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Title: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on August 15, 2007, 09:42:17 PM
Who was the better wrestler?
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: Javier on August 15, 2007, 09:49:38 PM
Bret Hart
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: WC Iz Active on August 15, 2007, 09:52:31 PM
Bret = G.O.A.T
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: Don Jacob on August 15, 2007, 10:03:46 PM
hmmmm good question

bret wins at wrestling ALONE

but shawn michaels is the better overall entertainer.

shawn gets my vote
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: Black_Smoke on August 16, 2007, 12:49:47 AM
Bret = G.O.A.T
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: NiCc_FrUm_ThA_nO on August 16, 2007, 01:30:08 AM
Bret = G.O.A.T
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: es-jay on August 16, 2007, 04:10:30 AM
of course it has to be Bret Hart. i always like Owen Hart though back in the early 90's. his and Brets feud was great.
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Post by: Hatesrats™ on August 16, 2007, 04:31:48 AM
Bret Hart
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: Fuck Your Existence on August 16, 2007, 09:14:31 AM
Bret Hart
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: MontrealCity's Most on August 16, 2007, 09:25:22 AM
Thats a tuff one, i actuly voyted Bret Hart but if you break it down I think Hbk might be a little better.

Bret Hart was very slow and technical and dint do crazy bumps realy. HBk was and still is at time high flyer and takes bumps.

I like Bret Hard better but HBK i think wins.
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: On The Edge of Insanity on August 16, 2007, 11:00:09 AM
hmmmm good question

bret wins at wrestling ALONE

but shawn michaels is the better overall entertainer.

shawn gets my vote

Pretty much this.
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: Antonio_ on August 16, 2007, 11:20:25 AM
BRET
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: Mo Z. Dizzle on August 16, 2007, 11:26:43 AM
The Excellence of Execution, Bret "The Hitman" Hart

(http://www.derok.net/derek3/images/classics/wwf%20bret%20hart.jpg)
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: -Euthanasia- on August 16, 2007, 12:46:06 PM
i think benoits got them both beat at pure wrestling. But of the two, Bret Hart. 1 last run!!!
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: .:DaYg0sTyLz:. on August 16, 2007, 03:00:34 PM
Bret Hart hands down. Shawn Michaels was a great entertainer, but as far as a wrestler....he wouldnt even be in the top 5.
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Post by: Paul on August 16, 2007, 05:43:42 PM
The Excellence of Execution, Bret "The Hitman" Hart

(http://www.derok.net/derek3/images/classics/wwf%20bret%20hart.jpg)


amazing wrestler


shaun is a better entertainer, but brett takes it on pure wrestling skills
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: The Big Bad Ass on August 16, 2007, 07:23:17 PM
I was a bigger fan of HBK. Both were awesome.
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Post by: Canuck on August 16, 2007, 10:17:58 PM
The Best There is The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be!
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: JMan on August 17, 2007, 07:52:17 AM
Mr HBK for me
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: westkoastanostra on August 17, 2007, 12:20:34 PM
im amazed how many peeps on here said bret hart!...and  not many said shawn michaels...for me shawn michaels is the better wrestler...i just think his matches are more entertaining ....and he'll have a great match with anyone like psycho sid and diesel...
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on August 17, 2007, 12:35:10 PM
I was thinking Michaels would win this poll, considering the fact that he put his body on the line like Bret never could...
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Post by: Javier on August 17, 2007, 12:36:00 PM
Bret Hart was able to pull off a hell of a match vs Diesel at 1995 Survivor Series. 
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Post by: Javier on August 17, 2007, 12:36:55 PM
I was thinking Michaels would win this poll, considering the fact that he put his body on the line like Bret never could...

It would have been different if you would have asked who was the better entertainer. 
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on August 17, 2007, 12:39:50 PM
I was thinking Michaels would win this poll, considering the fact that he put his body on the line like Bret never could...

It would have been different if you would have asked who was the better entertainer. 


