Bret Hart Emotionally Recalls Why WrestleMania 26 Match Meant So Much

Bret Hart emotionally opened up about his WrestleMania 26 return in 2010 and why it meant so much for him to be able to do it in this clip from our ITR Live show with The Hitman in October 2019. Subscribe to the channel for more clips of our live shows and interviews, and don't forget to like and comment too!
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Bret Hart emotionally opened up about his WrestleMania 26 return in 2010 and why it meant so much for him to be able to do it in this clip from our ITR Live show with The Hitman in October 2019. Subscribe to the channel for more clips of our live shows and interviews, and don't forget to like and comment too!

[@mikerichmond9086]

Clapping so many times was unnecessary

[@jamespaul6315]

@@mikerichmond9086 nah, hitman deserves it and more.

[@JacksonBivens]

I wish there was a real cure for stroke survivors. Seeing the man who inspired me to wear pink like this now breaks my heart. I almost teared up with him. If I had The Flash’s powers, I’d go back in time to save Owen from his death and prevent Bret from signing with WCW.

[@dallascowboysnumberonefan4863]

We Love u Bret,you were my brothers favorite wrestlet,my favorite was Shawn Michaels in the 90s,as far as I'm concerned u are and will always be the best technical wrestler in our lifetime,enjoy your matches, Bret u made wrestling and the story lines seem so real which made it seem real,thanks for entertaining us bret.

[@titansrule72]

hitman lived through a ton of heartache no pun intended during his career. the actual wrestling meant something to him unlike many who loved the limelight and the paychecks. wrestling was this guy's life and as much as the glory that came with it.. came crashing down when he had to walk away from it. the camaraderie with his colleagues.. the screw job, the way things ended.. losing davey and owen and so many others... he wears it on his sleeve. glad he got some amount of closure with wwe years later, but you can still see how much it upsets him.

[@Fth363]

I have NEVER seen Brett this emotional about anything! Never witnessed him tear up or be speechless at points....the emotion he has is one of gratefulness and relief....I am so proud of this man, proud he's a Canadian legend

[@crux33]

Yeah me too!

[@King_JappyJoe]

I honestly never knew how much that match meant to him. Glad he got that moment. Well Deserved.

[@DXDJ]

Same here! I know the match was criticized, but now that I see Bret really needed it and I’m glad it took place.

[@Matt-cr4vv]

If I remember right I read something that he couldn’t take any bumps in the match because of Lloyds of London. He shed them years ago when they weren’t paying him his settlement and eventually won the case. But when you get paid you can’t wrestle so the match reflected that to try and get past Lloyds. But even with it not being ideal it’s nice he got to end things in a better way than how they originally ended.

[@rockydelone3042]

Shawn deserved to go out the way Bret went out and Bret deserved the sendoff Shawn got. That’s how ass backwards this world is

[@King_JappyJoe]

@rockydelone3042 its a business. And Shawn was a company man. And to this day hes treated like royalty because of it. Bret chose to bet on himself and leave and unfortunately the amateurs in WCW injured him. Never was a huge fan of either but loyalty is worth alot in business.

[@theman6705]

@@King_JappyJoethat’s not even true at all. Bret was a wwe all the guy, Vince had to ask him to leave cause he couldn’t pay his contract.

[@LIT0187]

I truly believe that Bret Hart needed closure and going back to WWE in 2010 and having a match at Wrestlemania gave him closure. He’s a legend and deserves to be recognized.

[@kevincapps7694]

This is truly heartbreaking you can see how much the stroke has affected him and how much passion he had for the business I miss him so much ❤️

[@mikehunt8247]

That ain't nothing to do with the stroke. That's almost 30 years of Carrying around all that hurt and not dealing with it. Leaving WWF Made brett miserable

[@miguelito09]

What a fucking guy Bret is. After the life he has had, to see him happy and healthy when so many others have passed is something to be thankful for.

