@@johndantes656 Nowhere near the hottest star on the planet. WCW was destroying WWF in the ratings, the entire wrestling world was waiting for Sting vs Hogan and nobody gave a crap about WWF until Mike Tyson appeared in 1998.
@@MarketVVizard Vince was paying him to stay home because he was afraid he would go to WCW. As soon as WCW went out of business he was miraculously cured. This info is readily available for anyone with a clue.
As a kid, I use to remember the Heart Foundation vs the British Bulldogs. Absolutely the Gold Standard in Tag Wrestling. The the Hitman went solo, and I thought oh my days "he is the good guy" wahoooooo.
Bret might seem bitter and egotistical to a lot of people and I kinda understand why, but I've never heard him talk and not think to myself "he does have a point" Bret was too real in a business full of fake people.
I like how he brings up being reprimanded by Vince for not working Macho's leg earlier in his career and how much that stuck with him.. because Bret's known for always working his opponent's legs and lower back to soften em up for the Sharpshooter. Maybe that started with this certain reprimand.
Remembered the match vividly as a kid. Watched it on a black and white TV to avoid getting into trouble for being up so late. Bret was my favorite wrestler of all time.
The reason so many couldn't understand Bret back then was because he possessed 2 things rarely seen in the industry: loyalty & true integrity - living up to your word. Bret never would've gone against Vince simply because he was the guy that gave him his first real shot in the business. Vince couldn't understand this because a person can't understand things like loyalty & integrity when they've never experienced what it's like to feel them personally.
@@kingomar69 I find it funny how this is always a retort people use like its smart, like you can't infer how someone might be from their actions. As the cliche goes, actions speak louder than words
@@dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630 Business was down more with Shawn and Diesel. Undertaker vs Mankin 96 and Bret vs Austin 96/97 was far better than what Shawn was doing. Bret had the best match in WWF in 91 mr perfect , 92 piper or Bulldog , 93 king of the ring , 94 Owen , 96 Austin SS and 97 Austin WM.
To me, the name Bret Hart is synonymous with the word legend. He remains an inspiration to me from the 1990s to this day. His matches were always engaging because it seemed like he had an endless bag of tricks. I especially loved being in the 3rd row at the 1996 Survivor Series and watching him turn Steve Austin's Million $ Dream against him for the pinfall win. I've also met Bret many times--he's a very kind and sincere person who appreciates the fans.
Would have been interesting if Bret left the year before because the Screwjob angle helped create the Vince McMahon character that helped Austin's career so much!
Does ITR ever post or host full versions of these interviews?. Even behind a pay wall i would love to hear a full interview. Been watching the clips over Christmas.
This may be hard to explain because it's literally explaining the English language to somebody who seems fluent. Bret said ERIC wouldn't go for it. Meaning he knew Eric didn't think he deserved that amount. He never said anything about whether or not he thought he deserved that amount
Who’s the interviewer? He’s really good and has great rapport with all the wrestlers is he famous or just like a fan? Who is the videos in his cool I like I like bread too
So it was because of Vince he always targeted to leg. I thought it was because he was too tactical. He's right, fast matches are better, targeting the leg was too boring for me.
It makes me sick hearing that opening story, Bret has been in the WWF since 1984, and it's 1986 during a match with the Killer Bees at MSG when he takes notice of Bret? He and Anvil had two matches against the Bulldogs at MSG in '85, the second of which is much better than the first (and FAR better than the one with the Bees) Yet it's 1986 where Vince sees Bret's value?
Bret Hart is one of my favorite wrestlers....BUT....the screwjob was Bret's fault. I've heard it from every angle. You leave, you need to drop the title, period. What was Vince's Fault was that he had Bret as the champion and let is contract go up with title still on Bret. Now, I get it he didn't want to loose in Canada. Either way it would have been good for business because it would have turned Shawn into the biggest heel champion ever...and was now in a position to give a someone a huge face push. I hate the attitude era of WWF.
He should give Jumping Jim and B.Brian some credit making him look good instead of taking all the credit! The Killer Bees made all the tag teams look great.
He was the only heel who managed to pull of being absolutely hated only in America( but loved by kids) while somehow being a babyface everywhere else. It's a shame his heel run will be overshadowed by the screwjob
The only time he had a gimmick was in his last year or so in the WWF where he was bitter and whiney all the time turns out that was his real personality shining through.
Hts not that he believes that wrestling is real, its that he was brought up in a multi generational wrestling family. Brett lived and breathed the wrestling business. It ment more to him than most.
