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

[ecks12]

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.

 

[Tres Leches]

bret was the start of the whole attitude era...he was going @ mcmahon before stone cold + dude was a workhorse and definitely was a better champ than michaels...could carry bums like diesel to good matches..garbage thread



anyone that doesnt have him top 10 is a hater breh

 

[Cobratron]

1 reason why this thread gets one star.

 

[The Push Man]

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.

 

[Alexander The Great]

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

 

[krackdagawd]

Boring personality okay but boring wrestler? As in his matches?

I don't care if he was a draw or not I'm not seeing any of that money.


1 star for your troubles.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

 

[StatUS]

Didn't really think this one out huh

 

[Francis White]

bret was the start of the whole attitude era...he was going @ mcmahon before stone cold + dude was a workhorse and definitely was a better champ than michaels...could carry bums like diesel to good matches..garbage thread



anyone that doesnt have him top 10 is a hater breh

Stop it, how dare you besmirch the GOATS name like that? HBK is why Bret is remembered, the iron man match and the Screw job, HBK better champion by miles.

 

[Brad Piff]

 

[Riley Escobar]

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

This thread actually gave me one reason why you're a terrible poster.

 

[CM_Burns]

If we're being honest Goldberg, Kevin Nash in 98, and Brock Lesnar are all bigger than his whole career, a lot of you grew up with him as your hero and can't be objective.

He was a great worker, but his fake belts shouldn't put him above other great workers when he didn't draw anything with them.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

If we're being honest Goldberg, Kevin Nash in 98, and Brock Lesnar are all bigger than his whole career, a lot of you grew up with him as your hero and can't be objective.

He was a great worker, but his fake belts shouldn't put him above other great workers when he didn't draw anything with them.

 

[krackdagawd]

I just saw where the idea for this thread came from