I got to meet Bret at an autograph signing in New Jersey in 2014. It was the day after I suffered a TIA at my job. He said “Thanks for coming to see me” signed a picture and took a picture with me and my belt. Good guy.
Bret Hart is a Real Supporter of The Rock especially when he said "I tell him do whatever that makes him happy you should not be a slave to the Company "
It took a long time for Brett's book to come out after this, but it is one of the best wrestler autobiographies out there. Tons of history there, family drama, funny stories, etc. Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling
It's really good to I actually listen to the audio version. He was right it's different than anyone else's. Because he tells his life from kid, teenager, adult. And just hearing and reading thing's you didn't know about the him the family and the business.
Bret Hart is my hero and I have met him on many occasions and he is a very sweet and caring guy I'm glad that he is doing well and getting stronger We love you Bret God bless you and your beautiful family
Show some respect here Steven Perez I have met Bret Hart and he is no Arsehole I take it that you are a YANK from america the country where they shoot each other and have no gun control and a country where they don't take care of the sick and the old Canada is a much better country than America Canadian's have respect Canada is a country where nobody gets shot down by crazy gunmen and it's a country that cares and believes in family values America doesn't belie in family values no it's a country where families fight and is high on teen pregnancies as well as gun crime
Bret Hart will always be one of my favorite wrestlers. Not only for his awesome ability in the ring but he is a man with so much integrity. A genuine, honest, sincere person who has so much strength not only on the outside but on the inside as well!
Bret Hart blamed his wife at home looking after their kids alone on why he was screwing the shit out of the rings rats in every place he went. Read his Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling autobiography and you'll read about someone with little integrity, if any at all, someone who was dishonest, insincere and about a non-genuine as can be. Did oyu know he drugged owen hart's drink and laughed his arse off when Owen reacted badly to it? Everything that didn't go the way Bret Hart wanted it was everyone else's fault. Bret Hart screwed Bret "The Hitman" Hart out of an amicable leaving and that's ALL that was the Montreal Screwjob. Now he moans and bitches about it when it was entirely his fault it had to be played out the way it was. By the way nobody was screwed out of anything other than a CHARACTER who resided in the fantasy writings of the WWF
What an amazing legend, I know that this interview is a bit old now; but listening to the king of wrestling is always a great experience, even when he talks about the sad stuff
He praised and backed the Rocky from day one. In 1997 Rocky was getting his IC title push and so forth, both Shawn and Hunter were trying to keep him back and tried using Bret to take the belt away from him. Among other things, obviously. But point is he knew those two were trying to bring that guy down and he wasn't letting it happen.
@@CometVS Crazy thing is this is basically like year 1 or year 2 of Rock transitioning away from wrestling and into Hollywood/show business wild to think at the time NO ONE knew how big of a star he was going to be in Hollywood...and thinking about the really nice things Bret was saying about him back in 2003
I like Bret as a wrestler, but I also am aware enough that hes not perfect either as most on here seem to think he is. The one thing I will always admire about him is that when he had an issue with someone in the WWE, NO MATTER WHO, he wasnt scared and went up to that person and said what he felt, as a man. A tough man.
I don't think his biggest fans want to portray him as perfect, but just as definitely having more integrity than Vince or Shawn since a lot of Shawn apologists in particular try to attack Bret's character in order to put him at the same level of culpability for the Montreal screwjob (because these days when somebody does something wrong, instead of owning up to it, the preferred deflection is to suggest that the other side is just as bad). I've always thought Bret's side of the story was more believable but it's also obvious that he had little choice but to go back and work out a deal because of the power imbalance and not wanting his entire WWF career to be erased. And so because of Shawn's own popularity and Vince's position at the top he had little choice but to go along with the vague pretense that nothing truly devious was done to him (because he deserved it somehow), that everyone involved shared responsibility (and therefore no one was responsible), and so the hatchet is buried and everything is peachy.
I had a stroke this year Feb 2016 I can relate fully with Bret he is a survivor and had a simular recovery as me He is a real inspiration and he was right nothing really matters and the physios and hospital staff are everything when u are there
Bret aged fast after this. I mean when he made a return in 09 or 08, he looks so rough and aged 15 years. But I always loved listening to his voice and interviews
Bret Hart tells it from his heart. For instance, saying Hogan "was a bad actor", well he is right on that. Vince McMahon said one thing to Hulk Hogan that I'll never forget. He told Hogan that he was only good at playing the part of "Hulk Hogan" and nothing else!
Man who gives a fuck. Hulk Hogan made a lot of money 🤑 and helped a lot of wrestlers get money 💰 man. If he sucked at movie 🎥 so what. He made money 💰 and made wrestling what it is man. Hulk got alot of wrestlers paid.
"I always thought of Hunter as a real ass kiss. He had his nose so far up Vince's ass & Sean's (Michaels)" - Brett Hart Is that why Triple H's nose is so big? LOL
@@JoshLavian I agree there that's where he loses my respect, I did read his book. For someone who claims to be so moral, it is a bit of a contradiction
Yes, many of his moves are iconic, but he also used almost the same moves every match. Figure 4 on the turn buckle, the running bulldog Slam to the ground, the side step Slam when he stands beside opponent, elbow drop from turnbuckle. What he was awesome in (IMO obviously) was finishing matches and making all of his opponents look soo good eventhough they were soo shit in other matches. Bret and Owen were soo good at this.
