Bret Hart On Easiest Wrestlers To Work With
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Legend says that Macho yelled at Shawn Michaels and Scott Hall for going over their time in a PPV match, and they had to cancel several undercards where young guys didn't get to wrestle. Macho wasn't afraid of anyone
Scott Hall actually talked about it, it was a that 94 ladder match. Scott and Shawn went over their time. When they went backstage Macho Man went upto them and said ‘first of all, good match but you’re very selfish’. Scott said you’re right and after that Macho Man had a match with Crush
HBK did that to Holly v Lesnar in the early 00s as well. Whole first part of his single career was just about him.
And good thing they did. Nobody would remember those undercard matches 27 years later.
@@misternewman1576 The ladder match is overrated. If you watch it without knowing that it's supposed to be great, you wouldn't pay that much attention to it
@@misternewman1576 I think you're right because that was supposed to be the tin man tag team match but what they should have done was they should have put that 10-man tag team match a little bit more earlier and have the ladder match as the Coleman event
I could listen to Bret Hart tell stories all day and never get bored.
Omg me too! I keep looking for vids of him like this
His whiny nature is funny and attractive
Same!
Said this to myself yesterday
Generally speaking, yeah, but after the 300th "Goldberg ruined my career" story, it gets kinda' stale.
Whenever he's asked who he liked working with the most he always says Curt Henning... thats respect...
Mr. Perfect was truly out of this world
Curt is one of the only people you can say is Brets equal in the ring.
They basically are the same guy. And same worker if you think about it
Everyone loved to work with Curt. It was like taking a day off.
Curt always brought up Bret as well, whenever he was asked. I had the great great pleasure to have spoken to both of them. Bret and Curt talked to me for almost 30 minutes about all sorts of things. They had a ton of respect for each other both inside and outside the ring.
Love that he mentioned Sting... Always feel like their feud in 98 was like I was living in a dream.
I just couldn't get into Crow Sting. I didn't even like the Sting who let his blond hair go dark. It was crew cut blond Sting or nothing.
@@IrishCarney each to their own… 98 Sting was Hip Hop Sting, mixture of Crow and Surfer.
I respect any worker Bret says is good...but I just never really liked Sting's in ring work. Only a tiny bit better than Hogan, imo.
@@swordfan1330 Yeah, you're bugging. Athleticism, his moves, his style and his swag... especially his work from 91 - 96. 98 onwards, he was much more seasoned and knew how to pace himself but to say it was "a bit better than Hogan's", is nothing short of laughable.
@@DJObiSmalls No, what's laughable is Sting's move set.
As someone who is a massive fan of Bret, Kurt Hennig, and Randy Savage, I love how much respect these three guys had for each other. You'll never hear Bret badmouth either one, and neither did Kurt or Randy.
For such a "massive fan" it's interesting you can't spell Curt Hennig's name properly.
@@Vyselinkgive it a rest will ya ffs
Bret is such class act. He’s always honest. Bret is the GOAT!
Macho Man's the GOAT
@@bigbidness86 I saw a interview where Bret put Macho in his top 5 greatest of all time. It’s all about perception.
It's not perception, it's Macho Man! Oooohhhhhh yeeeeeeaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!
@@bigbidness86 Macho King and Macho Man 80’s is one my favorites wrestling times;you should know.
It's a shame that we didn't get Bret vs. Macho Man at Wrestlemania 9. That was the logical match
Macho wasnt built up the right way in 92. He wasnt over enough in 93 to sell the match enough, imo. Regardless, it wouldve been awesome to see
@@christophersuswal9544 Savage was the Champion in 92, dropping the title in late August and main evented Survivor Series in November. Savage should have kept the title until Wrestlemania 9, have Bret win the Royal Rumble, then Bret defeats Savage for the title in a passing of the torch match.
