@weirdkatt Yeah unlike HBK Canadian fans respected Austin and knew Austin was going to be a big, big star in the business. You saw a lot of Austin shirts and signs in the crowd even though he was feuding against their beloved Hart Foundation.
Bret Hart did not change in 1997. He was still the same old Bret, & he was right about the American wrestling fans! Everything he was saying was a reaction to the overwhelming amount of booing he started to receive from Americans all across arenas in the U.S.A! It was the Americans who changed! Bret never turned his back on them! They turned their backs on him! The American wrestling fans were the ones that made the "heel turn"! Not Bret! I saw the American wrestling fans as the REAL "bad guys".
I agree. I was only a little american kid and I couldn't believe all the commentators started ripping him up and all the tools in the crowd started believing it. They can't think for themselves, much like how they cheer for John Cena now.
@Zeeboe I kind of disagree. There was a promo on raw where Bret just went off and started swearing all over the place and screaming, something he had never done, and that really alienated a lot of his fans. He lost a lot of fans to Austin because he was being put over as the new face with attitude. Bret never really had any good competition in the babyface department until Austin and Michaels.
@cataphracts123 - I know what promo you are talking about and by that point, many American fans were already booing him long before he did that. I think most American wrestling fans just got tired of good guys and wanted to see something different. Many American boys who cheered for wrestlers like Bret as kids were becoming angry teenagers and they were being rebels towards everyone and everything from their youth and wanted to make a statement to the adults that they were not babies anymore.
@Zeeboe Yeah, that's true to some degree, but Bret's appeal still spanned numerous generations from kids to adults. I was still a kid when he did his heel turn, and I was stunned. I stopped watching wrestling for years because of it.
Do you think it could have also been that by then wrestling was growing bigger, and it brought in different kinds of fans, and these newer fans were attracted to the more edgy characters like Austin?
@cataphracts123 - Even though I an an American and Bret did have American fans at that time, it was mostly Americans who started booing him. Almost everyone else around the world still cheered for Bret and booed Stone Cold. I think what you said is true, but also what I said was true as well. Some fans were tired of heros, some fans wanted to be rebels, some fans were just being trendy and maybe there were some new fans like you said that wanted to cheer for an anti-hero instead of a hero.
@Zeeboe Couldn't say that better myself. They wanted more anti-hero's than actual heros. Around the mid 90's, tweaner wrestlers started to become more common. Bret even documented that himself.
@KADG81 He is NOTHING like Bret. Bret can wrestle. Bret had better storylines. Cena has never gotten pops like Bret would get. Cena is the most overrated champion of all time in the WWF (thats right WWF). Bret deserved the accolades he received. Cena is a 5 move Hulk Hogan all over again, but fans got bored of Hogan a long time ago. This is the age of the anti hero - the Stone Cold type. People boo Cena because he is like Justin Bieber - talentless.
hart is a stupid fucker (thumbs up if you agree)
TheYocker3 1 week ago
stupid hart family geting involved fuck canadians u cant trust em
bizzybone951 3 months ago
9:17 lmfao he fell
111JFish 3 months ago
Hard to believe just over ten years later and nearly half these guys are dead.
dbsommers1 5 months ago 3
your joking all of that massive fighting ended in an inside cradle. wtf? oh well great match anyways. brian pillman did fuck all.
UWL11v 8 months ago
DH Smith + Steriods = there u have it on the screen =)
boi369 8 months ago
fucking crazy match
TheEnt0urage 10 months ago
4:15 = FUCKING AWESOME!
Epic13 1 year ago
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My uncle has never watched wrestling, but he knows three names: Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon. Dont know why :-/ miracle
janborrowitz 1 year ago
My uncle hasnt ever watched wrestling but he knows three names: Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon. Dont know why :-/
janborrowitz 1 year ago
Canadians are the best wrestlers and fans.....obviously
janborrowitz 1 year ago
@janborrowitz I do have to say some of my favorites are from Canada.
TRUTHS2YOUARELIES2ME 1 year ago
watched this as a kid when i was about 8, was proper fan of hart foundation back then.
grumpygabber 1 year ago
I heard Austin chants in Canada!!! 6:00
weirdkatt 1 year ago
@weirdkatt Yeah unlike HBK Canadian fans respected Austin and knew Austin was going to be a big, big star in the business. You saw a lot of Austin shirts and signs in the crowd even though he was feuding against their beloved Hart Foundation.
