8 Greatest Double Turns In Wrestling

8. Ric Flair Vs. Hulk Hogan

At Uncensored 1999, WCW President Ric Flair challenged arch rival and super villain Hulk Hogan for the World Heavyweight Championship. The Nature Boy’s authority was also up for grabs in a first blood, barbed wire, steel cage match. Was this WCW or ECW?

Anyway, Flair ordered referee (and longtime devotee) Charles Robinson to end the match only at his discretion. So when Naitch gets busted open about eight minutes in, Robinson refused to end the match. The announcers were confused because you’d have to be Joe Carroll to believe not enough blood had been spilled.

Then Hogan was busted open, but the ref still refused to end the match. As the confusion built, so did the shenanigans: David Flair, Torrie Wilson, and Arn Anderson all came out to interfere. Anderson slid a tire iron into the cage and Flair walloped Hogan before locking him in the figure four. While Hogan’s shoulders were down, Robinson made a quick three count (in a first blood match) and awarded Flair the title.

The Dirtiest Player in the Game struck again.