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UPDATE!!!  (Results below…)

Well, since Adam teased me as a “wrasslin’” expert, I guess I ought to do a quick preview of this weekend’s Wrestlemania 26.  My interest in wrestling comes and goes. When I met Adam I was pretty into it.  In fact I think that was when I was doing a weekly recap of Monday Night Raw for Jon Williams on the Eagle here in NWA (actually it may have been K-KEG.)  Anyway, it has been about 7 or 8 years since I watched pro wrestling with any regularity.  These days if I flip to Raw on a Monday night it’s usually in an effort to bug my wife. She does the same thing to me with HGTV.

Sunday night has actually gotten my interest though since this will mark the return of Bret “The Hitman” Hart to the WWE after a 13 year absence.  Much like daytime soap operas no actor ever goes away forever. And pro wrestling (soap opera for guys) certainly has the same short memories.  The genesis of the fued between Hart and Mr. McMahon happened when Hart had decided to leave the WWE for WCW (before Vince bought it from Turner). In his final match against Shawn Michaels, Hart had decided that he did not want to lose (which is a “time honored tradition”) to Michaels.  So McMahon ordered the ref to do a quick count to make it so that Michaels would win without Hart knowing what was going to happen.   There’s a lot more to the story but that’s the basics.  It might also be worthy to note that this was the beginning of the “Evil Boss Mr. McMahon” character from which Vince has profited mightily. (This also gives the WWE an opportunity to put Bret’s late father, Stu Hart (a legendary wrestling trainer) into the as-yet-to-be-built WWE Hall of Fame… alongside Bob “I must be in the Front Row!” Uecker.)

The other intriguing thing to me tonight is a match with Michaels and the “Undefeated at Wrestlemania” Undertaker.  The Taker has not lost a Wrestlemania match in forever. (17 years I think…?)  The Taker was always my favorite but I haven’t paid for a pay-per-view in a decade.  That likely won’t change Sunday night.

RESULTS from Mania:

Hart defeated McMahon and the Undertaker is still undefeated at Wrestlemania.  Michaels gave a farewell forever speech at the end of Raw last night but as we hashed out above, we’ll see…