Bret Hart sat down with us in London in October 2019 to discuss his run in WCW, the career ending injury with Goldberg, reuniting with Vince McMahon and more. Subscribe to the channel for more clips of our live shows and interviews and don't forget to like and comment too!
The problem with Bret was that he was an honorable guy living in a dishonorable environment.. and he expected the fans, the machine, and his colleagues to be honorable most of the time
How can you even say that? He was in a make believe sport that was scripted. How the hell are you honorable when you are an actor? He was self centered and delusional that the sport revolved around him.
@@markperry2827 I actually agree with you in that sense 100%.. I’m more referring to his mindset on values and etc… If you watch the doc on his situation with Shawn Michaels.. He hated everything HBK stood for.. Even though Bret cheated on his wife with Sunny.. Bret portrayed the image of an “honorable” guy with morals… This is why he almost completely failed in the attitude era after a while… Stone Cold, HBK, The Rock and more guys knew how to draw on the “immorality” of fans. Bret couldn’t do that… He was self-centered and pretty possessive over the outcome of matches. He also didnt play the locker room game the best way he could…
And that's one more reason why the WWF let Bret walk. The guy didn't wanna change with the times. Everyone else played ball. And the "Attitude Era" is seen by most fans as the best era in history. Bret was no more a degenerate than HBK. HBK never hid his lifestyle, and his character in wrestling resembled his personal life at the time. Shawn even called Bret out about it, and how big of hypocrite he was. Brett has his own "Sunny Days" on the road.
I agree, but can you blame him,wrestling was his life and instantly it was taken away from him.glad hes got peace now,just disappointing what could have been if he wasn't forced to retire.
I agree. It's awesome listening to a bitter, angry, jaded martyr who thinks he got a raw deal from everyone, buries everybody under the sun and walks around like a victim all the time. Incredibly entertaining.
Anybody who hates Hogan is alright in my book. Most of Bret's feelings about these topics I was already aware of anyway, but I'll listen to Bret shoot on the business any day of the week and enjoy it. As for WCW--even if he didn't get injured--the company was in Russo's toilet by the time Bret finally did get the Big Gold, so basically it was a hollow victory no matter what....
Exactly. I hate how when there's an obvious grudge, the interviewee sidesteps it with, "We didn't see eye to eye". Bret flat out says, "Hogan was a piece of shit"
Heartbreaking to watch. I love his advice about carrying around those rocks though. It will just eat you alive and eventually kill you if you don’t let it go. It’s good to see he is still alive and with us. Bret is awesome
@@thomasdavis4383 yes but in the end his career ended abruptly and he lost his little brother Owen which I’m sure was more important to him than just being rich or a star.
Supposably according to google take it for what you will Bret Hart is worth 14 million dollars that's more money than the average person will ever see in their lifetime. I believe you should make as much money as you can as a professional wrestler and then get out of the business. You say the wrestling business never gave anything back to Bret Harte. I'll look and give him a lifestyle it's up to the competitor. Just like they say in the UFC a lot of Fighters complain they have nothing left when they retire. Well if you're making $50,000 per fight you work three times a year that's $150,000 it's not up to WWE or the UFC or the NFL. And make you save your money they say the average NFL players broke within 3 years of retirement you know the reason why they're living in multimillion-dollar homes and have multi million dollars worth of cars. If you were like LeBron James living in a 4-bedroom 3-bath house that's 3000 square feet and your mortgage was 1200 bucks and you are driving a Honda Accord then of course you're going to have a ton of money left over. Are you going to think about it these guys are driving Land Rovers Ferraris Porsches living in 12 bedroom homes it's their fault they have nothing to show for it when they retire it's the same thing with you working tonight to 5 job if you never save money or invest you be broke when you retire
Got to meet him 3 years ago. I had to tell him thank you & your family for all the great wrestling memories. He replied by saying, "Thank you for watching"
I met him in Halifax, Nova Scotia. When he signed an autograph I leaned in and for laughs said "I always loved it when you kicked the crap out of shawn micheals" he smiled and said 'Me to"
@@Fayn757 I never heard the term mark before in reference to wrestling. I did look it up and seemed to mean fan that thinks wrestling is real. That wouldn't be me, if that is what you inferred, you took my comment to literal.
@@deadend1041, why not? It was therapeutic and can probably help other people suffering from negative feelings or other stroke victims on how to cope better.
Damn, hearing The Hitman talk about his stroke, his concussion, all of the medical and health trouble he's had it pains me. Bret Hart was a hero of mine as a kid. Man still is, and I'm 39. Literally one of the greatest and most underrated athletes of all time. He deserves far more respect.
For what is worth, Bret you’ll always be “The Hit Man” to myself and many others. I think you deserve more for your contribution to the world of wrestling.
Bret's biggest mistake was moving to wcw. Wwe had great plans for him. He would had done great and very well as austin's rival on attitude era. The hart foundation was a huge great heel group that could had rivaled the nwo. but when bret decided to move to wcw, wcw wrecked him. Wcw can't really give him a decent role compared to what roles he could had if he didn't left wwe. Then, came the time when goldberg the crappiest wrestler known for not being good on taking care on what he does. Goldberg ruined the great career that bret had. Bret returning to wwe, when wcw hadn't given him any decent role in wcw, would had been massive and possibly avoided what goldberg did to him...
montreal screw job , brothers wrongful death , concussion , davey boys , jim, his brothers smith and owen , nephew and friends deaths , his mother dying , A stroke, cancer and then his fathers death … this guy is a tough , he’s a survivor .. a role model
Everyone has that happen. The only one unique to him is the screw job. But many of us have toxic abusive relationships, a lot of us have negative working lives.
@@tbiz8459 The icing on the cake is the man responsible for coming up with Owen's fatal stunt is the same guy responsible for not only booking the Goldberg match but also working the crap out of Brett while injured making him do dangerous stunts that probably made the concussion so much worse. Vince Russo can single handedly be credited for the destruction of the Heart Foundation
I was at this event in London . Bret Hart has a lot of integrity, it was a pleasure to see him . This was my third time seeing him and it was worth it every time .
When people called him bitter & angry, even roasting Bret over it, I always asked myself: how can you possibly blame someone being bitter after losing (almost) everything the person loved? Not just liked but loved? It never got into my brain how even other wrestlers and officials or even fans were roasting Bret over it. Bret Hart lost SO many things he loved from the bottom of his heart, from Owen to Wrestling to everything than went with it, and people laughed about him being bitter all these years. My perception of Bret Hart is nothing but having absolute respect for him. He burried hatches with Shawn and Vince McMahon and behaved so superior despite all these bad things that happened to him, only to finally find peace for himself. That's ... that's just wow! So much respect for that! He IS truly one of the 10 greatest and best wrestlers to ever step a foot into a ring and, I guess, a great person in life!
His anger is still there. It's not right to blame Goldberg for his career ending nor should he make comments like Goldberg could have given him some money from his 3 million dollar deal overseas. This interview sounded like a giant pitty party for himself. Brett knew the risks of potential injury everytime he stepped into that ring more than any other wrestler at that time because he seen it up close and personal with Owen. I equate his wrestling career ending to you or I losing our jobs and having to start over. It happens everyday to normal people who usually have no savings while he had millions and still does, but they get through it. It's called life. You can't tell me that Brett Hart has nothing else to bring to the table of a new career. I just have no respect for a man who goes on national TV and cries poor me, I lost this, I lost that, it's their fault, he didn't call me right away, he could have taken a little something from that 3 million dollar deal overseas and given it to me (entitlement much), wah wah wah. I respected him as a wrestler, but not anymore as a grown man. I do fully understand what he went through because I lost the best career of my life due to injury, and I moved forward and to this day have never blamed anyone else, claimed that the world owes me. He is still bitter and very angry.
@@Reality852 As someone who's been through shit, you should have more compassion for those who have been through shit as well. Instead, you go the other way and get selfish, basically saying "I suffered in my life and didn't complain, so Bret Hart Shouldn't" or "He made a lot of money. He should be happy." You think denying yourself of feeling what you need to feel about the things you've lost in your life, is somehow noble and that everybody should be doing. That's your mistake. You are allowed to feel whatever way you want about your life because you are the one living it. Making the sacrifices for it. Working your ass off for it. If there is anything in this world you can feel whatever you want about, and nobody could tell you otherwise, it is your own life. You earned that right. Likewise Bret Hart is allowed to feel what he feels about his life. He worked his ass off for it and sacrificed for it. He's the who will continue to be living with the absence of his brother, his health and his career; circumstances he didn't choose these things. It doesn't matter how long it's been. He's the one in it. You and many others just dismiss him as bitter and angry and expect him to get over it just because of your own personal reasons. It's got nothing to do with him.
@@1986Unlimited It’s not that I don’t have compassion or empathize for Brett, it’s just been decades since his incident. Compassion and empathy only lasts for so long. He is still living in the past which is keeping him from fully living in the present. Brett was worth millions when he medically retired and is worth more even today. How entitled is he to say Goldberg should have given him some money from his 3 million dollar deal overseas. He wasn’t hurting for money, so what difference would that have made what so ever? You Calum can’t deny that’s wrong of Brett to do that. If Brett felt Goldberg owed him money, he should have sued him in court. You miss quoted me drastically. Let's discuss his so called feelings that you emphasized about so much. Feelings aren't a right like you claim. Feelings are natural reactions we have as individuals within ourselves that help us decipher things in life that allow us to know if it's good, bad, right, wrong, pain, anguish, happy sad etc. in which then we may use insight to make good decisions and/or become better people if we choose. His feelings are his own, and feelings don't do anything for anyone else or anything else in this world except for the individual alone who feels them. I did empathize for him, many years ago when it happened. His situation was sad. Here comes the harsh part... Life isn't fair, it never will be. I'm sure he knows this. Life isn't about how hard you can hit, or be hit. Life is about getting hit, to continue to get hit and to keep getting up and moving forward because life will beat you down if you let it. My original statement is he is wrong to say Goldberg owes him. Goldberg doesn't owe him anything. He made the choice to get in that ring knowing the risks. He knew the risks more than any other wrestler in that day and age because of his first hand experience with Owen. He should be mad at no one but himself. He chose to get in that ring. He chose not to sue the company or Goldberg. Crying about your life on national TV isn't a right. Claiming the world owes you isn't a right and it’s wrong. I hear people say he overcame all of this. No he hasn’t, he is still very angry about it as it obviously shows in this video. The fact that he still crying about it decades later is sad and pathetic in my opinion. You stated that Brett will continue to live without his brother, his health and his career by circumstances he didn’t choose. You are absolutely right. I just want to say he would have lost those 3 things eventually in life regardless of circumstances as well you and I will too one day. This is life, life has risks, life isn't fair, life can be very cruel. The point about this is to accept these facts early and mentally prepare, then find it within yourself to be thankful for what you do have. My advice to you is expect the worst and hope for the best while always remembering that tomorrow is never a guarantee. What I find funny is how you lectured me about Brett Harts feelings are his right and no one should tell him otherwise. Your entire reply comment is extremely and overwhelmingly hypocritical because you are telling me I should feel more compassionate and accusing me of being selfish at the same time saying people should feel what ever they feel without being told otherwise which is exactly what you are doing. What happened to my so-called "right” to feel whatever I feel without others telling me otherwise? I have intelligent advice for you. Think before you speak, really think about the message you want to relay to another; then be as detailed as possible to ensure the right message is delivered and understood. You said I feel noble about denying feelings for things I’ve lost in life. I don’t feel noble about it. I’m just not going to continue to let something I've lost and isn't in my life anymore while I have no control over the situation have power over me and wear me down. I accept life for what it is and find new ways to be happy. It’s a great life skill called adaptation. I have also learned another great life skill called gratitude, which is too find praise and appreciation for the things I do have in life and I'm some cases don't have anymore. I would have never met my wife who is the woman of my dreams if I didn't lose my career/dream job injury. When it happened, I was angry and chose to move forward in life and be happy again. Then eventually I met the woman of my dreams who I eventually married and realized that day I lost my dream career was a blessing in disguise. You said I dismiss him for my own personal reasons. You’re wrong. I dismiss him because he is weak and pathetic. He used to be strong, ambitious, someone to respect and look up too. He lost his way. Brett Hart was a great wrestler, a wrestling legend, but now he’s just a greedy, whiney, pathetic excuse of a man crying that the world owes him when he has more than 95 percent of the world. I don’t respect weak. I don’t respect whiney, I can’t and I won't. That's why I dismiss him.
