Loss Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Talk about it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted November 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 I'm not sure why they called this a No Holds Barred match considering they worked absolutely no different based on the gimmick. Pretty good, intense match to blow off the Bret/Owen feud, but not really anything worth going out of your way to see. Obviously, they have had way better matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankensteiner Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 I'm not sure why they called this a No Holds Barred match considering they worked absolutely no different based on the gimmick. I disagree with this part. They brawled to the back, slammed each other into guard rails, flung each other into ring steps, Bret slammed Owen on the concrete floor, Owen used his straps to choke Bret, etc. They worked the type of No Holds Barred match that was possible in 1995 WWF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLIK Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 This is another I haven't watched in years but yeah, I have pretty much the same recolection of it as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Evans Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Bret almost reached Cena levels in overcoming the odds in this match. Besides Mania X, did Owen ever beat Bret in a singles match clean or sorta clean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankensteiner Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 I watched this on the new Bret DVD and this was a pretty great little match just as I remembered. I thought it was awesome how both guys changed up their usual moves and had a totally different match to get over the No DQ stipulation. More so Bret since Owen always had to bit of a rule breaker anyway. A very good blow-off to one of my favorite feuds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidebottom Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 Should have been their Mania 11 match, billed as a last time ever meeting or something. Would have been a nice conclusion from the previous Mania and their year long feud, resulting in what would have surely been a blinding match on a card which sorely needed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 as an aside this match/RAW went head to head with the infamous 1995 Academy Awards hosted by David Letterman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 Good match that deserved a bigger setting with a little more freedom. I don't need broken tables and blood, but this would have come off better on PPV in an arena and not in a a seemingly empty fieldhouse in Stockton, CA. Not a great match, but good for the standards of WWF television at the time and pretty smartly worked considering what limitations they were under. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenjo Posted May 6, 2017 Report Share Posted May 6, 2017 A really fun instalment in this famous rivalry. The two brothers brought plenty of intensity to the table. The pacing was tight with continuous action. Unusually for TV they went full length with a decisive finish. There wasn't any weapons usage or blood and in my opinion there didn't have to be. That's because it was wild and out of control in its context. Both men broke the rules and employed a rougher style. It was cool seeing them work a different type of match without changing who they were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstar Sleeze Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 Bret Hart vs Owen Hart - RAW 3/27/95 No Holds Barred Match What a hidden gem! I didn't even know this existed until yesterday. For some reason, it never smacked me as weird that there was no blowoff to Bret/Owen. I figured since Bret won the Summerslam Cage match that was it and that Owen was just to be a constant thorn in his side. Turns out this is the blowoff the feud. As Owen would link up with Yokozuna for a tag title run and Bret was destined for midcard hell until November. This is on a weird RAW. The majority of RAW is Vince and Todd running down Mania XI card in a studio. This match is the only match on the RAW and it is called by JR and Gorilla Monsoon. I really dug this match. This about the greatest street fight you can have without blood and weapons. It was all punches, violence and hatred. Owen jumps Bret as he is going through the ropes. Bret earns his shine and fights back. He tees off on Owen. Pulling hair, raking the face across the ropes, railing. All nasty stuff. DDT. A big blow to the head. This is NOT Mania X where it is two brothers seeing who the best is. This is a fight. Bret takes him up for a backbreaker and Owen rakes the eyes. Owen is all over the eyes, back rakes. Nice enziguiri gets Owen a two count. Owen slams Bret into the railings. He puts his foot on Bret's chest and calls himself the real King of Harts. This is great Brother vs Brother action. Owen puts Bret in the Tree of Woe and while the ref is tending to Bret. Owen takes off the turnbuckle pad. Owen wants to send Bret headfirst into the exposed turnbuckle, but Bret blocks and sends him in. Bret gets a clothesline. Bret just hitting all his moves with great ferocity. That backbreaker looked awesome. Sharpshooter time, but Owen pokes him in the eye! I love it. He whips Bret hard into the exposed turnbuckles, which Bret takes in classic Bret fashion front first. Wow! Bret's sell was amazing. I audibly gasped. Owen misses a missile dropkick and Bret catapults him into the exposed turnbuckle and then Sharpshooter and he wins. There was a ceiling on this match because blood and a bit more violence would have taken this next level, but this also felt rushed. I think it was only 8 minutes. Bret takes that nasty, nasty front first bump into the exposed turnbuckle and he wins like a minute later. If they had 5 more minutes to flesh things out this could have been a real classic. Still a really great match that people should watch! **** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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