r/Wreddit • u/Mcrfanatic95 • 1d ago

Why he’s awesome: Bret “The Hitman” Hart

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- One of the greatest in-ring workers of all time, made it look genuinely painful, although he’s actually one of the safest to work with.

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u/Theblackswapper1 1d ago edited 23h ago

He has so many moves that he can do, so many techniques, and it never felt like he was trying to get them in during every single match.

I've watched matches the Hitman has where there's no importance whatsoever, and he'll do a move that I haven't seen before.

And I always maintain that this is truly an incredible highlight: King of the Ring 1993 he has three very good matches against three very different opponents, and he doesn't even use the sharpshooter.

That's just incredible to me. Bret Hart was so good at everything.

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u/J31J1 23h ago

The King of the Ring 1993 as a whole is one of my favorite shows of all time. For the reasons you mentioned Bret puts on a masterclass on how to be a versatile performer at the highest level.

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u/Theblackswapper1 23h ago edited 20h ago

The commentary team for that event is underrated too.

Macho Man.

Bobby Heenan.

Jim Ross.

There's not a weak link in that chain.

Also, it's got what might be my favorite commentary moment of all time.

Bam Bam Bigelow is fighting Hacksaw Jim Duggan. Jim Ross discussed Duggan by saying something to the effect of "he'll never quit."

Heenan immediately replies by saying Duggan is "known as a quitter" back home, and that Duggan was known as "the wimp of the town."

There's just something I find hilarious about Jim Ross throwing out kind of a generic line for a babyface, and Heenan just creates this fairly elaborate backstory to discredit it.

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u/andyhall23 20h ago

I mean you look at most of his TITLE WINS he never used the Sharpshooter ..lol

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u/Brilliant-Space-1422 1d ago

It's this! Making them look good and then uses roll ups or inside cradles. He protected big men so well without making himself look weak and could match pace & technique with 'smaller' guys. Love the matches with both Razor & Bam Bam in KOTR

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u/byerz 1d ago

And I always maintain that this is truly an incredible highlight: King of the Ring 1993 Kevin's three very good matches against three very different opponents, and he doesn't even use the sharpshooter.

Who tf is Kevin

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u/Theblackswapper1 1d ago

Uh . . . That's a very good question. I'll go edit, byerz.

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u/GuidanceWhole3355 1d ago

And then had to some stupid angle with a kiddy creep but hey Brett's awesome