Did Bret Hart ruin HBK's career?

May 2024 ยท 2 minute read
So, everyone knows HBK and Vince screwed Bret Hart back in 1997. Bret was a loyal WWE guy, but Vince and HBK wanted him out in order to have full control of the company.

Anyway, the 97' Screwjob happened and I'm just wondering if it hadn't been for Bret Hart, would Shawn Michaels have been the best wrestler of all time?

I'm not talking in-ring performers either. Everyone knows Shawn Michaels was the best in-ring performer of all-time and he proved it late 90s, early 00s. But all around wrestler of all-time? I think Shawn Michaels is leagues beyond Hulk Hogan and Austin and I have no problem saying he's the best wrestler of all time.

I just wonder if the Hart situation hurt him any with most fans. As far as WWE is concerned, Shawn Michael is Mr. Hall of Fame (tm.) I just feel that midcarder Bret Hart has to much to say in Shawn's legacy and alot of this site subscribe to this idea that Bret was better, Bret was cleaner, and Shawn had to cheat to get ahead as well as take years off and a number of under handed ideas.

Anyway, I fell Shawn Michael is the best ever and I tuned in everynight during the Attitude Era just to see him! Hogan, Austin, Rock, Hart, Warrior, Goldberg etc ... none of them mean the same to me as the Heatbreak Kid! No one had the pretty look like him or the body.

HBK was one of a kind and he'll never be duplicated which is why he's #1 forever and for always. His matches with Undertaker were the best I ever seen and better then any Dean Malenko 97' match I ever saw. HBK is #1, Taker is #2, Triple H is #3 and everyone else can fight for their spots. No one has meant nearly as much as those 3.

If you ain't down with that...

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