Ah, the Brawl For All, a novel idea from the mind of John Bradshaw that went to hell in a matter of weeks. You see, the concept of this tournament was for legitimate bad asses to get over through...well..being legitimate bad asses. But then came Bart "The Hammer" Gunn, and the world was never the same again.

Gunn's first round fight was against then-tag team partner Bob Holly, who is a tough guy, but the fight was non-descript. Then we move to round two and the historic night where Gunn knocked out "Dr. Death" Steve Williams. Williams had/has the reputation of being a MAJOR tough guy, but let's face it: he was old and out of shape. Tough or not, knocking him out wasn't all that impressive. So after that stunning "upset", McMahon saw dollar signs and proceeded to fix Gunn's remaining matches with the Godfather and Bradshaw in order to put him over big.

So then we get the blowoff to all of this nonsense: Wrestlemania 15's Brawl For All Match pitting Gunn against Toughman legend Butterbean. To this day, it's nearly impossible to figure out. Did Vince hate Bart and want him gone? Did he honestly think that a true "one hit wonder" was going to beat a professional boxer? Whatever the line of thinking was, it proved disasterous.

Gunn stayed concious for all of 34 seconds before Butterbean sent him to Never-Never land with one punch. The fans popped for it, but it's hard to believe that anyone was shocked by it. The introductions went longer than this match. The only thing it lasted longer than was Gunn's remaining time in the WWF.

This is definitely worth seeing just for the coolness of it all, but in hindsight, it was an embarassing moment that should've never disgraced the good name of Wrestlemania. Just another example of Vince's "genuis" not always being a good thing.

Danny Birdwell on the Brawl For All Finale:
Butterbean beats the hell out of Bart Gunn in the Brawl for All (WM 15) - Terrible match, terrible idea.