The Bret Hart and Owen Hart Feud [Videos]

The World Wrestling Federation (currently WWE) has seen many professional wrestling angles, storylines, and feuds, but few saw the intensity that real life brothers Bret and Owen Hart brought to their sibling rivalry. Beginning in November 1993 at the WWF Survivor Series, the feud between brothers dominated 1994, receiving the 1994 Feud of the Year Award from Pro Wrestling Illustrated, beating out the Ric Flair vs Hulk Hogan feud.

Piper's Pit with Special Guests Bobby Heenan and Paul Orndorff [Videos]

 

Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, October 20, 1986.

In an amazing 20-minute edition of the infamous Piper's Pit, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper welcomes special guests Booby Heenan and "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff in the center of a Madison Square Garden ring.

Howard Finkel: "Ladies and Gentlemen, it is now time for a live Piper's Pit. And it gives me a great deal of pleasure to introduce to you the host of Piper's Pit, a legend in his own time, the one and only, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper!"

Classic Matches: Hulk Hogan vs Stan Hansen - April 13, 1990 [Videos]

 

The Wrestling Summit, held on April 13, 1990, saw the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) travel to Tokyo, Japan to face the wrestling stars of All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The main event of the evening was a match between WWF's Hulk Hogan and AJPW's Stan Hansen. Other matches at the event included wrestlers such as The Ultimate Warrior, Bret Hart, Andre the Giant, Giant Baba, Randy Savage, Mr. Perfect, Jake Roberts, Genichiro Tenryu, Tiger Mask II, Jushin Thunder Liger, and many more.

The Perfect Team of 1990 [Videos]

 

The Perfect Team
Survivor Series 1990

The Brother Love Interview

The Survivor Series Showdown Interview

Survivor Series Entrance 

WWF Superstars Ice Cream Bars [Videos]

In 1987, at the height of the Hulkamania Era in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), the Gold Bond Ice Cream Company partnered with the WWF to create a remarkable tasty ice cream bar which included WWF Superstars featured on a delicious cookie attached to vanilla ice cream and a slab of chocolate, all on a wooden stick. The ice cream bar would be packaged with a WWF Superstar trading card which was a cool addition. The original combination of vanilla ice cream sandwiched between a cookie and chocolate no longer exists, but the legacy of the WWF Superstars Ice Cream Bars will forever live in the memories of WWF fans lucky enough to have enjoyed one. 

Great Wrestlers: Greg "The Hammer" Valentine [Videos]

Born Jonathan Anthony Wisniski, he is better known as Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, the son of professional wrestler Johnny Valentine. Although Greg "The Hammer" Valentine wrestled for many wrestling promotions, including Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling (WCW), his longest tenure was with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1975, 1978-1979, 1981-1982, 1984-1992, and 1993-1994 where he would capture the WWF Heavyweight Intercontinental Championship and the WWF World Tag Team Championship.

Greg Valentine's Madison Square Garden Debut

New York City, New York

April 14, 1975

HBO

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs Bob Backlund

Madison Square Garden

February 19, 1979

MSG Network

Greg Valentine

Madison Square Garden Promo

Aired October 3, 1981

USA Network

Greg and Julie Valentine Interview

Tuesday Night Titians

Aired July 16, 1984

USA Network

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs Hulk Hogan

Madison Square Garden

July 23, 1984

MSG Network

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs Tito Santana

Madison Sqaure Garden

January 21, 1985

MSG Network

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs Ricky Steamboat

Madison Square Garden

June 21, 1985

MSG Network

Greg Valentine at the Boston Garden

Junk Yard Dog Promo

June 22, 1985

WWF on NESE

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs Davy Boy Smith

Madison Square Garden

October 20, 1986

MSG Network

Greg Valentine vs The Blue Blazer (Owen Hart)

Boston Garden

April 22, 1989

WWF on NESE

BIG TIME WRESTLING HAWAII [Videos]

 

Initially airing on KHVH-TV, and later on KGMB, Big Time Wrestling Hawaii was once the most watched television programs in the Hawaiian Islands.

