30 Days of WWE Challenge Day 08- Favorite Angle

The Hart Foundation vs. America

As alluded to in yesterday’s challenge, 1997 was a great time to be a fan of the WWE. While it was having it’s ass kicked in the ratings, Vince and company kept marching to its own beat and not worrying about a thing.

This is probably the biggest reason why.

To summarize a significant portion of the challenge from yesterday, it all stemmed from a SINGLES feud between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Bret Hart. At Wrestlemania of 1997, the double turn occurred, and Bret was now the bad guy while Austin was the good guy.

Also alluded to was Bret re-uniting the tag team champions of brother Owen and brother-in-law Davey, and as such, the Hart Foundation was born anew.

Euro title match. Owen/Davey. Good match, even better result.

Focusing much of their hate on America and it’s philosophies, they never lost their eye on Stone Cold.

A funny thing happened along the way though, as not only did Jim Neidhart return, but also Brian Pillman.

However, the same night Pillman returned, Bret had an angle set-up where he was about to go to surgery.

Injured in a match overseas, Bret needed to have his knee scoped. So WWE setup an angle where Austin, after multiple attempts and a countdown clock, finally got Bret in the ring, whopped his ass, and kept him in his own Sharpshooter for a VERY long time.

While he couldn’t compete, he still spilled his guts on how Canada is a better nation than the US. The bile, in a non-vocal variety, happened still during the “Cold Day in Hell” event where Stone Cold faced off against Undertaker for the phenom’s WWE Championship.

An underrated match. Big time.

In a face vs. face match, the Harts were the outside rogues. Because of their ominous presence, the Undertaker was able to get the upper hand and win.

Another man entered the fray, and was always in the fray, but I never mentioned it until now.

For the May 26th RAW, Stone Cold and a tag team partner faced Owen and Bulldog for the tag team championship. That partner was Shawn Michaels, whose beef with Bret was well-documented. Under some conflicting interests, Austin and HBK won the tag titles, but then HBK just  kinda “disappeared”…. (it had to do with fighting with Bret)

Now with this in mind, just reference to the prior challenge for the rest of the story.

By the way, I got lazy and forgot to do this for a while so some of this will look rushed.