10 Reasons Bret Hart Was Better Than Shawn Michaels
10. All Around, Hart Was The Better Technician...
The Heartbreak Kid was no slouch when it came to in-ring knowledge, being a master of timing, psychology and storytelling, but when all is said and done, it has to be said that The Hitman was the superior technical wrestler. A wrestlers wrestler with a no-nonsense demeanour and a legitimately impressive amateur background, Bret Hart truly was The Excellence of Execution. There was a lot of old school in The Hitman and the true fans respected that about him. It was obvious to anyone with an ounce of sense about them that Bret Hart knew literally hundreds of ways to tie his opponents up in knots and have them screaming in agony. Lest we forget, Brets father, the legendary Stu Hart, was a feared shooter well into his old age. Despite his obvious legitimacy as an athlete, there was an exhibition quality to Harts best matches. True, his main events were often displays of pure blood and guts drama, but buried just underneath the glitzy multicolour comic book splendour of mid 90s WWE was an unassailably perfect display of holds, reversals and ring psychology, of a kind that has rarely, if ever, been seen in the modern age of professional wrestling.
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