Bret "the Hitman" Hart looks back on his iconic career in the squared circle
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- Bret Hart is a hero to generations of Canadian wrestling fans. Now, the five-time WWE Heavyweight Champion is honoured on Canada's Walk of Fame. He joined Tom Power to tell us what it was like growing up in a wrestling dynasty, why storytelling is so important to his work and how he managed to last for decades in the physically grueling world of wrestling.
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i love this guy
Wrestling is competitive sport, they are not all buddies avalond. Bret was a true technician 🎉
He looks so much like Stu! It's crazy ( not really since it is his son, but still)..... lols
Bret Hart, grew up watching you !!! Your entire family!! From Ontario!! And still love you just as much as the first time I saw you and the heart foundation!!!! You encompass Canadian pride !!!
WWE ....entertainment.......like Friends..........make it sound like a sport
It is strangely endearing how much bret puts himself on a pedestal to the point where its hilarious, he mentioned hogan and warrior fading and he's still remembered I can imagine him saying something like 'Before WWF edited it out in the wrestlemania 6 hogan/warrior match you can hear fans chanting loudly for bret hart the whole match that started hogan's whole hatred for me
strangely endearing, indeed! lols i agree
Always taking a shot at hogan, warrior and flair..
I agree. Hulk Hogan does not talk bad about anyone. He was the number one guy and everyone including Bret takes shots on him.
@@DannyGautamaThe wrestling business is full of bitter people. Even the most well liked people have heat with somebody. It's unavoidable.
@@mr.brenman2132 Good point. And I like Bret too. Bret was also the number 1 guy in his prime. Everyone should just be happy for each other’s. accomplishments.
What shots were taken here? He didnt even mention Flair.
Bret is the man, not just as a wrestler. But, as a person, he comes across as an honest and prideful guy. He's someone who tells it like it is and I've always admired him for that, even as a younger fan of his.
I think Bret's one of those guys that were born to do what they do and that was wrestling, he's definitely one of the greatest wrestlers ever, long live the Hitman.
He was a victim of nepotism. He got into the business because of his Dad. That mentality ruined him, as he always expected things after that. Everything was always someone else’s fault, he was never the issue. He felt he was always getting screwed and wasn’t getting pushed by promoters. He’d be the last guy to see things clearly or “tell it like it is”
@@aronmaslan6604 Bret's a good man.
@@aronmaslan6604 some truth to that, but their wasn’t any nepotism for him to benefit from in the WWF. Maybe early on as Stampede was supposed to be affiliated with WWF, and Vince wanted the bulldogs and took Bret cause he was the promoters son sure. But that partnership ended quickly and Stu was never paid by Vince. Vince could have easily tossed Bret out at that point before the Hart Foundation even formed.
Still Bret stuck it out through the eighties. He got over as a 2 time tag champ in a golden era of tag teams (the second title as baby faces with LOD and Demolition still around). He was a great IC champ in the tail end of the Hogan era, and Became the man right at the end of Hogans run (technically was champ while Hogans run was still going in 1992). That wasn’t nepotism that was years of hard work paid off, in a organization where guys didn’t stick around long or be able to stay over for as long as he did. Only guy who really had a better run than Bret’s run with WWF from 1984-1997 is the Undertaker, and maybe Shawn. Though his career was two different runs his jntial run was 88-98.
At less you think that ! Slot of these people out here trying to hate on him,about his Legacy
Modest as ever Bret - every sentence is him putting himself over
No SH#T !
⛔️LEAVE BRET ALONE⛔️
In this case it's totally deserved 100% as Bret is the best. When you were as great as Bret you can say it.
@Vegan Higler no not like he does, he's zero modesty or humility
@@QuantumGamingUploadsReally? Nobody helped him in his career?
News flash…. Bret the Hitman Hart talks about…. Bret the Hitman Har
No SH#T !
Damn, I came to this video to hear Bret not talk about Bret 🙄
@@TimMullins2 Ya No SH#T !
If putting yourself over and being your own biggest fan was an international sport, Bret would be the longest reigning, undisputed World Champion.
Where's the clip where Bret said he expressed to Owen that Austin represented smut seeping into wrestling and he was envious of fans cheering of it, so he convinced Owen, in a jealous fit, to break his neck. I know here I can find the 3,000 clips of Bret saying everyone ruined his career, or that so and so screwed him, or that he was better than everyone who ever lived, but can someone tell me where I can find the clip where he admitted to screwing over his brother?
