Interesting info. The nWo would have been much different. Bret deservedly earned that 20 yr deal for everything he gave to the business & to take care of his family. It's been almost 20 yrs since I've watched pro wrestling. If they had honored Bret's deal, the dream matches would have been epic. As he transitioned behind the scenes, the knowledge & expertise he could have brought to the current era could have been incredible. wwe land probably wouldn't the void of a wasteland with horrible storylines & misused talent that it has been for decades
@@aaronramnarain8142 Revenue was down the next year so Vince asked Bret to restructure the deal so it would be the same amount of money at the end of 20 years but the big pay off that was supposed to happen next year would be delayed and spread over the rest of the contract. From 1998 on they would have had no trouble reversing that, but they didn't know that in 1997. Bret refused to renegotiate so Vince had to let him out of the 20 year deal to avoid being on the hook for the full amount and the rest is history.
Facts Bret wasn’t wrong but he also went about it the wrong way as well trying be petty & rightfully so but he should’ve probably just been the bigger man and dropped the belt that was given to u cuz u didn’t win anything no one does it’s given to u
I’ve never heard this about Hogan coming back in 96, I’d have loved to see the 96-98 HBK tear him a new one on the microphone and in the ring. He managed to do at as a born again Christian in 2005 so it would be priceless seeing him doing it when he was out of control, Hogan’s ego would have been destroyed forever brother!
Maybe not in the public but you know there was some back channels between Vince McMahon and hulk Hogan in 1996. I can just imagine Hogan telling Vince McMahon to match the current pay in WCW or more and then he'll come back. Vince McMahon said f*** that.
When was that ? Because when I first seen him come on the scene in the WWF he was just a mid to bottom of the card filler in a stale tag team division.
@@Ijustinsultedyou' "Stale" tag team division' Muahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahshahshahahshshshshshshshsahhsshahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahhahahaahahahahahahahahahha
@@Ijustinsultedyou *He did this routinely- he'd always claim he could go back to Vince just so WCW would offer more money for him to resign. WCW, being run by a clueless prick like Bischoff, always fell for Hogan's politics.*
@@yoholmes273 Yeah a little Holmes before you were born it was a stale tag team division as far as real bonafide tag teams goes. It was basically just the killer bees and then they started adding to it.
Im from Germany and i can say that Bret opened the international market for the business, yes everyone knew who Hogan was, but here in europe the hitman was way more popular. He and the Warrior had the most impact outside the US.
Was Hogan seriously considering joining WWF? Or was he using WWF to drive up his price with WCW? "You had better give me $3.0 million per year brother, because that Vince McMahon dude is offering me $2.5 million. Whatcha gonna do brother when Hulk Hogan and these 24 inch pythons joins the WWF and leaves you?"
@Bryan Mack yup, not to mention that WWF would never give Hogan the creative control that he had with WCW. Never mind that WWF could never afford such a salary in 1996.
I always think people forget that WCWs appeal wasn't always the dollar amount but rather the dollar amount with the dates. Now Hogan is probably an exception on the amount but even if Vince gave him more than WCW the advantage lies with WCW and the much lesser schedule for the money
I wish they would tell more Shawn Michaels stories from 95-98 I feel like they told some many different Bret stories already I can’t keep up anymore lol 😂
Conrad and Bruce are gold together, but Conrad is a bit Bret obsessed. Some have criticized Bret… “I wasn’t (in a panicked voice). Relax dude, it’s okay. Bret was great but had his faults too.
Bret had the option to go to WCW around fall 96. Could you imagine him as the fourth man in the NWO? He would've gotten paid more, be in the hottest heel stable in wrestling, and wrestle guys like Guerrero, Benoit, Malenko, and Sting? Maybe later on bring in Bulldog and Owen later on...it would've changed the landscape of wrestling
@@king425onlyforrest7 Jordan is just one person. I look at all of these pro wrestling interview videos to get a bigger picture. So many deal with the past. Sports viewership is declining as well. Other than basketball channels, what other players are still talked about?
