Bret Hart - How the Goldberg Kick Ended My Career in WCW

[@TitleMatchWrestling]

Big shout out the legendary "Hitman" Bret Hart Stream the Full Shoot Interview (2001) ➡titlematchnetwork.com/wrestling-shoot-interviews-results/

[@sexmachine77]

Yep

[@President_Shin]

Bret in the ruthless aggression era would’ve been amazing

[@Tsaunders1307]

I always thought heel Bret teaming with Vince in 98-99 to take on Stone cold would have been so sick. Bret's heat would have been unreal in the States.

[@KhyberPunk]

I would have loved to have seen a face vs face Bret/Austin match in 02 or 03. Can't help but picture Austin's retirement match against the Rock at Wrestlemania 19 (which was great) as being against Bret, instead.

[@President_Shin]

@@Tsaunders1307 his heat was already before Vince.

[@TheHappynot]

Yes, I always felt He and Undertaker would have been the main Smackdown attractions. He would've worked on Raw also.

[@pc8679]

Bret: this guy makes Vader look like Shawn Michaels

[@ownknow8161]

*🤣😂😂🤣 That’s crazy, because Vader was known as a “shooter”/“stiff worker”. Same as “The Road Warriors”. So, Goldberg had to be one of the absolute worst performers in that professional wrestling ring. SHEESH!!!! If the guy hit like bricks 🧱 to the face, I wouldn’t have wanted to wrestle him, either; he wasn’t safe, in the ring. Good thing Regal gave him a wrestling lesson. 🤣😂😂🤣*

[@pc8679]

@@ownknow8161 😆😆😆

[@ownknow8161]

@@pc8679*, when Regal told the story of how Goldberg was clueless as to how to have an awesome professional wrestling match, I was like: “Goldberg really WAS clueless. And here he is trying to pass off as a legitimate jiu-jitsu student. 🐂💩. He was just mimicking the holds of other people. 🤣😂😂🤣”.*

[@pc8679]

@@ownknow8161 his claim to fame was that he was booked as invincible during a time when people still thought it was real. He wasn’t a great worker or talker. He had the look though, I will give him that. The guy was/is a legitimate tough guy, nobody will deny that. He would have been more suited to MMA.

[@ownknow8161]

*The problem with that,* @@pc8679*, is that Rob Van Damme, Taz, “Glacier”, Shamrock, Severn, Blackmon, and other legitimate mma fighters were able to transition into being legitimate workers and professional wrestlers, so there is no excuse for being in the professional wrestling business, if he truely did not want to be there. He should’ve, just as you said, been in mma. Simple as that.*

[@twinturbo3461]

After hearing all this, I would have to say Bret Hart's matches with Andre the Giant were much safer. Bill was absolutely reckless with one of the greatest legends in the ring.

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Bret looks like a 90s action movie hero

[@mapleleafhitman1796]

For some reason he looks like Stallone a bit

[@Hausbrauen]

@@mapleleafhitman1796 I always used to think he looked a bit like Stallone.

[@danielrierson6683]

I’d say Tommy Lee jones.

[@louio]

2001 was stuck in the late 90s

[@rowenpugner3872]

@@louioNot so much... the last few years of a decade always blends together with the first few years of the next.

[@williammcadoo8685]

What Goldberg lacks in talent, he makes up for with reckless indifference to the wellbeing of his coworkers

[@joetamburello6292]

Ok mrs hart

[@aztucsonman77]

Then WWE should not have employed him if he wasn't trained properly. WWE should be liable more than anybody else.

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

People call Bret bitter but fail to understand his livelihood was taken away, Millions of dollars that could have been made. It's easy to criticize him when you have gone through what he has.

[@jackdediosgonzalez2953]

I see it this way bret new that wrestling is dangerous when he was trained by his father stu.his brother Owen has a history of hurting jobbers with his piledriver. Do you hear stone cold wining about Owen ending his career no,before droz died did you hear him wining no.only bret he's just a bitter man that should be remembering his great matches but spends his time being bitter.

