :)
@@Drinkwithclass Greetings also, Im from UK and its 2:40 in the morning here :)
Alex Riley had a great face turn moment
Jim Cornette's bloody jacket face turn was a classic example of a single promo face turn.
That's just one of the best promos ever in wrestling...period. Cornette was already one of the best ever, and that one may be his magnum opus. The whole key to that promo was, if you listen to the words, there wasn't that much different than one of his heel promos. It's all about who the words are directed at. Jim didn't change his character at all. He was just aiming in a different direction.
classic Cornette
Just rewatches that promo a few weeks ago and was the perfect promo to show how the Midnights had been beaten down the last few weeks and that they won't change but will stand up to Dangerously and the Original Midnights
Corny prominently has that very jacket at the Castle of Cornett!!😁
I m gonna go check that out right now. Not familiar with it. Surprisingly.
The double turn, involving Demolition & The Power of Pain was at Survivor Series 1988. Not Survivor Series 1989.
That line at the end of the luger segment was hilarious 😂 🤣🤣😂
The Lex Luger thing was incredible watching it at the time, and it still gives me goosebumps to watch him turn up even now!
This a pretty good video. You covered some stuff your viewers wanted to see and I respect that.
I loved it when Lawler stood up against Taz to defend JR. You heard them argue and banter for years, but when he threw that jab... boy... our living room lost a lampshade or two
To be honest, I loved the Shamrock and Test face turn as they got beaten out of the Corporation, as I was a huge fan of those guys as a kid and being allowed to cheer for them as an obedient child fan was awesome lol.
Shamrock was one of my absolute favorites back them. I marked out like a lunatic during that episode of Raw where he tore through the Ministry to save Stephanie.
I remember boss man turning baby face on the brother love show..... very well played out ... with him refusing to take a pay off
Absolutely love this channel. Great work thank you
Boss Man was very realistic in his portrayal of an American corrections officer.
(Clarification)
When he was a heel.
he wasnt stripping nobody though
"Waaaa my daddy!!"
RIP BIG BOSSMAN
Virgil was aweso me in his role. When he & DiBiase appeared on Arsenio Hall's talk show. It was classic. Great footagwe, thanks forr posting.
The Undertaker's face turn in 2002 was underrated as well. Although to be fair by mid 2002 he was so good as a heel that people started cheering for him anyway.
Taker was only a short brief heel for 6 months
Plus I got more antihero vibes from him if anything.
These are some of my favorite videos I've seen in a long time, I'd love to see more "best of" or "worst of"
I also look forward to you covering Wardlow's face turn
there's an alternate timeline where this channel is still WrestlingLists but I'm glad I'm in this one
He doesn't really cover AEW. We come here for the nostalgia
@Madame Feast I know and like it that way for the most part, but Wrestling Bios mentioned in this video he would cover Wardlow's face turn. So while I usually prefer the nostalgia, seeing him break from the norm has me interested
Imagine if the Daniel Bryan/Bray Wyatt moment actually got a year to build. Probably would have been one of the greatest moments of all time... yet even when rushed it was solid.
Why ?
You should make a video about the greatest double turns in wwe.
The Nasty boy's face turns both in Wwf when they got rid of Jimmy hart and in Wcw when they decided to team with Dusty and Dustin against the Stud stable.
My favorite WarGames match of all time! I met Dustin Rhodes and told him that.
As a Triple H fan. I loved him as a heel, but when he returned at MSG it gave me chills watching the POP He received. Very deserving POP!
It was, I remember that it was awesome to see
About that moment in 2014 he mentioned that he didn't expect that reaction and he said he almost broke down several times and had to hype himself up and remember to stay in character
You can see him tearing up a few times
I was at the event in San Jose when he tore his quad teaming with SCSA against CJ AND CB. It was insane
DiBiase’s sell on the bump at 9:00 was great
Almost forgot it was Tuesday. Nice to see another great episode.
Virgil's a joke now in no small part to his antics, but this was huge when I was a kid. If Virgil was at such an a******, he probably would have took off from this.
