10 Signs Your Favourite Wrestler Was Turning Heel
8. Shawn Michaels Screws The Undertaker
What a f*cking finish this was.
WWE used to be the absolute best at all of this, and though it wasn't really until 1998 where they were commercially rewarded, a series of Hall Of Fame-worthy twists, turns and finishes in 1997 put all the credit in the bank.
SummerSlam 1997 offered up a monster main event with arguably even bigger stakes.
Bret Hart was finally getting a straight up singles WWE Title shot he'd craved since returning the prior November, having bitterly turned on his North American fans in the process. He had to go all in on that here too - he'd hubristically promised to never wrestle on US soil if he lost.
Champion The Undertaker was harbouring the hassle of Kane's impending arrival while trying to be the broad shouldered hero the organisation needed.
Shawn Michaels - no friend of 'The Deadman' but a hated, loathed and despised rival of 'The Hitman' - was to referee, but offered the same guarantee as Hart if he showed bias or favour. This put him in quite the predicament when, following a red mist directed at 'The Hitman' he took The Undertaker's head clean off with a steel chair.
The Champion was down and out, and Michaels had to decide whether to gift his enemy the belt or never again work in the country that he loved. He counted the fall, acting selfishly and earning scorn that fuelled a crucial next stage in his complex character's journey.