[@Carlos-pi4xx]

bret made alot of us 80s babies love wrestling A True GOAT

[@JoeyMartz]

facts

[@jmoorhouse6317]

💯 when Warrior started to fade out Bret Hart came bursting on the scene and we all wore those pink shades haha. Legend

[@jamesvinson3998]

Bret Hart made sure that whoever he worked with in the ring, no matter who they were or how he did or didn't get along with them, that they were protected from any risk of injury. He was a true professional.

[@arjans7573]

Bret Hart is truly a legend. The Rock, Stone Cold you name it all hold Bret in the highest regard.

[@ShanAli-sq4rs]

Stone Cold want Bret to return to WWF at that time

[@UFCWWE69]

Shawn was better

[@sleazyfellow]

@@VaderPopsVicodin10 I think it's absolutely the best feud wrestling ever had, it seemed so real like they really hated each other. Much more realistic than the Dennis the menace stuff Austin had with McMahon.

[@milkh2o]

@@UFCWWE69 false

[@shanewoods1980]

@@UFCWWE69Shawn was the best in ring entertainer that’s ever been in the squared circle, but Bret is a bigger legend and much better wrestler in all aspects.

[@sagedrummer]

Kudos to Brett Hart for being so emotionally vulnerable like that in front of an audience.

[@eastside2473]

Bret is brutal honest that’s what this world needs

[@GamezOfWar]

Bret really misses the glory days man, you can see it in his soul! He cherished that time!! Bret hart will always be the best wrestler ever!

[@sleazyfellow]

Everybody misses it at this point. The highs reached in the 80s and late 90s will never, ever again be reached. The time between those 2 boom periods is a decade almost. And here we are 20 years removed from when wrestling was hot like that with no big star in sight.

[@ivanvalentin3898]

So much that Bret puts his brothers death second to it.

[@jeremylundeen9798]

Bret goes all the way back to Wrestlemania 2. Legend, Icon. Part of what built the entire modern day WWE behemoth. His matches are Incredible to go back and enjoy.

[@scottdecowski4913]

Growing up being a big Bret Hart fan it blew my mind to watch WM2 & see the Hart Foundation be the last 2 men against Andre in the battle royal. Bret had a lot of amazing moments in his career

[@mitchwooten5150]

You couldn't find a more Genuine guy than Bret the hitman Hart. He has been my hero since i was 8 years old and i got to meet him twice he treated me with so much class and so down to earth and that is why he truly is the best there is and the best there was and the best there ever will be.💕😎

[@richardremick1639]

Gotta love the human and emotional side of Bret. He's right I've had strokes also and they make you appreciate everything from the air to the grass to everything. strokes change you

[@only1icon1801]

Bloody hell, I welled up myself watching this. No one else deserves more to get that moment again than Bret Hart, for the memories, sacrifices and tragedies he suffered from a business he loved and gave so much to Hero to me as a child and a Legend to me as a man

[@MrReese]

This is a man who took his craft more seriously than possibly any other wrestler and who can still talk from the "hart" and be honest without sugarcoating anything. He is a human being and is not afraid to show it. Nothing but respect for the excellence of exeuction.

[@iTubeYourDadsMinge]

This is why I get so annoyed seeing comments from people about ‘bitter Bret’. Sure, Bret is wholeheartedly honest about everything, and perhaps sometimes honest to a fault. But this right here, shows you that the guy lived, breathed, and lost a lost of his family through doing what he loved more than literally anything else. Bret Hart’s mind and body IS ‘wrestling’. And if you are a wrestling fan, he deserves your respect for everything that he gave to his industry. Because this guy didn’t just ‘do his job’ as a wrestler, he instead dedicated and sacrificed perhaps more than any other man to wrestling. And he did it to send people home happy every night. And despite everything that he has lost due to the horrible luck and circumstance in the wrestling business, he still contributes to it to the very day, and helps the younger generation in any way he can. He is a mountain of a human being. Thank you Bret 👍

[@muhammadfirdaus634]

Bret Hart will always and forever be the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be. U can see that he loves wrestling. Its all that he wanted to do and he wanted to be the best and he did became the best. Seeing Bret cry at the 2:44 mark just breaks my heart. He’s been thru a lot over the years and he rose to the occasion at the end of it.