This same damn thing happened to me. For several months, I thought my life had utterly changed. No pain, just couldn't move. Then, one day, movement and muscles started to wake up, and slowly, methodically, things started to change. I could feel a bit, move a little, and eventually talk and walk again. to Bret Hart and anyone that goes through something like this. It's crazy to look back on my life now and think at one point I couldn't even walk to the bathroom and s**t on my own. Everyone things they are immortal until this happens. And it could honestly happen to anyone.
@Bill Blass wm9 and wcw days Hogan took the title from him at wm9 and Hogan basically screwed him from day one coming into wcw saying Bret is too small
FirebrandOP To be fair, Bret would've been better off had he have taken a break. Even after Goldberg hit him in the head, WCW still had him wrestle until he couldn't anymore.
I always feel like this host is the type to interrupt you every chance he gets,you know?I see why some/most are bothered by him.Like he's always talking over you,right?
To me bret is too real for people, they ask him, "do you like me?" And he says "no, your a jerk" and then they hate him for being honest smh. I have always admired bret's honest feeling and talented wrestling and being a hero to kids etc. The man is a legend 😎👌♥️🔥👏
@@trafficosrs What does he always cry about? Owen's death? The deaths of many of his friends? The Screwjob? The concussion? His stroke? He answers the questions asked but take a moment to sit back and think about it. If you were constantly asked about the worst moments in your life over and over again in almost every interview, would you answer them with a smile or would you be a bit bitter too?
I'm just glad that he is doing so much better these days. He has gone through so many tragedies and losses. Everyone focuses on Montreal but....there was so much more. But he made it. Even made peace with so many later. Let's focus on that. I loved him in the ring and respect him a great deal. I hope he continues to do well and that he will find some peace and closure.
This is why I love Bret. He knows Landsberg is a shit bag, and can see straight through his compliments and ass kissing. Wouldn't give him an inch and didn't fall for any of it. Best of the best in and out of the ring
Greatest wrestler of all time. Flawless psychology, peerless match-building and the best seller there ever was (fuck Shawn -- flopping around like a fish isn't selling, taking a realistic hit and carrying it off until the end of the match is selling). Bret made every match worth watching -- it didn't matter if he was at the top of the card (just look at Bret vs Piper at WM 8). Bret always had the best matches -- and he never had the same match twice. He'd put both himself and the other guy over every time. Nobody came out of a match with Bret looking weak unless he was booked into a corner. Just look at SS 97: Undertaker lost, but he hit some big spots, broke the Sharpshooter AND kicked out of a massive chair shot; even then, after he lost to another chair shot, he still got up and followed HBK to the back. He was a top five technical wrestler, the number one psychologist/match-builder of all-time, looked a million bucks for his size, killed it on the mic in 97 and was one of the most principled, honest guys behind the scenes. Taken overall, he's the best there ever was. Hogan looked better, The Rock talked better, but nobody wrestled better than Bret, and nobody was as good across the board as he was. The business declined during his era and, yes, he wasn't a MASSIVE draw, but he drew well, and in a different era he might have been equal to a Cena while delivering superb matches. The WWE fucked him hard, but he still had it in him to forgive them and come back, and I'm glad they've preserved his legacy. Still love his shoots on HBK and HHH. Even after reconciliation, the man isn't afraid to speak his mind .... "4/10"
Man listen you can love Brett but you’re delusional if you think he’s far and away the best. I’d take Chris Jericho Eddie Guerrero Kurt Angle or HBK over him all just as good if not better in ring and miles better on the mic. Let’s not get caught up in the moment because he’s the one talking.
@@fmgmack Fair enough man. Those are all phenomenal wrestlers and I wouldn't knock anyone for putting them above Bret. Personally he's my favourite. I think he was the best at constructing a match and telling a memorable story in the ring.
Brings back memories from the late 80's and 90's for me. Was a kid to loved pro wrestling as much as the next. I rarely ever watch it these days but that comes with age and priorities taking over, etc. But yeah.. Bret Hart was one of my favorite wrestlers of all time and even as a kid you could see the technical aspect he brought that very very few every did or have since then. There are wrestlers out there that are technical but that list isn't very long.
Everyone calm down a bit. We're not Bret Hart or Vince McMahon, just spectators and everyone is entitled to their own opinion. However, seeing Bret's side - he was totally loyal, give him that credit. A huge asset to the WWF and was a devoted soldier. He earned his keep and pride. Now Vince saw from his perspective that he couldn't keep Bret for more reasons than Bret could see. The decision to "screw" Bret came with ultimatums. That 1: He couldn't walk into WCW as WWF champ (which Bret expresses he would never do.) 2: That if they pull off the Montreal screw job it would be a great piece for the storyline and the introduction of Mr. McMahon the character (further blustering the WWF) 3: That Vince would keep his integrity that if he says it has to happen then it has to happen. Now how Bret conducts himself after is a very emotional standpoint. He is hurt, he has every right to be. Vince made his decision, it's his company after all and ahs every right to do so. Now who is "right" or "at fault" for things happening the way they did - pure speculation from our standpoint as fans.
