Scott Hall - What Bret Hart was Like to Wrestle in WWF

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  • Scott Hall discusses wrestling Bret Hart many times in WWF and where he ranks Bret as an overall performer. Stream New Shoot Interviews 📺 TitleMatchNetwo...
    RIP to the late-great Scott Hall. Here the Bad Guy talks about "The Hitman" Bret Hart, their match for the World Wrestling Federation Championship and reaction to Ric Flair's comments calling Bret overrated.
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  • @TitleMatchWrestling
    @TitleMatchWrestling  3 місяці тому +39

    RIP to the late-great Scott Hall
    Stream the Full Shoot Interview (2007)
    ➡titlematchnetwork.com/wrestling-shoot-interviews-results/

  • @glocksNgrippers
    @glocksNgrippers 3 місяці тому +210

    Scott had one of the greatest wrestling minds in the business. He also had no problem putting anyone over or whether he was a champion or not. He had a mind for the business and knew how to change with the times. RIP.

    • @roninmarketing4048
      @roninmarketing4048 3 місяці тому +9

      He was the man

    • @kingrowla
      @kingrowla 3 місяці тому +4

      agreed, really interesting perspective on Brett and his WWF taped vignettes. I didn't think about it like that but he convinced me maybe I was not looking at the whole picture here.

    • @Kawlinz
      @Kawlinz 2 місяці тому

      He would probably work a deal with a concession stand worker
      "Hey when I go for this grab, you roll me back and get the 3, I'll deal with the repercussions in the back and tell him it was my fault"
      "Scott? You know I'm not a wrestler, right?"
      "Yeah but you'll be a legend in the stands forever! Everyone's gonna want your nuts"

    • @Punchable-Face
      @Punchable-Face Місяць тому +2

      Very underrated. It's such a shame we don't have him for today's creative writing team. Cause they suck, so does the acting in today's wrestling.. It's just terrible.

    • @glocksNgrippers
      @glocksNgrippers Місяць тому +2

      @@Punchable-Face i couldnt agree more. I very seldom watch wrestling now but I did in the 80s up to around 2007 or so and yes we need creative people to come up with good storylines. Scott Hall was a genius. I think maybe Arn Anderson or Scott Steiner could come up with some good stuff if given the chance.

  • @bitsnbobs1107
    @bitsnbobs1107 3 місяці тому +207

    Scott is very interesting to listen to and clearly very intelligent. RIP Scott Hall

    • @oneearrabbit
      @oneearrabbit 3 місяці тому +20

      Your comment reminded me of when I met Scott Hall at Hogan’s Beach Shop. I told him he was one of my all-time favorite wrestlers and Scott said “Well, you’re obviously an intelligent guy with great taste in wrestlers” 😂
      RIP Scott Hall

  • @doubles7533
    @doubles7533 3 місяці тому +162

    Bret vs 1-2-3 Kid is still one of my favorite matches of all time

  • @soulofanerd9364
    @soulofanerd9364 3 місяці тому +39

    Maaaan this guy was SO SHARP...brilliant mind for the business. When he said "some guys matches were entertaining enough the announcers could talk about other stuff" Booker T immediately came to mind. That is awesome that Scott would talk to guys like this behind the scenes. Booker and Bret had that in common even though Booker was also good on the mic in addition to his ring skill. Then of course Benoit, Guerrero and Jericho all fit that bill as well. Scott should have been a booker or head creative for some promotion....r.i.p.

  • @scottsacala
    @scottsacala 3 місяці тому +88

    The biggest missed opportunity in WCW was not letting him just wrestle. You had guys like Jericho, Malenko, Eddie Guerrero, Perry Saturn, Mysterio, etc. We were lucky to have him get a match with Benoit and Booker T. All those guys were some of the best in-ring wrestlers in the business at the time.

    • @newjerseyballer
      @newjerseyballer 3 місяці тому +11

      i just watched Perry Saturn make his debut in WCW on Peacock. incredible wrestler. he destroyed Disco Inferno with an array of holds. And everything he did was so smooth.

    • @ducklife420
      @ducklife420 3 місяці тому +5

      bret had a match with scott hall that was awesome

    • @kdizzle901
      @kdizzle901 3 місяці тому +1

      @@ducklife420and Goldberg ruined his career

    • @via_negativa6183
      @via_negativa6183 3 місяці тому +6

      Yeah they are wrong about it being his fault not getting over basically only good match he had was against benoit (best match I ever saw in wcw in fact.) He should have been booked in fueds with all the top guys and it never happened then wcw went down the toilet.

    • @RealHomeRecording
      @RealHomeRecording 2 місяці тому +1

      They didn't let the big boys play.

  • @ypmm53
    @ypmm53 3 місяці тому +45

    I’ve never heard someone describe wrestling as he did.
    RIP Scott Hall…

  • @nonope2207
    @nonope2207 3 місяці тому +59

    This really tells you a lot about Scott. You could tell he was a little offput by Bret calling the shots in their matches and saying if he'd had more time he wouldn't have allowed it to happen, and the interviewer throws in a "Do you think he's overrated like Flair says?" and Scott immediately cuts that off. Why? Because Scott can disagree with something and still not be a hater. Too many other wrestlers just can't get over themselves and become full on haters for the dumbest of reasons.

