10 Fascinating WWE Survivor Series 1990 Facts
5. Bret Hart's Brother Had Died The Previous Day
"The Hitman" would be the last wrestler eliminated from Dusty Rhodes' Dream Team. He was booked to nearly overcome three-on-one odds before succumbing to Ted Dibiase after a well-worked match-within-a-match.
The day before the show, Bret was in Providence, RI for a live event, flanked by brother Bruce and brother-in-law Jim Neidhart. While waiting to see McMahon regarding an employment opportunity for Bruce, father Stu Hart had phoned the venue with awful news: Bret's older brother Dean had passed away from kidney disease at age 36.
Bret later wrote that he was determined, through his grief, to have as good a performance as possible in Dean's memory. When he and Neidhart made their entrance, commentator Roddy Piper made it a point to tell the home audience about the loss of Dean, and that Bret was dedicating the match to him.