@@GameTime-yj6qv He won the belt at WM 8, but he didnt go on last. First time that happened at Mania. It was clear they were building all of 92 around Hogan and Flair, even tho it didnt happen. It wouldve been perfect had Savage gone over Hogan before Hogan fake retired for the first time, but you know. Doesnt work for me, brother!
@@christophersuswal9544 I'm sure Hogan had a lot to do with going on last, plus with Warriors surprise return, it was a great sight to see Hogan and Warrior posing to end the night. Playing fantasy booker, it should have been Hogan Vs Flair for the title at Wrestlemania 7 as you are right, it seemed it was their original plan, as well as Demolition Vs Road Warriors for the Tag Team Titles.
@@christophersuswal9544 Watch the 1993 Royal Rumble again. The last two men were Savage and Yoko and the fans were going crazy for Savage. Had he won and started a rivalry with Bret over the title (maybe tease a heel turn too) the fans would've eaten it up!
Man, Hennig was so good. I could’ve watched Bret vs Curt on any card.
re watching that King of the Ring 1993 match , so good
Perfect vs. Hitman match at SummerSlam was epic. By far, match of the night.
Absolutely
When bret went to wcw that's who they should of matched him up with even if it wasn't a heavy weight title match a hart vs henning match would of been way way better than hart and anything nwo his personality so didn't suit nwo.
Bret and Curt inter. belt mach 91 is the greatest match i've ever seen. Followed by Macho vs Steamboat in wrestlemania III
I'd give anything to see the Macho Man cutting an unscripted, unprepared 30-minute promo.
Something like this to buy time....
"I'VE BEEN THINKING THINKING YEAH... THINKING AH HUH THINKING THINKING THINKING! SOUTH BEND..... THINKING MACHO MADNESS HERE TO STAY OHHH YEAHHH!" 😆🤣 ahah
@@Keepitgreasy11 I'm not sure if you're paying tribute or being a dick.
I'm not sure what the promo would be about... but odds are I'd be headed out to buy a couple Slim Jims afterwards... for sure, lol
Some of his best promos involved coffee cups, creamer, and pieces of candy. Just let him walk past the catering table on the way out, he'd think of something.
Whether he knows it or not, Bret Hart has a dungeon. Indy wrestlers all over the world look up to him. They watch tape and try to emulate without copying him. His attitude, safety in the ring, and legit toughness influence guys to this day. Living legend.
He was not a legit tough guy
Great to hear Bret give Sting some major credit there as one of the safest and fun performers in the ring.
I knew right off the bat that the first two names he would mention were "Mr. Perfect" Curt Henning and Owen Hart. Love you Bret!
Yeah, I wasn't expecting Sting. Nothing against him, just Bret didn't really try, for the most part, in WCW. The match he put the most effort in was the tribute to Owen match. For all the bad shit that's been said about WCW, I'm glad they let Bret and Benoit have that match.
No one has a bad word to say about Randy Every one says he was the most professional they ever dealt with
I enjoy every Bret Hart match, and Randy Savage as well. Those 2 guys are among the most underrated superstars in wrestling history. Hart was a more technical and wasn't as in your face, Randy could bang a bit more and fly high but they were both among my absolute favorites to watch. I like how Bret always tells it how he thinks and doesn't hold it back to possibly not offend someone out there.
Remember Bret and Owen helped and protected the Rock when he was bit green.
Rock's from his own wrestling family legacy, like the Harts were. I'm sure that's why.... other than them just being solid dudes.
Bret Hart was my favourite wrestler, the screeching to start his music, the manly pink gear. The cool shades, and that swagger. And the most beautiful submission, the sharpshooter. Bret made Pink cool.
Pink is my new obsession. Pink! It’s not even a question.
Not surprised Perfect was the first name.
Macho Man is one guy who always put a good match on with anyone, WWF/E really screwed up by making him an announcer for a period of time which gave him the reason to jump to WCW so he could get back in the ring.
