9 Times Wrestling Made You Believe
3. Bret Hart Makes Us Believe In Family
Bret Hart isn't remembered for dynamic promo skills, but he didn't need them when he reformed the Hart Foundation in 1997. A heel Hart broke up a match between his brother Owen and brother-in-law British Bulldog, then grabbed a mic and explained to them he didn't care what the audience thought, he cared about family.
Bret's words didn't have to be growled or yelled to be powerful. Owen's eyes teared up when Bret described dressing him for school and helping him with bullies. He called on his brothers to join him as a family again. It was believable because it had a strong vein of reality to it - Owen's tears may easily have been real, and the angle leveraged the genuine family connections of the Hart clan to give Bret's new faction a reason to be.
Hart couched his arguments on heelish terms, as he cursed out an America founded on 'brother versus brother' and rejected the love of the fans for the love of his family. But the birth of the new Hart Foundation was completely believable, because cheap heat aside, Bret Hart was right.