How over was Bret really? I wasn't around then so I'm studying his era now, so was he more like the wrestler's wrestler or was he a dime drawer?
How over was Bret really? I wasn't around then so I'm studying his era now...
Grayson Reed
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Jaxon Foster
Never drew a dime
Justin Lopez
im not an expert in that era but considering the wwe was at its lowest and was full of wacky retarded cartoonish characters, both bret and shawn were the only things worth watching
Jaxon Thompson
He was way over with kids, but he never transitioned into a multi-generational star like Hogan
TL;DR the Cena of his era
Joseph Gonzalez
watch this and see for yourself
Elijah Jones
Yeah if you’re 10 he’s the coolest person in the universe
Tyler Jackson
When I was in grade school my dad who wasn't a wrestling fan thought he was cool and bought me an action figure of him. This was years before I really got into wrestling so I'd say that's a sign he was enormously popular.
Parker Stewart
it always felt like even when he got pushed it was only because vince got dragged into it because he didn't have anybody better and the fans liked him at the time, case in point. wrestlemania 9
Blake Scott
Tag team specialist midcarder who got a cinderella world title run because of public outrage over steroids. Bitter miserable old codger now.
Parker Collins
Austin surpassed him because kids and beer bellied forklift drivers loved him
Bret's fans were kids and women (of all ages), he had too much heat with blue collar men (but he worked heel and face very well because of this, Austin was a horrible heel)
Nathaniel Ross
He was the most over man in the WWF for years. WWF revisionism casts HBK as much more over than he ever was, while pretending Bret wasn't over. Anyone watching back then knew this was not the case. Both HBK and Diesel bombed as the top guys when given the opportunity, and Bret had to be thrust back into the spot both times. Obviously Bret was never as big of a draw as Hogan (the top guy he replaced) or Austin (the top guy that replaced him) but Bret was still huge for WWF, especially overseas where the WWF made their money in the mid 90s while the US market was tanking.
Parker Moore
Watch the crowd, more women went for Bret than Shawn
Camden Foster
He was never mega-over like a Hogan or and Austin, but he carried the company through a really weird time. Hogan was gone, Steroid trial, transition into the attitude era, etc. so no he didn’t draw huge money, but he played an important role and probably stopped them from losing shitloads more money and possibly going under. I don’t think people appreciate how close WWF was to going bankrupt in 1995.
Levi Murphy
He was a Canadian hero, people who loved wrestling would come out in droves to see him
Camden Smith
He was both. A huge influence on the wrestlers of today for better or worse it just depends on who is publicly taking influence from him. Jon Moxley goes the subtle route like doing that one AEW pay per view with a Brett like leather jacket that had barbed wire frays, while Dax Harwood seems like he wants to wear Bret’s skin because he’s that obsessed with him
Alexander Foster
He was the guy in his era. Him and Shawn were 1A and 1B. So h was the same tier as everyone not named Hogan or Austin. Looking back.... Shawn was the guy who Austin beat for the belt, but Bret was the guy who helped get Austin over..
Daniel Hernandez
Dude sucked, he was never the guy.
Brayden Bailey
He got mega pops in Canada, pretty much every Canadian over a certain age knows who he is
Grayson Cooper
You got to remember.... before Vince was Austin's target it was Bret Hart. Raw was Austin going after Bret and the Hart Foundation. And all that was after Bret was already tag team champion with Neidhart in the 80s, had Wrestlemania with Hogan and Yokozuna, the Deisel match, the Bulldog match at Wembley.
HBK is great.... but Bret Hart is in another league.
Luke Lee
Exactly.... he was nowhere near Austin or Hogan, but nobody was... and he was atleast as good as everyone else if not better. And he was involved in Wrestlemania matches with both of them.
Austin King
We was more over than Diesel but less over than Sid.
Matthew King
>WHO'S THE MAN