I think Bret would have really excelled at the office job on the back end of the contract. His matches were always so good. He told great stories. The ladder match was such a wonderful creation. I think he would have been really good in that position and I think he would have enjoyed it as well.
Imagine hogan going back in 96 he would have been like flair when flair returned to wcw, in wwf he would have been like it's no secret where we've been, cause u know mean gene would have followed him back
Bret could have put Vinces feet to the fire and not let him out of the contract..or at the very least make him honor it a little while longer. Bret still got paid but WCW was bad for him
Ill honour it terry[Hogan] Bret do you want a multi million doller deal. Bret says yes and vince after a few months shot it down. Vince is a prick as is Hogan. Bret stayed true and it cost him the most.
Sorry Bruce but ur wrong as usual. If vinnie could have seen past his nose he’d have realized Heel Hogan was the next evolution of Puke Hogan red n yellow.
@@attiepollard7847 it was going to pay Bret less when he wasn't a wrestler anymore for much less pay which basically just meant Vince would employ him for 20 years doing various jobs in the company.
Bret actually made it look like a real fight. He sold the opponent's moves and acted hurt. He also knew how to pace the match. A good wrestling match should have periods where the action slows down as the wrestlers get more tired and "more hurt". I put that in quotation marks because they aren't really hurt, but they are supposed to be acting hurt. Wrestling today has wrestlers getting kicked right in the face and then they get up immediately, run to the top turnbuckle, and then do a scissors kick while in mid-air. Do I admire their athleticism and acrobatic skills? Yes. But that stuff belongs in Cirque du Soleil, not professional wrestling that is supposed to be simulating a real fight.
@@js09js09 I think you could say he's boring to listen to now. Bret was excellent at his craft but it gets old hearing him say everything was everybody else's fault and he was the loyal standard bearer. Bret was selfish like all pro wrestlers are he's just done a fine job acting like he wasn't. He negotiated with WCW before and owned that the reason he didn't take their 1996 offer was because he didn't think they knew how to use his character. Vince asked him before telling him he couldn't afford the deal to defer some payment to later years and he said no, as he was entitled to do. But if you actually look at his actions he really isn't the company man he always claims he was and that just gets nauseating
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Interesting info. The nWo would have been much different. Bret deservedly earned that 20 yr deal for everything he gave to the business & to take care of his family. It's been almost 20 yrs since I've watched pro wrestling. If they had honored Bret's deal, the dream matches would have been epic. As he transitioned behind the scenes, the knowledge & expertise he could have brought to the current era could have been incredible. wwe land probably wouldn't the void of a wasteland with horrible storylines & misused talent that it has been for decades
And he would of never have gotten that concussion from GOLDBERG and his career would of been better and longer the what if in life we will never know
Which part did WWE not honour?
@@aaronramnarain8142 Revenue was down the next year so Vince asked Bret to restructure the deal so it would be the same amount of money at the end of 20 years but the big pay off that was supposed to happen next year would be delayed and spread over the rest of the contract. From 1998 on they would have had no trouble reversing that, but they didn't know that in 1997. Bret refused to renegotiate so Vince had to let him out of the 20 year deal to avoid being on the hook for the full amount and the rest is history.
@@aaronramnarain8142 pretty much all of it… It was a 20 yr contract that they got out of in year one.
Facts Bret wasn’t wrong but he also went about it the wrong way as well trying be petty & rightfully so but he should’ve probably just been the bigger man and dropped the belt that was given to u cuz u didn’t win anything no one does it’s given to u
I’ve never heard this about Hogan coming back in 96, I’d have loved to see the 96-98 HBK tear him a new one on the microphone and in the ring. He managed to do at as a born again Christian in 2005 so it would be priceless seeing him doing it when he was out of control, Hogan’s ego would have been destroyed forever brother!
Maybe not in the public but you know there was some back channels between Vince McMahon and hulk Hogan in 1996. I can just imagine Hogan telling Vince McMahon to match the current pay in WCW or more and then he'll come back. Vince McMahon said f*** that.
