Best Matches: Bret Hart

1987:

• Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart Vs Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid – WWF MSG Live Show 02/05/1987 – 3 ½*
• Bret Hart, Dino Bravo, Ax, Boris Zhukov, Greg Valentine, Haku, Jim Neidhart, Nikolai Volkoff, Smash & Tama Vs B. Brian Blair, Davey Boy Smith, Dynamite Kid, Jacques Rougeau, Jim Brunzell, Jim Powers, Paul Roma, Raymond Rougeau, Rick Martel & Tito Santana – Survivor Series 1987 – 4*

1988:

• Bret Hart, Davey Boy Smith, Dynamite Kid, Jim Neidhart, Jim Powers, Marty Jannetty, Paul Roma, Shawn Michaels, The Barbarian & The Warlord Vs Arn Anderson, Ax, Boris Zhukov, Conquistador Dos, Conquistador Uno, Jacques Rougeau, Nikolai Volkoff, Raymond Rougeau, Smash & Tully Blanchard – Survivor Series 1988 – 3 ½*

1990:

• Bret Hart Vs Rick Martel – WWF MSG Live 19/03/1990 - A underrated/forgotten gem of a match between two great performers, felt obliged to include this match.
• Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart Vs Marty Jannett & Shawn Michaels – Saturday Night’s Main Event 28/04/1990 - 3 ¾*
• Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart Vs Ax & Smash – Summerslam 1990 – 3 ½*
• Bret Hart, Dusty Rhodes, Jim Neidhart & Koko B Ware Vs The Undertaker, Greg Valentine, Honky Tonk Man & Ted DiBiase - Survivor Series 1990 - 3 ½*

1991:

• Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart Vs Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags - Wrestlemania VII - 3 ½*
• Bret Hart Vs Ted Dibiase – Saturday Night’s Main Event 27/04/1991 – 3 ½*
• Bret Hart Vs Mr. Perfect – Summerslam 1991 – 4* - Probably one of my favourite Summerslam matches from the 90's the chemistry between both men is phenomenal. Interesting fact when re-watching this match I found out that perfect actually had an injured back and that allows you to appreciate the ending of this match

1992:

• Bret Hart Vs Roddy Piper – Wrestlemania VIII – 3 ½* - A very underrated Wrestlemania match, this is probably my favourite Roddy Piper match. Great Intercontinental title match that really helped Hart establish himself as a standalone star instead of a tag team wrestler.
• Bret Hart Vs Shawn Michaels - WWF Superstars 21/07/1992
• Bret Hart Vs The British Bulldog – Summerslam 1992 – 4 ¼* - Arguably one of the best Summerslam main events of all time; Vince trusted in two of his mid-card stars to main event Summerslam in the biggest venue to date - The Wembley Stadium. Highly recommend, even Hart believes this may be his best match.
• Bret Hart Vs Ric Flair – WWF Superstars 12/10/1992 - Bret Harts first WWF Championship win.
• Bret Hart Vs Shawn Michaels – Survivor Series 1992 – 4 ½* - 5 years before the Infamous Screwjob, these men would put on a great match between each other when they were still quite young and up-and-coming in the business for the WWF Championship. Honestly, 1992 is a weird year because many of the top WWF stars would leave the company ushering in a new era of younger stars – and knowing that the future will involve these two is a very good thing.

1993:

• Bret Hart Vs Razor Ramon – Royal Rumble 1993
• Bret Hart Vs Yokozuna – Wrestlemania 9
• Bret Hart Vs Razor Ramon – King of the Ring 1993
• Bret Hart Vs Mr. Perfect – King of the Ring 1993 – 4 ¼* - Hart would go onto compete in 3 matches at the 1993 King of the Ring tournament, this is his best match of the 3 of them. It reminds me a lot of their Summerslam 1991 match, however they seem to change a few things up. Best Hart was the MVP of this PPV.
• Bret Hart Vs Bam Bam Bigelow – King of the Ring 1993 – 3 ¾*
• Bret Hart Vs Jerry Lawler – Summerslam 1993 – 4*
• Bret Hart Vs Shawn Michaels - WWF Superstars 01/12/1993

1994:

• 30 Man Royal Rumble Match – Royal Rumble 1994 - Bret Harts first and only Royal Rumble victory, however he would share his win with Lex Luger.
• Bret Hart Vs Owen Hart – Wrestlemania X – 4 ¾* - I might be in the small majority that prefers this match over their Summerslam 1994 match, but to me this is a perfect 5 stars match and showed how placing to brothers who had been doing this since they were kids could put on an absolute clinic for all wrestling fans around the world.
• Bret Hart Vs Yokozuna – Wrestlemania X - Bret Hart would compete in two matches at this Wrestlemania, his second match would see him compete for the WWF Championship in a rematch of their Wrestlemania 9 match. Bret would win this match and get a celebration post match with all the baby-faces of the locker room.
• Bret Hart Vs Diesel – King of the Ring 1994 – 3 ¾*
• Bret Hart Vs 1-2-3 Kid – Raw 11/07/1994 – 4 ½*
• Bret Hart Vs Owen Hart – Summerslam 1994 – 5*

1995:

• Bret Hart Vs Diesel – Royal Rumble 1995 – 4 ¼* - This match is easily in my favourite matches of Diesels/Kevin Nash WWF Career. They seem to change up their styles with each other and try bring the match to a new level.
• Bret Hart Vs Owen Hart – Raw 27/03/1995 – 3 ½*
• Bret Hart Vs Hakushi – In Your House 1 – 3 ¾*
• Bret Hart Vs Hakushi – Raw 24/07/1995 – 4*
• Bret Hart Vs Jean-Pierre Lafitte – In Your House 3: Triple Header – 4*
• Bret Hart Vs Diesel – Survivor Series 1995 – 3 ½*
• Bret Hart Vs The British Bulldog – In Your House 5: Season’s Beatings – 4 ½*

1996:

• Bret Hart Vs The Undertaker – Royal Rumble 1996 - People seem to not be a fan of this match; that may have to do with some slow pacing between the two and the finish of the match. However, I enjoy this match and think it's one of the earlier matches taker would change to his style and made him into the wrestler he'd become in his later years.
• Bret Hart Vs Diesel – In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage
• Bret Hart Vs Shawn Michaels – Wrestlemania XII – 4 ¼* - By time 1996 rolled around everyone basically knew that Shawn had be positioned to become the poster boy for the WWF 'New Generation'. So at the 12th annual Wrestlemania Shawn and Bret were placed in a 60 Minute Iron Man match that took each other to the limits and actually resulted in neither man getting a fall making the match go into over time. This match should've set up multiple matches with each other to show how great they were and to become one of the biggest rivalries in history.. this would happen but for total different reasons.
• Bret Hart Vs Stone Cold Steve Austin – Survivor Series 1996 – 4 ½* - The build up to this match was purely just Austin talking smack about Bret Hart for months on end about how much better the was and how Bret Hart wasn’t that good anymore. This is their first match in their series of matches, and I think it’s on par with their ‘Mania match. Many wrestling fans sometimes will say that this match is better than there Wrestlemania match, which gained a 5 star result from Dave Meltzer.

1997:

• Bret Hart Vs Stone Cold Steve Austin Vs The Undertaker Vs Vader – In Your House 13: Final Four – 4 ¼*
• Bret Hart Vs Sycho Sid – Raw 17/02/1997
• Bret Hart Vs Stone Cold Steve Austin – Wrestlemania 13 – 5* - This match definitely earned the rating it got from Meltzer, it was a Submission match and it was obvious at the time that Austin lacked a lot of submission material, however - both the superstars brought their A–game, and the psychology and storytelling during the match was absolutely amazing. The ending is absolutely fantastic and a great lasting image.
• Bret Hart Vs Rocky Miavia – Raw 31/03/1997
• Bret Hart Vs Stone Cold Steve Austin – In Your House 14: Revenge of the ‘Taker – 3 ¾* - This match is their underrated (sort of forgotten) third and final match in the series.
• Bret Hart, Brian Pillman, Jim Neidhart, Owen Hart & The British Bulldog Vs Animal, Goldust, Hawk, Ken Shamrock & Stone Cold Steve Austin – In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede - 4 ¼*
• Bret Hart Vs The Undertaker – Summerslam 1997 - Besides Takers matches with Shawn in late-1997, this is my favourite Taker match from the 90's. Much like the Rumble 96 match with these two, people just seem to not really enjoy their matches. There's so many stories going into this match including: Shawn Michaels as the referee, Undertakers championship on the line and Brets wrestling career on the line it makes for one of the better matches of the 1990's.
• Bret Hart Vs Vader – Raw 08/09/1997
• Bret Hart Vs The Undertaker – One Night Only 1997
• Bret Hart Vs Terry Funk – ECW WrestleFest: 50 Years of Funk – 4*
• Bret Hart Vs Shawn Michaels – Survivor Series 1997 – 3 ¾* -

1998:

• Bret Hart Vs Ric Flair – WCW Souled Out 1998 – 3 ¾* -
• Bret Hart Vs Chris Benoit – WCW Nitro 22/06/1998 – 3 ½*
• Bret Hart Vs Diamond Dallas Page – WCW Nitro 26/10/1998

1999:

• Bret Hart Vs Booker T – WCW Nitro 22/02/1999 – 4*
• Bret Hart Vs Chris Benoit – WCW Nitro 04/10/1999 – 4 ¼* - This match was dedicated to Owen Hart who had passed away earlier that year in the same building. There was plenty of mutual respect between each man, and they both put on one of the best WCW matches.
• Bret Hart Vs Chris Benoit – WCW Mayhem 1999
• Bret Hart Vs Goldberg – WCW Starrcade 1999

2010:

• Bret Hart Vs Vince McMahon – Wrestlemania 26 - In 2010, after 13 years Bret Hart returned to the WWE since the incidents of the Montreal Screwjob. The match is terrible, and infamously known as one of the worst Wrestlemania matches of all time - the reasoning for this is because of a stroke Bret had in 2002, resulting in him not to take match bumps. However, it's good to have Bret in good terms with WWE because he's known as one of the best wrestlers of all time.
• Team WWE (Bret Hart, Chris Jericho, Daniel Bryan, Edge, John Cena, John Morrison & R-Truth) Vs The Nexus (Darren Young, David Otunga, Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, Michael Tarver, Skip Sheffield & Wade Barrett) – Summerslam 2010 – 3 ½*