Bret Hart on Off The Record - Nov 7th, 1997 - 2 days before Montreal Screwjob - INSANE Full Episode
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- How absolutely crazy and how absolutely sad is this? They are hyping Bret’s appearance in Ottawa on the Monday Night Raw after the Survivor Series.
Bret says he’s given his two week notice with he WWF and admits without admitting that he’s gong to WCW in this fantastic interview days before the Montreal Screwjob.
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If only Bret's career wasn't cut short. Hbk got to live out his second career when he came back in '02 and ended in his 40's. If Bret just had another four, maybe five years and got to work with the wwe talent pool in the early 00's. Man that would've been insane. He was still a wrestling machine to the end.
Amen, brother
Agreed
Bret is still the bigher star of the 2.
Goldberg and WCW ruined it for him...But Shawn was better...!!
Bret Hart v. Kurt Angle is one of the best matches we never got to see.
"Im not greedy for money, Im greedy for respect" Great quote
BS statement because money feeds his family,he's just trying to look good as a good guy
Really. Is that why he demanded 3 million a year to go wcw.
Hes probably trying to endure through a lot of stress at the time. Give him a break.
@@andrewbowen921 well he didn't
@@andrewbowen921 a percentage of that goes to Agent AND Taxes 🤷🏾♂️. He's not seeing 3MIL. Maybe 1.5 or Under 1MIL 🤷🏾♂️
Even 25 years ago Bret saying how he's often criticized for taking his profession too seriously. I personally think he's the best to ever wrestle. Maybe not the best all around performer, but he was special as far as in ring work and the ability to work with any style of wrestler.
Bret put so much effort into each match. It's almost like a method actor going into a role
Someone asked Bret who he thought was the best wrestler and he said Curt Hennig, Mr. Perfect. And said Curt was very fluid and never hurt him in the ring.
Yh I think Bret was abit too serious! “It’s not fair to my fans that I’m not going on last”. I’m sure his fans don’t care too tough! He was the WWF Champion for goodness sake , he had soooo much credibility in the bank that him not going on last whilst a bigger and more compelling storyline was happening (Taker vs Shawn) wouldn’t have affected his fans or his credibility.
One of the PPV’s he was referring to was an England only event by the way! I used to be of the opinion that the championship match should ALWAYS go on last BUT a lot of the times there’s other storylines happening which prevents that from being the case.
Bret vs Davey at Summerslam 92 is a prime example of that. That was for the intercontinental title.
Bret has the best matches and best stories in wrestling.
He still fucked up and didn't drop the belt. He didn't man up and took a hard line for his "character" based on ego. Other than that, he is a straight shooter.
Watching this now at 34 years old in hindsight gives me chills.
Me too
I just posted the same thing I said I cannot believe that it's been 25 years I'm 37 now 😭🤮
Same here I’m 33.
I'm 32. Younger than all you old fogeys.
1987 ftw :)
Incredible to think that 2 days after this interview, the wrestling industry will change forever.
As I like to think of it, 2 days after this interview took place, the wrestling industry lost its innocence.
What happened
@@MegaBatista81 Bret screwed Bret
@@domingorubies656 lamest words in pro wrestling that has ever been said 😂
Off the Record is one of the most overlooked Canadian tv imports (They got big name stars at the time doing pretty much shoot interviews) It’s crazy that both WWF & WCW talent went on there and were honest! These shows were a major big deal during the late 90’s early ‘00 VHS tape trading era (so many great episodes so many awesome guests)
Who overlooked it?
Bret hart is truly one of the greatest wrestlers this industry has ever seen I have a huge amount of respect for him and what has accomplished in this business will always be the best there is was and and will be in my opinion a true legend in this business
Agreed.
Between November 7, 1997 and January 3, 2010, the most stressful 12.5 years for Bret Hitman Hart.
Stu hart has to do a wrestling sacrifice
Never was anyone better. Truly the best wrestler of all time.
