April 1997

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These two have a go at establishing themselves as the lamest workers in all of BattlARTS history. This went 14 minutes but felt like half an hour. Some slow, unimpressive matwork to begin with, with the standing portions resembling Takada/Bernardo. They move into some contrived sequences for nearfalls. Funakis poor mans Dean Malenko style is just boring and Tanakas just does the same spots as always. Not all 90s japanese wrestling was great.

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Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (Taker?s Revenge, 4/20/97) This match is the third installment of the feud on PPV. It also has huge shoes to fill as the first two matches are arguably the two best matches the Fed has ever produced. Looking back, it is really amazing how this feud, not the HBK one, jump started the Bret Hart heel turn. At Survivor Series, Austin is clearly the heel but Bret is already being portrayed as a whiner. At Wrestlemania, these two gave us the one bright light on a dismal show and helped cement Bret?s heel turn. It was the next night that Bret Hart turned full heel, attacking America and its support of the anti-hero. So, a month later, Austin and Br…

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