That Bret Hart is full of BS and that he couldn't beat him on his best day , so he is just full of crap. Then he disrespects Bret more claiming he came back on his big return claiming this company needed a hero. He ain't changing for no damn body ! Put him in the ring against anyone , and once that bell sounds he will kick ass. Then Austin shatters the face/heel dynamic and proclaims that he doesn't care , put him in the ring against a good guy and if they boo the hell outta him or a bad guy and they cheer , he won't care !
All he cares about is whipping someones ass once the bell rings and you don't have to like it ! The fans pop as Austin demands Bret Hart put on his panties and come face him. On the Titan Tron , Bret Hart mocks Austin as a wounded hyena and that he showed him who the King of the real jungle is out there at Wrestlemania. That he got busted open because he threw him into that guard rail ! That he has beaten him so many times , that he has proven it so many times. That he's moving on and Austin claims its not over ever with him. Not til he's dead.
Austin claims that one day when Bret Hart's dead , he can put on his tombstone , Cause of Death is because Steve Austin beat his pink and black ass and that is the bottom line , cause Stone Cold Says So ! Jim Ross promotes the Rocky Mavia/Bret Hart clash for the Intercontinental Championship. Bret attacked Maivia last week post match. Anyhow his music hits as no Bret Hart.
He's announced a 2nd time and still no entrance til finally we see him arrive. A very angry , bitter Bret comes to the ring as he doesn't even look at the fans. Then we see the sneak attack last week on Michaels. We get a clip of Maivia and Rocky Johnson clearing the ring at Wrestlemania. Bret looks at the IC title and hands it back playfully. In the corner he talks trash to Bret as he is close to slugging him , Bret takes that moment to duck out and plot strategy.
Tony Atlas watches at ringside as we see Hart take Rocky down with a solid arm take down to the mat. Once up the Rock delivers a flying cross body into a pin attempt. Psycho Sid vs Bret Hart will happen at the next PPV as Jim Ross announces. In ring , Bret locks on a side headlock to the young star. But in a quick move , Maivia reverses into an arm bar. Both then do reverses with arm bars.
Bret finally gets the heel advantage , starting to work over the back of the younger man's head. Lawler shockingly supports Bret Hart now. In a heel spot , he scratches Rocky's face along the ring rope. Then in a nice spot delivers an atomic drop and clothesline. The fans boo the Hitman as he continues. With a nice Russian leg sweep and knee drop. The fans continue to boo him.
After the commercial , Bret continues to work over Rocky. Playing as a heel to the crowd to the American fans. He delivers a nice back suplex in a spot as he continues to work over Maivia. In a spot off the ropes , Bret tries a back drop attempt as Rocky catches him in a roll up pin attempt. But the veteran Hart gets back on the attack and tries an elbow off the 2nd rope , missing !
Rocky is firing on all cylinders and delivers a nice fisherman's suplex in a spot seconds later. That gets a 2 count , then we see a belly to belly slam. Then we get his step over DDT spot on Bret Hart ! He climbs the top rope as he tries a flying cross body off the top turnbuckle , then we see Bret roll through and get a close 3 count.
Seconds later we see Bret lock on the new famed figure-4 around the ring post as the referee calls for a DQ. Bret keeps it locked on as from the back comes Stone Cold to attack Bret Hart . From the back comes Davey and Owen who help Bret start beating down Austin. In a fun spot Bret tries to pull his shirt over his head like a hockey fight. The Legion of Doom arrive and chase the heels off. The guard rail collapses and Austin doesn't keep chasing as he lets Bret escape. The show ends there.
The Bad - While not a terrible show , the hot main event angle , Undertaker/Bearer spot and the ending , this show seemed to drag along in spots. One of the dumbest problems was WWF's inability to showcase the AAA stars they had a deal with. Spending more time focused on what Sunny was doing at ringside and all. The segment became so terrible at one point I questioned when it would end.
Another problem was the on/off Honky angle that had began months earlier , didn't go anywhere and suddenly was back on again. This week we had the little used Jesse James get his biggest pop by acting like himself and trashing the guitar.
OVERALL : *** Outta 5. A solid opening match , but a weak show overall , the biggest stars didn't do anything til the 2nd hour really kicked in. The final segment was a decent one as the show hyped up the continuing feud with Bret Hart & Steve Austin. With them switching heel/face as we saw.