5 Best heel turns in WWE history

#4 Paul Orndorff (1986)

Paul Orndorff dominates Hulk Hogan

Paul Orndorff was the latest in a long line of Hulk Hogan's buddies who turned on him. But few had anywhere near the level of success as Mr. Wonderful did at the box office when battling the Hulkster.

That's what makes Orndorff's heel turn so significant. The fact that business boomed incredibly on the basis of his Championship matches with Hogan.

The turn was slow building and logical. Orndorff had been mocked by heel wrestler, Adrian Adonis who told him that he had "gone soft" since he began teaming with the Hulkster and was in Hogan's shadow.

A proud competitor, Orndorff began to feel that Hogan was upstaging him and when in a tag team match, Hogan crashed into Orndorff accidentally knocking him off the apron, Mr. Wonderful snapped. Post-match while celebrating the victory with Hogan, Orndorff hit him with a clothesline and piledriver to initiate their rivalry.

Orndorff would subsequently begin to use Hogan's "Real American" entrance music as he himself approached the ring to mock his opponent.

So dastardly was Orndorff that fans could not wait for Hogan to exact revenge. The feud was an astonishing box office success, one of Hogan's best ever. The pair drew 76,000 fans to a match in Toronto, Canada, before it finally culminated with a Hogan victory on an episode of Saturday Night's Main Event.

One of the most successful heel turns ever, no question.