Bret after losing the WWE tag team titles at Wrestlemania 7 decided to embark on a single career. It wasn't too long afterwards at SummerSlam 1991 Bret would get a shot at Mr.Perfect's I.C. Title. Now it was during this time we would come to find out why the "Hitman" was always wearing his trademark sunglasses. Bret at the beginning of his career was afraid of doing interviews and looking into the camera so they added the sunglasses and he just always wore them.

Hitman vs Perfect this match was just that "Perfect" in everyway. This was to me the very 1st Techinally sound match that was ever announced as that. These 2 master of the mat stole the show that night and brought meaning to the I.C. Title becoming "The Workhorse Title" But it was Bret showing us his new Finshing Submission move "The Sharpshooter" to get the win and become The New I.C. Champion. And Bret to me became" Mr.SummerSlam" as we will examine that in our next Bret Hart blog.

Bret would hold the I.C. Title till Janurary 17th,1992 losing it to the Mountie as Bret was wrestling with a high fever that night in Madison Square Garden. Bret would recapture the I.C. Title from Rowdy Roddy Piper at Wrestlemania 8 in another classic I.C. Title match. This match was a classic in itself for 2 reasons. 1. Both men let it all go that night and gave one of their best performances of their lives. 2. This match was also classic storytelling at it's best the way a match should be built around.

Bret then would defend the I.C.Title in July of 1992 in the 1st ever ladder match with HBK Shawn Micahels. Bret would go on to win but you could tell that this was not going to be the 1st or last time these 2 icons and arch rivals would ever meet.

Bret then would go onto SummerSlam 1992 to once again be the fightingest I.C Champions of all time and face off against his brother in law Davey Boy Smith at wimmbley stadium with 82,000 screaming fans in the main event the 1st and last time a I.C. Ttile match was ever the main event at a WWF/WWE pay-per-view event. Once again classic storytelling as it was booked as a "Family Affair" Bret sister and Davey Boy's Diana did not know which side to take and was torn from the beginning. This match like Bret's Wrestlemania 8 match with Piper was back and forth a lot of 2 counts in this one the Ref in this match i think at times was the one getting the most workout of anyone. But it would be Davey Boy Smith at 28:32 and using a surprise small package to get the win over The Hitman in this classic I.C. Title match. If you haven't seen this classic you need to.

But Bret was only 2 months away from his destiny and fulfilling a life long dream. In the next Bret Hart blog we will look in depth at Bret Hart the WWF Championship years.