[@jerichobeach2967]

Getting emotional, not trying to hide it, and the crowd recognizing and applaud in support to help him out as he pauses. That’s great really is.

[@plshelpmeawkdough]

The Bret Hart and Vince McMahon contract signing on Raw will forever be one of my favorite moments in wrestling, never got to see Bret during his prime but goddamn, that plot twist made me a huge Bret Hart fan in 2010 even tho I never got to see his prime.

[@moreblack]

hate vince or love him, he went out of his way to give back everything to Bret on that night

[@nm7781]

vince doesnt get enuff fucking credit man... you could tell he truly loved bret and he doesnt do that shit for anyone or anybody.... the man wanted to give bret that chapter

[@marcpower4167]

It does seem like in the last few years Vince has been mending fences: Bret, Warrior, Bruno.

[@ryanblease]

What an absolutely amazing emotional video, I’ve seen a lot of Bret interviews but this one is pure gold 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 well done 👍🏼

[@ryanblease]

Think pink 💕💕💕

[@michaelpolkey5996]

Best there's is, Best there was, Best there ever will be. Bret "The Hitman" Hart ♥️

[@DJReyzor357]

Mr. Bret Hart is not bitter, he is a passionate human being that F'N cares about his craft! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙏🙏🙏💯💯💯💯

[@themadviking5746]

His greatness in the ring seem's to slipped the minds of so many , Bret was the best pure wrestler in the biz , Angle was the next. Bret never had the full support of the WWF machine behind him and he still made it big . He deserved so much more from the biz , he was a great guy and there few and far between in wrestling .

[@captaindeadpool2655]

This is really cool. That match is much more special to watch knowing how he happy he was doing it because we all know how damn athletic he was so it's nice to see him enjoying a good ol stomping.

[@forgottenmma3694]

Poor Bret. He been through alot of tough times

[@justinmeader]

I grew up such a huge fan of Bret Hart. When Bret gets emotional, I get emotional.

[@Timmie999]

I use to think that Bret was just bitter until i read his story and saw what he went through getting screwed over loosing his brother in such a horrific, unjustified and unforgivable way then his mom and dad. His feelings are justified and i understand now, plus he speak from his heart and with truth which makes me respect him so much more.

[@tafua_a]

Yeah, every time people call him bitter, I remind them that, in the span of six years he got screwed over by his boss, went to a company that used him horribly, lost his brother in the most pointless lethal accident in pro wrestling history, then got a career ending concussion, then got fired while injured, then lost his mom, then got a stroke that shelved him for good and finally lost his dad. And people expect him to smile?!

[@Raquib25]

@@tafua_abig facts

[@liamhemstock2286]

If Bret never got injured and still held his grudge with Vince in the early 2000’s could you imagine a CM Punk vs Bret Hart feud in ROH in 2003/2004. I say this just because Punk has openly said he is a massive Bret fan and that feud and those matches would have been incredible. Punk’s whole AEW run has nods for Bret Hart matches. One of the first sequences he does in his return match is a nod to Bret’s match with the 123 Kid.

[@jjtt2735]

Oh shut it

[@SuCKeRPunCH187]

bret probably would have come back to wwe sooner than 2005. He would have had a match against Kurt Angle at Wrestlemania 18 or 20 maybe. Much of the hatchet was buried after Vince called Bret in the hospital after his stroke in 2002.

[@jeffreyatienza635]

@@jjtt2735 Bret is also a huge cm punk fan. He called punk the best overall wrestler of all time besides him. So I think they both would have wanted that to happen lol

[@fergalstackstreams]

No way ROH could afford Bret in 2004. He also wasn't going to go from making $3 million per year to working for whatever ROH could have offered, no matter how good of a wrestler Punk was.

[@yellowsky99]

To bad Punk is a prick and wouldn’t be half the man Bret is

[@jermainemorrison2774]

Thank You Bret! You were the pillar of professionalism, and the greatest wrestler to ever live. Thank you for inspiring all my favorites and Just being simply “The Best there is, The Best there was and The Best there ever will be.” Thank You Hitman.