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

@jackdediosgonzalez2953 re-read the last part of the comment

[@ChicCanyon]

Everything you said was true but none of that has anything to do with him being bitter. You gave reasons why a man would become bitter. Sure. But nothing refuting that he is bitter. And yeah he's really bitter. Justifiably bitter is still bitter.

[@bnel9318]

@@jackdediosgonzalez2953you are completely ignoring what he said in the comment. Matter of fact, Austin did complained about Owen Hart and Austin said he hated him for what he did.

[@bnel9318]

@@ChicCanyon easier said than being done. If the someone crippled you from walking , or can’t use arms again I’m sure you would be bitter about it

[@jonbourgoin182]

Bret is asked about this in every frigging recorded interview he's ever done and people wonder why he's bitter about it and buries Goldberg so much.

[@JCool123]

He has been very consistent about the incident hasn't embellished anything.

[@joetamburello6292]

@@JCool123 not true

[@JCool123]

@@joetamburello6292 What part he lied about?

[@joetamburello6292]

@@JCool123 everything

[@mapleleafhitman1796]

Stroke did messed up Hart he used to have a low toned voice and doesn’t clears his throat as much and doesn’t get emotional in any interview even after Owen’s accident or any wrestling incident

[@RVFCalvo]

The fact that he was concussed and was left alone to go to sleep is really one of the most dangerous parts of the story

[@themobseat]

Bret is the best wrestler ever, hope he has a great life in retirement.

[@JCool123]

From watching the interview in 2001 and 2024 - He at least been consistent and honest about what happened.

[@mikejejenich-pb5zx]

Im a brett hart. Mark. I admit that. If i got kicked in the head. And my career was ended. Id be pissed off as well. Thts how he feeds his family👋. Goldberg was reckless and couldn’t give a coordinated match

[@willglenn8638]

Goldberg eats corn the long way

[@Newbobdole]

I love Bret, and in that kick he literally sustained injury to the pleasure center of his brain If anyone wants more context for Bret’s [emotional] outlook, I recommend reading “Pain & Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling” and his autobiography TLDR His childhood family life was chaotic, from the feast/famine of his dad’s wrestling business & his dad was… physically abusive And the TBI hasn’t helped his outlook

[@TuckNeal]

In this same match we went for the figure 4 on the ring post and smacked the back of his head, also people have taken MMA kicks to the head harder than that and walked away almost perfectly fine, he wrestled after this and took more shots to the head. Yes goldberg was green, yes goldberg injured people, but that is the nature of the business

[@babalarassrah]

Even in his grave yard, he will talk about this 😂😂😂

[@BigChooch8787]

This guy says every other wrestler can't work. Except him. That's why people find him bitter

[@Traypeats]

Hes said many times that shawn michaels was amazing in the ring.

[@fmthebaron]

@@Traypeats yes he has HBK in his Top 5 all time with Mr. Perfect, Owen Hart, Dynamite Kid, and himself.

[@thelion2087]

Have some respect for Bret. Bret was perfect in the ring. He was a professional unlike that scum Goldberg.

[@jnmaui]

All this guy does is cry about Goldberg. Such a bitter old man.

[@daveyddunne]

I do miss this Bret Hart, he's so sharp and coherent here. I listen to him now and wince a little, because he comes across so bitter. However, people have to remember that he's not a well man these days.

[@NoneofYabiz-rx3zi]

Wait til you're his age. Old people earned to right to complain and be bitter

[@rowenpugner3872]

Keep in mind he had a terrible stroke from all this in 2002. That's THE reason he's slower mentally, doesn't get around well, and can't even smile or move on one half of his face (as you can see he can still smile here in 2001).

[@jaybarnes8034]

Goldberg was remorseless when he injured wrestlers.

[@walterbradthau9525]

WAIT!..... Goldberg hurt Haku?!

[@TitleMatchWrestling]

Yep spiked Haku (as Meng) right on his head then did the same to Jimmy Hart just moments later

[@nostalgiaman6816]

Yes the match is on KZbin. WCW Saturday Night. Haku and Jimmy Hart.

[@RuthlessMcDugal]

I can listen to Bret hart talk about that Neanderthal bill Goldberg all day

[@ericdravenX00X]

No disrespect to Bill but the fact is Goldberg was a Mark for himself..

