Is Bret Hart vs Steve Austin from WrestleMania 13 the greatest WrestleMania match ever? Let us know in the comments.

@duckz3099

5 ай бұрын

Easily. I know its fake and I still find it hard to watch all that blood, Austin could move like a butterfly then still. It was just incredible to watch. An Absolutely incredible Match, IMO The Best theres ever been. And I watched Savage Steamboat. Ive watched all the "gretest" matches. Still, this one is it.

@Nostalgia9478

5 ай бұрын

@@duckz3099Savage vs Steamboat is better imo because it didnt need blood

@joeh2236

5 ай бұрын

I want to say yes, but it's hard to pin one down as #1 (crap, no pun)

@1027srich

5 ай бұрын

I have that in my top 3... If anything, I'd say it has to be top 5 all-time tho... Stone Cold's chemistry with Bret is right up there with his chemistry with The Rock 💯

@mrmoviemanic1

5 ай бұрын

Yes. For my money, it was everything people say wrestling deep down is.

Oh man he basically explained why the attitude era happened ,I don't know if anyone else caught that ..he basically said the crowd changing from little kids and families in the early 90s to frat boys and mid 20 males in the late 90s really explains how the attitude era happened

@christhornycroft3686

5 ай бұрын

Bret Hart made the Attitude Era with Steve Austin. No one else. Everything else that happened was an accident. Vince thought he was the babyface when Bret was forced out. It wasn’t until he started getting booed mercilessly that a lightbulb went off and Steve was already set up through the hard work of himself and Bret to be the natural protagonist. Storytelling is dead in wrestling and that’s why it sucks now. And the guys who do get dumped on for being old school or hard to work with - or stealing the spotlight from a less talented but better connected person.

@mystbunnygaming1449

5 ай бұрын

I've recently gone through a binge from 1990 to 1993 (not an easy thing to do. It's almost impossible to find non-PPV WWE content from back then, and what you can find is small pieces doctored to oblivion) And I started to see this shift in the first couple of months of Monday Night Raw. The larger shows, Superstars and Wrestling Challenge, there was more rooting for the faces, but on Raw, most of them were rooting for the heels. It was an interesting dynamic. Randy Savage addressed it at one point, saying something about how they managed to get ALL of Ric Flair's fans in the building somehow.

@MrCvjalexander

5 ай бұрын

I think the folks like me, who were fans as kids in the 80 grew up and kept watching. The product changed because a major part of the core audience grew up into the frat boys.

As a Austin fan I can say that him working with Bret Hart got his career to take off let's not forget the McMahon Austin feud was born as a result of what happened during the 1997 Bret Hart feud. Bret really helped Austin make the next step to be not only a main event guy but eventually the top guy in the business. It started with the Bret Hart Stone Cold Steve Austin feud.

@ssssssstssssssss

5 ай бұрын

Also, Bret Hart was the first wrestler to start feuding with McMahon in early 97 which also made it easier for McMahon to transition into his new role. Without Bret Hart there probably would have been no Mr McMahon

@DownWithTheSystem00

5 ай бұрын

Oh this is an amazing point. I never saw it that way. Bret established Vince in a way and yeah. Wow. Dope comment. ​@@ssssssstssssssss

I could listen to Bret speak about wrestling and wrestling story’s for hours. 👍🏻

@LPJGAM3S

3 ай бұрын

i cant wait his coming to australia in april 2-3 hours listening will amaze me

It's funny how a last minute match becomes one of Wrestlemania's greatest bouts. Not many scenes as iconic as Austin in the sharpshooter with blood streaming down his face. That CEMENTED Austin as the bad ass anti-hero that everyone f***ing LOVED.

'I wanna give him the kind of match that his kids wanna watch , which make him look good ' Epic Bret ...

