10 Times WWE Wrestlers Played Two Gimmicks At Once
2. Bret Hart - Crybaby Bret
Bret Hart was just the f*cking greatest, man.
Pick a match - literally any one other than his WrestleMania XI clash with Bob Backlund - and you'll spot a reason why. It might not always be the most pronounced, or overt, but at no point will you doubt the legitimacy of 'The Hitman', nor his opponent, nor pro wrestling itself.
Nobody had or has his physical timing and dexterity to make every little thing matter so much, and that's why not just anybody could have pulled off the awe-inspiring WrestleMania 13 double turn that came following his industry-altering bloody war with Stone Cold Steve Austin.
It didn't just happen over the course of twenty two minutes in Chicago that night, but Hart was happy for you to think that in the moment for the good of the match. Hart's heel turn can be traced back to December 1996, when he deftly portrayed a man expectant of a little more respect than he received upon his return. Though ostensibly the pure babyface that had left earlier in the year, he was a man jaded by his loss to Shawn Michaels and increasingly tired of similar bullsh*t from new threats like Austin and Sycho Sid.
By January and February, he's Seymour Skinner-esque in his assessment of the state of the damned kids today, though never so much that it revealed him becoming the bad guy. Shoving Vince McMahon to the ground and swearing up a storm was as close as he came to the edge, but even then he looked dragged to it by 'The Rattlesnake'.
Pro wrestling is supposed to be the fusion of art and sport, and nobody understood the shared dynamics of both quite like the 'Excellence Of Execution'.