To be fair Vince was trying to get younger and make new stars, something fans complain about today in WWE. The New Generation unfortunately nobody drew a dime so Savage left on good terms in 94.
@@chadk890 true but savage still put on great matches and glad he won wcw championship over there and put diamond Dallas page over and that match was match of the year
@@daviddelarosa647 I'm not disputing that what I'm saying was Vince wanted to create new stars but with the exception of Bret and HBK, nobody really stood out at the time. Savage wanted to wrestle so he left on good terms and even Vince wished him well on RAW.
@@chadk890 Savage didn't leave on good terms. Vince was pissed, granted that was mostly because he lost Slim Jim as a sponsor.
@@jeremygott7709 Yes he did. Vince wanted him as the Babe Ruth of the WWF but Savage wanted to wrestle. Vince wasn't happy Savage left cause they were friends. X Pac and Bret confirmed that cause they were there in 1994. Why would Vince wish Savage the best on RAW then?
My all time favorite wrestler. The GOAT of wrestling psychology
Mr Perfect was/still is one of my all time favourite wrestler. This was the height of the WWE I watched in the early 90s in the UK. His matchup with Bret Hart at SummerSlam 91 for the Intercontinental belt, to this day still one of the best wrestling matches I've ever seen. Two of the best technically gifted wrestlers (until Shawn Michaels made it three!) If I remember, Perfect had the longest reign with the belt until Bret beat him at 'Slam. *RIP,* Curt Henning.
Yeah, he was AWESOME. Always enjoyed watching him wrestle.
One you may want to add was The Undertaker, who unfortunately, didn't get as much chance to shiw his ability because of his size. He did a great match with Bret which he was excited about. He also had the rep of never hurting anyone.
I stopped watching WWF in 1997 but before i did Bret Hart was one of my favorites...
Bret was definitely good enough to be a main eventer. Anytime, anywhere.
Bret Hart is living his best life, he seems happier than he's looked in a very long time seemingly, it's a beautiful thing to see
I caught Bret-Owen at a house show for the title. Those two came out and still put on a clinic even if it wasn't televised.
Brest hart was my hero! Growing up in the 90s ❤️😀
Holy crap, you talking to Bret Hart! Congratulations.
The Harts, Bulldogs, and all the Calgary boys in the early 80’s were awesome. Much ❤️
Curt Henning and Bret Hart.. Style and characters very similar. "Perfect" and "Best". 2 of my favorites of the late 80s/early 90s.
I wonder if he is ever mistaken for Don Johnson, or Vice versa…
It's wild to hear Brett talk about matches with Owen being "easy", when I remember their steel cage match and Bret performing a superplex off the top of the cage, into the ring, and wondering "how did that not hurt?"
Truly a great moment...best (blue) cage match ever!
@@swordfan1330 best cage match ever forget the color tbh there are not alot of great grey cage matches anyway excluding HIAC
Easy matches were the kind where they knew the opponent would not hurt them, where they worked fluidly together, where they could both do anything and the other would be able to handle the style or move.
He must have hurt himself, but that wasn’t the ‘easy’ part. The east part was knowing you and your opponent would have a great match and neither had to worry about being made to look bad or being hurt by the opponent.
Bret
Machp man and Bret Hart two of the best to ever do it.
Curt Hennig
Sting
Macho Man
Shawn Michaels
Bret Hart
Definitely should be in anyone's list of greatest prowrestlers of all time
Love Bret, him and Sting had cool matches. Two of the best to do it and they did look natural. I love his passion for wrestlers not hurting people. Owen did hurt Austin so surprised he said Owen but cool on Sting and Macho
So awesome to hear people say good things about Randy Savage.
Very first live wrestling show I went was in Edmonton in about 1978 or 79 and Bret was in the opening match of the night. It was a ton of fun! He won the match with the figure four.
Damn that’s cool
Bret Hart VS Bobby Eaton was a dream Match I never got to see. Those two were smooth as butter and I bet would've put together a great match. Then afterwards been in the locker room jonesing to have another match cause neither man got hurt.
