Grilling JR #62: Bret Hart 1996
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- Опубликовано: 1 июл 2020
- On this episode of Grilling JR, Jim and Conrad do a deep dive into Bret Hart's remarkable year in 1996 including the famous Iron Man Match at WrestleMania 12 with Shawn Michaels, the relationship and dynamic with Shawn, the WWF/WCW contract negotiations, his feud with Steve Austin, and so much more!
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“Vince saw a little bit of himself in Shawn”. Yeah. We all know which ‘bit’ of Vince that was.
Think Vince was def a lil bit of him in Shawn at one point 🤣🤣🤣
Just the tip pall, just the tip! 😳🤦🏼♂️😂
😂😂😂
Vince Loved that "sizzle"..... HBK was his "Flavor of the Week" 🤣
Even Hunter alluded to this in a promo after Shawn left when he dropped the belt to Austin. He had an impostor HBK standing at the entrance that said something like, “You know Shawn doesn’t take anything laying down, because he’s always bending over!” I cracked up to that promo as a kid!!
It shows how great of a worker Bret was. Even the guys that didn't like him personally all will say he was the best in the ring.
This is exactly why Bret was is and always will be my all time favourite wrestler.. since I was small, always looked up to Bret and the Hart family
Holy hell, I'm only 33:00 in and there's been at least 15 ad breaks, I'm tapping out on this video
LMFAO, I know this is an old comment, but I love it.
Say what you want about Bret Hart, but he had beautiful matches with Shawn Michaels in 92 and of course in 96-97. WM #13 vs Stone Cold, enough said. Top 5 match of all time. Then had classic wars with Undertaker. Ohhh,he beat Flair in 92, even though Ric was 7 years out of prime, it was a classic match. Ohhh, at WM #8, he had enough respect from Piper and won another classic match. Wait, he had a 2 year run with Curt Henning from 89 to 91with some of the most creative matches ever. Wimbledon stadium at Summer Slam vs the Bulldog. Put it this way, if you think Hart is overrated and a chump, then I guess you really dont think much about wrestling or his competitors. Some of the all time greats Bret painted amazing matches and stories with. Piper,Henning,Michael's, Stone Cold and Undertaker are all apart of the Bret Hart career and story, and all those competitors are top 15 EPIC wrestler's other than Davey Boy Smith.
Bret hart and curt henning did not have a 2 year run from 92 to 94 it was more like 89 then 91 at summer slam curt didn’t wrestle much that year he was hurt. 92 was his year with heenan and flair as a liazon curt also wrestled Bret at the 93 king of the ring but that was it. Also Austin Bret was at wrestlemania 13 not 14
Hitman is THE GOAT
It was sad what happened to him at wm9 Bret vs yokozuna and having yokozuna dropped the belt to hulk hogan
I couldn't have said it better myself!
Amen
Think bout it had bret stayed two years later we could of had bret Hart vs kurt angle that could have been the greatest match on history
Oh lord that’s a dream match!!
Triple threat with Bret, Beniot and Angle!
or Eddie Guerrero Latino Heat
Yup I believe hart vs angle would be all time greatest match
I wish Vince would have pushed Shawn out the door rather than Bret. We missed out on all kinds of dream matches and WM14 would have been a rematch of Bret vs Austin. That would have been epic.
A great year with the Greatest of All Time in my opinion. Looking forward to this
Spoken like a true mark.
@@greatomeister675 Ironic that you say that
@@greatomeister675 yea he is the GOAT.
We want Bret , we want Bret ! Lol
UNDERTAKER IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME !!!
Bret was simply untouchable from 92-97...no other wrestler could touch him during his run
🙄🙄🙄😑😑😑
Mark
@@Lonewolf_665 Bret was untouchable u hater
Stop it Shawn Michaels running 96 and 97
Look they are slightly different, though it’s really hard to elevate one above the other in any meaningful way.
Bret was the better technical wrestler, although Shawn wasn’t far behind, but I would say this…. I think Shawn had that IT factor and that flare so to speak. Bret lacked that.
I think in 25/50 years from now, Bret and Shawn’s matches will hold up. Though IMO I think Bret shades it for psychology and technical prowess.