Still, high-flying is part of wrestling.


Better entertainer would be between people like The Rock and Stone Cold...
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: Javier on August 17, 2007, 12:44:41 PM
There's a lot of high flyers in wrestling, some that can even do it better than Michaels ever did.  You can't really say that with Bret Hart and his style of wrestling. 
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on August 17, 2007, 12:46:14 PM
There's a lot of high flyers in wrestling, some that can even do it better than Michaels ever did.  You can't really say that with Bret Hart and his style of wrestling. 


No kidding...But the fact that Michaels was a great wrestler AND was willing to put his body on the line puts him up there with Bret.
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Post by: StevenQBosell on August 17, 2007, 01:17:32 PM
FUCK!!!! This is a tough one for me, especially... I love them both (no hmo)

On pure Nostalga alone, i have to go with Bret - The Hart Foundation, him turning face, the whole "Canada is better than US" angle = Classic WWF

Michaels - The Rockers, The Heartbreak Kid with Sherri, the high flying moves, the SWAG was huge with HBK, the cage match with undertaker where Michaels really got fucked up... damn this is tough

It's so close but I break it down like this:

Bret - 9.5
Michaels - 9.7

So Michaels by 0.2... Great poll question
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: StevenQBosell on August 17, 2007, 01:20:35 PM
Kinda on a tangent, but has anyone hear heard the rumor that the Montreal Screwjob was ALL AN ANGLE, and that Bret was in on it?
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Post by: MontrealCity's Most on August 17, 2007, 02:16:29 PM
Kinda on a tangent, but has anyone hear heard the rumor that the Montreal Screwjob was ALL AN ANGLE, and that Bret was in on it?

Ive heard and it woulnt suprise me at all.

I dont think Bret and Hbk and best friends either but i do think it was all worked.

I think it is.
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: .:DaYg0sTyLz:. on August 17, 2007, 05:20:06 PM
I was thinking Michaels would win this poll, considering the fact that he put his body on the line like Bret never could...

Michaels is overrated lol. Thing is, Bret Hart was damn near flawless in the ring.

Bret Hart vs Mr Perfect...greatest match of all time.

Ricky Steamboat vs Macho Man....close second
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Post by: daWappla on August 17, 2007, 05:41:26 PM
Why should it have been a work? I mean where was the payoff then? What did Bret Hart gain from it?

I could think about some worked controversial ending, that would "warrant" the film team that used to follow Bret Hart like a year or so (that movie was no WWF production so maybe it was some sort of bonus that Vince allowed Bret to film there), but not in that form that we know. I mean like I said, how would Bret Hart profit from that? I donīt think that he would agree to do something like that when it doesnīt do him any good, especially when it puts over Shawn Michaels who is known to not be Hartīs best friend and vice versa. Also, if WCW would have handled the whole situation like they should then they would have profited WAY MORE from Hart than they did. What did he do there? He made a little noise, if at all, and then joined the NWO. WOW. Vince definitely knew that and didnīt want to give his enemy such a perfect opportunity to further bury him rating-wise. After all, I think itīs safe to say that Vince had major financial troubles back then and they only turned the tables by accident. They never thought about Austin to turn into that monster heel - hence kicking off the attitude era - as far as I know.


About the actual question of the thread.
I voted for Bret Hart but it should be said what you think a wrestler is made of. If you say wrestler as in the WWF/E sense, as in entertaining and puttin people in seats then neither HBK nor Hart were the best, then Hulk Hogan was the best wrestler ever. Then again how often have you seen Hogan do a suplex for example and if you have seen him do one, would you want to see it again? lol

To me a wrestler is someone who not only has a great technical ability but also knows how to make moves look like a million bucks. Look at Bret Hartīs snap suplex for example (at 16:45 in this great match http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xzoes_wwf-summerslam-1991-mr-perfect-vs_sport (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xzoes_wwf-summerslam-1991-mr-perfect-vs_sport) .) Besides that I want a wrestler to tell me a story in the ring, someone who uses ring psychology and makes him and also his opponent look good. Bret Hart was always great at selling injuries (WM X comes to mind where he sold the leg injury from his opener with Owen all the way through to the main event.)

