5 Unforgettable WWE heel turns still talked about today 

The Rock was a major heel in his early days
The Rock was a major heel in his early days

#1. Tatanka

Lex Luger and Tatanka backstage before the latter's sensational heel turn
Lex Luger and Tatanka backstage before the latter's sensational heel turn

If you were watching WWE back in 1994, this one wouldn't need much of an introduction but, for those that weren't, here we go.

While headlines before SummerSlam 1994 were being dominated by the match between The Undertaker and The Undertaker (yes, you read that correctly) or the steel cage WWE title match between Bret Hart and Owen Hart, one of the most intense feuds was actually another - that between Lex Luger and Tatanka, two babyfaces.

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Back then, Ted DiBiase, the Million Dollar Man, was flashing the cash to many Superstars in his quest to build the Million Dollar Corporation, a line-up of bought henchmen. DiBiase left fans reeling when he suggested he'd managed to secure Luger to his clan - something which seemed unthinkable given Luger was a dyed-in-the-wool American hero who would never sell himself out for money.

DiBiase was convincing, though, and Tatanka was sure the Million Dollar Man was right. He would spot, for instance, DiBiase sheepishly leaving Luger's dressing room. He'd see the same man at ringside watching Luger's matches, and he even managed to catch Luger in the act with a fistful of DiBiase's money.

Luger denied the whole thing forcefully and with passion, saying he'd never sell out. But had he? The tensions between the two former friends reached a peak when they met in the ring at SummerSlam 1994 in Chicago.

Luger and Tatanka were wrestling when out would come DiBiase. To cheer on Luger, perhaps? That's what many thought.

In a cruel twist, however, it was revealed that it was Tatanka, all along, who'd sold out and taken DiBiase's cash. He brutally attacked Luger after the match was over before embracing his new manager, revealing it had been a plot all along and that he'd "fooled the whole stinkin' country..."

Wow.

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Edited by Zaid Khan
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