10 WWE Wrestlers Who Benefited Most From Turning Heel

The implosion of The Shield three years ago bolstered the main event prospects of all three of its erstwhile members, yet it was Rollins - having been lured over to the dark side by Triple H - who got his rewards before anyone else.

Taking a knife (or chair, to be more accurate) to the backs of his cohorts gave Rollins the impetus to push for the main event as a singles star, having shown the ambition to abandon the cushy vehicle that took him to the WWE main roster in the first place.

And it was less than a year later that 'The Architect', having used The Authority's lobbying power for his own self-interested ends, claimed his maiden WWE Championship after gate-crashing WrestleMania 31's main event.