Bret Hart Gives SHOCKING Reaction to Surprise WWF Title Win

Bret Hart spoke at an ITR Live show about his reaction to finding out about his first WWF title win and what he thought Vince McMahon was really going to talk to him about at that meeting. 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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[@InsideTheRopes]

Do you think Bret Hart was the right pick to take the title from Ric Flair in October of 1992? Let us know in the comments.

[@80srocknroller]

Yes

[@hihaters2004]

Of course

[@DavidDexterMusic]

Absolutely.

[@gsdrums47]

"Do you think Bruno Sammartino was the right pick to take the title from Buddy Rogers in 1963?" ... Same vibes with that question.

[@80srocknroller]

@@gsdrums47 Yes

[@eiros59]

He’s a low key dude he always has been. But he’s a the best of the best in the ring.

[@danzemacabre8899]

One of my faves and a true legend

[@RetroFix]

I can listen to Bret talking about wrestling all day long.

[@Atomic-Punk]

The way Bret is describing Ric is the exact reason why I never cared for Cena. He knew how to connect and be safe, but I always just found his matches really boring unless someone forced him to work harder.

[@fmthebaron]

Shawn Michaels gave John Cena his best match in that hour long match in London on Raw in 2007.

[@michaelkeller5927]

I never enjoyed flairs matches. If youve seen one, youve seen them all.

[@OikPoinFive]

​@@michaelkeller5927grrrrr! Girrr

[@soup8786]

Flair in the late 80s was awesome.

[@Atomic-Punk]

I absolutely love Flair. Maybe a little contradicting, but yea.. I love Flair. Same with Hogan. I could just never get into Cena in the ring. @@soup8786

[@Krazed2k]

I know people hate on Bret and say he just cries but I think he has every reason to be sour about Goldberg recklessness. I do think however, Bret is def one of the best to ever do it and some may say the best period. Dude never had a bad match and many guys have said their best match or matches were with Bret. He was that good.

[@bradcarver8127]

Never injured anyone either

[@MrHolden17]

Please give him some water 😬

[@RudyjrMast-lr8bd]

Thank you Brett for a great many years of,fantastic wrestling.peace

[@L_E_L_0_U_P]

I could ball my eyes out watching Bret age, been in his presence for 3 matches in my life but never met him. Would pay to meet him here in Edmonton lol.

[@svresh]

This dudes career has to be the one of, if not *the* biggest example of highest highs and lowest lows I’ve seen in the business. And the lows were things he didn’t even do to himself.

[@NickPR87]

I think Jeff Hardy takes the cake for "lowest of lows".

[@fabeasty]

@@NickPR87 While he did loose so many opportunities, he never had to end his career. He still got to make some history. It‘s a big difference! But I hope that we will watch Hardy Interviews in 10 years from now because he went out with his life figured out. But we‘ll see

[@Christian-ui2vb]

@@NickPR87 Chris Benoit

[@gsdrums47]

​@@Christian-ui2vb Thankfully someone else said it before me, but yes. The guy spent 18 years achieving his dream to be recognised as the top wrestler in the world who is universally respected, only for 3 years later to be regarded as one of the most despised in the history of the sport he loved.

[@svresh]

@@NickPR87 what lower than getting booted in the head and suffering a stroke or your brother falling to his death on a live show and blaming yourself for leaving WWE because you could’ve stopped it? Come on

[@CarbiesChronicles]

i remember watching Raw and Nitro back in the day and thinking... who am i going to cheer for when all these guys retire... and now here we are....

[@THEREALLORDJ]

DITTO BUT THEN AGAIN I SAID THAT IN MID-EIGHTIES TOO!!!

[@DavidDexterMusic]

Bret rules

[@evelienkoetsier4704]

👍👍

[@adamdesanti6713]

Fun fact: Bret's first title win wasn't televised. His second title win was when all the wrestlers put him up on their shoulders.

[@BigBoss-zi5ss]

Wrestmania 10.. love that WM cause I was a kid and also Bret v Owen was so good and also the ladder match wit HBK and Razor

[@AndrewNewZealand]

Wasn't televised, but WAS filmed

[@OikPoinFive]

​@@AndrewNewZealandtrue

[@terrick1984]

Adore Bret Hart. Everything about him.