@christhornycroft3686

5 ай бұрын

Bret understood that without an opponent people cared about, you don’t have a match. If you go into it trying to bury the guy and squash him, nobody will care. Wrestling is about getting people to care about 2 guys in a predetermined wrestling match and pay money to watch it. At its core, that’s all it is. Over months, they laid out perfectly who Bret and Steve were and why they had a beef with each other. And in one match, after building up Steve already as babyface, they did a full double turn. That’s Canadian style wrestling. Long term storytelling. Bret gets criticized because he wasn’t a big trash talker, but his promos in 1997 were fantastic. He made Americans angry because he told them the truth about themselves. And Steve was able to be the resistance to that without being a flag waiving idiot.

Greatest double turn in the history of the business, without a doubt. Shawn Michaels losing his smile honestly did Bret a favour, continuing the feud with Austin definitely created a more iconic moment.

"We kind of putting it together like a school fight" - Bret Hart

@_Chris_D_3004

5 ай бұрын

What are you insinuating, you liked or disliked that quote?

@johnnyj6718

5 ай бұрын

​. He's quoting Bret Hart. He posts quotes on every video just to let ya know.

@marcpower4167

5 ай бұрын

It's what I love about that match, they weren't diving off the top rope or doing anything overly acrobatic, it felt like a true fight.

@chrish8016

5 ай бұрын

@@johnnyj6718he’s not very good at it lol

@johnnyj6718

5 ай бұрын

@@chrish8016 I didn't say he was lol

Bret and Vince went at it in a mini feud that really was the blueprint for the Austin McMan feud. That’s where the “I’m the best there is best there was and best there ever will be” comes from

My second favourite match of all time. The complete storyline was absolutely outstanding. Bret and Steve gave us their A game in a flawless classic that can't be praised enough. Bravo!!

@ryderstrong3899

5 ай бұрын

What was your #1 favourite match?

@marvellis6762

5 ай бұрын

First ever Hell in a Cell at Badd Blood. Michael's vs Undertaker. I'll never ever forget being 16 watching that and I'm 43 today... that match still hits me the same. Total perfection!

@ryderstrong3899

5 ай бұрын

@@marvellis6762 good choice!

@Longlostpuss

5 ай бұрын

@@marvellis6762 That match was good, but it was a bit short.

For my money, the greatest match of all-time.

So basically Bret and Steve turned lemons and made lemonade with that match. The style was so different between them when you compare Survivor Series to Wrestlemania 13.

Definitely one of my favorite matches of all time. And certainly in my top 2 or 3 of WrestleMania matches.

@joemckim1183

5 ай бұрын

Their Survivor Series match was really great also.

Brety/Austin was an awesome feud

Was in the top 5 wrestling matches of all time for me

No disrespect to Steve Austin, who is my favourite all-time wrestler, but Bret was awesome! He was the sort of guy who could have a 5-star match with a broom stick. WMXIII was definitely one of the best matches that both wrestlers had. Simply wonderful to watch.

Both Steve and Bret talk about how they basically put together that match with a few bullet points in the ring a few hours before the show. Bret pitched the idea to blade Steve in the Sharpshooter spot. And Steve is calling the match in the ring for the majority of the time if you go back and watch. Both guys talk about it together in depth in a podcast with Edge and Christian a few years ago, great listen.

Greatest rivalry in wwe/f history imo

Everyone knows of Austin/Hart’s match at WM XIII, but their match at Survivor Series in 1996 was amazing! Hart/Austin is probably my favorite feud of all time.

Bret doesn't get enough credit for helping make Stone Cold.

@damarithomas

5 ай бұрын

Yes he does what are u talking bout? 😂

@JGD185

5 ай бұрын

Steve gives credit to Bret every time he sees him

@joemckim1183

5 ай бұрын

The King of the Ring 96 put Austin on the map but this match put Austin over the top.

@RobwLPOC

5 ай бұрын

Definitely gets huge credit from Stone Cold himself.

@joemckim1183

5 ай бұрын

@@RobwLPOC You don't like Stone Cold, seriously?

Bret could talk about being stuck in traffic for an hour straight and I would be entertained every minute of it

We appreciate Bret and his promos and all contributions too wrestling now. I always did and when he left it was just hard to watch him on wcw. One of the best to ever do it. A true champion that mother. who hated wrestling allowed me to support as a supported because Bret was great human

I love Bret Hart💕! A champion you can be proud of and a great role model for the kids that grew up watching him like me.

