Tag Archive: Hart Family

  1. Own a piece of genuine Hart memorabilia for a good cause

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    Our dear friend Doc Knight of Original Stampede Wrestling needs your help.  As many of you know, Doc has been wheelchair bound for the last several months after suffering a back injury.  Last Sunday, two teenage punks tackled Doc and robbed him of his rent money.  While we’re glad to report that friends have helped Doc pay his rent, the two suspects are still out there, and Doc wants them caught, “so no one ever has to feel the horrible, useless way this left me feeling.”  So here’s where you come in.  Doc is selling some one-of-a-kind Hart Family memorabilia.  The money taken in by the sale of these items will be split 50/50, with half going to charity, and the other half being used as a reward for the tip that leads to the arrest of these two young punks.  The items for sale, and contact info for those interested, are below.

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  2. PatMan Picks Stampede Classics. Halloween special. Brian Pillman vs. Jason The Terrible !

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    Welcome back to another trip down Stampede Wrestling’ memory lane. This week I have a match specially picked out for Halloween viewing! First up its a young “Flying Brian Pillman”, who at this point in his career had only recently started training in the famous “dungeon” of the Hart family. Pillman would, of course, go on to the ECW and he would also later become tag champions with Steve Austin. Perhaps his biggest claim to fame was his WWF run as part of the Hart Foundation. Brian Pillman gained international success everywhere he went. Unfortunately, like so many other Stampede trained wrestlers, he was taken from this earth well before his time. His opponent was Jason The Terrible, a “supernatural” wrestling heel who’s character was based on the frightening Friday the 13th movie monster of the same name. Although intended to be an unstoppable heel, Jason would  ironically become a very popular  face in the Stampede promotion. No matter how hard promoters wanted this character to be an “evil heel” that the fans would fear and boo when he was in the ring,  Jason quickly became a fan favorite. In fact, the crowd soon started to love his horror character and bring in hockey masks of their own to show Jason! Fans started to cheer for the monster more than they did the faces that he wrestled against. In other words, Jason The Terrible would become one of the first  true “anti-heros” in the business and as Bruce Hart put it “was well on his way to wrestling stardom”. Jason even became tag partners with one of the terratories biggest faces of all time, Owen Hart. Unfortunately,  the original Jason The Terrible was involved in a car accident which injured the man behind the mask and put an end to his career. After the original Jason was forced to stop competing in Stampede, there have been other men who wrestled behind the Jason Mask in other territories, but it is THIS Jason that I will always be  fond of. Have a fun Halloween wrestling fans, and dont forget to check out www.wonderpodonline.com for more Patman picks and also wonderpod video game podcast episode 86 !

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  3. I shouldn’t oversleep on Tuesdays

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    I overslept last night, and decided “ah, screw it, I’ll just fake my way through an ECW on SciFi review this week.”  I really wish I hadn’t, because I just can’t do it justice, given that this happened:

    That’s right, kiddies, the Instant Classic, Captain Charisma, Christian has returned to the WWE!  While I’m disappointed that he’s a face on ECW rather than a heel on SmackDown, it’s still exciting to watch!

    I also missed The Miz defeating Tommy Dreamer, Tyson Kidd, who trained in the Hart family Dungeon, debuted with Natalya by his side and defeated local boy Bao Nguyen, and Christian defeating Jack Swagger with help from Finlay and Hornswoggle.

    From now on, I run all my errands on Wednesdays so I can get to sleep earlier and wake up in time for ECW!