I never paid attention 2 Bobby Eaton as a wrestler u have any match suggestions 4 me 2 peep out cuz I'd definitely ✔ it out
@@allengriggs8894 Bobby Eaton vs Ric Flair 2 out of 3 falls match was great. Eaton vs Arn Anderson for the TV title at Superbrawl 1. Eaton & Condrey Midnight Express vs Rock & Roll Express. (Many matches take your pick) Midnight Express vs Horsemen feud was great mic work by Cornett & J.J. Dillion.
Steve Austin (pre-Stone cold) winning his first TV title from Bobby Eaton was an ok match but historic to see the rise of Austin in wrestling.
@@randellgoering1014 bet I'm on it appreciate it
@@allengriggs8894 Cactus Jack aka Mic Foley aka mankind. In his book said "Wrestling Bobby Eaton was considered a "day off" by the boys because Bobby Eatons ring work was so great. It looked painful but you never got hurt." Stone Cold called him one of the best to ever step in the ring.
High praise from two Hall of Famers.
Dream match lol maybe the Midnight Express vs the Hart Foundation yes I’ll give you that. But Eaton vs Hart once Bret broke away from being a tag team wrestler..... no way
I knew the first one he will say is Mr.Perfect Curt Hennig
Bret Hart was a true master of pro wrestling
Bret vs perfect at summer slam was amazing
Hitman vs. Perfect at Summerslam was truly incredible.
My favorite wrestler of all time I live in Maine so never got to see any wrestling back when I was a kid. One bucket list item is to meet Bret but sadly it will never happen. My second is the undertaker. Bret Hart truly the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be!
Is anyone else really interested in hearing that 30min interview Savage did to stall for Hart?
Hardest working wrestler of his time...and a Canadian treasure.love Bret Hart
Bret Hart stars in 350 Days documentary w 3 dozen legends
Funny that he talked about improvising with Macho Man, who’s infamous for meticulously planning every detail of his matches.
As he asked the question, my brain said "I bet Curt Hennig". Sure enough....
Bret Hart was the safest wrestler ever and the best technical wrestler also the greatest in ring wrestler Bret was my guy 🇨🇦🤼
My all Time Fav Wrestler
I still remember how OVER as hell Bret Hart was during the Survivor Series 1989 PPV when it was him in Duggan's 4x4 Team against Macho King's King's Court Team. Bret was actually the last but one team member to be eliminated and was eventually eliminated by the Macho King by his flying elbow, but I remember the crowd went nuts when Macho King was in the ring and Bret got a hot tag to get in the ring and it was fun to watch the two face off.
Everyone always talks about how Randy Savage always wanted to script the matches hold for hold until I heard this. Pretty awesome and Bret could work great on the fly so I'm sure Macho wasn't much concerned on those occasions.
Wouldn't expect him to say macho man. Loved macho man's promos. He said the craziest shit.
It is fascinating that these guys can wing it and not step on each other's moves and routines
Barely two seconds in and he already blasted Goldberg, some things never change😂😂
Bret Hart is one the great ones, thanks for sharing.
I'm not sure off the top of my head, but this might have even been the match that Hart featured on his DVD back in 2005/2006. It was a fantastic match! All their matches were! When a wrestler says that working with you "is like a day off," you know you have 100% trust.
I imagine the ending to that match was Macho going "Okaaay. Put me in the Sharpshooter... they popped for you and they're sick of hearing me talk. Take it home and send em away happy Ohhhhh Yeah!"
Cause Macho was a class act. He knew that to do business, you need good dance partners and being selfish and a prima-donna like Hogan and Warrior doesn't do that. Helping new guys get over with a good storyline in and out of the ring is the way to do it.
