Bret Hart on TSN Off The Record

Late 2000 Bret Hart on TSN Off The Record with Michael Landsburg

[@lazarorodriguez5161]

I WILL ALWAYS RESPECT ✊ THIS MAN!!! THANK YOU 🙏 MR BRET THE HITMAN HART

[@davidli7286]

he and the rock will always be my favourites

[@scoonboon]

My childhood hero. Always will be.

[@SCARLEMSCARS]

He sleeps with other men which ruined his marriage.

[@illkid86]

​@@SCARLEMSCARS shut up

[@mariejones2398]

@@SCARLEMSCARSSource: a guy who enjoys watching sweaty men run around in their underwear…

[@DavidBarton777]

​@SCARLEMSCARS nah don't Slander The Hitman like that

[@georgestewart7658]

I know bret didn't get the ending/retirement he wanted but I have brilliant memories and he can look back with pride I love bret 💖

[@devangpatel5227]

so much integrity. even back then he recognized vince mcmahon's prowess.

[@JoshLavian]

He cheated on his wife with ring rats for years

[@smiggy8657]

@@JoshLavian - standard.

[@justmytwobits]

Bret Hart was definitely the best.

[@sebipogonza7972]

Ya

[@Yoni123]

He's up there. In terms of in-ring ability, probably #1. Promos weren't really the best

[@gregorsamsa2271]

@@Yoni123 Actually, his promos got better and better with age. As a heel, he was very entertaining. The perfect dancing partner for Steve in 1997!

[@joeo5484]

And if you don’t believe this guy, just ask Bret!!! He’ll be happy to tell you all about how great he was

[@justmytwobits]

@@gregorsamsa2271 I am from Edmonton, Alberta Canada (yes where Chris Benoit is from too),.. but when ret would come to Edm. with his Edm Oilers Jersey on with the rest of the Hart Foundation back in ‘97 on RAW, man.. those were great days in wrestling.

[@zackvanhalen]

It's so crazy how young he looks here. Looks like he could have wrestled another 10 years if he didn't get hurt.

[@AnEternalEnigma]

Right? And he was already 43 years old here. He was still in phenomenal shape. Easily could have wrestled to 50.

[@MRAS_]

This is a rare interview after his concussion but before his stroke. So sad it was only going to get worse for him.

[@zackvanhalen]

@captain scentsible39 He knew the kick was coming, but wrestlers don't punch or kick each other full blast in the head. A well-trained wrestler will know how to control the force they use. Goldberg kicked him so hard he couldn't use his hand to block it. Keep in mind, Goldberg wasn't just a normal guy. He was a fucking monster with freakishly strong legs who had MMA training.

[@Pillmanized]

@@AnEternalEnigma 43 isn't old lol

[@craigwilson3532]

Notice bret said Owen was "killed" instead of died. People say bret is bitter today. He has alot to be bitter about including what happened to his brother

[@craigwilson3532]

Notice bret said Owen was "killed" instead of died. People say bret is bitter today. He had alot to be bitter about including what happened to his brother

[@billybob5337]

But he has a whiny personality by nature. Its far from just his brother's death. I mean he still bitches about Hogan and 1993 to this very day. The problem with that is that he NEVER complained about that until the 2010's, when he officially buried the hatchet with HBK and Vince. Nor did he ever criticize Goldberg in the 2000's. Plainly stating he "didnt blame" Goldberg. Once HBK and Vince were past news, he immediately publicly turned on Hogan and Goldberg......whereas he spoke well of both of them while he trashed HBK and Vince. It just shows that he has a toxic personality by nature, and HAS to have people hes continually bashing. If its not one, its another.

[@FrankVillegas]

We love you Bret!

[@gingerriviera3654]

I love ❤️ Bret Hart

[@fnanderson6637]

The way wcw handled this guy is the biggest fumble in the history of wrestling. You had THE HOTTEST talent at the time and you wait WEEKS to bring him out. His non compete clause only was for in ring. I would of brought him out right after the screw job and have him do an xpac type rant. Big botch on wcw and eric. And btw i just farted.

[@landonpackard8935]

Good push

[@glamgal7106]

To this day, I still say that the name Bret Hart is synonymous with the word legend. For anyone who’s saying that he’s coming off as being bitter, then I’d say, how about putting yourself in his shoes? Would you be happy as a clam if you had a concussion, or better yet a stroke? None of them are something to be taken lightly-they’re serious health conditions. I’ve watched Bret many times in live events and have met him personally. He’s never given me the impression of being stand-offish or full of himself and he proved to be a hard worker. He also shows sincere appreciation for his fans. I have the utmost respect for Bret not only as a wrestler, but also for the man he is.

