Bret Hart WCW

Bret vs. DDP, Bret vs. Luger and Bret vs. Sting were all decent matches in 1998 for WCW.

Again, I am not sure how WCW messed that up with Bret Hart. Impressive really how they did. Because you'd think it'd be impossible but they proved that to be wrong.

WCW are to blame...they had no idea how to use him...they got him because they could. No other reason. BUT? Bret's heart totally wasn't in it either.

Bret should have been put to work dismantling the nWo alongside Sting, DDP etc. There were LOADS of exciting feuds & scenarios but others had to be looked after.

Bret was completely unprepared for a locker room stuffed to the brim with political enemies. Hall & Nash in particular had it in for him from WWF & because the clique still functioned as a unit across 2 feuding feds( which is impressive). Then you Had Hogan, Luger & Savage who were threatened by his arrival.

His intro at Starrcade 97....Oh God. If they wanted him involved it should have been slapping down nWo interference and tanning some jobbers.

His first feud was Flair. I mean...WTF. Both men in the storyline had a common enemy and this crap about him having to earn Flairs respect was absolute nonsense. At least the PPV match was good. Then he joins(kinda) the nWo and spends the rest of the f*ckin year wearing Hogan T-Shirts.

Good God.


The fact that both Sting & Hart were blown off for Hogan vs Savage in early 98 is just god awful.

Well his terrible booking has been talked to death so won’t get into that.

His matches with Benoit were his peak in-ring wise during his WCW run. But he did have a few hidden gems with DDP, Booker T, and Flair during this time (and who could ever doubt El Dandy?). But like others have said these are few and far between and sadly WCW’s crappy overbooking ruined most of his matches.

When Bret first showed up at the end of 1997 him and Sting were a dream match for me. Sadly what we got at at Halloween Havoc 1998 was a disaster.

I loved Bret and was excited to see him in WCW, but even though they were still Hitman matches and still better than most they weren’t what I hoped for. His Owen Tribute match vs Benoit was outstanding though.

I remember the promos with Ric Flair and Rowdy Roddy Piper.

Man did they misuse Bret in WCW. It seemed like the only thing they had for Bret at the time was turning on people every other nitro. One minute he's WCW, the next minute he's NWO. One minute he hates Hulk Hogan, the next minute he loves him. One minute he's friends with Sting, the next he turns on him. I remember thinking to myself at the time, damn Bret pick a side already. It was frustrating as a fan of his to watch him during this time.

"Bret screwed Bret".  Don't forget that! lol    Bret was given a really solid storyline by the WWF going in WCW.  Come on, Vince "screwed" him and WCW could have used that momentum RIGHT when Bret came in.  But nope.  They had Bret used as a referee in a filler match on a PPV.  His fate was sealed right then and there.  

According to most people, Hogan kept shooting down any scenario that involved him and Bret. If they had a faction with Bret as the leader, and they were going after the NWO, eventually Hogan and Bret would have to face each other and Hogan wouldn't go with that. 

I like Bret Hart's WCW theme.