The Rockers never did get the belts…”.

Of course, we always thought that if we got it, wouldn’t that raise us even higher?…”. It was one of the worst matches we ever had – as far as what it should have been. I hoped and prayed it would never air…”, “Two or three days later, Vince calls up…”, “Vince said, ‘We don’t wanna air that. I had a lot of ideas in my head; we’d all put a lot of thought into this match. The truth is, no one wished the ropes hadn’t broke more than I did. Vikki Karol. When we first got to the WWE, the next closest guys in size were twenty pounds heavier. But as we hadn’t gone to the first fall yet – the bottom rope breaks. Kerry Von Erich | Battling Demons: The Final Days of the Texas Tornado, Scott Hall on the “Shrine” Bret Hart Had For Himself, Chris Benoit – Life and Death of “The Crippler”, 16 Unforgettable Andre the Giant Stories Told By His Friends, Triple H | 4 Injuries That Came Close to Ending His Career (and Life), 5 Wrestling Families That Went Through Tragedy and Darkness, Dynamite Kid – His Life and Troubled Legacy, Bret Hart | 12 Stories That Show Who the Real Hitman Is, Wrestling Injuries | 3 Accidents That Ended Careers Too Soon. “It was a match that I thought was going to be one of my greatest matches. It was one of my worst.

Ricardo Dias. The Rockers vs Hart Foundation for Tag Team Titles (1990.04.28 WWF) Legends of Wrestling. “It was a 2 out of 3 falls match and supposedly [The Rockers] were going to be champions and …blah, blah, blah. But the ref’ was frozen – just… [rabbit in headlights look], We were like, [stage whisper] ‘Fix the rope..!’”, “The match was taped and could easily be edited [later], but the ref, Freddie Sparta, couldn’t figure out that he needed to temporarily stop the bout and fix the rope, even though I explained it to him…”, “I remember Bret, at first very calmly, telling him step-by-step, ‘Just do this…’, Then finally, both of us were like, ‘FUCKING FIX THE ROPE!’”, “It was a real disaster after that because, as you can imagine, we couldn’t DO anything without a top rope – I don’t think very many wrestlers can. I hated it. I’m disappointed for The Rockers’ sake because they deserved to be world champions. Now we just have the one rope…”, “Confusion took over, and the match went steadily downhill and turned into an embarrassing night of miscues. But then, the [aborted] match had already got out so much that it would’ve been too obvious…the impact wouldn’t have been the same…”.

The Rockers and The Hart Foundation collide on Saturday Night's Main Event for the WWE Tag Team Championship. The four men did their best to work the match without the rope, but Vince McMahon decided that the title change couldn’t stand. We were like midgets in there. 10:58. But, after a while, me and Marty were really getting over. “It was our one chance at winning the tag team title. You’re supposed to be overjoyed, but it was just- [Mimes half-hearted celebration] it was just…TRASH.

We finish the match, and The Rockers win the championships, The Rockers’ first time – we had the belts. The Hart Foundation on Saturday Night’s Main Event (October 30, 1990): He may have done it on purpose.

With our high flying, fast pace, and high energy, we were able to create something special. “The Road Warriors’ success had changed tag teams to big, strong pummelling teams. “So we continue to have this ‘match’ with no top rope. “With the tag belts, Jim [Neidhart] and I thought we had a rock-solid position in the company, but then Vince called us to his office and told me he had decided to break up the Hart Foundation and push me as a singles wrestler. Quotes used in this article originally compiled by Matt Pender and shared here with thanks to our friends over at ‘Wrestling’s Glory Days’ Facebook page.

Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty as The Rockers cleanly won the tag team championships.

Here, all involved explain the unexpected turn of events. Both teams needed the rope to do our best spots…”, “Then, the SECOND rope breaks! “I can remember Bret having me or Marty, one of us in a chin-lock, and he said, ‘We’re just gonna stay here so they can fix it and we can edit it [on video later]’. “It was Neidhart that took the turnbuckle out. So McMahon erased the win from the record books and planned for The Rockers to win the titles at a later date, but it would never happen. This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission if you click a link and purchase something that we have recommended.

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