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Are there any flag matches involving a foreign wrestler vs. an American wrestler that the American wrestler LOST?
Do you know of any flag matches involving non-American wrestlers?
 
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es, the Hart Foundation KICKED AMERICAN ASS in 1997 and waved their flag the only time that WWE came to the Maritimes for RAW.  I surmise that they never came back because of the humiliation suffered and then engineered the deaths of Bulldog and Owen as a long-term revenge plan.  Bret was lucky, he escaped with only the stroke.  Neidhart suffered the most given that he's still married to Ellie.  

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  1. 123321KidSeptember 9, 2013 at 11:30 PM

    Is America the only country where wrestling companies do angles based on nationalism? Do Canadian, Mexican or Japanese companies ever do angles where evil Americans come in and threaten their way of life?

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  2. PhredericSeptember 9, 2013 at 11:36 PM

    Rikidozan became the big star he did because he was fighting for Japanese pride against the forces of boorish American imperialism (this was in the 50s...so perhaps you can understand why that angle worked).


    Oh, and AAA has the Foreign Legion which while lead by Konan consists/consisted of a bunch of American talent like Double J, Mickie James, Abyss...it was part of the AAA/TNA talent exchange.

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  3. cultstatusSeptember 9, 2013 at 11:38 PM

    The Amazing French Canadians won a flag match in WCW against Harlem Heat I think.

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  4. Charlie OwensSeptember 10, 2013 at 12:33 AM

    LAX (Hernandez, Homicide and Konnan) won one for Mexico in TNA. Don't remember their opponents, though.

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  5. jdg9September 10, 2013 at 5:55 AM

    Didn't Art Barr and Eddie Guerrero portray themselves as Anerican pricks when they were a tag team in Mexico?

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  6. Nick SaikleySeptember 10, 2013 at 7:12 AM

    Damn dirty Canucks holding down us poor, innocent 'Muricans. FOR SHAME!

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  7. YankeesHoganTripleHFanSeptember 10, 2013 at 7:14 AM

    You forgot about Pillman. They got him too.

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  8. Scream09_HartKillerSeptember 10, 2013 at 8:10 AM

    Hockey Canada's been doing the evil foreigner angle for decades now.

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  9. parallax1978September 10, 2013 at 8:21 AM

    Ummmmmm we all know that it was Austin who plotted the conspiracy to kill Owen!

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  10. jdg9September 10, 2013 at 8:25 AM

    Konnan isn't Mexican either. He's Cuban-American.

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  11. bWov1September 10, 2013 at 8:52 AM

    There was also a live Raw and Smackdown taping in the Maritimes (Halifax) on May 5-6, 2003. Austin did the beer bash on Raw and Hogan was under a mask as Mr. America on Smackdown. I had lower bowl seats for Raw and floor seats for Smackdown.

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  12. Biscuit!September 10, 2013 at 9:14 AM

    The best part about Rikidozan is that he was Korean.

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  13. Biscuit!September 10, 2013 at 9:15 AM

    Big Daddy waved the Union Jack, embarrassingly.

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  14. brocoreSeptember 10, 2013 at 9:37 AM

    From what I understand, Manny Fernandez cut some pretty insane promos in Puerto Rico where he'd compare the locals to dogs and play up his Mexican heritage, working off the racial enmity between Mexicans and Boricuas.

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  15. NateNashSeptember 10, 2013 at 11:34 AM

    Canadians and Mexicans are Americans -- Just saying...

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  16. Perfect CirclesSeptember 10, 2013 at 12:12 PM

    I think the question meant in the US did any US team every lose a flag match? The aforementioned one was not within our great borders.

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  17. WaylonMercy2K13September 10, 2013 at 1:08 PM

    I was just about to post that. I distinctly remember that episode of RAW had a Triple H/Kevin Nash beatdown that turned into a chase segment that dragged on for what felt like forever.

    Was the roster so thin they couldn't even use a few Sunday Night Heat guys? At least they would have done a better job of filling time than Hunter slowly beating up Nash followed by Nash slowly going after Hunter in the back.

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  18. PeteF3September 10, 2013 at 2:40 PM

    That was the entire basis of Japanese wrestling from its inception in the early 1950's up until about 1983.

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  19. PeteF3September 10, 2013 at 2:41 PM

    Los Gringos Locos, yes. Also Ken Timbs as El Fabuloso Blondy before that, as well as several "Migra" gimmicks.

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  20. PhredericSeptember 10, 2013 at 8:30 PM

    I didn't say that Konnan was Mexican. But he's a Mexican star and started in Mexican wrestling companies.

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  21. jdg9September 10, 2013 at 8:31 PM

    Yeah I know - I was just commenting on why Konnan could have fit in well with a 'foreign invader' gimmick in Mexico. I wasn't trying to be critical.

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  22. PhredericSeptember 10, 2013 at 8:32 PM

    Ah, misunderstood. Sorry.


    I dunno if evil foreigner was part of his gimmick from the beginning. Maybe it was like Bret Hart.

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  23. PhredericSeptember 10, 2013 at 8:33 PM

    I think he was of Korean descent, but Japanese birth.


    And it's kinda funny that they're a minority in Japan which faces incredible discrimination and racism. It'd be like if Lou Thesz was black.

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  24. Mark SatrangSeptember 23, 2013 at 10:26 PM

    "Neidhart suffered the most given that he's still married to Ellie."


    Well to be fair, Jim isn't looking so good these days either. How did Natalya come out of that union?

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