In the end he was the total package to me, someone who was great at everything, sure there were/are people who were better at this or that but as a whole package he was the best. He had charisma, was way over, knew how to sell, knew how to make his offensive look great (his punches were always one of the best), knew how to protect him and his opponent in the ring.

I consider HBK more of an entertainer and thatīs saying something because he is a great wrestler too so that means that his entertaining side is perfect. Bret is just more the total package and for me the better wrestler.
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: herpes on August 18, 2007, 12:11:46 AM
Bret Hart was able to pull off a hell of a match vs Diesel at 1995 Survivor Series. 

shawn did the same at a in your house ppv in june of 96.  To be honest I always thought Owen >>>> Bret.
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: Antonio_ on August 18, 2007, 05:52:59 AM
There's a lot of high flyers in wrestling, some that can even do it better than Michaels ever did.  You can't really say that with Bret Hart and his style of wrestling. 


No kidding...But the fact that Michaels was a great wrestler AND was willing to put his body on the line puts him up there with Bret.

He takes painkillers and steroids, c'mon.
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: MontrealCity's Most on August 18, 2007, 08:22:28 AM
Bret Hart was able to pull off a hell of a match vs Diesel at 1995 Survivor Series. 

shawn did the same at a in your house ppv in june of 96.  To be honest I always thought Owen >>>> Bret.

Yeah wreslting wise because Owen incorporated high fly stuff but i mean the hole character, the hole package Bret was better.
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: herpes on August 18, 2007, 10:33:27 AM
Bret Hart was able to pull off a hell of a match vs Diesel at 1995 Survivor Series. 

shawn did the same at a in your house ppv in june of 96.  To be honest I always thought Owen >>>> Bret.

Yeah wreslting wise because Owen incorporated high fly stuff but i mean the hole character, the hole package Bret was better.

I dont think so, I always thought Owen was better on the mic too.
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: westkoastanostra on August 18, 2007, 08:38:34 PM
There's a lot of high flyers in wrestling, some that can even do it better than Michaels ever did.  You can't really say that with Bret Hart and his style of wrestling. 


No kidding...But the fact that Michaels was a great wrestler AND was willing to put his body on the line puts him up there with Bret.

He takes painkillers and steroids, c'mon.

wheres ur proof that he takes steroids?
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: Sikotic™ on August 18, 2007, 11:08:10 PM
I honestly don't know. Both of them are great. Bret Hart is one of the best technical mat wrestlers ever. HBK had the total package though. I gotta go with him by a hair.
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: Paul on August 19, 2007, 05:32:21 AM
Kinda on a tangent, but has anyone hear heard the rumor that the Montreal Screwjob was ALL AN ANGLE, and that Bret was in on it?


i really dont think it was, if it was its a masterstroke by vince
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on August 19, 2007, 01:51:59 PM
There's a lot of high flyers in wrestling, some that can even do it better than Michaels ever did.  You can't really say that with Bret Hart and his style of wrestling. 


No kidding...But the fact that Michaels was a great wrestler AND was willing to put his body on the line puts him up there with Bret.

He takes painkillers and steroids, c'mon.


LOL...Who doesn't?
Title: Re: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels...Who was the better wrestler?
Post by: Antonio_ on August 19, 2007, 02:54:21 PM
There's a lot of high flyers in wrestling, some that can even do it better than Michaels ever did.  You can't really say that with Bret Hart and his style of wrestling. 


No kidding...But the fact that Michaels was a great wrestler AND was willing to put his body on the line puts him up there with Bret.

He takes painkillers and steroids, c'mon.


LOL...Who doesn't?

Everybody does. You can't take so much punishment without being on drugs. Anyway Bret is one of the TOP-5 wrestlers EVER.