I agree with that he wasn't massive like warrior or hogan but 230 he was a muscular guy regular people like us saw him he'd look impressive back when bret first came in 84 to 88 when he was using a lot of steroids you can see the difference in size compared to after 1990.
@18:20 Actually you were wrong @MichaelLansberg, there is a family that can other then the Hart's talk so much about the positive and negativeness of wrestling, That would be the Von Erich's family.
Great to hear this interview with Bret, wish that idiot host would just stop cutting Bret off, I'm trying to listen to the legend speak. Bret will always be the best in my view.
well, this was the bret hart of 10 years ago, I think he's definitely had a change of heart especially after watching that wwe documentary on bret hart vs shawn michaels, greatest rivalry
Watching wrestling as a kid I always thought it was a bit cartoonist but then I came across one of the greatest matches I've ever seen....Brett Hart versus Mr. Perfect. Poetry and motion. Thats when i realized the best wrestlers werent the tallest and didnt have the biggest muscles. They were athletic, technical, and crafty.
When Vince pulled the screw job, and before that insisted Bret take the WCW offer, Vince knew wwf was headed towards a sleezy direction. Sleezy didn't fit Bret. All in all as fans we got the purest wrestling champion outta Bret that we will ever get from any champion. For that I'm grateful. For what Bret was to fans and to wrestling I'm grateful. To this day my own kids who never even saw him wrestle, my own kids enjoy Brets matches & Hitman the champion most. Above the field.
I wonder if these ppl bashin bret realize this interview was over a decade ago and that if they know anything theyd know that bret, vince, shawn, etc has been buried and hes over it
bret is right about the pic of the tug of war with the belt I remember on superstars or wrestling challenge on sky one at the time they advertised the wrestling magazine with that shot of the tug of war of the belt between bret and hulk but when the mag came out it was just an article of how they think bret would beat hulk because hulk went to Japan worked on the same card as sting and trashed the wwf belt compared to the Japan belt he was already planing his way out.
I find it hard to accept that Bret wasn't happy that Hogan wasn't willing to drop the belt to him (and Hogan had his own reasons for doing so regardless of what they were) but wasn't willing to drop the belt to HBK and then expected everyone to just accept that and not do anything about it? One rule for him and one rule for everyone else on many occasions
My best friend Andrew-Who I got interested into wrestling about 4-5 yrs ago said to me-All the matches I've ever seen of Bret "The Hitman" Hart all I can say is he is phenomenal! I said He isn't the best there is, the best there was, & the best there ever will be for nothing? Then he said to me "I wish I could have seen more of his matches but I'm gonna watch anyone someone will place in front of me."
2023 I love the story on Tales from the Territory. Bret's dad never told him wrestling was fake. And a wrestler who worked for Stu said their are a lot of those Hart kids running around I'd like to beat up and he wanted to pile drive Mrs Hart on the highway. Following that weekend everyone went out besides Bret and his mother and this guy knocks on the door and Bret thought he was there to beat him up and piledrive his mother. As Bret observed she opened the door and went and got his pay cheque and left.
i think it was probably a culmination of all the stress from the screwjob and Owen's death as well as the concussions and the fall from his bike that caused it... which means that even if Bret hadn't fallen off his bike he would still have had the stroke because he was carrying so much baggage
Possibly... A lot of people fall from bikes and nothing happens. But the concussion he suffered in the match with Goldberg may have still played a big part physically.
Mark my words. Somehow, someday, those SummerSlam 1993 promotional photos for Bret vs. Hogan will surface, and I will lose even more respect for Hogan.
As big of a legend as Bret Hart is and he is that good he truly is The Excellence Of Execution when it came to technical wrestling ability the only person who was as good as maybe even better than Bret was Owen im proud to say that Bret Hart was the first Canadian Wrestler that really was a big name every Canadian Wrestler was awesome in the ring i don't think there's been bad Canadian Wrestler should I give some examples well let's start with Bret Hart , Owen Hart, Lance Storm , Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho all great in ring talent absolutely phenomenal i still get upset to talk about Chris Benoit because I'm sure he could've and most likely would've gone down as the best ever
I think Hulk Hogan should've put Bret Hart over at Summerslam 1993. It would've been one of the greatest matches & greatest moments of all time. Bret Hart was white hot at the time & Hulk Hogan was on his way out to do movies or just go to WCW. I don't understand why Hulk Hogan chose to drop the WWF Title to Yokozuna at King of The Ring 1993. I'm not saying that I don't like Hulk Hogan. I really do like him. It's just that it didn't make any sense then & it doesn't make any sense now.
