This week, it appears that WWE will be gracing us with only one hidden gem tomorrow. Considering its subject though, it’s quite the doozy. That subject is Tom Magee. For those not in the know, Tom Magee is a former pro weightlifter and bodybuilder who (legend has it) Vince McMahon hoped to anoint as “the next Hogan” during the mid to late ’80s. Most famously, he is known to have wrestled Bret Hart. The Hitman is said to have done such a great job at making the absolutely green rookie look like a million bucks that McMahon thought he’d landed on a goldmine. Unfortunately, Magee was quickly exposed and the Hart match never aired. To this day, it’s mentioned as a match that “WWE doesn’t want anyone to see” and a myth has therefore been built around it. More recently, the match was propelled back into the public consciousness after a fan (who is a friend of Bret) showed evidence of its existence, renewing hope that WWE would finally allow the infamous Hart vs Magee bout to see the light of day.

Tomorrow is not that day. What we are getting tomorrow though, is a match between Magee and Ted Dibiase. Dated 12/07/1988, it appears to come from a Wrestling Challenge taping. According to WWE themselves, the bout is “never-before-seen”. That seems pretty feasible considering this would be well after the bloom was off the proverbial rose in regard to the former bodybuilder and the then-WWF were well aware by this point that it took a world-class talent to squeeze even a passable match out of the man.

So, while this may not be THE match that everyone associates with the failed McMahon project that is Tom Magee, an argument could be made that WWE’s apparent response to the surfacing of that match is just as rare. I’ll leave that for you guys to decide in the comment section. For now, here is the official synopsis:

Wrestling Challenge Taping 12/07/1988 – The Mystical Magical Magee [Duration: 09:55] WWE Hall of Famer ‘Million Dollar Man’ Ted Dibiase battles the mystical Tom Magee in this never-before-seen contest from Challenge.

As a final reminder, the above match will be added to the Hidden Gems category of the Vault section on WWE Network tomorrow (April 11th) between 9 and 10 AM EST.