10 Wrestlers Who Turned Heel On AEW

10. Bret Hart

It was both a short and long-term endorsement of All Elite Wrestling by Bret Hart when when 'The Excellence Of Execution' appeared at the organisation's inaugural Double Or Nothing pay-per-view to unveil the design of the World Heavyweight Championship.

A sentimental favourite of many that fit the profile of AEW's largest demographic, Hart was also never shy of sharing exactly how he felt about things in the industry. A stamp of approval from him meant more than praise or criticism from some of the charlatans out there.

To that end, his shift in opinion over the last year or so won't make good reading for AEW diehards. Speaking to HNLive, he said;

"I really question the direction that the people that are in charge are taking wrestling. AEW has gone in a bad direction with all the violence and gore. I watched an episode, Dr. Martha Hart doing her big press conference, I’m watching AEW and [Jon Moxley] is sticking a fork in somebody’s head for five minutes with a close-up. This isn’t wrestling. I would recommend turning all that off and not watching because it’s not very good. Wrestling is going in bad directions because people don’t know what wrestling is or was."

Of course, the take might just be for now rather than forever, but 'The Hitman' knows what he likes, and right now, that's not everything he's seeing on Dynamite.