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Roots of Fight

Bret Hart Hitman Black Pom Pom Beanie

“Japanese audiences are great audiences, but they’re just really hard to win over. You really have to know how to pull their strings.” The year was 1982. The site: The Nakajima Athletic Club in Sapporo City, Japan. That’s when the legendary Bret Hart descended into a mad scene to face the original Tiger Mask, sporting a cowboy hat and a vapor trail of swagger. The Bret Hart-Tiger Mask feud would be revived a decade later, when Hart had become full-on “Hitman” — but the legend was born back in Japan. Zeroing in on Hart’s legendary takeover of Japan by storm. Officially licensed by Bret Hart.