Face Vs Heel: Bret 'The Hitman' Hart

Face: 5

Heel: 3

Draw: 1

The verdict is in and it turns out Bret Hart was the best there is, best there was and the best there ever will be. But also, for the purposes of this particular study, his excellent execution as a babyface just betters his superlative late-career stint as a heel.

Time and tenure seemed to swing it, though it speaks to just how much he achieved in his final few months with WWE that "heel" could win one category, let alone three.

It's an odd quirk of Hart's career that he's most revered for the influence he had when fewer people got to see it. Audiences were returning thanks to a product he was a driving force of in 1997, but those same viewers weren't interested enough to stick around years prior when he was shaping younger wrestling minds with his inimitable style.

Those who love 'The Hitman' love him loyally and dearly, and it may be in an effort to redress the historical imbalance in favour of others closer to the WWE bubble that this has become prevalent since the launch of the WWE Network.

The company can remove loads of his matches from the service, but the ones that remain are the finest way to spend your time on that app. He was mocked for being so obsessed with legacy, but that care for his career proved prescient decades after his peak. He knew its value as much as he knew his own worth - 'The Excellence Of Execution' is more "Then, Now, Forever" than most of the wrestlers in that in-house intro video.