WCW was a mess they had no management if u werent close with Hogan and that lil clique u werent getting over. Nash didnt like Bret and at time they were strapping a rocket to Goldbergs back so wasnt much room for some of the Vets coming in. Most time they just added them to the long drawn out NWO thing where theyd keep adding members and have them talk for an hour to fill TV time. If theyd of had any kind of management structure there WCW would probably still be around.
Let's not forget the finger point of doom, detective Dewey becoming world champion, Eric bischoff giving away Raw's results (Mick Foley) winning the belt killed WCW by bischoffs mouth himself.
That was over 20 years ago and Goldberg has continuously apologized, at this point I just think that Bret WANTS to be angry, Droz is paralyzed and will never walk again, but he holds no ill will toward D-lo, Bret Hart still has all of his mobility, Bret Hart needs to think about Darren drozdov and ask himself "should I REALLY still be angry at Goldberg"? Things could have ended up a lot worse for Bret
Bret would have known what he was getting into moving to that circus. He went for the money, & can’t seem to accept his own actions. Moans about wrestlers going to Saudi for $3m, yet he walked for exactly the same reason.... MONEY.
My fience left me for her heroin dealer that beat her to death, and he didn’t go to prison. I’m a much happier guy than Bret Hart, who lived a childhood dream while becoming a millionaire with his family and friends.
@@thedude5600 yup. Truthfully, he never wanted to leave WWE. He was forced to. And when he got to WCW, he phoned it in. WCW had no idea what to do with Bret, and Bret didn't care enough fir WCW to put all the effort in. It was just a paycheck.
you can tell that this man loved wrestling, but the business chewed him and spat him out a broken man. I feel so bad for Bret. Such a legend, doesn't deserve this.
@@unknownunknown3692 i mean the business took his brother from him, gave him a severe concussion, he got screwed by a man he gave 10 years of his life to, fair to say that the business didn’t treat him well
@@etienne1313 vince just made him tap out by the sharpshoot everybosy knew it was cheating. Wow how embarissing, his brother death was hard but thats life. He just is bitterness and thats his problem. His life was all about wrestling knew nothing else and after the bussines he didnt know what to do, thats it
@@unknownunknown3692 do you know anything about Montreal? You do know that the whole thing is that Bret didn't tap ? Do you realise how horrible it must've felt for Bret to see his employer and friend Vince McMahon betray a promise that he made to him (vince told Bret he would'nt be dropping the title in Canada as a thank you for all his work). The death of his brother wasn't just tough, it was avoidable. WWE didn't protect him enough to do the entrance, and that's why he fell to his death.
It’s honestly great that you gave Bret this platform to just speak his mind and give us the pleasure of hearing the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be tell his story. Thank you
Since i was a child 30 years ago, he always was one of the best for me. He is a hard working straight guy. A Role Model for young kids. Thx for everyting Bret.
He seems like an honorable guy with principles and if you were his friend, you can trust him. It’s too bad that he never seems happy. I wish him peace and happiness.
If Brett was truly the miserable bitter person that people claim he is he would have tried to kill himself by now. It's just his personality. He's not super outgoing.
@@grantmcphee5149its not about being outgoing or a homebody. Some of the happiest and most peaceful people I know are introverts. But overall Bret just seems very bitter and idealistic. Accidents happen all the time in wrestling. That's just the name of the game he signed up for. He has also aged badly. Compare him to Vince McMahon. Vince is still kicking ass in the gym. Bret looks way older than he is.
I trust 100% what Bret “The Hitman” Hart is saying. Everything he says about Hulk Hogan is matching what other wrestlers are saying. Bret Hart gave his body to the business of wrestling because that was his families legacy. The best there is and the best there was and the best there ever will be.
I disagree with them being the best that's ever been. That would be The Von Eric's in my opinion! But I do love the "Hitman and the Anvil" both. There were so many Great Wrestlers during this era in America!
Bret was on top of the profession he loved, then got cheated, went to a new company, got crappy creative to work with, lost his brother, then got his career ended by a careless monster, lost his wife, lost the use of his left side... Anyone who thinks he’s just sour or bitter, ask yourself if you could hold up even half as well as Bret has.
Cheated? As much as it is considered a legendary heel promo... Vince was right. Bret screwed Bret. He wants to talk about integrity but the reality of the situation is he was more or less holding the promoter's belt ransom. If the promoter wants you to fucking lose the belt on your way out then fucking do what he wants because it is his company. The real world equivalent to what he did would be if your employer sent you to the bank with a deposit. Thing is, you don't like the bank that they use because of its location and a previous situation with one of its employees. So you demand that they switch banks or you are not making the deposit. If you were to do that, your ass would be sitting in a jail cell. Bret is so far removed from reality that this logic would be lost on him. Sure, Shawn may have been a shithead & Bret might be a "Canadian Hero" but if that's who & where the owner of the company wants to go with then you do your fucking job. The only thing I agree with here is that WCW had no idea what they were doing... They put the World title on his ungrateful ass twice and the US title an additional four times. Seeing how bitter he is at them nowadays, he shouldn't have even got that.
@@TheShadowBrigade Exactly! Who cares if they were in Canada? It’s not Brett’s company, it’s Vince’s. They tried to work out a finish with Brett, but he refused. The way Brett acted is very likely the reason he wasn’t pushed to the moon in WCW. They were going to take a wait and see approach
I don't think you can call gold berg a careless monster,it wasn't like the kick was intentional but it was a stupid mistake that was both goldberg and wcw.
@@TheShadowBrigade You're not exactly wrong but there is a pretty solid difference. When you have an arrangement with your company it should be honored on "both" sides. The bigger issue here is although Bret did refuse to do business, Bret's boss didn't do his job as a boss. Instead the boss played along with the shenanigans as if he too were a part of it. It would be like in your bank scenario in which your employer acknowledges your refusal to make the deposit, but then instead of taking the appropriate disciplinary action as an employer would, they instead send another employee to fight you and take the deposit back which adds to the drama. Which is exactly what happened here. If this was about following procedures then the company should have also followed its own procedure instead of validating what it's employee did by playing along. That's even less professional than what the employee did. The other thing is Bret said he would have dropped it but Shawn being Shawn, Bret said fk him basically. Their boss said his piece but then said to Bret ok and instead plotted and schemed a way around that refusal. Don't employers terminate employees for issues with workplace ethics? If Vince wasn't ok with it then Vince shouldn't have left it up to the employees to figure it out. What employer leaves it up to its employees to dispute over how to handle a bank deposit?
It breaks my heart to see our childhood favorite wrestler, reduced to sadness and grief when he looks back on his life. Truly today will not last and tommorow is never promised. Thank you Bret for being my hero
@@deadend1041 Why wouldn’t you be a fan of Bret Hart the person? Bret Hart the person is at least 98% of the Hitman character we saw on TV all of those years. Judgements like this should purely be reserved for the Hulk Hogans of the pro wrestling world since while the Hulk character is great Terry Bollea the man behind it is largely a shit human being.
@@Krobusss dude bret just had these weird obsessed negative fans. It's so bizarre lol ill never understand these bret haters and their weird obsessions
@@joshuaa1605 I think you’re right and I think also it may be because those type of fans are authoritarian SJW types. In other words they take Vince’s side on the whole Montreal Screwjob issue and consider Bret wrong and to be a whiner because in their tiny authoritarian minds you always have to listen to and follow your bosses orders and do what’s best for your boss no matter what. In anycase what these little turds seem to always conveniently overlook or forget is that Bret had a real world and not kayfabe creative control of his character contract which Vince violated via moving forward with the screwjob which in other words means Bret could’ve sued Vince/WWE into the ground and won big money had he chose to do so because he not Vince was legally in the right. Most likely Bret ultimately chose not to sue as one day he probably hoped to secure and preserve his pro wrestling legacy via having positive DVD’s and Blu Ray discs of his career released to the public over time by Vince/WWE but which would be a next to impossible thing to have happen once you’re blacklisted which suing Vince and winning very bigly would likely provoke. That and despite all of Bret’s righteous anger at WWE he likely still didn’t want to hurt the business by suing WWE and winning big as this could hurt many of the guy’s and their careers who supported Bret and made it harder for the WWE to function in general since it takes an enormous amount of money to keep a global wrestling promotion like that open. Lastly whatever other character and personality flaws Bret freely lists about himself in his book which these authoritarian fans have likely never read so he’s not exactly hiding any deep dark secrets about himself. He tells us he was a bad husband who cheated on Julie his first wife and that Owen was a far more loyal man to his own wife Martha than Bret ever himself was to his and Bret also admits to doing hard drugs with Roddy Piper and the boys on the road likely for the same reason most wrestlers give for doing them which is to combat the physical pain of the job as well it’s often to combat loneliness and boredom.
Ya..and Ric Flair recently says that he doesn’t understand why Bret would still bitch and complain bout the past and he would complain bout everyone including Eric Bischoff and including Flair..poor Bret he’s been through a lot of shit..hope he gets some help.
It’s reasonable to be angry when the anger is justified. What do they want from him? To pretend, to be fake and cheery for their sake. That’s as stressful as the anger.
The thing you have to love about Bret, is he is to wrestling what Jordan or Kobe are to basketball, just in terms of his mentality - if not his career accomplishments. He truly lived for wrestling from day one, and it's not just something he did as a means to an end, or to get into hollywood, or to get into UFC... it was all wrestling for Bret and the tragedy that's come from it in his family is sad. But it's great to know he's a hall of famer.
Wrestlers in the 90s had so much character and uniqueness. Mankind, undertaker, HBK, Bret, hogan, and many more. Each amazing and different in their own way. Nowadays it doesn’t exist
Especially considering the kayfabe reasons beyond his heel turn. Bret was lowkey justified. Taker, Shawn Michael’s, and especially Stone Cold kept screwing Bret and pushing him to his limit.
@@DarksaberForce Well, backstage nothing. As far as I know in real life Steve Austin, Taker and Bret all have enormous amounts of respect for each other. On kayfabe tho, hoo boy. All 3 of them including Shawn basically made Bret’s life hell. They were pretty much constantly in competition with each other for the WWF Title, with occasional interference from Sid or Vader, and all of them really laid the foundations for his ‘97 heel turn and the re-formation of the Hart Foundation with the additions of Davey Boy, Brian Pillman and Owen. With Bret now having family watching his back, the stable dominated. 97 was a great year I feel for WWF.
@@DarksaberForce you don't remember all the storyline taunting and attacks and interference Austin was giving Bret? Remember Austin was acting as a heel but it was blurring the lines in the fans because people were getting behind him. That's what that MadMongol comment is referring to. And Taker and Shawn were in the mix gunning for the title so they were interrupting promos and doing attacks and run ins as well.
Tragic. Feel for this man. He didn't engineer his fate - it was completely taken out of his hands. He was a victim of other folks' awful booking decisions. What is great is his work is absolutely immortalised and will always shine for its quality and significance.
Imagine if he had had real character like say Larry Bird whose career was cut short and then went into coaching and management imagine if Bret Hart had decided his life was gonna go on but it didn't because he didn't even try to overcome it. I feel a mixture of pity and disgust for the man sadly it taints my childhood memories of how good he was with the heart foundation and his early singles career
Bret says he "knew" that Vince McMahon was going to screw him over. He also says that Vader warned him about Vince's intention to make him look bad in his final WWE match --- yet, Bret decided to go into the match as the World Champion and "leave" with the title? Hello! Vince was not going to allow another Alundra Blayze-type incident to scathe his company immediately after Survivor Series '97 -- especially at the height of the Monday Night Wars. Bret Hart had to be out of his mind to think that he had any "chance in hell" of leaving that arena in Montreal with the WWE title.
@Solid Snake And put the belt on him. Regardless of his booking at times, Russo always been a non political guy. He always tried to give everyone on the roster a fair shot. A majority of the wrestlers he worked with enjoyed the opportunities he gave him.
Bret Hart had a hole in the back of his neck and his doctor said the back of his head felt like "hamburger." You do NOT get those injuries from being kicked in the face. Goldberg gave Bret a concussion, but the sum of Bret's pre-existing injuries led to his doctor telling him his career was over. Bret, and the internet, just want to blame Goldberg. Goldberg was unsafe and was too green for the push he had, but he didn't end Bret's career. It seems like he likes to blame other people for his problems. Who knows how much longer Bret's career would have been if he had taken time off and healed. Hell, after that Goldberg match Bret wrestled NINE more times and had matches involving weapons.
