Bret was just "there"

Davey Boy Smith vs. Reno Riggins

Will you take Reigns over Bret? I was saying your use of "Wembley vs Punk's one buyrate" to determine who was better is flawed.

It would have drawn way more than Bret vs Berzerker.

Doubt that much more. Nobody wants to see Berzerker in a main event.

Honestly...fair

Nah, Bret over Reigns. I was just referencing that as one aspect of their game. I think I was severely overrating Punk at the time. I didn't care as much about him as I wanted to even then.

Fair point about Wembley. Bulldog does not draw against Berserker though lol.

I will say this, Bret did draw the highest two wrestlemania main events from 91-97. and it wasn't Wrestlemania 12. it was 9 and 10. You could argue the Hogan factor for 9. I was actually surprised buy this

430,000 for 9
420,000 for 10

WM 7 did 400
WM 8 did 390

Maybe people really liked Yoko and Bret

WM 13: 237,000. Last place. poor Taker and Sid :(

Gotta look at which match was advertised most.

That kind of goes back to what i was saying earlier, i really believe if your name wasn't Hogan, Austin and mayyyyybe Rock, you needed other guys/matches/storylines on the card to help you draw.

In my opinion Austin and Hogan could of drawn wrestling a broom stick while the rest of the card was midgets. At least when they were hot. Rock's a maybe.

And this is just WWF. Obviously Flair in NWA would be another.

SummerSlam '94 also did much better than SummerSlam '93. 50,000 buys better. The Taker/Faker bullshit was in the main, but Bret was the WWF Champion going against Owen in the cage.

Leslie Goddamn Nielsen was the draw of SummerSlam '94.

:lol: Fan I think I've grown to love our feud over the merits Bret Hart.

You fuck.

I guess Vince made the right call in not putting the strap on Luger

lol the vignettes were obviously amazing cuz of Nielson but dear god the writing was so bad.

This is a wrestling website and there's a poster named after Nielsen's character. There's no poster named "Bret Hart". Point Nielsen.

:rant:

You mean there isn't a poster named whiny bitch?

I think we can all agree that Leslie Nielsen would have been a better World Champion than David Arquette.

He would have drawn more money than Bret ever did

Yes, Bret Hart publicized backstage drama like few wrestlers have done since.

He was a primary motivator behind Barry Blaustein's year-2000 film <i>Beyond the Mat</i>.

In this sense, Bret could be seen as a precursor to <i>Total Bellas</i>, <i>Hogan Knows Best</i>, and other pro-wrestling reality programming.

Outside wrestling, Bret sired Blade, Jade, and Alexandra, so "there's that."

Thats a stretch