Bret Hart Believes Vince McMahon Single-Handedly Killed Tag Team Wrestling in WWE
Hitman this week, where the two-time WWE Hall of Famer discussed some of his favorite tag teams to work with throughout his legendary career, starting off with The Hart Foundation s matches with The British Bulldogs before naming other teams like The Dream Team and the Fabulous Rougeaus. When I look at those days and those teams, all of them, The Hart Foundation, and The Bulldogs, even Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake as an example, were a good combination, Hart said (
h/t Wrestling Inc for transcript). Beefcake was never the wrestler that Greg was; Greg was a very solid and credible wrestler. He carried the weight, and Brutus was enough of a character that he could carry his end, and he was a big enough guy, and had enough of a physique. It was an interesting combination. If you look at even Mike Rotunda and [Barry] Windham, they really were a good, polished, skilled wrestling team that could
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Actor and professional wrestler Tommy “Tiny” Lister died at the age of 62 on Thursday, according to his manager Cindy Cowan. Law enforcement was called to the scene of Lister’s Marina Del Ray, California, residence just before 3 p.m. on Thursday after there was a call regarding an unconscious male.
Cowan revealed that Lister displayed symptoms of COVID-19 in recent days. The actor had been working on a film, but had to cancel shooting as a result of feeling ill.
Lister wasn’t transported to the hospital and was pronounced dead at the scene. The coroner has yet to reveal a cause of death for the 6-foot-5 entertainer.
Bret Hart Reveals Why Vince McMahon Let Tag-Team Wrestling Fall Of The Map );
During the latest edition of his “Conversations of the Hitman” podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart commented on Vince McMahon letting tag-team wrestling die off, and more. You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On working with the British Bulldogs: “I would always tell you that I think Dynamite Kid was better as a singles guy, but they were a great tag team. The Bulldogs were a very special team. And I think it was the matches that The Hart Foundation had with The Bulldogs that launched me and Jim [Neidhart], for starters. But The Bulldogs have their own iconic sort of place in tag team wrestling, and it was just because of the way they worked and they changed the pace of wrestling. I think not just in tag team wrestling, but in the whole card. The Bulldogs really, sort of raised the bar. And I think The Hart Foundation, when we worked with The Bulldogs, we raised that bar eve
Bret Hart shared his memories of working with the British Bulldogs and other tag teams of the era, plus why Vince McMahon let tag team wrestling die off, on the latest Conversations Of the Hitman show. You can check out some highlights below, per Wrestling Inc:
On working with the British Bulldogs: “I would always tell you that I think Dynamite Kid was better as a singles guy, but they were a great tag team. The Bulldogs were a very special team. And I think it was the matches that The Hart Foundation had with The Bulldogs that launched me and Jim [Neidhart], for starters. But The Bulldogs have their own iconic sort of place in tag team wrestling, and it was just because of the way they worked and they changed the pace of wrestling. I think not just in tag team wrestling, but in the whole card. The Bulldogs really, sort of raised the bar. And I think The Hart Foundation, when we worked with The Bulldogs, we raised that bar even higher.”
Bret Hart Says Vince McMahon Kind Of Singlehandedly Killed Tag Team Wrestling
On episode 33 of Confessions Of The Hitman, two-time WWE Hall Of Famer Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart got in depth on the subject of tag team wrestling. Specifically, Hart, who recently weighed in on the another legendary tag team, The Road Warriors, talked about the special place held in professional wrestling history for The British Bulldogs. Hart discussed breaking into professional wrestling during a golden era of tag team wrestling. Additionally, ‘The Hitman’ shared his thoughts on WWE Chairman Vince McMahon devaluing tag team wrestling in his booking.
Even though The Dynamite Kid was a better singles wrestler in Hart’s eyes, The British Bulldogs has a special place in the annals of pro wrestling history as a tag team because they changed the pace of tag team wrestling and had a unique in-ring style.