That One Time Tatanka Turned Heel In 2006

[Playaz Eyez]

Good ol WWE 2006, where they were throwing all types of shyt at the wall and seeing what would stick, or in most cases --- not stick. Here we have Tatanka making his WWE return as a face, and honestly, he wasn't all that bad in the ring, and physically looked about as good as a very in shape 44 year old can be. Around this time, he had been on a losing streak (because you know how much the WWE likes to use losing streaks to get people over), with him blaming the refs for making mistakes counting pins.

This was the match that sent Tatanka over the edge


Then he came out to confront Lashley next week to explain his actions


I'm not even sure if he ever ended his losing streak, I just remember him beating the shyt out of Jimmy Yang at the top of 2007, and asking for his release not too long after


For anyone that currently watches the WWE, sees an episode of Raw or SD and thinks "that's it, I'm never watching this again", if you were able to get through chunks of 04-07 and 2009-2012, you can make it through anything

 

[RammerJammer]

Roddy Piper & Ric Flair won the Tag Titles in 06

Remember Sylvester Terkay?

ECW revival

Random Mick Foley heel turn

 

[The Great One]

Where is the video of him beating the shyt out of Matt Hardy, walking to the back, taking a shower then coming back out to beat him up again

 

[boriquaking]

Vladamir Kozlov

 

[ADK]

Tatanka has the most random career of all time. Is he even Native

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Tatanka has the most random career of all time. Is he even Native

He actually is a real Native American they even used him being legit adopted into some tribe as part of one of his vignettes

 

[MenacingMonk]

They brought Tatanka back.... in '06?

 

[HipHopStan]

Random Mick Foley heel turn

Which, like HHH turning on Seth Rollins, was never really, fully explained. I just remember Edge, Foley, and Terry Funk having a triple threat and that's how it occurred. Or at least to my knowledge. I don't remember. I had a lot of good and bad going on in 2006.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

They brought Tatanka back.... in '06?

yep it was crazy that he was less washed than Flair and Roddy Piper at that time though

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

Him dancing around in the ring

 

[boriquaking]

Yall forget they had road warrior as a heel singles competitor on smackdown too in 06

 

[HYDRO]

I thought heel Tatanka was dope

 

[Vic Damone. Jr]

Foley’s heel run was All I remember is him giving Edge the Hardcore championship(?), The match at ONS 06 with him, Edge and Lita vs Funk, Dreamer and Beulah, and the random ass feud with Flair that involved Melina

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Yall forget they had road warrior as a heel singles competitor on smackdown too in 06

2006 was such a trash trash year for the WWE that was probably the first year in wrestling for me where I’d miss episodes of Raw/SD and not really be pressed about it. A WOAT WWE year

 

[TransJenner]

They brought Tatanka back.... in '06?

Yeah it was random as fukk but he was over asa face from what I remember