10 Best Heel And Face Turns At WWE WrestleMania
Hello darkness my old friend.
Switching from bad to good or, better yet, good to bad has always been one of the more efficient ways for a wrestler to capture the attention of the audience.
And - like virtually everything else in this industry - there's no better place to do it than at WrestleMania, the undisputed biggest pay-per-view of the WWE calendar. Just ask Bray Wyatt and Shinsuke Nakamura, both of whom abruptly decided to change their long-established allegiances on Sunday evening.
Whether this yields the desired outcome for either man in the long-run is a matter we can debate (for Bray, odds are it's a no), but there's no denying that the moments themselves were right out of Vince McMahon's top drawer. This is what the Show of Shows is all about: shocks, twists, drama.
Of course, these two are but the latest in a long line of wrestlers to undergo a character shift on the Grandest Stage of Them All. The WWE creative team has been using this trope for as long as the company has been around, and will likely continue to use it until their last breath.
10. Bray Wyatt - WrestleMania 34
The first of two face/heel turns at WrestleMania 34 came on the pre-show, with Bray Wyatt confirming he had moved over to the side of good by helping former foe Woken Matt claim victory in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.
This also marks the first time that the Eater of Worlds has formally been a fan favourite, all of his time on the main roster to date having been spent in the role of a teleporting, Machiavellian cult leader with the physical appearance of an internet troll.
Whether this actually gives his career a much-needed shot in the arm remains to be seen. Bray has had many false dawns over the last few years, lest we forget, the most recent of which coming just a couple of months ago when he began feuding with The Woken One.
That soon fizzled out, however, and the same may well happen here - although at least this time he is not burdened with the weight of expectation that comes with being a big-time singles star. A novelty tag team act could be a better fit, especially if given the time to develop.