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Originally Posted by Tedious And Bret is a decrepit old man sitting at home allowing bitterness and spite to feed on his soul. How this has any bearing on their status in wrestling is beyond me.

Actually, Bret is fine right now. He's made his millions, didnt blow them, and is living a pretty happy life. Flair on the other hand.....you know how it is.

So he DIDN'T get shuffled back down into the midcard when Hogan returned? He DIDN'T engage in non ME feuds with Lawler and Michaels while Luger challenged Yokozuna? He DIDN'T have his big-ass crescendo of a cage match with Owen knocked out of a SummerSlam ME slot in favore of the Undertaker vs his impostor? He DIDN'T stand by and watch for the better part of a year while Diesel held the title?

Bret was a big fish in a big pond. Flair was a big fish in a small pond. When Flair came up to the wwf, he was just another face along with the rest of the companies big names. In fact, Vince wanted Bret to defeat Flair because Flair dissapointed him as a draw, and as a performer during his run at the top.
You can have co-main events, and btw, even if Taker vs the imposter or Diesel were main eventing some cards, everyone knows who the fans mostly came to see. The thing about Bret that made him so valuable and great to the company was that even as a champ, he never held his nose up at people. He worked with everyone, because he wanted to make even the curtain jerkers look as credible as possible. That's smart, makes the roster look that much stronger. Unlike say, a guy like HBK, who basically wanted to hand pick his opponents, mostly all buddies.

Pretty weak argument seeing as how Flair was IN said company for barely two years back then.

There was a reason for that. He came in with a ton of hype and wasn't bringing it. Vince let the guy go basically after Hart took the title from him.

Watch Bret's DVD some time and count how many times he admits he was ready to quit until he was given a better spot. Yeah, he worked and all, but if his family wasn't who they were, who knows if he would ever have been noticed.

He said he didnt wanna be a cowboy and got that tossed, and he did some bitching about the Warrior and guys like that main eventing. So what did he do? Worked great matches and got better and better until the fans made him the main eventer he was supposed to be.

Good God, look at him back then.

Looks sorta like Flair except Flair looked like that his entire career.

Clearly we have different measuring sticks for greatness, if you have to bring in Funk as your star witness.

Oh? You didnt notice Flair stating he wrestled the Funks as some sort of way to bash Bret? Because Funk and he did wrestle a few times, and if it's good for Flair, I thought it was good for everyone. Changing your tune now?