Bret Hart's 10 Best Matches Ever

10. Vs. The 123 Kid (Monday Night Raw 7/11/94)

The early days of Monday Night Raw are rife with pay-per-view caliber battles, though they weren't a week-to-week occurrence. Scattered across the 1993 and 1994 calendar are truly enjoyable bouts between the best performers of what was a thinning WWE roster. Perhaps the best of Raw from either year was this face-vs-face battle between the WWE Champion, and a 21-year-old junior-heavyweight underdog.

For 25 minutes, Hart and Kid put together an absolute gem, with the youngster making some fans believe towards the end that he was close to unseating "The Hitman". The dramatic final sequence ended with Hart catching him in the Sharpshooter, bringing to an end what had become a well-executed see-saw battle.

Both men have since expressed their respective pride in the match, among the better self-contained "one-off" bouts in WWE history. As the company's top babyface, Hart understood the value of helping his fellow babyface opponent build sympathy throughout a match, getting even his own fans positively charged about seeing a possible title change.