Considering all the loss that Bret has endured with losing his loved ones and his career being cut short, its incredible how he is able to cope with his situation when many others most likely wouldn't.
I almost straight up cried watching this. Brett was literally like a superhero to me as a kid. I had the freakin action figures and beat up dolls and posters and would always use him on video games. To see him like this tore me up as an adult now. Im glad hes doing okay to tell about it.
It's hard watching the guys I thought of as heroes growing up be so open and personal. I count myself privileged to grow up in the 70's and 80's when the best wrestlers of all time began their careers.
Lol Same with me. I mean, I knew Bret was awesome but as a child I couldn't appreciate just how big of a legend the guy truly was. My respect for Bret grows each yr
If Owen doesn't die and Bret isn't screwed, they go on to be the GOATS of the business. I picture Owen and Bret being tag champs multiple times, have amazing storylines, main eventing wrestlemania, opening wrestling schools, and just pioneering the sport in a way no-one else has. Look what they did even with the fact they are the most under utilized wrestlers of all time. That's the real tragedy here. What could've been. What should've been.
@@chop54321 still doesn't stop the fact Owen died and forever altered the wrestling business. We could speculate all day, but facts are facts. And Bret was over AND the champ, and had no interest in losing it. So, when exactly was he going to leave?
@@chop54321 ill give you that. Doesn't quite add up as to why he was so mad and KOed the boss though. And really who knows if Bret would've really left. He loved the WWE. His brother wrestled there. I think what Bret was really looking for was a fresh outlook. Fresh storylines. Fresh matches, opponents etc. And watching WCW steal the ratings and become a wrestling giant themselves does help the fact. But eh, who knows.
@@gigistephens4633 Gary, he had already signed the WCW contract the week before. He was locked into WCW before the day of the PPV. He was leaving no matter what. That’s why WWE needed him to drop the title, but he refused. The Screwjob had absolutely nothing to do with him leaving.
Bret was my hero growing up & every time I watch him in an interview where they play his music first I smile and get chills bc embodies what it means to be an icon, a legend and a truly great talent! Bret, your fans will stand by you to the end. We recognize how special and rare and talented you were / are. Thank you!
It's crazy to reflect on life and see people age, die, etc. Even when not family. These wrestlers in old WWF in the 80s were specific type of characters to a little boy and growing up with them always being around and having adventures you can watch on TV. Bret's whole persona was cool as hell. Glad I got to experience it as a little boy.
Me and you both! I always loved that he wore the shades everywhere, those were good times back then! Wrestling actually had good storylines and lead ups in my opinion. I do not watch it now and haven’t in 25 years or more cause the people they had back then will never be recreated
I always told myself as a kid “one day I’ll be big e Pugh to kick lex Lugers ass”. Let me catch him now and we’ll see how tough he is. I’ll literally do what I want to him.
Man it hurts me to see Brett old and gray. He’s a legend for life. Never heard his story until 2021 and I’ve been watching him since 1992! He’s a genuine guy, sucks he got screwed
I'm 43 years old. I watched Bret Hart from 1984- 1998. He was the best technician I've ever seen in the ring. His ring psychology could be a semester in college in itself. He was so freaking smooth... His heal work in the mid 80's was vicious. Bret was the guy that had to fall for wrestling to break kayfabe. Such a shame... However, Bret has his health, family, happiness, and money to live comfortable the rest of his life.
Have you ever noticed that no one paints Bret Hart in a light where he has been enjoying his health family and happiness for the rest of his life? they always described him as miserable and bitter. Ultimately I think the story Scott Hall tells about how he decorated his house with giant pictures of himself as a shrine to the hit man is the other half of that story. He was also a mark for himself and had it taken away from him and never got over it.
@@deadend1041 lol yea man..because bret having a room dedicated to his career means ur just a mark for urself. U do know hogan has the same thing right ? So did warrior... and Scott hall.prob would too if he even owned a room 🤣🤣🤣 I see u all over these comments hating on bret.. ur obsessed dude
@@TheRetroManRandySavage lol but it's not every room. That's the problem here lol thags just a made up lie. U can see his house on all his documentaries and I never even seen 1 pic of him outside that room.
Bret is just a class act. Been through so much, still talking about forgiveness. The bit about carrying the big bag of rocks daily is just too true. Absolute top of his class, best technical wrestler
The only thing I want to say is that Brett is entitled to his feelings because he lived it and felt it. It’s a tough road to ride but he did it, he lived it and he is and will always be. Thank you for your sacrifice and it’s been a pleasure to watch you perform. 💜 Sincerely.
This is why you'll always be the best there was,the best there is, and the best there ever will be. You're still a hero who helps people put things into perspective in their lives
I actually met him a few times at wrestling meet n greets. He is a class act and treats his fans like gold we talked like he and I were friends. Fond memories
I'd love to meet Bret too, just to give him thanks for years of his excellent matches. He's a man of great integrity and dignity. (You can understand this if you read his book.) He's the best there is, was, or ever will be. It wasn't a gimmick, it was just the truth. (in my eyes)
Above all else, what hurts Bret the most is to never have had the chance to step foot in a ring for another match and put a close on his career exactly how he would have wanted to. Beyond all the money his injury could ever have cost him.
Bret heart is a damn national treasure. He is so upfront and doesn't beat around the bush when he talks and really paints a vivid picture. Always love his interviews.
@@vastexpanse8606 Man I used to be the biggest Bret Hart fan, but 20+ years of complaining is enough. Yes Bret you got screwed, but damn can you admit that you were fricking difficult to work with at the end? No champ before him got to just hand the belt over when they're leaving the company. Everyone loses, but he didn't think he had to do it? 24 years later I side more with Vince than Bret.
@@Jukeboxster he has said over and over he was willing to lose, but he didnt want it to be in Montreal and definitely not to Shawn who literally wouldn't do it for Bret...Why do you leave that important part out???
@@jesseswarbrick7895 Bottom line is that he was leaving the company for the competition. Bret was leaving and Shawn was staying. If the roles were flipped and Shawn was the one leaving they would've sided with Bret. When you're leaving the company all of that "paying back the favor" goes out of the window. Basically, I don't think the company is under any obligation to comply with a wrestler's wishes on how he wants to lose the title if he's leaving.
When exactly should he have been the face of WCW? 1997? That was Sting's time. 1998? Goldberg. 1999? He was already way past his prime and DDP was way more popular than him. 2000? Booker T's time. 2001? WCW was dead.
You do make a good point but in 1997 to about 2001 the face of world championship wrestling was Hulk Hogan sting and Goldberg in the NWO even Ric Flair and The Four Horsemen were really big at that time. Even though Bret the Hitman Hart was one hell of a star when I came to wrestling he was more of a star and the early 90s you win the Attitude Era of the WWE happen he kind of fizzled out. Because in those days but like 1997 to 2001 people love Stone Cold Steve Austin Triple H and D-Generation X and Bret the Hitman Hart his character wasn't resonating I don't think with the crowd like it was an early 90s when he would go and give his sunglasses to a kid. I would say the early 90s Bret Hart was one of the biggest stars to ever compete. But we will always say these guys are worth millions of dollars it's up to them what they do with their money and if they're not financially fit after they retire that's their problem for living a luxury lifestyle you can make millions of dollars every year. And live like you make 40,000 and you will always have money that's what the most rich people say they do
This man is wrestling through and through, he should of been in the background as scriptwriter after his unfortunate incident. He lost more than he gained through wrestling which is sad as this was his passion. No wonder we don’t get to see him smile. In my eyes, he’ll always be my number 1 legend along with Glen Jacobs.
I know everything about Bret at this point. He used to be my favorite wrestler but he's turned into someone I don't even recognize anymore. Of course he has reason to be bitter, but so do millions of other people in this world. Overall, he has a lot to be thankful for. He can stay in the past but he's only hurting himself. What will bring this man peace? Is this the best example for his son, "hey son, hold grudges, don't forgive people, hold on to anger?"
@@Jukeboxster well are those millions of ppl asked all the time about their tragedies? He is answering a question that he has been asked millions of times, what do you want him to say at this point?
That was incredible. Bret was and will always be my favorite and the best there ever was. To hear him talk about what happened and what he went threw , well I'd just love to meet him someday. Guy deserves so much more and I hope he's still making money off of his epicly stunning career. Number 1 on my list. Thanks Hitman for everything you and Owen and family gave to us fans.
Man bret Hart has got to be one of the biggest tragedies in wrestling, the man who lives and breaths wrestling had his last years stolen by people who didn't have the same care, tragic
@J D He was originally staying with WWE but Vince said he couldn't afford him just few years before he constantly talked about it being a billionaire company. Also if he didn't go to WCW Owen probably isn't going up to rafters so maybe the man has that pain to deal with and then the stroke concussion which can affect a person emotions.
@@88gillies Bret's decision, he refused to renegotiate. Thankfully freeing up his albatross of a deal led to Tyson & then heel Vince which turned the company round.
If he wasn't such an egomaniac and would have dropped the belt when they wanted him to this all could have been avoided. Its his own fault. Instead the guy took a fake belt way too seriously and cost himself a great end to his career.
You’re too young to remember Owen Hart? Bruiser Brody? The Von Erich’s? Bret has a stellar career, toured the world, wrestled the best...and is still alive and healthy. Your definition of tragedy seems 10-ply
Anyone who isn't I believe they joined the wrestling world around 97 and never really got to watch the excellence of execution. Because it's impossible not to respect this man's legendary career.
@The fuckeroos and so will pretty much every single wrestler that ever lived.. tell me hogan, flair, savage, Shawn etc weren't marks for themselves lol they all are. If you're not and u dont think ur the best then u shouldn't be in the wrestling business
Ppl always hate on him... he's bitter, etc. But I can honestly say he's one of the realist ever. He never contradicts himself and he stays the same no matter who he is in front of... a lot of wrestlers act differently when certain ppl are in front of them. To me, he's the best ever.
He truly is and for ever will be .. the best that was, the best that is and the best that ever will be. I can't even put in words how much i wanted to be the kid getting his sun glasses. I was just a kid somewhere in Germany, watching WWF recordings at late night television ... but damn, he gave me goosebumps every entrance. In my mind, he had to be the coolest guy on the planet. And without knowing it for sure, i am convinced he marked many kids in my generations with his cool . I wonder how many of us are actually tiny bret hart's in their hearts.
1. Watching Bret fight back tears and trying to cover it up was tough to watch... that coughing and putting his face to the mic... the having a drink... I think that was all just trying to hold it in. This man gave his all. 2. I love how the interviewer just shut up and let Bret talk... a lot of interviewers in social media try to make it about them or get so excited talking to a legend they just keep interrupting or chiming in. This guy put the mic in his lap and just listened. Thank you for that. Hats off!
“ Bret hart” the best there is the best there was and the best there ever will be.. thank you for all my child hood memories you were always my favorite wrestler along “ the ultimate warrior “thank you Bret u will always be a legend
People who argue that Bret is "bitter" and that no one else in wrestling is, clearly has never listened to anyone but Bret Hart. Also, people like Hogan, Bischoff, Russo, Hall, etc are attention seekers and liars through and through. Always have been. At least Bret is genuine, and no one has EVER said any different.
A business where drugs and alcohol and steroids and frivolous sex with ring rats and all the late nights and hard days at work. All the competitiveness of the industry, Moolah being a prime example of a Snake, and surely she wasn't the only one, and yet people can listen to all the Carnies talk shit about Bret, who Admitted his wrongdoings that ended his marriage, and the Marks just eat it up and vilify Bret Hart for maintaining the same story all these years later, while HHH and HBK and the rest who have a marketed interest in saying nice things about the company they work for, change their story details over the years and give vague nonspecific answers..like HBK on the Broken Skull sessions tripping and stuttering and saying a whole lot without actually saying anything....LOL. It's hard to have faith in humanity when there is this level of mob mentality from so little facts and truth.
The thing about Bret is he was not smart enough to understand the gang concept going down in WcW. He just did not understand what was going on and was still thinking matches were 1991 style. Bret did not evolve
Hogan and Bischoff are definitely liars. I’d probably say that Bischoff is one the scummiest pieces of shit in that entire industry only behind Vince McMahon. I give McMahon credit for building up that industry but his shady business practices are well known. He may have been a great businessman but he was a complete asshole in terms of character. True to his ring persona which is ironic because ring personas are usually the complete opposite of that person.
He sounded pretty bitter saying goldberg didn't send him money because of a concussion when his own brother never even called never even had the balls to call Steve Austin after breaking his neck. Concussions happen it's not like he deliberately set out to hurt him, or that he did a move he shouldn't have been doing like his brother.
