STW #54: IYH Canadian Stampede

On this episode: Twenty years ago the WWF was transitioning as the wrestling business was changing. Bret Hart was now a heel in America but still a Canadian hero out to stop the rise of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. This PPV was the Hart Foundation's "homecoming" in front of one of the rowdiest crowds of all time. This IYH won "Major Show of the Year" in 1997 and our coverage is longer than the actual show! Visit BlueChew.com and get your first shipment FREE when use our special promo code WRESTLE - Just pay $5 shipping! Logos and album art by Dave Silva
Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard is an audio podcast that discusses topics, events, wrestlers and memorable moments through the lens of former WWE executive Bruce Prichard co-hosted by Conrad Thompson.
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[@_OCPGAMING]

I met Bret in 2007, and even though he was only there for three hours (the length of SummerSlam 07) and he sat there signing and taking pics the entire time. He took one break to watch Austin showing up on the PPV and went back to signing. Dude was a class act, and was signing when we left.

[@toma.4808]

Off topic: its a damn shame heel canadian hero Bret and the american Olympic gold medalist kurt angle never met in a ring. I wouldve loved to have seen them have an iron man submission match

[@Super122291]

fish stix4u you could make that happen fish by doing that dream match in wwe 2k18

[@toma.4808]

@@Super122291 good point

[@keithcrockett9539]

ANGLE vs BRET might have been good but a loss wouldn't HELP neither career

[@derrickclark4753]

@@keithcrockett9539 with Bret and Austin it didnt hurt... someone has to lose and if done right it doesn't hurt all that much.

[@philm2217]

legendary sign I always remember a week or two before this PPV, "Vince don't ruin Sasuke" lol

[@ASHUTOSH-im6pp]

09:10

[@Super122291]

jc 23 thank you so much babe

[@weatheredtome]

You alright, mang

[@jeremybayne5895]

Goostaninbalm from Criteria!!

[@jeff136]

Clicked it and had to watch an ad. Fuck youtube

[@nuurahk83]

the part about vinceisms on commentary is one of the best moments of this show

[@BrandanTheBroker]

The sad thing about watching this PPV in 2022 is having hindsight, and knowing just a month later will start so many string of bad luck events for almost everyone involved with the main event, and seeing how many people from this show alone is now gone, it's kinda hard to watch.

[@dan223344556677]

favorite Vincism-Thats gotta be, that's gotta be kane! that's gotta be Kane!!

[@jeremybayne5895]

Beyond the Mat!! "He's gonna Puke!" He's gonna, He's gonna Puuuuke!"😂😂

[@33apeiro]

Its... It's... It's.. It's...... SHAAAAAWNNN.... MiCHAELLLLSSSSS!!!!!!!

[@HhhHhhh-nu4lm]

people say bret can not draw. he helped put wwe in the black by 1997 . calgary stampede made 2.3 million

[@MrGawn]

the vince high pitch is the funniest fucking thing ive ever heard.. i used to notice that even as a young kid in the late 80s. i love when ever you guys talk about that. i sit and laugh my ass off irl.. amazing!!! please more of that discussion...

[@jasoncoward-aintscared]

Imo, The APA was a brilliant transition from the many members of The Ministry. Very cool concept.

[@MJAce85]

Yeah.....until they were talking about APA standing for Ass Pounders Anonymous.

[@jasoncoward-aintscared]

@MJAce85 I thought it was "Always Pounding Ass". 🫠

[@andrewr1773]

Ya can't forget " unbelievable " as a vinceism

[@thefilmeffect6089]

OSW fan?

[@bradvestby]

This made my night! I was at this show live and will never forget the energy in that building during the main event.. It was literally electric!! I know this episode is three years old, but I just wanted to give a huge shout out to Conrad and Bruce once again.. My shift at work flew by listening to this tonight!! Keep up the good work guys!!

[@mox19380]

100% agree with bruce about the "blown" reversed tombstone with Vader and Taker. When i watched it it made it look more real. those two guys shouldn't hit every move perfect, so when they do hit a move later you're more into it because they failed first attempt

[@MrRVDppv2002]

Conrad getting frustrated with Bruce is HILARIOUS!!

[@bitesthedust]

Bruce has this wrong - the international audience would have seen the Harts as heroes as that was how they were presented to the fans at the time. They were heels in the US, faces everywhere else.

[@andrewr1773]

I haven't heard all this yet, but gosh darn pal, this is the most heated I've heard you with Bruce so far ... Besides the alcohol and Scott Hall

[@JackQSmith]

I don't remember Bret ever trying to turn heel on Canada, or anywhere else outside the US, in 1997. Maybe Vince wanted him to, but he didn't. His very first promo after WM13, he apologized to his fans in Canada, Europe etc. and then followed up with some nasty comment towards the US fans.

[@WildBillCox13]

Vince became one of the best mic men ever. He steered perceptions, back when it was needed. Now you're supposed to put it out there and see who salutes it.

[@ZBR_ProXP]

never saw DX get a reaction like that

[@TheEvilHumanist]

Took 33 mins for Big Momma to get annoying and squeak up.

[@josephboza7448]

This was my favorite In your house of all time. Only 2nd to this would be Buried Alive Undertaker vs Mankind. This was a VERY happy accident that Bruce walked into. From start to the end, this show was good. I thought at the end of the 10 man tag all hell would break loose to the point where World War 3 would break out. The hatred between The Hart family and TEAM USA was so damn real that it blurred the lines of reality and tv. Canada was backwards during the attitude era that is for damn sure.

[@bradvestby]

This technically wasn't the attitude Era yet.. the first use of the new Attitude branding was done at the Survivor Series a few months after this during a video promo late in the show.. the ppv AND Coliseum Video versions of this show include this promo.. Then Vince did the famous speach about two weeks later..

