Bret Hart interview on The Front Page - Montreal Screwjob 1997
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- “The best there ever will be… according to him” says the host. Lol. Sigh.
Poor Bret Hart, honestly, the guy cannot get a break. He does this interview shortly after leaving the WWF to talk about his legacy and being humiliated in Canada and this host is just sitting there looking like he assumes what Bret is saying is actually part of a fake wresting storyline.
Anyway, the interview isn’t that bad, I’m just a mixture of jealous and heartbroken for this missed opportunity. The host clearly has no idea what questions to ask a month or two after the biggest thing that will ever happen in professional wrestling goes down.
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Jesus Christ, the way Bret describes it, the betrayal, it was like the end of a Godfather movie.
Well the man worked for the company loyally for 15 years. It's obvious he would be destroyed by it
@@maggaveli6764 Bret knew what was going to happen. His dad owned a territory and he traveled about to Japan, England, Puerto Rico and the US. He knew the deal, how ruthless promoters could be, especially when wrestlers held their ground. He had seen what had happened to Jesse the Body, Warrior and Savage when they stood up to Vince. Much worse happened to Bruiser Brody. That I could see being murdered in the locker room. The thing was karma caught up to Michaels and a few months later, Vince had him job to Austin, which made Michaels sooky and stay home for 3 years until WCW went under. So in the end, Vince won, but Bret had the WCW deal and I think the Goldberg injury and that loss hurt Bret as much or more because at least in the end he found some peace with Vince and WWE. And to be fair, I don't think Vince wanted to screw Bret, but fucked himself putting the belt back on Bret and probably thought he could get Bret to allow himself to be torn down. But Bret wasn't having that. I don't buy the reasoning that it was just Bischoff and the Madusa thing that's why they did it, so I agree with you there that they did try to actively bring him down, just didn't mean for it to come out that way, which is odd because you wouldn't think Vince would underestimate Brets resolve to not do a job in Canada and fail to realize the depth Bret and Shawn had serious enough heat that a finish couldn't be worked out because of a lack of mutual respect at that point.
@@dingdong7610 I agree with your statement. Truth be told, Shawn Michael's started this problem with what he told Bret at that house show just over a few weeks before the Survivor Series. Shawn said, "I appreciate that but just know that I am not willing to do the same thing for you." I am willing to bet that had Vince McMahon mediated the situation between Bret and Shawn, Bret would have agreed to put Shawn over at the Survivor Series for the title but Vince was cashing in on the heat between the two because it generated so much attention and ratings for him.
@@maggaveli6764 he's a prostitute
Nobody should ever trust Vinnie Mac! Spit in the face was the highlight of the match!😆
I actually threw a huge cup of pee on Bret after the match.
Another guy threw a handful of nacho cheese in Bret’s hair.
So he came out soaked in piss and cheese slung in his hair.
He had that dumb hound dog face. And cheese all over. And urine. It was awesome
Bret Hart is the goat of professional wrestling
For 83 weeks, Nitro was defeating Raw in the ratings. Wrestlers were jumping ship to WCW faster than you could say “Titanic.” Bret Hart was told the company couldn’t afford him, and the company was downsizing and taking the water coolers out of the offices. But the company was not on the verge of bankruptcy as some would believe. Actually, despite getting thumped in ratings, the WWE’s House Show and international presence was not only keeping the company afloat but helping them turn it around from an economic standpoint.
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@@HhhHhhh-nu4lmJim Ross said they were. You continue making up lies
@@HhhHhhh-nu4lmwanna keep spewing out nonsense? 🤡
At least Bret has always been consistent in his side of the story for all these decades.
To me, the name Bret Hart is synonymous with the word legend. In this interview, Bret mentioned his accomplishments with grace and wasn't full of himself. He was a very hard and dedicated worker to his craft. I remember seeing the Screwjob take place and feeling appalled at what happened to Bret. Sadly he couldn't predict that things would be worse at WCW. Bret has my utmost respect--the BEST!
The Screwjob will forever go down as one of the most disgraceful moments of the WWE that will never be erased. Bret got screwed. It's good, he somewhat got payback on a massive stage at WrestleMania 26 against Vince.
