10 Original Failed WWE Pushes You Completely Forgot About
2. Bret Hart - Brett Hart
The future 'Best There Is, Best There Was, Best There Ever Will Be' managed to avoid a miscasted role as a cowboy upon first signing with Vince McMahon in 1984, but an extra letter on the end of his first name was just about the only thing added to his presentation before he eventually found The Hart Foundation a year later.
As a straight up great wrestler, Hart's typically tight work didn't land all that well with an audience growing ever fonder of the big and boisterous style being popularised by the company's hugely successful promotion of Hulk Hogan.
It's ironic - this version of Hart was so flavourless that he never stood a chance of getting over on his own terms, regardless of how good the worked punches looked. He upped every single other aspect of his game in the following years to become the perfect all-rounder, but it was as though McMahon only remembered the relatively underwhelming Brett when he should have embraced 'The Hitman' he'd had along.