    • @bastih.5264
      @bastih.5264 3 місяці тому +5

      Plus: At that time (January 1993) it was the right move by Hart. Hall was relatively fresh in the WWF and Hart was the champion. And Hart knew how to put over other wrestlers and make them look good. Actually these guys should've had an angle in later years when they were fully "seasoned".

    • @braddorcas9363
      @braddorcas9363 2 місяці тому +9

      Most of the kliq very much respected Bret, and liked working with him. Nash had nothing but great things to say about working with him as well. Really it was only Shawn that had the problems with him. But the rest of the kliq all as workers saw him for exactly what Bret was. A very easy guy to have great matches with. They never had to sweat a thing with him. They'd be making money, and be getting taken care of with the highest level of skill.

    • @andreferguson2564
      @andreferguson2564 2 місяці тому +8

      ​@@braddorcas9363And tbf, even Shawn said that Bret was a brilliant worker (and vice versa), even when the relationship was crumbling. It's a damn shame they weren't able to get past their issues.

    • @Soon2B30
      @Soon2B30 26 днів тому

      Plus, most wrestlers were just meatheads, former FB or other sports and weren’t the sharpest minds. Scott Hall was a wrestling genius who got caught up with the dark side of wrestling.

  • @Adrian-X1
    @Adrian-X1 3 місяці тому +22

    I liked Bret. He's literally the wrestler that made me a WWF fan growing up in the 80s. Straight to the point and awesome wrestler imo!

  • @pc8679
    @pc8679 3 місяці тому +27

    Scott Hall truly understood the business

  • @brandonfouts4074
    @brandonfouts4074 3 місяці тому +37

    I love hearing honest reactions

  • @kylesmith9944
    @kylesmith9944 3 місяці тому +111

    Bret didn't need a microphone. WCW should have had Bret Hart vs Hogan. That's what the fans wanted.

    • @StuUngar
      @StuUngar 3 місяці тому +10

      He came in at a bad time. The fans wanted Hogan vs Sting first and that feud should’ve lasted 6 months since it was the culmination of the nWo vs WCW and Sting turning his back on WCW over War Games 96

    • @texasjack6289
      @texasjack6289 3 місяці тому +19

      Bret was fine on the mic! He was booked against mid-carders instead of getting main event heat! WCW was afraid to push Bret.

    • @danfors1333
      @danfors1333 3 місяці тому +6

      @@texasjack6289 He always sounded whiny and bitter. Way better wrestler than talker.

    • @Director2024
      @Director2024 3 місяці тому +1

      I was a huge fan then and I didn’t want that.

    • @sethspaner3438
      @sethspaner3438 3 місяці тому +3

      They rushed him heel, sided him with Hogan, and let him beat Sting in a terrible match. So many better options.

  • @codeman494
    @codeman494 3 місяці тому +21

    Explaining why announcers talk about other matches and all these guys being technically sound and asthetically pleasing is actually very interesting. I miss this man

  • @inlovewithi
    @inlovewithi 3 місяці тому +37

    Interesting perspective.

  • @oogabooga1023
    @oogabooga1023 3 місяці тому +18

    I never thought of Bret matches like that it makes sense. Scott broke it down perfectly.

  • @RJ-fe9pu
    @RJ-fe9pu 3 місяці тому +222

    Bret was a bit dry on the mic but could out wrestle 99.9% of talent all day every day

    • @jasonnoble3971
      @jasonnoble3971 3 місяці тому

      A "bit" dry?
      He was a 75 year old vagina on the mic.

    • @mrselection7814
      @mrselection7814 3 місяці тому +6

      Bret isn't that great. He wasn't even the best Hart

    • @RJ-fe9pu
      @RJ-fe9pu 3 місяці тому +22

      According to just about every single person who wrestled him disagrees with you on his skills
      Seeing as Bret is the only one sspoken about from the Hart family by default he's the best Hart
      Owen sucked and was never more than a jobber Bulldog was ok Jim was decent as well

    • @y345vash9
      @y345vash9 3 місяці тому +28

      Wow, lots of Hart hate here 😒

    • @DmanDice
      @DmanDice 3 місяці тому +6

      @@Billable_Ours
      ChatGPT 1.0 type comment lol

  • @DavysFlicks
    @DavysFlicks 2 місяці тому +21

    Bret in late 97 was NOT "bad on the stick". At that point he was better than pretty much anyone in the NWO who had gotten lazy and fallen into inside jokes as promos, to crack each other up.