The Excellence of Execution
Scott Hall is on record saying he regrets the way he handled the Goldust feud.
Imo Bret was the wrestler of the decade in the 90s. Every year from 91 he had a great match.
Wrestler of the 90s? 😂🤣 sir you must be having a brain fart cause HBK. Was the best wrestler of the 90s bottom line
@@angelanjoshjacobs-matkin1015 HBK didht becoome a truly great wrestler til 95. He barely wrestled in 97 or 98 and didnt wrestle at all in 99. So tell me how he was the best wrestler of the 90s??
@@aaronjackson9385 exactly
Sting
@@angelanjoshjacobs-matkin1015 HBK was the best from 2000-2010 but the 90s he wasn't there much from 97-02.
I’m always impressed by JR’s verbosity. He somehow manages to put a thought more aptly and succinctly off the cuff than I could in 5mins. His passion and gift of gab makes him the greatest play-by-play man of all time in my book.
Hope he gets well soon (as of this comment’s writing).
Much better than Bruce’s retelling. Bruce is so biased and comes off as hateful towards Bret. He makes every excuse in the book for Shawn.
Prichard is such a stooge im done with his asskissing pod Grilling Jr and Arn got the juice.
Yep agree. Bringing Prichard back was the worst decision
i agree that bruce is full of shit but disagree about shawn.
bruce quite evidently disliked hbk's antics back then.
i think bret was also not accepting of the fact that his time as the guy was nearing an end. bret seemed to think in 96/97 he was still going to remain the top guy into the new millenium, and literally no body else in the business agreed.
bret also seemed to think that hbk being douche meant he should be pushed instead, again not getting that there was a new top guy on the scene. bret was the only one who thought bret should remain the face of the company. EVERYONE else knew it was Austin, HBK, HHH and Rock's time on the horizon except Bret.
I'm a massive Bret fan but Im tired of people using Michael's unpro behaviour as a reason why Bret was right. Bret was wrong. HBK was also wrong.
but Bret's feelings at that. time seem deluded to me. its almost as though bret invented his own stories in his mind and then compared the stuff he was given to the stuff he thought up unfavorably. it was bret who was unreasonable in this situation as far as actual business.
daniel johnston sorry but I disagree with everything you said. Bruce always praises Shawn and never once talks about his antics aside from he was difficult at times. He really digs in on Bret tho every chance he gets. It’s probably cuz of his current close relationship with HHH and Vince. Bret has agreed many times that It was Shawns time but says that he was ignored as the champion in the booking of 96 which was completely accurate. They treated him as an afterthought before he even passed the torch. They even had the diesel undertaker feud built around the fact that they both had Bret beat until either diesel or taker would interfere. And this was all right before mania 12. Bret was a massive supporter of Austin and the Rock and help establish their careers. Bret wanted to drop the belt to Austin. He also refused to beat the newly crowned ic champ, the rock, on raw after HHH & hbk suggested it as a way to bury the rock. Bret wanted them to succeed. HHHs time on top wouldn’t come for another couple years because when Bret was there HHH basically carried HBKs bags. If anything... Shawn was the one that wanted to remain on top and even threatened to not drop the belt to Austin at WM14.
Bruce hates Bret because Bret knocked out Bruce’s master, Vince.
I think Bret had a lot of charisma.
The best there is, the best there was, the best there ever will be 😃❤👍
Without a shadow of a doubt
@stoic Bret isn't a racist piece of shit carny like Terry Bollea
You can argue who is/was the best wrestler, performer, character etc
Whether it Bret, Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, Stone Cold whoever all valid but for best matches on a consistent bases Its got to be Bret Hart for me. So many classics. And that's why he is my favourite of all time. Plus he made everything look so real like a proper fight from his punches to selling
I can't help but smirk while noticing just how much respect and deservingly so Jim Ross has for Bret Hart which always had shown while he did color commentating. Being one who grew up watching every moment of everything they covered in this interview, it's wonderful to know that this still holds to this day. Bret gave us the best matches when it came to the storytelling, the psychology and the realism implicated and that's why those of us who are more into the "steak" as opposed to the "sizzle", Bret is legendary and I personally prefer his style because it's more believable. Many will tell you today that Shawn is the greatest performer and that is true as he gave us the most thrilling and theatrical performances with the type of charismatic showmanship only he could display but also because he was very instrumental to the transition into the "sizzle" dimension of pro-wrestling. Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels are so similar yet so different. It's Ryu Vs Ken in Super Street Fighter.
