Well, once again folks it's time for the game to cut through the old crap cake and tell it like it is. As for Bret Harts' impact on the wrestling world, I think fandom is attributing to much of the arguement. He was a superstar that the company built, and Vince McMahon created and developed. It is only because of Vince that Bret was anything so anyone who wants to say that Bret did this or that might want to think about the real end ofthe business not the things done for or by the character Bret "The Hitman" Hart. The only things I can seriously say and back about Bret is that he is and was a very skilled wrestler, true. He was a great worker, true. For the most part, he did what the company asked him to do, true. But he is not what some of you have built him up to be. One thing you must do is separate Bret Hart the character, from Bret Hart the person. The Character is this and that and the other thing. The man though is not the same.
There are a lot of people I see who want to tear down Shawn Michaels, and why ??? because in the history books he will always be better than Bret Hart, no matter what. And you know what ? I think he is betterthan Bret. Forget the pedigree of Bret Hart learning in the dungeon from his "legendary" father Stu Hart and yada yada yada. Shawn Michaels is the man, the only grand slam champion ever, has been a groundbreaking and inovative wrestler, and has also been very dependable. Whenever the company has needed a go to guy it's been Shawn except for the time when he was gone with the back injury he has been there and always pulled the company. And for those of you who talk so highly of Bret Hart doing his thing to put the company on his shoulders and so on, Shawn did it too, and more importantly Shawn Michaels did it in a more important time in wrestling history when the company needed a guy who would actually stick with the company, not sell out like Hall, Nash, and of course your guy Bret, He did. When WCW was creaming WWF in the ratings with the NWO and so on, it was Shawn Michaels carrying the company on his back wroking all the shows, taking all the hits, everything.
Here's a little food for thought for you who choose to back Bret so big. Any of you ever thought that maybe if the company and what was good for the business was Brets priority not just money, that his career with the WWF and in general wouldn't have went to crap ??? If he would have been faithfull to Vince, and to the company as Shawn was, maybe he wouldn't have had to drop the title to Shawn at all, maybe he could have dropped it to Austin, and maybe instead of being a traitor to the business Vince created by selling out to Vinces biggest rival in real life, a guy who was trying to put Vince out of business, all that wouldn't have happened at all. It is as Vince said " Bret Screwed Bret " and that's all there is to it. You want to talk about creative control and Bret this Bret that, no. He was more concerned about himself and so on, and didn't care if Vince was out of business tomorrow as long as Bret got his way. Too bad Bret, your boss, your friend, and the man whose livelyhood and business hang in the balance, the man who made you and the career you cherish so much asks you to put the business ahead of your own selfish desires and your own pride and you refuse because you don't like the guy you have to lose to, or because of location ??? Too bad Bret. What Bret did was unprofessional, and selfish, and damaged him, and the company because he didn't want to do his job. Like Triple H said in the heartbreak and triumph dvd, " Fuck him, He wasn't man enough to do business, so we did business for him " That's the way it is and no one should have to apologize for that. If he would have just done what he was asked he wouldn't have got screwed. And if he hadn't decided to leave the company he could have had creative control but he forfeited that when he signed with WCW. Anyone ever though too, that maybe if he did stay with WWF instead of going to WCW he wouldn't have suffered that career ending injury, and that he still might be wrestling, and he would have been used instead of how WCW destroyed his career and persona??? Exactly. Remember, always remember "Bret Screwed Bret"
How was Vince to know that Bret would really do what he said he was going to do, and why should Vince be answering to one of his employees huh ??? guess what, he's the boss, he makes the rules, it's his show his business his company. So what makes Bret so special that he gets to decide what is and isn't good for business. Suppose he did go to WCW with that title after Vince agreed to let him do things his way, what then ??? Then you'd all be saying what a shithead Bret is for screwing Vince, and how could he do that to the man who made his career ??? He put Vince in a bad place where he had to make a decision, he decided to protect his company. Bret was too arrogant, and selfish and probably jealous of Shawn to be a proffesional, his fault, no one elses. So someone else was going to get the spotlight, so a new champion was emerging, big deal. Grow up Bret, you can't always be king of the mountain, and get your way. He was jealous that Shawn was getting pushed and becomeing more popular and the fact the he wasn't looked at as one of the guys like the Clique. A great Wrestler? yes. a legend? yes. But he is no Shawn Michaels, he is not the Showstopper or The Main Event. Shawn is the greatest of all time hands down and will go down as just that for now and all time. No one can say any different, he has done it all, and did the right thing by sticking with the company and by sticking with Vince. Hart, felt money was more important than loyalty, and got exactly what he desreved and asked for. He got the same loyalty in return that he showed to Vince, and he got the money, then he got taken out by the worst wrestler to step in the ring ever Goldberg. That's what he got for making the move he did and I don't feel sorry for him. What happened happened as a result of his ego, and poor decision making. He bailed when Vince needed him most, Shawn didn't end of story. That's what separates the two, Shawn was willing to put the business ahead of hi personal beliefs, wants, desires, everything. And oh by the way Bret fans, he was a juicer, a big time steroid user, and he paid for that too. Shawn on the other hand, never did, never will. There's another thing that makes him just a better person and better wrestler.