Bret Hart looks cool
He is always was and always will be
Bret had the *contractual right* to refuse the job, simple as that. Michaels weaseled his way out of jobs left, right and centre.
Quit crying. Bret screwed Bret
@@HBKStyles Do you have an argument or not?
@@jpalvarez4972 I'm sure you do. And Bret still screwed Bret. Get over it
@@HBKStyles nope
@@jpalvarez4972 Yea I have a pretty sizeable argument. Although ridiculously shady and unethical, Bret should’ve lost the title to Shawn. Ever since 92-95 even, Shawn did numerous jobs to Bret from house shows, to PPV cards, to home videos. Yeah Shawn was egotistical but he would put Bret over clean (like always). Shawn hadn’t had a clean victory over Bret until WrestleMania 12 and even then you could argue if it was clean given the fact Bret had him beat when the time ran out. I think both men had their egos but even if you believe Bret where Shawn said he wouldn’t drop the strap to him, so what? It’s a business. Shawn dropped it to Sid, Shawn dropped it to Austin, I guarantee if Vince thought it would be good for business he would’ve forced Shawn to drop it anyways. But that’s the ‘what if’s’. Both guys had their egos and overall it ended up burning them both in the long run; unfortunate to say because both are great great wrestlers
Happy new year 2023!!!
Do people say he took it very seriously yes' but he was a cool dude and a straight talker' and the best there was the best there is and the best there ever will be 😁
Lol
Brett done more in 14yrs then Michael's did in 20yrs or 30 wtfe it was Brett was and is the man
The way he described being Canadian made me smile. I always had a huge crush on The Hitman 💕💕
"The WCW"
The World Championship Wrestling. Yep.
This was definitely in November 1997 maybe two weeks after Survivor Series.
Feel bad for Bret, but ceding the highest prize in the company without being beaten sort of devalues the title itself, and Vince wasn't going to have that. Back in the 90's, being the heavyweight champ meant a hell of a lot more than it does now. With all the moving parts and WCW being involved, there probably wasn't enough time to wait for Bret to leave Canada as the champion and put someone over in the months to come, and so he schemed the screw job.
Yet, he let Shawn forfeit it 9 months earlier to go find his smile?
@@janinebrittanica4314 That was terrible, but HBK wasn't leaving to join the competition which was beating them at the time. Bret forfeiting the belt & going to WCW would have sent the message "I've done all I can in the minor leagues. Moving on to where the big boys play."
@@cjrich7720 ret was a massive draw in Europe and Canada, and he and Shawn Michaels are the only reasons WWE didn't go bankrupt by 1996. He may not have drawn new fans the way Hogan did but there would be no WWE now without Bret around to stop the bleeding. Cena was kind of the same. Maybe he didn't create a boom period but he sure as hel
@@cjrich7720 f you look at when hart beat Nash for the title in late 1995, business immediately picked up in a month The big turnaround at the box office was early 1996.
@@cjrich7720 And Bret delivered in spades for WWF at their weakest time. Bret main-evented the two highest drawing WrestleMania's from 1991-1997, with all PPV business noticeably much higher with Bret as champion than any of his contemporaries.
You might say that in WWF's darkest time Bret was the guy that kept the lights on.
Can’t believe he done the media rounds wining about not really losing a wrestling match.
wow i not rember this interview but still great interview !!
Thanks for watching. More Bret Hart stuff to come.
@@CurtisAndersonCJA wwe was never danger going under and vince did tell him he had the money for him. bret did not like what he was offered
People don’t realize when this happend there was no Instagram hash tagging camera 📸 phones 📞 no Twitter no CZcams you had to catch it when it was on tv and you couldn’t type it in and watch it the next day or when you had time with this in particular it wasn’t until 6 months after it happend that AandE aired the wrestling with shadows documentary that people actually figured out what actually happend there was no trending topic people chatting on blogs it happend and if you didn’t see it you missed it man I miss those days
Well it was 1997 the internet was still fairly a new Thing in the 90s
If the internet was just as mainstream and social media websites where around in 1997 when the Montreal Screw Job happened. It would have been trending on CZcams Twitter Instagram Facebook and the next day people would have been sharing re watching it.
