Bret Hart's Heel Turn in the WWE

Right off the bat....Bret Hart has always been one of my favorite wrestlers of all time. While Hulk Hogan had the hype machine behind him and seemed to be more mainstream; it was really wrestlers like Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, and others - the workhorses, who really held WWE together.

So, the 15 year old me was kind of distressed and puzzled when the honorable and all-around good guy in Bret "The Hitman" Hart, who had every right to be aggrieved was being booed out of the building every week. He had the Royal Rumble stolen from him by Stone Cold. He was screwed out of the championship match by Stone Cold as well. He had every right to be upset at the system. He had always been the 'good' guy. He gave it his all in every match. He never cheated and fought with honor. Then why was it that such a nice guy was being booed whereas a foul mouthed redneck was cheered even when he broke every rule in the book?

This has always puzzled me; not just because of my personal bias towards Bret Hart but the whole dynamics of the thing. A 'bad' guy was being cheered whereas a 'good' guy was getting booed. 

And another fun little twist was that he was the babyface everywhere other than the US. 

And that is why I think Bret Hart's heel turn was one of the most unique heel turns in wrestling history.



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