[@ChicCanyon]

Accurate

[@jasonzoellner7547]

I wish this would not have happened!!!!! Brett was already in a bad emotional situation. This was the final screw job 😢

[@Aaron-82]

BROTHER 🤙🩵🤙WHO DON'T WANT 2 KICK THAT STONE COLD REJECT IN THE HEAD🫡

[@jmtexx]

How did he end his career, I’m sure he got a nice settlement

[@XavierGage]

The fact that he blames it all on Goldberg when he continued to wrestle after that incident against Sid and Nash and 2 Hardcore matches with Terry Funk. Not necessarily great at taking it safe.

[@yojoeski]

How long after this was his stroke?

[@murderorgy2995]

This is a lie because bret hart did wrestle after that kick

[@crocskin]

No one said he didn't

[@murderorgy2995]

@@crocskin than stop crying

[@marklysaght2996]

All wrestlers know the risks and mistakes happen.Goldberg done a kick so what.Bret has kicked many opponents and luckily never gave then a concussion.Bret or any other wrestler can't play the blame game if they get hurt..Although wrestling is corregraghed alot in the matches things happen and its just the way of the world in that business..get over it Bret..I love and respect you but it happened its past..move on

[@gorkskoal9315]

Pretty much this. lol as much of an asshole as New Jack is. I don't think he went 40 year bender ranting about how few bad bumps screwed up his head, and he spent his life in ECW where: punchdrunk safety and and well not murderizing each other was just a suggestion. And then we have Bret Fart: so that one kick? sure I had a bunch of people kick me in the head and I could have done the match millions of other ways. But let me spend decades bitching about one spot.And he wonders why people keep at ah harmth ey lengh.

[@StephOMacRules]

Would you say the same to Martha regarding Owen's death? That he knew the risks and mistakes happen?

[@gorkskoal9315]

@@StephOMacRules yes.

[@SmileAmerica-th7ye]

bret is honest about a crap business where certain wrestlers hurt other wrestlers thats very preventable . promoters can kill wrestlers n keep show running like pos mcmahon w owen hart ! so glad brett punched out vince

[@mrscottspodcast]

Vince told Goldberg to basically beat the tar out of Bret and don't worry about it, just as he told David Schultz to slap John Stossel a couple times and not to worry about it, and just as Vince encouraged Owen to do the fatal stunt that he did, don't worry about it. Vince is ruthless I tell ya

[@danielrierson6683]

So he wrestled the next night and a couple weeks after?

[@JCool123]

He did.

[@richmiraclesdlr5630]

Dude still can’t get over it. Bret you need to make peace with yourself. You cannot dwell on what happened. Instead be grateful and thankful you are alive!!!!! I feel for you but what is done cannot be undone unless you move forward with your life by leaving your burdens behind and trust in God from Heaven above. You got my respect and am sure the Wrestling community. ✨✨✨✨✨

[@mickeyt5424]

Clips over 23 years old.. 👍🏽

[@a.r.5100]

Bro this clip was from 2001. Only a few months after it happened. And he even said he thought nothing of it until the interviewer asked him about bill saying he didn't care. Get your head out your butt buddy.

[@President_Shin]

@@mickeyt5424lol

[@pc8679]

The interviewer brought it up. Is Bret supposed to sugar coat it?

[@arturoalmazan5262]

he's still a bitter whiner. he never mentions when Owen his brother injured Austin and almost was paralyzed and ended his wrestling career. he's never addressed that .

[@JuTtLlA]

Still you have to take the bad with the bad dude you knew exactly what could happen to anyone at anytime...get over it!! Or that's the last thing u will think about

[@President_Shin]

Nothing like advice from the internet, it’s between him and Goldberg.

[@ChicCanyon]

I love Brets work but Goldberg would mangle him.

