I may be late to the party but this deserves a thread of its own. This is the loch ness monster, the big foot wrestling match in wrestling lore. It's a match that supposedly existed and was built up back in the day by Dave Meltzer. It was whispered among WWF wrestlers back in the 80s and then early early 90s. Then it disappeared and it would ocassionally pop up here and there on internet message boards. It caught fire a bit when Bret Hart's autobiography came out at the end of 2008. And then once or twice a year, it would get mentioned and then this year, there was a sudden interest again in the match with Meltzer talking about it, Chris Hero and others. All of the sudden, a tape is shown on twitter saying "Bret Hart vs Tom Mcghee" by Bret's assistant. And then the internet and wrestling world sort of caught fire. Sure enough, a few months later, the WWE releases the match, something it has always denied, even to fellow WWE wrestlers.
Well, not only was the match released, they did a short documentary on it talking to numerous wrestlers, including Bret Hart and Tom Magee. The crazy thing is, what Meltzer wrote back in the day and what Bret would write in his autobiography was all true; in the WWE released production, the WWE admits that they were hoping Tom Magee would be the next Hulk Hogan, the flag bearer for the company and after the match, they believed they found their man.
Now onto the match itself. I thought it was a very good match but it's hard to say now with all the exposure I've had. I'm sure at the time, it was far better. I didn't see it as GREAT, just a solid match to build up Magee. I was impressed by the crowd reaction, they were really into everything he did, cheering every offensive move by Magee. We must remember, this was a dark match with an unknown and Bret Hart was still relatively low on the totem pole as merely a tag team wrestler. With that said, it was never held as a 5 star match but more as a match that made Magee look extremely competent and IF we grade it on that scale, this match was every bit as advertised.
A side note, through it all, Bret Hart's memory is still second to none. He still remembered it was in Rochester although that shouldn't be a surprise for anyone who's followed his career.
PS, notice how Magee didn't throw a single punch. It's because Magee's working punches were the shits. It really sucked and sucked throughout the late 80s and so if you were wondering why he didn't throw a punch, that's why.
Well, not only was the match released, they did a short documentary on it talking to numerous wrestlers, including Bret Hart and Tom Magee. The crazy thing is, what Meltzer wrote back in the day and what Bret would write in his autobiography was all true; in the WWE released production, the WWE admits that they were hoping Tom Magee would be the next Hulk Hogan, the flag bearer for the company and after the match, they believed they found their man.
Now onto the match itself. I thought it was a very good match but it's hard to say now with all the exposure I've had. I'm sure at the time, it was far better. I didn't see it as GREAT, just a solid match to build up Magee. I was impressed by the crowd reaction, they were really into everything he did, cheering every offensive move by Magee. We must remember, this was a dark match with an unknown and Bret Hart was still relatively low on the totem pole as merely a tag team wrestler. With that said, it was never held as a 5 star match but more as a match that made Magee look extremely competent and IF we grade it on that scale, this match was every bit as advertised.
A side note, through it all, Bret Hart's memory is still second to none. He still remembered it was in Rochester although that shouldn't be a surprise for anyone who's followed his career.
PS, notice how Magee didn't throw a single punch. It's because Magee's working punches were the shits. It really sucked and sucked throughout the late 80s and so if you were wondering why he didn't throw a punch, that's why.
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