This isn't even a complicated or debatable issues. The answer is no. Bret should not have been paid more than Hogan. Wrestlers are paid according to the amount of eyes they got on the product and butts on seats in the arenas, NOT based on how good of a technical wrestler they are in the fictional storyline of professional wrestling. The absolute reality is that whether Bret or any of his fans like it or not, it is a factual reality that Hogan attracted more viewers and paying customers than Bret did, for the entirety of his career. The ONLY people that will argue against this are total marks, whose opinions are worthless anyway.
Such a great career some could only wish they had and this guy is bitter still to this day. Bret Hart fan but this really tarnishes his career still complaining.
Bret was perpetually the underdog, grunt. He had just enough success that it would sting when it was taken from him. Hulk and HBK were pushed, Stone Cold rose without being held back. Bret was toyed with and held back.
The more I listen to Bret talk the more I realise he’s his own biggest fan. He wants to be the top guy all the time but pro wrestling doesn’t work like that. When you’ve got a deep roster you have to shuffle people around so everyone gets their shot in the main event especially if they’re a hard workers. I don’t think Bret understands that still to this day 🤦♂️
Yeah, big brain opinion here. That’s why all the bag boys at the grocery store should get their shot at being regional manager. Everyone has to get their shot.
Hulk Hogan did everything he could to avoid a match with Bret Hart in WWE and WCW. A fun fact that the main event for Summerslam 1993 was supposed to be Bret Hart vs Hulk Hogan and Bret would regain the WWE title. Hulk Hogan beat Yokozuna at Wrestlemania 9 and Bret Hart would win the king of the ring and then the match between them would happen. Hogan found out about the plan and backed out of facing Bret Hart. He dropped the belt back to Yokozuna and then left the company. Years later WCW teased a feud between them just to have Bret Hart turn heel and join the NWO which made no sense. Hulk Hogan kept refusing to face Bret Hart. And if you need further proof of Hogan playing games and being selfish we must never forget WCW bash at the beach 2000.
Point of Bret's story, Company loyalty doesn't exist. It's fake and non genuine. Do what's best for you and your family. Make the move if it suits you best
WCW wasn't a wrestling company that was pretty much the problem. WCW was a TV show featuring wrestling, not a wrestling company. That's why they were able to end their house show business and be more profitable for it.
They didn't end it. They stopped going on the road for a while cuz they kept losing money every time. They restarted running live events once business was better.
Bret’s not mad at Montreal 97, not mad at hogan, or even Goldberg. Bret knew he had a lifetime worth of income based off marks to make his past issues become their lifetime resentments for him to profit off. He smirks when he repeats these same stories knowing it bothers marks more then him but it’s also give him a big load of money
This is actually a good theory which also ties in with my belief for years alot of decades-long rivalries are just played up for clicks. If everyone all hated each other this much backstage it would have been a knife fight every night. Iron Sheikh was one of the first to pioneer this kayfabe internet drama stuff with his “Fuck the Hogan & Brian Blair!” shtick. When everything else is exposed in the business it’s one last trick to get people guessing.
@@mikeg2491it’s an interesting theory that they are all kayfabing still because hogan and Bret did a commercial in 2019 for the WWE video game where they’re standing right next to each other. I know if I was hulk I wouldn’t do business in the same room with a guy whose been bashing me for 30 years unless it was all part of the show. I was shocked they were able to be in the same room together
I heard an interview where Bret knocked Warrior when he didn’t visit a disabled kid backstage and said he walked right past him, funny that because that’s how he mentioned there is a photo of warrior smiling and posing with the kid ,Take what he says with a grain of salt
Bret lies a lot. His fans will rag on Hogan all day but give Bret a pass when he throws his dead brother in law under the bus, taking full credit for the match when Davey looked fully capable to me, exaggerating the time it went, never holding Owen accountable for temporarily paralyzing TWO men in one year, or how he rewrites the screw job history every year. Now he says it had nothing to do with losing in Canada, when that's all he talked about on Canadian TV in 1997, basically saying any other wrestler in any other city he'd do the job.