Never heard of that
Hahahahahaha wise up 😂😂
Ask Ron at Oshkosh Tinfoil Wholesalers
making stuff up, I see......
I know that Owen did delibrately drop Austin on his bald headed stinkin neck
“Wrestlers don’t wrestle like hulk hogan, they wrestle like Bret hart”
SO TRUE! every time Bret is mentioned in wrestling shows or by other wrestlers like the Rock social media goes crazy because they see how wwe tried to erase Bret’s legacy after the screw job but the fans never forgot how much of a legend he is
I don't agree that they ever tried to erase his legacy..they put him in the hof in 2006 which was as soon as Bret was ready to come back and accept the honor.
Right!
@@stephenjones1488 no he came back when Vince told him either you work with us, or we release a documentary in the same vein as the destruction of the ultimate warrior. They were gonna bury him.
Hulk Hogan was a huge guy as if he was gonna do technical wrestling. When he was breaking in big guys didn't leave their feet. And he did actualy do a bit more technical style in Japan. It was a different style and that's what was great about wrestling then, there was so mant diferent looks and styles not like today where they all look and wrestle the same with a few variations but definitely not the extreme distinctions like in the 80s
Bret was great. The best there is the best there was and the best that ever will be. Flair : in order to be the man you got to beat the man Rock : if you smelllll la la Lou what the rock is cooking
Bret Shawn Triple H Undertaker String Dx Rock Goldberg Nwo was the best era of Wrestling Period .
I see that truth hurts for some in the commentary section! If you didn’t watch Bret as a Tag Team during the Golden Era, or as the Hero during the New Generation etc, pleas DO NOT write stupiditiesssss
Such an insightful and candid conversation with the the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be, Bret Hart. I have to admit I got a bit choked up when he said his favourite Canadian wrestler was Owen.
Of course he would say that because that was his little brother and his life
Really enjoyable interview, loved it. Thanks for sharing!
All 3 of those guys are legends, man.
What's he looking at off camera?
His wife is giving him a striptease?? 🤷♂🤷♂
A script
Love for this man all together way from the 🇬🇧
Tom Power, what an exciting interview. It makes me want to watch wrestling with my mother all over again. 👏👏👏 Congratulations Mr Hart!! You are so deserving of the uniqueness you brought to the sport! 🇨🇦 Many thanks. (ps Luther, dang it!!) 💫
Check out aew it'll do the thing for you
Stand out GREAT Wrestler; TRUE Champion of the Art; SUPER Hero to kids; and an all around GOOD Guy. Congratulations Bret. Well deserved honor. Love from🇱🇷
ALOT OF RESPECT FOR BRET RESPECT FROM PAKISTAN MY HERO
Yes, he probably takes himself too seriously. Yes, he relentlessly puts himself over. All that aside he's the reason I became a wrestling fan. If his mindset is the reason we got all those great matches then so be it.
No SH#T !
I always felt like a kid with the bret/shawn feud, was like shawn's funny and he's cocky and basically all the opposite traits of bret and I popped everytime shawn one upped him. That being said, Bret always reminded me of a dad that's telling you what's right but as a son you're like yeah yeah yeah whatever, but deep inside you know he's right. Which, makes a great heel for that time period tbh
He is a serious man! Don't take no s***from nobody period
Great interview with the Hitman Bret Hart. Glad I got to see him in Australia. Cannot believe how much Bret is looking like his father Stu.
Bret and Eddie Guerrero have always been my idols.
Kind regards from Australia, Rikki.
To me bret hart is not even in the top ten greatest of all time .hulk hogan is what made wrestling popular. He's the babe ruth of wrestling along with ric flair.
Wooooooooooooooooooooooo
In no particular order: Hogan, Austin, Rock, Andre, Macho Man, Undertaker, Triple H, Cena, Brock, Ultimate Warrior. My Top Ten of the modern era (from the 80s to now) and just the WWE. After that I would place Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels. So top 12. But if you count the older days, then wrestlers like Backlund, Billy Graham, and Bruno would have to be ahead of Bret. So I would say top 15 in wwe history.
Na when it comes to pure wrestling it’s no doubt Bret Is the best of all time, Hogan could talk but god he couldn’t wrestle if you go back to his matches he is a 1/10 wrestler that’s a 10/10 character
@@crangesmcbasketball367 How many times do people have to mention his matches in Japan and that McMahon wanted him to wrestle differently before people like you stop popping up? It's like Whack-A-Mole.
