10 Times WWE Tried (And Failed) To Make You Cheer For Former Heels
4. Yokozuna
Yokozuna was a physical phenom in the years before WWE gave the word mythologised the term for The Undertaker.
A morbidly obese giant that had it in him to move with the grace and technique of a man more than half his size, he was the type of performer that was actually too good for the company to effectively reflect.
Yes he was big and yes he got the same height on his legdrop as Hulk Hogan, but what more can you espouse other than that? It makes sense now why Vince McMahon would see him as such a draw - surely you'd have to go look for yourself if Yokozuna came to town?
History has proven this not particularly the case of course, and after McMahon grew tired of his original Samoan bulldozer waving the Japanese flag with Mr Fuji, he elected to forcibly turn the former WWE Champion babyface the only way he really knew how - having him embrace 'Old Glory'.
After leaving Jim Cornette's stable in early-1996, Yoko cut his first promo as a free man, implying that he'd been kept a silent monster by the 'Prince Of Polyester' all this time.
It didn't reinvigorate the gimmick, but the sight of Mr Fuji spending his last WrestleMania waving the stars and stripes was a bizarre alternate universe moment for the few New Generation fans still watching from the long-dead golden era.