3 Reasons why Bret Hart is possibly the most overrated wrestler.

[Dada]

Like I said in another thread, I respect him now and always did for working hard and running with his opportunity. Having said that:

I agree with the threadstarter and

 

[wake&bake]

 

[ThatKidBlackHippy]

threadstarter is either or one of the worst posters in TSC.

 

[61 Corpses]

1. Bland personality/gimmick.
Not a big deal usually, but how many of the GOATS is as dry as Bret is.

2. Boring wrestler.
Wrestled like his personality, he was technically sound, but he wrestled like a robot with no emotion. Chris Benoit was a technician, but unlike Bret his matches were exciting. Bret is lucky he got paired with HBK.

3. Not a draw.
Bret Hart headlined/responsible for two of the WWE's lowest PPV buyrates.

Also, something nobody ever brings up is he was the reason for WWE overtaking WCW in the Monday Night Wars. To me the two events that changed both companies was the Montreal Screwjob (Nov. 97) and Starrcade '97 (Dec. 97).

The Montreal Screwjob made the Mr. Mcmahon character, which basically made Austin the draw he became. Starrcade '97 main event was booked wrong with the phantom fast count, which killed the Sting-NWO angle with a unsatisfying payoff. The fast count was only used to insert Bret Hart into the match. It's no coincidence that WWE got better after he left, and WCW got worse when he joined them. Was World champ in WWE during the down years, and champ in WCW during their down years.

Hogan was right for not putting him over, and we should be thankful to Goldberg for ending his career.

nikka fukk you

 

[Walgreens]

Bret means more to this business than even the People's Elbow. And that's saying a lot.

 

[Alexander The Great]

Bret means more to this business than even the People's Elbow. And that's saying a lot.

it's razor thin, but Bret's career JUST edges out the people'e elbow in terms of contribution to the biz.

 

[Metta World Movement]

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

The canada vs us fued alone puts him top ten

 

[Lucky Millionaire]

Terrible thread considering you agree w/ a man's 15 year career being less than a mere elbow drop not to mention the Rock respected him enough to use his finisher and butcher it in the process.

If ya smell-la-la--fukk outta here

 

[ecks12]

1. Not completely unfair as a face, his heel run in WWF was based on that dryness and worked great.

2. Objectively wrong.

3. Don't have numbers, irrelevant to how people rate him as a worker.

The fast count in WCW was poor booking indeed. Bret wasn't the booker.
WWE started the creative turn around with Austin/Hart Foundation/Dx which clearly he was a big part of. He was a victim of WCW's creative downturn not a perpetrator.

2. How am I wrong, if it's an opinion? I always thought of him as a boring wrestler, like William Regal.

3. WWF buyrates
lowest - IYH #5 - .33
next lowest - IYH #12 - .35

Bret main-evented both.

The Austin/Hart Foundation/Dx did no numbers, WWE did not overtake WCW until the Austin - Mcmahon feud after Austin won the belt from HBK.

 

[ecks12]

Btw, it's no coincidence he was on the wrong side during the Monday Night Wars.
Bret is a bum.

 

[StatUS]

Bret means more to this business than even the People's Elbow. And that's saying a lot.

Yeah but how random

 

[wake&bake]

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[ecks12]

Bret was one of the most popular wrestlers ever in his prime. He might be the only guy ever in the WWE to be in the top 5 of tag teams champs, IC champs, and WWE champs. Bret has had some of the best matches in WWE history.
Bret is far from overrated

Define popularity, the #'s say otherwise. Name some Bret classics that didn't involve HBK or Austin. What about those epic feuds with Lawler and Yokozuna?

 

[The Push Man]

2. How am I wrong, if it's an opinion? I always thought of him as a boring wrestler, like William Regal.

The Austin/Hart Foundation/Dx did no numbers, WWE did not overtake WCW until the Austin - Mcmahon feud after Austin won the belt from HBK.

Your opinion is wrong, in my opinion.
Creative turn around, not financial.