Also, let's put it out there which is hard as I grew up a Bret fan as a kid, but uncomfortable facts are uncomfortable facts. 1: Bret Hart was a habitual drug abuser who repeatedly cheated on his wife and would leave his wife and kids home alone on his days off from the WWF to go screw random women and do drugs in hotel rooms. 2: Bret stood by as his brother in law Davey Smith would give his sister Diana date r*pe drugs and s*xually assault her while she was passed out. THIS is the bastion of morality the smarks want to hitch their wagons to? A lowlife junkie, no better than Jake Roberts and as big of a liar as Roberts? Hey, at least Jake fully owned up to his issues and got beyond them. Bret still sits on his glass throne in his glass house casting stones at everyone else he ever worked with.
@@crispycruiser4654 Well I mean... It didnt have anything to do with losing in Canada.That was just the excuse. It had to do with losing to Shawn Michaels.
@@jamief1263lol you got to be talking bullshit hogan was that popular that people that didn’t watch wrestling know hogans name never forget hogans popularity in the 80s n 90s he was Muhammad Ali of wrestling
@@adilejaz9227 eighties and very early 90’s, Hogan almost killed wrestling by lying about steroids and without the NWO he would have sank WCW. 92-96 Hogan wasnt the ratings god that he was previously and If it wasn’t for Nash and Hall, Hogan wouldn’t have been able to climb back. WWF was struggling in the US, but outside it was as popular as ever, with Bret leading the new generation. When your a kid, watching Hogan get beaten up by goons like Zeus was fun, but when you get older you want to see more wrestling with your wrestling, enter wrestlers like Bret, Shawn and Owen Hart, who could wrestle. These guys where not roided up, coke fuelled maniacs, they were not larger than life characters, but they were much better wrestlers.
These contracts apply to more people than you think this story is familiar when talking about trades or services....bottom line is ,the rich own us all!
@@Crytoboxer35 I mean, if I met Hulk fing Hogan in real life, I'm pretty sure he could say woe is me and cry into his soup and I would be there for all of it.
I have never been a fan of Hulk Hogan, but Bret was not worth near as much as him as a commodity. There are many wrestlers like Hogan that are a better commodity than they are a wrestler.
Bret is a great wrestler, he's my third favorite of all time... but Bret was never worth as much as Hogan. Not at his peak in the WWF and certainly not in WCW.
@donjohn2695 100% fact. Love him or hate him, Hogan is the biggest draw of all time. If the internet had existed 1985, his merch sales would be historical. Hogan had over 33 million people watching at one point. Steve Austin barely broke 10 million at his absolute peak. John Cena didn't even crack 6 million and it dropped every single year he was on top. Anyone who thought they were bigger than Hogan was kayfabing themselves.
Its because Vince was protecting Macho's character whereas Bret was always looking to beat guys clean to prop himself up further. Bret was great but very self interested
Absolutely Not! Bret Hart is an amazing wrestler in the ring, but there was very little value outside of the ring at that time. Hulk Hogan was ok in the ring, bit his true value was in name value outside of the ring. WCW needed Hulk Hogan.
Bret Hart is delusional if he thinks he should have been paid more than Hogan who basically saved WCW, and was a key driving force for its success in the late 90’s , Bret despite his greatness as a wrestler never really made big money for WWF outside possibly of ticket sales in Canada, Bret was basically well known by WWF fans and wrestling fans in general but he never was a Hogan, Stone Cold, or The Rock, of the wrestling business
Bret Hart was clearly a better wrestler, but bigger draw?... I dunno, I've seen alot of wrestling shoot videos, an most of the time when guys are talking about Bret, they say he always wanted to be no#1, so it's not doubt that Hart asked for a penny more than Hogan, just to say he's making more money at the time. Hart seems like a good guy, but alot of wrestlers say he's very conceded.
If WCW had given him Hogan $ and a penny more, that would've been hilarious LOL At the time of the "Montreal Screwjob", there's an argument to be made that Bret might've deserved it.
When did working the leg become boring to Bret? 🤣. I like Beer but he just won't let things go. It must be torture mentally to hold on to stuff from an industry where so much stuff is a work that ppl don't even believe the real stuff.
Popularity hulk Hogan character was the most popular. u dont even have to watch wrestling to know who hulk hogan is. Bret hart is a better in ring wreslter
Looking back now, Bret Hart was a great technical wrestler. But that doesn't mean he is bigger than hulk Hogan. I'm sorry Bret. You were a great wrestler but hulk Hogan was just a galaxy above you as a star ⭐ or more man. Hulk Hogan was just charismatic and made wrestling what it was. No way in hell you can beat him. I'm sorry 😔 man. I'm just a realist.
Did Bret Hart deserve more money than Hulk Hogan? Let us know in the comments below!