I’ll tell you why because in hogan’s mind and the way hogan’s character was built is hogan always overcame insurmountable odds against unbeatable Giants. If Hogan was to lose to someone like Bret Hart and it’s not about Bret Hart it’s about the size of Bret Hart it would open the door That would say anybody at any size can beat hulk hogan and how would you market hogan’s character after losing to someone like that. Love him or hate him all Hogan did was what everyone of us would’ve did and protect his image. At that time Pro wrestling was still Protecting its image as not being so obvious that it was fake. It’s believable for Hogan to lose to someone like yokozuna but in the cartoon character world of pro wrestling it wasn’t believable for him to lose to someone like Bret Hart. You gotta remember Bret Hart was just a mid card tag team filler when Hulkamania was running wild. In hogan’s mind it didn’t seem realistic for him to lose to someone that was the opening match of a card that he was headlining just a few years earlier
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45 minutes with Bret is not enough.I wish we could spend a whole day none stop with Bret telling us his stories from back in the day.
He did a million shoot interviews.
I could seriously listen to him talk about wrestling for days
@@sithari518 The HITMAN sure looks ya boy compared to today, huh?😂 We are always much then we think we are the moment, huh?
Me too
If Taker called me after a stroke I would be 50% happy for the call, and 50% think he's calling me to say " rest. In peace."
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I like what you did with the punctuation there 👈
Imagine someone saying.." Bret you have a call"
Bret: " who is it"???
" The Undertaker "
Bret thinking " please let it be Mark not a real Undertaker "
@@BigBoss-zi5ss😂😂😂
Lol. A fake character calling....it's OK.
I got to meet Bret at an autograph signing in New Jersey in 2014. It was the day after I suffered a TIA at my job. He said “Thanks for coming to see me” signed a picture and took a picture with me and my belt. Good guy.
Bret Hart is a Real Supporter of The Rock especially when he said "I tell him do whatever that makes him happy you should not be a slave to the Company "
“Slave” huh?
Brett. you are a real true man. I look up to you and I always will
It took a long time for Brett's book to come out after this, but it is one of the best wrestler autobiographies out there. Tons of history there, family drama, funny stories, etc. Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling
You read the book and still can't spell his name?
It's really good to I actually listen to the audio version. He was right it's different than anyone else's. Because he tells his life from kid, teenager, adult. And just hearing and reading thing's you didn't know about the him the family and the business.
Bret Hart is my hero and I have met him on many occasions and he is a very sweet and caring guy
I'm glad that he is doing well and getting stronger
We love you Bret God bless you and your beautiful family
Show some respect here Steven Perez I have met Bret Hart and he is no Arsehole
I take it that you are a YANK from america the country where they shoot each other and have no gun control and a country where they don't take care of the sick and the old
Canada is a much better country than America
Canadian's have respect
Canada is a country where nobody gets shot down by crazy gunmen and it's a country that cares and believes in family values
America doesn't belie in family values no it's a country where families fight and is high on teen pregnancies as well as gun crime
you should be doing that since your talking about yourself on here
I had a stroke 4 years ago. That was how I found out I was diabetic. Scared the crap out of me. Glad Bret made a complete recovery.
Bret is an amazing man and wrestler, I'll never get tired of Bret Hart!
Still cheering for you, Hitman, you're my hero!
So sad this is the day after Mr Perfect died. It must’ve been so hard to talk about him here. Kudos to Bret for getting through it.
Didn’t get to finish his thoughts on Curt.
Bret Hart will always be one of my favorite wrestlers. Not only for his awesome ability in the ring but he is a man with so much integrity. A genuine, honest, sincere person who has so much strength not only on the outside but on the inside as well!
Bret Hart blamed his wife at home looking after their kids alone on why he was screwing the shit out of the rings rats in every place he went. Read his Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling autobiography and you'll read about someone with little integrity, if any at all, someone who was dishonest, insincere and about a non-genuine as can be. Did oyu know he drugged owen hart's drink and laughed his arse off when Owen reacted badly to it? Everything that didn't go the way Bret Hart wanted it was everyone else's fault. Bret Hart screwed Bret "The Hitman" Hart out of an amicable leaving and that's ALL that was the Montreal Screwjob. Now he moans and bitches about it when it was entirely his fault it had to be played out the way it was. By the way nobody was screwed out of anything other than a CHARACTER who resided in the fantasy writings of the WWF
I was just thinking the same thing. When he was talking about the screw job, he said he wasn’t about business. It was about the dishonesty.
Holy shit, Bret didn't just forecast himself coming back for one last match, but he also predicted him versus Vince!
Worst match in WrestleMania history
@@KliqDon1983He did the best he could with the limits thrust upon him.
@@thequackpackattack9250 shouldn't have been out there. Ego maniac
@@KliqDon1983 🤷 that was vinces call.
I live in Calgary. Met the Hitman a couple times. Class act
What an amazing legend, I know that this interview is a bit old now; but listening to the king of wrestling is always a great experience, even when he talks about the sad stuff
High praise for the Rock 💯
He praised and backed the Rocky from day one. In 1997 Rocky was getting his IC title push and so forth, both Shawn and Hunter were trying to keep him back and tried using Bret to take the belt away from him. Among other things, obviously. But point is he knew those two were trying to bring that guy down and he wasn't letting it happen.
@@CometVS Crazy thing is this is basically like year 1 or year 2 of Rock transitioning away from wrestling and into Hollywood/show business
wild to think at the time NO ONE knew how big of a star he was going to be in Hollywood...and thinking about the really nice things Bret was saying about him back in 2003
The Rock loves him too...