[@WildBillCox13]

I went and watched the match. The girls rocked the Canadian national Anthem. Would that the USA pop stars could be bothered to do it with ours, too.

[@metalanarchy5186]

I knew jim nedihart growing up in flordia he was friends with my dad and bought the bar at the country clup golf corse where my mom worked he was a really good dude and was a good famliy friend at one time i rember he brought me and my brother to the royal rumble 94 or 95

[@jacquelinescott3254]

I so love his Vince McMahon expression

[@JoeyMartz]

(impression)**

[@jacquelinescott3254]

OK? @@JoeyMartz

[@nickystyles868]

29:35 Conrad goes off the deepend! 😀😀

[@Dizzy1980]

Yeah, he has his immature idiot moments sometimes.

[@orangemaniabrother2232]

He's so easily angered over nothing lol

[@charlesiofaustria7361]

Conrad's sperg outs are the worst part of the podcasts. Get over yourself dude.

[@ROSTAFA]

49:34 Event Begins

[@matsong5134]

It’s actually 8:50

[@bolouniverse]

One twooooooo he got it.... no no he didn't 😅😅😅

[@djkneecaps91]

Today’s wrestling lacks managers. It just occurred to me. How much more entertaining pro wrestling is with managers and gimmicks to go with them

[@HhhHhhh-nu4lm]

Bret drew huge

[@WildBillCox13]

The teardrop tattoo under an eye is a prison sign indicating you've killed a man. Multiple kills are multiple tears

[@thegreatkgatsbyb9274]

Well got damn pal will we been able to get an "One night only" episode? And also "Wrestlemania 25" episode?

[@bigrigpickett3948]

Wrestlemania 25 was in 2009 Bruce left in late 08

[@rosscampbell5141]

42:25 ehhhhh... Vin...the big rhino.... he's....ehh..lookin good..

[@nonamerequired123]

Oh cm'on Bruce, we all know that's Cornette's answer to that question, even when Bro man was just a video store owner. I hear Cornette drove past his store and thought "You know that guy is going to make me want to quit this fucking industry. I don't know why, but I know he will"

[@joshuakillingsworth8366]

55:00 .... Conrad got .38 hot on Bruce ass LOL .... Best moment in STW so far.

[@orangemaniabrother2232]

Conrad thinks he already knows the answers before he asks the question then gets mad when it doesn't go his way lol

[@melmaciandissenter2324]

Conrad often reacts like a brat on her period. This is one of those moments.

[@rosserjake]

Only time face Austin was booed I think.

[@rw8185]

Did Conrad eat gun powder before this show. He seems on the verge of exploding every other minute.

[@chrishowe4009]

He's gets on my nerves

[@MoreUniqueThanMost]

Gamut or gambit? ;-)

[@HhhHhhh-nu4lm]

What pissed me off is Prichard will give credit for success of ppv Bret lead without giving him credit he gives HBK credit for the in your house six buyrate

[@blackjackthompson1017]

Could you make a clip from around 18:48 - 25:00 where they talk about 1997 being a turnaround year for the WWF because guys were outdoing each other in every match. Thanks!

[@Dredsed]

Not doing cruiserweight wrestling properly in wwf was RIDICULOUS their lhvwt division was so shit in comparison :(

[@WildBillCox13]

Sasuke is the formal pronunciation. Sas-ke (Sahs-kay) is the informal diminutive.

[@rackballjones6585]

Prove it

[@WildBillCox13]

Funaki was/is the shizzle.

[@DetailDude]

Taka was 24 not 19 lol

[@Chupacvabra]

@33:12 Is Conrad a serious jerk or what?

[@VicRector]

Bruce must have been on glue Bret was never gonna be a heel in canada

[@thomaswillingham4084]

#1 vincism....Unbelievable!!!! Over n over n over n over.....

[@pryncjericho]

During the 90s and early 00s teardrop tattoos signified death colored in meaning you killed someone, not colored in meaning you lost someone. I.e undertaker taking souls

[@joshuakillingsworth8366]

Half true... I was in prison from 92-03.... Plenty of people had the drop to symbolize a loss..

[@snoopyfod1807]

@@joshuakillingsworth8366 what did you "allegedly" do?

[@Rschr101]

Trump 2020

[@j.3o21]

49:33 REAL START

[@rosscampbell5141]

57:40 AND THEN FROM THERE...

[@mikebadaoa2019]

Didn't care for vader vs undertaker match

[@Stevenirons]

Besides the botch tombstone it was good

[@metalanarchy5186]

Ruce always talks shit about probally the best bi man of all time like Big Van Vader cause they shit the bed with him vader was phenomanial in japan and wcw he was red hot when he first went to the wwf and awesome agian after he left the fed and went back to japan but he talk like yokozuna was better but just could lose weight i liked yokozuna but he could never hold a candel to vader but he was also one of the people who thought Nash vs King Mable would be a good summerslam mainvent and mable and undertaker would be good afet he shit the bed with nash and that swat team was in the royal rumble 1996

[@chrishowe4009]

Jesus Christ Conrad!!! If you want answer for a certain question then ask the damn thing!!! Don't dance. You accuse Bruce of dancing around a question, but you are the absolute worse. Christ!!!!

[@MattSingh1]

Prichard is a conman, fraud and liar. Dave Meltzer is a pioneer, legend and hall-of-famer.

[@rackballjones6585]

Proof?

[@stuartoreilly2019]

So why has Meltzer NEVER been approached by ANY promotion to be a writer/booker. All the MF'er does is tell you what the gate is, the money made and what happened in the match. Erm... I've got eyes I know what happens in the match. And as for the gate / money made... I couldn't give a shit

[@tiradouken2854]

Fuck Dave meltzer