It’s insane cause this is something that really should not have worked but it did, truly a once in a lifetime kind of feud. For my lifetime, it was the very underrated Shawn Michaels vs Chris Jericho Feud, nothing felt more real than that. You could feel Shawn’s vulnerability but also Chris’s confusion, it was great storytelling.

@Erlewyn

5 ай бұрын

Which one are you talking about, the 2003 one with the surprise Rumble elimination, or the 2008 one where Jericho punched Shawn's wife ? It seems like you're talking about the latter, but it's universally loved for some reason, definitely not underrated.

@maylabrown4584

5 ай бұрын

@@Erlewyn The 2008 one, but I like to think that the 2003 is connected to it as a prelude of what was to come. The reason why I call it underrated is cause whenever iconic feuds are talked about, it’s almost never mentioned. When people think of iconic feuds for Jericho they bring up his Owens feud or his inclusion in the HHH and Rock feud, which are great don’t get me wrong but not on the level of the Jericho vs Michaels 2008 feud.

His match with Backlund paid him better than the iron man match? WTF?

@Nostalgia9478

5 ай бұрын

Wrestlemania 13 was the lowest drawing Wrestlemania as far as ppv buys , so it makes sense

@j.p.walkman9671

5 ай бұрын

Probably because he lost to Backlund right? So he got more money just to shut up and take the loss.

@Nostalgia9478

5 ай бұрын

@@j.p.walkman9671 Bret won his match vs Backlund at Wm 11

@wellesradio

5 ай бұрын

The answer to WTF is of course WWF.

Only Bret could think of this kind of finish for the submission match between him and Stone Cold. He was aware that Stone Cold wasn’t a technical wrestler so he suggest that the pair would brawl rather than wrestle. Austin do not have to win, all he needs to do is to prolong match as long as he could. The attack on Austin after the match was all planned by Bret to performed the double turn. After Ken Shamrock restrained Bret with a suplex, Bret actually wanted to have a go at Shamrock but he didn’t coz he was well aware of who he is working with and didn’t want to get involved with Shamrock. So he opted to back down, making the fans turn on Bret. Bret almost botched his lines when he high-five a few fans but suddenly remembered he was suppose to turn heel so he quickly made an obscene gesture to another bunch of fans to get his heel turning storyline back on track on the way back to the dressing room.

Love double turns

@OikPoinFive

5 ай бұрын

Powers of pain vs demolition + Mr fuji

Just got back sitting outside in my backyard! Of all places,I saw 2 yellow striped red back tree scorpions

Bret top 3 of all time for me

It is funny how things turned out differently and we got Bret and Austin at WM13. I know Bret wanted more and the title involved, but that match is really as good as people say it is. 1997 really was a great year in wrestling. Easily the best match of the year. Wish I could go back and watch it again with no memory. It had you completely glued to the match and the feel of the storyline.

How many more years do you want to post this one interview?

@jonbourgoin182

5 ай бұрын

They actually want us to believe they aren't constantly recycling content.

@jamaali2358

5 ай бұрын

Montreal screw Job portion in 2033 Goldberg kick video 2044 WWE return portion in 2077

@pedrobandito2

5 ай бұрын

Just for as long as morons click on it…

It’s my favourite match ever

I remember watching the broken skull sessions interview with Bret hart, Austin said “I never beat you right” And Bret said “No” and started laughing like it was a real fight. Just goes to show this guy took it way damn serious.

@bryanmack4054

5 ай бұрын

I took it as just good natured ribbing…Austin did win by DQ at the April 97 in your house but ya, Austin never beat Bret clean…if Bret was champ at Wrestlemania 14, that would’ve been the perfect time to do it

@kamfisher1714

5 ай бұрын

@@bryanmack4054 Not really, Bret always shows who he is.