I like Bret as a wrestler, but I also am aware enough that hes not perfect either as most on here seem to think he is.
The one thing I will always admire about him is that when he had an issue with someone in the WWE, NO MATTER WHO, he wasnt scared and went up to that person and said what he felt, as a man.
A tough man.
I don't think his biggest fans want to portray him as perfect, but just as definitely having more integrity than Vince or Shawn since a lot of Shawn apologists in particular try to attack Bret's character in order to put him at the same level of culpability for the Montreal screwjob (because these days when somebody does something wrong, instead of owning up to it, the preferred deflection is to suggest that the other side is just as bad).
I've always thought Bret's side of the story was more believable but it's also obvious that he had little choice but to go back and work out a deal because of the power imbalance and not wanting his entire WWF career to be erased. And so because of Shawn's own popularity and Vince's position at the top he had little choice but to go along with the vague pretense that nothing truly devious was done to him (because he deserved it somehow), that everyone involved shared responsibility (and therefore no one was responsible), and so the hatchet is buried and everything is peachy.
@@megavolt67 Well said my man.
I had a stroke this year Feb 2016 I can relate fully with Bret he is a survivor and had a simular recovery as me He is a real inspiration and he was right nothing really matters
and the physios and hospital staff are everything when u are there
rambo man hope your well now man :)
Fuck dude that's terrible. How are you now man ?
Hope you're doing better now, brother.
hope you are doing well
I hope ur still doing good!
Us kids in the 90s would look forward to this show as much as we did wwe raw when it had wrestlers on.
His book was the best wrestling book I've ever read. Honest and genuine.
This is one of the most positive and insightful Bret interviews I've ever seen!
I grew up an 80's child and fan. Brett is without question the best of the best, both as a man and a wrestling icon. Thanks for the memories
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Bret aged fast after this. I mean when he made a return in 09 or 08, he looks so rough and aged 15 years. But I always loved listening to his voice and interviews
ya i noticed that to. health issues will do that
No aging naturally does that
he looked fine until the stroke
Beer was bitter for many years ,that didn't help
@@kingdaleclarke better
Bret Hart tells it from his heart. For instance, saying Hogan "was a bad actor", well he is right on that. Vince McMahon said one thing to Hulk Hogan that I'll never forget. He told Hogan that he was only good at playing the part of "Hulk Hogan" and nothing else!
Man who gives a fuck. Hulk Hogan made a lot of money 🤑 and helped a lot of wrestlers get money 💰 man. If he sucked at movie 🎥 so what. He made money 💰 and made wrestling what it is man. Hulk got alot of wrestlers paid.
I love how he knew Shawn would see this clip and Bret went in hard on him
Even after all that has happened he still regrets and feels responsible for owens death. "He is just so giving and not selfish" Beautiful human being
Brett Hart is a class act.
"I always thought of Hunter as a real ass kiss. He had his nose so far up Vince's ass & Sean's (Michaels)" - Brett Hart
Is that why Triple H's nose is so big? LOL
"Triple H, you got a 3 ft nose, you turn it sideways, and stick it straight up Vince's ass!"
I think him being in such good physical shape helped him to have a full recovery
100%. that stroke really fucked him up and he was still able to recover. Sadly, not a lot of people ever recover fully from a stroke
Bret's a great person.
He cheated on his wife for years and years, constantly, while judging others for their ethics. Yes, he's a great guy
@@JoshLavian I agree there that's where he loses my respect, I did read his book. For someone who claims to be so moral, it is a bit of a contradiction
No he's not..... he's an arrogant narcissist, who cries, and blames everyone else for his short comings
@@JoshLavian And? He also admitted it and took responsibility for his actions. Doesn’t make him the devil. Get a life bro lol
@@RetiredVet2020 exactly. Everyone can make mistakes. If you hold your hands up and admit that and apologise then that’s what gets my respect.
My favorite wrestler of all time.. Created the best moves in the ring for the WWF.. None of the stuff now would be there if it werent for him.
Yes, many of his moves are iconic, but he also used almost the same moves every match. Figure 4 on the turn buckle, the running bulldog Slam to the ground, the side step Slam when he stands beside opponent, elbow drop from turnbuckle.
What he was awesome in (IMO obviously) was finishing matches and making all of his opponents look soo good eventhough they were soo shit in other matches. Bret and Owen were soo good at this.
Mark
I can’t think of a single move that Brett Hart “Invented”
I loved Brett in wwe. Great wrestler great man great family. Vince and shaun did him dirty. I hope hes doing well 🙏 💓
This same damn thing happened to me. For several months, I thought my life had utterly changed. No pain, just couldn't move. Then, one day, movement and muscles started to wake up, and slowly, methodically, things started to change. I could feel a bit, move a little, and eventually talk and walk again. to Bret Hart and anyone that goes through something like this. It's crazy to look back on my life now and think at one point I couldn't even walk to the bathroom and s**t on my own. Everyone things they are immortal until this happens. And it could honestly happen to anyone.
hope you are better
Saute to you too, brother. Hope you're living your best life
39:58-Bret vs. Vince in a "Loser Goes To Hell Match" LMAO! That's awesome,Bret.
well, 7 years later they fought each other at wrestlemania 26 & the winner was the hitman & the loser vince mcmahon went through hell
Vince is the loser here
@TheFailedmessiah
And if there is a Hell, Vince will surely be there.