HuskerFanatic 1 year ago
Neidhart is a fucking worthless roid monkey
buttercremehonda 1 year ago
@buttercremehonda how the hell is neidhart a roid monkey and he's fat as hell??
awesomecaws 1 year ago
I've always cheered on the Hitman...and this video is great, HF rules....and HD...
angelofbcw247 1 year ago
@ 1:23 I thought Vince was going to say shades of Demolition since they did their finisher.
ramennoodlechef 1 year ago
i will fuck you all
TheMet60 1 year ago
pillman is a G
kovacs562 1 year ago
@kovacs562 If that's an insult DONT YOU DARE SAY THAT TO PILLMAN YOU DIPSHIT! fuck ur mom
SteveMikey 1 year ago
@SteveMikey relax, dusche clown. being called a "G" is a good thing
kovacs562 1 year ago
@kovacs562 oh okay asshole, later.
SteveMikey 1 year ago
The fans have that right. Stone cold is the best!
dgirton88 1 year ago
Hart Dynasty is shit compare to this Hart Foundation best faction ever.
sstylianou 1 year ago
Original Hart Foundation move by Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart. Minus Jimmy Hart in their corner!!!
richman2425 2 years ago
wheres part 2
shamone247 2 years ago
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Screw the harts stone cold is awsome
JOSHTHEHULK 2 years ago
Screw u! harts rocks!
stevepillman 2 years ago
nice
WWFfanremix 2 years ago
this match is freaking awesome its like a freaking war
rellik4life 2 years ago 7
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0:16 What!!!!
peanut760 2 years ago
Bret Hart did not change in 1997. He was still the same old Bret, & he was right about the American wrestling fans! Everything he was saying was a reaction to the overwhelming amount of booing he started to receive from Americans all across arenas in the U.S.A! It was the Americans who changed! Bret never turned his back on them! They turned their backs on him! The American wrestling fans were the ones that made the "heel turn"! Not Bret! I saw the American wrestling fans as the REAL "bad guys".
Zeeboe 2 years ago 46
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wrestling is not real
outcast777ecw 2 years ago
"It's far more real then people think." - Bret Hart
Zeeboe 2 years ago 36
I agree. I was only a little american kid and I couldn't believe all the commentators started ripping him up and all the tools in the crowd started believing it. They can't think for themselves, much like how they cheer for John Cena now.
lwst82 2 years ago 3
@Zeeboe I kind of disagree. There was a promo on raw where Bret just went off and started swearing all over the place and screaming, something he had never done, and that really alienated a lot of his fans. He lost a lot of fans to Austin because he was being put over as the new face with attitude. Bret never really had any good competition in the babyface department until Austin and Michaels.
cataphracts123 1 year ago
@cataphracts123 - I know what promo you are talking about and by that point, many American fans were already booing him long before he did that. I think most American wrestling fans just got tired of good guys and wanted to see something different. Many American boys who cheered for wrestlers like Bret as kids were becoming angry teenagers and they were being rebels towards everyone and everything from their youth and wanted to make a statement to the adults that they were not babies anymore.
Zeeboe 1 year ago
@Zeeboe Yeah, that's true to some degree, but Bret's appeal still spanned numerous generations from kids to adults. I was still a kid when he did his heel turn, and I was stunned. I stopped watching wrestling for years because of it.
Do you think it could have also been that by then wrestling was growing bigger, and it brought in different kinds of fans, and these newer fans were attracted to the more edgy characters like Austin?
cataphracts123 1 year ago
@cataphracts123 - Even though I an an American and Bret did have American fans at that time, it was mostly Americans who started booing him. Almost everyone else around the world still cheered for Bret and booed Stone Cold. I think what you said is true, but also what I said was true as well. Some fans were tired of heros, some fans wanted to be rebels, some fans were just being trendy and maybe there were some new fans like you said that wanted to cheer for an anti-hero instead of a hero.
Zeeboe 1 year ago
@Zeeboe Couldn't say that better myself. They wanted more anti-hero's than actual heros. Around the mid 90's, tweaner wrestlers started to become more common. Bret even documented that himself.
618shi 6 months ago
@Zeeboe
Funny you said that because Cena is "Bret Hart" all over again... he been as face as he can yet the fans still boo him
KADG81 6 months ago
@KADG81 He is NOTHING like Bret. Bret can wrestle. Bret had better storylines. Cena has never gotten pops like Bret would get. Cena is the most overrated champion of all time in the WWF (thats right WWF). Bret deserved the accolades he received. Cena is a 5 move Hulk Hogan all over again, but fans got bored of Hogan a long time ago. This is the age of the anti hero - the Stone Cold type. People boo Cena because he is like Justin Bieber - talentless.
asrarulhaq2002 5 months ago 3
@asrarulhaq2002 haha i say wwf too fuck wwe gay ass name
bizzybone951 3 months ago