10 Dumbest Ways WWE Promoted WrestleMania Matches
7. Bret Hart Vs. Mr. McMahon - WrestleMania XXVI
In which WWE conspired to make elaborate and artificial the most organic tension ever shared between two performers.
The initial segment, the first onscreen meeting between father figure and scorned son in 13 cold and distant years, was tense. Fascinating. Vince kicked Bret in the balls, and scampered away. That callous bastard. He had orchestrated the demise of his most loyal servant's very career, cruelly persuaded him to return, against his better judgment, and then he went and did that. He then added insult to that injury by comparing Bret's drawn face, haunted and physically shaped by years of harrowing tragedy, to that of an old hound dog.
We needed Bret to lay down the challenge, and stiff Vince in his face one more time. Just one punch. Just that one mythical backstage punch, adapted onscreen, which Vince, being a lunatic, would have most certainly taken.
Instead, WWE complicated the whole thing with pulled promises, an elaborate prank in which Bret faked in injury via a car crashing into his open limousine door, and a match so disturbing and one-sided that it turned. Vince. Face.
What is it with this company, WrestleMania, and vehicles? Hogan's truck. Bret's car. Lucy's limo. On next week's RAW, Drew McIntyre will drive an ambulance into Roman Reigns.
"You might be done with the hospital, Roman, but the hospital isn't done with you!"