Yeah hogan was flirting with the idea to come back in 96 but they said he used it to get more money from wcw hogan didn’t really wanna leave
@@litodat233 I think he would have left to go back to WWF if he had the same terms in his contract with creativity control. But Vince said hell no
@@litodat233 that's news to me. more money, less physical work in wcw.
@@attiepollard7847 so how did vince get hogan back in '02?
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When Brett first came on the seen in the WWF I was very impressed .
When was that ? Because when I first seen him come on the scene in the WWF he was just a mid to bottom of the card filler in a stale tag team division.
@@Ijustinsultedyou' "Stale" tag team division' Muahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahshahshahahshshshshshshshsahhsshahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahhahahaahahahahahahahahahha
@@Ijustinsultedyou *He did this routinely- he'd always claim he could go back to Vince just so WCW would offer more money for him to resign. WCW, being run by a clueless prick like Bischoff, always fell for Hogan's politics.*
@@yoholmes273 Yeah a little Holmes before you were born it was a stale tag team division as far as real bonafide tag teams goes. It was basically just the killer bees and then they started adding to it.
@@IjustinsultedyouYou're soooooo foolish!!!!!Mushahshshshshshshshshsshshshshshshshahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha stop embarrassing yourself bra.
It was best they chose Bret anyway. I couldn't imagine WWF becoming big again with Hogan coming back after that awful 93 run
was it really best? he only lasted one year after signing it
@@QuentinDude I'd say so it lead to the screw job and wrestling set fire after
Lol, look how it turned out for them, Bret made the company lose 4 million and nearly made the company run out of business as Champion
Im from Germany and i can say that Bret opened the international market for the business, yes everyone knew who Hogan was, but here in europe the hitman was way more popular. He and the Warrior had the most impact outside the US.
Completely agree. Even here in India Bret was the most popular wrestler!
Was Hogan seriously considering joining WWF? Or was he using WWF to drive up his price with WCW? "You had better give me $3.0 million per year brother, because that Vince McMahon dude is offering me $2.5 million. Whatcha gonna do brother when Hulk Hogan and these 24 inch pythons joins the WWF and leaves you?"
@Bryan Mack yup, not to mention that WWF would never give Hogan the creative control that he had with WCW. Never mind that WWF could never afford such a salary in 1996.
I always think people forget that WCWs appeal wasn't always the dollar amount but rather the dollar amount with the dates. Now Hogan is probably an exception on the amount but even if Vince gave him more than WCW the advantage lies with WCW and the much lesser schedule for the money
he was never going to go back to WWF. He had a much lighter schedule in WCW.
@@QuentinDude and much more money.
In 1994 hogan asked Vince if he could match his WCW offer and Vince declined
crazy to think if Bret and the 20-year contract had worked out in a "perfect world," Bret's contract would have ended four years ago....
Bret Hart. Once in a lifetime talent.
i don't know. i actually rate bob backlund over him skill wise.
That couldn't draw a dime lol, so much for once in a lifetime talent
@@ed2307 Time for you to watch another Kliq presentation on the WWE network. Boytoy. You're blocked. Goodbye.
I wish they would tell more Shawn Michaels stories from 95-98 I feel like they told some many different Bret stories already I can’t keep up anymore lol 😂
Why not just review your copy of Playgirl?
No one wants to hear how vince tasted shawn!!!!!
@@nunyafuckinbizniz I mean I wanna hear more about his backstage antics I feel like they talk about Bret 24/7 already
Conrad and Bruce are gold together, but Conrad is a bit Bret obsessed. Some have criticized Bret… “I wasn’t (in a panicked voice). Relax dude, it’s okay. Bret was great but had his faults too.
Bret had the option to go to WCW around fall 96. Could you imagine him as the fourth man in the NWO? He would've gotten paid more, be in the hottest heel stable in wrestling, and wrestle guys like Guerrero, Benoit, Malenko, and Sting? Maybe later on bring in Bulldog and Owen later on...it would've changed the landscape of wrestling
He would have been terrible in the nWo
Still talking about this career 25 years later instead of the actual product because there's steady decline of enjoyment
People still tell stories from NBA during Jordan's heyday and basketball is still enjoyable
It's just their history.... every business does it
@@king425onlyforrest7 Jordan is just one person. I look at all of these pro wrestling interview videos to get a bigger picture. So many deal with the past. Sports viewership is declining as well. Other than basketball channels, what other players are still talked about?
and Hulk generated way more money than Bret, like he always did lol
I think Bret would have really excelled at the office job on the back end of the contract. His matches were always so good. He told great stories. The ladder match was such a wonderful creation. I think he would have been really good in that position and I think he would have enjoyed it as well.
