Thread: What made Eddie Guererro so great?
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Old 11-16-2012, 12:06 AM   #63
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Originally Posted by Gorgeous Dale Newstead View Post
Bret did evolve though, he had a longer career than Owen, and if you look at him from his days in Stampede to who he was as the Hitman he did a lot of growing as a character.

And Bret had to pay his dues as much if not more than Owen. He went from the bottom to the top. And even when he made it to the top, he still had to feud with Jean Pierre Lafitte and Isaac Yankem.....

If I were to compare the 2 personalities to the workers of today, I'd say CM Punk is like Bret. In the sense that he's openly pretty bitter and kind of a mark for himself and has forced his way to the top. Daniel Bryan is probably the better athlete of the two (just like Owen was WAY more athletic than Bret... honestly not even close in that category) and the better pure wrestler... and such a pro that he gets by on being so fucking good, but he doesn't strike me as the same kind of scratching and clawing dick that is CM Punk, and he doesn't seem a mark for himself like Punk. So he'll be like Owen... a guy you can put in a tag team and they'll be immediately a threat and very entertaining thus elevating the tag division by his presence, or a guy who can go on a secondary title run at any point (and in today's climate always be on the outskirts of the world title picture).
Pretty good analogy. I think it has more to do about personality than anything. Owen/DB loved wrestling but it didn't consume them if they weren't the "top guy". Bret and Punk feel truly offended, angry, and empty if they aren't the "top guy". Charisma wise, promo wise, etc., I think Bret has the least of the 4 in the analogy.
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