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| Date | October 7, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||
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Bret Hart vs. Tom Magee was aprofessional wrestling match betweenBret Hart andTom Magee, of theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF). The un-televised match took place at theRochester War Memorial Arena inRochester, New York on October 7, 1986 as part of aWWF Wrestling Challenge taping.[2]
The infamous match, which was one of Magee's first after signing with the WWF,[3] was acarry job by Hart,[4] impressed WWF chairmanVince McMahon andPat Patterson, who felt Magee was the nextHulk Hogan.[5][6]
The tape was thought to have been lost, as the WWE could not locate it in its vault.[7] This led many professional wrestlingtape traders to consider it a "holy grail".[8] Professional wrestling photographerMary-Kate Anthony had previously helped Bret Hart convert his VHS copies of his movies into digital, and Hart did not request the physical VHS tapes back.[9] In March 2019 Anthony announced on Twitter she had located the tape.[10] On May 13, 2019, theWWE Network aired a documentary entitledHoly Grail: The Search for WWE's Most Infamous Lost Match which detailed the legend behind the match and the recovery of the tape, and also featured interviews with Magee and Hart.[11]
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