Were The Rockers more popular than the Hart Foundation?

justin8684 · 11-08-2009, 10:51 PM

Serious.

I'm watching their SNME match and it doesn't seem like the Hart Foundation got much of a crowd reaction at all when they were introduced compared to when the Rockers came out. I was young at the time when both these teams were around and I liked them both, but for some of the older people who were around at the time, were the Rockers a more preferred team by the fans back then?

justin8684 · 11-08-2009, 10:53 PM

Oh and another thing, since there's no commentary for the match and you can hear the wrestlers pretty well throughout the course of the match, I have to say, Bret Hart as a tag team wrestler was bad ass, he's constantly talking **** to The Rockers haha.

Galacticus24 · 11-08-2009, 10:58 PM

no, the harts were over huge with the average audience, male and female.

rockers not quite as much, but they had very good support from the girls.

justin8684 · 11-08-2009, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Galacticus24

no, the harts were over huge with the average audience, male and female.

rockers not quite as much, but they had very good support from the girls.

I did notice that during the introductions when The Rockers were introduced, it was a lot of girls that were hollering.

These teams, for how good they were, really didn't work that well together from what I've seen. Very sloppy matches.

sXeWarrior · 11-08-2009, 11:01 PM

Hart Foundation were heels for the majority of their run, so they weren't really "popular" with the crowds. They turned face in 1989 I believe. The Rockers were Vince's way of putting together a Rock N Roll Express type group. Yeah they were popular, but not THAT popular and they only lasted a couple years as a team, too.

Galacticus24 · 11-08-2009, 11:01 PM

i thought they were ok, but could have been better, yeah.

jimbob007 · 11-09-2009, 01:07 AM

They were more popular among women & teens, the Harts were more beloved by the older fans & the hardcores. Of course with the pretty boy teams there is always a backlash of some kind from the guys in the crowd- especially in places like Philly, although you never heard too much of this with the Rockers, like you did with say the Can-Ams or Strike Force.

billfinkbiner · 11-09-2009, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by sXeWarrior

Hart Foundation were heels for the majority of their run, so they weren't really "popular" with the crowds. They turned face in 1989 I believe. The Rockers were Vince's way of putting together a Rock N Roll Express type group. Yeah they were popular, but not THAT popular and they only lasted a couple years as a team, too.

The Rockers were the Midnight Rockers in the AWA. They were more like Vern's version of The Rock n Roll and Midnight Express.

JUSA · 11-09-2009, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by billfinkbiner

The Rockers were the Midnight Rockers in the AWA. They were more like Vern's version of The Rock n Roll and Midnight Express.

Vern didn't get them, though. When they pitched the idea to him he was confused and thought they meant rocking chairs (according to michaels)

Gwrestler316 · 11-09-2009, 11:49 AM

Popularity is a tricky thing. The Rock, at the height of his popularity, got booed in certain buildings. Same with Hogan. When I lived in New Jersey, we booed ALL the faces, regardless of WHO they were. The pop you hear on tv is not really telling because it is only telling for that one particular building and town. Also, it depends on the life of the gimmick. Some wrestlers come in HUGELY over, and then die out in a matter of months. How are we measuring popularity in this thread? Applause on only that one night? Over the span of a career? How? That one wrestler only attracts girls and boys while another attracts men means the one who attract kids is WAY more popular more often then not, as it is kids who dominate many crowds now a days.
I think the best way to measure a wrestlers popularity is by merchandise sales. There really is no other accurate way. If a wrestler is popular, he will sell more merchandise. I would say at a given time, the Rockers blew the Hart Foundation away as far as popularity. However, the Harts were a team for a longer period of time, at least in the WWE, and they were over even as heels. It's a toss up me thinks.

justin8684 · 11-09-2009, 02:38 PM

Kind of OT but in regards to Hart & Michaels and tag teams, I have a rare flyer from a December 1996 event at the Horizon in Chicago where Michaels & Hart were a tag team against Vader & Austin.