[@cardiffemorgan5877]

I’m glad they went with Bret I believe the list was Bret hart Undertaker Bob backluad Tito Santana Crush I believe there were others as well I believe they thought about Randy savage but there going in youth movement

[@OikPoinFive]

Wow crush?!

[@OikPoinFive]

If macho won again in 92 and still wwe champ in 93, he still goes to wcw in 94 or 95/96

[@Aaron_leonard]

The best there is , the best there was and the best there ever will be

[@EOTA564]

Another name I heard was Tito Santana. He went over against Taker in Barcelona in ‘91 and the crowd reaction was huge. He wasn’t really in the frame in mid 1992 though. Another was Wayne Bloom (Beau Beverly) who was physically a Hogan clone.

[@christopherchurch9415]

He’s such a goat ❤

[@Thetarndeep]

He has everything in one carrier high' s lows god bless still one of best human being

[@DeadBattleEditz]

I love bret hart’s dry jokes … it reminds me of harrison ford 😂

[@Bas2thesem]

Bret’s always been a class act and a top tier pro

[@brypete]

I can listen to Bret talk wrestling all day long...

[@TheFoodieCutie]

I would have loved to see Bret and Ricky Steamboat wrestle but I think what happened was Ricky wanted to spend time with his family and Vince got really angry and forced him to resign and give up the belt so Ricky went to WCW and they didn’t know how to handle his career.

[@trevorphillips5201]

There was a time I’d think “man, Bret is bitter and complains a lot” and it took awhile to realize that I just couldn’t relate to what he lost. And list one after another after another. Bret was my favirote in the 80’s and 90’s next to Demolition. I really enjoy listening to these interviews.

[@joed2444]

One of the others on the list, I think, was Tito Santana. They were trying to push WWF into Latin America and the Matador gimmick would have been the start. As it turns out, it made more sense to go with Brett because of WWF’s relationship to the Canadian wrestling market.

[@OikPoinFive]

Dang bunch of jobbers and midcarders!!! Tito, backlund, ugh.

[@bitterthenu7278]

Greatest decision Vince ever made

[@RowlexEnterprise]

1) Backlund 2) Bret 3)Yoko 4)Luger 5) Macho

[@ProduSirX]

Backlund wasn't in the company yet neither was luger or yoko..Bret won in 92

[@fmthebaron]

@@ProduSirX you'd figure Undertaker was on the list. He was beating Ric Flair by DQ all the time in the house shows during that time.

[@davidfrederick6003]

Tito Santana was on the list

[@bathombre9739]

Really? Surprising since he was jobbing to everyone, who else was on that list? Do you know?

[@Nunnayadambiness]

As a guy who lived through Tito's prime, man was most certainly deserving of the opportunity. Even if he was losing more at the time, he was quite beloved in the Northeast and would probably make sense as an heir. Also, they can always fix a guy's push.

[@bathombre9739]

@@Nunnayadambiness 👍 thanks for your input, i started warching in 89

[@stephendwane8166]

Ariba!!

[@JoeKerrAnomaly]

Bret was the reason I became a fan of wrestling, not the likes of Hogan. More so of Bret, Savage, Piper dibiase. Kurt Angle kept me a fan of wrestling. While I was a fan of Austin, rock, sting, Scott Hall/razor, Kurt was the one that kept me as a fan. Oh how I wished for a WrestleMania match with Kurt and Bret. WWE games, I always had my fantasy nwo faction. Bret, Kurt, 2003/04 heel Randy Orton, Brock, CAWs of myself and females inspired by (Lita, sensational Sherri, Elizabeth, Victoria and Molly Holly) which is similar to a lot women wrestlers nowadays. Combining beauty with power and technique, a CAW cruiserweight inspired by X-Pac, tajiri, Gregory helms and always using Mr perfect Curt Hennig perfectplex as a finisher.