100 percent.
Bret and Shawn are like Ryu and Ken? No they're really not. Ryu and Ken have similar styles while Bret and Shawn didn't.
Blueblur23 Umm you missed the point. It's not about comparing their fighting style. It's about how equally gifted they are as performers to the point that it's hard to say that one is better than the other. Not to mention for a long time they were billed at the same height and weight which made them look equal and each had about the same amount of fans.
Funny seeing Bret with such a huge smile
Doesn’t even look like Bret when he’s smiling like that.
You must be a kid then.
@@1776Sledge He wasn’t a huge smiler throughout his career, the hell you being so hostile for?
Me: Hot damn 2 hours?!
Also Me: damn it's ONLY 2 hours?!
💯
Bret took wrestling very seriously, but that's what made him great. What Bret did for Shawn at WM12 launched him to the top. As JR points out, Bret could have lost his cool at the end of the match and made Shawn look bad. IMO the WM 12 match plays a much bigger role in Bret's refusal to put Shawn over again on his way out than we usually give it credit for. Bret thought Shawn owed HIM one.
Shawn never did one job after he became champ. Compare that to the Undertaker who did jobs and made mankind look like a monster. Meanwhile shawn won't lose to Vader the biggest and best monster heel of that time period
@@ricosalvaje5802 because he did all his jobbing between 91- 95, particularly to good ol Bret. It was HBKs time and he didn't owe Bret anything.
@@LaidBack-- I'm not a hbk fan but he did lose about 100 matches to Bret by pinfall, submission, countout, DQ and in ladder and cagematches. I saw them all and enjoyed them because I'm a Bret Hart fanatic. I can't stand Michaels and never will.
@@ricosalvaje5802 hbk was a pillhead headcase. He should have lost to Vader.
@user-hm5wv1in4t HBK jobbed when he had no starpower. Once he main evented wm11 he never jobbed at all.
Thank you for the captions I have trouble sleeping n reading these with a bit of volume is great to listen n doze off to
THE BEST THERE IS, THE BEST THERE WAS & THE BEST THERE EVER WILL BE ....
You're damn right
Never cared for Brett still don’t! Weird ass guy man!
@@tammyforbes2101 but a great world champion who didn't do no shows and always came to work to entertain the fans and wasn't doing drugs and fucking up his career or embarrassing the business
And no one believed that more than Bret himself !
@@rockingjamie according to who? You
Great podcast, JR is always professional and thoughtful with his responses with honesty always at the forefront of them all. The way they built the WM12 match was so obvious HBK was going over and making the champion looking weak prior I believe really hindered Shawns credibility as a champion. Piss poor booking really as it could have been so much more than what it was. The end of '96 really set the tone for arguably the greatest year of pro wrestling in '97. Bret vs SCSA was just a fantastic match that I watched back recently and still holds up now. A fantastic return that also solidified the SCSA character and set him on his way to becoming the biggest superstar ever. Hearing all the negotiations and how Bret manoeuvred a great contract for himself I always felt worked against him looking back as it has always come across as Vince was extremely hurt that he even considered leaving the WWF. I always knew Bret looked at him as a father figure but I have thought Vince reciprocated the same and felt betrayed from that and held a grudge against him for it (but that is only my opinion). Bret Hart always brought authenticity and realism to wrestling and made it more than just a match, he made it an art that unfortunately seems gone from today's product. Looking forward to '97 and thanks for a great upload guys
absolute masterpiece guys.been a fan of this kind of stuff for years.i was a listener and caller of jim ross wsb radio show when I was in high school and always listened sunday nights.jim ross was always nice to us at the georgia mountain center in gainesville georgia for wcw television tapings.cant wait for the hitman 1997 episode.you can never have too much of this time period of the wwf it really something else and when you put it all together from all the different people who were there.
the wwf from this time was interesting and wcw from this time was all hype.God bless kris
Awesome interview on an excellent topic 🍻
I agree. I would also like them to do an episode on Bret Hart in 1994 and another one of Bret Hart in 1995. If they did one for every year of Bret Hart's career, I would listen.