@@TheAaronChand yeah idk how old you are but things were different back then you couldn’t stream anything you had to go out in by the physical copy of something you wanted to watch or with wrestling and other sports catch it at the right time on tv me personally I miss those days not only was wrestling better but tv in general nowadays you have a lot more choices and you can go back and watch things you missed easily but back then you had to catch it or you missed it I think the internet took a lot of fun out of things such as going to blockbuster to look for the right movie to rent and watch
@@kassimparekh1639 i was born in 1993 so during this time November 1997 I was 4 years old. I'm quite familiar with the fact pre mainstream internet you had to watch something live or rent it 🤔
@@TheAaronChand yeah but to actually live it is incredible wrestling by the following year became the hottest thing on tv and it was raw back then cursing,nudity,violent matches unlike the politically correct bullshit that’s out now
i think they should of had bret hart lose to the undertaker at survivor series 1997
Would have made things much easier
Bret Hart actually wanted to lose the title to Ken Shamrock either at that Survivor Series or the next night on Raw.
Bullshit he still would've cried about losing as a Canadian hero and complained about never losing a fake fight to someone he's also acting like he's the only wrestler to sacrifice slapping his co-workers on the face . This guy was a wimp when he didn't get his way .
@@jorgeuribe1386Yeah, but the company doesn't want the belt on Shamrock. What a dope Bret Hart was. He really thought he could dictate to that degree to the company he was leaving?
I loved Headline Sports. Don't remember this or them doing anything wrestling related back then.
I don’t remember headline sports at all. Lol. Yeah, don’t think this guy was super jazzed to be talking to a wrestler. Thanks for watching.
He wouldn't be getting this interview if the match ended in the boring DQ finish he wanted. I know he hates the screwjob, but honestly it made him a bigger star.
@@TheHappynot he was already a star dummy. It’s about respect. You wouldn’t get it squirt.
@@wrestlingtapes2036 But this interview is taking place covering the controversial finish. He was star yes, but the screwjob brought him 100 times more attention. If it ended in a DQ it would of been a forgotten match.
His story never Changed after all these years so I believe him weather his was a difficult person he was professional and his contract was valid
Watching this so many years later one thing came to my mind. I dont think it was only about money from Vince's perspective. Wrestling & WWF was changing at the time and with Bret being an old school guy, who was so serious about wrestling - he just did not fit in that. From Vince's standpoint it was a Perfect Time to let him go. He was on top for so many years & WWF was not going to win against wcw with same old school wrestling bad guys vs good guys. As much as i admire Bret I believe Vince got rid of him not because of the financial reasons, but Bret surely would have been a pain in the backside, with WWF changing into more violent wrestling, half naked divas. A match against Shawn at ss1997 and the circumstances to get the belt of Bret is a different story.
Except It had already changed and Bret was a huge part of helping it, His submission match with stone cold helped make stone cold a star and turned Bret into a heel, he had already adapted to the new style of wrestling by the time they did him dirty
not saying metlzer is right all the time but he was right when he said wwe was never danger going out business and vince never really tried to get him to leave.
They could have easily paid Bret after WM14. They paid Tyson almost $3.5 million for his appearance etc. It wasn’t money at all for Vince they wanted to go in a different direction with Austin
Get over yourself! Losing a fake belt isn't the end of the world. Seems like Bret had forgotten that Wrestling is fake afterall. It's actually cringe and embarrassing to watch him whine about that damn belt for his whole life. He made millions of dollars from wrestling. Gimme a break
Doug Floutie!! Who the hell is that guy
Watching this so nany years later. We was just left with the impression that Bret just took himself way too seriously and only thought of himself, Etc etc. But now with the state WWE is in. Bret was telling us how it was. We just never seen it.
You are so right
Also, Bret's story has never changed. I've watched SO MANY interviews and documentaries of Bret about this period and his story usually always stayed consistent. Shawn Michaels on the other hand...
