Bret Hart blading at WM8

[brutuscheesecake]

During his IC title match with Piper, Hitman does a pretty severe blade job, I mean it's an all out crimson mask. Piper tells Bret his boot is untied during the match, and as he goes to tie it Piper sucker punches him.

To my knowledge...is this the first and only time Bret ever bladed?

Also, Hitman gets credit for the first ever table bump in WWF history when Diesel knocked him off the apron into the announcers table...but didn't Hogan slam Earthquake into a table during Summerslam 90? Does anybody but me remember this?

[Wii M Punk]

Dec 4, 2010 10:57:51 GMT -5 brutuscheesecake said:

During his IC title match with Piper, Hitman does a pretty severe blade job, I mean it's an all out crimson mask. Piper tells Bret his boot is untied during the match, and as he goes to tie it Piper sucker punches him.

To my knowledge...is this the first and only time Bret ever bladed?

Also, Hitman gets credit for the first ever table bump in WWF history when Diesel knocked him off the apron into the announcers table...but didn't Hogan slam Earthquake into a table during Summerslam 90? Does anybody but me remember this?

Yes, Hogan did slam Earthquake on a table after the match at Summerslam 1990. Either it wasn't designed to break or Hogan botched where he slammed Quake on the table, because it did not break.

Earthquake is slammed right on the edge of the table, above the legs. The table tumbles over but doesn't snap, so perhaps this doesn't count as a table "bump".

If you go on YouTube and search for "WWF/WWE Announce Table Tribute", a video will come up with 10 minutes worth of table bumps running in chronological order from 1995 to 2009. It's got every table bump in WWF in that time period.

The first clip on the video is Diesel knocking Bret through the table at Survivor Series 1995.

[Threadkiller [Classic]]

Bret bladed in his title match with Bulldog at the December 1995 In Your House PPV, I believe.

[skulldouggory]

Dec 4, 2010 11:27:11 GMT -5 Threadkiller [Classic] said:

Bret bladed in his title match with Bulldog at the December 1995 In Your House PPV, I believe.

Was'nt that the infamous match where Bret got busted open accidently and bleed like heck all over the canvas and Davey Boy. I read in somones book that Vince or Linda invited some business people to watch the show and had to apologise for the goryness.

You can always pick out the accidental ones because the blood is thick and dark red, because they havent taken asprin before hand.

[lildude8218]

what about Harley Race's table bump in 1988 that led to the end of his career as an in-ring performer?

[RareTradU]

Hart bladed at IYH against Bulldog. It wasn't planned by the WWF since they were 'family friendly' at that time and the only ones who knew about it were Bret and Bulldog. You can see Cornette in the video asking if he's okay after seeing the amount of blood on the mat. Vince even made the camera pan out to not show it on TV up close.

[johnnyk9]

I remember reading in Bret's book that Vince wanted no one to blade at WM 8 but he did it so pefectly concealed they thought it was legit while Flair got fined 5000 dollars for his blade job

[Kris]

Bret frequently bladed during his Stampede days.

[percymania]

Dec 4, 2010 11:16:35 GMT -5 Wii M Punk said:

Dec 4, 2010 10:57:51 GMT -5 brutuscheesecake said:

During his IC title match with Piper, Hitman does a pretty severe blade job, I mean it's an all out crimson mask. Piper tells Bret his boot is untied during the match, and as he goes to tie it Piper sucker punches him.

To my knowledge...is this the first and only time Bret ever bladed?

Also, Hitman gets credit for the first ever table bump in WWF history when Diesel knocked him off the apron into the announcers table...but didn't Hogan slam Earthquake into a table during Summerslam 90? Does anybody but me remember this?

Yes, Hogan did slam Earthquake on a table after the match at Summerslam 1990. Either it wasn't designed to break or Hogan botched where he slammed Quake on the table, because it did not break.

Earthquake is slammed right on the edge of the table, above the legs. The table tumbles over but doesn't snap, so perhaps this doesn't count as a table "bump".

If you go on YouTube and search for "WWF/WWE Announce Table Tribute", a video will come up with 10 minutes worth of table bumps running in chronological order from 1995 to 2009. It's got every table bump in WWF in that time period.

The first clip on the video is Diesel knocking Bret through the table at Survivor Series 1995.

That table bump video was awesome. Man, I miss JR. GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY!

[MolotovMocktail]

Bret used to blade all the time in Stampede, and when Vince issued a no-blood rule in the WWF, he said it really took a lot out of the Bulldogs-Hart Foundation cage matches they were doing up to that point.

[romafan87]

Yeah the first recognized WWF table bump was Harley Race's bump for Hogan in '88. A lot of folks point to Randy Savage piledriving Ricky Morton through the table in '84 as the first major table bump.

[Big Daddy Bad Booking]

It was awesome how that was executed, because it looked like Bret got busted hardway with the action in the ring then the results. Flair of course did his own thing, but Hart concealed it! The blood IMO added as a drama adder to the match.

