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00:00All right, thank you, Jimmy Ross.
00:02I hope that somewhere along the line, Bobby Heenan can get to a store of some sorts
00:07and get to maybe an underwear salesman.
00:09Nonetheless, so much happening here at WrestleMania at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.
00:15And, of course, the big one we're looking forward to
00:17features the World Wrestling Federation champion, Bret the Hitman Hart,
00:22squaring off against the 505-pound challenger from Japan, Yokozuna, of course, managed by Mr. Fuji.
00:30They came to the World Wrestling Federation, and, of course, they have people standing on end
00:35talking about this big sumo wrestler from Japan.
00:38They came, and immediately, Mr. Fuji said,
00:41we'll challenge anybody who can take this man off his feet.
00:43One of the first to step up and issue a challenge to Mr. Fuji on that very subject
00:49was none other than Hacksaw Jim Duggan.
00:52As a matter of fact, let's go back in time and see how that all unfolded.
00:56Take a look.
00:57He gave it everything he had, but look what he's going to have to show for it.
01:02No, no, no!
01:10A hush has fallen over this crowd.
01:13Duggan is not moving.
01:15No, get him down!
01:18Get him down from there!
01:19He's going to do it again!
01:20He's going to do it again!
01:22You'll never get used to seeing something like that from the 505-pound mammoth, Yokozuna.
01:33Now, just last week, I personally was on hand for the contract signing,
01:38the official signing for the match between Bret the Hitman Hart and Yokozuna.
01:42Let's go back and take a look at that action.
01:44This is ridiculous!
01:48This is a crowd call!
01:50Uh-oh, he's going to go up!
01:51No!
01:52Now I hope...
01:54Oh, I hope he doesn't hurt him.
01:55I'll tell you why.
01:56If he hurts him, there's no match!
02:00Oh, no!
02:00I don't know if this was right, but this was a right thing to do!
02:08It has been a very difficult and trying week for Bret the Hitman Hart,
02:13the World Wrestling Federation champ.
02:15And, of course, the oddsmakers right now are saying that, yes,
02:18perhaps Yokozuna will be the new World Wrestling Federation champ.
02:21I'll tell you what.
02:22I can't think of a better individual who can share with us his perspective
02:27regarding just who is going to be the new World Wrestling Federation champion,
02:32four-time champion himself, Hulk Hogan.
02:35You know, Ted DiBiase said something about it.
02:38What in the world happened?
02:39Well, you know something, Mean Gene?
02:41I just left the WWE Champion's dressing room, Bret the Hitman Hart,
02:45and the one thought I want to leave him with
02:47was that all the Hulkamaniacs and Hulk Hogan are in his corner.
02:51But, you know, the last couple months,
02:53these seem to be the times when people do step over the line.
02:57First off, with my bionic brother Brutus,
03:00and then last night leaving the gym here in Vegas,
03:03I guess money can buy certain liberties around this town.
03:07They took it out on the Hulkster, brother,
03:09but the little Hulkamaniacs pushed me towards the ring.
03:12You know, Bret Hart, a warning to the wise, brother.
03:15You're a brother. You're a Hulkamaniac.
03:17And since so many people are stepping over the line,
03:21I want you to watch this Yokozuna and Mr. Fuji like a cat, brother.
03:26I want you to watch every move.
03:28And I also want you to know, brother,
03:29that me and all my Hulkamaniacs are on your side.
03:33But as I looked into the eyes of Bret Hart just a few minutes ago,
03:38Mean Gene, I know the power of Hulkamania.
03:41I know the greatness of Hulkamania.
03:43And as I looked into Bret Hart's eyes,
03:47I even questioned Hulkamania's own greatness.
03:51That's why right now, Bret Hart,
03:53I'm issuing a challenge to either you or the Jap, brother.
03:58Whoever wins the WWE title, I want the first shot at it.
04:02But let me tell you something, Mean Gene.
04:04With me, all my Hulkamaniacs,
04:06and the attitude that Bret Hart has,
04:08I guarantee you, dude,
04:10the WWE title is staying right here in the WWE,
04:14right here in the US of A.
04:16And what you gonna do?
04:18That's good enough for me is another fact.
04:21I'm calling the sports book right now.
04:23Ladies and gentlemen,
04:24standing by our colleague Todd Pettengill
04:27out in the audience somewhere.
04:28Oh, my word.
04:29Thank you, Gene Okerlund.
04:30Thank you, Hulk Hogan.
04:3116,000 strong here in Las Vegas.
04:34I want to show you just a couple of the fans.
04:36We have Prince Charles ears.
04:38I don't know who's wearing them,
04:39but those are definitely Prince Charles ears.
04:41How are you? Where are you from?
04:43Good. I used to live there.
04:44Ten years. I had a great time.
