Bret Hart and Wrestlemania 14

[dd23beatlesfan1]

And as far as the question of "how would Mike Tyson have fit into a match with Bret Hart and Stone Cold?" Well I think it would've worked just fine.

Keep in mind that Mike Tyson was a rebellious and controversial figure at that time. This was just about 7-8 months after the infamous fight with Evander Holyfield where Tyson bit part of his ear off. And of course Tyson had had many legal issues during the 1990's. So while he was famous and glorified and even admired at that time, he was not a good role model. Which leads us to Bret Hart. Bret could've continued his anti-America heel role and could've begun criticizing Mike Tyson just as much as he was Stone Cold. After the Stone Cold/Mike Tyson confrontation at Raw, maybe a few weeks later, we could've had Mike Tyson come out again, this time with Bret Hart interfering and talking about how bad of a role model he is for America, and how much class he lacks and how he's a lunatic that doesn't belong in wrestling. Mike gets pissed (kayfabe), and we get ANOTHER Mike Tyson confrontation/tussle/fight, this time with Bret Hart. The Stone Cold confrontation brought tons of media attention to the WWE. A second Mike Tyson fight/confrontation will double the exposure!

So with Tyson having tension with both Stone Cold and Bret Hart, this leads to the mystery of who will Mike Tyson side with/help at Wrestlemania? Will he call it down the middle? Will he screw over both of them? Tune into Wrestlemania XIV to find out!!!!


*sigh* What could've been

[Emmet]

I agree with what Jake says, Bret would have been in the middle of the card somewhere. If HBK wins at SS'97, I can't see that Bret wins it back at the Rumble just to then drop it again to Austin at WM14 (although a rematch between them two for the title would have been another classic in my book).

Bret would have likely have been in a match with Shamrock/Mankind or Rock, trying to elevate them guys, pretty much like his role was throughout most of 1995.

He might have feuded with Austin as champion in summer of '98.

[jacdnwarrior]

Austin vs Bret waould have been a better idea than the HBK Austin match was, imo. That's the beauty of Bret, he was so good he had feuds with two performers that people wanted to watch. It would have been simpler to build up, you wouldn't need Mike Tyson but still you could involve him, only he wouldn't be a member of DX. It would be hard for Bret and Austin to top WM 13, but the feud was well done and deserved a resolution at WM rather than just trying to make some patchwork feud with HBK.

[pshanbhag92]

If Bret Hart had never gone to WCW, he would obviously not have lost the title the Michaels at Survivor Series. I'd think he would have been champion till WrestleMania, where he would lose the title to Austin in a WrestleMania 13 re-match. Another classic. :')

Leading upto WrestleMania, Bret Hart would get into a feud with Ken Shamrock for a short while and have triple threat matches against Shawn and Taker for the WWE title, during the remaining time.

Now the question arises, whether Shawn VS Undertaker would happen at Royal Rumble? Which would make all the difference in the world since this is the match that was the nail in the coffin for Shawn's injuries.
I doubt we'd have seen Undertaker VS Shawn Michaels. Maybe Bret Hart VS Shawn Michaels or a Triple Threat match.

Either way, at WrestleMania.. Shawn would maybe face and beat Bulldog, who would have never left. Or Owen. Or Mankind. Which mean we wouldn't have seen the dumpster match, which I enjoyed a lot. Or maybe Shawn would have been pissed off about not being in the main event and would have not competed at all.

[FlairFan2003]

HBK & DX were the perfect foils for Austin, not Brett Hart. One, while Austin was the the fans hero at this time, DX were the top bad guys. They had many of the anti authority, rebellious traits of Austin but were far more cowardly, greedy, reliant of rule breaking and gang warfare. Remember, DX was the WWE knock off on the NWO, the top heels in the business bar none. 2nd, HBK was way more charismatic and entertaining than Hart. Hart had a great rep from the early 90s, but he lacked the charisma and excitement on the mic that Michaels had, essential in making the audience want to see the villain lose. Hart's whiny "I dont like Attitude" would not have been as engaging as Michaels and DX turned lose. WWE knew this, wether Hart (who they let go, even though reports state HBK asked for his release before and was told "no") wants to admitt it or not.

With DX a better foil in the build to Austin's coronation, likely much of the post Survivor Series story would have been the same. HBK would have been moved away from Hart and into a top tier feud (that he would win), Taker being the best choice

[The Warlord]

I know there were plans for Hart/Michaels at 13 until Shawn bailed out. WM 14 was going to feature Austin in the main event regardless. With how strong DX was at the time I cant see Shawn NOT being in the main event. Taker vs Kane was going to happen regardless. Perhaps a Rocky/Bret Hart match could have taken place with a NOD/Hart Foundation rivalry reaching the apex at Mania.