"Virgil has one of the top 10 biggest pops ever" is one of my favorite wrestling facts ever, along with "Xpac was the second biggest babyface in WWE right before WWE finally beat Nitro in the ratings"
Virgil smoking the million dollar man w the belt was bonkers, I watched that live and it was incredible
I was there at the Daniel Bryan cage match face turn. My first live raw event!
Andre leaving a good guy, that's when they would rent the double vhs box's of WrestleMania me and my brother must have rented this 20 times, never noticed how immobile Andre was until retrospectives came out.
One awesome face turn that wasn’t mentioned was Batista’s face turn in 2005
Demolition were awesome, I actually don't see them as road warrior copycats. I actually found them way more entertaining than the legion of doom.
Andre The Giant's last appearance in the WWF/E was in October 1991 in a house show in Paris, France.
I like that you respect the opinions of your followers when producing your content, even if you don't always agree. Thanks for the great channel.
4:47 talking about DX as babyfaces, they just got so popular and fit the time so well that we couldn't help but cheer. Going against heels like the Nation helped a lot. Everyone loved their promos even if Bret tells them to shut up on Reliving the War.
The Shield turn was one of the best moments of my wrestling fandom.
I appreciate the vid, brother. Nice work. Take your time, I'm looking forward to seeing how wrestling develops in general, so, it's understood. Solid breakdown, tho!
Virgil!!! Forgot about him! Virgil was a staple of my earliest years watching WWF ppv on scrambled screen haha
Seeing Crush mentioned reminds me that Sol Ruca in NXT basically has his exact gimmick, except she's billed from Cali instead of Hawaii and doesn't say "brudda" all the time.
I'm from New York City and the slam on the intrepid was iconic to me! Also if you do another heel turn video Ryan, I'd love to see the diy breakup from NXT! When ciampa threw jhonnny into the video wall was awesome!
Or when Johnny turned heel with the whole "who took out Alister Black" storyline
I really enjoyed this video. I would like to suggest the Curt Henning face turn when he teams with Randy Savage to take on Ric Flair and Razor Ramon st Survivor Series 1992.
He was supposed to replace Warrior. But Henning did return in the ring.
He covered that one in the last video.
Keep these two series going please
I wonder how many of those triple h injuries were legit and how many were so he could make a big comeback after becoming stale again 🤔
100% this
Bossman was so good
The Bossman and Yokozuna were both athletic as hell for their sizes!
I'll never forget the time that I seen the Lex Express roll through Marion, Indiana, randomly when I was a kid...🤘🏼💯✔️ I got soooooo hyped and excited when I seen Lex Luger's bus...🤗
That TV title belt DUSTY had😍😍
Bossman still did the handcuffing opponents to ropes gimmick as a babyface too. Also HHH turned heel at the end of the same night at MSG.
For years I've been saying about Hollywood Hogan,s turn in 99 at that point I had never seen a crowd reaction like that EVER
Same thing happened the night after WM18.
@@zlinedavid it was fantastic, never seen that response till Hogans re,debut in WWF
Thanks for doing Nikita!!!
I loved the boss mans face turn
I was wondering if you ever upload today and my worries went away.
Doing a Bloodline explained before WrestleMania would be great
Amazing video
Virgil was massively underrated.
Great video!
Just one thing.
WrestleMania VI wasn't Andres last TV appearance.
He came back a year later to help Boss man and then was in the Bushwhackers corner until at least SummerSlam of that year.
These are all pretty good face turns.
Less than 400 views at the time of my viewing. Excited for this one!
Fresh addition: Sami Zayn, 2023 Royal Rumble.
Woah, late upload but I always appreciate it.
This is perfect it's 9pm where I am in new York City
Speaking of heel Rock, the Hollywood rock was the best heel run of his career imo. He played himself to an extent.
I definitely had goosebumps during that Daniel Bryan promo
A little off topic, but I was just rewatching that Stone Cold/HHH vs Jericho and Benoit tag team match where HHH tore his quad, and goddamn that was such a great match.
Becky's face turn by finally turning heel on her "friend" was one of a kind. And when she played through a broken face, and the fan reaction forced the booking committee to officially turn her face....man, WWE had to really work hard to waste that opportunity.
lol yep, in a way, Nia Jax's botch/stiff shot made her a superstar! Strange how things work!
Nobody watches that PG garbage