5 Obvious Heel Turns in WWE That Worked

5. Cody Rhodes Turns On Hardcore Holly

At the inaugural edition of WWE's Night of Champions (although the year before they did subtitle the annual Vengeance PPV with the "Night of Champions" tagline), Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes were set to defend their WWE Tag Team Titles against Ted DiBiase, Jr and a mystery partner. For a bit of backstory, Cody's first storyline in WWE involved getting his butt kicked by Hardcore Holly (a lot), and it led to the rookie earning the respect of the grizzled veteran. After a number of losses to Holly, Hardcore decided to start teaming with the second son of the son of a plumber.

The duo won the belts in December 2007 on the Raw 15th Anniversary show and held the belts for close to seven months. Cut back to the end of June 2008, and what would be their final title defense. Another up-and-coming second-generation star, Ted DiBiase, Jr, had come onto the scene and earned himself a title shot. He didn't have a partner, and many people expected it to be a call-up from developmental (such as third-generation wrestler Joe Hennig, AKA Michael McGillicutty, AKA Curtis Axel). Instead, nobody came out with him on the night of the event.

After a few weeks of Cody acting like a kid who had let success go to his head, being cocky and even refusing to tag Holly into their tag matches, it became apparent that the team was going to come to an end sooner rather than later.

Cody immediately turned on Holly, and less than two minutes after the bell, Cody was no longer one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions with Hardcore Holly -- he was one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions with Ted DiBiase, Jr. They would go on to create the Legacy group and the rest is history.