No. To most kids Bret was just the guy in pink with greasy hair that didn't talk much
He-shouldve-taken-the-2.5-million-that-Eric-offered...He-showed-too-much-loyalty-to-Vince..At-that-point-in-his-career,-getting-more-money-and-less-days-on-the-road-should've-appealed-to-him-way-more...But-no-Hogan-deserved-to-make-more-than-everybody-else.
Yes! Hottest star on the planet after Montreal if they had had the brains to handle him properly.
No, not even close he was paid just over a million for one year in wwf and they lost money. Wcw should have paid him even less.
@@johndantes656 Nowhere near the hottest star on the planet. WCW was destroying WWF in the ratings, the entire wrestling world was waiting for Sting vs Hogan and nobody gave a crap about WWF until Mike Tyson appeared in 1998.
I’ve never seen a clip that involves Bret Hart laughing
I never seen any hitman laugh.
He doesn't much. Especially now days. He was done dirty.
Then you need to watch the amazing clip where he talks about Owen's ribs, particularly the one where he ribs Stu
He has quite a few interviews in which he laughs. Just have to keep watching
I've heard him laugh. When he telling an Owen Hart story on stone cold Steve Austin phone call
In a perfect world the match between Bret Hart vs Hulk Hogan would of happened at Summerslam 93.
In a perfect World that whole Bret Hart WCW mess Run don't happens.
@watersandblue6001 and hbk wouldn't get injured. Imagine bret and hbk in 98 to 2000 with the rest.
@@MarketVVizardthe boy toy had a fake injury. He was miraculously cured after WCW went out of business.
@@hosepipe lol what. Faked injury for 4 years ??? Come on
@@MarketVVizard Vince was paying him to stay home because he was afraid he would go to WCW. As soon as WCW went out of business he was miraculously cured. This info is readily available for anyone with a clue.
As a kid, I use to remember the Heart Foundation vs the British Bulldogs. Absolutely the Gold Standard in Tag Wrestling. The the Hitman went solo, and I thought oh my days "he is the good guy" wahoooooo.
10 minutes later... "what was your question?"
"Eric Bischoff was like the guy behind the curtain at the Wizard of Oz. Making all the noise. But didn't know anything" - Bret Hart
Bitter Bret is stroked out grumpy MarK and Eric has always been a conman clown.
@@yoholmes273absolute bellend.
Yeah, must be why Bischoff was so successful.
Yeah and he was wrong lol
Atleast Bischoff had the balls to go toe to toe with RAW and beat them in the ratings for a whole year
This man is a treasure. I could listen to him talk about his life in the business endlessly
Bret might seem bitter and egotistical to a lot of people and I kinda understand why, but I've never heard him talk and not think to myself "he does have a point"
Bret was too real in a business full of fake people.
My goodness such a typical mark 😂
I like how he brings up being reprimanded by Vince for not working Macho's leg earlier in his career and how much that stuck with him.. because Bret's known for always working his opponent's legs and lower back to soften em up for the Sharpshooter. Maybe that started with this certain reprimand.
can we get the full damn interview plz? i keep seeing the same 3-4 clips "penny more than hogan" , "goldberg ended his career", etc
Yea that’s all he talks about is Goldberg.
He gets asked the same questions though. Ask Bret something different in these sit down conversations so we can hear him talk on other topics.
Remembered the match vividly as a kid. Watched it on a black and white TV to avoid getting into trouble for being up so late. Bret was my favorite wrestler of all time.
The reason so many couldn't understand Bret back then was because he possessed 2 things rarely seen in the industry: loyalty & true integrity - living up to your word. Bret never would've gone against Vince simply because he was the guy that gave him his first real shot in the business.
Vince couldn't understand this because a person can't understand things like loyalty & integrity when they've never experienced what it's like to feel them personally.
Most boring interview ever.
Do you know McMahon personally?
@@kingomar69 I find it funny how this is always a retort people use like its smart, like you can't infer how someone might be from their actions. As the cliche goes, actions speak louder than words
Very few employers deserve loyalty in my experience.
I loved the Hart Foundation; the tag team and the stable.
That and the intercontinental title should’ve been his limit, being a heavyweight champ almost killed the company…..
@@dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630 Business was down more with Shawn and Diesel. Undertaker vs Mankin 96 and Bret vs Austin 96/97 was far better than what Shawn was doing.
Bret had the best match in WWF in 91 mr perfect , 92 piper or Bulldog , 93 king of the ring , 94 Owen , 96 Austin SS and 97 Austin WM.