...getting coal shoved up his ass by the spirit of Adolf Hitler.
So sad. Bret was never the same after the stroke. He speaks very slowly now. Glad that he made it through
It would've been easy for Bret to gloss over the family questions but he just answered it, straight down the middle and between the eyes.
How often does Landsberg say, "I gotta ask you?" ...lol
Bret Hart will always be miss and remember that he was the greatest www wrestlers superstars of all time thank you so much Bret Hart !! :)
"If there's anything real in professional wrestling, it's Terry Bollea." I can never see or hear Bret ever saying that about Hogan lol
@Bill Blass wm9 and wcw days Hogan took the title from him at wm9 and Hogan basically screwed him from day one coming into wcw saying Bret is too small
Bret hart is still my favorite wrestler ever
this was a AMAZING interview, gotta love bret and his honesty!
So glad they told me where to get Michael Landsberg’s wardrobe 👍
This was right before his dad died . R.I.P Stu
No it wasnt. Like 6 years before
@@ericlofstrand No...Stu died in 2003
Bret signed a 20 contract with WWF 2 months later Vincent said he can't afford it and told Bret to sign with WCW
After watching all these videos, I want to go to The Keg.
Even thought goldberg is one of my favorite wrestlers ill never forgive him for he did to bret
He wasn't a wrestler
FirebrandOP To be fair, Bret would've been better off had he have taken a break. Even after Goldberg hit him in the head, WCW still had him wrestle until he couldn't anymore.
Not your prerogative to forgive him you dipshit
@@trivellekoolaidrian6921 Go fuck yourself
@@LimaKiloRomeo you are right, for the longest time I didn’t know that he had couple of matches post that match with Goldberg.
Hogan is a bad actor and a selfish lout who refused to put people over.
He won an Oscar and always helped Young talent break through lol
I agree
What? You obviously have not seen 'Santa With Muscles' freakin magic bro.
Bryan Manning - he's a POS.
Brets jelous cause hogan actually drew money
I always feel like this host is the type to interrupt you every chance he gets,you know?I see why some/most are bothered by him.Like he's always talking over you,right?
To me bret is too real for people, they ask him, "do you like me?" And he says "no, your a jerk" and then they hate him for being honest smh. I have always admired bret's honest feeling and talented wrestling and being a hero to kids etc. The man is a legend 😎👌♥️🔥👏
they dont hate him for being too real or to honest they hate him for crying about everything
@@trafficosrs What does he always cry about? Owen's death? The deaths of many of his friends? The Screwjob? The concussion? His stroke? He answers the questions asked but take a moment to sit back and think about it. If you were constantly asked about the worst moments in your life over and over again in almost every interview, would you answer them with a smile or would you be a bit bitter too?
@@KairiPrime Don't forget Goldberg AKA Ultimate Warrior 2.0 who ruined his career bcz he cannot wrestle. Hall of Shame
I'm just glad that he is doing so much better these days. He has gone through so many tragedies and losses. Everyone focuses on Montreal but....there was so much more. But he made it. Even made peace with so many later. Let's focus on that. I loved him in the ring and respect him a great deal. I hope he continues to do well and that he will find some peace and closure.
This is why I love Bret. He knows Landsberg is a shit bag, and can see straight through his compliments and ass kissing. Wouldn't give him an inch and didn't fall for any of it. Best of the best in and out of the ring
Greatest wrestler of all time. Flawless psychology, peerless match-building and the best seller there ever was (fuck Shawn -- flopping around like a fish isn't selling, taking a realistic hit and carrying it off until the end of the match is selling). Bret made every match worth watching -- it didn't matter if he was at the top of the card (just look at Bret vs Piper at WM 8).
Bret always had the best matches -- and he never had the same match twice. He'd put both himself and the other guy over every time. Nobody came out of a match with Bret looking weak unless he was booked into a corner. Just look at SS 97: Undertaker lost, but he hit some big spots, broke the Sharpshooter AND kicked out of a massive chair shot; even then, after he lost to another chair shot, he still got up and followed HBK to the back.
He was a top five technical wrestler, the number one psychologist/match-builder of all-time, looked a million bucks for his size, killed it on the mic in 97 and was one of the most principled, honest guys behind the scenes.
Taken overall, he's the best there ever was. Hogan looked better, The Rock talked better, but nobody wrestled better than Bret, and nobody was as good across the board as he was. The business declined during his era and, yes, he wasn't a MASSIVE draw, but he drew well, and in a different era he might have been equal to a Cena while delivering superb matches.
The WWE fucked him hard, but he still had it in him to forgive them and come back, and I'm glad they've preserved his legacy.
Still love his shoots on HBK and HHH. Even after reconciliation, the man isn't afraid to speak his mind .... "4/10"
Agreed. Well said.
