6 Greatest Double Turns in WWE

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Technically not the first double turn in wrestling history, but rather one that punctuated the idea and brought it into the lexicon of professional wrestling. Bret Hart's outdated white meat babyface act against the hard-edged resilient Stone Cold generated the buzz heading into Wrestlemania 13. Who knew it would be the game changer to forever change WWE.

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By this point, Bret already faced the ire of many fans, ironically as a parallel to his previous Wrestlemania 11 opponent Bob Backlund. While apathy generated for the Canadian native, love of a violent kind spewed for the take no prisoners Stone Cold. Despite being a heel and doing tons of dirty things, this anti-hero embodied the essence of the 90's perfect.

As such during the match, Hart's increasing frustrations with Austin came to fore in a cold wilful and destructive fashion. He did everything to take him down, he exhumed every part of his wrestling ability to put down the rattlesnake. Yet nothing seemed to work.

Meanwhile, a busted up and beaten down Austin kept coming back to the point of no return. He fought through with each cheer getting louder and louder. As he bled on the canvas, in a sharpshooter hold by Hart, Austin bled till he couldn't wake up. Stone Cold fell on his sword that night, right into the arms of the fans as he never gave up, never tapped out.

That night Hart turned his back on the world except for Canada, in a masterstroke. That night Steve Austin truly became Stone Cold. That night WWE got made.

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Edited by Nishant Jayaram