Bret vs. Flair, 1992 Title Change

[Guest wwefan4ever_brethartrulz_18]

Like it says, rate the match.

[Guest godthedog]

eh...probably ***1/2 or ****. very very good match, but the iron man match absolutely blows it away.

[Guest dreamer420]

I'd give it ***1/2

[Guest BAR]

***3/4, it's a very good match.

[Guest Big McLargeHuge]

****. It was certainly something special, but missing that certain something.

[Guest Tim Cooke]

***. Flair and Bret never worked good together.

 

Tim

[cawthon777 0]

Probably ***1/2. The fact that they actually had a title change for an untelevised match at a TV taping and the fact that Bret Hart beat Ric Flair via submission pushes it to ****

[Guest Andy]

I really enjoy this match, although it's fair to say that the Ironman Match was better.

 

I'd go **** for the title change, and ****.75 for the Ironman Match.

 

Best wishes,

 

Andy

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

This match is one of the reasons I paid 3 bucks on Ebay for the Smack 'em Whack 'em tape. It's **** easy.

 

The other good match is Bret vs Shawn in a ladder match for the IC title, although its not as good as some of the more famous ladder matches..

[Guest Nathan J]

Is there a commercial tape with the iron man match on it?

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Nope. It was recorded on a hand-held, so it's basically a bootleg, but you can get it from basically any tape-dealer. It's worth every penny.

[cawthon777 0]

The only thing you'll have to worry about is quality. The other matches on the recording are Money Inc / Nasty Boys, Bigelow / Typhoon, and Taker / Papa Shango...but the Ironman is the only thing noteworthy.

[Guest Andy]

The only thing you'll have to worry about is quality. The other matches on the recording are Money Inc / Nasty Boys, Bigelow / Typhoon, and Taker / Papa Shango...but the Ironman is the only thing noteworthy.

I think Money Inc. vs Nasty Boys went about 15 minutes.

 

Best wishes,

 

Andy

[Guest oldschoolwrestling]

The only thing you'll have to worry about is quality. The other matches on the recording are Money Inc / Nasty Boys, Bigelow / Typhoon, and Taker / Papa Shango...but the Ironman is the only thing noteworthy.

IIRC the Typhoon/Bigelow match is where Typhoon's fat ass breaks the ring isn't it? He goes into the corner to bounce off and breaks a whole rope off.

[cawthon777 0]

IIRC the Typhoon/Bigelow match is where Typhoon's fat ass breaks the ring isn't it? He goes into the corner to bounce off and breaks a whole rope off.

I don't recall noticing that before.

[Guest jm29195]

Most of that match has been released commercially on a video called Bret Hitman Hart, his Greatest hits , in the uk, this video has also got the 1st ever Bret/Shawn ladder match on it

[Guest Grenouille]

I'd call it ***, I didn't get the feeling they were comfortable working together.

[Guest wwefan4ever_brethartrulz_18]

Most of that match has been released commercially on a video called Bret Hitman Hart, his Greatest hits , in the uk, this video has also got the 1st ever Bret/Shawn ladder match on it

You're talking about the Iron Man match?

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

The saskatoon switch is on the same Coliseum tape (Smack 'em, Whack 'em) as the ladder match, unless you're talking about a whole different tape altogether.

[Guest BAR]

I'm pretty damn sure it wasn't released in the UK, although you do get another Bret/Flair match on Invasion 1992, probably the least favourite of their matches.

[Guest Rob Edwards]

The saskatoon switch was available on Smack em Whack em over here but now Silvervision can't sell the tapes it may be hard to find

[Guest dreamer420]

I don't think the Iron Man match was ever released on Video by the WWF was it? I always thought just the tape of the house show was available.

[cawthon777 0]

It wasn't released; the WWE still likes to pretend that HBK / Bret was the first.

[Guest dreamer420]

That sucks. Does anyone know anywhere to get that match?

[Guest Kagato Otaku]

Check auction and tape trading sites. It'll be a multi-generation boot probably, and you'll be lucky if sound and picture are decent enough to view.

[cawthon777 0]

Check auction and tape trading sites. It'll be a multi-generation boot probably, and you'll be lucky if sound and picture are decent enough to view.

I was actually lucky enough to get a copy off eBay about 3 years ago that I could swear is 1st generation. The quality is superb, probably the best I've seen in all the handhelds I've come across.

[Guest eNgIeS]

****1/4 for sure

[TheOriginalOrangeGoblin 0]

I'd give it around ****1/4

[Guest Loss4Words]

***, meaning it was solid. The match kinda bored me actually.

 

I used to enjoy the Ironman match, but the more I watch it now, the more I find flaw with it. Anyway, here's my rating on all the Bret v Flair matches that I have seen.

 

Wrestlefest '92 comm - ***1/2 (their best match)

10/12/92 - ***

01/09/93 (Ironman) - ***1/2

01/24/98 - ***1/4

 

Both have had better matches with other opponents.