50 Ups & 50 Downs For WWE's Decade: The 2010s
14. Bret Hart & Shawn Michaels Clear The Air
A wonderful shot that encapsulated the unlikely reunion of two icons, Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart's historic handshake and hug on the January 4th 2010 edition of Monday Night Raw was something longtime fans had been desperate to see.
It mattered not that they found themselves on opposite ends of the sports entertainment spectrum for much of the decade prior, nor that they'd lost their prime years to physical and philosophical oppositions. At various points, they were the very best in the industry, and at various points the industry had chewed them up.
This, at long last was the day the parked all that and made anew a mutual respect and admiration that exists to this day. It was vindicating to see that time really had healed the numerous wounds that had cut deep from their once-poisonous professional relationship.
It'll forever be a shame they couldn't summon similar compromise for their own WrestleMania match.