10 Wrestling Heel Turns That Made No Sense Whatsoever
1. The Sad Story Of The Higher Power
Right, hold on to your hats here.
1998 was the year WWF turned the tide in the Monday Night Wars and finally beat WCW in the ratings, and slowly began to move away from the competition.
The talent roster at WWF's disposal at the time was incredible, and the company also had a number of factions dominating the top of the card. Two of these were the Corporation (led by Vince and the McMahons) and the Ministry of Darkness (led by The Undertaker).
The Undertaker began referring to a higher power, and laid out his desire to wrestle power of the company away from Vince McMahon. Taker makes Vince's life a living hell, famously bringing the boss to tears after burning his daughter's teddy bear. Taker tries to kidnap Stephanie and marry her, only for that damn Stone Cold Steve Austin to save the day and the girl.
Shane McMahon takes over the Corporation and kicks Vince out, and soon aligns with Undertaker and his band of not so merry men. Vince starts to see the error of his past ways and tries to reconcile with various individuals.
All of this leads to an episode of Monday Night RAW where the higher power that Undertaker has been referring to is revealed. The man under the hood?
Vince McMahon.
For fear of giving myself an aneurysm, let's work this out; Undertaker wanted to take control of the company, so he made Vince's life a living hell, abusing him at every opportunity. Vince's son kicks him out of their faction, and aligns with the guy that tried to kidnap and marry his sister.
Despite all this, it turns out that Vince is the higher power and he did all of this just to mess with Austin.
I don't know. I really don't know.