Daily Inspiration Quote by Owen Hart

The brag lands because it’s not really a brag; it’s Owen Hart trying to pin down a vanishing kind of legitimacy in an industry built on disbelief. “Not only” does heavy lifting here. He’s separating two victories: the storyline shock of beating Bret Hart, and the harder-to-fake win of having the match itself universally respected. In pro wrestling, outcomes are scripted but esteem isn’t, and Owen is careful to claim the thing fans and peers treat as real: craft.

The name “Bret Hart” is doing cultural work, too. Bret wasn’t just a brother or a rival; he was the technician’s technician, the standard-bearer for “great match” credibility in the early-90s WWF. Beating him, and doing it in a bout that’s still canonized, positions Owen as more than a supporting character in his family’s myth. The subtext is an anxious insistence: don’t remember me as the lesser Hart, remember me as the equal who made magic with the best.

That last line - “They still rate it…” - reads like a performer reaching for permanence in a medium that’s brutally present-tense. Wrestling history is written by highlight reels, fan ratings, and the stories the company chooses to retell. Owen’s phrasing turns communal memory into a trophy: not his opinion, not the promoter’s spin, but the crowd’s long verdict. It’s confidence, yes, but also a quiet plea to be archived correctly.