Thanks for watching. Check out my other Bret content. I got to interviews him back in 2007 and shot his entrance at a media appearance. We upload something new wrestling related every Friday
Wow....I've watched bret interviews on YT since like 04, I never knew he did this one. Great upload
Thanks for watching. I’m going through a lifetime of old vhs tapes and finding gems like this. If you haven’t seen it- go watch the disastrous time Shawn Michaels spent 60 mins on the Canadian Home Shopping Channel.
@@CurtisAndersonCJA, I should do the same. I taped all these OTR wrestling episodes back in the day. It was such a fun show at the time in Canada.
@@CurtisAndersonCJA you know what footage I'd really like to see. When Kurt angle left for tna in 2006, he released this like 10-15 min documentary on the early days of youtube, where he's popping 55 vicodin a day, shows him taking pills, he flips off the camera and said "fuck you vince!", I swear it was only available for maybe 6 months and then it was scrubbed from the internet. I've never even heard anyone else say they've ever seen it. Sure would like to see it though
@@ericlofstrand woah! I have never heard of that at all. The Holy Grail here in Canada was when Bret Hart was on this local talk show called Dini Petty and a teenage Edge stood up in the audience and asked him what advice he has to become a pro wrestler. Unfortunately I 100% know I DON’T have that somewhere.
@@CurtisAndersonCJA wow that sounds amazing. Yes, I've always been enamored with Bret ever since I first started watching wrestling. More so, intrigued by his late 90's adoration in Canada. I mean Michael Landsberg has a tendency to talk over people, cut them off, mess with them, etc, but with Bret he just shuts up and listens. It's amazing to me that so many Canadians do know who Bret is(or did at one point), I mean in the states at that time, it's not like hbk was ever a household name you know? Seems like bret made a great crossover to mainstream
I used to love watching Off The Record. I watched this when it aired way back as a teen. This brings me right back. Great upload.
Gimme more. Fool
Thank you for uploading this! 👍🏻 I’ve watched the post Montreal episode loads of times, but after seeing snippets of this one on Wrestling With Shadows I’ve always wanted to watch the full thing.
The WWF never gave Bret his credit, because he's a generational talent and when WWF was at the height of their steroids scandal, Bret was the man that kept himself clean, and made sure that people respected the art of wrestling. I loved Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior, British Bulldog, Diesel, and others, but as far as Bret...he was straight talent. He didn't have the size, but he definitely had the heart, drive, and talent. The WWF hitched themselves to the HBK wagon because of his stardom, but Bret was that constant that kept the WWF respectable. He was to the WWF, what Sting was to WCW.
When I was a kid I knew Bret was awesome but then you grow up and realize how special he truly was.
He should be so proud of his career 🙏
Bret: “It’s not a money issue.”
Vince: “Yes it is, pal.”
At the time of this interview:
Company man: Bret
Better performer: Bret
Easier to deal with: Bret
Took his work seriously: Bret
Didn't reveal the business: Bret
Not an unprofessional buttwipe: Bret
Vince choses: Shawn.
😂Make it make sense.
Because he is the one who is leaving.
As Jim cornette said the good guy is leaving and the A hole is atleast our A hole.
Shawn was younger and took it up the ass 😂
@@smoky3302 he was leaving because he was forced out.
RATINGS... AND VINCE WON
@@jcransome5616 Bret was certainly a bigger draw too. He was the hottest guy in wrestling in 97. What happened in 98 was mainly on Austin and McMahon, and later Rock. Not to mention the utterly bad politics of WCW
Brett said plenty in this interview. Great guy and a great wrestler. Proudly Canadian 🇨🇦
Yup. Thanks for watching. I upload something new wrestling related every Friday. Got something amazing dropping in 48 hours :)
He chooses to live in the United States
@@JoshLavian ...ok?
He's so humble with respect and integrity it genuinely makes me emotional he was screwed. No wonder he took it to heart and lost his passion. Look at his honour and integrity 😭😭
He’s very arrogant
That summer slam in 97, they tore it down. One of my favorite Bret and taker matches
That was a brutal chairshot from hbk, to the undertaker.
Pay per views were great to see in those days.
@@hectorlopez1069 Wrestling back then was so great to watch.
