10 WWE Superstars That Turned Heel/Face The Most

6. Mark Henry

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'The Worlds Strongest Man' pulled off perhaps the best swerve-turn in company history when he drew tears from the audience and himself in a worked retirement speech in 2013.

Sporting a now-legendary salmon jacket, Henry was so unflinchingly convincing in the role of a man facing a career crossroads that everybody bit before he bit back on a sympathetic John Cena with a World's Strongest Slam. It was Henry's best ever turn in a career full of them.

After debuting as a babyface, he brutalised Ken Shamrock to reveal his allegiance to The Nation Of Domination in early 1998, but the company's scripting of him as a sexual deviant subversively turned 'Sexual Chocolate' face as the company looked to comedy in order get some return from their ten-year investment.

By the time the contract expired in 2006, he'd miraculously achieved a modicum of success as a killer heel and spent the next several years flip-flopping en route to a remarkable World Title win in 2011. Despite the constant character changes, his work surprisingly endured - the reign was deserved by the time he flattened perennial headliner Randy Orton.

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