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Originally Posted by Toddzilla
YECCHH. Isn't this exactly the way WCW got Bret Hart involved the first time? Making him the 'special enforcer' during a match at Starrcade in 2000? Gawd I hope the similarities with Angle's career path in TNA and Bret's career in WCW stops there.
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Similar idea. They had Bret as special referee for the Bischoff/Zybysko match at Starcade 97. Then he was also involved in the Hogan/Sting main event, which was a good idea that went very wrong.
The idea was that Sting (the good guy) was supposed to be pinned by Hogan (the bad guy) and have the referee do a fast-count. Once the fans had had a chance to be outraged and the cheating, Bret was going to jump in, over-rule the decision (since he was technically a referee that night) and restart the match. Sting would win, and it would play off of the Bret/McMahon issue by having Bret prevent a fellow good guy from getting screwed the same way he did.
The problem is that they apparently forgot to tell the ref... so he counted the pin at normal speed. Which made Sting look like a loser for getting beaten clean, and Bret look like a loser for reversing the decision for no reason.
Luckily, this was the only example of WCW ever screwing up something simple, and they're still thriving today.