    • @Geelow_Swingin
      @Geelow_Swingin 2 місяці тому +1

      All bret did was complain on the mic lol anyone can sound good complaining 🤣

    • @gingerriviera3654
      @gingerriviera3654 2 місяці тому

      What were the rest of the wrestlers doing? "Let me tell ya something,.....one more thing I'll tell ya, ..... and he thinks he's so badass but when you wrestle me..." ya soooo much better. 🙄

    • @jackwhitbread4583
      @jackwhitbread4583 24 дні тому +1

      ​@@Geelow_Swinginthat's all any wrestler does dum dum

    • @Geelow_Swingin
      @Geelow_Swingin 24 дні тому

      @@jackwhitbread4583 nah not really 🤡

    • @donaldb93
      @donaldb93 23 дні тому

      @@jackwhitbread4583I was just gonna say that they all complain on the mic no matter what lmao

  • @aghostsreflection8598
    @aghostsreflection8598 2 місяці тому +3

    Scott seemed like such a cool dude. I love how he is so positive in this interview, and seems so genuine too. And even when he had the opportunity to bury someone (Russo), he refused to comment and even went above and beyond and complimented what he did like about the guy. I know Scott gets a bad rap sometimes, but he is straight up class in this video.

  • @HurriShane00
    @HurriShane00 2 місяці тому +1

    That's an amazing point about how they can talk about other matches and story lines while a match is going on because they are so good in the ring it's just great to just watch the match and listen to the commentary and they don't need to do the play-by-play for the match. That's an excellent point Scott made

  • @MrReese
    @MrReese 3 місяці тому +16

    Hall got one thing correct here: the nWo was a circus that turned the WCW into a clown show with lots of useless trash talking and barely any proper wrestling, and Bret did not fit in there because he was a proper Wrestler who took his craft seriously and had a sense of pride regarding his work.

  • @Levity635
    @Levity635 3 місяці тому +72

    I love Scott, but some of these comments are quite silly. Bret was a phenomenal heel in 97 coming into WCW & his mic work had advanced quite a bit by that point. Bret was white hot at the time WCW got their hands on him, & they brought him in as a fucking referee. Also with the way WCW & the NWO angle was being run at that time, maybe they should have changed the stupid constant runs ins & comedy & lack of wrestling & concentrated on the wrestling aspect.

    • @briangaar
      @briangaar 3 місяці тому +9

      Well said!

    • @JADub87
      @JADub87 3 місяці тому +7

      Agreed 110%. 💯

    • @e_d_unknown
      @e_d_unknown 3 місяці тому +20

      I think people overlook the way Bret sold the product on the mic. His serious demeanor alone made you think he wasn't messing around so when he dropped a few cuss words in his pipe bombs it made the heat seem legitimate. I appreciated the fact that he didn't play a hokey pokey character and stayed true to his persona during an era when everyone else was looking for cheap sophomoric pops and comedic routines.

    • @DavidWolfe-yo5bq
      @DavidWolfe-yo5bq 3 місяці тому +5

      They had a golden opportunity to have Sting go over Hogan clean(and according to hogan and bischoff sting wasn't at the top of his game with personal issues)....with the idea that Bret would be in the mix to challenge for the title. Have hogan use his rematch clause and have bret interfere on behalf of sting, and nash interfere for hogan. No contest. Then do a fatal 4 way with sting as champ, bret, hogan and nash. Use that match to see nash betray hogan for Bret letting Bret win the belt. Bret is the new leader of the NWO, and kick out all of the watered down guys. Bring it down to Bret, Nash, Hall, and Randy Savage. That would make it strong again and put a fresh paint. Have Hogan do a long walk back to the yellow and red. So many great ways to tell this story with Bret. How did they get it wrong? Just baffles me.

    • @ojlott-w4n
      @ojlott-w4n 3 місяці тому +2

      Anti bret was the best

  • @neilm2794
    @neilm2794 3 місяці тому +29

    Of course Hall didn’t want Bischoff replaced; Bischoff let Hogan, Nash and Hall run that company … and, eventually, into the ground.

    • @attiepollard7847
      @attiepollard7847 3 місяці тому

      You may not like bischoff but I think people would have talked to him behind the scenes and said you got to get your act together in 1999 or else we are out of business

    • @shoeplayisbad1
      @shoeplayisbad1 3 місяці тому +3

      The executives ran it to the ground
      Not wrestlers

    • @williampeden6687
      @williampeden6687 3 дні тому

      Bischoff had his flaws, but the gulf in quality and PPV buys from about August 1999 to early 2000 was huge. Bischoff wasn't going to win the war at that point, but WCW could have at least avoided losing about $60 million in 2000 and maybe survived as an independent entity like TNA (or instead of Smackdown!).
      Road Wild 1999: 0.54 buy rate
      Souled Out 2000: 0.26 buy rate, WCW's worst ever for a normal PPV at that point, even below BattleBowl 1993.

  • @msoi215
    @msoi215 3 місяці тому +20

    #RIPScottHall

  • @invoked5114
    @invoked5114 2 місяці тому +2

    Pretty underrated comment that some wrestlers are so god in the ring that it doesn't always need the commentary to sell it.( Aj styles for example) that's something most people don't talk about and Scott hall clearly knows his stuff.

  • @pawsonalpetcare
    @pawsonalpetcare 3 місяці тому +6

    I haven't heard him speak not in character before. Seems like a cool and intelligent guy.

  • @DyspotikOriginal
    @DyspotikOriginal 3 місяці тому +40

    Maaan if Bret took that deal earlier and HE was the third outsider instead of hogan. What a wild alternate universe

    • @ojlott-w4n
      @ojlott-w4n 3 місяці тому +10

      It wouldn't work if was anybody else beside hogan

    • @NoneofYabiz-rx3zi
      @NoneofYabiz-rx3zi 3 місяці тому +1

      could've been the 4th guy instead of Giant

    • @Director2024
      @Director2024 3 місяці тому +6

      Him being the third guy would have been good, but Hogan being the third guy was GREAT!