@@CurtisAndersonCJA vince was lying wwe was in black they could have afforded bret. sept 1997 in the black
@@CurtisAndersonCJA notice at 3;30 bret said eventually they told him they have the money more for and wanted him to stay but he did not like what they offered
@@CurtisAndersonCJA this interview support everything bret said. wwe was in black by september 1997. never in danger going under. with bret and bret did not like what vince had for bret character .he story of the episode was WWF was close to going out of business due to the WCW war and couldn't afford Bret anymore, so Vince nobly allowed Hart out of his contract so he could negotiate a better deal with WCW. Actually, Dave says, Vince first talked to Bret about deferring some of his contract to later on but that was a couple months earlier. At the time, WWF really was having some financial struggles, but it's an exaggeration to say they were almost driven out of business. They were never even close. But regardless, that's irrelevant because in Sept. 97, they raised the price of PPVs by $10. That added revenue, which was nearly $1 million per month in pure profit, was easily enough to get them out of financial trouble. By the time Survivor Series 97 rolled around, WWF was doing just fine, money-wise, and were only a couple months away from catching fire and getting nuclear hot. So no, they did not need to get rid of Bret's contract. And in fact, in October, a couple weeks before Survivor Series, Vince changed his mind and asked Bret to stay, saying that the financial situation had turned around. But by this point, Hart's negotiations with WCW were full speed ahead and Vince allowed Hart to continue negotiating. But after talking to both sides, it was clear Vince had no real plan for Bret and he didn't really seem like he wanted to keep him, so Bret took the WCW deal and the rest is history. But of course, none of that is mentioned in this show. The episode also claimed Hart refused to drop the title to anyone (again, not true. Only Shawn. Bret even offered to lose it to Brooklyn Brawler if they wanted. In fact, Dave breaks down all the different scenarios that were presented here, and Bret was willing to lose the title to anyone other than Shawn, anywhere other than that show in Montreal, at any date before or after the PPV. They had actually presented Bret with dozens of different scenarios, all of which he agreed to, only for Vince to keep coming back around to Shawn at Survivor Series, which was the one and only thing Bret wouldn't budge on). They also tried to paint the picture that Bret could have taken the title to WCW the night after Survivor Series. In fact, Bret's WWF contract didn't end until Dec. 1st, and he was booked on more than a dozen house shows after Survivor Series and had even agreed to work the early December PPV because Bischoff had given his blessing. There was zero chance Bret was going to show up with the belt on Nitro. There was concern that Bischoff would go on Nitro the next day and announce he had signed Bret, and Dave says it's true that Bischoff certainly was planning to do that. But Bret had also asked Bischoff to hold off on the announcement and Bischoff had agreed. Vince knew about that too, but in recorded conversations with Bret (from the Wrestling With Shadows documentary), Vince didn't seem concerned since the word was already out and everyone knew Bret was leaving already. This just goes on and on. We all know the story already. Anyway, TL;DR - interesting show, but WWE's version of the story is bullshit. But we all knew that.
Can history say hes NEVER lost a wrestling match in Canada?
I still say to this day that the fight shawn had with bret caused this shawn told vince im leaving to go be with my friends at wcw if you dont get rid of bret and thats when vince decided to get rid of bret it was the right move
I love you WWE Bret Hart my favorite WWE wrestler of all time ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
If it don't come from bret don't believe the other jacka*sses... He's the only one who stays consistent with his story. Everyone else flip flops constantly.
I dont blame bret what so ever, I have seen and heard both sides of the argument and even I would have been pissed off by vince doing that business or not.
On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being bad) how bad was the business exposed up until this interview aired? I think Bret had every right to do this interview but man I can’t imagine being someone at that time thinking wrestling was real for Bret to pretty much expose the business.
Its been many years since the screwjob happened and bret is still to this day sour about it he will be angry over it until he dies but you get into a buisness for one thing to make money hes a millionaire so what else does he want?
Vince had Austin. Why do you think he had no issue with Bret going to WCW?
I think Vince eventually worked out that guys like Bret, Jarrett, Russo, Sid, etc. would be addition by subtraction.
They did Bret wrong. Yeah like Shawn Michaels said in his autobiography, "It is a tradition in our business to 'drop' your last match to show a gratitude of respect for the business that put you here"
I agree, yet after all these years Vince McMahon betrayed the agreement given in Bret's contract. (Bret should've sued) All 'n all it should have been done, way differently.
That wasnt supposed to be Brets last match. He had over 3 weeks left on his contract.