@brucevandam9847

5 ай бұрын

​@bryanmack4054 Yeah agreed Bret would 100% dropped the title to Steve at wm14 and it would have been a much better one that he and Shawn had

@kamfisher1714

5 ай бұрын

@@brucevandam9847 I doubt it

@moeswagger2329

5 ай бұрын

@@kamfisher1714 He dropped it to Shawn lol, you don't think he'd drop it to Austin? 😂😂

'Shawn went home to find his smile' Says Bret who spent the last 25 years at home not smiling.

Someone else needs to do these titles. He didn't shoot on the double-turn, he shot on everything else.

Bret was a very good promo. The guy had charisma dripping

Bret 'The hit Man Legend' Hart 😎

On the preview Austin looks like Scorpions - Blackout cover.

The 4 horsemen started that in late 80s people started cheering them all the belts nice clothes and jewelry!!!

Love hearing Bret tell great stories.

who came up with the finish?

@plonkersbro

5 ай бұрын

Probably Pat

@kamfisher1714

5 ай бұрын

@@plonkersbro Vince did. Bret and Austin has said it.

@plonkersbro

5 ай бұрын

@@kamfisher1714 I took it he meant how the match ended not the turn itself

@kamfisher1714

5 ай бұрын

@@plonkersbro Exactly Vince. He wanted austin passing out in the sharpshooter.

@CFDavid847

5 ай бұрын

The blood was Bret’s idea…

It's definitely a top 3 match of all time. Could even be considered top 2. Ha.

Yeah, Shawn hated losing and was known for throwing toddler tantrums. One time, the undertaker was waiting at the entryway of the arena putting his gloves on and had to threaten Shawn to make sure he dropped the belt without incident that night.

7/10

Started watching wrestling because of Bret Hart. Still pissed at Goldberg for ending his career.

Wonder who Stone Cold would have wrestled at WM 13 if Bret faced Shawn

"Shoots on", yeah, it's a fcking shoot interview

interviewer sounds like Kermit the Frog

@jonbourgoin182

5 ай бұрын

Not quite as much as Disco Inferno does. Listen to one of his shoots for 2 minutes with your eyes closed and tell me Kermit the Frog isn't speaking.

@JGD185

5 ай бұрын

If Kermit stayed a little too long in the UK

@D-Ry

5 ай бұрын

Can’t stand these interviewers who have absolutely nothing to do with wrestling yet they interview wrestlers and pretend they’re up on everything. No you’re a mark that pays these guys to appear, you’re not special. The worst one is that human thumb Conrad Thompson

Beat him? So it wasn’t scripted

Wait a minute Steve didn't submit he never said I give up at WM13 so Bret didn't beat him

@Lord_Bibulous

5 ай бұрын

He passed out and the referee (Ken Shamrock) ended the match and named Bret the winner.

I can listen to this misanthrope talk for hours

Bret really gives off the feeling of a veteran who never grew up. Like Shawn, Randy all these people have been dicks early in their career, even Triple H politiced his way into top, but slowly they have kinda matured into the veterans who just enjoy the craft and want to give back to the business whenever they can. It's not so much about 'I ' or 'me' for them anymore. Bret on the other hand, it seems like the bitterness of having to retire early hindered his growth as a person and still to this day he's stuck in the era of 'I could do everything' and I should have been given more. Which sucks cause almost everyone does recognize him as one of the goats. Hardly anyone who wrestles today doesn't see him as his ideal. But this Chris Jericho-ism of I, I and I really makes him seem like a person desperate for your attention.

@Longlostpuss

5 ай бұрын

If you know anything about Bret's childhood growing up, it is very very easy to understand why he has this personality type. Would suggest watching his documentary. Then there was Goldberg ending his career which cost him something in the region of $16m in unrealised money. Anyone with lesser strength in character would not be sitting up there today talking somewhat coherently like Bret. If throwing a little bit of shade here and there is the only biproduct of what he's overcome, then most would take it. Maturity is also empathy and understanding of others.........

@dougmasters4561

5 ай бұрын

What the fuck are you talking about? The weird shit some of you people read into interviews is so weird....

@coltonwilkie241

5 ай бұрын

His bitterness might have something to do with getting kicked in the head.