This is a fascinating story.
Imagine hogan going back in 96 he would have been like flair when flair returned to wcw, in wwf he would have been like it's no secret where we've been, cause u know mean gene would have followed him back
Bret could have put Vinces feet to the fire and not let him out of the contract..or at the very least make him honor it a little while longer.
Bret still got paid but WCW was bad for him
Hogan was never going to go back to WWF at that time or any time that WCW was still in business. He had a light schedule and could make more in WCW>
Hogans best match ever was in Rocky 3. Man that chump blows
Imagine if the Montreal Screw Job was HBK vs Hogan.
Hogan must have demanded more than Bret's 20 year deal
with how badly injured & how old hogan was, i doubt it.
Honestly, listen to this at 0.25 playback speed. It’s fucking hilarious
conrad! stop interrupting Bruce, it's so annoying. hate it when interviewers do that.
Hulk was already leaving the WWF tho
Vince mcmahon and hhh ruined it for Bret Hart
Ill honour it terry[Hogan]
Bret do you want a multi million doller deal. Bret says yes and vince after a few months shot it down.
Vince is a prick as is Hogan.
Bret stayed true and it cost him the most.
Bret... Always thin skinned 🤦
Sorry Bruce but ur wrong as usual. If vinnie could have seen past his nose he’d have realized Heel Hogan was the next evolution of Puke Hogan red n yellow.
20 year deal...seriously, WHY???
As much as I love Bret Hart I'm glad they did not bring him back for 20 year deal. That is too long that is too much money.
@@attiepollard7847 it was going to pay Bret less when he wasn't a wrestler anymore for much less pay which basically just meant Vince would employ him for 20 years doing various jobs in the company.
I still choose bret over Hogan
Bret was better than Flair in telling stories. Sorry Conrad....
I love Bret Hart but let's be honest the dude is as boring as watching paint dry now
Now? As opposed to when? And why do you think he is boring now?
I think you are wrong big time but with that being said you are entitled to your opinion.
Bret actually made it look like a real fight. He sold the opponent's moves and acted hurt. He also knew how to pace the match. A good wrestling match should have periods where the action slows down as the wrestlers get more tired and "more hurt". I put that in quotation marks because they aren't really hurt, but they are supposed to be acting hurt. Wrestling today has wrestlers getting kicked right in the face and then they get up immediately, run to the top turnbuckle, and then do a scissors kick while in mid-air. Do I admire their athleticism and acrobatic skills? Yes. But that stuff belongs in Cirque du Soleil, not professional wrestling that is supposed to be simulating a real fight.
@@js09js09 The excellence of execution
@@js09js09 I think you could say he's boring to listen to now. Bret was excellent at his craft but it gets old hearing him say everything was everybody else's fault and he was the loyal standard bearer. Bret was selfish like all pro wrestlers are he's just done a fine job acting like he wasn't. He negotiated with WCW before and owned that the reason he didn't take their 1996 offer was because he didn't think they knew how to use his character. Vince asked him before telling him he couldn't afford the deal to defer some payment to later years and he said no, as he was entitled to do. But if you actually look at his actions he really isn't the company man he always claims he was and that just gets nauseating
Bret isn't in Hogan's league. Never was for a second
Yup Bret’s a lot betta!
Bret Hart was no Draw
Kinda hard to draw after Hulk lied about using steroids to the world
Bret was a draw especially to international house shows and PPV and during his 96 return to 97 feud with Austin, Sid, Undertaker and Shawn.
He drew excellent for the garbage programs and people they put him with
@Ze TheGame Bret didn't look like he took steroids.
hulk was a hard act to follow