If bret sued vince would have counter sued for the punch that bret gave him and knocked him out so vinces payout would have been bigger than brets so either way bret would have lost
Why was he so CONCERNED about losing in Montreal when hes from Calgary. Yeah its/hes said he didnrt want to lose in Canada allegedly.
Poor Bret😂😪😢😓
Only just came across this video. Small part of story Id like to have seen looked at later, Vince asked him to talk to wcw, then in middle said he could afford his contract, then laid out crappy creative if stayed. It to me was Vince trying to f*ck around with Bret so either he would make wcw think hes not serious and lowball him, then have to stay at a lesser salary cause Vince would have the leverage then, Flip side just wanted him to get a lower offer then could cause in Vince's mind, how dare you make me sign you to this 20 year contract to start so ill mess with your money over there too. i dont know, just that whole we cant afford, wait we can, oh creative is crap, oh, just go, part is so fishy to me.
Thanks for watching. Keep checking back- I’m digging through a pile of unmarked old vhs tapes from the 90s. Finding lots of wrestling stuff
Bret was mad because Hulk wouldn't pass the torch. But yet, he did the same exact thing. And, he was no Hulk Hogan.
Bret refused to drop the belt to Shawn ONCE because of legit personal beef that everyone knew of and constantly gets called full of himself. Shawn refused to drop titles and put someone over 9 times and people worship him. Bret's story has never changed in 20+ years while Shawn's story has been all over the place.
But Bret has always been a very dry and serious person while Shawn has *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧Charisma*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧
He did pass the torch to him. At WM12. Shawn wasn't championship material at the time, not until later in 2006-08 when he matured. His attitude made him a liablity and the main event players knew it. He sabotaged his feud with Vader, his match with Diesel at WM11, and was planning on do it to Austin at WM14 if it wasn't for Undertaker. That's not a guy you want to drop the belt too.
Bret is my favourite, but Hogan was right to refuse. Smart dude.
Bret Hart looks so cool
Did you see the phone-in interview I posted where he has ……a beard/stubble?
Bishoff also plays a part because if medusa didn't put the belt in the bin the vince might of gone down brets route
Got to remember vince had flair bring the wcw title to wwf in 1991
@Fugp Basis you need to do some brushing up. Vince trusted bret and bret still was under contract for a few more weeks and i believe till the next pay per view but there was nothing stopping bishoff spouting his mouth off the next night which played a big part. Bret was old school when it became to being champion and was part of a era when the wrestlers got what they want. Doesn't mean to say he played a part of it
@Fugp Basis HBK wasn't the top guy and In fact he bombed as a champion and bret and diesel also won there belts at none of the big ppv. Also why they actors abs should be doing what they say hbk and the klik had there influence and what they could do and the outcome of matches
No, not really. That wasn't possible anymore at this point. And Bishoff wouldn't have gained in that, as much I dislike him. It would have made Bret look bad, and in the end the whole WCW. Vince just fucked it up. He shouldn't have made Bret the champion, or should have made Taker fight him in Survivor Series. Like, there were so many other and better options. All this sneaky behavior behind the scenes was never necessary. It just shows how much control he lost, which is ironic, since everyone loves to call him a "control freak" all the time 😂
If Bret could get over himself, he woulda been the GOAT. That ruined it for me when I look back.
" The best there ever will be, according to him" ... So true lol, I mean try a piece of humble pie Bret lol.
He wanted to take 5ge title to wcw and Vince stopped that and he's mad lmfao 🤣🤣🤣
HBK Shawn Michaels Didn’t beat Bret the hitman hart at the 1997 Survivor series
Yeah. Nobody beats anybody. It’s just scripted entertainment.
Imagine whining because you can’t lose in your home country
Imagine that standard
Who’s more bitter and angry Bret Hart or Scottie Pippen?
Dang, good question. Hmmmm.... I'd say Bret because he almost lost everything for the thing that he loved the most: wrestling.
11:59. What an ego. The whole thing but it’s so funny
Even when I’m wcw. When he spoke about Owens death it was 40 seconds mentioning Owen and then 14 mins about Bret.
It’s so hilarious to watch how he made it about himself.
People act like Bret is the only one that says things like that about himself when just about every guy at the top of the card does the same thing. Yet when others say it they are just promoting themselves while Bret is stroking his own ego. I'll never understand it.