    • @jasons1688
      @jasons1688 3 місяці тому +2

      Bret is my all time favorite, going back to 1991.
      That being said, I don’t think anyone could have ever been the third man but Hogan. Where he was at in his career, the audience was ready to hate him and this was the moment they needed.

    • @vmab1985
      @vmab1985 2 місяці тому

      I think Hogan as the 4th man might have been even more shocking in this scenario than him being the third man was.

  • @eze6285
    @eze6285 3 місяці тому +12

    Brett is overated?? God, Flair has some stupid opinions

    • @bigolebot
      @bigolebot 3 місяці тому

      Flair isn't wrong. What made Bret great?

  • @phillyslim3109
    @phillyslim3109 2 місяці тому +3

    Scott Hall had a solid wrestling mind and is a great shoot interview, but Bret Hart was sorely underrated on the microphone. Bret Hart's "Who are you to doubt El Dandy" interview with Mean Gene was top shelf. WCW definitely dropped the ball with Bret.......... and countless others.

  • @mattperkins261
    @mattperkins261 3 місяці тому +27

    Bret was mishandled. Bischoff admitted so. Bret and VKM even both said before he left 'they're not gonna know what to do with me' and he was right. Bret is still a giant of the industry and the fact he apparently told AEW he'd agent matches and stuff for them and they REFUSED is one of the biggest mistakes in aews short, and tragic history. Bret offers you a hand, you take it. Especially when it comes to putting matches together. Hall offers you a hand on promo work, you again take him up on that. You let people help you make money. Miss Hall, sad how his last days were, but, legends never really due. May he RIP.

    • @vmab1985
      @vmab1985 2 місяці тому

      I don't think Bischoff ever admitted that.

    • @mattperkins261
      @mattperkins261 14 днів тому

      @@vmab1985 he's admitted it on multiple occasions on shows like dark side of the ring.

  • @Paul-wu7xd
    @Paul-wu7xd 3 місяці тому +6

    That Royal Rumble match was great, it was a clean finish, after some back and forth action. There was a lot of close falls.

  • @jasonzoellner7547
    @jasonzoellner7547 3 місяці тому +5

    DEFINITELY, my favorite is Brett ❤
    I appreciate the answer Scott

  • @ickbar
    @ickbar 3 дні тому

    Love hearing Scott talk, such a sound mind and love for the business. Kind of don't agree with the announcers talking about other things during matches though. Used to bug me back then. They're there to talk about the action, use the interlude for talking and hyping up other things.

  • @poindextertunes
    @poindextertunes 3 місяці тому +8

    Bret was a guy who’s focus was 100% on the art of the craft. like scott said his mic skills were pretty trash. That said, he put Austin over so imo, us attitude era fans, were all in his debt. Now Austin was semi technical but was spitting straight BARS on the mic and sold more tickets, shirts, games, ect. than anybody bcuz of that

    • @ojlott-w4n
      @ojlott-w4n 3 місяці тому

      Bret was champ at the wrong time in the early 90s ,when ppl wasn't feeling wwe but ppl love anti bret

    • @NoneofYabiz-rx3zi
      @NoneofYabiz-rx3zi 3 місяці тому +1

      Nope, Bret would've bankrupted the WWF had he stayed and demanded to remain on top.
      Bret was a nice B+ player but not superstar talent like Hulk, Rock, Austin or even Cena

    • @Ridikuluzt
      @Ridikuluzt 3 місяці тому

      This is true. You don’t need to be “technically” the “best” wrestler, but, if you have gold mic skills and can make the people laugh, you are as good as golden, and will likely remain on the roster just cause you are a fan favorite.

    • @raulramirez9657
      @raulramirez9657 3 місяці тому

      @@NoneofYabiz-rx3ziFar superior wrestler than those three don’t forget to add.

  • @OldSchoolCurt
    @OldSchoolCurt 3 місяці тому +4

    Hart is one of the best wrestlers of all time!

  • @warrentreadwelljr.treadwel2694
    @warrentreadwelljr.treadwel2694 3 місяці тому +13

    This is the first time Ive heard WCW and when Bret joined the company. From the first week he was there, I was upset at how he was handled. I remember hearing about Bret joining and thought he was a huge upgrade to WCW. We had all the NWO noise going on, they were great but Hulk was far past his prime (my opinion, don’t get upset!). I was fan enough I bought an NWO t-shirt. The story was a great idea but it had way to much air time and robbed fans with not enough wrestling time. Bret signing should have him vs Goldberg day one. Bret could make anyone look like a superstar. Fans never saw any of that happen. Was Russo the booker? My memory is bad after several strokes and I no longer remember when Dusty stopped being the head booker. Hellfire! Dusty was old but a Bret vs Dusty match would be the biggest match in WCW and could sell out a Starcade or other PPV event.

