[1986-09-22-WWF-MSG, NY] Hart Foundation vs Jacques & Raymond Rougeau

[Superstar Sleeze]

Hart Foundation vs Rougeau Brothers - WWF, MSG 9/22/86

This one is on me for not making sure we watched it for Tag Teams Back Again as it is significant for the Rougeaus debut in MSG and just being a plain fun match. These two teams had better chemistry in this face/heel alignment than they did upon their double turn in 1988 if memory serves me correctly. I did like the Hart Foundation title defense in Boston in 87 better, but this was featured some really fun sequences. I really liked the opening shine. Bret Hart had no defense for the Rougeaus dropkick and he took some massive bumps out of the ring for it. The Anvil/Jacques shouldertackle sequence was the best and right up there with the Rockers stuff. Definitely recommend people checking that out. Jacques gets the Boston Crab, but Bret clubs him. I thought this a bit better than your standard Hart Foundation heat segment (cheating, front facelock, Demolition Decapitation, bodyslam on the floor) because Jacques was able to build some drama through failed hope spots like his monkey flip and crash and burn on the reverse cross body. I thought Anvil and Bret showed great urgency in cutting the ring. off. Bret sets him up in the ropes for his big miss into the ropes to do the transition WAIT! HE HIT THE MOVE SUCCESSFULYY! WTF! I dont think I have ever seen that. Bret misses his second rope elbow and Raymond comes in about as piping hot as he can. I like his spinkick, but he does not have much less. There is a fun Bret and Jacques chase sequence. Bret thinks he has felled Jacques, but he leaps over the ropes to the get the sunset flip and in the fracas the ref loses track of the legal man and counts the pin. Very fun shine, an above average heat segment makes this an easy recommendation. ***1/2