[@Josh_J9]

Nope not the greatest that belongs to shawn micheals

[@jermainemorrison2774]

@@Josh_J9 Agree to disagree. Shawn was amazing But Bret was, is, and always will be the best. But nice opinion

[@Josh_J9]

@@jermainemorrison2774 no worries your opinion is respected haha

[@christianmarmol3230]

Mad luv for you Bret! You're the best to ever step in a ring!

[@krissanders987]

That 2010 comback and match with Vince really was the vindication and closure he needed to end his career. Not a botch kick from Goldberg and the screw job. You gotta respect Vince for doing that for Bret, no matter how much heat or bad blood they had with other each. Barring the hatchet was such a blessing for Bret.

[@daytonjohn777]

Damn that hit when he said searching for peace bro. Rest in peace to Owen Hart, I think of him often. Brett you are one of a kind. Hope all is well

[@toysofarkham]

It’s unbelievable how a man who has sustained a head injury, concussion and stroke has such an accurate recollection of all these stories… shows how much he revelled in his time… I can barely remember yesterday

[@BaddogSports]

You can tell how much passion Bret had for the business. He wanted to do everything with the utmost effort and professionalism. It’s why he is the legend he was, is, and always will be

[@WASIF4444]

undertaker and stone cold, the legends of their times, mentioned bret over and over again as the safest and most technical wrestler ever., both said that their best matches were with him., what a GOAT.,

[@KingKhanate1997]

It’s honestly really jarring in the best way possible to see Bret open up like this. The Hitman has and always will be my hero.

[@Sayed36870]

Wow! Really interesting. As a true Bret fan since forever, I got emotional as we’ll because as a fan it was really devastating what they did to him after all he give and the saddest part was the way they basically deleted his legacy. Little kids who didn’t get to see what Bret gave yo the business. Wwe has the way destroying your legacy, they’ve done to so many wrestlers, chyna comes to mind. What Bret went through after he left for the next 10 is nuts. His parents, stroke, Owen, davey, other wrestlers like Curt henning, the family problems, etc. Bret said that one of his greatest memories was Calgary stampede in 97 at the end. As a fan you truly understand what he means when he says that because after that with Brian Pillman dying it was like a downward snowball. It just got bigger and bigger. It always pissed me off how fans believed everything wwe put on tv especially how good triple h and were. They we’re snakes and ruined so many lives

[@MegaMan-bs3oy]

I get it man. I do. I am a trained wrestler. Trained by Dr. Tom at his and Kane's school in Knoxville. It doesn't matter if its a warehouse with 30 people or a stadium full of thousands. Walking to that ring is an insane feeling. Like throwing a game winning TD in the Super Bowl. Just hearing him talk about walking down that ramp it hits.

[@MrBigred1990]

How hands on is Kane with the training? Is it mainly Dr Tom, with Glenn dropping by from time to time?

[@darcyplett168]

You can tell that Brett truly love his career ...his emotion speak volumes ...i couldn't help but shed tears for him ....😥😥

[@Ghost-Face420]

Shawn Michaels always was my personal G.O.A.T, but we all know what a Douche he was backstage, Bret on the other hand always seemed like a real leader and a Legend who loves this business more than anything!

[@didthat4835]

Yea but everything happens for a reason. Hbk probably wouldn’t be big as he is if it wasn’t for his attitude.

[@mikelegat6959]

I could listen to Bret all day & never get tired of his voice

[@darcyplett168]

Brett Hart is awesome ..I've followed his career way back from the late 80s ....it's so heart breaking remember what happened to him both inside and outside of the ring ....we love you Brett ...

[@retroboog8973]

Besides the stroke, I think he got emotional because I'm sure there was a point where he wasn't sure if he was going to walk again. And of course, he never thought he'd do what he loved ever again.

