10 Bizarre Wrestling Epics That Didn’t Live Up To The Hype
7. Bret Hart Vs Vince McMahon (WWE WrestleMania XXVI)
On rewatch, it's still hard to work out what's the sadder of two notably glum moments from Bret Hart Vs Vince McMahon at WrestleMania XXVI.
Was the part where Bret Hart teases the Sharpshooter for the first time (earning a humongous pop in the process) only to return to needlessly beating on Vince further as depressing as the moment most fans accepted that the Hart Family were more likely to take the Chairman's money than side with their most talented sibling?
The swerve turn was just one clanger in a series of contrived and unconvincing spots that helped serve up the biggest disappointment of a wrestling year that also featured John Cena squashing The Nexus.
13 years in the making with a layout someone younger could have crafted, the match had been fantasy booked since the very second 'The Hitman' sparked the Chairman after his post-screwjob shower. Spark him again with a hard right before drawing his screams with a Sharpshooter. Add medium-sized bells and whistles either side, and a kayfabe payoff to a legendary real-life dispute has been perfectly performed.
As is, the clash remains a legacy-tarnishing dumpster fire for both, an unfitting send-off to their largely enjoyable WrestleMania resumés.