[@Thunderbolt210]

I know Bret didn’t just call himself unpredictable lol. I can call a Bret hart match moveset for moveset lol

[@alansheppard6849]

I was thinking the same. Every match he got threw chest first into turnbuckles and then predict all his moves leading up to sharp shooter. He was brilliant but he wasn’t as unpredictable as he claims

[@wilfredoesqueda]

Rick Martel, Tito Santana, Macho Man And Shawn Michaels were the other considerations for the WWF title

[@OikPoinFive]

And backlund

[@brdy85]

I love Bret, but if you watch his Wwf match with Rick for the title and his wcw one they have the same match is that ricks fault or Bret?

[@OikPoinFive]

True. Bret always has same last 3 moves...

[@chadjustice8560]

Ricks fault and everyone has their moves of doom.

[@chadjustice8560]

​​@@OikPoinFivealot of people had the same last moves lol taker is the greatest character ever but every match almost always ended the same. I forgot the biggest example, hulk up, punches, big boot and leg drop brother

[@karlalden2076]

Brett could find a way to say that the birth of his children wasn't that great because somebody stole the last piece of pizza earlier that day.

[@THEREALLORDJ]

😆

[@matthewsmith6051]

Complains about Flair doing routine matches. Does same moves in every one of his own matches.

[@Tomas361TX]

Best in the World

[@secondbest2877]

If you think about it most if not all of Flairs matches were the same….

[@fmthebaron]

Yeah he'd do a cage match once in awhile but that was it. Never any aerial moves or high risk moves either. Same routine of rest holds, working on the leg, suplex, backdrops, flop, flip upside down in the corner, climb to the top rope only to be tossed off, begging, low blow, poke to the eye, figure four, brass knuckles/foreign object to win a match.

[@AndrewNewZealand]

@fmthebaron you didn't mention get his butt exposed on a sunset flip 😂

[@lionbacker]

Of all the wrestlers that talk about their careers - he seems the most bitter

[@dwaynethomas1974]

Most of them didn't lose what he lost. I used to feel like how you feel now

[@kevinturley4943]

The 2nd rope is bret’s rope.

[@Strangepete]

Bret The Hitman Hart: He will never put over that lump in his throat and do a proper cough to get rid of it fully. A lump in his throat there is. A lump in his throat there was. A lump in his throat there forever will be.

[@_Pauper_]

I’m always creeped out when Bret smiles… like he has to think “this is when a person ought to smile” and then he does… how on earth did he get to be such a ladies man?

[@kathleenfuli6249]

did you see him in the 90's lol

[@_Pauper_]

@@kathleenfuli6249 well yeah but I don’t think I was considering the shagablity. Anvil at least seemed happy to be there even if he was a little rotund 🙃

[@jarrodsullivan9230]

it's a side effect of having a severe stroke like the one Bret had. very common for sufferers of severe strokes to have neurological damage that effects their facial expressions

[@THEREALLORDJ]

😆

[@_Pauper_]

@@jarrodsullivan9230 my mum had 2 and an aneurysm. Still manages “basic cheer” as a presenting emotion

[@usaisgood8433]

Bret is always shitting on somebody. Even when you think he’s not he is he can’t help it. it’s really not a good look.

[@rmtsdelight3773]

Here's a guy who never had to work the grueling life of a territory wrestler, but whines like he went through worse! He was a promoters kid who was guranteed early on because of Stu and Vince's handshake deals!! Bret has shown his true colors and most people are burnt out on him! Goldberg has never been able to live down an in ring botch but Droz forgave D-Lo and they continue to be friends!!

[@music2heart4u]

Wow could you be any less educated go read a book any book about that time period - theres a reason why people like Andre Macho Perfect Santana sgt slaughter Taker the list is endless of the top people riding hanging out and wanting to wrestle Bret Hart lets see Kurt Angle Samoa Joe Drew Mcintire.Seth Rollinsc.Cena the only ones who had a problem with Bret again read a book were part of the click and they had a problem with everyone.😊

[@music2heart4u]

Oh and GBurg was and always will be a selfish prick he almost killed Taker because he wasn't able to lift him up for the Jackhammer now taker has problems with his neck He knocked himself out before he came to the ring and hell sell out to the highest bidder everytime.

