by 3 Bret Hart
The greatest Canadian wrestler of all time, is also one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. He is one of the most popular athletes to ever come out of Canada. With all due respect to Wayne Gretzy and some others, no Canadian captivated the country such as Bret Hart did.
His Tag Team with Jim The Anvil Neidhart remains one of the greatest and most popular of all time. In 1991 when he branched off into a singles career, his start shined even brighter. He stole the show battling for the IC Belt at Summerslam 1991 against Mr. Perfect.
He did it again in 1992 at WrestleMania VIII when he scored the only televised clean pinfall in the career of Rowdy Roddy Piper.
At Summerslam 1992, he carried the British Bulldog to the greatest Summerslam match of all time in front of 82,000 screaming British Bulldog fans. It was then that the WWF brass knew that Hart needed to be their man moving forward.
After two Tag Title reigns with the Anvil, two IC reigns by himself, Hart captured the big one in October of 1992 against Ric Flair in a classic match. One that can only be scene on best of DVD’s.
Hart would go on to win the WWF World Championship 5 times. Four as a fan favorite then his final one coming as a heel in 1997. He is the greatest in ring technician of all time. He could have a five-star match with a broomstick if he had too, he was that good!
No one, and I mean no one can touch Hart as the greatest ever when it comes to mat skills. His match with the 123 Kid in the summer of 1994 is one of the greatest hidden gems in WWF RAW history. Go back and watch it, you won’t be disappointed.
Hart wrestled at every single Pay Per View from WrestleMania 2 through WrestleMania 12 when he left the company. That is 10 plus years the fans knew they could count on Hart to have the best match of the night. A card they were paying to see.
He also wrestled at 12 straight Wrestlemanias as he came back for WrestleMania 13. He was the ironman, not the often injured Shawn Michaels.
I want to use this moment to dispel one of the dumbest rumors and fallacies that slow-witted wrestling fans tend to succumb too. It is total crap when fans try to make the BS claim that he couldn’t cut a promo. Are you kidding me? Do your research.
In 1997 after nearly a decade of being one of the most popular wrestlers in the industry, Hart became one of the best heels in wrestling history. Hart was incredible on the microphone and it showed when he was to turn an entire nation against him.
There was nothing that Bret Hart couldn’t do. He would prove it again in WCW, winning their World Championship twice, and also their United States Championship multiple times as well.