Good thing there was no commercials during this
one of the best episodes ever, anything 90s WWF rocks
You can see why JR was head of talent relations in some of his responses here. Masterful.
Very true what you’re telling about abroad audiences! Here from Germany I can confirm great respect for Bret’s skills and he was super-over because of his character and sympathy for the fans! 😍
same in India he was 1 of the name that was on everyone's list who had a hint of WWF even when people didn't have proper cable tv
Can’t wait for ‘97.
I loved the iron man match I wanted Bret to win I was mad when he didn't I remember when Bret came back and they were supposed to have the rematch to put Bret back over and suddenly shawn lost his smile and he didn't return the favor which is why you can never blame Bret for feeling how he felt about shawn and the company not being fair
I don't think it's much of compliment from Vince when he told Bret 'you're much smarter than people give you credit for'
at least he acknowledged it
and then they say Bret never draws 🤦♂️
bret was the biggest draw ever outside the US.
Who said that? He literally carried the company and Vince after Hogan left in 93’
J Crash
Calls other dumb...
...conveniently ignores the steroid/sex scandal slump of the early 90s and its impact on the business.
And Hogan couldnt sell out in that era either! Nash was the lowest drawing wwf champion upto that point, but drew millions at wcw. Its not just about the talent, theres so much more to it.
@J CrashBret drew huge overseas and in Canada, even drew in the US. Wrestling as a whole took a nosedive during that time, that's not Bret's fault but he did carry the WWF throughout the mid 90's and kept the company afloat.
This was the first Grillin episode I listened to last year, and it did not disappoint. Forgot I was even on a road trip home with my dad.
That was great! Looking forward to 1997.
Bret was a master at making things feel so real! After this match I was so depressed for at least a week, no lie! But I was 15 years old at the time lol. He was a huge part of my childhood, teen years, I was so obsessed with him, and being so into him the way that I was and was following his career, got me through some really , really difficult times!
Excellence of execution!
I can’t be the only one who gets the cracking and popping in the background
nope me too
Nope me too.
Every three minutes: "Let's keep it moving here."
I thought I was the only 1 who noticed.
@The Emo Emu and @j DoGG Unfortunately that's how they get paid. RUclips is who is doing that, not JR or Conrad
that doesnt annoy me nearly as much as "whut's goin' awnnn Brewce, how'r yew?"
or Brian Last on the Cornette show going "our next question, Jim comes from", in exactly the same intonation and inflection all the time.
or Cornette always going "well, here's the thing... hee hee".
@@danieljohnston2379 careful, you dont want to end up on Corney's list (how long would that be?)
Good comment...let’s keep it moving here.
Love listening to JR, I'm new to wrestling history and these are interesting.
The period of 1996 to about 2000 was probably the best period in the modern era of North American wrestling.
I can’t ain’t until 97 Bret story. My favorite year for Bret and wrestling.
Nash has retold this story without the part about Taker being heated with Bret.
In other words; Nash made that up.
Bruce says that Taker would’ve of never handled it by yelling at Bret in front of people. He would’ve talked to Bret in private.
Which is basically along the lines in what JR is saying as well
@@StanStacks Bret sounds like he was getting harder and harder to deal with at this point....I imagine even Taker has his limits
Dale Harris okay you’re right but not jr and Bruce.
Wat you talking about nash has clearly admitted that taker told bret that it wasn't about him tats from nashs mouth go look it up
@@StanStacks Never said I was right...just offering an opinion. Gotta ease off the salt buddy it's bad for you
i always thought the Iron Man Match was a response to all the old wrestlers WCW was featuring at the top
The main events in 96/97 were designed in a way to do that for sure.
Pretty much, 1 hour long matches used to be pretty regular in the NWA.
Flair and Shawn the two best all around in ring performers?
