Bret Hart in New York this weekend...??

[Guest glennsoe]

There is an unconfirmed rumor going around that Bret Hart is staying in a New York hotel, with the intentions of appearing at WrestleMania XX. Since this report was started by fans, take it with a grain of salt before we get official confirmation on the story.

 

 

Partial Source: PWTorch.com Newsletter

[Dangerous A 0]

Credit wrestlingobserver.com website:

 

 

"While this won't put a stop to any rumors, despite what we've been writing all along, Bret Hart in Sunday's Calgary Sun, will have this on Mania. "I'll be watching, but I won't be there. Let's just leave it at that, for now." He also made a special point of wishing Chris Benoit luck in his biggest career match."

 

 

People, let it die. He ain't showing up. WWE would've promoted it to attempt to spike the buyrate a little. Bank it right here, DA guarantees Bret Hart will not make a live appearance at WMXX.

[Guest Anglesault]

Someone checked into a hotel under the name Bret Hart.

 

It's no different that people checking in as Burt Reynolds.

[Jebus 0]

More 'Mania memories...but I won't be there

 

By BRET 'HITMAN' HART - SLAM! Wrestling

 

 

Wrestlemania X. March 20, 1994. Madison Square Garden. It was unquestionably one of the biggest nights of my career. It was arguably the greatest opening match held at the greatest wrestling hall of them all.

 

In the first of two co-main event matches on a huge show celebrating the 10th anniversary of Wrestlemania, my feud with my brother Owen was at its red-hot peak and we blended his high-flying skills and my solid technical style to build a match that would finally earn Owen the respect he had so long deserved.

 

It seems ironic now the only way both Owen and I could get to the top of the WWF was to become nasty, vicious villains.

 

What a lot of people don't know is how Owen and I figured out two different ways to reverse the sharpshooter.

 

In what was then considered to be one of the biggest upsets of all time, Owen pinned me when I went for a victory roll. It might seem strange but nobody was more proud of his victory over me than I was.

 

I opened the show and closed the show.

 

In the other main event, I squared off with 500-lb. Yokozuna and regained the world heavyweight title.

 

The wrestlers piled out of the dressing room and hoisted me on their shoulders in what was a genuine and spontaneous showing of respect I'll never forget.

 

Wrestlemania XI was at the Hartford Civic Center on April 2, 1995, when I took on two-time world champion Bob Backlund in a classic matchup of the old generation versus the new. Unfortunately, it was a submission match centred around one of us having to say 'I quit.'

 

When I finally hooked old Backlund in his own hold, the cross-face chicken wing, he soon found out just how painful it really was.

 

It hurt so much that when guest referee Roddy Piper stuck the microphone in his face and asked him if he'd had enough, he couldn't remember to say 'I quit,' so he blurted out, "Yes!"

 

With no disrespect to Backlund, this was probably my least memorable Wrestlemania match but only because it was such a poor concept.

 

I redeemed myself the following year at Wrestlemania XII in the infamous iron- man match with Shawn Michaels. This was the toughest match I ever had.

 

That year, Michaels took the winter off to train solely for our one-hour marathon match, while I was being jackknifed and pancaked all winter in short but physical matches with the biggest behemoths in the WWF at that time -- Diesel, Undertaker, Psycho Sid and Yoko. This, along with a gruelling tour of India only weeks before Wrestlemania XII, made it extremely difficult for me to build my stamina for a one-hour pay-per-view main-event match.

 

Luckily for me, I could see I was being set up. The plan was for Shawn to scrape me off the mat, so Vince McMahon and Jim Ross could describe in their commentary how Michaels, who was a few years younger than me, had just taken over for the new generation.

 

Instead, I trained like an absolute lunatic every day -- on my own time -- and I think if you watch that match, you'll come to find that, more often than not, it was The Hitman scraping The Heartbreak Kid off the mat. To both our credit, I think the iron man match at Wrestlemania XII still sets the standard for hour-long matches.

 

The following year, I fully expected to have my planned rematch with Michaels, the still-reigning champion, but rather than lose to me, he came up with another of his many phony injuries.

 

So, plans were changed and I was hastily matched with Stone Cold Steve Austin, who was just beginning to make a name for himself. I've always felt this match opened the door for Stone Cold, who told me just a few months ago it was his all- time favourite match.

 

In my opinion, it was not only my best Wrestlemania match but also the single greatest Wrestlemania match ever.

 

And as for the rumour I'll be appearing at Wrestlemania XX tomorrow at MSG, I want to wish Chris Benoit all the luck in the world and, to all the grapplers, have the time of your lives.

 

I'll be watching but I won't be there.

[Art Sandusky 0]

Still, with how he kayfabes the Wrestlemania XI match, he could just be working us all...

 

(is holding out hope against hope)

[LucharesuFan619 0]

This is what Meltzer said on the WrestlingClassics.com board:

 

"Bret Hart is not doing an angle in WWE, and certainly not one based on the 1997 Survivor Series."

[snuffbox 0]

People, let it die. He ain't showing up. WWE would've promoted it to attempt to spike the buyrate a little. Bank it right here, DA guarantees Bret Hart will not make a live appearance at WMXX.

Remember when the WWF hyped up the Ultimate Warrior appearance for WM8?....

[TheOriginalOrangeGoblin 0]

Still, with how he kayfabes the Wrestlemania XI match, he could just be working us all...

 

(is holding out hope against hope)

How did he kayfabe WM11. Backlund actually did forget to say I Quit although that may have been cause he's senile and not cause of pain.

[Art Sandusky 0]

When I finally hooked old Backlund in his own hold, the cross-face chicken wing, he soon found out just how painful it really was.

[Guest Anglesault]

I think the Chickenwing is a legitimately painful move.

[ChrisMWaters 0]

I think the Chickenwing is a legitimately painful move.

Yes it is...since it is based on "amature" wrestling.

 

I even put someone in it during training once.

 

...though, not fully. I used the Cranium Crunch fully to him earlier. >=D

[Art Sandusky 0]

Well duh, all the submission moves hurt if you actually do them.

[Guest Jimbo]

If you do it like Jericho does now, the Walls of Jericho ain't that painful...

 

Now, the old school Lion Tamer...yowzah, that stings a bit.

[Art Sandusky 0]

The current incarnation would hurt still if you cranked on it like he trys to appear to do.

[haVoc 0]

Ask Maven if it hurts.

[2GOLD 0]

An old school Camel Clutch hurts like crazy.

[Cran Da Maniac 0]

Speaking on topic sort of, if anybody cares I won't be in New York this weekend

[Guest Trivia247]

This Just In...Bret Hart Ordered a Pizza with a WM logo On it...

 

AHHHHH!!!

[Guest Your Olympic Hero]

I think the Chickenwing is a legitimately painful move.

Yes it is...since it is based on "amature" wrestling.

 

I even put someone in it during training once.

 

...though, not fully. I used the Cranium Crunch fully to him earlier. >=D

THE KONA CRUSH!

[Guest Anglesault]

The current incarnation would hurt still if you cranked on it like he trys to appear to do.

If you really lean back it does.