The Hart Foundation vs. Tag Team Champions British Bulldogs (Title change)

The Hart Foundation began a feud with Tag Team Champions British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid) in early 1987 over the titles. On February 7, 1987 edition of Superstars, in Tampa, Florida, Harts defeated Bulldogs for their first WWF Tag Team Championship when the referee of the match, "Dangerous" Danny Davis helped Harts to win the match and become champions.

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[jkappianaq]

The classic wrestling!....good guys, bad guys....lol

[RoyStantz]

@prowlifik To be more precise, the Hart Foundation turned face at WrestleMania IV in 1988, when Bad New Brown hit Bret Hart with his signature move, the Ghetto Blaster, in order win a battle royal and earn a trophy. Bret attack Bad News with the trophy after the match.

[toys2cool]

i remember wanting to smack the shit out of that ref when I was 6 and now that i am 31 the feeling hasn't changed lmao!

[lildwayne21]

When you have a rivalry that was hot as the rivalry between the Bulldogs and the Hart Foundation was back in the 80s, the important thing is booking. You want to make sure that the booking for this type of rivalry is on point so that the match isn't getting lost in the shuffle. If the booking ain't shit then the rivalry ain't going to be shit. You feel me? You have to go hard in selling this type of rivalry backstage to the agents, storyline writers and Vince so that it doesn't get fucked up.

[lildwayne21]

main events or semi main events at the Garden and in Beantown when Hogan left the arena's and was ready to go back to the hotel. It took a lot of convincing on the Bulldog's and Bret's part to convince Vince to elevate this rivalry to the proper pitch. Once they elevated it properly enough though, the Bulldogs and the Harts were off and running making money after Wrestlemania III, but it took some time and a lot of convincing to elevate this rivalry where it needed to be. Upper midcard status.

[lildwayne21]

It took Vince McMahon a while to figure out what we had poppin' with the Bulldogs and the Harts back in the 80s. As talented as they were, when they first arrived in the WWF Vince generally saw them as lower midcard talent. When the rivalry between the Bulldogs and the Harts started poppin' off in October 1986, that's when it got elevated slowly but surely to upper midcard status, and once the Harts won tag titles from the Bulldogs, they could use this rivalry at the house shows either as

[lildwayne21]

If Dynamite would have not sustained that back injury in 1986, the Bulldogs and the Hart Foundation could have made a TON of money during 1987 because this rivalry was hot. They started making that money after Wrestlemania III when Dynamite recovered from his initial back injury and the Bulldogs started chasing the Harts for the belts to try and win them back, but they would have made even more money if Dynamite was just able to stay healthy and not have people subbing for him.

[ghettoracer]

i remember watching this live as a kid! heheh, that running power slam was the best i have ever seen (to this day)... and i was so mad the bulldogs lost this!

[alogan1973]

Wow this is just like the NBA!

[unclebobpart2]

The criminal immigrant beaner wetback known as mysterio, is a foul, smelly, crap-in-the-pants piece of garbage.

[PatrickLEarley]

@doowoppingchainsawer actually the Hart Foundation started out as bad guys. The Mouth of the South was their manager for quite a while.

[McMahonHater]

The crooked reff angle was brilliant, Davis must have been one of the most hated guys ever in wrestling.