[El Dandy]

It certainly added a ton of drama when Bret bladed in his match against Piper as well as against the Bulldog at IYH, simply because it was rare you ever saw the Hitman bleed, so it certainly added to the match.

Unlike say, Ric Flair who seems to blade every match, or everyone in ECW or the WWF Attitude era. For a period of time, it seemed every match had someone bleeding all over the mat.

[Dr. Mantis Toboggan]

As was said, Bret used to blade quite a bit in the Stampede days. In fact, I remember noticing on the DVD for Survivor Series 88 (I think), during the interview segment, his forehead is pretty dinged up (from having to blade so much because his brother loved booking blade jobs) if you look hard enough.

[Bret Hart Rules]

Dec 4, 2010 11:16:35 GMT -5 Wii M Punk said:

Dec 4, 2010 10:57:51 GMT -5 brutuscheesecake said:

During his IC title match with Piper, Hitman does a pretty severe blade job, I mean it's an all out crimson mask. Piper tells Bret his boot is untied during the match, and as he goes to tie it Piper sucker punches him.

To my knowledge...is this the first and only time Bret ever bladed?

Also, Hitman gets credit for the first ever table bump in WWF history when Diesel knocked him off the apron into the announcers table...but didn't Hogan slam Earthquake into a table during Summerslam 90? Does anybody but me remember this?

Yes, Hogan did slam Earthquake on a table after the match at Summerslam 1990. Either it wasn't designed to break or Hogan botched where he slammed Quake on the table, because it did not break.

Earthquake is slammed right on the edge of the table, above the legs. The table tumbles over but doesn't snap, so perhaps this doesn't count as a table "bump".

If you go on YouTube and search for "WWF/WWE Announce Table Tribute", a video will come up with 10 minutes worth of table bumps running in chronological order from 1995 to 2009. It's got every table bump in WWF in that time period.

The first clip on the video is Diesel knocking Bret through the table at Survivor Series 1995.

It wasn't a table that Earthquake was slammed on, it was a stretcher. Earthquake stated in an interview before their match that Hogan would be leaving the ring on a stretcher after their match hence why it was there.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Dec 8, 2010 2:36:41 GMT -5 Bret Hart Rules said:

Dec 4, 2010 11:16:35 GMT -5 Wii M Punk said:

Yes, Hogan did slam Earthquake on a table after the match at Summerslam 1990. Either it wasn't designed to break or Hogan botched where he slammed Quake on the table, because it did not break.

Earthquake is slammed right on the edge of the table, above the legs. The table tumbles over but doesn't snap, so perhaps this doesn't count as a table "bump".

If you go on YouTube and search for "WWF/WWE Announce Table Tribute", a video will come up with 10 minutes worth of table bumps running in chronological order from 1995 to 2009. It's got every table bump in WWF in that time period.

The first clip on the video is Diesel knocking Bret through the table at Survivor Series 1995.

It wasn't a table that Earthquake was slammed on, it was a stretcher. Earthquake stated in an interview before their match that Hogan would be leaving the ring on a stretcher after their match hence why it was there.

No, it was a table.

[D2: Sweet & Sour Edition]

Dec 4, 2010 16:37:18 GMT -5 percymania said:

Dec 4, 2010 11:16:35 GMT -5 Wii M Punk said:

Yes, Hogan did slam Earthquake on a table after the match at Summerslam 1990. Either it wasn't designed to break or Hogan botched where he slammed Quake on the table, because it did not break.

Earthquake is slammed right on the edge of the table, above the legs. The table tumbles over but doesn't snap, so perhaps this doesn't count as a table "bump".

If you go on YouTube and search for "WWF/WWE Announce Table Tribute", a video will come up with 10 minutes worth of table bumps running in chronological order from 1995 to 2009. It's got every table bump in WWF in that time period.

The first clip on the video is Diesel knocking Bret through the table at Survivor Series 1995.

That table bump video was awesome. Man, I miss JR. GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY!

Very interesting video. I'm thinking about going through and getting the numbers on what one move is responsible for more bumps: Chokeslam, Powerbomb, Back Body Drop, or (various) Dives.

[probable]

Was the Race bump on Saturday Nights Main Event vs Hogan? Where Race just belly flops the table, which does not break, but bends.

The Hart bump at Survivor Series 95 was the biggest table bump by that point in time. I mean, being flung from the ring through the packed announcers table - coming out of nowhere was just an amazing spot at the time. Say compared with the above, it really can't be compared.

[Macho Dude Handy Damage]

Bret bladed a few times in his Stampede days as well, according to his book.

[The Blue Blazer]

Dec 8, 2010 15:25:22 GMT -5 probable said:

Was the Race bump on Saturday Nights Main Event vs Hogan? Where Race just belly flops the table, which does not break, but bends.

Yes. I actually had to read Harley's wiki page to figure out how he got hurt since he continued the match.