@@danielgirard3722 It wasn't just a concussion. It was a career ending concussion. That was the end for him. It's also not Bret's fault that Owen didn't call Stone Cold.
There are people who are open books, and there is Bret Hart. The man is like a billboard as he doesn't shy away from everything and tells it how it is. Massive influence in my life and will always be a hero to me
I love the way Brett talks about wrestling with child like wonder. You can tell he loves his craft. He’s filled with emotion when he speaks on his career.
He is a bitch of a man! Any legend will tell you a hell of a story, but not all will blame the newcomers for their career ending injuries. Look at Sting and Rick Rude. Booker T and Stone Cold, when Booker T came to WWE and injured Stone Colds back. Take just those in consideration
@@silverdollar7594 so stone cold is a b*tch then.... because he tells that booker t story all the time! Never realized stone cold Is a bitter, angry, whiney dude just like bret i guess..... judging by ur logic anyway
“The questions were so bullshit that yeah there’s a Owen Hart DVD but it’s the shits. It’s the shits it’s the shits” - “The wrestling with shadows dvd captured the screw job well. When you see triple H cowering from my Ex-Wife and denying his involvement. There ya go there’s your piece of shit right there.” -Bret Hart
I watched Bret before The Hart Foundation was formed. I knew he was going to be “The best there is “ well you know the rest . I love him for his passion,dedication and his commitment to the sport. I followed him from beginning and have nothing but the most utmost love and respect for a great man.
My memories of the hitman will always be great. All the classic matches in the wwf, playing as bret hart on snes video games, and just his persona and performance in the ring...just a legend and one of my best childhood wrestling heroes.
Fantastic message about the importance of letting go of a negative experience and not carrying around. You might feel like that resentment is being targeted at the perpetrator, but ultimately they know nothing of it, and the one with those emotions is the one that suffers.
Bret will always be the best there is, the best there was, and the best there will ever be! Growing up he was always my favorite he was just so smooth no other wrestler moved or had Brets charisma. 🙏🏻
Watching this truly made me feel like crying for Bret Hart. One of the comments I read on here said how Bret Hart was an honorable man in a dishonorable environment. That is so true. I'll probably be a Bret Hart fan until I'm gone from this earth. Bret Hart and his brother deserved better. But no matter what, the good news is that Bret Hart and his brother still conquered......no matter the outcome. Watching this was emotionally hurtful. Bret Hart will always be the man😎
Bret is one of the true classy guys from the wrestling world. Some people just don’t get it. He gave 100% night in and night out! Infuriates the hell out of me how he was “screwed” over by both companies. This man has been through hell and back and deserved so much better! “The best there is. The best there was. The best there ever will be.” He earned that phrase for damn sure. Will ALWAYS be a Bret Hart fan! Kudos for Everything he did for the business that he loved so much. 👏👏
Big whoop. The man is still complaining about stuff that happened 20+ years. He should grow some balls and get over it, just piss and moans nowadays in his podcast
39 now and i grew up with the hart family kicking ass in style. This man is in majority of my fondest memories with my grandfather. He is a true legend of this sport and gave it more than his all. Thank you Bret for all the great memories and i hope the remainder of life is treating you well.
I don't understand why people think he was bitter, the guy gave everything for the business until he was literally unable to do it anymore. Helped everyone even if he didn't like them, like Shawn, Hogan to name a couple. My favourite wrestler as a child, i met him 2 years ago, such a nice guy.
@@usnationalist8150 i disagree, he spoke positive of alot of things and people, i can understand it sounds like he's bitter to some people, he experienced alot and the businesses turned sour towards him at the end, so i understand the man having grievances with how his career ended.
Gary McLaughlin: I mean I’m not saying he’s a bad person because he was/is bitter. I actually find it hilarious when he buries some people and things...like when he said the title wwe has now is junk or whatever he called it 😂😂.
@@usnationalist8150 he compared that to tge classic winged eagke belt which i think mosy people will agree is better, its certainly one of my favourite title belts. Yes he does bury things and people, much like other people.
I see an idol from my youth. His match with the bulldog is my favourite of all time. You hate to see your heroes growing old because in your mind they're always in that moment that made a difference in your life. To think he's the only one left of the Hart foundation stable is so tough. He's had such a journey. Has he got the right to be bitter? Damn right. Does he do it and still retain his integrity and legacy. Hell yeah. Thank you Bret 🤘
I started watching wrestling when I was 4 back in the new generation era. Bret's rivalry with Shawn Michaels, and Stone Cold Steve Austin were epic to watch on T.V
@@BMKidProductions Stone Cold passing out with a bloody face in the sharpshooter made Steve Austin. Career defining moment, one that doesn't happen without Bret. Long live the Hitman. I still hate Bill Goldberg and will hate him for as long as I live. Fuck that guy.
Bret Hart made us proud to be Canadian God Bless Him and his family 🇨🇦🙏🏻🇨🇦❤️ The Best there is, The best there was, and the best there ever will be..Bret Hart
I feel so sorry for Bret, he seems so sad and broken. Between losing his brother, Vince doing the screw job on him and then losing his good health, it’s was just too much to deal with.
Sorry but you can't even compare the two. Aside from Owen's death, Bret's issues are not that bad and mostly his own fault. He always cries about Goldberg but fails to explain that he still wrestled for months after the incident. There are plenty of people that have had their careers ended and are in worse shape. The Von Erich's story is so tragic it wouldn't even be believable as a Hollywood movie. 3 brothers lost to suicide and 1 to an overdose is just incomparable to what the Hart's have gone through.
@@muccmaster I agree with u.. ..I believe bret lost a brother in 92-93? Dean.?,..liver failure, I forget exactly..then Owen in 99 then his mother in 2001 and father in 2003 then it all goes on.. Stu died same day and year as my grandfather October 16, 2003.., another note.... in one part of wrestling with shadows there wishing Stu happy birthday and u see someone who's very built and I was like wow he's built the most of all of them. I know now that was Ross..anyhow I find owens son oje looks like Ross
@@muccmaster Certainly the Von Erichs had unbelievable tragedies, but the Harts had theirs also. Bret lost his brother and then his career followed by part of his health, followed by the death of several family members. I wouldn't want to wish the tragedies of either family on anyone.
@@muccmaster He wrestled twice after Goldberg you moron. The Von Erichs (they got the Von erich name from stu hart btw) were all drug addicts. Bret lost two Brothers and a nephew in the 90s, had a stroke, cancer... so stfu
It really hit home for me when he talked about not even being able to watch tv or listen to music when he was ill, I had the same thing happen to me, it’s something most people don’t realize in how a head injury can affect your quality of life.
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Vince may be a dick but damn the insurance plan he gave was gold.
Thank you for this! I still feel bad for Bret. Such a great wrestler!
@@pureimpact4658 i do too. He became one of my favorite wrestler. He is humble and love entertaining the masses.
Great job! Thanks
The problem with Bret was that he was an honorable guy living in a dishonorable environment.. and he expected the fans, the machine, and his colleagues to be honorable most of the time
How can you even say that? He was in a make believe sport that was scripted. How the hell are you honorable when you are an actor? He was self centered and delusional that the sport revolved around him.
@@markperry2827 I actually agree with you in that sense 100%.. I’m more referring to his mindset on values and etc… If you watch the doc on his situation with Shawn Michaels.. He hated everything HBK stood for.. Even though Bret cheated on his wife with Sunny.. Bret portrayed the image of an “honorable” guy with morals… This is why he almost completely failed in the attitude era after a while… Stone Cold, HBK, The Rock and more guys knew how to draw on the “immorality” of fans. Bret couldn’t do that… He was self-centered and pretty possessive over the outcome of matches. He also didnt play the locker room game the best way he could…
And that's one more reason why the WWF let Bret walk. The guy didn't wanna change with the times. Everyone else played ball. And the "Attitude Era" is seen by most fans as the best era in history. Bret was no more a degenerate than HBK. HBK never hid his lifestyle, and his character in wrestling resembled his personal life at the time. Shawn even called Bret out about it, and how big of hypocrite he was. Brett has his own "Sunny Days" on the road.
@@markperry2827 so actors aren’t honourable people cause they play fake characters? Lmao
An honorable guy that cheated on his wife?
I love his honesty. No bullshit. People call him bitter but I just love how open and honest he with with his thoughts and feelings. Very refreshing.
I agree, but can you blame him,wrestling was his life and instantly it was taken away from him.glad hes got peace now,just disappointing what could have been if he wasn't forced to retire.
Yes bro. He's a good guy
I agree. It's awesome listening to a bitter, angry, jaded martyr who thinks he got a raw deal from everyone, buries everybody under the sun and walks around like a victim all the time. Incredibly entertaining.
Anybody who hates Hogan is alright in my book. Most of Bret's feelings about these topics I was already aware of anyway, but I'll listen to Bret shoot on the business any day of the week and enjoy it.
As for WCW--even if he didn't get injured--the company was in Russo's toilet by the time Bret finally did get the Big Gold, so basically it was a hollow victory no matter what....
Exactly. I hate how when there's an obvious grudge, the interviewee sidesteps it with, "We didn't see eye to eye". Bret flat out says, "Hogan was a piece of shit"
It's sad to see the guy who gave everything to wrestling and got back nothing back from the industry except pain & tragedy.💔
Boo hoo. He was a star. He got filthy rich.
Heartbreaking to watch. I love his advice about carrying around those rocks though. It will just eat you alive and eventually kill you if you don’t let it go. It’s good to see he is still alive and with us. Bret is awesome
@@thomasdavis4383 yes but in the end his career ended abruptly and he lost his little brother Owen which I’m sure was more important to him than just being rich or a star.
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Supposably according to google take it for what you will Bret Hart is worth 14 million dollars that's more money than the average person will ever see in their lifetime. I believe you should make as much money as you can as a professional wrestler and then get out of the business. You say the wrestling business never gave anything back to Bret Harte. I'll look and give him a lifestyle it's up to the competitor. Just like they say in the UFC a lot of Fighters complain they have nothing left when they retire. Well if you're making $50,000 per fight you work three times a year that's $150,000 it's not up to WWE or the UFC or the NFL. And make you save your money they say the average NFL players broke within 3 years of retirement you know the reason why they're living in multimillion-dollar homes and have multi million dollars worth of cars. If you were like LeBron James living in a 4-bedroom 3-bath house that's 3000 square feet and your mortgage was 1200 bucks and you are driving a Honda Accord then of course you're going to have a ton of money left over. Are you going to think about it these guys are driving Land Rovers Ferraris Porsches living in 12 bedroom homes it's their fault they have nothing to show for it when they retire it's the same thing with you working tonight to 5 job if you never save money or invest you be broke when you retire
Got to meet him 3 years ago.
I had to tell him thank you & your family for all the great wrestling memories.
He replied by saying, "Thank you for watching"
And then did he tell you he had a stroke? 77 times in a row?
I met him in Halifax, Nova Scotia. When he signed an autograph I leaned in and for laughs said "I always loved it when you kicked the crap out of shawn micheals" he smiled and said 'Me to"
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@@Fayn757 I never heard the term mark before in reference to wrestling. I did look it up and seemed to mean fan that thinks wrestling is real. That wouldn't be me, if that is what you inferred, you took my comment to literal.
@@SignOfTheTimes008I met him in Australia, I leaned in and told him he was beautiful and he said “thank you, here’s a kiss “
This wasn't an interview. This was therapy..
Yam a little over half way through it and I can't help but think this really shouldn't be public
He needed it.
Everybody needs it.
@@deadend1041, why not? It was therapeutic and can probably help other people suffering from negative feelings or other stroke victims on how to cope better.
@@deadend1041 yeah but Bret needs it, he’s kept this in for so so long
@90s Gargoyles they destroyed so many lives.
The revenge of Chyna and so many others has arrived.
The best thing abt bret is he speaks his mind and he says exactly how he feels. No beating around the bush with this guy.
Stand up guy
Yup
Damn, hearing The Hitman talk about his stroke, his concussion, all of the medical and health trouble he's had it pains me. Bret Hart was a hero of mine as a kid. Man still is, and I'm 39. Literally one of the greatest and most underrated athletes of all time. He deserves far more respect.
Wtf???? Bret Hart is underrated?
Even non-wrestling fans knew who he was.
Do you think Michael Jackson and Queen are underrated?
Considering the Montreal screwjob and what happened to Owen….. I’d say the wwe could never do enough for this man and his family.