04:46Couple of wild fans over here.
04:47Look at this.
04:48Where are you guys from?
04:49Southern California.
04:50And how'd you get out here?
04:51We drove Harley.
04:53Harley.
04:53He's in the sidecar.
04:54No, he's in the sidecar.
04:54All right, stand up, guys.
04:56Where'd you get the tokens? Come on.
04:57Hotel 6.
04:58Hotel 6 down the street.
04:59Are you gonna bring them back?
05:00We tore them off the back.
05:02No, no.
05:03I'm giving mine.
05:03I like to know that.
05:05We are wild.
05:06We are in the seats.
05:07All right, all right.
05:07Calm down. You're spilling beer.
05:09Let's go back to my colleagues,
05:10Jim Ross, the Macho Man,
05:11Randy Savage, and Bobby the Brave.
05:14Okay, Todd, thanks very much, gentlemen.
05:16The time has come.
05:17Championship on the line momentarily.
05:19We must point out,
05:20it has been tough for Bret Hart.
05:22He's giving away 271 pounds.
05:24Let's get it on right now.
05:26World title match.
05:28Big winner.
05:28Yokozuna versus Hitman.
05:30Do it.
05:30Let's don't wait any longer.
05:31Let's go ahead.
05:32Ladies and gentlemen.
05:32Do it.
05:33The following contest,
05:35scheduled for one fall,
05:37is for the World Wrestling Federation Championship.
05:46Coming down the aisle with Mr. Fuji
05:50is the challenger,
05:53weighing 505 pounds,
05:58Yokozuna.
06:01It would seem that the odds would be
06:04so, so much in the favor of that man.
06:07Well, you know something funny?
06:08Just as Yokozuna was.
06:16The ring.
06:17The clouds have come over Caesars.
06:20That tells me something.
06:21That tells me the Hitman
06:22is in very, very serious trouble.
06:26There's a black cloud all right.
06:28The Hitman's already had a big day.
06:30Started by getting knocked out by the
06:33infamous now,
06:34narcissist.
06:35Earlier.
06:37Yes, he has.
06:37I wonder if there's any damage done.
06:39Does he have a black eye?
06:40He's a broken nose.
06:41I don't know.
06:42I'll tell you one thing.
06:43I'll tell you one thing.
06:43I'll call him had a bandaid already too.
06:45The odds makers here in Vegas
06:46have Yokozuna as the heavy favorite,
06:49we are told,
06:50for this championship event.
06:51And now let's look at this ovation.
06:55Here's a hold.
06:56From Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
06:59From one of the great sports families
07:01of our time.
07:02The World Wrestling Federation Champion.
07:05The Wrestling Heart Family
07:07from Calgary, Alberta.
07:08Hitman!
07:10And there's a Hitman.
07:11It has been a hellacious week
07:14for that young man
07:15for the contract signing
07:16that we saw on television
07:17to the altercation
07:19with Lex Luger
07:21this morning
07:21at the WrestleMania brunch.
07:23But he is here.
07:24He is ready to fight.
07:26Let me tell you something
07:26about the Hitman.
07:27R-E-S-B-E-C-T.
07:30I got respect
07:31for the pink and black.
07:32And that's
07:33Brett the Hitman Hart.
07:34A World Wrestling Federation Champion
07:36that everybody
07:37can be proud of.
07:39He's here.
07:40He's ready.
07:41And he's going to get
07:42the toughest challenge
07:43possibly ever.
07:44The fans here.
07:4716,000 plus.
07:49Pumped up and ready
07:50to go for this one.
07:51Whether you're watching it
07:52on pay-per-view
07:53around the world
07:54or listening to it
07:56on radio.
07:57What a moment it is now.
07:59The championship
08:01on the line.
08:02We're ready to get it on here.
08:04Yokozuna has not once
08:06looked in any direction.
08:08He has focused
08:08on the moment.
08:10The moment is this.
08:11He can become
08:12a national hero
08:13in the country of Japan.
08:15He's not going to let
08:16this opportunity slip by.
08:18What a matchup.
08:21That belt means so much
08:23to Brett the Hitman Hart.
08:25And watch this.
08:26I love when he does this.
08:28That's exactly right.
08:29Oh, he's trying to buy fans.
08:30No, he's not.
08:31He really means it.
08:32Brother.
08:33He's a great family man.
08:34He's a great athlete.
08:36No doubt about it.
08:38Well, you know,
08:38Bobby Aesop said
08:39don't count your tickets
08:40before they hatch.
08:41He said that I'm sure
08:42you know in 550 B.C.
08:44He's Aesop.
08:44The guy who's down
08:45the road is running here.
08:47No, it's Aesop.
08:48Yokozuna versus
08:50Brett the Hitman Hart.
08:52What's it?
08:52Stank the World Wrestling
08:54Federation Championship
08:55belt.
