Thread: Better Wrestler #23
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Old 01-06-2017, 08:47 PM   #26
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I actually went with Bret Hart on this. Piper suffers from a similar thing in that I never saw him in his time, and weirdly enough, I think Bret holds up better. Him being a "pure wrestler" works with me, whereas a lot of Piper's ring skills are retroactively inflated because he was a genuine star. Piper could definitely talk, but I subjectively find his style grating after a while.

Definitely a legend and integral to some very important moments. I don't really buy that anyone could have done what he did against Hogan, but Bret Hart just takes it for me, because there is also only one Bret Hart. Both were referenced in The Simpsons too, so they both count as immortal professional wrestlers to me.
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