10 Promos That Totally Changed Your Opinion Of A Wrestler

10. Bret Hart Reverses A Career Narrative

Before the promo:

An in-ring genius who effectively told a generation of young pro wrestling fans how to read the art beyond the fad with his classic storytelling masterpieces, Hart was never rated as an excellent mic man, and he wasn't. When composed, he expressed his character brilliantly, but he undermined it at times with many a flub. His quirks didn't help either; his fans love him for it, but his odd tendency to insert or remove a determiner furthered his status as a man that drew ridicule from peers that thought him self-important.

After the promo:

Hart played the role of Ace with a true authenticity, but his embittered heel run truly elevated him to the realm of elite in one glorious nightmare of a year in 1997. Fuelled by reality, Hart on the WrestleMania 13 go-home RAW cut a searing, passionate, apoplectic promo at the expense of Vince McMahon, exposing every valve of his darkening heart. "Frustrated isn't the goddamn word for it! This is bullsh*t!" he roared, after shoving McMahon to the canvas, the half-erect cage artfully symbolising his unraveled mental state.

Hart in minutes evolved into a heel, master mic man, and an architect of a future he never did reap, adding as much power in retrospect as the moment.