    • @michaelmcclenon6663
      @michaelmcclenon6663 3 місяці тому +1

      Bro I bet you wrote the coolest thing ever but it's like to long to read homie😢

    • @gobo6175
      @gobo6175 3 місяці тому

      😂😂😂 no you didnt

    • @madtownangler
      @madtownangler 3 місяці тому

      The only T-shirt I ever bought for wrestling was a Wolf Pack? Shirt. I was given a Hogan shirt by a friend it was too big for him.

    • @salemstone
      @salemstone 3 місяці тому +1

      @@michaelmcclenon6663 It takes maybe thirty seconds to read what he wrote.

  • @nesaiamon8727
    @nesaiamon8727 3 місяці тому +40

    "We barely wrestled" - yeah one of the reasons wcw closed its doors within 3 yeats or so....

  • @AnythingGozePodcast
    @AnythingGozePodcast 3 місяці тому +4

    Scott gave real facts on talent skills and great sense that you can’t coach everyone to be great.

  • @ericolson1430
    @ericolson1430 3 місяці тому +3

    I respect Bret Hart and all that he has done in the industry. I did always feel his arsenal of maneuvers was on the soft side. His timing was perfect
    . It is Admirable to never hurt a soul. Just not any devastating maneuvers

    • @choke9270
      @choke9270 2 місяці тому +2

      What? All of his stuff was snug. His punches looked savage. His backbreaker and Russian leg sweep were legit.
      All of his stuff looked like it hurt.

    • @raulramirez9657
      @raulramirez9657 Місяць тому

      @@choke9270and nobody made the sharpshooter look as painful as Bret did despite not ever injuring anyone

    • @aoisora1445
      @aoisora1445 15 днів тому

      Superplex and Piledriver were what he pulled out for devastation, but in general his game plan was roll them up for the win, or make them tap

  • @rondorthecruel124
    @rondorthecruel124 3 місяці тому +2

    I always liked Scott Hall. Goldberg never got on the mic for a long time and got over huge, because he was featured with purpose. I was a huge Bret Hart fan. He was hardly ever on TV and when he was, he was rarely featured in any major matches or angles. That’s on management.

  • @BirdGang6
    @BirdGang6 2 місяці тому

    You’ll never hear anyone say anything bad about him as an in ring competitor, probably the in ring GOAT!

  • @moondogrex4627
    @moondogrex4627 3 місяці тому +3

    I think Bret was great on the mic specially in the USA vs Canada angle

  • @devadasn
    @devadasn 3 місяці тому +3

    Flair is definitely hating. Bret is by far one of the best wrestlers of all time

  • @firebird6522
    @firebird6522 2 місяці тому +2

    Good interview.

  • @johnjg88
    @johnjg88 2 місяці тому +1

    Bret was checked out. He was hurt my the screw job, everyone has said he didn’t want to actually leave. Vince told him to get the payday, so he did. Then with Owen passing not long after, you can’t blame the guy. Everyone close to him passed away. His brother, his brother in law, a good friend…. Hard to be really motivated to keep going, when he’s already accomplished everything.

  • @cassiustaylor9265
    @cassiustaylor9265 3 місяці тому +2

    Brett's wrestling is top 3 of all time

  • @stevenramirezmistersmokes6379
    @stevenramirezmistersmokes6379 3 місяці тому +7

    OG SCOTT HALL#1 (RIP) AKA
    THE BAD GUY RAZOR RAMON#1

    • @mminkoff
      @mminkoff 3 місяці тому

      Ooozzing Machismo

  • @okenwa1983
    @okenwa1983 3 місяці тому +12

    "no comment"
    *Proceeds to comment 😂😂

    • @christianrapper5
      @christianrapper5 3 місяці тому +6

      He thought about it and decided to say something nice. I thought about that too. Lol.
      “No comment” lol.

    • @Ryuu882
      @Ryuu882 3 місяці тому

      No comment implies he only had bad things to say. He knew it was better to say something nice.

  • @Michael_Chandler_Keaton
    @Michael_Chandler_Keaton 3 місяці тому +8

    Bret was great on the mic. You're there to sell a match. You don't have to be a comedian or a poet. Those things are fine, but you don't have to have that.
    And lol, it's not even a question IF WCW mishandled Bret. He was THE hottest name in the business when he came in. The problem was the top 10 guys in WCW all had Bischoff (idiot) contracts, so they had creative control over how they were booked. There was nothing for Bret to do, but wrestle midcarders.

  • @FnRenner
    @FnRenner 2 місяці тому +1

    Booker T, Benoit, Jericho, Eddie were similarly great in the vein of Bret Hart in Hall's mind. That's a solid take away

  • @OU_Welcome
    @OU_Welcome 3 місяці тому +2

    Very interesting point by Scott: when the wrestler is interesting enough in the ring, the commentator has time to talk about other wrestlers, matches, angles, etc. I remember once switching to a channel, where there was an Indy Wrestling show, which I can't remember the name. The commentator was soooo boring, he only spoke about the moves the wrestlers are doing right now in the ring, as we're all blind!

  • @via_negativa6183
    @via_negativa6183 3 місяці тому +3

    Pretty cool to see scott actually say something nice about hitman. I don't know I found some of bretts wcw promo work entertaining and who are you to doubt el dandy.

