Bret Chants Were Ready at RAW, WWE DVD Updates and More

Posted by Marc Middleton on Sunday, January 17th, 2010

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

- WWE recently sent out a memo in the UK regarding interviews with talents. The memo read: “With all WWE talent interviews we need to know which publications are going to run the interviews before we can sign it off. Please avoid any wrestling titles as we can’t work with them.”

- The most shipped WWE DVD’s of 2009 are WrestleMania with 242,000 units, Rise and Fall of WCW with 163,000, Greatest Stars of the 90′s with 117,000 and the Best of SNME at 132,000 units shipped worldwide.

- WWE’s website averaged 12.1 million unique visitors in November 2009, the lowest in a long time. Despite the drop in traffic, they still averaged 1,000 orders per day for the month of November on their shop website. This is probably the highest number since the Holiday season in 2008.

- WWE had a “we want Bret” chant pre-recorded at the RAW a few weeks back in Dayton, Ohio when Bret Hart made his WWE return. WWE didn’t end up using it as Bret got a good reaction but had the chant ready as a back-up plan in case Bret didn’t get a big reaction from the crowd. Think of the “Goldberg” chants WCW used to pipe into the crowd for Bill Goldberg back in the Nitro days.

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14 Responses to Bret Chants Were Ready at RAW, WWE DVD Updates and More:

  1. scooter

    Date: Jan 17, 2010 at 4:04 AM

    not surprised nuff said here

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  2. scooter

    Date: Jan 17, 2010 at 5:29 AM

    and did he fuck get a good reaction!

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  3. Mikey

    Date: Jan 17, 2010 at 9:02 AM

    That was probably HHH’s idea, he hoped Bret wouldnt get a good reaction

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  4. Al

    Date: Jan 17, 2010 at 9:52 AM

    haha, ya exactly mikey. F*** HHH

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  5. edgehead15

    Date: Jan 17, 2010 at 11:01 AM

    What I still don’t get is why were kids chanting for Bret? Also on Jan 4 the kids were cheering for Bret loudest! They don’t even have a clue who the damn guy is! I am 15 and I only saw Bret wrestle once and that was WCW not WWE! So who the hell are these 5 yr olds to be chanting for Bret!

    Like if Austin comes too they will be cheering and giving him a huge pop and they don’t have a clue what the guy is about. When I see guys like Ricky and Superfly Snuka I just shut the hell up cause I wasn’t even born to see them!

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  6. Ha

    Date: Jan 17, 2010 at 11:37 AM

    No wonder you’re always putting down WWE & saying all this ridiculous ****, you’re just a kid Edgehead!

    I was there for Bret’s return, I’ve wanted to see the guy live since I was a very little kid & it was an amazing reaction & great finally getting to see the greatest wrestler in history.

    & I thought those chants were for the promo with him walking down the hallway…they showed that a lot that night.

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  7. HBK Fan

    Date: Jan 17, 2010 at 11:46 AM

    I hate bret hart i wish they would have booed him out of the building. who the hell is bret hart the guy who was gonna take vinces belt to to wcw thats who. f bret hart I wish shawn would have kicked his teeth right down his throat. Bret didnt want to put anyone over in the 90s and he thinks hes bigger than wrestling. BRET SCREWED BRET
    i hope hes gone after wrestle mania

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  8. Ray

    Date: Jan 17, 2010 at 3:23 PM

    HBK Fan, just STFU!!!

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  9. jimmy dean

    Date: Jan 17, 2010 at 4:10 PM

    People cheer bret, whether they have seen him or not, because WWE has made him a larger than life character. For years, WWE fans have heard the name Bret Hart on TV, whether they were talking about Montreal, or his feud with HBK, or just his genreal in ring greatness. Vince has made him infamous because of the fact that he was never seen. and most of the fans are marks, so they probably dont even know where bret is nowadays( before he came back to WWE). So that is why people, no matter who they are, cheer him, because he got screwed in montreal( atleast the people who never saw him, and didnt know who he really is)…

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  10. HBK Fan

    Date: Jan 17, 2010 at 4:32 PM

    why because i speak the truth. bret hart wouldnt lose the wwf title hes a self mark. so he should be cheered in a comapny that he tried to screw over. Bret hart got what he deserved

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  11. scooter

    Date: Jan 17, 2010 at 5:40 PM

    read his book I think you will find a wrestler refusing to lose once in their career is acctually a pretty good record

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  12. Mark

    Date: Jan 17, 2010 at 6:42 PM

    people still cant forget the montreal screwjob can they. this was 12 yrs ago. Bret has moved on, so should others. How stupid to have recorded chants ready. He was always going to have a good ovation

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  13. Ryan

    Date: Jan 17, 2010 at 8:02 PM

    i wouldnt be surprised if the recorded chant they had was from the RAW in Calgary over the summer. i was there when they teased the bret return. HUGE pop when his music started playing

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  14. Hbk Fan

    Date: Jan 18, 2010 at 6:07 PM

    I read his book and all i got out of it was how great bret thought he was.

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