Wrestlers who feuded as both heel and face

[Instant Classic]

Stone Cold and The Rock have feuded with one another as both heel and face. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn have as well . What are other instances where this has happened and what are your favorite?

[ace]

One of my favorites is EC3 and Rockstar Spud. Spud turned heel because EC3 turned babyface and he hated him so much. Remains the best reason I’ve ever seen for a heel turn. They returned to the UK and he had to hear his home country cheer the man who abused him for years…who embarrassed him the last time they were there and shaved his head. Why would he ever care about people who could cheer a man like that?

[CMWaters]

Hogan and Savage. More often than not Savage was the heel, but they did have times with early days nWo.

[cjh]

Hogan and Piper did it and even switched back to their original sides in 2003.

[CMWaters]

Jan 19, 2024 18:37:25 GMT -5 cjh said:

Hogan and Piper did it and even switched back to their original sides in 2003.

And they even teamed a few times (most memorably for me retroactively was them against Race and Orndorff...and each time Hogan and Piper went to tag there was a "can I trust him" hesitation).

[DragonMasterP]

The Rock (Heel) and Triple H (Face) feuded as the leaders of the Nation and DX, then again in 1999 and 2000, this time with the alignments switched.

[MrElijah]

Bret vs. Shawn. Face vs. Heel, Face vs. Face & Heel vs. Heel.

[SpillBeans316]

Am I correct that Chuck Palumbo and Jamie Noble flipped face/heel positions mid feud on Smackdown? Palumbo rescued Michelle McCool from abusive Jamie Noble only for Chuck to eventually start abusing her himself, and Jamie in turn had to rescue her.

[chrom]

Hogan and Flair

[4real]

Lesnar & Angle in 2003.

[thegame415]

Austin and Undertaker

Did Kane and Undertaker ever have a proper feud with 'Taker as a heel and Kane as a face? I know they had a main event inferno match on Raw in early 1999, but I don't even know who was the face/heel. Then they feuded in tag teams in the summer of 1999, so that kind of counts. I think every singles one on one feud, Kane was the heel.

[The Rick Jericho]

Owen Hart and Shawn Michaels - 1996

Owen Hart and Shawn Michaels - 1997

[chazraps]

Steiners and Dudleyz

Razor Ramon and 1-2-3 Kid

The Giant an Hulk Hogan

I want to say Trish and Lita - am I remembering that correctly? During Lita's 2006 heel run?

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Slight cheat but Davey and Bret

Hart Foundation v. Bulldogs (heel v. face)
Bret v. Davey (face v. face)
Bret v. Davey (face v. heel)

That’s gotta be damn unique.

[Cyno]

I'm pretty sure Punk and Joe have feuded with flipped alignments.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Jan 19, 2024 18:46:27 GMT -5 MrElijah said:

Bret vs. Shawn. Face vs. Heel, Face vs. Face & Heel vs. Heel.

Well building off me, Harts and Rockers add the face v. face to the pile too.

[tirtefaa]

Del Rio vs. Ziggler
Cena vs. Angle
Rollins vs. Reigns
Rollins vs. Lesnar
Reigns vs. Lesnar
The Hardy Boys vs. Edge and Christian
Jericho vs. Benoit
Miz vs. Shane O Mac....sort of

[sungod2020]

Triple H and Chris Jericho comes to mind. And regardless of alignments, Triple H got the better of Jericho almost every single time.

Big John Studd(heel) vs. Andre The Giant(face) were feuding between 1983 and 1985 and then had a brief feud when Studd returned in 1989 with the alignments reversed, and with Bobby Heenan managing Andre, whereas the previous time, Andre ws feuding with the Heenan Family.

Chris Jericho and Chyna had a slow double turn with Chyna starting out as the face and Jericho as the heel. Formed something of an alliance sometime in the middle of it(also while co-holding the IC title) where Jericho was becoming a face in the process, then the night after Wrestlemania 2000, Chyna turns on Jericho costing him the European title to join Eddie Guerrero, making her a heel.

[grungesmurf]

Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant

[government mule]

Bret/Stone Cold before and after the double turn.