08:56Brother, that's everything.
08:58That is it.
08:59That's better than
09:00the World Series ring.
09:01Better than the Super Bowl ring.
09:03That is it.
09:04You've had it twice.
09:05You know what it's about.
09:06I've had it twice, brother.
09:08It's the best that has happened.
09:10And this is it.
09:12There it is.
09:13Respect.
09:14That's it.
09:15The people know it.
09:18Aretha sung it.
09:20Brett Hart lives it
09:21every day of his life.
09:22One of 11 children.
09:24Warren DeStew and Ellen Hart
09:25is that young man.
09:26Second generation.
09:28His daddy is proud.
09:29And you know,
09:30you're going to have 11
09:30in the first litter.
09:32Bobby, that was terrible.
09:34What do you expect?
09:35I'm not even going to dignify that
09:36with a remark.
09:36The bell has rung.
09:38The match is underway.
09:40We've been waiting for it.
09:42This is it.
09:43WrestleMania 9.
09:45Boy, look at that.
09:46Unbelievable.
09:46What a view that is.
09:47Talk about Defy Master.
09:49Wow.
09:51Talk about Brett Hart
09:52being a second generation wrestler.
09:53His grandfather
09:54was a member of a 1912
09:56U.S. Olympic team.
09:57So he comes from a long line
09:59of great competitors.
10:01The exit of execution.
10:03Running dropkick.
10:04Exeggman back into the corner.
10:05Right hands.
10:06The champion.
10:07Starting up very quickly.
10:08Right up on the second row
10:09and hammers away
10:10at the 500
10:11and 5 pound challenger.
10:14Look at that.
10:15Frank, Yokozuna shoved him
10:16right off the top.
10:17The second rope, rather.
10:19You know what strategy this is?
10:20He came right at Yokozuna.
10:23Big shot by Yokozuna.
10:25It's going to be an uphill climb,
10:26but if anybody can do it,
10:27the Hitman can.
10:28Can't even get his hands around him.
10:29Trying to go behind him.
10:30Can't not get his hands around him.
10:31He tried.
10:32He tried.
10:33Oh, and Yokozuna ran right through Hart
10:36with that tackle.
10:37Red Hart tried to go behind Yokozuna.
10:39Was successful there,
10:40but he couldn't put his arms around
10:41in the waistline.
10:42Tell you what,
10:42Yokozuna doesn't want to win
10:44by a count out
10:44because he won't get
10:45the World Wrestling Federation
10:46Championship belt.
10:47I don't know if he's smart enough
10:48to realize it.
10:49Yes, he is.
10:49He's coming out after him.
10:50Hart tried to come in the ring.
10:52Hitman was coming in.
10:53You're right.
10:55It's going to take more than that
10:56to beat the Hitman.
10:57Yokozuna kicking through the ropes
11:00and Red Hart trying to time
11:02Yokozuna's leg.
11:05The whole place shook.
11:06Hit him.
11:07Down goes Yokozuna.
11:08Hart catapults over the wide rope.
11:11Right in his face.
11:12With a fixed right hand.
11:13Cover him for a pin.
11:14You can't.
11:15He's in the ropes.
11:15His foot's tangled up.
11:16You're right.
11:17You're right.
11:17Yes, I am right in the brain.
11:19Yokozuna feet tied up
11:21between the second and bottom rope there.
11:24That can tear your knee out real easy.
11:26And with him in that position,
11:28Red Hart and Red will do a number on it.
11:30Right off the ropes.
11:33Another high impact blow
11:34to the giant man from the Orient.
11:39And finally, the referee is able to
11:42get Yokozuna out of those ropes.
11:46Red Hart used the ropes and momentum.
11:48Hit him with a clothesline.
11:49And it locks the big man.
11:50The longer this match goes,
11:52it's more in favor of the Hitman.
11:54Clothesline by Yokozuna.
11:55And when you get nailed by a 500 and 510 man,
12:00as we look at Mr. Fuji,
12:01the infamous manager of this individual,
12:04it is like getting hit.
12:05It's got to be like getting hit by a truck.
12:07Let me tell you something.
12:08Let me tell you something.
12:09I know firsthand because I wrestled Yokozuna.
12:12And he ran over me.
12:14And that's why he's the challenger
12:15for the championship belt.
12:17I'm honest.
12:18I'm telling you right now.
12:19But if anybody can do it,
12:20the pink and black,
12:21the Hitman can.
12:22Respect.
12:23And a slam by Yokozuna.
12:25Going to the ropes.
12:26And oh my.
12:27Oh, he dropped that big,
12:29huge thigh and leg
12:31and posterior
12:32and whatever else hit him.
12:34Everything he's got.
12:35And Bret Hart has just been
12:37crushed by Nita's knee.