“It’s still real” to Bret
To me, the name Bret Hart is synonymous with the word legend. He remains an inspiration to me from the 1990s to this day. His matches were always engaging because it seemed like he had an endless bag of tricks. I especially loved being in the 3rd row at the 1996 Survivor Series and watching him turn Steve Austin's Million $ Dream against him for the pinfall win. I've also met Bret many times--he's a very kind and sincere person who appreciates the fans.
That’s funny as ask for a penny more 😂
The last 30 seconds of this clip is the REAL reason why Vince broke that 10 year contract. It was get back smh... Thank you Hitman!!!
This dude has my respect for the career but he lives on planet Bret to say the least
Would have been interesting if Bret left the year before because the Screwjob angle helped create the Vince McMahon character that helped Austin's career so much!
Ahhh yes the very humble Bret hart. He’s always right when he tells the story.
Sucks wcw was so poorly ran, imagine if both companies stayed around we would still have good wrestling from both companies
Does ITR ever post or host full versions of these interviews?. Even behind a pay wall i would love to hear a full interview. Been watching the clips over Christmas.
Thing is even bret didn't think that, he just said a total he knew Eric wouldn't go for, so if bret didn't think he deserved it why would anyone else.
This may be hard to explain because it's literally explaining the English language to somebody who seems fluent. Bret said ERIC wouldn't go for it. Meaning he knew Eric didn't think he deserved that amount. He never said anything about whether or not he thought he deserved that amount
Why is this censored.. half the fun is hearing someone like Bret who never really cussed when he was a performer, is now dropping S bombs all over lol
How does Hart not understand he was never a star. He was a place holder for headliners. Nothing more.
Bret Hart was good as a mid card talent and boring as a main event.
He’s was the biggest star in wrestling between the hogan and Austin run.
Are you a kid? Anyone 35+ knows this is rubbish.
Who’s the interviewer? He’s really good and has great rapport with all the wrestlers is he famous or just like a fan? Who is the videos in his cool I like I like bread too
So it was because of Vince he always targeted to leg.
I thought it was because he was too tactical.
He's right, fast matches are better, targeting the leg was too boring for me.
It makes me sick hearing that opening story, Bret has been in the WWF since 1984, and it's 1986 during a match with the Killer Bees at MSG when he takes notice of Bret? He and Anvil had two matches against the Bulldogs at MSG in '85, the second of which is much better than the first (and FAR better than the one with the Bees) Yet it's 1986 where Vince sees Bret's value?
Makes you wonder what might of been had Bret taken the 2.5 Million and signed with WCW. Montreal Screw Job probably would of never happened for one.
Bret Hart would make a great business man.
this explains a lot, but then again: it's all about the mighty dollar.
really interesting to listen to this guy talk
Bret Hart is one of my favorite wrestlers....BUT....the screwjob was Bret's fault. I've heard it from every angle. You leave, you need to drop the title, period. What was Vince's Fault was that he had Bret as the champion and let is contract go up with title still on Bret. Now, I get it he didn't want to loose in Canada. Either way it would have been good for business because it would have turned Shawn into the biggest heel champion ever...and was now in a position to give a someone a huge face push. I hate the attitude era of WWF.
He should give Jumping Jim and B.Brian some credit making him look good instead of taking all the credit! The Killer Bees made all the tag teams look great.
Great interview Hitman
bret just has these emotional eyes and it makes me tear up when i hear his voice
brets a class act. as a kid in the 80s, i always loved his whole gimmick.
what gimmick?
His gimmick was a shoot!
No, he’s not. He’s a horribly bitter, old, washed up Canadian.
He was the only heel who managed to pull of being absolutely hated only in America( but loved by kids) while somehow being a babyface everywhere else. It's a shame his heel run will be overshadowed by the screwjob
The only time he had a gimmick was in his last year or so in the WWF where he was bitter and whiney all the time turns out that was his real personality shining through.
The Match that Bret and Randy Savage R.I.P had planned sounded like it would've been awesome to see.
I love listening to him talking about his wrestling days, he’s so honest and doesn’t hide anything
Ass kiss
How do you know he is honest?
@@Director2024caus of his life history, he's a guy screwed by backstage politics & misplaced trust. It's tragic & somehow inspiring at the same time
@@nbs0078im not sure you answered how you know he's being honest
@@Director2024 he’s said plenty. Where did he lie?
