#AVWWF

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March 31, 1997 -

Bret Hart makes a heartfelt (no pun intended) plea to his brother Owen Hart and brother-in-law Davey Boy Smith, leading to the end of bad blood within the family on this edition of WWF Monday Night Raw.

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May 5, 1978 -

Dusty Rhodes sits down for an interview on this episode of WWWF All-Star Wrestling.

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June 19, 1994 -

Owen Hart is crowned king by his brother-in-law Jim Neidhart, at the WWF’s King of the Ring.

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July 10, 1989 -

“The American Dream” Dusty Rhdoes visits a butcher shop on this edition of WWF Prime Time Wrestling.

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January 22, 1994 -

Following a loss to The Quebecers, Owen Hart turns on his brother Bret Hart at WWF’s Royal Rumble.

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December 20, 1980 -

Captain Lou Albano accidentally lights his shirt on fire with his cigar, on this edition of WWWF All-Star Wrestling.

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July 8, 1996 -

The arrogant Jim Cornette has a very subtle reaction to the announcement of Sycho Sid as Ahmed Johnson and Shawn Michaels new partner, on WWF Monday Night Raw.

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I feel like Bret Hart is getting lost to time, because people have become so obsessed with the "five star match".

Most if not all high rated matches are between two very good talents. Whereas Bret had countless "three stars" with complete schlubs who could never come near otherwise.

Which to me, is far more impressive than some MIND-BLOWING match between two top talent.

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It's always hysterical when people say to you, "You know wrestling is fake, right?"

What?! I thought when you pushed a person into ropes, they just sprang back like that. Holy shit.

For real though, people have been chanting "fake" at wrestling matches since the late 1800s, if not longer. In my entire life, the amount of wrestling fans I have met that thought it was legit was minuscule at best. Almost completely relegated to small children. With that in mind, I ask who is the fool in this situation. To me, it is the person sheepish enough to think that people think wrestling is real. Or is it simply a matter of trying to ruin fun that you can't enjoy? It's a good thing these people have all these 100% real movies, books, and reality TV to consume. Or else I don't know what these people would do for entertainment.

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WWF Smack 'Em Whack 'Em (07/21/1992) // Portland, Maine

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It will forever crack me up. Watching the WWF in the 90s, Billy Gunn just looked like an average sized dude, relative to the rest of the company. Now, he looks like a fucking giant in comparison to most everyone else on the AEW roster.

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“Superstar” Billy Graham June 7, 1943  - May 17, 2023

“I lift barbell plates. I eat T-bone steaks. I'm sweeter than a German chocolate cake. How much more of me can you take?”

“I'm the man of the hour, the man with the power, too sweet to be sour.”

“I am the sensation of the nation. The number-one creation.”

“I am the women's pet, the men's regret. What you see is what you get. And what you don't see is better yet.“

“I'm the reflection of perfection, the number one selection.”

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February 6, 1989 -

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan goes through a window while supposedly filming a movie, and Gorilla Monsoon half-heartedly comes to his aid, on this episode of WWF Prime Time Wrestling.

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"We never said wrestling was real. It was the people that said it was fake." - Bobby Heenan

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Early 1960s -

Bobby Davis while not the first manager in wrestling, he is considered by many to be an archetype of the heel manager as they came to be known in years to follow. In fact, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan was named after him. Unfortunately, I can't pin down where this video was from, or when it happened. It was certainly the early 60s, and he was managing Buddy Rogers. That would place this in Fred Kohler's Chicago in '61-'62, or the WWWF in 1963. My guess would be Chicago, but Bobby did indeed work for the WWWF.

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WWF Monday Night Raw (07/11/1994) // Bushkill, Pennsylvania

1-2-3 Kid vs. Bret “Hitman” Hart