He turned down 9m over 3 years with WCW for a 20 year contract with WWF worth 10m. If it was about money the screw job would never had happened and Bret would have jumped ship in 96. Truth is that vince told Bret he couldn't afford his contract a few months in to it and so Bret had to renegotiate with WCW.
wow, amazing upload. Not sure I have the stomach to listen to it but I'm downloading it.
Thanks for watching. I found a new VHS tape with some crazy Canadian appearances on it. I’m uploading something wrestling-related every Friday
"When I arrived at Nassau Coliseum on October 24, Vince was there to greet me. He told me that he could pay me after all, that my money was no longer a problem. I told him I hadn't heard a thing from Bischoff and that if the money problem was solved, I'd likely stay."
- Bret Hart
Hitman book
I cannot believe that it's been 25 years I'm 37 now 😭🤮
I'm 35 almost 36 crazy was biggest Bret Hart fan ever
24 years ago. Next year will be 25 years.
Historic footage. Thx for the upload
Thanks for watching. I have so much more to upload.
@@CurtisAndersonCJA awesome! Will sub
Man… watching this really hurts. I’m from Montréal, being a Bret hart fan forever and a wrestling fan forever, watching this interview knowing what is going to unfold for Bret in his career and life is truly sad. From Montréal 97 to 2004, Owen, Davey, Brian, stu, Helen all passing away. Loosing your career, loosing your career, having a major stroke. It’s crazy when you think about it. He’s a guy who’s truly respected by other wrestlers because of the way he carried himself. He never screwed anybody over and went above and beyond to help the wwf. And for them to erase everything he accomplished in a few months is really sad. Imagine working for a company 15 years and one day you come in and your told your out. The pain that you would feel after all the years of loyalty and dedication would haunt you. The Chyna Vice documentary is interesting because I find the reason Chyna suffered with depression so much was because she was loyal to a company and then the next day she didn’t exist. That eventually killed her. All she truly wanted was recognition for what she gave. I find it’s the same with Bret. Vince didn’t need to devalue and ruin Bret the way he did. And what Shawn did will always cover his career. Even today Bret is so respected in the wrestling business and Shawn had to actually put his face and lips on Vince’s ass lol. It just shows the reality of the respect level
Great comment
I still remember my idiot uncle saying to me when I showed him a video of mick foley getting thrown off the hell in the cell "oh thats fake, they are trained to do that, he isnt hurt", I looked at him and said "let me throw you off a cage that high through a table and see if you think that is fake".
Awesome
I see what u mean a few months ago I had this guy at work tell me its all fake too...pissed me off lol
@@newjerseyan Obviously things are scripted but you can still get hurt, I shook my head in embarrassment when he said the ring was a trampoline, yeah sure the ring is generally composed of an elevated steel beam and wood planks, stage covered by foam padding and a tight canvas mat that is not a trampoline at all......not even close.
@GordoScarface The news is on tv is that fake too? 🖕😁🖕
Did your uncle let you throw him off a cell?
If they had let Bret stay for literally six more months, I think he would have had a great time in wwf from 1998-2002 without hbk. Bret would have had zero issue working with stone cold as champion.
I love Shawn, but Austin finally beating Hart at Mania 14 for the belt was the conclusion needed after 1996/97
Would’ve loved to see Hitman face guys like Angle, Benoit, Jericho….thanks Goldberg.
Not only a show of artistic display of moves in the squared circle, but Bret Hart is perhaps also the greatest scientific wrestler to ever lace up a pair of boots. Nothing but total respect! ✊
The interviewer was phenomenal
Michael landsberg is terrible.. I once heard a guy call him Mike..and he just totally ended the interview
@@scottalderson8673 who cares, he was good here and that's the only time us bret hart fans are gonna see him probably lol.
@@scottalderson8673 in another interview he said Bret was a legend in *boxing* and wrestling. Like wtf, where did boxing come from lmao.