I'll never understand how he felt that refusing to lose the title, denying any possibility of doing what his boss said, walking out the next night while not under contract, forfeiting the belt and jumping to the competition would be considered "reasonable creative control"
BS.. he offered to drop the belt to Austin, Shamrock, Taker or even the Brooklyn Brawler..
You dont even have your facts straight. Bret was under contract until December the 1st.
@@olympiakoslavalWait, not Shawn? I mean, weeks out from SS? If not, WTF!? They want it on HBK before you leave; you want it on anyone other than HBK. Again, it didn't have to be in Canada.
Bret, its a work bro.
Brets great, he the best...what? Don't believe me? Just ask him!
This whole interview, like many others Bret did around the time of the Montreal screwjob is mostly centered around "I didn't want to lose in Canada" and "I wanted to forfeit the belt in Ottawa". He rarely mentions those two factors today when talking about the screwjob. Today, Its all Shawn refused to put me over when I offered to do the honors for him. That story seemed to come out years later having to trust Bret's word, no recollection of the conversation from Shawn. I'm a big Bret fan, but all parties are guilty of contributing to this "cluster fuck" IMO Bret, Shawn and Vince.
Actually he’s always said that about Shawn disrespecting him in the locker room. It was never about being put over. It was about respect. Shawn was high as a kite. HBK doesn’t remember a lot of things from that time and he admits that. Says so in his doc as well. If he was lying he would have been called out on it. Lots of people were in that locker room.
@@wrestlingtapes2036 Well you would think that Bret/Shawn conversation should have been mentioned in 97. I don't think I ever heard that story ever mentioned until a Q&A with Bret in 2005. I'm not sticking up for Shawn at all. I get why Bret would not want to put him over. I just think losing in Canada played a bigger part, now that you look back on interviews like this. Its convenient to use Shawn as an excuse, but I don't think Bret was big on the idea of dropping the belt to anyone that night. I think if he had his way he would forfeit the tittle in Ottawa like he says in this interview. Which like Jim Cornette said to Vince "why don't you just let him piss in your mouth while he does that".
No. The only party that is 1000% guilty here is Vince McMahon. Bret was 1000% in the right because he had a legally binding contract that gave him creative control over his character. Thus it doesn’t matter whether his reasons were what anyone would consider bad or good or legitimate or illegitimate where it concerns not wanting to put HBK over in in Canada. That decision 1000% was up to Bret on a legal level and had he wanted he could have and probably should have sued WWE and Vince into the ground over it on breach of contract as he would have won. I’m sure the only reason he didn’t is he wanted to protect his overall career legacy and not have Vince/WWE bury all his footage forever in retaliation for his winning a huge settlement against them. Also Bret likely didn’t sue because he loves the wrestling business and wouldn’t want to hurt it in anyway. Like say if his suing WWE caused them to go bankrupt or be close to it in vast financial dire straits that would hurt his fellow wrestlers that need their paychecks and if you don’t have wrestlers wrestling due to lack of being paid you simply don’t have a show.
That's what I'm thinking. In this interview he says he doesn't want to lose in Canada because of what it would do to his character..
But years after it's always him saying that Shawn wouldn't put him over so he refused to put Shawn over.
The reason being is that if Bret had said back then that Shawn wouldn't put him over during that time, it would have completely exposed the business and nearly kill kayfabe. It would have made it seem to the general public that wrestling is completely **fake**, predetermined, and not competitive at all. He only spoke on contractual reasons to due it being a legal problem. As years went by, more truth came out about the situation and Shawn admitted to his lies. As kayfabe was dying out, Bret had no problem telling both sides of the big picture.
What an ego
No shit. Lose your title like every one ever has before you especially when leaving to a rival company.
“ I can’t lose in my home country” the ego on that guy.
It’s not like you’re winning matches because your out wrestling men In real competetion
It’s like taking a role and you quit because the character your playing isn’t written to be a hero.
I used to side with Bret on this, but meanwhile I realized how much Bret was into himself. He says in this interview that the entire locker room was on his side, and that's just not true - so many wrestlers said that it was business or that they didn't know what to make out of the situation... But none of them wanted to get out of their WWE contact because of the Montreal Screwjob, as Bret seems to allude to here.