Kurt Angle has entered the chat
So have Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero
Is this an old clip re-uploaded again and presented as new Conrad Thompson been doing a lot of those lately
Brett was my guy and I've rewatched that match every chance I get, he says it and we can see it.
I want a 97 episode now
Just thinking Bret Hart had some of my all time favorite matches. The Cage match he had with Owen Hart. The Ironman match with Shawn, the Montreal screwjob and the mania 13 match with Austin.
Brett is the greatest wrestler. He could take a bad wrestler, and make them great.
Freaking fantastic! The greatest era in Wrestling.
Yeah man for sure i am so happy I watched all of it growing up & did till about 2010, 95-96 are actually underrated years tho . 96 WWF started building momentum again & changing its style a bit , get to see Bret Harts major run & the rise of stone cold & many other stars . I love all the build up to the attitude era a lot of ground work was started in those years .... unfortunately wwe fumbled the end of the hit mans career he had more to give & everyone knew it
JR says Bret Can't swim. but in the documentary "Wrestling with Shadows" he does swim in the pool.
Was he not doing the butterfly stroke too? I swear that’s the hardest too.
He looked like he was swimming just fine to me!
"it's hot everywhere" damn right Jr
Ever 1 min there a add in this video. I don't mind watching a couple but dame. It takes you out the video.
Starts at 2:19
you're the man JR, keep up the great work on AEW and the podcast!!!
Great show. Love listening to the insight. I also agree that Hart made Austin. Those two ppv matches wm13 and ss are two of the best of that decade. Great listen fellas
I can't listen to any Bret Hart years such an interesting and great career would love to hear a Bret Hart late 92-94 topic one day.
Can*
Nah Austin made Austin. Bret just made the transition smoother. Austin was coming regardless and that was obvious.
@@blueblur2329 I don't disagree that Austin was obviously the driving Force but I'M Bret have Austin credibility. He showed he could perform at a higher level, and consistently, not just one match.. I also think Vince's Mr Mcmahon needs a LOT of credit, Austin only works if he has a great person to bounce off. Every champagne needs an opponent. Very face needs a heel. Every SOB needs a boss to antagonise. We've seen before what happens when the wwe doesn't have a viable opponent, a credible heel to build a story around, it affects the perdormer (In this case Austin ) and the company as a whole massively. It happened with Austin later on in fact.
I'm the biggest Austin fan there is, Hart too, definitely for longer with Hart. Together tho, they were unbelievable. Both their best work came with ech other Imo. A great pairing .
Peace.
@@fuzzydunlop_1 Would Austin have not been able to show that he could perform at a high level consistently without Bret though? He did win King of the Ring for a reason. I agree their match at WM13 was probably their best match but I wouldn't go as far to say it made him. More like helped make him bigger. That era was a time where fans valued great characters and stories over actual matches. Just look at Sting. Sting was at his most over when he wasn't wrestling and was instead just coming down the rafters. The same with Austin. Austin got more over after he broke his neck and couldn't wrestle for several months than he did wrestling anyone in the company.
As for Mcmahon, again I think you're placing too much emphasis on him as well. That rivalry didn't start until mid 98. By the end of 97 Austin was already massively over and with the exception of Sting was the most over wrestler in the world at that point. So I wouldn't say Austin wouldn't have worked without that Mcmahon rivalry either. The reason for Austin's popularity is because he was the best talker in the company, his promo's were better than everyone else and he had the most charisma in and out of the ring at that time. Where I will give Vince credit is behind the scenes in that he put Austin in the best position to succeed through storylines or highlighting the strength of Austin's character.
My favorite wrestler ever.
57:42 "King Sizzle" should be a t-shirt.
Geez, I wondering who was whispering in Shawn's ear......PAUL LEVERQUE!!!
Awesome, wish Bret had stuck around for the Attitude era. Would've made such a great moment if he'd given Austin the big win at Mania 14 rather than that whiner Shawn. Oh well, people with sense know who the better man was.
it would not have been the same
@Vincent Verona imagine the matches we could've had. We could've had Bret vs rock, Bret vs triple h(when he was the bigger star), Bret vs mankind, eventual Bret vs Vince, Bret vs Kane.
