List of WWE Face Turns & Heel Turns in 1997

On this page you find the full and up-to-date list of all the WWE Superstars who turned heel or face in 1997. The list is organized in chronological order.

With this list, you can keep track of all the WWE face turns and heel turns that happened in the year 1997. You can also view a breakdown of the rosters split by Face and Heel divisions.

Clicking on a wrestler brings you to their full profile, with their Career History, and more information and statistics. You can also use the dropdown menu below to select the year and see the list of WWE face turns and heel turns from a certain year.

Full List of WWE Face Turns & Heel Turns in 1997 (26):

Wrestler	Turn Date
Savio Vega Heel Turn	January 25, 1997
Marlena Face Turn	February 16, 1997
Blackjack Windham Heel Turn	February 17, 1997
Tracy Smothers Heel Turn	March 15, 1997
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin Face Turn	March 23, 1997
Bret "The Hitman" Hart Heel Turn	March 23, 1997
Rob Van Dam Heel Turn	May 1, 1997
Goldust Face Turn	May 2, 1997
Scott Taylor Heel Turn	May 19, 1997
Crush Face Turn	June 10, 1997
Ahmed Johnson Heel Turn	June 16, 1997
Mankind Face Turn	July 1, 1997
Vader Face Turn	July 7, 1997
"Ravishing" Rick Rude Heel Turn	July 19, 1997
Super Crazy Face Turn	August 9, 1997
Rocky Maivia Heel Turn Joined Nation of Domination	August 11, 1997
Ahmed Johnson Face Turn	August 17, 1997
P.J. Walker Heel Turn	August 21, 1997
Shawn Michaels Heel Turn	September 20, 1997
Pat Patterson Heel Turn	October 1, 1997
Phineas I. Godwinn Heel Turn	October 5, 1997
Mr. McMahon Heel Turn	October 9, 1997
Steve Blackman Face Turn	November 3, 1997
Bret "The Hitman" Hart Face Turn	November 9, 1997
Goldust Heel Turn	November 9, 1997
Owen Hart Face Turn	December 7, 1997

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