Brett 'wrestling is real' Hart
Hts not that he believes that wrestling is real, its that he was brought up in a multi generational wrestling family.
Brett lived and breathed the wrestling business. It ment more to him than most.
This isn't even a complicated or debatable issues. The answer is no. Bret should not have been paid more than Hogan. Wrestlers are paid according to the amount of eyes they got on the product and butts on seats in the arenas, NOT based on how good of a technical wrestler they are in the fictional storyline of professional wrestling. The absolute reality is that whether Bret or any of his fans like it or not, it is a factual reality that Hogan attracted more viewers and paying customers than Bret did, for the entirety of his career. The ONLY people that will argue against this are total marks, whose opinions are worthless anyway.
Okay? Still paid loads
There is a reason why Bret spent years in the Main Event slot of the Hogan tour. Nobody wanted to follow him and he was a trusted hand from '86 on.
Such a great career some could only wish they had and this guy is bitter still to this day. Bret Hart fan but this really tarnishes his career still complaining.
Bret was perpetually the underdog, grunt. He had just enough success that it would sting when it was taken from him. Hulk and HBK were pushed, Stone Cold rose without being held back. Bret was toyed with and held back.
The more I listen to Bret talk the more I realise he’s his own biggest fan. He wants to be the top guy all the time but pro wrestling doesn’t work like that.
When you’ve got a deep roster you have to shuffle people around so everyone gets their shot in the main event especially if they’re a hard workers. I don’t think Bret understands that still to this day 🤦♂️
Yeah, big brain opinion here. That’s why all the bag boys at the grocery store should get their shot at being regional manager. Everyone has to get their shot.
In fact WWF should have let Mosh and Thrasher have a run as champions.
Everyone needs to get their shot when you have a deep roster.
@@ce2987Don't forget Sparky Plugg Holly, he was a hard worker and should have been shuffled to get his shot..
I’m sorry but demanding a penny more is a crazy ego trip
Yes cuz then they would’ve actually used Bret like they should have
Randy and Bret is an awesome lineup. Bret was right, they both have to be moving
Loved that Randy match
Hulk Hogan did everything he could to avoid a match with Bret Hart in WWE and WCW. A fun fact that the main event for Summerslam 1993 was supposed to be Bret Hart vs Hulk Hogan and Bret would regain the WWE title. Hulk Hogan beat Yokozuna at Wrestlemania 9 and Bret Hart would win the king of the ring and then the match between them would happen. Hogan found out about the plan and backed out of facing Bret Hart. He dropped the belt back to Yokozuna and then left the company. Years later WCW teased a feud between them just to have Bret Hart turn heel and join the NWO which made no sense. Hulk Hogan kept refusing to face Bret Hart.
And if you need further proof of Hogan playing games and being selfish we must never forget WCW bash at the beach 2000.
Make no mistake Bret harts biggest fan is Bret hart
Maybe but it still doesn’t change the fact Bret would actually put ppl over with no problem as long as it made sense
As it should be. If you're not your number fan, you're living life wrong. Love thyself, broski.
A penny less isn't going to work for me, brother.
Bret could'nt draw a 100th of what Hogan drew, so no he should've never been making what Eric gave him.
Point of Bret's story, Company loyalty doesn't exist. It's fake and non genuine. Do what's best for you and your family. Make the move if it suits you best
WCW wasn't a wrestling company that was pretty much the problem. WCW was a TV show featuring wrestling, not a wrestling company. That's why they were able to end their house show business and be more profitable for it.
They didn't end it. They stopped going on the road for a while cuz they kept losing money every time. They restarted running live events once business was better.
A loved bret as wrestler probs my all time fave .. but as a person he’s way to serious 😂
Audio sucks horribly. Next time correct/regulate it in Adobe Audition...
And why would they pay a guy who LOST MONEY for WWE more than Hulk Hogan??? Yea, thats real rational thinking there
Bret’s not mad at Montreal 97, not mad at hogan, or even Goldberg. Bret knew he had a lifetime worth of income based off marks to make his past issues become their lifetime resentments for him to profit off. He smirks when he repeats these same stories knowing it bothers marks more then him but it’s also give him a big load of money
This is actually a good theory which also ties in with my belief for years alot of decades-long rivalries are just played up for clicks. If everyone all hated each other this much backstage it would have been a knife fight every night. Iron Sheikh was one of the first to pioneer this kayfabe internet drama stuff with his “Fuck the Hogan & Brian Blair!” shtick. When everything else is exposed in the business it’s one last trick to get people guessing.