[@josiex1841]

i could have listened to them talk for hours. i wanted to hear Bret's answer about guys who cant talk, but can wrestle, etc., at the last few seconds of video. Whether Bret is just chatting or burying the world i just love listening to him..

[@ruggie.74]

they were definitely talking about benoit at that point

[@glamgal7106]

I agree with you. I too can listen to Bret talk for hours. He definitely has a no-nonsense approach to what he says. If there was any bitterness at the time, I think there was definitely good reason for it-concussions aren’t something to be taken lightly. Sadly, who knew that Bret would have that stroke? Yet he’s a fighter and a survivor and he’s lived through so much to tell it all.

[@AntonioJCRM]

Just by this interview alone, his last days may have been with WCW but his heart and soul was still with WWF.

[@wrestlingtapes2036]

Goat

[@libyanloyal7932]

Hit man fan forever

[@imprenta3119]

Bret the best and always cool

[@sebipogonza7972]

Bret the Best🤙🏼😎

[@hectorlopez1069]

He looks young in this clip. He looks good here.

[@illkid86]

43 years old

[@Lancun]

He aged like 20 years in the weeks following his stroke.

[@billymincey3246]

Duh it was 2000 22 years ago

[@Vercingetorix.Fantasia]

Pre Stroke.

[@daveledonio5793]

Then He aged so fast after

[@justmytwobits]

Great video!

[@PsychicSpark]

I would laugh my ass off to see Goldberg in an Iron Match🤣

[@destineetyson7756]

I love you Mr Bret Hart my favorite WWE wrestler of all time ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@fransiscoscaramanga674]

he was the best........ so much integrity, and 100 times the better wrestler than sean michaels...

[@Jblizzybaby]

The WCW

[@sleazyfellow]

World wrestling federation championship belt

[@alterbridgegod]

​@@sleazyfellow yeah that was what it was called

[@naveedgoraya6821]

Bret great

[@terrick1984]

Adore Bret

[@rockkzillatv444]

21:44 "who ever saw you wrestler" 🤣🤣

[@mohamedmostafa5060]

حبيبي يا برت هارت

[@gordonirvine726]

21:45 For every wrestler who ever saw you wrestler

[@dr.loomis4221]

well...well...well...well...well...well

[@nichhodge8503]

Stone Cold Steve Austin is my favourite wrestler ever and like Bret Hart I believe in the ring Dynamite Kid was pound for pound the best wrestler ever and his matches against Tiger Mask in 82 and 83 were absolutely amazing. But my favourite match is Stone Cold Steve Austin Vs Bret Hart at WrestleMania 13 with the double turn was great and is certainly the best WrestleMania match after Undertaker Vs Giant Gonzales at WrestleMania 9 (only joking that was the worst WrestleMania match). Even though the Undertaker Vs Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 25 and 26 were good and many fans’s favourite match either 25 or 26 as some fans a split on which was the best for me the Austin Vs Bret Hart at WrestleMania 13 was the best.

[@davido1503]

As good as this show is/was the constant commerical breaks are painful. At 18:28 Bret's about to go into another one of his favourite matches and just gets cut off.

[@josiex1841]

i cant get enough of listening to Bret talk he is awesome

[@Vercingetorix.Fantasia]

That's network t.v dude. The breaks pay the salaries

[@88smjls]

So at what point did Bret start hating Bischoff.

[@dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630]

The hour long match with HBK bored the crap out of people…..😂😂😂

[@josiex1841]

Everybody talks about how Bret is the best wrestler of all time, and he is. Everybody talked about how pretty Shawn was back then. Not to me. Bret is/was/still kinda is, but especially back then, a beautiful man, what a gorgeous guy even still in his 40s. For the ones who liked dudes who actually dated women, give me Bret all day. Even straight dudes could admit this if they were honest. And if you preferred Shawn to Bret, you may not be that straight anyway lol.

[@UncledadBFD]

I prefer Bret to Shawn but wtf are you talking about here

[@SKRILLALXXXV]

@@UncledadBFD HA!

[@inutero10]

Gary dellabeeshio

[@FlexinGains]

'' There are no wrestlers that run it'' wcw, how funny Eric bischoff and Paul Heyman maybe did not have a background of wrestling throughout highschool, but these guys have '' brains'' haha great podcast with Bret, bless his brother.