Growing up, you realize that HBK and Hogan were absolute dicks. Bret was a company man, through and through. Like the Undertaker. But he hated that attitude era and where the next generation was heading. Much as I hate to admit, he would not have fit in it. He had precursor moments with Austin and DX, but he generally hated the adult nature these antics were going for. Vince made the right decision in letting him go, just went about it horribly.
I agree with everything you said here. Thanks for watching
Yep Bret was becoming outdated. The business was moving from a less in ring product to a more promo and risque product. Which were areas that weren't his strengths. And with the heat the WWF was getting by becoming more adult oriented it doesn't help when he's doing public interviews bashing the direction the company is going in(this interview I understand tho because at this point he knew he was leaving). Based on that, I don't know if I would exactly call him a company man. He's really always been just a mark for himself. Had Bret been more receptive to the direction the company was going in though, they could have probably fit his character into the Corporation. He would have been perfect leading a faction like the Corporation as the ideal champion that Vince wanted Austin to be.
@@blueblur2273 You're wrong. Bret was super hot in mid-97. I presume you are talking after the fact and didnt watch Raw in 1997?
@@topupmusicmanagement1695 You presume incorrectly mark. Bret was not super hot by mid 97. Super Hot around that time was NWO. By mid 97, Austin was more over than Bret. Undertaker was more over. Hell you could argue Psycho Sid was more over right before he left. I know for a fact because I recently re-watched the entire Monday Night War era on the Network again before they went down. Bret couldn't even sellout the Canadian Stampede in his hometown of Canada. If he was red hot he would have easily sold out that ppv. If he was red hot they would have never gotten rid of him in the 1st place. Fact of the matter is Bret wasn't drawing nearly as much as his contract warranted. If he had and was as "super hot" as you say they would have never gotten rid of him.
Bret Hart was Attitude since the 90's..after Shawns drops the title to wwf like a pussy.. Vince, Bret, Austin create the Attitude era.. And the Screw Job begann when everyone screws everyone feat sycho sid, taker etc
Breat heart is the type if guy that no matter what he dose for a living he would work hard to be number one in whatever it is not a lot of people understand its a dying breed
You're 100% right about that
Subbed my friend. Good stuff!
Thanks so much. I have a lot of rare wrestling stuff already uploaded and more coming.
I still think this is why the screw job happened, he went on a live talk show and trashed the WWFs direction two days before leaving the company. And I'm a Bret fan, but the more I think about this I think he dug his own grave here.
yep.. think vinve couldnt wait
No other professional wrestler even comes close. The greatest of all time.
Are you high? What do you mean no one comes close?
He’s not even top 5.
@@ActiveRehabMobility Says who?
@@Warlow1980
Says most wrestling fans. I’m Canadian and I don’t consider him too 5.
@@ActiveRehabMobility Well I'm American and everyone here puts him up on a pedestal as the greatest worker. Ask HBK how good Bret was. Or Stone Cold Steve Austin or the Undertaker. I'm guessing you like saggy ass repetitious Ric Flair.
@@Warlow1980
Realistically
Better than Bret
HBK
Flair
Angle
Benoit
Eddie
And then there’s probably a few Japanese wrestlers.
I like Bret as a wrestler and he’s one of the best, but if we’re saying Flair is repetitive.... I don’t see how you don’t think Bret is.
This interview was featured in Bret's documentary, "Wrestling With Shadows."
The Hit Man.A Canadian treasure ❤️
Hitman not Hit Man
Bret Hart would have killed HBK in a straight up fight. Shawn had a glass jaw, and could never throw a punch (watch his workouts).
@southerncajuncharm he just explained in the interview it was broken up really quickly.
@southerncajuncharm Bret tossed him around with a torn ACL. You useless mark lol
wrestling isnt real, you dork
@@joshdouglas1332 are you special needs?
@Luu Sapphire are your parents related??
2 of the greatest in ring performers of all time.
I think it's the greatest angle of all time tbh. It's like the JFK of Wrestling...
Bret is my favorite wrestler of all time. And I tend to agree.