@@dennisjr77 first what was the montreal screwjob,and second was owen harts death a accident
@@desireewhite2379 sounds like a convenience store porn flick
39? You need to grow up
For what is worth, Bret you’ll always be “The Hit Man” to myself and many others. I think you deserve more for your contribution to the world of wrestling.
I agree he was always and still is one of my favorite. These “wrestler’s “ now couldn’t lace his boots not one of them!!!
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Bret's biggest mistake was moving to wcw. Wwe had great plans for him. He would had done great and very well as austin's rival on attitude era. The hart foundation was a huge great heel group that could had rivaled the nwo. but when bret decided to move to wcw, wcw wrecked him. Wcw can't really give him a decent role compared to what roles he could had if he didn't left wwe. Then, came the time when goldberg the crappiest wrestler known for not being good on taking care on what he does. Goldberg ruined the great career that bret had. Bret returning to wwe, when wcw hadn't given him any decent role in wcw, would had been massive and possibly avoided what goldberg did to him...
montreal screw job , brothers wrongful death , concussion , davey boys , jim, his brothers smith and owen , nephew and friends deaths , his mother dying , A stroke, cancer and then his fathers death … this guy is a tough , he’s a survivor .. a role model
That’s the story of everyone’s life
Everyone has that happen. The only one unique to him is the screw job. But many of us have toxic abusive relationships, a lot of us have negative working lives.
Yes, however his brothers death the way it happened was kind of messed up?
@@tbiz8459 The icing on the cake is the man responsible for coming up with Owen's fatal stunt is the same guy responsible for not only booking the Goldberg match but also working the crap out of Brett while injured making him do dangerous stunts that probably made the concussion so much worse. Vince Russo can single handedly be credited for the destruction of the Heart Foundation
@@nobodyspecial115 that has some truth to it
I was at this event in London . Bret Hart has a lot of integrity, it was a pleasure to see him . This was my third time seeing him and it was worth it every time .
This breaks my heart, he will always be a legend to us 80’s babies
Legend
90s babies too
And 90s babies
Never liked Spiderman, Batman etc. Bret was my jam in the early 90's. Bret and heavy metal.
Amazing wrestler with a great character.
When people called him bitter & angry, even roasting Bret over it, I always asked myself: how can you possibly blame someone being bitter after losing (almost) everything the person loved? Not just liked but loved?
It never got into my brain how even other wrestlers and officials or even fans were roasting Bret over it.
Bret Hart lost SO many things he loved from the bottom of his heart, from Owen to Wrestling to everything than went with it, and people laughed about him being bitter all these years.
My perception of Bret Hart is nothing but having absolute respect for him. He burried hatches with Shawn and Vince McMahon and behaved so superior despite all these bad things that happened to him, only to finally find peace for himself. That's ... that's just wow! So much respect for that!
He IS truly one of the 10 greatest and best wrestlers to ever step a foot into a ring and, I guess, a great person in life!
panik radio Good points. It's simple. Most people mock or brush off what they'll never understand. They still suck for it, but it's human nature.
His anger is still there. It's not right to blame Goldberg for his career ending nor should he make comments like Goldberg could have given him some money from his 3 million dollar deal overseas. This interview sounded like a giant pitty party for himself. Brett knew the risks of potential injury everytime he stepped into that ring more than any other wrestler at that time because he seen it up close and personal with Owen. I equate his wrestling career ending to you or I losing our jobs and having to start over. It happens everyday to normal people who usually have no savings while he had millions and still does, but they get through it. It's called life. You can't tell me that Brett Hart has nothing else to bring to the table of a new career. I just have no respect for a man who goes on national TV and cries poor me, I lost this, I lost that, it's their fault, he didn't call me right away, he could have taken a little something from that 3 million dollar deal overseas and given it to me (entitlement much), wah wah wah. I respected him as a wrestler, but not anymore as a grown man. I do fully understand what he went through because I lost the best career of my life due to injury, and I moved forward and to this day have never blamed anyone else, claimed that the world owes me. He is still bitter and very angry.
@@Reality852 As someone who's been through shit, you should have more compassion for those who have been through shit as well. Instead, you go the other way and get selfish, basically saying "I suffered in my life and didn't complain, so Bret Hart Shouldn't" or "He made a lot of money. He should be happy."
You think denying yourself of feeling what you need to feel about the things you've lost in your life, is somehow noble and that everybody should be doing. That's your mistake. You are allowed to feel whatever way you want about your life because you are the one living it. Making the sacrifices for it. Working your ass off for it. If there is anything in this world you can feel whatever you want about, and nobody could tell you otherwise, it is your own life. You earned that right.
Likewise Bret Hart is allowed to feel what he feels about his life. He worked his ass off for it and sacrificed for it. He's the who will continue to be living with the absence of his brother, his health and his career; circumstances he didn't choose these things. It doesn't matter how long it's been. He's the one in it.
You and many others just dismiss him as bitter and angry and expect him to get over it just because of your own personal reasons. It's got nothing to do with him.
@@1986Unlimited It’s not that I don’t have compassion or empathize for Brett, it’s just been decades since his incident. Compassion and empathy only lasts for so long. He is still living in the past which is keeping him from fully living in the present. Brett was worth millions when he medically retired and is worth more even today. How entitled is he to say Goldberg should have given him some money from his 3 million dollar deal overseas. He wasn’t hurting for money, so what difference would that have made what so ever? You Calum can’t deny that’s wrong of Brett to do that. If Brett felt Goldberg owed him money, he should have sued him in court. You miss quoted me drastically.
Let's discuss his so called feelings that you emphasized about so much. Feelings aren't a right like you claim. Feelings are natural reactions we have as individuals within ourselves that help us decipher things in life that allow us to know if it's good, bad, right, wrong, pain, anguish, happy sad etc. in which then we may use insight to make good decisions and/or become better people if we choose. His feelings are his own, and feelings don't do anything for anyone else or anything else in this world except for the individual alone who feels them. I did empathize for him, many years ago when it happened. His situation was sad.
Here comes the harsh part... Life isn't fair, it never will be. I'm sure he knows this. Life isn't about how hard you can hit, or be hit. Life is about getting hit, to continue to get hit and to keep getting up and moving forward because life will beat you down if you let it. My original statement is he is wrong to say Goldberg owes him. Goldberg doesn't owe him anything. He made the choice to get in that ring knowing the risks. He knew the risks more than any other wrestler in that day and age because of his first hand experience with Owen. He should be mad at no one but himself. He chose to get in that ring. He chose not to sue the company or Goldberg. Crying about your life on national TV isn't a right. Claiming the world owes you isn't a right and it’s wrong. I hear people say he overcame all of this. No he hasn’t, he is still very angry about it as it obviously shows in this video. The fact that he still crying about it decades later is sad and pathetic in my opinion.
You stated that Brett will continue to live without his brother, his health and his career by circumstances he didn’t choose. You are absolutely right. I just want to say he would have lost those 3 things eventually in life regardless of circumstances as well you and I will too one day. This is life, life has risks, life isn't fair, life can be very cruel. The point about this is to accept these facts early and mentally prepare, then find it within yourself to be thankful for what you do have. My advice to you is expect the worst and hope for the best while always remembering that tomorrow is never a guarantee.
What I find funny is how you lectured me about Brett Harts feelings are his right and no one should tell him otherwise. Your entire reply comment is extremely and overwhelmingly hypocritical because you are telling me I should feel more compassionate and accusing me of being selfish at the same time saying people should feel what ever they feel without being told otherwise which is exactly what you are doing. What happened to my so-called "right” to feel whatever I feel without others telling me otherwise? I have intelligent advice for you. Think before you speak, really think about the message you want to relay to another; then be as detailed as possible to ensure the right message is delivered and understood.
You said I feel noble about denying feelings for things I’ve lost in life. I don’t feel noble about it. I’m just not going to continue to let something I've lost and isn't in my life anymore while I have no control over the situation have power over me and wear me down. I accept life for what it is and find new ways to be happy. It’s a great life skill called adaptation. I have also learned another great life skill called gratitude, which is too find praise and appreciation for the things I do have in life and I'm some cases don't have anymore. I would have never met my wife who is the woman of my dreams if I didn't lose my career/dream job injury. When it happened, I was angry and chose to move forward in life and be happy again. Then eventually I met the woman of my dreams who I eventually married and realized that day I lost my dream career was a blessing in disguise. You said I dismiss him for my own personal reasons. You’re wrong. I dismiss him because he is weak and pathetic. He used to be strong, ambitious, someone to respect and look up too. He lost his way. Brett Hart was a great wrestler, a wrestling legend, but now he’s just a greedy, whiney, pathetic excuse of a man crying that the world owes him when he has more than 95 percent of the world. I don’t respect weak. I don’t respect whiney, I can’t and I won't. That's why I dismiss him.
@@Reality852 Are you a licensed psychologist? Because you're talking like one.
For anyone who wants to blame Bret for his WCW run failing, let me remind you of the fact that WCW even managed to fuck up Randy Savage.
Yep, nothing but Hogan, Hogan and Hogan.
I got zero sympathy for savage once he joined hogan in the nwo. Terrible move
WCW was a mess they had no management if u werent close with Hogan and that lil clique u werent getting over. Nash didnt like Bret and at time they were strapping a rocket to Goldbergs back so wasnt much room for some of the Vets coming in. Most time they just added them to the long drawn out NWO thing where theyd keep adding members and have them talk for an hour to fill TV time. If theyd of had any kind of management structure there WCW would probably still be around.
Let's not forget the finger point of doom, detective Dewey becoming world champion, Eric bischoff giving away Raw's results (Mick Foley) winning the belt killed WCW by bischoffs mouth himself.
Savage vs Hitman in WCW would have been amazing. Bret is 100% correct, they didnt know what to do with him, Stupid!
You can call Bret bitter all you want, without putting yourself in his shoes. What he went through is a heavy burden to carry.
That was over 20 years ago and Goldberg has continuously apologized, at this point I just think that Bret WANTS to be angry, Droz is paralyzed and will never walk again, but he holds no ill will toward D-lo, Bret Hart still has all of his mobility, Bret Hart needs to think about Darren drozdov and ask himself "should I REALLY still be angry at Goldberg"? Things could have ended up a lot worse for Bret
Bret would have known what he was getting into moving to that circus. He went for the money, & can’t seem to accept his own actions.
Moans about wrestlers going to Saudi for $3m, yet he walked for exactly the same reason.... MONEY.
My fience left me for her heroin dealer that beat her to death, and he didn’t go to prison. I’m a much happier guy than Bret Hart, who lived a childhood dream while becoming a millionaire with his family and friends.
@@electrolettuce5624 Droz should offer to do a charity match for Bret Hart.
@@thedude5600 yup. Truthfully, he never wanted to leave WWE. He was forced to. And when he got to WCW, he phoned it in. WCW had no idea what to do with Bret, and Bret didn't care enough fir WCW to put all the effort in. It was just a paycheck.
you can tell that this man loved wrestling, but the business chewed him and spat him out a broken man. I feel so bad for Bret. Such a legend, doesn't deserve this.
It wasnf the bussines it was the stroke and his personal life
@@unknownunknown3692 i mean the business took his brother from him, gave him a severe concussion, he got screwed by a man he gave 10 years of his life to, fair to say that the business didn’t treat him well
@@unknownunknown3692 it absolutely was the wrestling business
@@etienne1313 vince just made him tap out by the sharpshoot everybosy knew it was cheating. Wow how embarissing, his brother death was hard but thats life. He just is bitterness and thats his problem. His life was all about wrestling knew nothing else and after the bussines he didnt know what to do, thats it
@@unknownunknown3692 do you know anything about Montreal? You do know that the whole thing is that Bret didn't tap ? Do you realise how horrible it must've felt for Bret to see his employer and friend Vince McMahon betray a promise that he made to him (vince told Bret he would'nt be dropping the title in Canada as a thank you for all his work). The death of his brother wasn't just tough, it was avoidable. WWE didn't protect him enough to do the entrance, and that's why he fell to his death.
This man is the reason why being loyal to a company is pointless
100% companies don't have a moral compass.
🤣 stop drinking the Kool aid, hes a bitter clown. The "screw job" was his own fault yet he continues to blame everyone else. Foh
Well put
Right. I learned that during COVID the hard way, too.
Dude wasn’t a saint himself
It’s honestly great that you gave Bret this platform to just speak his mind and give us the pleasure of hearing the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be tell his story. Thank you
This is the guy who made me watch wrestling in the first place
Bret Hart Not just a wrestler he is another unparalleled thing
Same
Same here
The pain is so very visible in Brett's eyes. You will always be one of the GOATS Brett, never for one second forget that fact.