Love how real he is
Shawn's flopping for Hogan was classic and justified
Man listen you can love Brett but you’re delusional if you think he’s far and away the best. I’d take Chris Jericho Eddie Guerrero Kurt Angle or HBK over him all just as good if not better in ring and miles better on the mic. Let’s not get caught up in the moment because he’s the one talking.
@@fmgmack Fair enough man. Those are all phenomenal wrestlers and I wouldn't knock anyone for putting them above Bret. Personally he's my favourite. I think he was the best at constructing a match and telling a memorable story in the ring.
Gotta love this dude he holds negative 20 punches hahaha the way he talks about hbk and triple h is fukin hilarious
it's so true too
Anyone else suspect that South Park based their depiction of Canadians at least partially on Landsberg?
The Keg steakhouse and BUR!
lmfao!!
ty2005_92 BURRRRR
ty2005_92 amazing steak n lobster
Tag Team Match in 2003. Stone Cold & Bret Hart vs Vince McMahon and Eric Bishoff
Brings back memories from the late 80's and 90's for me. Was a kid to loved pro wrestling as much as the next. I rarely ever watch it these days but that comes with age and priorities taking over, etc. But yeah.. Bret Hart was one of my favorite wrestlers of all time and even as a kid you could see the technical aspect he brought that very very few every did or have since then. There are wrestlers out there that are technical but that list isn't very long.
This host is MONEY
I always love his motto; "The best there is the best there was and the best there ever will be"
Everyone calm down a bit. We're not Bret Hart or Vince McMahon, just spectators and everyone is entitled to their own opinion. However, seeing Bret's side - he was totally loyal, give him that credit. A huge asset to the WWF and was a devoted soldier. He earned his keep and pride. Now Vince saw from his perspective that he couldn't keep Bret for more reasons than Bret could see. The decision to "screw" Bret came with ultimatums. That 1: He couldn't walk into WCW as WWF champ (which Bret expresses he would never do.) 2: That if they pull off the Montreal screw job it would be a great piece for the storyline and the introduction of Mr. McMahon the character (further blustering the WWF) 3: That Vince would keep his integrity that if he says it has to happen then it has to happen. Now how Bret conducts himself after is a very emotional standpoint. He is hurt, he has every right to be. Vince made his decision, it's his company after all and ahs every right to do so. Now who is "right" or "at fault" for things happening the way they did - pure speculation from our standpoint as fans.
Good interview, I have much more respect for Bret than i did in the time he was wrestling.
brett could sell and put anyone over. as a kid I loved the mounting comeback!
It's funny now, that he said he would never wrestle again, and that if he did it would be Vince. Seven years latter
Summary:
1. Bret whines about Montreal.
2. Bret whines about Owen.
3. Bret whines about Goldberg.
You're welcome.
There are few people (alive on this planet) that I respect more than Bret Hart
Brett is cool and has the courage to talk so candidly! Thanks Bret!
Brett is an awesome person. The people talking shit about him (and there are many), it reflects badly on them and not him. He's too honest for them.
The Hitman in his prime was a big muscled guy for his height one of the biggest super heroes around in the wrestling world
I agree with that he wasn't massive like warrior or hogan but 230 he was a muscular guy regular people like us saw him he'd look impressive back when bret first came in 84 to 88 when he was using a lot of steroids you can see the difference in size compared to after 1990.
@18:20 Actually you were wrong @MichaelLansberg, there is a family that can other then the Hart's talk so much about the positive and negativeness of wrestling, That would be the Von Erich's family.
This is great 🙌🏼
Great to hear this interview with Bret, wish that idiot host would just stop cutting Bret off, I'm trying to listen to the legend speak. Bret will always be the best in my view.
I start watching wrestling because of this man and not about hulk macho snake this man was the real thing and he was the one
"Glad to be here."
"No one is happier to be here than me."
"My pleasure."
Spot on about hhh
Bret hart will always be the best there is best there was and the best there ever will be
well, this was the bret hart of 10 years ago, I think he's definitely had a change of heart especially after watching that wwe documentary on bret hart vs shawn michaels, greatest rivalry
Man he had to be tough to fight through that stroke
Watching wrestling as a kid I always thought it was a bit cartoonist but then I came across one of the greatest matches I've ever seen....Brett Hart versus Mr. Perfect. Poetry and motion. Thats when i realized the best wrestlers werent the tallest and didnt have the biggest muscles. They were athletic, technical, and crafty.
Love Bret truly the greatest of all time he gave everything for us fans and the business
When Vince pulled the screw job, and before that insisted Bret take the WCW offer, Vince knew wwf was headed towards a sleezy direction. Sleezy didn't fit Bret. All in all as fans we got the purest wrestling champion outta Bret that we will ever get from any champion. For that I'm grateful. For what Bret was to fans and to wrestling I'm grateful. To this day my own kids who never even saw him wrestle, my own kids enjoy Brets matches & Hitman the champion most. Above the field.
