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It was mainly squash matches and rougher commentary ish until wcw monday nitro forced vince to upgrade, and even then it took wwf around a year longer circa 1996 to show good bouts. Check out this video of the top ten things that happened on the first smackdown then sit back and dream of a bygone era where as. The first wwf title reign of bret hitman hart in this preinternet age, many fans were not aware that hart had won his first world championship. Bret hitman hart and his often overlooked first wwf title reign.
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