8 Terrible WWE Attires One Tweak Away From Excellence
Clothes do not maketh men...not these ones anyway.
There's never been a more challenging period to be a pro wrestler than the present day.
Once upon a time, the performers would have appeared on a show and only be seen by those actually in front of the screen or in the arena. No re-runs, no rewatches and certainly no way to share the images or footage with the entire world within a split second of airing. Word of mouth was good for aura too - the more people heard about but couldn't see, the more they'd pay with their money and/or time to make sure they didn't miss it again.
Nothing slips through the cracks now. Nothing carries with it the anticipation of old. Mystery has been replaced by missed opportunities more often than not, where wrestlers chasing a share of their best moments are greeted with just as many negative takes as positive. The standards have gotten higher, but the risk and reward ratios have never been more scattershot.
Just when something seems perfect, there's always some d*ckhead on the internet on hand to completely contradict the take... if only for one tiny tweak...
8. Bret Hart
When: Monday Night Raw, 6 January 1997
One Tweak: Fix those boots, mate.
Your writer has long been an advocate of Bret Hart, just in the event that those born long after he'd retired weren't quite fully aware of exactly why he was 'The Best There Is, The Best There Was & The Best There Ever Will Be'.
There was very little bullsh*t to a line that sounds full of it. The phrase was adjacent to his 'Excellence Of Execution' moniker, but that rang just as true. Everything he did looked real and felt fiercely competitive, itself elevating every aspect of the product he was a part of. Yet, as a professional he was just as perfect - 'The Hitman' never hurt a man, no matter how believable his battles were.
Turned out in resplendent pink and black, his inch-perfect aesthetic sealed the deal apart from one exact time he failed to. Unfortunately for him, Shawn Michaels was there to point it out.
What the f*ck was with those ugly bright white boots on Bret? Hart had obviously mislaid his pair, but leave it to real life adversary Shawn Michaels to stick the knife in on while good and riled up on commentary.
D*ckhead or not, he was bang on there.