@@mikeg2491it’s an interesting theory that they are all kayfabing still because hogan and Bret did a commercial in 2019 for the WWE video game where they’re standing right next to each other. I know if I was hulk I wouldn’t do business in the same room with a guy whose been bashing me for 30 years unless it was all part of the show. I was shocked they were able to be in the same room together
Eric Bischoff's biggest mistake was never booking Bret Hart vs Hulk Hogan on a WCW PPV for the WCW Title.
I heard an interview where Bret knocked Warrior when he didn’t visit a disabled kid backstage and said he walked right past him, funny that because that’s how he mentioned there is a photo of warrior smiling and posing with the kid ,Take what he says with a grain of salt
The only reason why there is a photo is because vince made warrior do a promo to apologize to the kid
Thats because Bret made the entire story up and it never happened.
Bret lies a lot. His fans will rag on Hogan all day but give Bret a pass when he throws his dead brother in law under the bus, taking full credit for the match when Davey looked fully capable to me, exaggerating the time it went, never holding Owen accountable for temporarily paralyzing TWO men in one year, or how he rewrites the screw job history every year. Now he says it had nothing to do with losing in Canada, when that's all he talked about on Canadian TV in 1997, basically saying any other wrestler in any other city he'd do the job.
Also, let's put it out there which is hard as I grew up a Bret fan as a kid, but uncomfortable facts are uncomfortable facts.
1: Bret Hart was a habitual drug abuser who repeatedly cheated on his wife and would leave his wife and kids home alone on his days off from the WWF to go screw random women and do drugs in hotel rooms.
2: Bret stood by as his brother in law Davey Smith would give his sister Diana date r*pe drugs and s*xually assault her while she was passed out.
THIS is the bastion of morality the smarks want to hitch their wagons to? A lowlife junkie, no better than Jake Roberts and as big of a liar as Roberts? Hey, at least Jake fully owned up to his issues and got beyond them. Bret still sits on his glass throne in his glass house casting stones at everyone else he ever worked with.
@@crispycruiser4654 Well I mean... It didnt have anything to do with losing in Canada.That was just the excuse. It had to do with losing to Shawn Michaels.
No as Hogan is the main draw of WCW not Brett
Was*
@@BigBadBozley true, but Bret never overtook him. He wouldn't be worth more than Hogan
Bret: I want the same pay as hulk plus one penny
Eric: go home Bret, your drunk
You're
He actually got more though, thanks his popularity post screwjob
@@kozmo6707Cringe
Hell if i was a wrestler i would wanna go to WCW ...it was easy money..and they didnt even take wrestling serious
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It'll be funny to see how many people in the comments watched the video instead of just reading the blatant lie in the title.
During The 90s Bret Hart, The Undertaker & Hulk Hogan Were The Most Popular Superstars In Asia Especially Bret Hart.
Outside the US, Bret was bigger than Hogan, maybe not merch wise, but people liked his matches and he that’s what people wanted back then.
Yes. I keep forgetting how big he was outside the States. As great as that was, it didn't translate to $$$ in America which is what mattered.
Bret was MASSIVE
@@jamief1263lol you got to be talking bullshit hogan was that popular that people that didn’t watch wrestling know hogans name never forget hogans popularity in the 80s n 90s he was Muhammad Ali of wrestling
@@adilejaz9227 eighties and very early 90’s, Hogan almost killed wrestling by lying about steroids and without the NWO he would have sank WCW. 92-96 Hogan wasnt the ratings god that he was previously and If it wasn’t for Nash and Hall, Hogan wouldn’t have been able to climb back. WWF was struggling in the US, but outside it was as popular as ever, with Bret leading the new generation. When your a kid, watching Hogan get beaten up by goons like Zeus was fun, but when you get older you want to see more wrestling with your wrestling, enter wrestlers like Bret, Shawn and Owen Hart, who could wrestle. These guys where not roided up, coke fuelled maniacs, they were not larger than life characters, but they were much better wrestlers.
He looks like the comic book guy from the simpsons now
Bret was never on the same Level as the greats
These contracts apply to more people than you think this story is familiar when talking about trades or services....bottom line is ,the rich own us all!
Met Brett at a bar in Niagara. Falls. All he talked about is Goldberg. Realy interrupted my setting I jumped up and left I didn’t pay my tab.
Pics or it didn't happen.
@@captfeenyI wish it didn’t happen.