  • @dewayneperry8395
    @dewayneperry8395 3 місяці тому +21

    He's exactly right about WCW and Brett. RIP

    • @VodkaSoda
      @VodkaSoda 3 місяці тому +8

      WCW was anything but a well oiled machine🤣

    • @markula_4040
      @markula_4040 3 місяці тому +6

      @@VodkaSoda Was in 1997 when they were still kicking WWF's butt. Try paying attention

    • @rayjones95
      @rayjones95 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@@markula_4040i always preferred WCW over WWF, but I couldn't stand Hogan, and Vince revolved around Hogan

  • @akinretoyejustin
    @akinretoyejustin 3 місяці тому +4

    RIP Scott Hall

  • @jackieparmz
    @jackieparmz 3 місяці тому

    Interesting to see this again, cause Scott went back and forth on his opinion of Bret throughout the years. There are instances of him saying he wasn’t that impressed by Bret and that he felt Bret was overrated, but at other times he comes off as very reverential of what Bret accomplished. It’s always come off to me as him being loyal to friends of his who Bret has had legitimate heat with, and depending on what had happened in the world of wrestling drama at any given time, Scott would kinda tailor his opinion to that moment.
    Such an interesting and complicated dude, was Scott.

  • @enzothunder2996
    @enzothunder2996 3 місяці тому +6

    I love scott but they dropped the ball on Bret & lot of the guys wanted it that way

    • @attiepollard7847
      @attiepollard7847 3 місяці тому +2

      They may have dropped the ball when they came to him being there because it was just too many ships in the kitchen but unfortunately Bret Hart I love the man but he is not good on the mic

    • @ojlott-w4n
      @ojlott-w4n 3 місяці тому

      ​@@attiepollard7847anti bret was good af on the mic

  • @jeremygott7709
    @jeremygott7709 3 місяці тому +5

    I wonder what his opinion of Russo was after working for him in TNA?

    • @Nostalgia9478
      @Nostalgia9478 3 місяці тому +5

      No comment...... Hes a nice guy, Chico
      lol

  • @DmanDice
    @DmanDice 3 місяці тому +4

    Mic skills was not Brets best attribute. However, if you gave him something to talk about, he could go with the best of them. He had to have something real to deal with.

    • @ojlott-w4n
      @ojlott-w4n 3 місяці тому

      But his 🎤 skills was good when he turn into anti bret

    • @BonFire-oj9je
      @BonFire-oj9je 3 місяці тому

      He was 100% method

  • @JohnnyBargeldBoom
    @JohnnyBargeldBoom 25 днів тому +1

    Bret is the Goat in the Ring. Watching Wrestling since the 80s and Never Shaw someone better

  • @SDSOverfiend
    @SDSOverfiend 29 днів тому +2

    When you nice with it… you don’t need to high fly and do spots all day. You can tell the story in the ring

  • @Grayto
    @Grayto 3 місяці тому +2

    The problem with WCW and Bret was that WCW was showcasing good technical wrestling on the midcard and lower, but that was Bret's strength. Also, at the time, it was WCW vs. NWO. Bret wasn't WCW and he didn't vibe with NWO. They could have tried to use Bret to IMPROVE the overall quality of upper card matches, but it was Hogan's kingdom, and that wasnt gonna work.

    • @AndrewNewZealand
      @AndrewNewZealand 3 місяці тому

      Nope, that wouldn't work for Hogan, brother.

  • @warrenallison2909
    @warrenallison2909 3 місяці тому +4

    Rip Scott hall

  • @codystaples3260
    @codystaples3260 3 місяці тому +1

    I miss Hall and hearing his insights

  • @alistairhenshall9204
    @alistairhenshall9204 3 місяці тому

    You can dislike Bret hart as a person and say that his mic work was so -so, but nobody who ever worked with him would claim that he was “overrated” in the ring

  • @frankanuzzi9740
    @frankanuzzi9740 3 місяці тому +15

    Bret was believable on mic this narrative Bret isn’t good on mic is bs

    • @fizzywhizzbanger5610
      @fizzywhizzbanger5610 3 місяці тому +1

      Bret was decent enough for the early to mid-90's era, and he's my favourite wrestler, but his mic skills are on par with early Kurt Angle; someone like the Rock or John Cena would have talked circles around Bret, even at the top of his game. I just rewatched his Raw promo the night after winning the title from 'Taker at SummerSlam '97 and it's rougher than I remembered.
      Again, loved the guy, but he was the excellence of execution, not elocution.

    • @LeoBond
      @LeoBond Місяць тому

      ​@@fizzywhizzbanger5610John Cena????? Give me a break! You've disqualified your own opinion by naming that Eminem wannabe as having great mic skills!

    • @fizzywhizzbanger5610
      @fizzywhizzbanger5610 Місяць тому

      @@LeoBond I didn't say he had great mic skills, I said he would have talked circles around Bret. The Hitman's talent was in working the ring, not the stick.

    • @LeoBond
      @LeoBond Місяць тому

      @@fizzywhizzbanger5610 But Cena wasn't even decent. I'd rather listen to the Gobbledegooker speak! Bret at least spoke English rather than ebonics!

