To say the fall of October 1993 was a tough time for the WWF is an understatement. Vince McMahon and Titan Sports are going to be facing serious charges from the the Federal Government where they would face millions in fines and perhaps lose Titan Towers (and everything in it!). Hulk Hogan is gone so they get Randy Savage back in the ring but before they do, Savage goes on JR’s radio show and calls out Hulk Hogan for lying on the Arsenio Hall Show.
Vince has decided to shift gears to a different type of main event attraction to feature Bret Hart and his feud with Jerry Lawler is the hottest in the company… and then Lawler got arrested. Despite business being down, they sold out the Boston Gardens in record time. How? Bruce explains a new strategy that worked to move tickets and how they had to pivot away from Lawler in the main event. Why was Shawn chosen? Who were the Knights supposed to be? How were the other Hart brothers to work with? What was the original plan before it was Bret-Owen? Plus we discuss sidebars about Ludvig Borga, Ray Combs, and of course the creation of Reo Rodgers. Don’t miss the show Bruce has wanted to cover since we started the podcast, Survivor Series 1993!
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Conrad How About You Start Your Own Wrestling Business Since You Have All The Ideas
You guys have to do RAW on the Roof of Titan Tower in 1995…I cant find Bruce anywhere In that Video
Loved this show! my third live ppv i ever watched ty:-)
I think this is the the SNL clip discussed at 54 minutes, the cold opening on 2/6/93, the wrestling skit is 2 minutes in
https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/open-house-cold-opening/2868137
it's the only wrestling related clip I could find from 1993
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Sabu didn't want to come to WWF because they wanted him to call another man his uncle in a storyline.
I was really hoping Conrad would ask why The Undertaker replaced Tatanka and Crush was a replacement on The Foreign Fanatics side I've often wondered was The Undertaker actually intended to be left off the card to begin with or was it known that he was going to replace Tatanka all along? if so if makes no sense why you would leave one of your biggest stars off one of your biggest pay per views
This was a nice and surprising bonus episode we got today (probably as a thank you for reaching 50K subscribers). 1993 was such a clusterfuck of a year for WWF. The scene that they talked about with Bruce visiting Shawn at the Hart house in the Survivor Series showdown for 1993 was made available on the hidden gems section of the WWE network about 2 weeks ago. To me when I hear 1993 was a down year to me it had nothing to do with the talent, it was an adjustment year for the business. Hulk left WWF for good in June. The crap with the King happened 2 weeks before the show. I think Vince was hoping we would forgot that Shawn was suspended for not defending the WWF Interconential Championship. Afterwards Shawn returned in January to set up the mania feud with Razor Ramon the champion. I think this was a good card. I put it in the top 10 as far as Survivor Series in history goes. I understand why Bruce didn't like it, there were so many bumps on the road to Survivor Series the feeling was that lets get this over with already. Also the witch hunt with Vince and the steroid mess didn't help there for the down year that WWF had.
Just watched the Shawn/ Reo Rogers segment. Pure gold!
Holy Shit! Life gets no better than this! Back 2 Back Daddy!