12:40Need to see it,
12:41you might be looking at
12:42the new World Wrestling Federation champion
12:44right there.
12:46Man, I tell you,
12:47you gotta believe
12:48as Fuji waves the Japan flag,
12:52Japanese flag.
12:53Nothing would make him more proud
12:55than to take the title
12:56right back to Japan.
12:58That's gonna make this Yokozuna
13:00a national hero.
13:01And it's getting darker
13:02here at Caesars.
13:05The gods of Caesars
13:06know something,
13:06don't they?
13:07Yokozuna could join the annals
13:09of Satoharo O,
13:10the great all-time
13:11Japanese home run hitter
13:12in immortality
13:13by winning this championship.
13:15This is it.
13:16This is the big one.
13:17The sun is slowly
13:18setting on Bret,
13:20the hit man Hart.
13:22Man, Hart on the canvas
13:25looking up this huge man.
13:27It's his own fault
13:28defending the title
13:29like he has,
13:30taking on all comrades,
13:31defending him more
13:32than any champion.
13:33You've got to be ready
13:34for the pick.
13:34A lot of averages
13:35is against you.
13:36Sure, he's in great shape,
13:37but this man,
13:38505 pounds,
13:40is totally awesome.
13:41He just can't be moved around.
13:43Perhaps Macho Man,
13:44if Bret Hart can just survive
13:47and hang on
13:48and try to physically
13:49extend this big monster,
13:51maybe, just maybe,
13:53that might be the strategy
13:54that would allow him
13:55to retain the title.
13:55Every split second
13:57that goes by
13:57is precious to the hit man.
13:59No doubt.
14:00Savage,
14:00when you were champion
14:01on two occasions,
14:03were you constantly aware
14:04of the time
14:05that had gone by
14:05in a match?
14:06Never was.
14:07You never were concerned
14:08about that?
14:08Never was.
14:09I never faced a guy
14:10like Yokozuna before.
14:12So you never concerned
14:13yourself with that?
14:13You figured you could just
14:14go out and beat him, right?
14:15I had confidence.
14:16Every champion
14:17has had to have confidence
14:19to get to that point.
14:20Well, he's going to need
14:21more of the confidence
14:22here to beat Yokozuna.
14:23You're right about that.
14:24Martial arts right back
14:25in the throat there
14:27by Yokozuna.
14:28Irish whip.
14:29Bret Hart right to the corner
14:30and you can hear the impact.
14:31Yokozuna tried to catch him
14:32in the corner,
14:33but Hart got the feet up.
14:34Hulk Hogan
14:35and the Hulkamaniacs.
14:36No doubt,
14:36watch this one.
14:37Hart on the back
14:38of Yokozuna.
14:39And he took him down.
14:40What a mess.
14:41He's driving a Brahma bull.
14:43Cover him.
14:44His first ladder of prayers
14:45and he got a two count.
14:47He almost pinned
14:48Yokozuna right there.
14:49He almost did,
14:50but I don't think
14:50he can get the sharpshooter
14:52on Yokozuna.
14:53He's going to have
14:53to get a pin.
14:54Yokozuna back up
14:55and the martial arts kick.
14:57Oh, that's phenomenal flexibility
14:59for a 505 pound man.
15:01Looks like he took his head off.
15:02For any size man,
15:04Yokozuna is,
15:05he's just unbelievable.
15:08Look at him.
15:08And he's not even breathing heavy.
15:10He's 505 pounds.
15:12He's been in the ring now
15:13for over 10 minutes
15:14and he's not breathing heavy.
15:16Seems like he's got ice water
15:17in his veins.
15:18Bret Hart trying
15:18to get back up
15:20to a vertical base.
15:21He must,
15:22if he can,
15:22distance himself
15:23or either try to get
15:24this huge monster
15:25off his feet.
15:26And once again,
15:27that oriental nerve hole
15:28digging into the trees,
15:30capezius muscle
15:31of Bret Hart.
15:32Yokozuna's punishing
15:34the champion
15:34and he's also making
15:36Hart carry some more
15:37of that weight,
15:38Macho Man.
15:38I give the Hitman
15:39all kinds of credit
15:40right here
15:41and just the fact
15:42that he's still
15:42in the ballgame
15:43right here.
15:44Come on, Hitman.
15:46Listen to people.
15:48Bret Hart.
15:49Respect is what
15:50they're saying right there.
15:51Respect for the Hitman.
15:52I know about that.
15:55No, they're saying
15:56USA is what they're saying.
15:58See how bright they are?
15:59A guy's from Canada
16:00and the other guy's
16:00from Japan.
16:01Ooh.
16:02Arsenaar thrusts
16:03again to the throat.
16:04The hand extended
16:05into the neck.
16:07Throat area out.
16:08Bret Hart.
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