11 Surprising WWE Heel Turns You Never Saw Coming
7. Seth Rollins On The Shield (2014)
Seth Rollins violently assaulting Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose just a night removed from the trio's biggest victory was perhaps the last truly great main event heel turn in WWE, ripping the hearts out of audiences that adored The Shield right at the point they collectively looked stronger than ever.
His chair-swinging attack was necessarily wicked and immediately got across the extent of his callous betrayal. Reigns, Ambrose and Rollins had put Triple H, Randy Orton and Batista to the sword after months of feuding, leading to the collapse of the reunited Evolution on that same edition of Monday Night Raw. Batista had gone back to Hollywood in an almighty huff, embarrassing his colleagues even more than he had in his all-blue ensemble 24 hours earlier.
'The Game' turning to his "Plan B" - a gotten-to Seth - flipped the script on the angle entirely and set all three on brand new trajectories whilst still at the height of their popularity. Results were frustratingly mixed in the aftermath, but the camera-shaking pop that met their 2017 reunion highlighted the tightly wound emotional ties that still existed between the group and the fanbase at large.