    • @fizzywhizzbanger5610
      @fizzywhizzbanger5610 Місяць тому

      @LeoBond I'm speaking objectively, whereas you seem to be letting personal prejudice colour your opinion. I'm no fan of Cena's, but he was leagues better on the mic than Bret; that's just a fact.

  • @arthursimmons8592
    @arthursimmons8592 2 місяці тому +1

    Being taped and being live is a huge difference. I can now see where Bret was a bit stale on the mic in wcw. Wow. Wcw at some point should’ve started taping and editing more for people like Bret. Bret was a favorite of mine as a kid

    • @raulramirez9657
      @raulramirez9657 Місяць тому

      Bret had actually improved alot on the mic by the time he came to WCW. Despite being massively misused, Bret had some of his best promos in WCW.

  • @jmurdock8303
    @jmurdock8303 15 днів тому +1

    What a mind Scott Hall was

  • @xDarkPx
    @xDarkPx 14 днів тому

    My all time list:
    10. Ultimo Dragon
    9. Psychosis
    8. Razor Ramon/Scott Hall
    7. Jeff Hardy
    6. Undertaker
    5. Brett Hart
    4. Mick Foley
    3. H. B. Muthafuc*in K!!! The Showstappa, Shawn Michaels
    2. The Texas Rattlesnake Stone Cold Steve Austin
    1. Sting, the greatest wrestler of all time...

  • @ants84
    @ants84 24 дні тому +1

    As fantastic of a worker Bret was in the ring, it never translated to drawing big money on top until he worked with Steve which is why guys like Scott, Kevin, Shawn & even Taker (to an extent) all grew tired of him and started to resent his push as they were all earning less. The real problem though was that in a post-Hogan, post steroid trial WWF (between 93-96), NOBODY was going to draw anything regardless of who was put in that position. It didn’t matter.

  • @markula_4040
    @markula_4040 3 місяці тому +4

    So I kind of agree with Scott but for different reasons. WCW overtook WWF on Bret's watch. So now that Bret is in WCW, what are you going to do? Book him to beat all the top guys he couldn't outdraw when he was in the other company?

    • @raulramirez9657
      @raulramirez9657 3 місяці тому

      Book him with the top talent in matches that mattered, period. Win or lose, Bret could get a 5 star classic out of all the top guys and elevate everyone. Doesn’t necessarily have to book him to win them all

  • @liontone
    @liontone 2 місяці тому +1

    Scott was a walking master class in wrestling business…😊

  • @TrevyTrev-andTheFunkyPets
    @TrevyTrev-andTheFunkyPets 3 місяці тому +1

    I remember the Hall & Nash invasion and yes, it seemed like forever before they actually wrestled ( and it was PPV) it was mostly comedy.

  • @dnakatomiuk
    @dnakatomiuk Місяць тому +1

    Scott was apparently so good that he helped a lot of people in the back in WcW not too sure about WWE. But he supposed to helped a lot of young talent

  • @sportstruthpedroperez
    @sportstruthpedroperez 3 місяці тому +2

    Razor was a great wrestling mind!

  • @Nostalgia9478
    @Nostalgia9478 3 місяці тому +9

    Shouldve had Razor win the World title at Rumble 93 imo

    • @markoneil5013
      @markoneil5013 3 місяці тому +1

      😂😂😂😂

    • @Nostalgia9478
      @Nostalgia9478 3 місяці тому +1

      @@markoneil5013😂😂😂😂😂

    • @ericjackson7632
      @ericjackson7632 3 місяці тому

      Terrible move. He was not there yet.

    • @Nostalgia9478
      @Nostalgia9478 3 місяці тому

      @@ericjackson7632 Razor was at his hottest there
      Shouldve had Hogan be a surprise entrant in the Rumble and win
      Razor vs Hogan for the title at Wm 9 wouldve been huge, Chico

  • @dazzle1933
    @dazzle1933 3 місяці тому +2

    Scott Hall had a real problem that Bret was a better performer then him, his buddy Nash will at least ack how great Bret is

  • @mandolorion8456
    @mandolorion8456 3 місяці тому +1

    I'm a life long fan of Brett I watched him dynamite Davey Boy nighthart all every Saturday and every second Tuesday night live I could do Brett's whole finishing routine to my buddies on the playground

  • @IAEMThatIAEM
    @IAEMThatIAEM 3 місяці тому +1

    Scott was a genuinely good guy

  • @jefffowler5373
    @jefffowler5373 3 місяці тому +2

    Razor had a good wrestling mind

  • @schechku19
    @schechku19 3 місяці тому +2

    I had Perfect in my ear….miss them All!
    Still love Bret Hart!

  • @YurikRoss
    @YurikRoss Місяць тому +2

    He was not wrong about Brett just not fitting with WCW direction at the time. Always felt like his move there was forced and he didnt really belong.

    • @ROCKNINJA777
      @ROCKNINJA777 23 дні тому +1

      In order to fit in back then you had to kiss Hogan's butt

  • @cappy2282
    @cappy2282 18 днів тому +1

    Everything about Bret was great

  • @ggsimmonds1
    @ggsimmonds1 10 днів тому +1

    Scott was absolutely right that Bret and WCW just wasn't a good fit.
    BUT, thats also why WCW eventually folded. You can't have long term sustainable success in the wrestling industry without having solid wrestling matches. Once Austin and Rock came up in WWF, WCW was dead. Then WWF could beat them on the mic and putting on good wrestling matches and WCW had no answer. WCW was nothing but gimmicks and those don't have a long shelf life.

