Over WrestleMania 22 weekend in 2006, Canadian wrestling icon Bret “The Hitman” Hart was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Bret Hart was uncomfortable participating in the festivities for the Hall of Famers during the WrestleMania card, as was mentioned by the ring announcer at the time.
On a recent edition of The Insiders podcast, Court Bauer revealed the original plans for Vince McMahon and Bret Hart at WrestleMania 22. He stated that two men were allegedly set to face each other at the event with The Hart Foundation in Bret’s corner and Triple H, Shawn Michaels and HBK’s students in Vince’s corner.
“Well, the original version was supposed to kind of, sort of, get off the ground in WWE in 2006 or 2007. Bret was back in the orbit of WWE after coming to terms with Vince and doing the DVD and at one point was going to be Bret versus Vince at WrestleMania 22 in Chicago, and then Bret was a little uneasy about doing that. They eventually did it much differently a few years later,” he said.
He also further revealed the original plans for VinceMcMahon and Bret Hart at WrestleMania 22.
“But the original idea was gonna be the Harts and the Hart Foundation versus the WWE, Vince, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Shane and Shawn’s students at the time. The idea would be you know, you have Paul London. You had Brian Kendrick, and then they were gonna sign Bryan Danielson.” (H/T: WrestlingNewsCo)
At the 2006 edition of WrestleMania, Vince McMahon faced “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels instead in a no holds barred match, in which we saw McMahon take his hatred of Michaels and his supposed divine assistance to a new level. However, Michaels came out victorious after jumping off a ladder onto Vince McMahon, who was placed on a table with a trash can on his head.
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