The very last day Bret smiled
Harsh but accurate. Lol Thanks for watching
@@CurtisAndersonCJA Will always admire The Hitman 👊😎
Bret rulz
he mighta hated vince and shawn at the time, but wcw with bichoff and hogan were alot worse. Sucks to look back and see all the potential matches we lost out on cus of out of control backstage politics and tragedies. Austin breaking his neck, shawn breaking his back, bret leaving and getting his brain squashed by goldberg, and then owens accidental death.
What's weird is that Bret felt WWF was treating him poorly, complains about posters, VHS covers and place on the card...all legitimate complaints. Yet he went to WCW for more money, ended up with a trash debut, mid carded for most of his time and barely got the attention Hogan, Goldberg, Nash or Sting were getting. Not his fault of course and WCW had no idea how to book their own show in late 97, 98, 99 and beyond. The problem is, in the end Bret ended up in the worst place possible.
Yeah, it was out of pride that he left WWF. That pride he had fuckd his head up. He should have just walked, did some time in japan or mexico for a couple years de-stressed and came back to the WWF as the guy who hit Stone Cold with the car
@@popeyedoyle6360 Pride.....and greed imo. Hart wanted more money, end of story with his issues in WWE. He got that more in WCW but if he had just been patient enough, he would have ended up wrestling during WWE's peak years and had rivalries with Austin (I know there were a couple of matches already but imagine in 98/99) and The Rock, headlining some of the biggest WWE PPV all time. AND probably retired more healthily and in a better financial position.
Michael Landsberg should make interviews again! Hands down the best interviewer I've ever seen. This guy understood all the sports and he understood the wrestling business 100%. His pro wrestling interviews were the best. He was smart and knew how to get the answers he wanted not by being an ass about it and asking repeatedly like most hosts nowadays but by being polite and talking to people as if they were equals. Pro wrestlers felt at ease with him.
I think Vince McMahon didn't want Bret to go to WCW with the WWF championship belt.
THE wcw lmao
He couldve dropped in an impromptu match with Taker that night. Vince was/is a liar.
Compare and contrast that genuine smile on his face in the thumbnail to how he looked and was the following month on this very same show. A huge difference, the Montreal screwjob really messed up Bret Hart.
Tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of what happened in Montreal Quebec Canada and that moment marked the before and after for the WWE
So basically Bret said in this interview that he liked Shawn back in 1996. They were actually cool back then or prior to it.
It seems like HBks addiction was going out of control at this time. So kinda makes sense here
Bret & Shawn were always friends but it started to turn a little after Wrestlemania 12 then completely crumbled in 1997
IMO, this interview sealed his fate in Vince’s eyes.
Yup
Vince is a pos
yep. vince prob thought after this he was capable of anything
Well I don’t think this had Aired yet.
You have to remember what Vince said to Bret in the Documentary Wrestling With Shadows; Bret- “What would you want to do then?” Vince- “I’m bound and determined to have things go my way.” Also lots of Wrestlers have said that Vince has always treated his wrestlers like Circus Animals, He’d rather take them out back and shoot them.
I remember being on the Internet in 1997 and people were going absolutely apeshit over this interview
This clips needs more commercials from The Keg Steakhouse and Bar
God I miss this Vince McMahon he viewed raw as a late night adult themed show. Oh god just hearing that makes me cry. Now we get affirmative action champs who make diesel draws look like the rock, “retired” wrestlers who come out for Saudi blood money and do horrid matches and (almost) maim each other and womens match’s nonstop.
The biggest irony was WCW screwed him over a million times worse than WWF ever did
Excellent comment!
They didn't know how to utilize Bret
Hogan.
🤔truth
At least he got paid $7,500,000 for 2 years of work (December 1997 - December 1999).
November 1997 was the worst time in my childhood, my favorite wrestler was Bret Hart and had been for years, but stone cold was catching up too though I must say but I was still a Hart fan and Pillman too for that matter. I remember the following week I was still wanting more answers on Monday night, November 17 and my sister came in my room and told me to come with her. I initially argued til mama came and told me to come on too, so I did but I was pissed about leaving during raw like most kids back then. Half way to my grandparents house I started to really look into that current situation I was in and realized something was wrong if I got yanked out of bed on a school night like that and l started worrying about my Dad. My grandmother confirmed my biggest fear when I we got there and told me that he was involved in a car wreck and was gone. November has never been the same since and even today when the Montreal screwjob comes up on television I think back on that night and time in my life.
