I'm not going to go as far as TM and say that Bret Hart easily wins this one. Both men undeniably played huge roles for wrestling in their eras. First there's the Madness. Macho Man deserves to be in the final four, he is arguably in the top three of all time when it comes to the perfect all around wrestler. I'll use Bret Hart's own ranking system he described in his book to rate Macho Man. Bret said there are three categories that one can use to rate a wrestler, the Look, the mic skills/charisma, and in ring ability. Using a 1 out of 10 scale, one can argue that Macho Man would score a 10 on looks, a 10 on mic skills/charisma and anywhere from an 8-10 on in ring ability. The guy was unbelievable. Macho Man had great runs as both a heel and a face. I've always loved his heel run with the late great Sensational Sherri more, but none the less, both renditions of the Macho Man were extremely well done. But even besides all of this, Macho Man has taken part in many memorable angles, fueds, matches in WWE history. Steamboat at Mania III, winning the tournament at Mania IV, his feud with Hogan culminating at Mania V, Retirement Match with Warrior at Mania VII, his feud with Flair culminating at Wrestlemania VIII, Summerslam 92 again against the Warrior. Those are a hell of a lot of great matches and moments to have on your resume and I'm not even listing all of the great matches that are lesser known that he had during his career like the MSG match with Tito Santana back in the late 80s where he was busted open. In the end for me it all comes down to who one prefers to see in the ring.
Bret Hart also deserves to be in the final of the WWE bracket. The only thing that I can say about Bret Hart is that the man could seemingly have an unbelievable match with anyone. He thought differently than other wrestlers, looking at wrestling as an art form and for that I am eternally grateful. Because it was this viewpoint of his that brought us so many great matches. This is a very difficult vote not only because I love both wrestlers, but because both are so good in the ring. The in-ring ability trumps everything else if you ask me. But if I must vote for one I guess it will be for Bret Hart. Nobody in WWE history has had more 4 star, or however many stars you consider to be perfect, matches than the Hitman. I'm definitely not saying that all of his great matches were solely because of him alone, because he has had some great opponents, but none the less, more wrestlers have had their greatest matches ever with him than with any other wrestler.
