Classic Discussion: Who is Better?

Bret Hart. Bret didn't need promo skills, nor did he need to be carried to every match he was ever in that was worth a watch.

Bret Hart

Flair is a rather predictable wrestler, Bret is more versatile and can pretty much do everything.

I'm a huge fan of both....But Flair is my all time favorite wrestler....So I'm going with him.

No doubt, Bret Hart. I didn't really grow up watching Flair, but the only matches I really enjoyed watching him in were against Steamboat and Sting...maybe some of his stuff with Dusty, too, but that's about it. I thought Bret could make a star out of anybody and always came up with new things in his matches. If you've seen one Ric Flair match, you've pretty much seen them all.

Gonna have to say it's close, but Flair. I'm not gonna call anyone out because this is all matter of opinion, but I'll try and give some defense to some of the things Flair is being accused of.
Some say that Flair wrestled the same match a lot.
This is true, but he had some very different matches as well. Watch him wrestle a guy like Sting or Luger, it's similar. Both are big muscular guys who do a lot of power moves, so Flair sells that. Now watch a match with he and Steamboat, it's totally different because of the style of the match. Flair always wrestled different depending on who he wrestled.
Flair did a lot of the same moves?
Yeah, so does everyone. Flair always did a kneedrop, a flip over the ropes, ect. But Bret Hart usually did a lot of the same moves. This includes missing a move in the turnbuckle and hitting chest first. Anytime he did that or Michaels did his half flip and came back down I always though of Flair. Also, Bret often had the same comeback. Backbreaker, come off 2nd rope, ect. Just saying......
And Flair never had to be carried, still doesn't most of the time. Flair wrestled a lot of guys in the 80's and early 90's considered average and made them look like stars. Neither did Bret. It was implied way above me that Flair has to be carried, which couldn't be further from the truth.
I really like Bret Hart too. I just think Flair was a little better. And if you get bored watching Ric Flair you truly don't appreciate wrestling.

For me it has to be Ric Flair

Yeah Bret Hart was a very solid in ring performer but he for me seemed quite rigid in his moveset, especially his finishing routine which for me always took away from the ending.

Ric Flair however in his prime was qualiy, whether it was a hour classic with Steamboat or a wild brawl with Terry Funk or the violence of a War Games.

Easy looking at Flair nowadays to dismiss him but I still believe that in his prime he was the best in ring performer this industry has ever seen.

Bret for sure! Flair's matches can be repetitive at times. When Bret Hart wrestled Razor Ramon, Curt Henning, and Bam Bam Bigalow at KOTR 93, did you notice how the matches were all different? All of Flair's matches throughout his career have been kind of similar.

I would be likely to say that this is like comparing Apples to Oranges. While both Flair and Hart are among the tops in Professional Wrestling you really learn very different lessons from both individuals. From Flair, you would undoubtably learn a great deal about Promos working the crowd and selling but interms of Moves he is usually defensive and alway a singles competitor he sticks to the moves that will win him the match and put butts in the seats he also watches his opponent he is at his best though when his Tricks and promos tick his opponent off enough for him to capitalize and win.

However, I guess interms of when I am learning things or studying old tapes to use in my own matches, I would probably be more likely to pull out a Bret Hart Tape. Ljn dude said it best in using the KOTR as an Example none ( or at least not that many) of his matches were the same and the fact that he just kept learning and perfecting moves past what his Father taught him and also making a very stable transition from Tag team to Singles wrestling one more thing is that you always take something from a Hart Match a prime example would be that prior to Michaels wrestling Hart did he ever use a Sharpshooter?.