Welcome to a new series on the website, called Rating The Champ. This will follow my prior World Title Series, where I reviewed each and every WWE Heavyweight Champion in history from Hulk Hogan’s first title win in 1984 all the way to the current days. Money in the Bank cash-ins will not be included for obvious reasons, unless it was a proper match (ie: Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006). Royal Rumble and battle royales won’t be included as well.
In this new series, I will rate all the PPV matches from each and every WWF/E Heavyweight Champion in history. To be fair, since this is the WWF/E title, I’ll only rate their PPV matches in the WWF/E. In this edition, we’ll be looking back at the PPV career of the one and only, former WWF Champion, Bret Hart.
1987
- W/ Jim Neidhart & Danny Davis vs. The British Bulldogs & Tito Santana (WrestleMania III) ***1/2
- Twenty Men Survivor Series Elimination Match (Survivor Series) ****
1988
- W/ Jim Neidhart vs. Demolition – WWF Tag Team Championship (SummerSlam) ***
- Twenty Men Survivor Series Elimination Match (Survivor Series) ***1/2
1989
- 2 Out Of 3 Falls: W/ Jim Neidhart & Jim Duggan vs. Dino Bravo & The Rougeau’s (Royal Rumble) **1/2
- W/ Jim Neidhart vs. The Honky Tonk Man & Greg Valentine (WrestleMania V) **3/4
- W/ Jim Neidhart vs. The Brainbusters (SummerSlam) ***1/2
- W/ The 4×4’s vs. The King’s Court (Survivor Series) **
1990
- W/ Jim Neidhart vs. The Bolsheviks (WrestleMania VI) N/R (no rating)
- 2 Out Of 3 Falls: W/ Jim Neidhart vs. Demolition – WWF Tag Team Championship (SummerSlam) ****
- W/ The Dream Team vs. The Million Dollar Team (Survivor Series) ***3/4
1991
- W/ Jim Neidhart vs. The Nasty Boys – WWF Tag Team Championship (WrestleMania VII) ***1/2
- Vs. Mr. Perfect – WWF Intercontinental Championship (SummerSlam) ****1/4
- W/ Piper, Bulldog & Virgil vs. Flair, DiBiase, Warlord & Mountie (Survivor Series) ***
- Vs. Skinner – WWF Intercontinental Championship (This Tuesday In Texas) **1/4
1992
- Vs. Roddy Piper – WWF Intercontinental Championship (WrestleMania VIII) ****1/2
- Vs. The British Bulldog – WWF Intercontinental Championship (SummerSlam) *****
- Vs. Shawn Michaels – WWF Championship (Survivor Series) ****1/2
1993
- Vs. Razor Ramon – WWF Championship (Royal Rumble) ***1/4
- Vs. Yokozuna – WWF Championship (WrestleMania IX) ***
- Vs. Razor Ramon (King of the Ring) ***
- Vs. Mr. Perfect (King of the Ring) ****3/4
- Vs. Bam Bam Bigelow (King of the Ring) ***3/4
- Vs. Doink the Clown (SummerSlam) **1/2
- Vs. Jerry Lawler (SummerSlam) ****
- W/ The Hart Family vs. Shawn Michaels & The Knights (Survivor Series) **1/2
1994
- W/ Owen Hart vs. The Quebecers – WWF Tag Team Championship (Royal Rumble) ****
- Vs. Owen Hart (WrestleMania X) *****
- Vs. Yokozuna – WWF Championship (WrestleMania X) **1/2
- Vs. Diesel – WWF Championship (King of the Ring) ****1/4
- Steel Cage: Vs. Owen Hart – WWF Championship (SummerSlam) *****
- Submission: Vs. Bob Backlund – WWF Championship (Survivor Series) ***1/4
1995
- Vs. Diesel – WWF Championship (Royal Rumble) ***1/2
- I Quit: Vs. Bob Backlund (WrestleMania XI) **
- Vs. Hakushi (In Your House I) ****
- Vs. Jerry Lawler (In Your House I) *1/2
- Kiss My Foot: Vs. Jerry Lawler (King of the Ring) **1/2
- Vs. Isaac Yankem DDS (SummerSlam) **3/4
- Vs. Jean-Pierre Lafitte (IYH 3: Triple Header) ****
- No DQ: Vs. Diesel – WWF Championship (Survivor Series) ****3/4
- Vs. The British Bulldog – WWF Championship (IYH 5: Season’s Beatings) ****1/2
1996
- Vs. The Undertaker – WWF Championship (Royal Rumble) ***1/4
- Steel Cage: Vs. Diesel – WWF Championship (IYH 6: Rage in the Cage) **3/4
- Iron Man: Vs. Shawn Michaels – WWF Championship (WrestleMania XII) ****1/2
- Vs. Steve Austin (Survivor Series) *****
- Vs. Sycho Sid – WWF Championship (IYH 12: It’s Time) ***
1997
- Final Four: Vs. The Undertaker vs. Steve Austin vs. Vader – WWF Championship (IYH 13: Final Four) ****1/4
- Submission: Vs. Steve Austin (WrestleMania 13) *****
- Vs. Steve Austin (IYH 14: Revenge of the ‘Taker) ***3/4
- W/ Team Canada vs. Team USA (IYH 16: Canadian Stampede) *****
- Vs. The Undertaker – WWF Championship (SummerSlam) ****
- Vs. The Patriot – WWF Championship (Ground Zero) ***1/2
- Vs. The Undertaker – WWF Championship (One Night Only) ****3/4
- Flag: W/ The British Bulldog vs. Vader & The Patriot (Badd Blood) ***
- Vs. Shawn Michaels (Survivor Series) ***3/4
2010
- Lumberjack: Vs. Vince McMahon (WrestleMania XXVI) N/R (no rating)
- W/ Team WWE vs. The Nexus (SummerSlam) ***1/2
TOP FIVE
5. Vs. Steve Austin (Survivor Series 1996)
4. Vs. The British Bulldog (SummerSlam 1992)
3. Vs. Owen Hart (SummerSlam 1994)
2. Vs. Owen Hart (WrestleMania X)
1. Vs. Steve Austin (WrestleMania 13)
Average rating per year
- 1987 – 3.75
- 1988 – 3.25
- 1989 – 2.69
- 1990 – 3.88
- 1991 – 3.25
- 1992 – 4.67
- 1993 – 3.34
- 1994 – 4
- 1995 – 3.28
- 1996 – 3.7
- 1997 – 4.11
- 2010 – 3.5
Overall average rating
3.62/5
Don’t miss the next article here on Rating The Champ, where we’ll be looking back at former WWF Champion, Sycho Sid.