Not really...he was carried by Neidhart and it bled over for the kayfabe era because fans didnt question shyt that much. He had no business being champion over Jake the Snake or Dibiase. He came off like a utter nobody compared to them.
Good thing he wasn't a champion when they were around, then. Jake had been gone from the company for months when Bret won the title. DiBiase was wrapping up his in ring career and had been exclusively a tag guy for 7 months.. There's no "Bret got pushed over Jake/Ted" shyt here.

