10 Wrestlers Who Turned Face & Heel In The Same Year
From good to bad to good again - these wrestlers all turned face and heel multiple times in a year.
Turning face or heel is one of the biggest things that can happen to a wrestling character.
A shift in morality should set a performer up for years of growth and hopefully even greater success. It's no small decision and not one that should be taken lightly, but (as with all things in wrestling) this is rarely ever the case in the biz. Whilst some face/heel turns last for years, others are over and done with in a few months. This is exemplified by these 10 grapplers, who all crossed the line multiple times in the same calendar year.
When a wrestler changes allegiance too many times in a short period, it can be hard to invest in them. Why bother getting behind someone as a hero if they're going to become a villain again in a few months?!
From rushed plot lines to panic booking, these wrestlers must've all got head rush from how often they turned. In some cases, we've counted a wrestler returning from injury to go face/heel as a turn, even if the turn itself didn't happen on TV - it's a shift in their persona, so it still counts.
3...2...1...TURN!
10. R-Truth (2011)
Remember when R-Truth was the most interesting character in wrestling? What could have been...
Part of why Truth's sudden character shift in 2025 was so intriguing is because it was the biggest thing that had happened to him in over a decade. The last time he'd been anything but comic relief was back in 2011, when he turned heel for the first time in WWE.
After attacking John Morrison on Raw, Truth turned on the crowd and berated management for holding him down. This led to his one-and-only PPV singles main event at Capitol Punishment. Y'all remember Capitol Punishment, right? With the Obama impersonator? Good times.
One he'd lost to John Cena thanks to interference from a child in the front row (yes, really), Truth then formed a tag-team with The Miz called 'The Awesome Truth'. They then went on to have The Rock's first WWE match in almost 8 years (yes, really!) before Miz violently broke up the team.
Truth returned on the final Raw of the year to attack his former partner and cement another face turn, thus tying his year up in a neat little bow.