10 Real-Life Wrestling Heels Who Turned Babyface
5. Shawn Michaels
Was a heel because...
Shawn Michaels was a troubled man who projected his issues onto an entire company. As the leader of the Kliq faction, he applied a stranglehold over creative, and if you weren't pally with him, you were f*cked. His constant swipes at Bret Hart were perversely amusing, granted, but they cloaked the WWF in a toxic cloud. He threw a tantrum at Vader for stiffing him, and yet buried Sid for not doing anything in the same year of 1996. There was no pleasing the man, unless he devised a quick-witted Hitman burial, which delighted him no end. He treated the European Title - a potential breakthrough vehicle - like a pair of Bret Hart merch shades.
Turned babyface by...
Helpfully thinning out the North American animal population.
No, he found God, and elected to live a better life for his family and his soul. This didn't matter quite as much as his outstanding pro wrestling matches, obviously. He could have accused John Cena of "taking the Mickie" and still been received as a demigod. He stopped being a complete sh*theel to Bret Hart, which also helped enormously.