November 1997 I was 4 years old
@@TheAaronChand I was 14 years old
Wow that's heavy! How is your family now?
Gd bless your Dad. Hope you get to see him again
Bret had no idea what Sunny Days were around the corner.
I like that hat Bret wearing smh he should sell it nowadays I would buy it
I feel like he looks younger here compared to when he went to WCW. It’s like the screw job aged him. The best
Yeah he was 40 in this interview
crazy that they confirmed the Bret/Shawn scuffle on tv back then
Sometimes you can be torn between the two….. hbk & the hitman truly game changers on the way we watched the dance. I loved Sean athleticism and showmanship but Bret was a well tweaked machine
They say he speaks a lot of shit, or talks to high of himself or whatever ... thing is, when you look back to what he says, everything rings true. He's always called it like it was. Still does. I remember, on the King's podcast, he said he's going to try and tone it down a bit, cause a lot of people have told him that some of his words have hurt.
he's honest to a fault.
loved his book!!
I am disappointed, because I figured he would announce he was definitely going to WCW because he was so impressed with El Dandy and needed to face him.
I think me and Bret were the only ones that were marks for El Dandy......
the more i listen to this and the fact that Wrestling with Shadows was so shockingly well timed, thinking the same men were behind both corporations and the whole thing was rigged.
If it was a work why did it take 13 years for Bret return to WWE TV? Why did he wait until 2010? Why not come back in 2002 or 2005 or 2007? Why not come back at WrestleMania 18 when Vince offered him to referee the main event (look it up if you don’t believe me). If it was a work why still in 2023 has the truth not come out? Vince, Bret, Shawn and Triple H would have NOTHING to lose by admitting it was a work in 2023. They would all sit around a table and laugh about how great of a work it was. You know why that hasn’t happened? Because wasn’t a work.
How was that Ottawa Monday Night RAW with Brett.
He wasn’t on it He went home
One T jackass
What's funny is as we know, by the the time of this interview he had already signed a 3 year, 9 million dollar contract with WCW and would be retired in a little over two years.
3 year, $7.5 million contract.
Paralells to CM Punk’s title reign here. Not going on last etc.
Late 1996,1997,u are lucky if u got to watch all that live on tv
One week after the Montreal Incident, Vince McMahon told Jim Ross that the reason why he reneged on his contract with Bret Hart was that he wasn't paying off on a marketable standpoint. I have to disagree. Bret Hart was exciting to watch every Monday Night on RAW is WAR. The only thing that probably validates why he wasn't marketable is because Bret did not agree with the creative direction that the WWF was heading into. The USA Network allowed Vince McMahon to produce edgier content and that is what caused the big bucks to start pouring in during the Attitude Era, which Bret helped build prior to him leaving the WWF by putting over Shawn Michaels and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
And he would’ve been more than happy being the one to finally lose the big one to Stone cold at mania 14 and it would have been a much better match. Because they had mutual respect.
@@Thor-Orionexactly! WrestleMania 14 should have been the trilogy match for Bret Hart and Austin.
bret was fucking huge, I didnt get why he was considered a "smaller" wrestler as once he was main eventing he was pretty built, its not like they say Austin Or Angle were smaller champions.
They werent becsuse bret changed the steriotype. Shawn was smaller and all jacked in "vitamins".
Bret was against gays? If he said that now he would have been DONE
Sad the way that things transpired. In hindsight, I believe that Bret knew he made a mistake heading over to the WCW but he didn't have much choice overall. Money isn't everything, but you still have to pay the bills and support your family. Bret staying in WWE would have been optimal for both Bret & the WWE, but financially, that offer was too good to pass up. He was essentially getting paid way more than the WWE had to offer yet working a fraction of the time. No brainer. Who would have known that his career would have ultimately ended via his match against Goldberg and his career in WCW overall was pretty much forgettable. In the end, his career took a hit but he made it out of wrestling financially a whole lot better than many of his peers. He still is considered one of the best to lace up a pair of boots and has some of the best matches I have ever seen. So for those things alone, he came out the winner.
