10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Bret Hart

2. He Was Not The Originator Of The Sharpshooter

When people think of Bret Hart in the ring they think about how he's one of the best wrestlers ever and somebody that definitely earned his "Excellence of Execution" nickname. He's one of the most technically sound wrestlers ever that had one of the most popular submission moves ever called The Sharpshooter. When fans see the move they associate it with him. His niece Natalya and her husband Tyson Kidd use it in WWE today. What a lot of fans don't seem to know is that the move was actually taken from others. The move has been credited to Japanese wrestler Riki Choshu as the inventor of it. It became a regular move in American wrestling when Sting started using it the NWA/WCW. Sting called it the Scorpion Deathlock, which was a rough translation for what the move originally meant in Japan. If you wonder why Sting often has a scorpion on his merchandise that's why. Bret used it as a finisher when he transitioned into singles wrestling in 1991 after working as a tag wrestler for about seven years before that. He said Konnan was the one that taught him the move when he was in WWE in the early 1990s. A lot of fans will always think of it as Bret's move because as a top guy in WWE he was known all over the world and is regarded as one of the best wrestlers of all-time. Sting is too, but the submission finisher fit Bret's style better. It's not like Sting was known for his submissions. Bret was. When Bret jumped to WCW in late 1997 he eventually had a number of matches with Sting with the selling point that these two guys that did the same finisher would square off to see who the master of it really was.