Thread: The Official Shawn Michaels or Bret Hart Thread
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Old 12-12-2007, 12:21 PM   #47
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I'm going to guess it goes without saying, but I voted Michaels. The reasons are overwhelming but I throw some out there...

1) Shawn Michaels probably has more 5 star matches than...well...anyone and everyone...combined...times two. The fact of the matter is I can't really think of even 5 matches that I would give 5 stars to that didn't have Michaels in them.

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Shawn Michaels who from a performancing stand point, I don't know...I don't know that he has a peer, yet. I don't know that he ever will.
2) The Heartbreak Kid is possibly one of the most interesting characters in history. I mean think about the evolution from The Rockers, to then uber heel cocky prick, to being face icon good ol boy from Texas, hilarious rebel of DX, worn down but not out return, to once again returning to being the Show Stealer. I mean honestly, he's got the Texas country boy vibe, he's got the top of the world model vibe, he's been dominate and he's been at the end of his rope. He's done it all, and he's done it as himself. One of the best characters ever.

3) Face...heel...he does both better than basically anyone else and he can switch it back and forth in the blink of an eye.

4) Is he is a complete prick without a soul? Is he a reformed good Christian now? Maybe, just maybe, he's somewhere in between. He's human, and I can't think of too many other wrestlers who have been more open and honest about their humanity than him. In character or out, he's been open about the fact that he's made mistakes and he's done a lot of great things. Haven't we all? The difference is that I don't think he shys away from being open about either...

5) He's the reason I kept watching WWE after Flair left. For personal reasons, that's worth a lot.

6) You ask me, with no Shawn Michaels, there would have been no Stone Cold and no Rocky. Michaels style of out there colorful antics mixed with totally legit bad ass paved the way for guys like Rock and Austin to not be kissing babies face or evil evil heel.

7) Degeneration X. A couple of chapters in the Michaels' legacy, yet probably bigger than 99.9% of all other wrestler's entire lives.

8) I've heard it said, and I can see where this came from, nWo was basically trying to capture HBK's character in a gang like mentality.

9) WrestleMania XIV - Between him, Austin blowing up bigger than any wrestler had ever dreamed of (yes bigger than Hogan), Tyson, the match, the anticipation, his injury he worked through...honestly I'm blown away every single time I see that match. If I had to define my being a fan of pro wrestling into one match, it would probably be Mania XIV.

10) Bret Hart is a complete bitch. I hate him, I hate his fans, I hate the fact that at one time I actually thought he was decent.
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