[@arturoalmazan5262]

he's been saying that since more than 2 decades lol. it may have been Oldberg with that kick that caused his retirement but Hart , wasnt in that great shape in 2000. look at Shawn michaels; austin ; Taker their bodies were beat up so much. hart wouldn't have lasted more than one more year wrestling. i just cant hear bret hart whine any longer about that situation

[@msoi215]

Bret make it sound like Bill Goldberg did that deliberately. Bill Goldberg said it time and time again that it was an accident. If Bret still has animosity towards Bill Goldberg because of that, then that's his problem.

[@kevinlee9929]

Goldberg has a track record of being reckless with guys.

[@msoi215]

@kevinlee9929 That's the same thing they said about Nia Jax when it came to women

[@kevinlee9929]

@@msoi215 Nia Jax never ended someone's career and gave them an injury that contributed to that person later having a stroke.

[@MrSirMang]

Goldberg had a lot of faults. Not all are to be placed directly at his feet though. WCW itself strapped a rocket to his ass, never had him work on his in ring work, never had him work on his mic skills, and never held him accountable for anything he did.

[@MikeBadaoa]

​@@MrSirMang he drew money for WCW

[@neitherhereorthere7131]

Boring

[@Arweto01]

I’ve always loved Bret. He was the best scientific wrestler in the industry. Goldberg is an unprofessional bully who isn’t even good at wrestling.

[@nostalgiaman6816]

I used to feel bad for Goldberg because in every interview Hall & Nash would call him a mark. But now I can’t stand him and he is a mark. It’s like in the movie ANY GIVEN SUNDAY - LL COOL J thought he was REALLY playing football - which led to his fight with Jamie Foxx - who was like dude we’re just acting. Over the past few years, new documentaries have come out where Bill said he REALLY wanted Hall to use a real life taser or real stun gun at Starrcade. WTF?! The whole art of wrestling is to make it “look” like you’re hurting each other without doing so - make money etc. I saw Goldberg on broken sessions with Austin and dude just didn’t get it. He didn’t want EVERYTHING to look real. He wanted it to be real. Someone said it best: “The wrestler who was the safest in the ring to work with got his career ruined by the wrestler who was the most careless.” It’s sad.

[@ownknow8161]

*Yea; if he dumped King Tonga/Haku on his head, the guy wasn’t safe, at all. Just thinking about how he ended Bret’s career, and never took responsibility for it, is arrogantly ignorant of him. And if he wanted it to be real, then, he should’ve gone to ECW or XPW. He could’ve gone to CZW, during its inception. Hearing this interview really makes me wonder if Bill Goldberg was really a plant. 🤔*

[@Plainview-tu7xn]

Bret was way more coherent here than he is now.

[@Guitarist888]

Well he’s younger here. DUUUUUH! 😵‍💫

[@davidnec571]

This is before his stroke in 2002.

[@Hausbrauen]

^ Yep it was 100% due to the stroke. It's so sad watching this from 2001 as Bret says he hopes the effects from his career-ending injury have stopped.

[@Grisna_25-]

Bret hart

[@codex0451]

Bill Goldberg

[@Tsaunders1307]

I'm sure the kick hurt, but it doesn't look like it was done improperly or a complete potato. Bret was just unlucky. It happens.

[@themobseat]

Brett was kicked so hard it tore his neck muscle. That was an improper kick.

[@NoneofYabiz-rx3zi]

He shouldn't have run into it full speed. The 2 shots to the head probably made him forget that it was a WCW ring and not a WWF ring

[@gorkskoal9315]

@@NoneofYabiz-rx3zi that to. I thought it was Brets love for white medicine, and well bret wasn't exactly the sharpest knife the drawer lol. Bret really needs to this one through: AAA mexico, Lucha Underground, and NJPW have vastly tighter timing for some very high risk highreward spots. The news isn't flooded withL NJPW wrestler Johny Awesome side lined from getting smashed in the face with... let me put it this Yoshihiro Tajiri, was trusted to do: brain busters, chair shots, weapons that really could maim, and all kinds of spins and kicks, and is (or was?) was considered a class act that was extremely trust worthy, Rey Mysterio is/was trusted to do spots really are dangerous, yeah I don't hear anyone complaining they're dangerous either, if anything people say they're a little on the timid side.

[@BobStallmanArchUser]

thats allllllll he talks about .... sad.