Rick Flair was a dinosaur thats why Vince got him out.
You'd think he'd not be able to walk by now after caring that heavy chip on his shoulders all these years. I do quite love his work, though.
Still lots of sympathy for Bret Hart ☺️🌟👍
The Hart family would make a great Netflix series doc or drama. Tell me I'm wrong.
Bret Hart and Mr Perfect. Class wrestlers, the best really.
Lol. Oh god. Still living living in Hulk Hogan's shadow.
Hogan warrior and flair live rent free in brets head even hbk
Not!
@@sequoyahchapman676Yeah!
Bret Hart is truly iconic Canadian and he did bring a sense of realism to wrestling and he was a working class champion that everyone could identify with. He made Canadians proud
6:55 it's great that you put the Bret Hart segment there. thanks for the video!
He has to bring Hogan up every chance he gets and run his name into the ground, while Hogan takes the high road. He has no class, and I think it sums him up when Scott Hall said he went over to his house and his whole house was decked out in Hitman gear. He's a total mark for himself.
Hogan screwed people over every chance he got.
Sorry but you take Hogan and Scott Hall as your references against Bret lol?Those two were the worst and the biggest ego. You lost the argument with yourself entirely. Those two couldn't be compared to Bret about anything in the ring and outside of the ring.
@@QuantumGamingUploads Bret has the bigger ego.
@@Jlawson310 bigger ego than the guys that buried everybody and refused to put then over? Really? What are you on about. Open your blinders and wake the f up. Bret Ego is about himself being the best not ruining others. You don't even know what Ego is in wrestling.
@@QuantumGamingUploads Bret turned his house into a shrine of the Hitman, it doesn't get any worse than that lol, what are you on? As far as being the best, Hulk couldn't have politicked his way into the main event of 9 straight Wrestlemanias if he wasn't good, then went to an inferior company and almost put WWE out of business, Bret could only dream of that, politics or no politics, or if you are just a Bret fanboy. Bret wasn't the best, if Bret was the best, Vince would have recognized that, because he is smart, and pushed him a lot harder instead of replacing him with Shawn Michaels.
Bret I will never forget you. I haven't washed my hand since I touched your arm when you walked by me during a wwe show in Tampa over 20yrs ago....I had to wear a rubber glove during covid...Brett you are a Hero to so many...more than one generation, male and female. Blessings!!!!
The best there is!!!
Bret is quite arrogant lol
It's not arrogance. Bret is the nicest down to earth guys towards his fans. He is confident about himself. Arrogant is another thing entirely.
What's that Suppose to mean! He is not Arrogant you have to really meet him to say that
@@QuantumGamingUploads he is quite a bit stop defending your hero.
Just an amazing talent. He never took a night off. All the matches on the card could be awful but we got our moneys worth when he stepped in the squared circle. He is a Pros Pro. We appreciate you Hitman! God Bless
hell no who can forget bret hart baby wooooooooooooooooooooo (i know he didn't say woo tht was flair i just get excited & say woooo) but bret is such an iconic wrestler such a technical wrestler who had an insane career with an insanely great group of talent (outside of ultimate warrior, goldberg & hogan they couldn't wrestle imo) wow dude he's so honest not bitter but its just good to see him in good spirits
Best wrestler of all time. No question.
Love Bret Hart. He told the best stories in the ring, and he always did his best to elevate his opponent while doing so.
It's honestly insane how much people underrate his impact on the business and his in-ring talent.
Dude couldn't flip like HBK or stand as tall as Andre, but you won't find a better storyteller than Bret in all of wrestling history. Charisma + Talent = The Hitman.
What a fantastic interview. Credit to the interviewer for the excellent questions and allowing Bret to answer without any interruptions. Bret was very candid as usual and elaborated well in his responses. I appreciate everything Bret has done in the wrestling business and how much the wrestling business and his fans means to him.
I'm the best there is, the best there was and the best that will ever be. 😉
The excellence of execution is so fitting. God Bless you Bret. Thank you for the memories. Thank you for always being a positive role model something this world is missing terribly. You always knew what you were going to get from Bret Hart and that was quality but quality you could set your kids in front of. Good show mate.
Only Bret Hart, Stone Cold Steve Austin and the World Wrestling Federation could pull that off to perfection. The double turn. You felt bad for Austin as Bret wasn't letting go. To me? That is as major as winning a world title.