I wonder if these ppl bashin bret realize this interview was over a decade ago and that if they know anything theyd know that bret, vince, shawn, etc has been buried and hes over it
and 7 years later, he did make peace with shawn
18:16 the host says "There's not a family who can talk about the good and bad of wrestling like you guys". Try the Von Erichs. 4 deaths, 3 by suicide.
bret is right about the pic of the tug of war with the belt I remember on superstars or wrestling challenge on sky one at the time they advertised the wrestling magazine with that shot of the tug of war of the belt between bret and hulk but when the mag came out it was just an article of how they think bret would beat hulk because hulk went to Japan worked on the same card as sting and trashed the wwf belt compared to the Japan belt he was already planing his way out.
andy marfo i remember him calling the iwgp title the creme of of the crop.. He wrestled muta
bret hart is truly an inspiration.
In all fairness, Shawn did grow up after he found God
BRET HART VS KURT ANGEL I WANT THIS !!!!!!!!
Who's Kurt "Angel"?
Is it me or is the interviewer extremely rude?
+steve walker He's extremely nice in this interview. He's usually far worse.
yea dudes a dick
Yeah he is always pushy like this. He is even worse on most others. I find him quite annoying.
The Canadian Jim Rome ; a d-bag
It's not just you. Watch the Off The Record interview with CM Punk.
I find it hard to accept that Bret wasn't happy that Hogan wasn't willing to drop the belt to him (and Hogan had his own reasons for doing so regardless of what they were) but wasn't willing to drop the belt to HBK and then expected everyone to just accept that and not do anything about it?
One rule for him and one rule for everyone else on many occasions
Poor analogy. Bret and Hogan were friends dating back to the 70's. Bret never told Hogan that he would never put him over, no matter the circumstance.
I have a lot of Respect for Bret hitman Hart
was the set in the boiler room of TSN Studios?
My best friend Andrew-Who I got interested into wrestling about 4-5 yrs ago said to me-All the matches I've ever seen of Bret "The Hitman" Hart all I can say is he is phenomenal! I said He isn't the best there is, the best there was, & the best there ever will be for nothing? Then he said to me "I wish I could have seen more of his matches but I'm gonna watch anyone someone will place in front of me."
2023 I love the story on Tales from the Territory. Bret's dad never told him wrestling was fake. And a wrestler who worked for Stu said their are a lot of those Hart kids running around I'd like to beat up and he wanted to pile drive Mrs Hart on the highway. Following that weekend everyone went out besides Bret and his mother and this guy knocks on the door and Bret thought he was there to beat him up and piledrive his mother. As Bret observed she opened the door and went and got his pay cheque and left.
i think it was probably a culmination of all the stress from the screwjob and Owen's death as well as the concussions and the fall from his bike that caused it... which means that even if Bret hadn't fallen off his bike he would still have had the stroke because he was carrying so much baggage
Possibly... A lot of people fall from bikes and nothing happens. But the concussion he suffered in the match with Goldberg may have still played a big part physically.
Heart problems run in their family.
I feel like Lansburg totally softballed this interview
Mark my words. Somehow, someday, those SummerSlam 1993 promotional photos for Bret vs. Hogan will surface, and I will lose even more respect for Hogan.
I thought so too; Initially i assumed his voice got better, but at the beginning they said it was his first interview since the stroke.
As big of a legend as Bret Hart is and he is that good he truly is The Excellence Of Execution when it came to technical wrestling ability the only person who was as good as maybe even better than Bret was Owen im proud to say that Bret Hart was the first Canadian Wrestler that really was a big name every Canadian Wrestler was awesome in the ring i don't think there's been bad Canadian Wrestler should I give some examples well let's start with Bret Hart , Owen Hart, Lance Storm , Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho all great in ring talent absolutely phenomenal i still get upset to talk about Chris Benoit because I'm sure he could've and most likely would've gone down as the best ever
I think Hulk Hogan should've put Bret Hart over at Summerslam 1993. It would've been one of the greatest matches & greatest moments of all time. Bret Hart was white hot at the time & Hulk Hogan was on his way out to do movies or just go to WCW. I don't understand why Hulk Hogan chose to drop the WWF Title to Yokozuna at King of The Ring 1993. I'm not saying that I don't like Hulk Hogan. I really do like him. It's just that it didn't make any sense then & it doesn't make any sense now.
Bret is too small for Hogan plus it would exposed Hogan as an incompetent wrestler
I’ll tell you why because in hogan’s mind and the way hogan’s character was built is hogan always overcame insurmountable odds against unbeatable Giants. If Hogan was to lose to someone like Bret Hart and it’s not about Bret Hart it’s about the size of Bret Hart it would open the door That would say anybody at any size can beat hulk hogan and how would you market hogan’s character after losing to someone like that. Love him or hate him all Hogan did was what everyone of us would’ve did and protect his image. At that time Pro wrestling was still Protecting its image as not being so obvious that it was fake. It’s believable for Hogan to lose to someone like yokozuna but in the cartoon character world of pro wrestling it wasn’t believable for him to lose to someone like Bret Hart. You gotta remember Bret Hart was just a mid card tag team filler when Hulkamania was running wild. In hogan’s mind it didn’t seem realistic for him to lose to someone that was the opening match of a card that he was headlining just a few years earlier
Wow, this was 10 years ago now.
Now 30 years time goes very fast