@Longlostpuss

5 ай бұрын

@@coltonwilkie241 And losing out on multi millions of dollars of retirement money.

@wellesradio

5 ай бұрын

All of the people you mentioned are either still working for the company or are able to get back in the ring, so the comparison doesn’t make any sense. Of course they talk about “now” and the bigger picture for the company. They’re still very much involved. Bret knew one thing and that’s how to wrestle. He’s not a wrestling coach or teacher. He is not part of a creative team. He’s basically Rocky Balboa. And when they invite him to these events it’s only because they want to ask him about the past. The only reason you’re watching is because you’re interested in hearing him talk about the past. He has an opinion on a topic from the past just as we all do. He never changed that opinion. He rarely thinks about those things, but that’s what everyone asks him about son it’s what you hear. Imagine ten years ago when you were in high school a drunk ran you over. Broke both your legs. Your plans to go to college on a football scholarship were dashed and you still occasionally feel the pain, but you’ve managed to build a happy life for yourself. It was big news in your small town when it happened. You think that guy’s an asshole, right? It’s been 10 years. You rarely ever think about the guy. But every time someone sees you and recognizes you from the old high school days, they ask you about the incident. They ask you about the guy who ran you over (he was also a popular football player). You answer “that guy was an asshole.” They’ll come away thinking, “Boy, you sure are bitter.” No, you’re not bitter. You just think that from the encounters you had with that guy, he was an asshole. He may still be an asshole today. In Bret’s case he knew two assholes. One of them has since apologized and they’ve become friendly and actually wish each other well but their paths rarely cross as they live two different lives. The other avoids him like the plague. He’s not bitter, but he’s not going to lie when you ask him about it.

If you don't know Bret will tell you hes God's gift to wrestling. Anything that didnt go his way or hes criticized for is someone else's fault bc Bret is the epitome of virtue and always right. Bret has actually gotten to be increasingly narcissistic and cun+y by the day.

Those bad pay-offs surely had nothing to do with how bad the WWF were doing business-wise, with WCW dominating and all that. I love Bret and I love Shawn, but they can't be your top dogs.

Bloody hell I like Brett but his ego becomes really tiresome after a while.

@jacksmith-mu3ee

5 ай бұрын

How is he egoistic ?

@wellesradio

5 ай бұрын

All he talked about was how much he respects Austin, then described how he and Austin worked the match. How is that egotistical?

Great match but i cant put it as the GOAT Wm match because of how poorly it drew. Wm 13 has the lowest ppv buyrate of any Wrestlemania ever. I feel all time great matchss should both shoscase great ring work AND draw money I have Savage vs Steamboat as the GOAT Wm match Bret ve Bulldog at Summerslam 92 is the GOAT match PERIOD imo

@Erlewyn

5 ай бұрын

As good as Macho Man/Steamboat was, it didn't draw for the simple fact that it was never the attraction.

@Nostalgia9478

5 ай бұрын

@@Erlewyn Second biggest match on a card that drew 93 k and a huge ppv buyrate.. I count that as drawing

@Erlewyn

5 ай бұрын

@@Nostalgia9478 Yeah, the PPV was a huge success, but it was all about Hogan/André.

@Nostalgia9478

5 ай бұрын

@@Erlewyn Too bad reality vehemently disagrees with you. lol. The second biggest match on the card gets some credit for the success as well Take care, pal :)

@ThunderForce2000

5 ай бұрын

WrestleMania 27 did one of the best buy rates in WWE history but it’s one of the worst WrestleManias of all time.

Ugghh Bret can't let anything go. He was the man when the corporation sucked. Its similar to hearing/celebrating Mac Jones tell his story in 2022. Bret, you suck!

@wellesradio

5 ай бұрын

Wtf are you talking about?

Spent the entire video bitching and whining like he always does

Dude needs to just fade away

@ZZ29993

5 ай бұрын

You need to just piss off

We appreciate Bret and his promos and all contributions too wrestling now. I always did and when he left it was just hard to watch him on wcw. One of the best to ever do it. A true champion that mother. who hated wrestling allowed me to support as a supported because Bret was great human