[@idk6290]

Love Bret man seeing him grow old is such a blessing when you realize how many friends he lost

[@beegee8418]

I grew up a huge wrestling fan in the 80’s right through the 90’s, and Brett was one of my many favorites. I dreamed of some day being a wrestler, and hit the gym hard from a young age hoping to follow in the footsteps of all those who I looked up to. Growing up in small town Saskatchewan there was never opportunity for me to see any of these shows live, but when I became old enough to get into the bars in Regina that’s where I would end up some weekends with friends. One weekend after a big event I ran into a few wrestlers on a Saturday night, including Sid Vicious and Ted Dibiase who were super cool (Sid was truly larger than life - I literally bumped into him in a hallway at a pub, and his chest came around the corner a couple seconds before he did. I had to look wayyy up to him at my height of 6’4”….or at least it felt like it,lol). Later in the evening we all made our way over to a nightclub, where there was a crowd gathers around the bar. Me and my friends made our way to the crowd, and there was Bret with a few of his people in the middle of the crowd. I carefully made my way to the front of the group, and politely waited until Brett wasn’t busy talking with anyone, and tapped him on the shoulder, and when he turned around I said “excuse me Mr Hart, sorry to bother you - just wanted to say that I am a huge fan of yours, and have always looked up to you…”. I went from being pumped, to instantly deflated and disappointed beyond belief when he he looked at me with a brief scowl and made a “pfft, ohh-kayyyy” scowl at me, then looked away and went back to drinking his beer. I stood there feeling so mad and dejected, and went back to my friends nearby. For a long time I cheered against him, and hoped for his downfall in the business. Despite feeling let down as a young guy, I’m so glad to hear that he is doing well in life, and is healthy after all that he has been through. As I grew older I realized that he was just human, and possibly just wanted to be left alone in a crowd of fans at a small town nightclub - and didn’t want just another admirer bothering him after “work”. On another note with a much different experience, his brother Owen trained at the gym where I worked and was the nicest most humble or modest guy you could meet. Real class act, and he took their kids to a nearby swimming pool where all the other parents said the same thing. He was just another parent doing parent stuff. Jim the Anvil also came into the same gym, and a nightclub I worked at, and he was…”unique”, lol. I kinda knew Bruce when he was substitute teacher in Calgary…he was a real card, always full of stories and made time to talk to anyone. Wore the most awful cowboy boots brightly adorned with flames up and down them with his blue jeans tucked inside. Every day, lol. Truly a legendary family in the business. Wrestling royalty.

[@lo-stretch5836]

Thanks for sharing !

[@morrnmanderson7376]

Yea they are humans like the rest of us, and have moods just the same as well. You will never know what might have been going on for him at home or whatnot. And you gotta kinda figure too, these people are around large numbers of other people CONSTANTLY 24/7, 300+ days a year. And 99% of those they are around, are people they dont even know or work with. It probably can be emotion draining.

[@chadevans9390]

My all time favorite wrestler, Bret was too damn good.. no one can ever compare or touch the excellence of Execution

[@DoodTuber]

I said this in a different clip of this interview but I feel it deserves to be said here. Bret Hart was the fkn man. I remember watching him as a kid with Jimmy and I used to love those pink fellas. Bret Hart helped make the WWE when it was in it's prime. I hope he realizes that and isn't too bitter about the opportunities he lost because him and Owen and even Jimmy were seriously influential.

[@The_Knight_Rider1980]

It was great seeing Bret back in the ring again, even tho he couldnt do much but the whole point of the match was Bret finally getting his revenge on vince for montreal, finally beating the crap out of vince with a chair and then putting him in the sharpshooter and I loved it. I had over 30 years of seeing bret give great matches so seeing him just completely destroy vince was just great.

[@edrom29]

I am glad I went to Mania 26. To see him win and get that relief was so awesome.

[@matthewmartin4394]

This is the Bret I've always loved & known was still there, under all of the obvious resentment & anger. I hope he's reached a new plateau, seems that way.

[@ericdravenX00X]

I felt for Bret in this interview segment.. And heard No bitterness in his words.. A True Legend and Icon in the World of Wrestling..

[@HumbleRumble420]

I was at Wrestlemania 26 with my little brother I had so much fun. Bret Hart is a legend.

[@zNinjuhGaming]

Idgaf what anyone says Bret The Hitman Hart will always be one of the greatest to ever do it. Much love and respect.

[@ammagnolia]

I'm from Stockton California. We have a bar that has a Bret Hart painting on the side of their building. He use to visit our baseball team all the time and treated our city very nice. Super nice guy.

[@therealjd4life]

He really is more like CM Punk or actually vice versa CM Punk is like Bret Hart...yeah in the ring, but it's really outside of the ring where they are clones of each other. They get emotionally invested in their matches that it really hits them hard when they reflect back on it

[@jamespaul6315]

Bret is the goat. It was great to see him at wm one more time

[@TimeTrinity]

Nobody loved wrestling more than Bret Hart.

[@sethIguess2002]

Bret Hart is golden and that doesn't even describe how genuinely good this man is I love him and I don't know him personally never met him but I love him the man had a HARD career which also led to a hard life unfortunately

[@jamespaul6315]

He is a true straight and honest shooter . I wish more wrestlers were of his quality.

[@new0033]

Wow. I love Bret and miss him in the ring. Very powerful.

[@gomoray1]

Brett is the ish! He was the under dog that easy went to the top by being himself in a time when he was easily overlooked. You couldn't help but notice his mic and ring skills

[@morrnmanderson7376]

ring skills sure. But huis mic skills? I dont know many people that think about mic or promo skills when they think of the Hitman. Even Bret doesnt think of his "mic skills" lol.

[@gomoray1]

@@morrnmanderson7376 when all the good stars left it was up to him to carry WWE. Everyone knows his wrestling is good but it was on the mic that got him over in that period in time. They both go hand In hand,sometimes

[@S1ick865]

The applauding is killing his moment here.

[@andrewmilne1738]

Totally disagree they helped him

[@forced4motorsports]

Love this man. The best there is, the best there was, and the best there every will be. One of the most genuine wrestlers of all time.

[@jaylive03]

You can tell he loved the business and he loved performing for the fans plain and simple he was passionate about giving it his all and that’s why he’s the HitMan

[@TracksInTheLab]

Amazing interview

[@suzannegething2710]

Your an inspiration Brett thank you for all you've done for the industry

[@veegob5287]

That is an amazing clip.

[@zell2626]

Can say what you want about Bret, the man lived, breathed, and will die love of wrestling

[@carwithoutlicense]

I could listen to Bret tell stories for hours upon hours on end.

[@richardremick1639]

I personally grew up on Bret Hart in the 80's and like him or not like him he's made his mark on the wrestling world forever. I've had 2 strokes and I super understand wanting "peace" he's been through a lot with Owen and all. He has fo deal with the stroke everyday ascdonI but on fop of all that it must be so difficult to be Breat The Hitman Hart which has fo tough enough in itself. When the audience chuckled a bit after he mentions " it's the stroke everyone it makes you very emotional" I know they didn't laugh at him in a belittling manner but it's impossible to translate that fo someone who hasn't had a stroke or strokes. It's a very emotional ailment to deal with but him being who he is and what he's been through hrs a passionate guy and he loves ❤ the business and you have fo respect that. It's his life ots not a job. Wrestling is all he knows.

[@teacherangello1082]

It was a real injustice the way Bret Hart had to step away from the business, from wrestling all together,but I was so happy to see him make a comeback to WWE and make peace with All the Montreal screw job situation . It speaks highly of him for letting go of that anger and move forward!!!! Truly without a doubt The best there is,was and ever will be!!!!

[@garyharmatski8860]

"The best there is. The best there was. And the best there ever will be." All that has to be said. He was that faackin good!

[@kgmo_1525]

Damnit man being of wrestling as a kid, now im 26 learning and watching all his memorable moments and this was the last video I came to....Just to see what this man gave, how he was done, and how career ended, this shit hurt to watch man. Its like watching a close relative die slowly of a painful death and you can't do anything but watch.

[@ToddMorowski-rs6hn]

I will always have Brett on my thoughts and prayers proud of you brett

[@gabrielindependiente730]

Gracias por todo idolo Bret, saludos desde Argentina ! 🇦🇷

[@nm7781]

bret and hbk had their last matches in Arizona... what a great mania

[@hawkesey1161]

What a legend. Fair play to him being so open

[@opinionatedWrestling]

I didn’t grow up watching Bret. I watched that match not understanding any of the significance. Having gone back and looked at the screw job stuff I thought I then understood it all. Then I watched this... bless him. It wasn’t the best match, but it now has a lot more significance to me after watching this

[@yorkshiretea7620]

Love Bret, anyone reading this please read his book.

[@Zobrisdj01]

He was my childhood hero. Watching him be himself is just the absolute BEST.

[@tashrif46]

I can imagine why Bret was so angry with the WWE. Because after that fateful night in Survivor Series 97, his life was never the same. His career in WCW, Owen's death, his concussion which led to his career ending, Davey Boy Smith dying, his dad dying and then him almost dying because of a stroke. I can understand the resentment

[@Stampistuta]

Wow, it’s incredible to see how much that means to him. I bet he’d give anything to have had a few more years on his in ring career but he should be some happy with his body of work, I showed my 6 yr old the Bulldog Summerslam match this weekend and he loved it.

[@1justinswift]

My best friend and I took a bus from IL to Phoenix to see the hitman come back...it was not "pretty" but as fans of the hitman it was cathartic to see him again :)

[@joshuawaltz9484]

The best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be. God bless Bret Hit man Hart.

[@initra25]

Bret made wrestling fun to watch….. he made us believe it was real!! Great athlete, great performer.

[@timbarry2232]

This was AWESOME!!!

[@travisclark9134]

I just watched that match. Definitely not a technical masterpiece but it was great to see him again in that Wrestlemania environment.

[@philrussell7924]

For me he is the best of all time. For how much it all meant to him and still does, for how great a technical wrestler he was and for his professionalism which I think frustrated him because other people didn’t have the same level of professionalism as he did. A great storyteller to. Legend.

[@kebaz1]

I will always love Bret hart he has been part of my life especially the younger years i remember putting my class mates in the sharpshooter challenge if they don’t tap in 15 seconds they get 10 bucks I still have the 10 bucks

[@jaybrown2348]

Bret is unbelievable man that I look up to sorry for what happened to you much love ❤️

[@leonardbrandt886]

I still well up when I watch these shoots.

[@kazd2561]

Ahhh 😘loved Bret for years watching him since eighties.But this man is so emotional & caring!Great wrestler!My favourite.Got the chance to meat him in Glasgow,straight from my nightshift,drove there with my Son.He signed everything I brought ❤and my son videos us together and signing his new book for me,it was so memorable 🤗😁Loved him for that too! The Best there is the Best he was!😍

[@Cicero....]

In term of technical wrestling, selling and how to tell a story in match, he's the best. Clearly my favorite wrestler.

[@Dhardy316]

The Best there is, Best there was, Best there ever will be. The excellence of execution, Bret "The Hitman" Hart (Finkles voice) 🏆 🏆 🏆

[@no_professional12]

Fantastic for him he had the privilege to do this. A heartwarming clip

[@mox19380]

man hit me in all my feels. gotta be so hard for someone who's identity was so associated with wrestling and performing to suddenly have it snatched away. and becomes clear in this video. and best of all that wrestlemania 26 match was great. bret looked incredible considering all he'd been through.

[@ceasarsanchez9086]

Any time you think about the Bret vs Shawn debate please don't forget to ponder the long lasting influence both guys have had. Shawn gave us The Young Bucks, Dolph Ziggler, and HHH. Bret gave us Stone Cold, The Rock, and CM Punk.

[@ceasarsanchez9086]

@isthatyoubetha Hogan definitely gave us Austin, Cena, and Reigns in the sense of there needing to be one man above all at the top of the mountain at all times. Once Hogan stuck Vince has been trying to replicate it again for the last 30 years.

[@tylerdame1360]

(Howard Finkle Voice) From Calgary, Alberta Canada. Weighing two hundred thirty four pounds! The world wrestling federation champion!!! Bret! HITMAAAAAAAAAAAAN HART!