Rants

Gotta Protect Mike Rotunda’s Heat!

By Scott Keith on 23 March 2019

Hey Scott–

I was reading through a random Observer from late July, 1991. One of the results stood out like a sore thumb. Bret Hart and IRS had a match, and the result was a draw.

…the hell?

We are less than a month from SummerSlam where Bret beats Perfect clean via submission and becomes IC Champion. In results from other cards, Bret is beating every mid-card scrub left and right. Even more puzzling, the show doesn't even take place in a Mike Rotunda stomping ground. It's in Winnipeg! (idiot!)

I know IRS was a new character and Vince had high hopes for the concept, but did he really need to protect Irwin R. god-damn Shyster in a match with his future champion…?

Well, Bret had dual citizenship and IRS had to make sure he was paying both sets of taxation agencies…I dunno, it was just a goofy house show result.