Bret Harts comments

While I'd find anyone saying someone might be glad someone else is dead to be distasteful, even if it is true, it's pretty forgivable. People say some silly things sometimes in interviews and often we don't get to hear what came before or after a snippet like that. Besides, a little quip like that is much better than someone going on hateful, homophobic, or racist tirade, which is something we've seen far too much of in recent years.

As far as Bret Hart specifically goes... He clearly is a bit bitter and/or grumpy sometimes, but it hasn't changed how I view him. The Hitman will always be among, if not on the very top, of my all time favorites. What's not, I kind of understand why he'd be a bit bitter. Bret Hart was a guy who eat, slept, and breathed professional wrestling. He grew up with it. It was basically his entire life. Yet, he didn't get to finish his career on a good note. He was almost pushed out of WWE in 1997 when the product changed so drastically. He hadn't lost a step at all. In fact, some could legitimately argue that he was better than ever in the ring. Yet, he was being slowly moved aside in favor of newer faces who had terrible attitudes. Obviously, being pushed aside a bit happens to every main eventer at some point, but it still hurts when it happens. Then on his way out of WWE, the whole screwjob in Montreal went down, which completely tarnished his WWE legacy. Bret goes to WCW following that and comes it with high praise. Sadly, WCW had no idea what to do with a guy like Bret Hart and because he wasn't one of Hogan's boys, he was cast aside shortly after arriving. Sure, he had some great moments there, but by and large, the legend that was Bret "Hitman" Hart was relegated to just another cog in the wheel for most of his WCW run. Then in 2001 he gets kicked in the head by a guy who (IMO) never had any business inside a wrestling ring because he was too sloppy and clearly didn't care about protecting his opponent. The kick caused a sever concussion and that concussion brought an end to Bret Hart's career. Bret didn't get to go out the way he should have, on his terms. Sure, lots of wrestlers don't get to go out on their own terms, even some of the all time greats. But that doesn't mean it's an easy pill to swallow.

Is Bret Hart bitter about the way his career ended and thus come off as bitter towards the industry as a whole? Yeah, he more likely than not is. Should he accept it and move on? Yeah, he probably should. But I understand why he might not be able to, even if I don't necessarily agree with it.

I agree with all of that, his career definately didn't end the way he would have liked. He's bound to feel slightly unfulfilled about how things went down on his way out.

But I can't help but look at guys like Scott Hall, Jake The Snake, and knowing how badly they managed to tarnish their own reputation over the years, and were left with regrets when age caught up with them. And I look at guys like Nigel McGuiness who's career and aspirations were cruelly taken from him without his control. These guys never seem to come across as bitter as Bret.

There's a whole host of veterans who quietly walked away from the business, and they keep their heads down during these controversial incidents. I've never known Bret to say or do anything other than pour more misery on a negative situation (Hogan, Bryan, etc).

The comments about Bryan's injury were warranted since that's exactly how Brets career ended. But if Bryan says he's coming back, he's coming back. Bret can preach outdated medical science till he's gone completely grey if he likes, but if Bryan is cleared to return, he will return. Fate was cruel to Bret, but you'd like to think he would actively encourage a worker to return from the injury that was once bad enough to end his own career.

If Bryan gets hurt again, and has to retire. Cue the "I told you so". Brets slowly becoming that old bitter war vet sat in the corner of a retirement home moaning and complaining when youngsters enjoy nice weather.

And the comments about Piper, he should simply be ashamed.

A bit extreme. I'm informed about his bitterness because he comes across bitter in interviews. It's nonsensical because he's chosen to involve a recently passed peer in his nonsensical comments. And it's pathetic, because every opinion he's spouted in his recent interviews hold no weight and, for some reason, he's confessed to being angry about it?

The "most" bitter man, probably not, but there are hundreds of retired vets who aren't as much of a martyr as he is in 2015.

Infact, hold the phone. This is BRET HART we are talking about here. Refusal to accept that he's bitter isn't just deluded, but it's beyond uninformed. As in, non informed on the major events that have shaped professional wrestling for the past 20 years.

Nobody ever said Bret didn't have good reason to be bitter. But cmon now... HBK, the screw job, Goldberg, now Hogan... How could anyone say he isn't known for his bitterness?

My argument was simply that it should have ran its course by 2015. Then again, if he's a Network viewer, you'd forgive Bret for keeping the fire alive at every given opportunity. Those royalty cheques must pay his mortgage.

I read the interview, and I thought it was great. Bret is always very honest with his answers. And I knew as soon as I read that part about Piper it would be taken out of context by someone. Bret wasn't saying Hogan was glad that Piper died, but more so that something else huge happened in the world of professional wrestling to take all the attention/heat away from Hogan. He didn't mean Hogan was sitting in his house throwing a party, smiling and laughing because a guy he was still pretty close with to this day died.

-Calls someone else a sheep.
-Blindly follows the uninformed opinion of the masses.



I also like how condescending you're attempting to be, it's a good start, but if you're going to want to bait me into a proper argument, you'll have to try a lot harder than that. Unfortunately for you, the content of your post has just come across as a personal attack, in the future you should try and actually gather some points that are worth responding to.

Bret has been bitter for years. Bret's problem is that he was a great worker...that's a fact...but when he was the top guy the business sucked and I think that bothers him. He was the "Best there is yadda yadda" at a time when Duke the Dumpster, Doink, The Goon and Abe Knuckleball Schwartz were around. He was that guy wedged between Hulk Hogan & Steve Austin. When you ask the questions "You're starting a wrestling company and you can hire anyone in history to help make you money, who do you choose?" Bret is very rarely high on that list. You'll get answers of mega stars like Hogan, Austin & Rock or even territory stars like Sammartino, Rhodes or Flair.