20 Most Iconic WWE Wrestlers Of All Time

10. Bret "Hitman" Hart

To many, Bret Hart is the very best wrestler to ever lace up a pair of boots. When it comes to selling and making this exposed, worked business look real, Bret is the greatest we've ever seen. Regardless of what went on elsewhere on the show, when Bret Hart stepped into the ring then all watching started to 'believe' again. Bret made wrestling real to so many, which is even more impressive given the cartoon nature of the business during the majority of the Hitman's WWF career. When the prayer-saying, vitamin-taking, steroid-pumping WWF days of Hulkamania came to an end, it was Bret who was charged with leading the "New Generation". Others would get their moments in the spotlight, but it always came back to the dependable excellence of execution. For in-ring psychology, Bret Hart is the benchmark for all who have come since, and he simply was what he said he was: the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be.
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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main dayjob, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg.