10 Outstanding Wrestling Matches That Ended Without Finishers
5. Diesel Vs Bret Hart (WWE Survivor Series 1995)
"The Best There Is, The Best There Was and The Best There Ever Will Be".
Bret Hart talked a game as big as his opponent was for the duration of his WWE career, but this 1994/95 series with 'Big Daddy Cool' exhibited why it never remotely felt cocky or anywhere near the wrong side of confident.
Matches at the 1994 King Of The Ring and 1995 Royal Rumble didn't have finishes at all, justifying the higher stakes in what proved to be the best of the bunch. Learning from the prior encounters, Hart zoned in on Diesel's legs and tried, when possible, to reduce any and every advantage 'Big Daddy Cool' may have once held over him.
Lusciously working backwards from their old encounters, the challenger's memory trumped the champion's mettle until a crucial turning point that brought about doom for both. Diesel's immense power sent Bret flying through the Spanish announce table. The bump was the first of its kind and Hart was as good as done.
Diesel, the enduring babyface that had endured a year as titleholder, showed sympathy for Bret's broken body. Letting him slump before hitting the match-winning Jackknife was a fatal error - Hart instinctively wrapped him in a tight cradle to take his title back.