10 Best Ever Excuses For Losing A Wrestling Match
2. Not Losing
Vince McMahon had never booked this type of character before, and would be curiously careful about its deployment in the future, but when Bret Hart was relentlessly cheated out WWE Championship glory by whip-smart sh*thouse Stone Cold Steve Austin, he started whining.
He started whining, and complaining and making excuses, and because Hart really was every bit as good as he said and sometimes better still, it was incredible. "Screwed", ironically, was the word he settled on to describe how life had been for him since making a celebrated return at November's Survivor Series. He excuse for losing his December title match against Sid was that Shawn Michaels had interfered and screwed him. His excuse for not being declared Royal Rumble winner was that he'd actually f*cking won the thing had people been paying attention and not screwing him. His excuse for losing a newly-won strap 24 hours later was because Austin decked him with a steel chair and screwed him. His excuse for being so p*ssed off with all of this and WWE for allowing it to happen was because he was p*ssed off and it was happening!
Bret's excuses were valid, but they were still excuses, and fans were getting more than a little sick of it. His turn on them was, in his mind, driven by them turning on him for not fighting for a man clearly being had by a failing system. Without this dynamic, there is no Stone Cold Steve Austin feud or match, and perhaps no Attitude Era explosion under his watch.
Bret was screwed, alright, but it was far more fun when he knew it was happening.