Greatest work I've ever witnessed. I was a huge wrestling fan back in that time and believed every bit of it. Took me a while to think otherwise bit it made way too much sense to not be a work. The documentary, the fact everyone came out well after the fact. HBK champ, Vince hottest heal in the business, Bret gets the cheque.
Cant be a work
🙄
The Chris Benoit situation was also a work. The most talked about work in all of WWE besides the Screwjob. That's the joke. Every bit of WWE that we see is a storyline. Remember the Bill Maher and Rowdy Roddy Piper/sting interview and Bill asked something along the lines of: Are the fans in on.. The Joke?
Nah, I'm just kidding.
If it was a work why did it take 13 years for Bret return to WWE TV? Why did he wait until 2010? Why not come back in 2002 or 2005 or 2007? Why not come back at WrestleMania 18 when Vince offered him to referee the main event (look it up if you don’t believe me). If it was a work why still in 2023 has the truth not come out? Vince, Bret, Shawn and Triple H would have NOTHING to lose by admitting it was a work in 2023. They would all sit around a table and laugh about how great of a work it was. You know why that hasn’t happened? Because wasn’t a work.
I watched this when it aired lol
Que leyend hablando el Bret Hitman Hart 🤙🏼🇦🇷😎
If I were in Bret's shoes going to WCW for 3 million
over three years I would have jumped in the ring in Montreal, handed the belt to Shawn without even having a match, got on the microphone and yelled Shawn Michaels is God!! but that's just me
The hitman is the best 🔥
It wasn’t 4 PPV he didn’t main event. It was only 3. He main scented summerslam, then there was in your house, one night only,(which British bulldog main evented) and then badd blood which had the first hell in a cell.
Greatest work of all time
or
VKM forgot to tell Kevin Dunn and the announcers what he was about to do for some reason and let Bret spit on him on camera, finger signal WCW, and "forgot" about the documentary team that was there for the past year or two.
It's wrestling, all of it is a work. I can't believe people think something that large would be real lol. They all profited from it. Bret loves playing the victim, I don't mean that in a desparaging way, but he relishes being the guy that got screwed.
If it was a work why did it take 13 years for Bret return to WWE TV? Why did he wait until 2010? Why not come back in 2002 or 2005 or 2007? Why not come back at WrestleMania 18 when Vince offered him to referee the main event (look it up if you don’t believe me). If it was a work why still in 2023 has the truth not come out? Vince, Bret, Shawn and Triple H would have NOTHING to lose by admitting it was a work in 2023. They would all sit around a table and laugh about how great of a work it was. You know why that hasn’t happened? Because wasn’t a work.
Also the WCW finger signal never aired on television. People who watched the PPV on TV didn’t see that. The only reason we saw that was because of Wrestling With Shadows.
Kayfabe interview. I think this is all a great work.
Idk Michael Landsberg been around this long. I only know him from Chael Sonnen destroying him in that one interview
Lol he is/was TV royalty in Canada
He was an amazing interviewer and is a really remarkable person.
And when CM Punk eviscerated him in their interview.
Chael Sonnen made a fool out of himself in that interview
Going to WCW turned out to be the worst decision he could've made.
Or he could've started his own wrestling business/promotions to continue where his dad, STU HART left off in early 1980s! I mean that's my opinion if ppl thought he made WCW worst decision!
He made his money and his legacy lives on so he won in the end..
He had no choice vince didn't want him
Not that he had a choice
In hindsight it just seems like a brilliant work.
If it was a work why did it take 13 years for Bret return to WWE TV? Why did he wait until 2010? Why not come back in 2002 or 2005 or 2007? Why not come back at WrestleMania 18 when Vince offered him to referee the main event (look it up if you don’t believe me). If it was a work why still in 2023 has the truth not come out? Vince, Bret, Shawn and Triple H would have NOTHING to lose by admitting it was a work in 2023. They would all sit around a table and laugh about how great of a work it was. You know why that hasn’t happened? Because wasn’t a work.