It would've made the attitude era more awesome. Not to mention when Kurt angle came on the scene, that match would've been epic.
Yeah I think had he stayed this is exactly what would have happened
Greatest year in wrestling with the greatest superstar.
Any links for this where there isn’t a advert every 90 seconds ?
Bret’s 92-93 please.
I laughed my tail off when I heard Bischoff say "I'll eat the fckr." In regards to Bret's 2.8 million WCW contract.
I find it interesting that Bret Hart would play with the idea of going to WCW in 1992. I wonder what time of year that was? Was it after he lost the Intercontinental title to the Mountie because of the flu (storyline) in January and they put the belt on Roddy Piper? Surely he must have known that he would get a huge match with Piper at Wrestlemania 8 and not want to leave at that point. It was probably more likely that he wanted to leave after losing the IC belt to British Bulldog at Summerslam, but before he would find out he would beat Ric Flair for the WWF title in mid-October. Early advertisements for Survivor Series 1992 in WWF magazine showed Ric Flair still having the WWF title in his tag team match and British Bulldog defending the IC belt against Mountie. Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels was originally just going to be a regular match with no titles. Bret in September / early October must have thought the WWF had nothing left for him and I'm guessing that is when he wanted to leave for WCW.
It was late 1992 when Bulldog and Warrior were released from the WWF because of Vince finding out that they were getting HGH from a doctor in Europe. I presume it was just before that when Bret was thinking about WCW or around that time?? I only mentioned it because of the comment about Bulldog and the IC title in the WWF magazine.
I thought that the "surprise" overtime in the Ironman match was a great addition, from an invested fan position.
I was a complete mark for Hart at the time and had so many arguments with HBK fans at school about the finish and who was better. They had the legit argument that HBK pinned and beat Bret to win and we felt legitimized that Bret had the match won before the original timer ran out. It kept us all completely invested and wanting more to come from the rivalry.
they did a great job of keeping our attention for 65 minutes. It told a great story
1996 was the first time I laid eyes on Bret. I was a child looking to escape a crap life and reality and diving into WWF was my escape. I lived in that world. The first time I saw Bret…his crooked smile and deep eyes I was as in love as a child could be. I *hated* Shawn and was terrified of Austin when he came in. I grew to really enjoy and respect Austin but that’s not the case with Shawn to this day.
Bret has endured so much loss and suffering. Yesterday was the anniversary of Owen’s death. I hope he’s happy in his life with his wife and continues to be for a long time to come.
But Bret…I still carry a torch for you. 😂
It's funny, growing up I could never choose who I liked better, Bret or Shawn. The truth is, even knowing all of the backstage politics and their problematic personalities, I still can't decide whose work I enjoy more. I feel for Bret, because of what he endured, but his own concern for his legacy, which was never ever in question, turned him into a very bitter person. I wished so hard that he would have gone to WCW and been the main focus of the program, but it was clear Hogan was never going to let that happen, and you could tell that just ate at Bret. Sadly, once he made it to the top, Goldberg's boot cut his run short. Shawn on the other hand did seem to turn his life around. I know a lot of people don't feel like he was genuine in his newfound faith, but his life definitely seems like it has been blessed since making a change in his life. More than anything, I hope both men are happy today. They've definitely earned the title of legend, if we're really looking at things as objectively as possible.
JR trying to describe the last supper 🤣
Big fan of Bret the Hitman Clark
This needs more adverts
I don't think they needed to advertise the sudden death rule. I thought it worked very well with the shock factor with bret. He was visibly upset about it and as a fan I "believed" at the time that bret was done with the match and he thought he got the win. Bret went back into the ring and started working on Shawn Michaels for a another sharpshooter. But Shawn hit two super kicks and thats that. I thought the ending made room for a rematch in the future.
JJ Dillon & Kevin Nash said they never cared too much for Lisa Wolfe. Nash talked about the time she call her self giving him a pep talk. WOW!!!!
Yep! Can you imagine Bret once the invasion happened!! I can’t even remember Shawn.
Thanks for the ads every two minutes.
