>The way he tells it he was a natural babyface and when he was
>turned heel it was usually a mistake. I mean it goes without
>saying that he wasn't the best on the mic, but as far as in
>the ring he could tell whatever story he wanted and get
>sympathy or heat as needed.

yep. it's that nuanced ring psychology that you just don't get today.

bret even drew a good amount of boos in the match, which was pretty rare on tv for the time period, considering wwf had a production truck that over-protected hulk hogan when people had started to tire of him (mute button @ the royal rumble '92)

the hitman definitely underrates his heel mic work in '97 too. him continually crying about "getting screwed" was a key plot device with the fans that led to the double-turn with austin. and post-WM 13, no one had really cared about canada either way, but he was still able to draw major heat by shitting all over america. lol