#7 The Hart Foundation w/ Danny Davis Vs. The British Bulldogs w/ Tito Santana – WrestleMania 3
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While most of the WWE Universe still argue over which match was more important on the WrestleMania 3 card, the main event or the Intercontinental Title match, one of my personal favourites from that show is a 6-man tag match involving two of the greatest tag teams of the golden era.
Throughout much of 1986/7, the WWF had to suffer the crooked officiating of WWF referee Danny Davis. Davis would constantly show bias towards the heels during matches, and cost many Superstars a chance at winning various championships. The officiating had gotten so bad that Jack Tunney was forced to fire Davis from the company for life.
In an advancement of the storyline, Jimmy Hart, then the manager of the original Hart Foundation, decided to take Danny Davis on as a wrestler. This led to a match at WrestleMania 3, where Davis, and one of his many adversaries Tito Santana, would become involved in the rivalry between the Harts and the British Bulldogs.
Some think this match should have just been a straight up tag team match between the two pairs, but the inclusion of Davis and Santana actually turned this into a thoroughly entertaining bout. Davis would tag himself into the match and beat down on somebody who was already on the floor, before quickly tagging himself out again. This really got the crowd involved in the match, as pretty much all of the 93,000 people wanted to see Davis get his comeuppance.
The match actually ended with Davis getting a pinfall victory, which left the crowd shocked and angry. This short, comedic match is what professional wrestling is supposed to be about. It told a story of cowardice, heroics and ultimately injustice, and for that reason, WrestleMania 3 was made even better than it already would have been.
