This DVD is great showing some of the best matches form the Hitman's illustrious career and his life story. Definitely a must-buy.

One of the greatest of all time to see in all his glory. I loved everything about this DVD from the documentary to all the matches. Wished there were a few more WCW matches but you can't win 'em all.

I have to say, I'm not the Hitman's biggest fan. When he was active in WWE, I really supported other wrestlers like Undertaker. But I saw this DVD on a sale, scooped it up... and realised just how wrong I was. But this isn't a review of the wrestler, but of his DVD. Does it match up to his impeccable ring-work?

Well, yes. I don't like to give out five stars easily, but this DVD is worth it, and this from a (previously) non-Hart fan. The presentation of the box is a bit strange, with newspaper clippings, but it adds a nice edge to the package.

The main feature, a tour-de-force of Bret's WWE / WCW time is fantastic. Bret hosts most of it, including his opinions on the controversial Montreal incident, but others like Vince and wrestling alumni like Animal or Christian, get their chance to wax lyrical on the excellence of execution. The documentary is thorough, tries to be as unbiased as it can (and mainly succeeds) and lets the Hitman's career tell its own tale. It does have to skip over some events (Bret's first solo stab post-Hart Foundation, and the Lawler feud for example) but it also brings other, lesser known events in to the light (KOTR I). Overall, the production of this is virtually flawless and is everything these kinds of documentaries should be. Very impressive.

It does add one question though - Bret says his time as a heel in the Attitude era was 'fun', but why suddenly decide to go to WCW so suddenly? The DVD does raise more questions where there weren't before.

As far as extras go, this DVD is packed to the gills with a luscious amount of them. The extra interviews are fascinating (Konnan taught Bret the Sharpshooter?!?), and the match selection is fantastic. No Iron Man or Ladder matches but that's understandable as they would steal from other Bret matches, and there's only so many hours on a disk. Plus, these matches are well documented elsewhere. The extras are just as good as the main feature and worth the price of admission alone.

WWE need to take note. If you're going to do an 'out-of-characeter' DVD retrospective, this is the way to do it. A well put-together documentary, fascinating interviews that didn't make the docu. cut, and a plethora of deliciously wrestled matches that (at this point) were only available here. Whether you're a Bret Hart fan or not doesn't matter - you cannot justify not having this DVD. And maybe, just maybe, like what happened with me, you may start out being apathetic to the Hitman but once you're given this a watch, you may find yourself entranced by the Best There Is, The Best There Was, and The Best There Ever Will Be.