View Full Version : Popularity Poll: Bret "The Hitman" Hart vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin
Zeeboe
06-17-2009, 04:20 PM
Just a little spin-off of the "Better Wrestler" thread. Bring out your inner-child, pretend it's 1997 the night before Wrestlemania 13, and this is a poll on wwf.com asking you who you think will win the submission match. (i.e. Who do you like more?)
Anybody Thrilla
06-17-2009, 04:32 PM
I was really getting into Austin at the time, but Bret is my favorite ever. Even then, I was all about the Hitman.
thedamndest
06-17-2009, 04:44 PM
If I'm a mark and it's the night before Wrestlemania 13 I probably would have voted for Bret Hart.
If it's now and I'm looking at both men as a whole and I'm voting on who I like more I would vote for Steve Austin.
ive always liked the bad guys so go austin!!
HTrain90
06-17-2009, 06:23 PM
Because of the poll, I have to go with Bret. The night before WM13, I wanted Bret to win and thought he would win. After WM13, coupled with the match these two had at Survivor Series, this was cemented as my favorite feud of all-time. These guys had an amazing chemistry together.
Bret did so much for Austin. As much as "Austin 3:16" made Stone Cold, the way Bret put him over also got him over. It would have been easy for Bret to go win and have Austin look sub-par. But in both matches Austin looked GREAT even with losing both. I wish there was someone at the top smart enough to do that now, and it really makes you appreciate just how good Bret was.
The Gold Standard
06-17-2009, 06:33 PM
Right before WM 13 Bret. Give Austin a few more months and he was the man.
Nicky Fives
06-17-2009, 06:40 PM
Huge Bret mark back then.... of course I was only 7 at the time....
Blakeamus
06-17-2009, 10:14 PM
These two influenced me to get into professional wrestling. But I had to go with the Excellence of Execution!
The Pope
06-18-2009, 12:14 AM
You can't deny Stone cold
The MAC
06-18-2009, 05:26 AM
Most people just dont get how popular hart was(is?) worldwide. In germany, India , South Africa, Canada and so many other places in the world Bret Hart was bigger than Austin and Shawn.
James Steele
06-18-2009, 05:54 AM
My vote is obvious.
Ol Dirty Dastard
06-18-2009, 11:03 AM
I voted Bret because I like him more, but Austin as a whole was way more popular.
Zeeboe
06-18-2009, 02:18 PM
Wow, this is just like 1997 all over again. 50/50 spilt.
I was orginally going to have this poll be Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels, but like Vince McMahon, I wanted to avoid any issues, so I made it Hart vs. Austin instead, but perhaps I will create that Bret vs. Shawn thread in due time so we can all see once and for all who is more loved on this forum. The P.W.I. magazine had the same poll in 96'.
James Steele
06-18-2009, 06:47 PM
PWI is canon!
Zeeboe
06-18-2009, 08:02 PM
What does that mean?
James Steele
06-18-2009, 08:21 PM
Evil Assclowns do not get to know.
Kane Knight
06-18-2009, 08:29 PM
Most people just dont get how popular hart was(is?) worldwide. In germany, India , South Africa, Canada and so many other places in the world Bret Hart was bigger than Austin and Shawn.
Or most people just don't care. Just a thought.
James Steele
06-18-2009, 08:32 PM
Bret Hart was so much bigger than Austin that Austin drew more than Bret and Shawn!
Emperor Smeat
06-18-2009, 09:25 PM
Stone Cold.
I remeber wanting him to win and then just amazed how that match ended.
Zeeboe
06-18-2009, 10:33 PM
Evil Assclowns do not get to know.
I wear that badge with pride.
Zen v.W.o.
06-19-2009, 04:55 PM
Bret Hart was so much bigger than Austin that Austin drew more than Bret and Shawn!
Certainly in america he did. But then again, all the shows are held there, most of the time anyway.
No question he earned a ton of money through his merchandise and revenue generated, whereas guys like Hart and HBK made a ton of money off their base salary contracts. Not that they didnt make enough money in other departments, but Austin is untouchable in those.
Ol Dirty Dastard
06-19-2009, 08:14 PM
Austin also was just an awesome performer and had an edge noone ever had seen in main stream pro wrestling at the time. He was a revolutionary character... whereas Bret was more transition, between the oldschool and new school.
Austin was definitely more successful and more popular than Bret Hart. Doesn't mean Bret Hart wasn't fucking incredible in his own right... just nothing about him was revolutionary or cutting edge, like Austin. Same goes for HBM.
Kane Knight
06-20-2009, 10:43 AM
Certainly in america he did. But then again, all the shows are held there, most of the time anyway.
You're kind of...not helping your argument there.
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