Nah...just carryjobs. There is no one wrestler who is walking around with classics for years on end except for Macho Man Randy Savage and certain Japanese workers. Bret Hart doesn't have a career full of classics. He has some stand out matches. His biggest match was a screwjob situation. Same thing with Michaels. That's what they are known for. If he was as over as Bret was in history, they would't have shytted on him so badly when he shafted Bryan. Flair has alot of great encounters but if you break them down, they are formula matches with a guy that has alot of ring stamina. Taker only started to have highly regarded matches at the tail end of his run. All of the stuff from 1990-1996 was basically shytted on and treated as no sells. The HIAC 97 match was important because Kane debuted...Owen, one of the best ring talents you'll ever see in your lifetime, what's his classic count? Bret vs Owen at WM X at best. Benoit had a ton of great matches but they have all been marred from the record. Eddie dropped classics that people will never even see because he was on the international bracket. Austin had great matches in WCW with Steamboat and Sting but he barely brings that up and only regards his Stone Cold work as the highpoint of his career. The Bret and Rock matches seem to be his absolute favorites.
There are classic matches..iconic matches but no one was dropping years and years of them. During Bret and Shawn's heyday, all of those "good matches" had people running to the exits and awaiting the rise of Steve Austin and then sticking with the Rock. The story meant more in the end. As usual. People try to run to workrate and matches to justify an overrated type's career push. Which is expected considering they won't be as revered in history.