Tom Magee vs Bret Hart Tape Found?

[Tiger Millionaire]

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Reading the thread, the guy is legit but the date is completely wrong. So, unsure.

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

Oh f***, I hope this is legit.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Mar 26, 2019 22:42:31 GMT -5 2coldMack is even more baffled said:

Oh f***, I hope this is legit.

The person who has it worked for Bret doing his personal archives, Bret’s condition at the time of doing the match was no one would see the tape, if he still feels that way, it’s unlikely to be released.

[Deleted]

I can safely say that whenever this match sees the light of day(and it will eventually) it’s going to be really underwhelming. I feel like people have it built up like Bret performs some miracle and it’s actually just going to look like a fairly standard match from the era.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Meltzer told Cabana that he saw the match and Magee looked like the future of the business in his opinion. Vince yelled backstage that he found his new Hogan.

The next match with a different opponent? Tom didn’t know what he was doing.

I need to watch that match.

[Mozenrath]

I am just picturing a lesser version of Summerslam with Bret versus super high Bulldog, only the latter at least had talent so Bret could walk him through it. Then again, Magee was, presumably, not on crack. Maybe it evens out.

[sfvega]

Mar 26, 2019 22:34:37 GMT -5 Tiger Millionaire said:

For some reason, the whole backstory and this photo reminds me of Southpaw. I really hope they do a reenactment with AJ Styles dressed up as Bret, and Bret completely deadpan as Vince ("I'm Vince McMahon. I'm a real sleazeball and I don't do right by people who work their keister off for me, but boy was that a great match. Tom, you're gonna be a way bigger star than that Bret Hart. He's only been around wrestling all his life yaknow?") And maybe Tony Nese as Tom Magee.

[I'm Team Bayley and Indi]

I've seen Tom Magee wrestle Tony Atlas, and that was godawful, so honestly my standards are low and it only needs to be better than that.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

I noticed it's marked something /89 for the date. The match everyone talks about is from 1986 when Bret apparently carried McGee to a great match with Vince then proclaiming McGee as his next champion. If the tape is legit then it must be another dark match when they were trying McGee out again as a heel.

[auph10imitated]

WWF @ Rochester, NY - War Memorial - October 7, 1986 (8,200)
Wrestling Challenge taping:
Tom Magee pinned Bret Hart; the bout was to have been Magee's TV debut but was not televised as the WWF wanted to wait for the right moment; Magee's later matches proved less than impressive and his TV debut was scrapped altogether

WWF @ LaCrosse, WI - LaCrosse Center - May 16, 1989
Wrestling Challenge taping:
Bret Hart vs. Megaman Tom Magee (w/ Jimmy Hart)

[BorneAgain]

Mar 27, 2019 8:43:41 GMT -5 auph10imitated said:

WWF @ Rochester, NY - War Memorial - October 7, 1986 (8,200)
Wrestling Challenge taping:
Tom Magee pinned Bret Hart; the bout was to have been Magee's TV debut but was not televised as the WWF wanted to wait for the right moment; Magee's later matches proved less than impressive and his TV debut was scrapped altogether

WWF @ LaCrosse, WI - LaCrosse Center - May 16, 1989
Wrestling Challenge taping:
Bret Hart vs. Megaman Tom Magee (w/ Jimmy Hart)

There's a Reddit thread on Squared Circle about this match

From what Bret apparently said, this was a much different bout:

"Today I talked to Bret Hart for the first time. I asked him about a second match he had with Tom Magee that isn’t talked about as much. He confirmed to me it was in Lacrosse, WI in May of 1989. (Timeline shows May 16th as the date). He said it was one of his worst matches ever and Magee was unsafe in the ring. Also, that Magee was the heel for the match. He didn’t remember the finish to the match at all and couldn’t confirm if Jimmy Hart managed Magee that night, but said 100% the match did happen."

[auph10imitated]

September 19th 1989 was house shows not TV taping's and Tom Magee didnt wrestle at them.

[Crappler El 0 M]

TJ Wilson says he believes her. She has a big box of tapes of Bret Hart matches. Supposedly she got these from someone Bret asked to digitize his tape collection. Supposedly the date on the tape was the planned air date (of the 89 match), though it could just be mislabled.

[Aceorton]

Wait ... this is not the match?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYwMkeBtvSU

[auph10imitated]

Its the '86 one that's the "infamous" match though, so if its the one from '89 its not the correct one.

[Ultimo Gallos]

Wait is the Stutsy tagged in the tweet the infamous one from CWF Mid Atlantic?

[chronocross]

Maybe they'll air it on the Network one day.

[Mozenrath]

Mar 27, 2019 8:43:41 GMT -5 auph10imitated said:

WWF @ Rochester, NY - War Memorial - October 7, 1986 (8,200)
Wrestling Challenge taping:
Tom Magee pinned Bret Hart; the bout was to have been Magee's TV debut but was not televised as the WWF wanted to wait for the right moment; Magee's later matches proved less than impressive and his TV debut was scrapped altogether

WWF @ LaCrosse, WI - LaCrosse Center - May 16, 1989
Wrestling Challenge taping:
Bret Hart vs. Megaman Tom Magee (w/ Jimmy Hart)

The Fighting Robot
Tom Magee

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Bret could’ve probably made Brakkus look like a million bucks.