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20 years ago, Hulk Hogan turned heel at 'Bash at the Beach'

It's been two decades since one of the biggest moments in wrestling history: Dean Malenko defeating Disco Inferno to retain his WCW Cruiserweight title.

A little later at Bash at the Beach, Hulk Hogan created the NWO proper by joining Kevin Nash and Scott Hall as the mystery "third man."

If there's better YouTube shorthand for when somebody turns heel, good luck finding it.

Hogan, as he was once known for something much cooler than taking money from thin-skinned, libertarian tech billionaires to bankrupt media corporations, wouldn't commit to the move until soon before the match.