They WERE on his side, at the time, because they thought the way Vince went about it was totally wrong. Some later changed their minds, but still supported Bret. Bret was not into himself, this is such a common misnomer. He took it SERIOUSLY, very seriously as he should have. He knew nothing BUT wrestling, and from the time he could walk and talk wrestling was his life, the business that put food on the family table, and clothes on their backs. He had a RIGHT to be proud of himself, and work that he did. There is nothing wrong with that.
@@LadyDragonsblood
No they weren't - I've seen dozens of shoot interviews with wrestlers who were in WWE at that time, and it just doesn't add up to what Bret was claiming here.
As far as Bret taking it serious - true, there's nothing wrong with that. You're not going to find any wrestler today who takes it that serious. At the same time he was very into himself to the extent that he was delusional about certain things... Living that life for so long will take its toll on an individual.
When you watch his DVD drom 2005, Bret himself says that there was a lack of communication. At that time he had gained some distance to his former wrestling life and was able to reflect upon everything that happened in a more realistic and reasonable way.
Brock Lesnar lived that life for only a few years and when he was in the UFC he gave an interview where he confirmed that you lose your head after a while and that you can't distinguish what is real and what is not... That's why he never again signed a full-time contract with the WWE.
Bret calling his autobiography "Cartoon world of wrestling" is quite revealing.
@@Tourist-Q. I will be 59 on Monday, 55 of those years have been as a wrestling fan. I have also read, heard and watched many interviews. Mick Foley gives one of the best of the incident at the time. Many in the locker room WERE behind Bret AT THE TIME, as I said, however, many of them changed their minds by the next morning. The reason....fear.... fear of losing their jobs or positions in the WWF. Anyone who stood up for Bret was quietly "put into their place". It was a sad time for wrestling, and is one of if not THE most controversial. No one is ever going to agree....so, as one fan to another. I say we agree to disagree, move along, and have a great day. BUT I will say this, I am with you, I wish more guys in the locker rooms, took the business seriously....wrestling right now, is in deep trouble, and that saddens me.
@@LadyDragonsblood
The next morning? Wow... So Bret claiming months and years after the incident that they were all behind him and demanding from Vince to release them out of their contract, without one single of them wanting out of their contract, is reasonable? Sorry but Bret was out of his mind.
@@Tourist-Q. There were a few that felt the way Bret described, but there wasn't much they could do. I never once said Bret was totally right in what he said in the interview did I? I just know what I read, heard and saw immediately following. Mick threatened to walk out after Bret... but Taker talked him out of it. Taker had a lot to do with keeping things sane in the locker room after Montreal. Wrong was done on both sides, from both Vince and Bret. What I don't like is the way Vince did it, there was no call for, and he had no need to "teach" Bret a lesson. Bret would have never in a million years taken the title to WCW. Vince even said, it wasn't Bret he didn't trust, it was Bischoff. Vince COULD have let Bret vacate the title on RAW the next day. There was no need to humiliate Bret in the ring.
“Everyone sucks but me” - Bret Hart
Damn straight
Ratio
"Everyone sucks including me" - Ole Anderson
You don't want to do business, what do you expect? Bret screwed Bret
It was in his contract he could turn down a fight if he didn’t see fit. Fighters do it all the time lol. Lame take
@@jakelascala1905 Bret screwed bret
Shawn refused to do business first.
@@jakelascala1905 Lame take indeed. He has no logical argument. Never did and never will. He just knows how to say “Bret screwed Bret” like a puppet.
What a terrible interviewer.
Bret screwed Bret
Bret’s responsible for Owens death.
Screwed Bret screwed
This interviewer is a train wreck.
i made more money. boo hoo
You wouldn’t get it squirt
@@wrestlingtapes2036 apparently you don't get it mark.
I agree, I am admittedly a bigger Shawn fan than Brett... But yeah dude, he definitely needed to get over himself. I mean he was making more money with the move he made plus he had the title.. He was not willing to do business and the dude needed to get over himself.
Crybaby Bret
coming from yourself
Bret would snap you like a pretzel in 2 sec and you would be the one crying
@@nathanamazin8464 All the Bret haters know how to do is cry and whine more then Bret ever did, lol…..