TSC Evaluation #125: Bret Hart

[Berniewood Hogan]

8 being realistic but i understand the 10's

great guy in real life, too, from everything i've ever seen

 

[Hey_zeus]

My fav WWF wrestler. Will elaborate more later...10

 

[Mʀ2ᴋDᴇᴇᴢ]

One of my motherfukking undisputed GOATs

10

 

[CJ]

The GOAT of all fukking GOATs

Could have a great match with a broomstick. Always brought that realism, from his punches to his own selling (ie: turnbuckle to the sternum spot, bah gawd!)
Put SCSA on heavy. Told Kliq to kick rocks when they wanted him to bury The Rock on that Raw. Saw the star potential right away.
Showed out for a rookie 1-2-3 Kid on RAW. shyt had classics with the entire KLIQ for that matter: Nash at SS and RR, Razor at RR, HBK obviously and WM and even the SS match was great before the fukkery.
Gave everyone their best or at the worst their top 3 career match. Led a pilled up Davey Boy to a classic
Had one of the GOAT heel runs ever after being a pure babyface.
Made Pink cool, word to Dipset.
Psychology was always on point. Knew how to work a different style with a big man ie: breaking them down by working their legs
Liked to switch up endings ie: match with Owen where McMahon told him to pick the finish.
One of the GOAT pops ever at Calgary Stampede
There is just too much. 10!

My GOAT man

 

[mrken12]

It seems like the 4s came from deranged Hickenbottom groupies.

 

[richaveli83]

10. Even though he wasn't good on the mic he was so good in the ring that it made up for it. He made it look real.

 

[FunkDoc1112]

HITGOAT

 

[mrken12]

Bret Hart vs Mr. Perfect, King of the Ring 1993, Semi-Finals

 

[Mikael Blowpiff]

The GOAT North American wrestler.

 

[3Rivers]

10

GOAT

Pink and Black

Made that chest first irish whip bump into the turnbuckle look

The corner post figure four

The sharpshooter

Great wrestling psychology, I personally never had a problem with his face promos

A laundry list of memorable matches in his career. The 93 KOTR performance, the feud with Austin

Apart of something that is missing in today's product. That journey you took with a wrestler where you'd see their tag career, then see them take it to the next level winning the IC belt....and then finally capturing the heavyweight title:glabron:

 

[King P]

HitGOAT (my favorite wrestler) gets an easy 10. Don't have to think twice about it.

Everything that I could say about Bret has been said. I will however talk about the misconception of Bret being bad on the mic.

Bret has never been bad at cutting promos like so many people say. His promos have always been straight to the point, clear and concise, and he speaks with conviction on the mic. If you really want to see bad on the mic, go listen to Kerry Von Erich and you'll really see poor talking.

I think the problem is people equate good promos to having a bunch of catchphrases and being loud/animated/witty. And that's not the case. As I've gotten older I appreciate guys that can cut promos without all that goofy shyt wrestlers do. All that animated shyt holds up poorly IMO. Gimme a Jake "The Snake" Roberts promo over all that other shyt.

Bret may have not always been entertaining on the mic, but he was far from a bad talker

 

[R=G]

7. Bret Hart was great but I really despised his era and his world title pushes. Stellar 97 and 93 though. Great worker who was rewarded with big money and titles.

 

[Conscious Pilot]

9 for a lot of the same reasons others has mentioned.

A staple of my childhood and in between those ropes a clear cut GOAT.

 

[dbp]

8 being realistic but i understand the 10's

great guy in real life, too, from everything i've ever seen

Yeah he deserves high ratings just for that. I know he took his wrestling character too seriously at times, but compared to the dirt on some many others, he's practically a saint.

 

[patscorpio]

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