I like the hep C ones best
No offense to the Hitman, I am one of the biggest fans, but Shawn Michales never needed Bret Harts endorsement. Just like he never needed Flairs or anyone else
I think that was Bret's way of being able to accept passing the torch to Shawn. It wasn't completely selfish or anything, but it did have to do with his ego. Totally understandable.
Shawn wanted that endorsement that’s the point and you can argue that he did, Shawn didn’t draw as Champion
@@Bobbywoodhogan neither did bret besides overseas
@@Lonewolf_665 “neither did Bret besides overseas” so he drew then.
Would love to hear an Andre the Giant episode
The best there is the best there was the best there ever will be
Is there going to be another one on 97?
I now see why people are complaining about the ads... 41 minutes in. 15 ad breaks
Bret changed the game. He showed u didn't need to be big & tall to win. U just needed skills & the will to win.
My friends thought he was boring and lame but I knew he was the best there is.... best there was....
Am I the only one hearing audio being choppy? It's driving me nuts
the microphone popping is a bit annoying tbh, good podcast's tho
@@delboy9617 There's popping every like 20 seconds. It's driving me nuts.
@@TheBattProductions Yeah, it seems to be the same for most of his videos. I was listening to some JR podcasts from 2016 and they had the same problem, looks unlikely that he knows about it or he doesn't see it as a problem (somehow).
Its every podcast Conrad does, at least for me
It would be very interesting to see where wrestling would be at if the 20 year deal actually went thru
What! The Excellence of Execution cant swim 🤣 Thats so funny to me lol, you're still the greatest tho Bret 🙌
Would love to hear some of the things Stu did to train wrestlers. What was also the purpose of stretching wrestlers?
To weed out the guys who couldn't hack it.
I love Bret. Huge fan growing up, still am but good lord he doesn't mind putting himself over
I’ve never have more respect for a wrestler then Bret every move ment something
If We had a HOF for playing Ads, Conrad would win hands Down! 😂
One question I never heard asked of Ross was what was his involvement in sale of Watts UWF to Crockett and did he think it would be bad idea for Crockett?...
How many fkn ads are gonna play during this show?? I’m 15 min thru and they’re have already been five.
Bret should be involved in booking matches for wwe or aew
Fo-Shizzle my nizzle
How long after did VMcM give the Big show the 10 year deal after Hitman went . After saying the cash wasn't there . ,🤔
If Shawn Michaels said that to the ref than I can understand why bret would be upset. That is not the way you say thank you to the guy that is putting you over.
Meltzer makes shit up at times but the part where Bret was promised a title win over Shawn, JR says its not like Vince. My argument to that would be its also not like Vince to give ANYONE creative control in writing on any contract before Bret did it. Maybe Hogan but I don't it because it wasn't needed, maybe a newer contract around 1990 or something. Also it wasn't like Vince to sign a man for 20 years, Bret had him over a barrel in the regard that if he left around 1996 it might have killed his company, so in that regard I don't think its unreasonable to think Vince would agree to it, especially if Bret is offering to lose it back down the road. All that said, I don't think Bret demanded to be champion, he usually just wanted a good story line.
Die hard Bret fan here. I still don't understand why Bret voices his "issues" about this period. The whole time he knows he's gonna be putting Shawn over at WMXII and that he's taking 6 months off afterwards. So, what's the problem? Transitional Champion? Yeah. That was the plan. And he was taking time off after. Like what are you expecting?
i think vince took out all his frustrations of losing other guys to wcw on bret... if there were no competition bret would have been wwf for life no question. the competition brought out a dark and paranoid state of mind from vince. bret was so obsessed with how his legacy would be that ironically he ended up being remembered for a lot of things that he shouldn't have. it was just such a shame. we missed out on so many great matches and moments. bret was truly a wwf lifer and did not belong in wcw at all. of all the people to have had this happen to, you would have never thought it'd be bret. just 3 years prior he was sitting on the shoulders of all the wrestlers in msg as teh new champion...
3.43 - welcome
The Undertaker as the Raw GM for a Year with power to make matches would be Great for WWE. Other than Jim Cornett coming to run the show with power to do as he fits. Salute to JR