Hey bro I m from North Sydney cape Breton. Love to see this and your admiration for OUR Canadian hero. Lots of love and respect from one islander to anoder me son. Lol
I like Bret, but the guy actually believes he "won" those matches. His whole life was living a make believe persona and getting paid millions to do it. Get over yourself Bret.
if you ever worked a manual labour job a day in your life, which clearly you never did, you'd understand. i think that's the biggest problem the pandemic revelead, people like you.
Well news for you pal, thats what wrestling was. Its scripted and Entertainment. That make beleive persona he built up took years of hardwork, training and sacrifice and eventually getting screwed over by the same company who you have 14 years for. If you dont know it better to shut your gob
It was real to him dude, he grew up in a wrestling family, it was his life.
@@Supercoolfast Yeah true, but still only make believe. He's the only one it was real to.
Well, as he was also one of the two people going over the match beforehand and discussing how it would go, I would think he's well aware that he didn't "actually win", he just talks in character in shoots that's all
Very cool and interesting to see him mention Punk like that. Also, i'm kind of surprised he didn't choose his match against Bulldog at Summer Slam as his favorite loss. The first great match I ever saw. He had to carry Bull Dog and that match still brought the house down. What a clinic, surprised he didn't choose that.
Much love for Bret from India. My hero growing up.
The best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be. The greatest wrestler ever - Bret Hart.
Good wrestler but overrated. But, he is better than any of the lame ass wrestlers of today though.
Yeah! He is better and always will be the best
The best there ever will be 💕💕💕💓🖤🖤🖤🖤
Always the greatest of all time in my eyes. The master storyteller. The greatest technician. If only he could have stayed with WWF for the years after '97.
Yeah that would be the best. I think Bret is the best complete wrestling package. Him with undertaker and Austin are 4me the greatest guys who ever stepped in a wwe ring
Right! But he couldn't because of Goldberg injured him badly, he could of killed Bret by that hard a**kick
LEGEND
Bret has been through a lot. He deserves all the praise.
❤️
Every time I watch one of his matches on CZcams, I realise why he’s called the ‘ Excellence of Execution ‘ . Definitely the best for me. There is , there was and there ever will be.
Brett Hart was a superb technical wrestler but unfortunately not very spectacular. He is still a legend.
Best there is best there was best there ever will be, always given great interviews and was definitely a top 5 talent ever in the ring
The Hitman: The best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be.
Bret is the G.O.A.T
VERY FEW TRUE WRESTLERS THOSE FIGHT WITH PRIDE
I just met the man last week.Such a nice fellow he is.Total class act.
That's awesome. I would love to have a conversation with the man... I saw him live win the title at Mania X.
There's that saying that everyone loves an underdog, but Bret was so much more than that.
He's literally an example of how far raw talent, hard work and dedication can really take you if you're passionate enough about what you do and you're determined to fight through all the politics and riff raff of your workplace. I read alot of people say he's a mark for himself, and you know what? Even if he is, he's damn well earned it. The amount of times the guy was used as a placeholder to drop the belt to others less deserving, I would be tooting my own horn too!
You look back at when Bret was starting to come up and he talked about how he constantly questioned himself when being entrusted with the titles in the company because he didn't think he had the "star power" of a Hogan or an Ultimate Warrior.
Regardless, as soon as I saw Bret wrestle Mr Perfect Kurt Hennig at Summer Slam '91, I knew right there what star power really was, Bret was it and he just went from strength to strength impressing me more and more with each match.
Hogan and Warrior had the fancy marketing, toys and promos, but as a wrestling fan, I was never really interested in all the buttered up TV work and props. I wanted to be drawn into wrestling matches with that willing suspension of disbelief and Bret was one of the only guys in the company who was capable of delivering that consistently. He gave wrestling a bit of credibility where others made it look cheap and fake at times. Yeah we knew it wasn't guys really beating each other up, but you don't have to do it in a way that's soooo obvious to the audience, Bret showed there's an art to this stuff.
He was one of the few guys I looked forward to switching on to every week, and by the time some of the others I liked left around 1993, Bret was pretty much the only one left that I properly followed.
PS:- I was surprised Bret said the Iron Man Match was his favourite loss, I thought he would have gone with the IC Title match at Wembley.
The goat
Canada's Walk Of Fame isn't the Order Of Canada.
Bret is the greatest wrestler of all time, hands down.
Bret Hart is the ultimate legend. My All-Time favourite wrestler and hero of my childhood. NoBody will ever surpass this mans legendary legacy. The perfekt professional. I do hope he understands hes loved just as much in the US and EVERYWHERE else, just as much as he is loved at home. God bless u and ur loved ones Hitman.
