Imo he was the original heavyweight high flyer. His moves were extremely fluid & crisp no matter who he was in there with. Pulled good-great matches out of everyone.
He was able to play the chicken shyt heel without looking like a fraud ass p*ssy when standing up to Taker/Austin/Tyson/Bret. He knew how to flip that switch with perfection. Look how quick he goes from clowning to getting right in Austin's face
That UK mini-itonman match he had with Cena is definitely one of Cena's best
Breh, how was hbk the original hw high flyer.
When macho and STEAMBOAT, already crushed the buildings harder than anything hbk would ever do in every capacity, all time.
Plus both held and went over for titles legit with no tampering and via draw basis.
Including, muta and jushin liger where already just for starters higher on domestic cards and draws with hardware predating hbk.
Ever even being a draw as a tag partner to one half of the rockers in the awa and the wwf.
How is hbk higher and never even drew with one half of the principals to the greatest feuds and matches made by the rnr and mn express.
This whole hbk over dramaticizing is bullshyt WWE propaganda.
Hbk was inferior to anyone in nwa or wcw who came off the top.
That goes for steamboat, early Pillman to zenk to art Barr to rey to eddy to muta to jushin.
shyt even sugar Shane had the same number of five star matches using the same finisher every week in freetv as hbk in his entire career.
Not to mention, eddy had to carry syxx to his only other great feud and all eddy was allowed to do was wear a ten gallon hat, a mustache, and some cowboy boots with limited time with a facial reaction for weeks.
Hbk is the most overprocessed WWE star after Hogan and followed by undertaker and hhh in the history of wrasslin.
Hbk was never on the level of even Christopher daniels and the WWf never signed Daniels.
just for the fact he would have out classed hbk in one outing.
Including, even after the clique would have tried to politically hold him back as well.
Aj styles was better than hbk after the first styles Daniels match and already better than hbk.
by the end of the entire wwa to other indie run with Daniels.
We won't get into the later Indy hero aj saves wrasslin feuds after Daniels.
Aj styles is why YouTube even had views and got to have a fukk'n actual cosmetic change to be YouTube we call it today.
As aj and Daniels matches were the original lone draw on YouTube..plus Daniels and aj singlehandidly saved wrasslin and made youtube's draw well.
Hbk made people loath wrasslin and run away in droves.
Aj styles is why we are even still talking about wrasslin, period.
Art Barr
Real talk, we never got sting undertaker because sting would have easily garnered a five star match in the wwe smashmouth me template.
if allowed and booked via lack of or with propaganda as the WWE style is neutered to strictly smashnouth because of the son in law.
The whole hbk mythos is a crock and real talk.
If they put aj in there with undertaker at mania.
Aj, would eclispse every match hhh or hbk had with taker.
Plus, carrying The dead bum Hogan in dark tights to a classic too.
Art Barr