Did the Hart Foundation have a place in WCW?

Publish date: 2024-05-04
While I don't think the Anti-American vitriol would have flown in WCW as well, I think WCW could have formed some kind of Hart Family stable.

With the Horsemen disbanded a few months earlier, you had the potential for them to step in and fill that void.

I would also have thrown Benoit in this mix. Benoit and Bulldog could have easily made a tag team run and having Benoit involved with Bret ups his clout since he hadn't worked with Flair much as a Horseman.

Hart Family vs. NWO Hollywood vs. Wolfpack would have been a great War Games match and feud as well.

wow! can't believe that I've never thought of this before. I actually forgot that almost all the members of the Hart Foundation were in WCW at all, let alone together at the same time! this would have made so much more sense than what we did get with Bret (and the others) in WCW.

the only positive I remember from Bret, really, is when Goldberg hit the spear on him and he was wearing that metal plate under his jersey. I remember nothing of Anvil and Bulldog just so happened to be on hand for the debut of Shockmaster. otherwise, all three of these guys were largely forgettable in my opinion and that's so unfortunate. what a missed opportunity!

Hart as the leader of a new faction, especially after the Horsemen broke up, is an easy solution to the possible faction void. outside of the NWO, you really have nobody else. and I like the idea of Hollywood vs. Wolfpac vs. Hart Foundation at War Games. Hogan/Hart and Sting/Hart are also good matches. for that matter, Nash/Hart was good in the WWF and would still be good in WCW. plus the feuds that he did get with Piper -- again, another old WWF feud that still worked in WCW -- DDP and others would still work and make sense. just a shame they didn't use the stable idea also.

Bulldog/Benoit forming a pseudo new-Bulldogs tag team is freaking genius. it's no secret that Benoit modeled his style and move set, even his body, to mirror Dynamite Kid. plus he trained in the Hart Dungeon, so there's already that history. this would have been a great tag team option for the stable or just the company as a general whole.

and Anvil as the Enforcer makes perfect sense given his size and lengthy history with Bret. dear God, what a waste of talent and history!

also, to your point that an anti-American stable wouldn't work in WCW, I'm not so sure that's true. I really enjoyed Lance Storm and the Team Canada deal he had going on. everything but Hacksaw Jim Duggan made sense and flowed really naturally. in fact, adding Lance Storm and some of his Team Canada crew to the Hart Foundation could have given the NWO some serious competition.

really great idea and really enjoyable thread. thanks.

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