Can you just imagine that as the wrestlemania 10 dream match. Bret the Hitman Hart versus macho Man Randy Savage for the WWF championship. Talk about passing the torch
@@attiepollard7847 the true passing of the torch lol
Pretty surprised he said he just did 20 minutes on the fly with Savage (multiple times) 'cause I've heard frequently that Randy was so meticulous on his matches that he wanted everything written down/gone over in detail prior to hitting the ring.
Be was but he was also a pro when situations like this came up
A preference is not a requirement. :)
It’s ridiculous to think that savage scripted everyone of the thousands and thousands of matches he wrestled. Big PPV’s is one thing but I doubt he spent much time working out a 5 minute squash match vs Disco Inferno or someone like that. DDP has never said they scripted any of their matches and they had the fued of the year. In fact you can listen to him tell the story we’re Arn Anderson asks him right before a match with DDP how he wants it to finish and he says he wants to take the diamond cutter. Sound pretty much made up on the fly.
He is my Favourite,lots of Love brat for you from India 🇮🇳
I would've loved to have heard more details about this! If Bret was replacing Jake against Savage it was probably during early 1992, at which point both Savage and Bret were faces. I wonder how the crowd reacted and who they rooted more for. And of course I want to know who won!
Absolutely. I hope he's written or told this story in fuller detail somewhere. I have his autobiography but haven't read it yet. Maybe it's in there?
@@calestelken4645 If it is please share the details!
An alternative universe I think they would have cheered for both guys at a WrestleMania 10 championship event
@@attiepollard7847 I would've loved to have seen a Savage vs Bret main event at WMX, since I was there!
It wasn't actually Jake that no-showed, it was Dusty Rhodes. But it was Bret who won as it happens.
Best there is, Best there was, and Best there ever will be!
Would be insane to watch Randy cut a 30 minute promo. I'd be like "Man, did I take some mushrooms and not realize it? How much time has passed? Is this normal? I can hear my own voice."
I wonder if this is the Saturday’s Night Main Event match from ‘87
Loved watching the wwf from the early 90s they were all great wrestlers.
Wow. I've heard so many stories about Macho Man needing to plan out his wrestling matches. Guess he could call the odd match on the fly with the right opponent.
When he mentioned Sting❤
Awesome story!! To run in that ring cold. Only a seasoned vet could do that!
Mr Perfect and Macho Man were awesome!
Bret is referring to some 1987-1988 house show matches against Randy (the period when Hogan saved Randy from the Harts/Honky Tonk triple team...) . . .
and Bret's only ever taken 3 clotheslines from Ultimate Warrior (WCW Nitro 1998) - no matches together (aside from Rumble 1988, house show tag team late 1992, and War Games 1998). The Mountie may be the only one who is technically undefeated against The Hitman. There's only a few people Bret never had a match with; King Mabel, the Steiners, Jericho, Regal, Texas Tornado... WCW had the time and chance to do something with Regal vs Hart, like a couple of US Title matches in 1998, - gotta get in those 18 minute NWO promos instead haha !!!
I wouldn’t say Owen was one, after he essentially cut Stone Cold’s career short and didn’t even have the decency to ever apologize for hurting him.
Look up Bret vs DiBiase matches on here. It's no surprise those two worked well together given how skilled they both were.
WWF @ Auburn Hills, MI - Palace - March 23, 1990 (5,000)
Bret Hart fought Rick Martel to a draw
Koko B. Ware pinned Bob Bradley
Tito Santana defeated Buddy Rose
The Red Rooster defeated Pez Whatley (sub. for Barry Horowitz)
The Bushwhackers defeated Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zhukov
The Big Bossman (sub. for Roddy Piper) pinned Rick Rude in a steel cage match after intercepting a chain thrown in the ring by Bobby Heenan and using it to knock Rude out
WWF IC Champion the Ultimate Warrior & Jake Roberts defeated Ted Dibiase & Akeem when Warrior pinned Akeem with a splash
WWF @ South Bend, IN - Joyce Athletic & Convocation Center - March 23, 1990
Included an in-ring confrontation between Sensational Sherri and Sapphire to kill some time while Bret Hart was flying in from Detroit to replace Dusty Rhodes against Randy Savage
Black Bart defeated Paul Diamond (sub. for Hillbilly Jim)
The Brooklyn Brawler defeated Jim Evans
Jim Neidhart fought Greg Valentine to a draw
Jim Duggan defeated Bad News Brown via disqualificataion
WWF Tag Team Champions Andre the Giant & Haku defeated Demolition
Bret Hart (sub. for Dusty Rhodes) defeated Randy Savage by count-out
The Big Bossman (sub. for Roddy Piper) defeated Rick Rude in a steel cage match
Looks like Bossman and Rick Rude were also on the flight with the Hitman
2 things.
