shyt was so flawless
The Bret hart heel turn in 97
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richaveli83
Veteran
Worst part was Bret saw all of this coming and was very vocal about it hoping that he could change it... in a weird way I think Bret saw the end of his career and tried to at least change his fate in Montreal only for all of it to come crashing down for him.Bret was the last pure babyface hero before the anti-hero wave became the thing to become.
That Bret/Austin street fight on Raw around this time period was
they could've got 2 or 3 more one on one PPV matches between the two following Mania 13 and they would've been huge. Everybody back then was dying to see them tear each other apart that's why the Raw street fight was so ill.
Bret always calling Austin a "rotten stinking Hyena" used to have me
He said Yokozuna used to get legit
when he'd call him a fat tub of lard, but he was like "What else would I say if it were a shoot?" He called Diesel a big dummy once too. Best at G-rated insults.
That's dope 2 coli members were in the same building 20 yrs ago and aint even know it
CJ
Your objective semi-troll
That Hart Foundation reunion still gives me the when I watch it.
Owen's face the entire time as Bret speaks, that first hug
Bret eyeing the US crowd with hate in his eyes as he embraces Davey and Owen always has me
GOAT!
when I watch it.Owen's face the entire time as Bret speaks, that first hug
Bret eyeing the US crowd with hate in his eyes as he embraces Davey and Owen always has me
GOAT!
richaveli83
Veteran
If it wasn't for the screwjob that would have been the best match between the two in my opinion.
TheAlbionist
All Star
I watched this episode last night. Absolute undeniable piffery.
Started rewatching from Royal Rumble '95 a few months ago... all the Raws and PPVs... and 1997 is total fukking flames all round, but this segment stood out last night... the way JR panics as Bret and Vince are struggling really sold it.
The whole approach to the venues and crowds around these 3 or 4 episodes is amazing though. Had the marks in the palm of their hand... this is Vince at peak power. They should lean on home-town favourites and national rivalries for heat more because the crowds go ALL IN - the way the Harts get booed out of US arenas and Shawn and Austin get booed out of Canadian ones over this period is down to amazing booking AND amazing performances. Proper home/away sporting fixture shyt. Made it feel SO real.
Don't forget at the same time they were also doing the Three Faces of Foley backstory interviews with JR, slowly teasing Kane, tag team division was popping with the Nation/DOA/Blackjacks/LOD, Chyna was getting introduced and their "top guy" had only been able to do the occasional promo
.I was "on a break" with wrestling in 1997... missed a lot of this and got pulled back in somewhere around the end of '98, so a lot of this is new to me... I literally cannot bring myself to watch the current product whilst I've got unwatched episodes from this era still to get through.
He probably went to go play softball