Peter Maivia vs "The Cuban" Raul Castro

Announcer: Lord James Blears

Match length: 10 minutes and 10 seconds

October 1979

Bret Hart and Karl Von Steiger vs Buck Zumhofe and Greg Gagne

Announcer: Lord James Blears

Match length: 20 minutes

October 1979

Video Credit: Bill Atkinson

Bonus Promo from November 1977

Peter Maivia with Vince McMahon

World Wide Wrestling Federation

World Wide Wrestling Federation: The Battman (1966-1969)

The Ring Wrestling, Volume 5, Number 2, May 1968:

To accomplish his tasks, Battman has come up with a unique wrestling hold. Naturally enough, it’s called the Bat Twist. “It’s a combination of three of the most lethal holds in wrestling. Once I apply it, it’s curtains. I use a three-quarter Nelson, a cross-over arm lock and a double leg-lock all rolled into one. When properly applied, no one can break it.”

Classic Promos: Bret "Hitman" Hart calls Goldberg "Bill Goldberg" [Videos]

During a World Championship Wrestling (WCW) interview with Gene Okerlund, Bret "Hitman" Hart refers to Goldberg as "Bill Goldberg" five times in less than 20 seconds.

Bret Hart: And whether it's Bill Goldberg... Let me tell you something about Bill Goldberg. Everybody talks about Bill Goldberg, well there's one guy who can beat Bill Goldberg, and it's me!

Gene Okerlund: He prefers just to be called Goldberg.

Bret Hart: (scoffs) Tell him to say it to my face. Say it to my face Bill Goldberg!

Gene Okerlund: Alright, Bret "the Hitman" Hart...

BONUS PROMO:

WCW Thunder

September 6, 2000

College Station, Texas

Hart discusses Goldberg ending his career

Commentators: Mike Tenay, Tony Schiavone, Stevie Ray

Triple H vs. The Rock - WWF Championship Match [Video]

Having debuted on March 24, 1992, the professional wrestler most famously known as Triple H, retired from in-ring action on March 25, 2022, after a 30 year wrestling career.

One of Triple H’s most memorable early wrestling feuds was against The Rock, with their best bout being at SummerSlam 1998. A lesser known bout, but memorable nonetheless, was their June 2000 match on the USA Network for the WWF Championship. Triple H was accompanied by Stephanie McMahon, who held the WWF Women’s Championship.

Triple H vs The Rock

RAW IS WAR - June 5, 2000

Rochester, New York

Referee: Earl Hebner

Commentators: Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler

Papa Shango vs. Kamala [Videos]

Forming a tag team to face the World Wrestling Federation Champion Bret Hart and the Ultimate Warrior in 1992, Kamala and Papa Shango faced off against each other in an exclusive match featured on the 500th episode of WWF ALL-AMERICAN WRESTLING on the USA Network on April 25, 1993.

Bret Hart and the Ultimate Warrior vs Papa Shango and Kamala

October 13, 1992

Referee: Joey Marella

Papa Shango Promo

Kamala with Slick Promo

Kamala vs Papa Shango

Aired on April 25, 1993

ALL AMERICAN WRESTLING

Commentary: The Wizard and Gorilla Monsoon

Royal Rumble 1991: Friend vs Friend, Foe vs Foe. It's Every Man for Himself!

Live from Miami, Florida, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) held it's fourth annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view event on January 19, 1991. The Royal Rumble match lasted over an hour with Hulk Hogan, The British Bulldog, Brian Knobbs, and Earthquake being the final four wrestlers in the ring at the end of the match. The main event Rumble match saw many high profile professional wrestlers including: Bret Hart, Mr. Perfect, The Undertaker, Jake Roberts, The Texas Tornado (Kerry Von Erich), Rick Martel, Tito Santana, Dino Bravo, Animal, Hawk, Hercules, Jim Duggan, Tugboat, Greg Valentine, Jimmy Snuka, The British Bulldog, Earthquake, Haku, Crush, Smash, Shane Douglas, Paul Romo, Jim Neidhart, The Warlord, Saba Simba (Tony Atlas), and Hulk Hogan.

The Hart Foundation Promo

1991 Royal Rumble

The pay-per-view was preceded by a WWF Countdown hosted by Sean Mooney and shown on cable television to entice viewers to buy the pay-per-view event for $24.95. According to 2XZONE.com, the 1991 Royal Rumble saw the highest amount of pay-per-view purchases for a Royal Rumble event until 1999, and saw the highest buy rate of any pay-per-view in 1991. 

1991 WWF Royal Rumble Countdown

with Sean Mooney

The pay-per-view event also saw an excellent 19 minute opening match between The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) and Orient Express (Kato and Tanaka).

Final minutes of

The Rockers vs Orient Express

Hulk Hogan interview with Mean Gene

Post Royal Rumble