Oy Vey, WrestleZone Tournament
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Who's bigger in Canada:
Wayne Gretzky, Alan Thicke, Ben Johnson, Howie Mandel, Anne Murray, Rick Moranis, Doug Flutie, Don Cherry or Bret Hart?
Wayne Gretzky, Alan Thicke, Ben Johnson, Howie Mandel, Anne Murray, Rick Moranis, Doug Flutie, Don Cherry or Bret Hart?
The answer is Michael J. Fox.
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Very good, I would have also accepted Tim Horton.
Mr. Artistic guy
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Bret Hart was on an episode of The Simpsons ergo everybody knows him.
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Wrestling fans care, thus he's a pop-culture fixture on the level of Hogan or a revolutionary force on par with Rikidozan? Are you thick? Yes, he's popular for a wrestler. But the average Canadian doesn't know who he is. Wrestling fans aren't representative of an entire population. Trust me: You're wrong. Bret in Canada is like any other run-of-the-mill home town hero in wrestling. Nothing more, nothing less.Oh yeah because Coco represents every wrestling fan from Canada. I guess that's why Bret Hart gets massive ovations whenever he goes to Canada. Guess that's why Shawn is boo'd evreytime he goes to Canada - because Canadian wrestling fans don't give a shit about him.
Big Nick Dudley
Nick
Was the same true in the mid to late 90's? I would guess he was more popular when he was actually doing something.
ScreaminNormanSmiley
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I voted for AJ over him just because that tied it up. If I remember correctly that eliminates both wrestlers and I have never felt more powerful. If not, I guess I am just as feeble as ever.
The people I was exposed to didn't really care too much about wrestling until the boom. And then, it was all about Austin, Rock, Undertaker, Mankind, Triple H/DX, Kane, and in rare cases the nWo, Sting, and Goldberg. Bret was still a non-issue. Not sure where the idea that he's a national icon came from. Sure, hardcore Canadian wrestling fans tend to be passionate homers. But that's literally all there is to it.
Frankly, I've always had Bret pegged as an over-achieving midcarder who only got ahead because there wasn't really anybody else worth pushing. The screwjob turned him into a bigger deal than he ever really was as an active WWE headliner. Long-term, he's a footnote.
Little Jerry Lawler
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So you would have him pegged on the same wavelength as a Chris Benoit?
Bret was phased out by the rises of Diesel, HBK and Austin as well as Undertaker's return to the title scene. As ho-hum as we may find some of those acts to be, Bret kept rising back to the top for a while there. So he gets some credit for that. Benoit never rose back to the top, even when it was clear that he had been cast aside for a wet-fart (Babyface Randy Orton: Take 1). Point: Bret.
But yeah, they're both pretty meaningless.
But yeah, they're both pretty meaningless.
Little Jerry Lawler
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Would it have made any difference if Hogan had put over Hart in any way?
Little Jerry Lawler
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I see your point.
shattered dreams
Hexagonal Hedonist
I'm just looking forward to when X makes a post about how Sting isn't a legend because he has been shit in the ring for years. Then I will throw his travesty of a Big Daddy vote back in his face faster than ham can repeat what someone else said.
Big Nick Dudley
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The lack of love for Bret in this thread makes me sad.
Poop Master Flex
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I haven't met too many people where I live who doesn't know who Bret Hart is but then again I'm from Calgary AKA Hart Country.
He certainly isn't a fixture in Canadian culture. He's definitely well known but its not like he's Terry Fox or something.
He certainly isn't a fixture in Canadian culture. He's definitely well known but its not like he's Terry Fox or something.
He's certainly not Canada's Hulk Hogan is what I'm saying. Not by a long shot.
I like Bret just fine.
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Well, who is Canada's Hulk Hogan?
Wild guess: Hulk Hogan?
Wild guess: Hulk Hogan?
shattered dreams
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Apparently this H.A.M. guy wants me to stop bringing up his transgressions.
No you tried to sugar coat what you did and it isn't true.
Coco already touched on this but even beyond Coco there are plenty of Canadians amongst us. Have any of them supported your "true" statement? Nope. Know why? Because it is a joke. If you think Hogan's popularity is limited to wrestling fans then you have even less idea what you are talking about than I previously thought.
My substance was that I knew exactly where you copied it from. That is precisely substance.
Big Daddy couldn't hold Hogan's thong.
Now you can tell the future? Interesting. What am I going to have for dinner? I need to figure out how much lunch I should eat. Also, are you seriously saying losing big matches has no relevance in a vote about who would win a match?
AJ has clearly been above a midcard level in TNA. To suggest otherwise is as stupid as everything else you have said. This is your main problem. You seem to be incapable of processing information and responding to it seeing as how I already responded to this nonsense. You just keep repeating the few things you do "know." I don't see how a comic strip and a failed show in a different country from where the match is means jack shit when it comes to what happens in the ring anyway.
I think you said some other stuff but I got bored of reading.
No you tried to sugar coat what you did and it isn't true.
Oh yeah because Coco represents every wrestling fan from Canada. I guess that's why Bret Hart gets massive ovations whenever he goes to Canada. Guess that's why Shawn is boo'd evreytime he goes to Canada - because Canadian wrestling fans don't give a shit about him.
Coco already touched on this but even beyond Coco there are plenty of Canadians amongst us. Have any of them supported your "true" statement? Nope. Know why? Because it is a joke. If you think Hogan's popularity is limited to wrestling fans then you have even less idea what you are talking about than I previously thought.
My substance was that I knew exactly where you copied it from. That is precisely substance.
Big Daddy couldn't hold Hogan's thong.
Now you can tell the future? Interesting. What am I going to have for dinner? I need to figure out how much lunch I should eat. Also, are you seriously saying losing big matches has no relevance in a vote about who would win a match?
AJ has clearly been above a midcard level in TNA. To suggest otherwise is as stupid as everything else you have said. This is your main problem. You seem to be incapable of processing information and responding to it seeing as how I already responded to this nonsense. You just keep repeating the few things you do "know." I don't see how a comic strip and a failed show in a different country from where the match is means jack shit when it comes to what happens in the ring anyway.
I think you said some other stuff but I got bored of reading.
