5 ways Hulk Hogan's heel turn changed pro-wrestling 

#3 It forced Vince McMahon to drastically change his product

Vince introduces the Attitude Era

The mid-90s was a terrible time to be a WWE fan. The watered down product was not helping the company, and fans were walking away in droves. The lowest point of this era came at SummerSlam 1995 when Diesel met King Mabel in the main event of the night, resulting in one of the worst matches in the company's history.

nWo's arrival made matters worse for Vince McMahon, and he finally decided to tweak his product to tend to the modern wrestling fans who were getting tired of the same old formula of clear-cut babyfaces and heels. In one of the most iconic segments of all time, Vince McMahon addressed WWE fans in a backstage promo, stating that the WWE product was about to get a massive overhaul. Thus, the Attitude Era came into being.