Hulk Hogan, who died Thursday morning at the age of 71, turned heel — wrestling parlance for a hero transforming into a villain — at WCW’s «Bash at the Beach» in 1996, shocking wrestling fans.
These days, wrestling fans are more or less in on the act.
But there was a time that fans were so enraged by an unforeseen twist that they peppered the men in the ring with trash, disgusted by the ultimate act of betrayal.
Hulk Hogan, who died Thursday morning at the age of 71, turned heel — wrestling parlance for a hero transforming into a villain — at WCW’s “Bash at the Beach” in Daytona, Fla. on July 7, 1996 in one of the most shocking moments in wrestling history, aligning himself with fellow ex-WWE stars Scott Hall and Kevin Nash to form the New World Order (nWo) faction that completely changed the industry and pop culture.