Watch wrestling w/shadows, for a guy he despised, he sure did let HBK get to him. I mean the guy's in the Main Event of Summer Slam & Taker is putting him over, for the strap. Only all Brett wanted to talk about was "it's almost like Shawn's stealing my heat." -Brett Hart
Seriously, how difficult would it have been for Vince to have these two schmucks over for dinner? They had more in common than they had differences. I reckon Vince liked them at each other's throats.
This interview is like that picture of Pac with Suge before he got shot.
I'd rather get screwed like Bret than having happening to me what happened to 2Pac.
Nice little promo to work the marks into tuning in to the sport's biggest worked shoot. He'll take it to the grave. So will Vince and HHH. Michaels probably wasn't told because he's dumb. Kevin Nash, on his deathbed, will turn up the corner of his lip and whisper, "Montreal was a work, ya maaaaaarks ..." then pass away peacefully.
It’s been called the screwjob since the start. Old wrestling terminology means that is a work. A double cross would be an actual shoot. It’s in the name. And I agree. Work.
Nash already said that it was a work.
Greatest to ever step into a wrestling ring
Bret Hart " I have been with the WWE for 15 years"
Do you realise that back then there was a PPV every 4 months. 1 hour of the show Superstars. Near 1996 it evolved to a PPV a month a 2 hour raw. This is how much we saw Bret Hart. PIcture this, for the last 15 years we have been subjected to the Miz and Sheamus for 1 PPV a month sometimes every 3 weeks, 2-3 hour Raw, sometimes both Raw and Smackdown. Insane!
In Your House monthly PPVs were around a lot earlier than November 1997, so we saw him a lot, and RAW was already around for a couple years or so. But its true, there's way too much wrestling now.
Drew McIntyre as World Champion for months on end and you choose Sheamus as your example of how wrestling has bottomed out?!
@@dennishbergkamp Yes
@@MB-wo8ie Weird take. Sheamus is one of the most consistent guys on the roster and one of Daniel Bryan's favourite guys to work with.
Nobody was watching WWE when Bret and Shawn were at the top, the roster was horrible
Too bad the Marlena/Terri Runnels and Sable lesbian angle never got going.
I would have paid good money back then to see that. 🔥
Bret loved calling WCW "the WCW"
@GordoScarface yeah but that's actually called 'the' WWF.
The summer slam. The survivor series. It was ALWAYS “the” with Bret. Because he was THE best there is…
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The Hitman.
I love you Bret Hart my favorite WWE wrestler of all time ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
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Amazing interview.
Thanks for watching
Wow he really did get back on the gear in 97, didn't he. Biggest his face and neck had been since the 80s, surely.
Attitude Era was fun but it sure did ruin the entire business to where Vince came out and had to say this isn't real. Now it's just a sham. 3 years of fun ruined a century old business
He pretty much said he is going to WCW and criticised WWF while being it's reigning champion, this interview to me didn't help his cause in what happened a couple of days later, I really don't knw if I would accept him staying my champion after survivor series as Vince McMahon even if Michaels was the biggest prick ever and he refused to drop belt back to Bret in a similar scenario, this interview was not right, he is basically taking a shot at his own company one after another here
It was a work bruh
@@justinfortner7411 lol
I agree.... I'm sure this didn't help his cause with Vince
Why does bret take himself so seriously? He's been sad ever since. Grow up. He comes across as a crybaby. There have been bigger stars than him that are more humble and easy going
We know what happened soon after this. What with the Screwjob in Montreal.
8:30 Talking about Owen Hart (RIP) to Stone Cold Steve Austin 😬.
Bad news Brown would argue otherwise on Bret not hurting anyone Bad news says Bret hurt him in the ring
Montreal really aged bret by like 10 years. Just weeks after this he looked so much older:/. Bret deserved better.
Bret should have took the belt to WCW would have loved to seen it. The last real champion just "talkers" after Bret