page_title: Stu Hart 50th Anniversary Show
section_title: Preliminary matches
hierarchical_section_title: Stu Hart 50th Anniversary Show / Event / Preliminary matches
caption_attribution_description: English: Berhta Faye at a WWF event in 1995
context_page_description: The Stu Hart 50th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling supercard produced by the Hart family that took place on December 15, 1995 at the Stampede Corral in Calgary, Alberta. Held in honor of Stu Hart, the event featured Stampede Wrestling alumni as well as talent from World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation. It was the first event to feature an interpromotional "dream match" during the Monday Night Wars-era. The proceeds from the event were donated to the Calgary Quest Children's Society. Nine professional wrestling matches, two of which for championships, were featured on the card.
  The main event was for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, in which then-champion Bret Hart defeated the challenger Davey Boy Smith. Two featured bouts were scheduled on the undercard, including a tag team match between Bad Company and the team of Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk, accompanied by Makhan Singh, which Hart and Pillman won via disqualification. The other match was an WWF Intercontinental Championship match, between defending champion Razor Ramon and Owen Hart, where Ramon defeated Hart by pinfall after a small package pin.
context_section_description: The first match on the card was a tag team match between the team of The Cuban Assassin and Jerry Morrow facing the team of King Lau and Mike Anthony. It lasted 11 minutes and 27 seconds. The Cuban Assassin and Jerry Morrow won the match when Morrow pinned Anthony with a splash off the top rope. The following bout saw Makhan Singh pin The Gothic Knight in a standard match.
  The third contest had Rhonda Singh against KC Houston in a standard match. Singh won the match when she blocked a sunset flip by Houston and pinned her opponent with a sit-down splash. The next match was between Dan Kroffat and Jesse Helton. This was Kroffat's first in-ring appearance since his retirement in 1985. The two wrestled for around two minutes before Dr. Drago Zhivago came down to ringside and began harassing Kroffat. Kroffat responded by challenging Zhivago to enter the ring. Accepting the challenge, the then 50-year-old wrestler put Zhivago in a sleeper hold and stripped him of his pants. The bout was eventually declared a no-contest.
  After the fourth match ended, Chris Benoit and Rad Radford made their way to the ring for a special "World Championship Wrestling vs. World Wrestling Federation" bout. Benoit, representing WCW, was originally scheduled to face The 1-2-3 Kid. Benoit and Radford shook hands out of respect before the match started. The two wrestled for over ten minutes. Benoit caught Radford as he climbed to the wrestling ring's top turnbuckle and executed a top rope superplex to pin his opponent. The next match was between Keith Hart and The 1-2-3 Kid. Hart controlled the first few minutes of the match before being thrown out of the ring. The 1-2-3 Kid then performed a pescado, a slingshot crossbody where the wrestler goes from the inside of the ring over the top ring rope to the outside, on Hart. This resulted in both men to crashing into the announcer's table. Returning to the ring, The 1-2-3 Kid attempted a frog splash from the top rope but Hart was able to put his knees up in time. This allowed Hart not only to block the maneuver but also cause The 1-2-3 Kid to injure his leg in the process. Sensing victory, Hart targeted his opponent's knee for the remainder of the match. As Hart attempted to put The 1-2-3 Kid in a figure-four leglock, however, The 1-2-3 Kid turned the tables by trapping Hart with an inside cradle. Afterwards, Hart thanked the fans in attendance and wished his father, Stu Hart, a happy 80th birthday.
caption: Rhonda Singh wrestled long time rival KC Houston.
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