This dude has issues far beyond wrestling...seeking professional help isnt a shame, he really needs it.
He is 67 years old he is not a youngster anymore.
The Best There Is, The Best There Was and The Best There Ever Will Be. Thank you Bret “HitMan” Hart
Since i was a child 30 years ago, he always was one of the best for me. He is a hard working straight guy. A Role Model for young kids. Thx for everyting Bret.
I always wanted to be that kid that was given his glasses by him when he entered!
The greatest ever as a kid I remember just wanting to be the kid he gave his glasses too...my all time favorite ever he was a hero
Same
yes
Next to HBK he was mine
Me too
Same !!!! Bret heart n his glasses 👓
He seems like an honorable guy with principles and if you were his friend, you can trust him. It’s too bad that he never seems happy. I wish him peace and happiness.
If Brett was truly the miserable bitter person that people claim he is he would have tried to kill himself by now. It's just his personality. He's not super outgoing.
@@grantmcphee5149its not about being outgoing or a homebody. Some of the happiest and most peaceful people I know are introverts. But overall Bret just seems very bitter and idealistic. Accidents happen all the time in wrestling. That's just the name of the game he signed up for. He has also aged badly. Compare him to Vince McMahon. Vince is still kicking ass in the gym. Bret looks way older than he is.
@@millenialmusings8451Vince never had a stroke lol.
He is so genuine and real!! I love listening to him, he doesn't sugar coat anything and is completely honest. I love Bret!!
I trust 100% what Bret “The Hitman” Hart is saying. Everything he says about Hulk Hogan is matching what other wrestlers are saying. Bret Hart gave his body to the business of wrestling because that was his families legacy. The best there is and the best there was and the best there ever will be.
family's
Yes sir! The Excellence of Execution! My favorite wrestler as well.
The goat of pro wrestling and amateur wrestling. A great human being
I disagree with them being the best that's ever been. That would be The Von Eric's in my opinion! But I do love the "Hitman and the Anvil" both. There were so many Great Wrestlers during this era in America!
In all fairness, every wrestler gives their body to the business.
Bret was on top of the profession he loved, then got cheated, went to a new company, got crappy creative to work with, lost his brother, then got his career ended by a careless monster, lost his wife, lost the use of his left side...
Anyone who thinks he’s just sour or bitter, ask yourself if you could hold up even half as well as Bret has.
Cheated?
As much as it is considered a legendary heel promo... Vince was right. Bret screwed Bret. He wants to talk about integrity but the reality of the situation is he was more or less holding the promoter's belt ransom. If the promoter wants you to fucking lose the belt on your way out then fucking do what he wants because it is his company.
The real world equivalent to what he did would be if your employer sent you to the bank with a deposit. Thing is, you don't like the bank that they use because of its location and a previous situation with one of its employees. So you demand that they switch banks or you are not making the deposit. If you were to do that, your ass would be sitting in a jail cell. Bret is so far removed from reality that this logic would be lost on him. Sure, Shawn may have been a shithead & Bret might be a "Canadian Hero" but if that's who & where the owner of the company wants to go with then you do your fucking job.
The only thing I agree with here is that WCW had no idea what they were doing... They put the World title on his ungrateful ass twice and the US title an additional four times. Seeing how bitter he is at them nowadays, he shouldn't have even got that.
@@TheShadowBrigade Exactly! Who cares if they were in Canada? It’s not Brett’s company, it’s Vince’s. They tried to work out a finish with Brett, but he refused. The way Brett acted is very likely the reason he wasn’t pushed to the moon in WCW. They were going to take a wait and see approach
I don't think you can call gold berg a careless monster,it wasn't like the kick was intentional but it was a stupid mistake that was both goldberg and wcw.
Brett was bitter in 95'. Sure everything made it worse, but "bitter" came with the man before the tragedies.
@@TheShadowBrigade
You're not exactly wrong but there is a pretty solid difference.
When you have an arrangement with your company it should be honored on "both" sides. The bigger issue here is although Bret did refuse to do business, Bret's boss didn't do his job as a boss. Instead the boss played along with the shenanigans as if he too were a part of it.
It would be like in your bank scenario in which your employer acknowledges your refusal to make the deposit, but then instead of taking the appropriate disciplinary action as an employer would, they instead send another employee to fight you and take the deposit back which adds to the drama. Which is exactly what happened here.
If this was about following procedures then the company should have also followed its own procedure instead of validating what it's employee did by playing along. That's even less professional than what the employee did.
The other thing is Bret said he would have dropped it but Shawn being Shawn, Bret said fk him basically. Their boss said his piece but then said to Bret ok and instead plotted and schemed a way around that refusal. Don't employers terminate employees for issues with workplace ethics? If Vince wasn't ok with it then Vince shouldn't have left it up to the employees to figure it out. What employer leaves it up to its employees to dispute over how to handle a bank deposit?
I was born in 82. Saw bret at Wembley 90. Thought he would never get old. We both got old.
Man I was born in 86’ , how did this shit happen ? Lmao 😢
We die
It breaks my heart to see our childhood favorite wrestler, reduced to sadness and grief when he looks back on his life. Truly today will not last and tommorow is never promised. Thank you Bret for being my hero
For me it's one of those things where I love the character but not the person behind it.
There is a lot of sadness. Bret os the last one. Everyone else is gone. That meant anything to him.
@@deadend1041 Why wouldn’t you be a fan of Bret Hart the person? Bret Hart the person is at least 98% of the Hitman character we saw on TV all of those years. Judgements like this should purely be reserved for the Hulk Hogans of the pro wrestling world since while the Hulk character is great Terry Bollea the man behind it is largely a shit human being.
@@Krobusss dude bret just had these weird obsessed negative fans. It's so bizarre lol ill never understand these bret haters and their weird obsessions
@@joshuaa1605 I think you’re right and I think also it may be because those type of fans are authoritarian SJW types. In other words they take Vince’s side on the whole Montreal Screwjob issue and consider Bret wrong and to be a whiner because in their tiny authoritarian minds you always have to listen to and follow your bosses orders and do what’s best for your boss no matter what. In anycase what these little turds seem to always conveniently overlook or forget is that Bret had a real world and not kayfabe creative control of his character contract which Vince violated via moving forward with the screwjob which in other words means Bret could’ve sued Vince/WWE into the ground and won big money had he chose to do so because he not Vince was legally in the right. Most likely Bret ultimately chose not to sue as one day he probably hoped to secure and preserve his pro wrestling legacy via having positive DVD’s and Blu Ray discs of his career released to the public over time by Vince/WWE but which would be a next to impossible thing to have happen once you’re blacklisted which suing Vince and winning very bigly would likely provoke. That and despite all of Bret’s righteous anger at WWE he likely still didn’t want to hurt the business by suing WWE and winning big as this could hurt many of the guy’s and their careers who supported Bret and made it harder for the WWE to function in general since it takes an enormous amount of money to keep a global wrestling promotion like that open. Lastly whatever other character and personality flaws Bret freely lists about himself in his book which these authoritarian fans have likely never read so he’s not exactly hiding any deep dark secrets about himself. He tells us he was a bad husband who cheated on Julie his first wife and that Owen was a far more loyal man to his own wife Martha than Bret ever himself was to his and Bret also admits to doing hard drugs with Roddy Piper and the boys on the road likely for the same reason most wrestlers give for doing them which is to combat the physical pain of the job as well it’s often to combat loneliness and boredom.
I love that people always complain about bret whining when all Bret has ever done has been honest lol
Exactly!! I agree 💯
Exactly
Ya..and Ric Flair recently says that he doesn’t understand why Bret would still bitch and complain bout the past and he would complain bout everyone including Eric Bischoff and including Flair..poor Bret he’s been through a lot of shit..hope he gets some help.
@@jolly7041 but yet flair still bitches and complains about the past lol
It’s reasonable to be angry when the anger is justified. What do they want from him? To pretend, to be fake and cheery for their sake. That’s as stressful as the anger.
The thing you have to love about Bret, is he is to wrestling what Jordan or Kobe are to basketball, just in terms of his mentality - if not his career accomplishments. He truly lived for wrestling from day one, and it's not just something he did as a means to an end, or to get into hollywood, or to get into UFC... it was all wrestling for Bret and the tragedy that's come from it in his family is sad. But it's great to know he's a hall of famer.
Wrestlers in the 90s had so much character and uniqueness. Mankind, undertaker, HBK, Bret, hogan, and many more. Each amazing and different in their own way. Nowadays it doesn’t exist
Brett was a true worker who earned his talents. Every wrestler he's put against look good because of him, even when they are bad ones.
I just want to hug this man. Looking back on his "heel" run in WWE the adult me would never hate him.
Especially considering the kayfabe reasons beyond his heel turn. Bret was lowkey justified. Taker, Shawn Michael’s, and especially Stone Cold kept screwing Bret and pushing him to his limit.
@@KingKhanate1997 What did Taker and Steve do to Bret? I know Shawn was unbearable at the time.
@@DarksaberForce Well, backstage nothing. As far as I know in real life Steve Austin, Taker and Bret all have enormous amounts of respect for each other. On kayfabe tho, hoo boy. All 3 of them including Shawn basically made Bret’s life hell. They were pretty much constantly in competition with each other for the WWF Title, with occasional interference from Sid or Vader, and all of them really laid the foundations for his ‘97 heel turn and the re-formation of the Hart Foundation with the additions of Davey Boy, Brian Pillman and Owen. With Bret now having family watching his back, the stable dominated. 97 was a great year I feel for WWF.
I did hug him when I met him best day of my life
@@DarksaberForce you don't remember all the storyline taunting and attacks and interference Austin was giving Bret? Remember Austin was acting as a heel but it was blurring the lines in the fans because people were getting behind him. That's what that MadMongol comment is referring to. And Taker and Shawn were in the mix gunning for the title so they were interrupting promos and doing attacks and run ins as well.
Tragic. Feel for this man. He didn't engineer his fate - it was completely taken out of his hands. He was a victim of other folks' awful booking decisions. What is great is his work is absolutely immortalised and will always shine for its quality and significance.
Imagine if he had had real character like say Larry Bird whose career was cut short and then went into coaching and management imagine if Bret Hart had decided his life was gonna go on but it didn't because he didn't even try to overcome it. I feel a mixture of pity and disgust for the man sadly it taints my childhood memories of how good he was with the heart foundation and his early singles career
Bret says he "knew" that Vince McMahon was going to screw him over. He also says that Vader warned him about Vince's intention to make him look bad in his final WWE match --- yet, Bret decided to go into the match as the World Champion and "leave" with the title? Hello! Vince was not going to allow another Alundra Blayze-type incident to scathe his company immediately after Survivor Series '97 -- especially at the height of the Monday Night Wars. Bret Hart had to be out of his mind to think that he had any "chance in hell" of leaving that arena in Montreal with the WWE title.
@Solid Snake And put the belt on him. Regardless of his booking at times, Russo always been a non political guy. He always tried to give everyone on the roster a fair shot. A majority of the wrestlers he worked with enjoyed the opportunities he gave him.
@Solid Snake If Russo was in WWE now, Titus' catering would be empty.
Bret Hart had a hole in the back of his neck and his doctor said the back of his head felt like "hamburger." You do NOT get those injuries from being kicked in the face. Goldberg gave Bret a concussion, but the sum of Bret's pre-existing injuries led to his doctor telling him his career was over. Bret, and the internet, just want to blame Goldberg. Goldberg was unsafe and was too green for the push he had, but he didn't end Bret's career. It seems like he likes to blame other people for his problems. Who knows how much longer Bret's career would have been if he had taken time off and healed. Hell, after that Goldberg match Bret wrestled NINE more times and had matches involving weapons.
Considering all the loss that Bret has endured with losing his loved ones and his career being cut short, its incredible how he is able to cope with his situation when many others most likely wouldn't.
I almost straight up cried watching this. Brett was literally like a superhero to me as a kid. I had the freakin action figures and beat up dolls and posters and would always use him on video games. To see him like this tore me up as an adult now. Im glad hes doing okay to tell about it.
John Cena is a hero.
When I'm 64, I must buy a leather jacket and still hope to look as cool as Bret Hart does here!
Thats cool to u
He looks 70ish
cool? he looks kind of pathetic with long hair and that jacket
he lool like he bout to die
I second that fam.
