5 Worst Heel Turns in the WWE

#1 Stone Cold Steve Austin shakes Vince McMahon's hand at WrestleMania X-7

Stone Cold shocked the world when he aligned himself with his longtime enemy Vince McMahon

As entertaining as Stone Cold may have been when he was a cartoonishly insane character during the Invasion, it was in no way a good idea. The fans of the WWE were never comfortable booing their hero, and they definitely couldn't accept his heel turn at WrestleMania X-7 when he joined forces with Vince McMahon to get the upper hand on The Rock.

The build to their Mania match was absolutely incredible and is considered by most to be one of the best builds to one of the best Mania main events of all time. With Limp Bizkit's "My Way" hyping up the match, it was one of the most anticipated matches in WWE history.

As great as it was, that moment at the end of the PPV left fans in attendance and around the globe completely confused.

It only got worse from there, sadly. Nothing about this turn made sense, and Austin's character went through a drastic change in just a few weeks, going from complete badass to psychotic yet cowardly heel afraid to lose his title.

Austin would go on to double cross McMahon, joining the side of the Alliance, and attempted to ruin the WWE by leading WCW and ECW in a war against the company left standing after the Monday Night Wars.

At best, the Austin/Rock rivalry continued, but that came at the price of seeing Austin turn his back on the fans, hiding behind the numbers of the Alliance.

This could go down as the worst heel turn in history, not just in the WWE. It's so bad, in fact, that Stone Cold Steve Austin himself, who took credit for the idea, has repeatedly said that he regrets ever turning heel, and believes he should've stunned McMahon in the middle of the ring at WrestleMania X-7.

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