Goldust's 1996-97 Face Turn

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After going back and watching a lot of 96-97 PPV's and Raw's, the one thing that stood out for me was Goldust.

After his face turn, wow, the crowds got behind him pretty well. This is amazing, considering about 6-8 months before that he was HATED against, Razor, Warrior, Ahmed and Undertaker.

So what exactly happened, that got the crowd to be so behind him, so well, in a matter of a few weeks after the turn. Honestly, I thought, Goldust would never get the crowd behind him, but he did.

So why did they turn him heel by September? I think if he stayed as a comedy face, instead of turning 10 times during the Attitude era, we would've gotten a lot more stuff out of him earlier.

Perhaps, instead of Mankind trying to team with Austin in the Summer of 1997, maybe Goldust? The thought of WWF Tag Team Champions, Goldust and Stone Cold Steve Austin just makes me laugh.




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[chazraps]

I think they might have just been desperate for heels knowing that the bulk of the Hart Foundation was going to depart and trusted Dustin to be the type of heel that absolutely nobody could cheer.

But yeah, the actual moment of the face turn when he pops Lawler is such a great moment.

[GuyOfOwnage]

As far as I can recall, they turned him after Triple H hit on Marlena. And for whatever reason, that magically turned him into a face. It was maybe a week or two before that segment with Lawler.

[Mozenrath]

Probably the departure of many heels, as said. I don't know if Dustin's personal demons were getting to him by then or if that'd happen later.

[thegame415]

Didnt his face turn start after Jerry Lawler asked him if he was gay?

[Clawley Race]

He shouldn't have turned face IMO. Should have had a proper blow off with the undertaker.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

I think Goldust ended up getting the spot on the card that Pillman was supposed to have post-Badd Blood.