Bret is a true legend I love the fact that he doesn’t hold nothing back and tells it the way it is much love to Bret ❤️🙏
It's hard watching the guys I thought of as heroes growing up be so open and personal. I count myself privileged to grow up in the 70's and 80's when the best wrestlers of all time began their careers.
that's why I stopped watching it long time ago
I'm ashamed I wasn't a bigger Hitman fan back in the day. Much respect for him today...👍
Even as a kid it was obvious to me how good he was
Lol Same with me. I mean, I knew Bret was awesome but as a child I couldn't appreciate just how big of a legend the guy truly was. My respect for Bret grows each yr
@@RJReda Ya that how I felt about Shawn as a kid...but I didn't appreciate Bret as much as I should have
It was obvious to me as well how good he was...I just liked alot of other wrestlers.😂
It’s fake 😂🤦♂️🍿
If Owen doesn't die and Bret isn't screwed, they go on to be the GOATS of the business. I picture Owen and Bret being tag champs multiple times, have amazing storylines, main eventing wrestlemania, opening wrestling schools, and just pioneering the sport in a way no-one else has. Look what they did even with the fact they are the most under utilized wrestlers of all time. That's the real tragedy here. What could've been. What should've been.
Bret was leaving even he wasn’t screwed... the story would be the exact same for him. He sold out.
@@chop54321 still doesn't stop the fact Owen died and forever altered the wrestling business. We could speculate all day, but facts are facts. And Bret was over AND the champ, and had no interest in losing it. So, when exactly was he going to leave?
@@gigistephens4633 He was going to leave after that match. No matter what, win or lose. He already had the deal done. It’s why they had to screw him.
@@chop54321 ill give you that. Doesn't quite add up as to why he was so mad and KOed the boss though. And really who knows if Bret would've really left. He loved the WWE. His brother wrestled there. I think what Bret was really looking for was a fresh outlook. Fresh storylines. Fresh matches, opponents etc. And watching WCW steal the ratings and become a wrestling giant themselves does help the fact. But eh, who knows.
@@gigistephens4633 Gary, he had already signed the WCW contract the week before. He was locked into WCW before the day of the PPV. He was leaving no matter what. That’s why WWE needed him to drop the title, but he refused. The Screwjob had absolutely nothing to do with him leaving.
Bret was my hero growing up & every time I watch him in an interview where they play his music first I smile and get chills bc embodies what it means to be an icon, a legend and a truly great talent! Bret, your fans will stand by you to the end. We recognize how special and rare and talented you were / are. Thank you!
It's crazy to reflect on life and see people age, die, etc. Even when not family. These wrestlers in old WWF in the 80s were specific type of characters to a little boy and growing up with them always being around and having adventures you can watch on TV. Bret's whole persona was cool as hell. Glad I got to experience it as a little boy.
Me and you both! I always loved that he wore the shades everywhere, those were good times back then! Wrestling actually had good storylines and lead ups in my opinion. I do not watch it now and haven’t in 25 years or more cause the people they had back then will never be recreated
I always told myself as a kid “one day I’ll be big e Pugh to kick lex Lugers ass”. Let me catch him now and we’ll see how tough he is. I’ll literally do what I want to him.
Man it hurts me to see Brett old and gray. He’s a legend for life. Never heard his story until 2021 and I’ve been watching him since 1992! He’s a genuine guy, sucks he got screwed
I'm 43 years old. I watched Bret Hart from 1984- 1998. He was the best technician I've ever seen in the ring. His ring psychology could be a semester in college in itself. He was so freaking smooth... His heal work in the mid 80's was vicious. Bret was the guy that had to fall for wrestling to break kayfabe. Such a shame... However, Bret has his health, family, happiness, and money to live comfortable the rest of his life.
Have you ever noticed that no one paints Bret Hart in a light where he has been enjoying his health family and happiness for the rest of his life? they always described him as miserable and bitter. Ultimately I think the story Scott Hall tells about how he decorated his house with giant pictures of himself as a shrine to the hit man is the other half of that story. He was also a mark for himself and had it taken away from him and never got over it.
@@deadend1041 lol yea man..because bret having a room dedicated to his career means ur just a mark for urself. U do know hogan has the same thing right ? So did warrior... and Scott hall.prob would too if he even owned a room 🤣🤣🤣 I see u all over these comments hating on bret.. ur obsessed dude
@@joshuaa1605 one room dedicated to your achievements is cool, ofcourse it is. But every room? Bit much if you ask me.
@@TheRetroManRandySavage lol but it's not every room. That's the problem here lol thags just a made up lie. U can see his house on all his documentaries and I never even seen 1 pic of him outside that room.
Agreed 100%. Im also 43 & couldnt agree more.
Bret Hart's body language says it all about how this guy really feels.
He will always be "The best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be," a true legend.
Bret is just a class act. Been through so much, still talking about forgiveness. The bit about carrying the big bag of rocks daily is just too true. Absolute top of his class, best technical wrestler
The only thing I want to say is that Brett is entitled to his feelings because he lived it and felt it. It’s a tough road to ride but he did it, he lived it and he is and will always be. Thank you for your sacrifice and it’s been a pleasure to watch you perform. 💜 Sincerely.
Weird comment. Isn't everyone entitled to their own feelings?
Bret was an honorable man dwelling around a bunch of snakes.
This is why you'll always be the best there was,the best there is, and the best there ever will be.
You're still a hero who helps people put things into perspective in their lives
Seeing Bret in his trademark pink, along with his athleticism and work rate brought me into loving wrestling. Would love to meet him one day.
I loved how he used his athleticism in ways that made sense. His matches still hold up.
I actually met him a few times at wrestling meet n greets. He is a class act and treats his fans like gold we talked like he and I were friends. Fond memories
I always wanted to meet him also.
I'd still like to meet Brett. Just to say thank you for all those amazing memories and pride he gave us.
I'd love to meet Bret too, just to give him thanks for years of his excellent matches. He's a man of great integrity and dignity. (You can understand this if you read his book.) He's the best there is, was, or ever will be. It wasn't a gimmick, it was just the truth. (in my eyes)
Can I say Good job to the interviewer, hes able to let the guests talk. Very nice I enjoy these interviews you put up.
Above all else, what hurts Bret the most is to never have had the chance to step foot in a ring for another match and put a close on his career exactly how he would have wanted to. Beyond all the money his injury could ever have cost him.
Bret heart is a damn national treasure. He is so upfront and doesn't beat around the bush when he talks and really paints a vivid picture. Always love his interviews.
I hope this great man truly finds peace, he deserves to
Yeah, but at some point he's gotta let the shit go. It's a choice to be angry. Plenty of wrestlers ended up a hell of a lot worse than he did
@@vastexpanse8606 Man I used to be the biggest Bret Hart fan, but 20+ years of complaining is enough. Yes Bret you got screwed, but damn can you admit that you were fricking difficult to work with at the end? No champ before him got to just hand the belt over when they're leaving the company. Everyone loses, but he didn't think he had to do it? 24 years later I side more with Vince than Bret.
Bret screwed bret
@@Jukeboxster he has said over and over he was willing to lose, but he didnt want it to be in Montreal and definitely not to Shawn who literally wouldn't do it for Bret...Why do you leave that important part out???
@@jesseswarbrick7895 Bottom line is that he was leaving the company for the competition. Bret was leaving and Shawn was staying. If the roles were flipped and Shawn was the one leaving they would've sided with Bret. When you're leaving the company all of that "paying back the favor" goes out of the window. Basically, I don't think the company is under any obligation to comply with a wrestler's wishes on how he wants to lose the title if he's leaving.
Bret really lost his "SMILE" because of the bad luck that happened to him. Bret had talent, no doubt he should have been the face of WCW...
When exactly should he have been the face of WCW? 1997? That was Sting's time. 1998? Goldberg. 1999? He was already way past his prime and DDP was way more popular than him. 2000? Booker T's time. 2001? WCW was dead.
@@booknerd869 I agree that they could have done much better with him than that shitty referee gimmick for Starrcade.
@hollaatmeross EXACTLY!!! Instead they made him TEAM with the nWo as some loose associate 👎🏽👎🏽
I wouldn't say the FACE of WCW but he should've quickly been put in main event situations against the nWo.
You do make a good point but in 1997 to about 2001 the face of world championship wrestling was Hulk Hogan sting and Goldberg in the NWO even Ric Flair and The Four Horsemen were really big at that time. Even though Bret the Hitman Hart was one hell of a star when I came to wrestling he was more of a star and the early 90s you win the Attitude Era of the WWE happen he kind of fizzled out. Because in those days but like 1997 to 2001 people love Stone Cold Steve Austin Triple H and D-Generation X and Bret the Hitman Hart his character wasn't resonating I don't think with the crowd like it was an early 90s when he would go and give his sunglasses to a kid. I would say the early 90s Bret Hart was one of the biggest stars to ever compete. But we will always say these guys are worth millions of dollars it's up to them what they do with their money and if they're not financially fit after they retire that's their problem for living a luxury lifestyle you can make millions of dollars every year. And live like you make 40,000 and you will always have money that's what the most rich people say they do
This man is wrestling through and through, he should of been in the background as scriptwriter after his unfortunate incident.
He lost more than he gained through wrestling which is sad as this was his passion. No wonder we don’t get to see him smile.
In my eyes, he’ll always be my number 1 legend along with Glen Jacobs.
Never use the term script writer. He would've been a good booker.
ayo Bret when I was 7 you gave me your sunglasses and It still to this day one of the fondest memories of my life! Absolute legend king!
Bret Hart will always be my favorite Wrestler.
Others had muscles and gimmicks. You Sir, had pure class and were the coolest of the cool. Noone ever looked better in pink.
the pink was the gimmick
Yes ❤️ bret
Anyone that complains about him being bitter clearly doesn't want to listen to what he has to say. He has several reasons to be bitter.
I know everything about Bret at this point. He used to be my favorite wrestler but he's turned into someone I don't even recognize anymore. Of course he has reason to be bitter, but so do millions of other people in this world. Overall, he has a lot to be thankful for. He can stay in the past but he's only hurting himself. What will bring this man peace? Is this the best example for his son, "hey son, hold grudges, don't forgive people, hold on to anger?"
@@Jukeboxster well are those millions of ppl asked all the time about their tragedies? He is answering a question that he has been asked millions of times, what do you want him to say at this point?
That was incredible. Bret was and will always be my favorite and the best there ever was. To hear him talk about what happened and what he went threw , well I'd just love to meet him someday. Guy deserves so much more and I hope he's still making money off of his epicly stunning career. Number 1 on my list. Thanks Hitman for everything you and Owen and family gave to us fans.
Man bret Hart has got to be one of the biggest tragedies in wrestling, the man who lives and breaths wrestling had his last years stolen by people who didn't have the same care, tragic
@J D He was originally staying with WWE but Vince said he couldn't afford him just few years before he constantly talked about it being a billionaire company. Also if he didn't go to WCW Owen probably isn't going up to rafters so maybe the man has that pain to deal with and then the stroke concussion which can affect a person emotions.
@@88gillies Bret's decision, he refused to renegotiate. Thankfully freeing up his albatross of a deal led to Tyson & then heel Vince which turned the company round.
If he wasn't such an egomaniac and would have dropped the belt when they wanted him to this all could have been avoided. Its his own fault. Instead the guy took a fake belt way too seriously and cost himself a great end to his career.
You’re too young to remember Owen Hart? Bruiser Brody? The Von Erich’s? Bret has a stellar career, toured the world, wrestled the best...and is still alive and healthy. Your definition of tragedy seems 10-ply
@@johnobrien1528 That's a Texas sized 10-4s on the 10 plys bud.
I'll always be a mark for the Hitman.
That makes two of us
@@doomvictor3934 Three of us
Anyone who isn't I believe they joined the wrestling world around 97 and never really got to watch the excellence of execution. Because it's impossible not to respect this man's legendary career.
@@doomvictor3934 don’t worry, Bret will always be a mark for himself as well:)
@The fuckeroos and so will pretty much every single wrestler that ever lived.. tell me hogan, flair, savage, Shawn etc weren't marks for themselves lol they all are. If you're not and u dont think ur the best then u shouldn't be in the wrestling business
Ppl always hate on him... he's bitter, etc. But I can honestly say he's one of the realist ever. He never contradicts himself and he stays the same no matter who he is in front of... a lot of wrestlers act differently when certain ppl are in front of them. To me, he's the best ever.
