[1995-11-27-WWF-Raw] Brother Love: Bret Hart

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Brother Love returns, which was emblematic of the WWF attempting to recreate a previous era instead of embarking on a new one. His guest is Bret Hart and they mention the Davey Boy match at the next PPV. He asks Bret a series of questions and pulls the mic away every time he starts to talk. I always enjoy Bret Hart interviews because he's so convinced of what he's saying that he convinces me. Bob Backlund ends up attacking Bret from behind with the cross-face chicken wing to close things out, and I have no idea why. There is a cameraman standing right in the middle of the chaos that is in plain sight of the camera, which is a pretty amateur oversight and not something the WWF would ever do normally, so that was weird.

[Zenjo]

Oh God, not more Brother Love! They really did need the Ultimate Warrior's return.

 

Bret just can't seem to get rid of his adversaries. Both Lawler and Backlund kept coming back to haunt him.

[PeteF3]

When was the last time you saw a company like Chrysler buy time on WWF/E programming?

 

Dig the New WWF Generation! Bruce Prichard coincidentally had gained more booking power right before this.

 

While I'm reciting '95 Observer tidbits--this renewed Backlund mini-push was an apparent attempt by Vince (or somebody) to put the Clique in their place, or at least make a show of putting the Clique in their place. I think we all have heard the story through multiple channels about the Clique meeting with Vince and going over the roster one-by-one, and expressing their views on whether a guy should be pushed, kept where he was, released, etc. Backlund was one of the guys the Clique wanted depushed or gone.