#2 New Generation – Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels
By the early 1990s, WWE shifted the focus from ageing or retiring stars such as Hogan, Andre and others, and began thrusting its younger talent into the spotlight. The Undertaker, Diesel, Razor Ramon, Yokozuna and other legendary wrestlers, forged their legacies during this time.
However, no two figures were as intertwined by fate as much as “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels and Bret “The Hitman” Hart.
The connection between the two superstars goes beyond their singles rivalry. The roots between the two were laid in the tag team ranks, as members of the Hart Foundation and The Rockers respectively.
HBK and The Hitman, found themselves facing each other in the ring several times, in the quest for the tag team gold, before both moved on to full-time singles competition. What set this feud apart, was the conflict turning personal.
In its final act, the Michaels vs. Hart feud was one of the most fiercely personal rivalries in WWE history, with backstage tensions often boiling over, into the on-screen product. The feud would see Bret Hart insinuating that Shawn Michaels was a homosexual, and Michaels accusing Hart of an extramarital affair with Sunny on-screen.
The feud culminated in the Montreal Screwjob, arguably one of the most iconic and controversial moments in wrestling history. Though the two buried the hatchet, more than a decade later, their clash remains one of the most talked about conflicts in sports entertainment.
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