Macho cutting a 30 minute promo on the fly is a mic dream only those in attendance lived.
Macho didn't carefully plan out each and every match beforehand.
Not according to Greg Valentine. He saidRandy always planned out match with other wrestlers except him.
Bret and Macho Man on Saturday Nights Main Event .
Detroit and South Bend are in the same time zone
I feel brett would have alongside ric flair and Hulk Hogan as one of the biggest leaders/legends for the initial part of tna and would have been great in it
There was one man that always made trouble for the wrestling show..his name is...Scott Tronson.
Detroit to South bend is 3 hour car driv and no time zone change.
When Bret talks you stare and listen. Seeing the break in eye contact by the interviewer and seeing him type while Bret is dropping history is disrespectful to the Goat
I love Bret Hart and grew up a huge fan of his, but I never understood the hypocrisy of his statements about Owen. As far as a track record of injuring opponents, Owen nearly paralyzed Steve Austin, but Bret totes for Owen’s induction to the Hall of Fame while burying Goldberg for one (seriously) errant kick; saying something along the lines about Goldberg, “how can you induct someone into the Hall of Fame when they did this kind of damage.”
I think Steve Austin would have something to say about Owen Hart being super safe...
Fly all the way to South bend from Detroit lol its like 3 or 4 hours away
Bret and macho and ultimate we're my favorite wrestlers of all Time
Randy is 1 of the most complete wrestlers ever.
Owen was usually great, but he did serious damage to Stone Cold’s neck.
Who was Bret talking about in the first 10 seconds when he said he would rather work with him than Goldberg?
OOOOOH YEAH... Macho Man would be happy with this shoot
Not owen he literally broke Austin's neck
Damn, thought this guy was jimmy kimmel for a second.
Bret Hart is the fucking GOAT.
Is that Jimmy Kimmel from "The Man Show" days? LOL
Bret Hart is no Randy Savage or Jake Roberts. Jimmy and The Anvil carried the Hart Foundation.
Good joke.
Bret vs Macho Man, Bret vs Mr. Perfect, Macho Man vs Mr. Perfect would all have been great Wrestlemania matches. HBK could also have competed with Mr. Perfect or macho man in WM and could have great performances. Too bad none of that happened.
Everyone should have been easy to work with, but management was fucked up.
Looking more and more like Stu everytime.
🥲
couldn't bring himself to mention shawn michaels in that category haha
I don’t think he meant to do that. Goldberg was new.
Unfortunately it’s hard to patch some things. On a smaller scale, had a ground burst sim hit my head. Friendly. Always was different.
Bret Hart was one of the best to watch. Like his foes too.
Was this story in Bret's book? I can't recall.
Jake “missed a plane” ....right
Agreed Jake missed alot of matches and it wasn't because of missing the planes lol. Jake still my favorite wrestler of all time though.
Check out the November 1987 SNME match between face Randy Savage and heel Bret Hart. It's in my top 5 best non-ppv match of all time.
Best tv match of all time.
Surprised he said Sting. That’s wassup tho.
0:20 Uh huh. Stone Cold Steve Austin may disagree.
Owen 3:16 says I just broke your neck!