Great athlete till that point
Brett's not bitter he's too honest for most people to handle
He truly is and for ever will be .. the best that was, the best that is and the best that ever will be. I can't even put in words how much i wanted to be the kid getting his sun glasses. I was just a kid somewhere in Germany, watching WWF recordings at late night television ... but damn, he gave me goosebumps every entrance. In my mind, he had to be the coolest guy on the planet. And without knowing it for sure, i am convinced he marked many kids in my generations with his cool . I wonder how many of us are actually tiny bret hart's in their hearts.
1. Watching Bret fight back tears and trying to cover it up was tough to watch... that coughing and putting his face to the mic... the having a drink... I think that was all just trying to hold it in. This man gave his all.
2. I love how the interviewer just shut up and let Bret talk... a lot of interviewers in social media try to make it about them or get so excited talking to a legend they just keep interrupting or chiming in. This guy put the mic in his lap and just listened. Thank you for that. Hats off!
That is the mark of a good interviewer...let the interviewee speak...
“ Bret hart” the best there is the best there was and the best there ever will be.. thank you for all my child hood memories you were always my favorite wrestler along “ the ultimate warrior “thank you Bret u will always be a legend
I still have my Hart Foundation glasses!!!
Benoit was better in the ring
People who argue that Bret is "bitter" and that no one else in wrestling is, clearly has never listened to anyone but Bret Hart. Also, people like Hogan, Bischoff, Russo, Hall, etc are attention seekers and liars through and through. Always have been. At least Bret is genuine, and no one has EVER said any different.
A business where drugs and alcohol and steroids and frivolous sex with ring rats and all the late nights and hard days at work. All the competitiveness of the industry, Moolah being a prime example of a Snake, and surely she wasn't the only one, and yet people can listen to all the Carnies talk shit about Bret, who Admitted his wrongdoings that ended his marriage, and the Marks just eat it up and vilify Bret Hart for maintaining the same story all these years later, while HHH and HBK and the rest who have a marketed interest in saying nice things about the company they work for, change their story details over the years and give vague nonspecific answers..like HBK on the Broken Skull sessions tripping and stuttering and saying a whole lot without actually saying anything....LOL.
It's hard to have faith in humanity when there is this level of mob mentality from so little facts and truth.
The thing about Bret is he was not smart enough to understand the gang concept going down in WcW. He just did not understand what was going on and was still thinking matches were 1991 style. Bret did not evolve
Hogan and Bischoff are definitely liars. I’d probably say that Bischoff is one the scummiest pieces of shit in that entire industry only behind Vince McMahon. I give McMahon credit for building up that industry but his shady business practices are well known. He may have been a great businessman but he was a complete asshole in terms of character. True to his ring persona which is ironic because ring personas are usually the complete opposite of that person.
He sounded pretty bitter saying goldberg didn't send him money because of a concussion when his own brother never even called never even had the balls to call Steve Austin after breaking his neck. Concussions happen it's not like he deliberately set out to hurt him, or that he did a move he shouldn't have been doing like his brother.
@@danielgirard3722 It wasn't just a concussion. It was a career ending concussion. That was the end for him. It's also not Bret's fault that Owen didn't call Stone Cold.
The way he says "My career was everything for me.", It really shows how much invested he was in pro wrestling and how much dedication he had for it ..
There are people who are open books, and there is Bret Hart. The man is like a billboard as he doesn't shy away from everything and tells it how it is.
Massive influence in my life and will always be a hero to me
I love the way Brett talks about wrestling with child like wonder. You can tell he loves his craft. He’s filled with emotion when he speaks on his career.
Took 12 1/2 minutes till he said anything positive.
@@deadend1041 thats what happens when asked questions about negative situations lol another obsessed bret hater.. man u guys seriously need help lol
He is a bitch of a man! Any legend will tell you a hell of a story, but not all will blame the newcomers for their career ending injuries. Look at Sting and Rick Rude. Booker T and Stone Cold, when Booker T came to WWE and injured Stone Colds back. Take just those in consideration
@@silverdollar7594 so stone cold is a b*tch then.... because he tells that booker t story all the time! Never realized stone cold Is a bitter, angry, whiney dude just like bret i guess..... judging by ur logic anyway
@@joshuaa1605 Stone Cold NEVER claimed Booker T took his career away from him like the cry baby, I mean the Hitwoman Bitch Hart did
"The only thing that Hulk Hogan knew was how to make Hulk Hogan" - Bret Hart
Bret could have made Bret. Instead he complained and complained and complained and complained.......and complained.
Hulk couldn’t make Samoa Joe. What’s he gonna tell Somoa Joe?” -Bret Hart (after the hulk hogan can only make hulk hogan comment)
“The questions were so bullshit that yeah there’s a Owen Hart DVD but it’s the shits. It’s the shits it’s the shits” -
“The wrestling with shadows dvd captured the screw job well. When you see triple H cowering from my Ex-Wife and denying his involvement. There ya go there’s your piece of shit right there.” -Bret Hart
" who are you to doubt El Dandy? " - Bret Hart
And money. Ask Eric and Vince
I love this. Just let him tell his story without interrupting. Host A++
100%
14:45 "I deserve to be in the hall of fame"
No Brett. You don't deserve it. You earned it.
Meh. The WWF Hall of Fame is tainted. It says something even more important to wrestling history that he isn't there.
Wait he’s not ? Thought he was inducted ?
@@Alamyst2011 He was inducted in 2006. I watched the speech he gave and everything. Am I missing something here, perhaps?
@@kaynce5592 Good catch. I always thought he got over looked
f the hall of fame. I mean look who is there. Thats a hall of shit.
His matches with Curt Henning were gold
I watched Bret before The Hart Foundation was formed. I knew he was going to be “The best there is “ well you know the rest . I love him for his passion,dedication and his commitment to the sport. I followed him from beginning and have nothing but the most utmost love and respect for a great man.
My memories of the hitman will always be great. All the classic matches in the wwf, playing as bret hart on snes video games, and just his persona and performance in the ring...just a legend and one of my best childhood wrestling heroes.
What a talented and fascinating man. I can hear him talk wrestling for hours and never get bored.
Fantastic message about the importance of letting go of a negative experience and not carrying around. You might feel like that resentment is being targeted at the perpetrator, but ultimately they know nothing of it, and the one with those emotions is the one that suffers.
Very well said
Bret will always be the best there is, the best there was, and the best there will ever be! Growing up he was always my favorite he was just so smooth no other wrestler moved or had Brets charisma. 🙏🏻
Watching this truly made me feel like crying for Bret Hart. One of the comments I read on here said how Bret Hart was an honorable man in a dishonorable environment. That is so true. I'll probably be a Bret Hart fan until I'm gone from this earth. Bret Hart and his brother deserved better. But no matter what, the good news is that Bret Hart and his brother still conquered......no matter the outcome. Watching this was emotionally hurtful. Bret Hart will always be the man😎
Bret is one of the true classy guys from the wrestling world. Some people just don’t get it. He gave 100% night in and night out!
Infuriates the hell out of me how he was “screwed” over by both companies.
This man has been through hell and back and deserved so much better!
“The best there is. The best there was. The best there ever will be.”
He earned that phrase for damn sure.
Will ALWAYS be a Bret Hart fan!
Kudos for Everything he did for the business that he loved so much. 👏👏
Big whoop. The man is still complaining about stuff that happened 20+ years. He should grow some balls and get over it, just piss and moans nowadays in his podcast
Not sure if I would characterize Bret as classy
It’s heartbreaking to see the pain in his eyes. “The Hitman” was a great entertainer and I personally appreciate his work.
Bret was the one and only reason I watched wrestling. Loved his style and his work in the ring. The man is a living legend!
39 now and i grew up with the hart family kicking ass in style. This man is in majority of my fondest memories with my grandfather. He is a true legend of this sport and gave it more than his all. Thank you Bret for all the great memories and i hope the remainder of life is treating you well.
"Yeah I go, I deserve to go"
Some of the truest words ever spoken. That man 110% deserved to go to the Hall of Fame.
Bret hart is the ned stark of wrestling.The most honourable man gets killed
There's no honor in cheating on your wife behind her back with ring rats for years
@@JoshLavian its pretty cool tho
@@grilledcheese9297 wtf does that have to with wrestling ??
@@JoshLavian thats a terrible thing to call your mom !
I met him a few times back in the days, seeing him and the pain he holds is heartbreaking.
He high fived me once at a road show called In High Gear. Not much but I'll remember it forever.
I met Bret Hart in a gym a few years ago, and he was incredibly nice.
Bret Hart is an awesome guy!
I don't understand why people think he was bitter, the guy gave everything for the business until he was literally unable to do it anymore. Helped everyone even if he didn't like them, like Shawn, Hogan to name a couple. My favourite wrestler as a child, i met him 2 years ago, such a nice guy.
Dude he’s bitter AF...he was one of my first favorite wrestlers when I was young, and I hated HBK but looking back on it Bret was very bitter.
@@usnationalist8150 i disagree, he spoke positive of alot of things and people, i can understand it sounds like he's bitter to some people, he experienced alot and the businesses turned sour towards him at the end, so i understand the man having grievances with how his career ended.
Gary McLaughlin: I mean I’m not saying he’s a bad person because he was/is bitter. I actually find it hilarious when he buries some people and things...like when he said the title wwe has now is junk or whatever he called it 😂😂.
@@usnationalist8150 he compared that to tge classic winged eagke belt which i think mosy people will agree is better, its certainly one of my favourite title belts. Yes he does bury things and people, much like other people.
6:50 I felt him. Thank you Hitman
I see an idol from my youth. His match with the bulldog is my favourite of all time. You hate to see your heroes growing old because in your mind they're always in that moment that made a difference in your life. To think he's the only one left of the Hart foundation stable is so tough. He's had such a journey. Has he got the right to be bitter? Damn right. Does he do it and still retain his integrity and legacy. Hell yeah.
Thank you Bret 🤘
I started watching wrestling when I was 4 back in the new generation era. Bret's rivalry with Shawn Michaels, and Stone Cold Steve Austin were epic to watch on T.V
@@BMKidProductions Stone Cold passing out with a bloody face in the sharpshooter made Steve Austin. Career defining moment, one that doesn't happen without Bret. Long live the Hitman.
I still hate Bill Goldberg and will hate him for as long as I live. Fuck that guy.
His match with one of his Brother in Laws...Bulldog and Neidhart (?) we're married to two of his sister's...what a wrestling family.
Bret Hart made us proud to be Canadian God Bless Him and his family 🇨🇦🙏🏻🇨🇦❤️ The Best there is, The best there was, and the best there ever will be..Bret Hart
I feel so sorry for Bret, he seems so sad and broken. Between losing his brother, Vince doing the screw job on him and then losing his good health, it’s was just too much to deal with.
And the losses after that.
Bret and Kevin Von Erich, so much tragedy in those two wrestling families.
Sorry but you can't even compare the two. Aside from Owen's death, Bret's issues are not that bad and mostly his own fault. He always cries about Goldberg but fails to explain that he still wrestled for months after the incident. There are plenty of people that have had their careers ended and are in worse shape. The Von Erich's story is so tragic it wouldn't even be believable as a Hollywood movie. 3 brothers lost to suicide and 1 to an overdose is just incomparable to what the Hart's have gone through.
@@muccmaster I agree with u..
..I believe bret lost a brother in 92-93? Dean.?,..liver failure, I forget exactly..then Owen in 99 then his mother in 2001 and father in 2003 then it all goes on.. Stu died same day and year as my grandfather October 16, 2003..,
another note.... in one part of wrestling with shadows there wishing Stu happy birthday and u see someone who's very built and I was like wow he's built the most of all of them. I know now that was Ross..anyhow I find owens son oje looks like Ross
@@muccmaster dont forget the opdest von erich, who got electrocuted
@@muccmaster Certainly the Von Erichs had unbelievable tragedies, but the Harts had theirs also. Bret lost his brother and then his career followed by part of his health, followed by the death of several family members. I wouldn't want to wish the tragedies of either family on anyone.
@@muccmaster He wrestled twice after Goldberg you moron. The Von Erichs (they got the Von erich name from stu hart btw) were all drug addicts. Bret lost two Brothers and a nephew in the 90s, had a stroke, cancer... so stfu
When I was a kid I remember seeing this guys on WWF, late 80s early 90s.
He was one of my favorite wrestlers.
It really hit home for me when he talked about not even being able to watch tv or listen to music when he was ill, I had the same thing happen to me, it’s something most people don’t realize in how a head injury can affect your quality of life.
Yeah I've had 5 but the last one was the worst. Any bright lights bothered me for a long time and loud noises still really don't feel good