[@sammartinez1685]

I could listen to Bret the Hitman Hart stories all Day very interesting 🤔

[@troybullock6082]

Sometimes it is hard to feel sorry for Brett “I & Me” Hart.

[@keithconley982]

Great video but he always seems like the most bitterest person I've ever seen he complements Rick in one hand and then the backhanded compliment on the other hand just sad over how great a wrestler he actually is

[@crispben]

I dunno about that? He talks about how he ‘previously thought’ and even conceded that others might view the same criticism he previously had for Flair as being true to some of the elements in his matches. I don’t think any of that was backhanded…it recognized the beauty of the two eras and conceded to the fact that there was valid criticism to his work as well. Bret is the greatest IMO!

[@gregvgs3]

I honestly think that’s just his personality…this is the guy who Scott hall said had paintings/posters of himself in his house. He was a loner pretty much too..he’s not bitter, this is just his vibe

[@Mimichele78]

No disrespect meant but does Brett remind you of Eyhore from Winnie-the-Pooh? Best wrestler in the world and no one like is me. Sean told my wife I was having an affair isn't that wonderful. Like, I can't.

[@GmoneyOffical5728]

Bitter af lol

[@MrStuDubb]

When Bret became champion, the business tanked. He’s not a draw.

[@discoinferno12387]

You meant Diesel

[@MrStuDubb]

@@discoinferno12387 Bret is just bitter he was never as over in CANADA as Halk Hogan was at Mania 18. FACTS.

[@Adam-ov5ie]

​@@MrStuDubbtrollolololololol

[@chrisculverhouse2617]

@@MrStuDubbDumbest take ever.

[@fmthebaron]

That's true, 93, 94, and especially 95 were the worst years for the company.

[@aleiterful]

I’m still convinced Montreal was a work

[@feebypeels2883]

Just imagining Bret on his deathbed, "The Montreal Screwjob was a work. I am the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be."

[@marionlayton929]

@aleiterful : Same.

[@elcheleloco]

you obviously been lyin to yourself, you think he would put his career on the line like that for a storyline lol bret always kept it real and humble

[@aleiterful]

1. The conflicting stories of who came up w the idea. Was it hunter? Was it brisco? Patterson? Vince? Bruce Pritchard? 2. Bret confronting earl before the match asking him if he’s going to screw him. 3. The dvd.u mean to tell me there’s a camera crew following u that got the phone call offer from wcw on tape then followed u right to the event that u lost everything? 4. The contract that Vince didn’t want to pay for, wcw offered 3m a year and I believe (I could be completely wrong) wwe deal was a long term deal with less money. I believe they wanted to make sure it was a hot deal for wcw so they (wwe) could guarantee that amount to Bret or possibly even more as a result of ending their maybe 30? Year contract within a few years. 5. Writing wcw in the air on a 7 second delay. Gtfo if u think Kevin Dunn gonna produce that. Also spitting on Vince, gtfo. 6. Punching Vince. Meh, Vince might have told him for this to work u have to really hit me, but if everyone besides 4 people think it’s a shoot nobody in hell is going to let Bret take a shot at Vince. Not Shane, not taker, hell prob not patterson. My daughters waking up now so I can’t keep going but if I get any replies I’ll probably be back and rattle off a few more reasons I think it’s a work.

[@HulksterInHeaven]

@@aleiterful i bet you didn't know hogan was there that night

[@C.Mustard]

I swear he has the most boring interviews.

[@jamespaul6315]

Stfu. Hes only boring if you have no attention span

[@TheSport78]

I'm sure he cares what you think

[@honestycheck3083]

Very

[@feebypeels2883]

Just pretend you have respect for your elders while he's talking, maybe that will help.

[@secondbest2877]

It’s probably because he doesn’t have much of a personality

[@carn5haun343]

6/10

[@izenngarddrayne6414]

Ahould never have left for wcw. Imagine the feauds he would have had against prime hhh, rock, angle, benoit and maybe even brock