  • @xpradaGx
    @xpradaGx 2 місяці тому +1

    Scott Hall should've been World champion at least one time, in either promotion.

  • @jesscanady
    @jesscanady 2 місяці тому +1

    its a known fact brett hart was the most sound perfect wrestler there ever was

  • @benwade7419
    @benwade7419 2 місяці тому +1

    Bret was over it’s just they didn’t book him right, let’s be honest, Hogan was calling the shots and he made sure no one would outshine him, before Bret left for wcw, his heel turn, reuniting the heart foundation he was great on the mic, Scott hall could have buried hart here but didn’t, he spoke the truth, flair called hart overrated because of an old rivalry they have since squashed.
    Rip Scott hall, I grew up on these guys, greatest time to be a fan, kayfabe is dead now

  • @runningsuperska
    @runningsuperska 3 місяці тому +2

    RIP Razor

  • @Soon2B30
    @Soon2B30 26 днів тому +1

    Brett Hart was great but needed a boost bc of his weakness (mic). Thats what Vince did. The audience loved Bret but he rarely (or didn’t) achieve a following based on his mic skills. He was a star and was not treated that way. He should’ve feuded and gone over Hogan.

  • @derreckpressley1165
    @derreckpressley1165 3 місяці тому

    To clarify one comment by the youtuber, Ric Flair doesn't think that Brett Hart is overrated, he just understands that Brett Hart wasn't really a top guy that could carry a promotion. He didn't really draw; he was an excellent technical wrestler, one of the best ever; but what puts butts in the seats or eyeballs on the tv is promos. You can't truly be great if you aren't great on the mic because that, more than anything else, is what sells. That's why you always have to have a Hulk Hogan or Ric Flair in any discussion about who the greatest wrestler of all time is; there are a few that were as good but there is no one in the history of wrestling that was better on the mic than Hogan or Flair. Not the Rock, not Stone Cold, not Cena; I think they were all just as good, but not better. You wouldn't even have Brett Hart in your top 20 of wrestlers that can give a good promo.

    • @shoeplayisbad1
      @shoeplayisbad1 3 місяці тому

      Piper and Jake the snake are the best on the mic

  • @thomaspurcell6442
    @thomaspurcell6442 3 місяці тому +1

    Love Scott Hall, but Razor started in the WWF in August 1992, they started an angle pretty much after he won the title in October 1992. So to say he never said hi after a year that he was their seems a little exaggerated.

  • @hang1893
    @hang1893 Місяць тому +1

    I think while Hall said it was Live, it also shows what was wrong with WCW. They expected everybody to be able to do everything instead of catering to their strengths. If you know Bret isnt good on the mic,.. .why put him in the position of being a talker? If you know hes good being taped where you can feed him lines.. why not tape his work and put it in the live broadcast? Like why make it difficult... its freaking Bret Hart.. you cater to his strengths not his weaknesses.

  • @warrenallison2909
    @warrenallison2909 3 місяці тому +19

    Flair was a hater

  • @Rumble225-qe7fy
    @Rumble225-qe7fy 3 місяці тому +1

    I wouldn’t say Bret didn’t have mic skills. He was a serious wrestler he was good at bringing Heat and making stuff seem real. WCW as Scott said was more of comedy act and that’s just not who Bret is.

  • @johnbach2380
    @johnbach2380 2 місяці тому +1

    If Scott hadn't had those demons he would've been an amazing creative backstage guy at wwe

  • @petersmith5915
    @petersmith5915 2 місяці тому +1

    Bret was good, not as big a personality or figure as alot of others n it held him back imo, also seems a genuinely good person n its not always the best trait in a cut throat business, i prefered others but recognised what a pro he always was n he deserved all the accolades n titles he got, what him n sean michaels had in common is they were the 2 standout smaller guys behind all the beasts, thats probably why they ended up such bitter rivals, they were similar, imo.

  • @MusicmyZombie
    @MusicmyZombie 6 днів тому +1

    Yooo sting
    You ever see the movie the Crow.
    The end

  • @KingstonHawke
    @KingstonHawke 2 місяці тому +1

    It is interesting to hear that Scott didn’t feel Bret was great on the mic.
    He came off great in WWF, but that could be because the company had a better environment to help those guys. For example, pre-recording as much as they could.

  • @StoicBehavioR
    @StoicBehavioR 18 днів тому +1

    Finally someone has stated it, Brett was a terrible promo cutter. I never like his promos when I was a kid back in the early 90s.

  • @tipsy09
    @tipsy09 Місяць тому +3

    If wcw pushed bret maybe they would have won the Monday night wars

  • @jamesgood9713
    @jamesgood9713 2 місяці тому +1

    Its a shame that Scott is gone .

  • @zealousjay1993
    @zealousjay1993 2 місяці тому +1

    Hall was willing to kill a dude for Owen ....respect all day