Wis h he had podcast with Conrad h e s so interesting to hear he defo one of the best ever I'm 97 he was as good as anyone that was his best year he ever had
2001, we were waiting for his appearance on the Aussie show 'Rove Live' - the commercials were on... and then it cut to the first strike on the World Trade Centre. never forgot that. Never got to see this interview either.
Sorry Brett more people know who ultimate Warrior is and Hulk Hogan than you! That’s fact!
Hogan yes, warrior no.
Warrior? Nope. Hogan yes.
Don't hate on a Legend of all time! Because the will always be the best there is the best there was and the best that ever will be forever
They don't respect them tho
Bret was an amazing wrestler. He had something that did make him different from others. He put his all into the wrestling game and respected it.
Much like Tom, Bret Hart was my hero as a kid in the 90s. He is a true Canadian Superhero.
Got to meet bret in 1995 when he was a champion it was at the airport got his autograph very humble person and a cool person.
i love you hitman Hart handsom super star all time my number 1 wwf fighter 😙😚😚😍😍😘
Summary:
Whines about Owen.
Whines about Goldberg.
Whines about HBK.
Shawn Michaels rules, brother!
Canada sucks!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Summary: You are just a b**** that s***** Off Shawn Michaels day an night.
da faq?
I listened to this a while ago, but I forgot how deranged he sounds in this. I feel really bad for him, but at least he feels good about himself. The level of delusion is quite astounding.
This is the most Bret Hart thing ever and I love it lol. 🐐
I don’t see this spoken about as much from anyone, including Bret Hart himself, but his presence from head to tippy toe at the time with the pink, black, design of the venom like black stripes, and the avenged sevenfold logo that Bret had when the band was most likely still in diapers, was revolutionary for the time that’s unique to him, and really has never been replicated years after the hitman hung up his boots.
A true legend
I love you breat heart 💖💓💓💓💓
I REALLY LOVE BRET, IM SO HAPPY TO BE FROM TORONTO. IT JUST FEEL GOOD TO HAVE BRET REPRESENT US .
Legend
Bret Hart is so legit, he never needed the kind of propaganda overdose other superstars lived on.
He was a turning point in the history, tunning things towards real wrestling not gimmics.
Cheers from Portugal 🇵🇹
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰💯💯💯 my lov
Bret Hart was the first 14-year wrestler in the history of Vince Jr.'s WWE. In 1997, no other wrestler had been with the company for that long without a hiatus or a termination.
We never forget you bret all love& respect from Libya
I am Indian WWF my favourite super star only hitman 2021
I love you ❤️ from India
Creepy, effeminate interviewer
Bret Hart is effeminate
@@magsxx9735 No, girl. He's a manly man, just as you like them. Hahaha!!!
Love from Pakistan!
Bret Hart, Hogan and Flair are still alive... they are the biggest wrestlers names of that 80's era that are still alive. RIP Macho Man, Ultimate Warrior and Andre The Giant.
Bret Hart is one of the few wrestlers the Iron Shiek has never insulted or said a bad word about. The Hitman was one of the true technical wrestlers who took pride in making his matches look as real as possible.
So many amazing matches against the likes of Piper, Davey Boy, Perfect, Owen, Shawn, Austin etc.
U r are my favourite 💗 hero
1:02 One minute into the interview and Bret already throwing jabs at Hogan lol The best there is, the best there was!
That Bret kept his perseverance in those early WWF days when he jobbed out in singles regularly for years is pretty amazing.
A living Legend, Bret Hart was the best of the best.
Bret hart = worse wrestler of all time as well as biggest liar
Whaaatttt? You must be a Roman fan
@@ghitmanbooker4807 nope I just think Bret was overrated and wasn't a draw
@@tobiasfrost86 Bret got wrestling in him. What are you trying to tell me son! Think of Hulk Hogan. He only got 5 wrestling moves. He couldn't wrestle. He just had the star power.
@@tobiasfrost86 Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair are more overrated compared to Bret Hart.
The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be
It's kind of funny how he's looking AND sounding more like his dad as he gets older.
And I mean as a high compliment because Stu Hart was a great guy in his own right.
My hero growing up. Of course I loved Hogan, Warrior, but Bret was my guy.
I still can't understand how WCW booked Bret so poorly Bret vs Hogan would have drew big money heel Hogan of the nWo and Bret as a face after getting screwed over