@@Crytoboxer35 I mean, if I met Hulk fing Hogan in real life, I'm pretty sure he could say woe is me and cry into his soup and I would be there for all of it.
He should've went to wcw in 96
should've gone*
@@NoneofYabiz-rx3zi are going to correct everyone on UA-cam?
I have never been a fan of Hulk Hogan, but Bret was not worth near as much as him as a commodity. There are many wrestlers like Hogan that are a better commodity than they are a wrestler.
Bret is a great wrestler, he's my third favorite of all time... but Bret was never worth as much as Hogan. Not at his peak in the WWF and certainly not in WCW.
Facts. Bret is a good hand. He’s NOT a draw.
Nobody was worth more than Hogan he was the biggest star in the business
@donjohn2695 100% fact. Love him or hate him, Hogan is the biggest draw of all time. If the internet had existed 1985, his merch sales would be historical. Hogan had over 33 million people watching at one point. Steve Austin barely broke 10 million at his absolute peak. John Cena didn't even crack 6 million and it dropped every single year he was on top. Anyone who thought they were bigger than Hogan was kayfabing themselves.
As a kid I went a long time not knowing Vince was the boss. He was such a great announcer
Umm bret the ratings didn't go down cuz of you dropping to shawn sir. Nwo took them
Its because Vince was protecting Macho's character whereas Bret was always looking to beat guys clean to prop himself up further. Bret was great but very self interested
Hogan was and still tge man the goat plain and simple
You know, The Hitman would look pretty good with a moustache.
c'est une véritable grande légende bret hart c'est mon lutteur préféré.
Brett is telling a lie. He negotiated with WCW backing like 93 when he was a Intercontinental champion.
1 million a year to kill your body all year round. Meanwhile a Hollywood actor makes 20 million a film. What a brutal career.
Absolutely Not! Bret Hart is an amazing wrestler in the ring, but there was very little value outside of the ring at that time. Hulk Hogan was ok in the ring, bit his true value was in name value outside of the ring. WCW needed Hulk Hogan.
Bret Hart is delusional if he thinks he should have been paid more than Hogan who basically saved WCW, and was a key driving force for its success in the late 90’s , Bret despite his greatness as a wrestler never really made big money for WWF outside possibly of ticket sales in Canada, Bret was basically well known by WWF fans and wrestling fans in general but he never was a Hogan, Stone Cold, or The Rock, of the wrestling business
I DON'T BELIEVE THIS CONVERSATION HAPPENED BUT IF IT DID IF I WAS ERIC.... I WOULD HAVE SAID HOW ABOUT A PENNY LESS?
Nobody puts Bret Hart over like Bret Hart.
Bret Hart was clearly a better wrestler, but bigger draw?... I dunno, I've seen alot of wrestling shoot videos, an most of the time when guys are talking about Bret, they say he always wanted to be no#1, so it's not doubt that Hart asked for a penny more than Hogan, just to say he's making more money at the time. Hart seems like a good guy, but alot of wrestlers say he's very conceded.
If WCW had given him Hogan $ and a penny more, that would've been hilarious LOL
At the time of the "Montreal Screwjob", there's an argument to be made that Bret might've deserved it.
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Best Ever
Man! Just the way he carries himself you can tell it's all about respect for the human being for Brett. What a classy guy. What a man!!!
Did he tho?
Don't censor the curse words 😡
When did working the leg become boring to Bret? 🤣. I like Beer but he just won't let things go. It must be torture mentally to hold on to stuff from an industry where so much stuff is a work that ppl don't even believe the real stuff.
Doesn’t this just prove how much of hard on hart had for hogan. Like an obsession. I want 1 doll more than that one guy! Lol
Popularity hulk Hogan character was the most popular. u dont even have to watch wrestling to know who hulk hogan is. Bret hart is a better in ring wreslter
From 1 mill to 2.5 million? So long.
From 500k. Merchandise is not part of the downside guarantee
He should have taking the money.
Yeah ok. Brett couldn't draw. Hogan biggest name in Wrestling.
Love Bret and I'm sure he's a nice guy. But someone should tell him wrestling is a performance, not real life.
Looking back now, Bret Hart was a great technical wrestler. But that doesn't mean he is bigger than hulk Hogan. I'm sorry Bret. You were a great wrestler but hulk Hogan was just a galaxy above you as a star ⭐ or more man. Hulk Hogan was just charismatic and made wrestling what it was. No way in hell you can beat him. I'm sorry 😔 man. I'm just a realist.