[@jman9838]

Goldberg worst wrestler of all time

[@glamgal7106]

I saw a KZbin video on the top ten wrestlers who were the hardest to work with. #3 was Shawn Michaels. #2 was Goldberg. I can’t say that I’m surprised.

[@mairafavela4954]

Brett could have wrestled another ten years if it weren't for the head injury

[@bobnichols3233]

He complains about Michaels working with his friends as champion? How many championship matches did Bret have with his brother and brothers in law?

[@justinbeetle2594]

Bret also had matches with Shawn, Hunter, Diesel, 123 Kid, Razor as well.....

[@johnschneider4363]

This dude said WM12 match with bret and shawn might be greatest of all time lol

[@Vercingetorix.Fantasia]

It's a great match and was even better for the time

[@chriscousins5752]

Remember when bill oldberg kicked me in the face was fucking like a fly hitting me

[@salvozisa]

after this year wcw went down the toilett becAUSE OF THERE BUSNISSE DECISION WITH BRET HART AS FAN TOO THE SHOW WCW MONDAY NITRO THEY WHERE BEAT EVERY WEEK UNTIL 2001 WHERE THE SHITSS OF ALL TIME AFTER THE INTERVIEW IS LIKE CM PUNK TOOK ALOT FROM BRET HART BOOK AS WELL MAKING AEW LOOKING THEM LIKE CM PUNK DID BECAUSE OF THIS INJURIE AND NEARLY SHITSSS PRODUCT OF WRESTLING LIKE WVW WITH RUSSO !!!!!

[@daveledonio5793]

It is shame WCW didn't took advantage when Bret was still hot from the Montreal screwjob

[@ericlofstrand]

Sometimes I wonder with Bret. With his loyalty to Vince and Vince's clear leadership.....I wonder if that environment allowed him to excel, because Bret could outwork anyone for his boss's approval. But with Bischoff, almost seemed like he expected talent to step up and create storylines and do their own thing, and Bret was probably just lost without strong direction. Also he probably used up all his loyalty efforts in WWF

[@ba09942]

He came up with allot of different ideas and Bischoff shut them down.. he also came up with ideas when he worked with Vince.. Bret says wcw didn’t know what to do with him and talent but I think Hogan had alot to do with it.. He didn’t want to wrestle Bret in my opinion he can’t wrestle at Brets level and he didn’t want to look like a idiot he wanted to be the star.. soo I believe Bischoff didn’t want to lose hogan soo he didn’t use Bret… big mistake on their part but bad for Bret

[@ivanvalentin3898]

To be fair brett vs hogan would look ridiculous ​@@ba09942

[@scoonboon]

Why did they stop this show? It would be amazing to have now. WWE, AEW, HHH, The McMahons, Tony Khan, All of the old school HOF opinions, then all current stars. It would be fantastic.

[@AnEternalEnigma]

This show would be irrlevant now because of the 1 million wresting podcasts that exist now.

[@BigBoss-zi5ss]

" I don't blame Bill" .. that def didn't age well

[@billybob5337]

Not only that.....but if you read his comments on Hulk Hogan from the same period, he was VERY complimentary of Hogan. Hogan and Goldberg entered his radar immediately after he "buried the hatchet" with Shawn and Vince. Its outright proof that the guy is a toxic personality, and lives off of hating.

[@naveedgoraya6821]

Bret great but a nistake y come back and did sixteen minute more with shuan need rest they stop and again strat the bad thing when shoun kick

[@sheryarhafeez1006]

Wat

[@joncrack187]

Wth.?

[@only1icon1801]

Can you translate in English please

[@henryjunior5991]

Bret stop you didn't make stone cold 🤣🤣

[@glamgal7106]

Actually Stone Cold recently said that, “If there wasn’t a Bret Hart, there wouldn’t be a Stone Cold Steve Austin.”

[@thequackpackattack9250]

The double turn made StoneCold a face and put that rocket on him. That match put Steve at the same level as the top guys in WWF.

[@dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630]

Hulk was right not to pas the torch to Brett, for this era and it’s fans Brett wasn’t the man, he just wasn’t a big enough star to put the strap on….. To blame his stroke on a concussion wasn’t quite fair. He worked after that, Goldberg gets the heat for it but years of abuse certainly played their part in Brett ending up like he did. His tantrum after Montreal was ridiculous and showed Brett as a ridiculous clown who really should’ve done the job in the first place, to come out publicly telling people that he didn’t really lose and to kill kayfabe was so stupid of him, he actually admits he didn’t actually win anything either! That how stupid he is, “I was supposed to win and Vince screwed me!”…… what a moron, vince helped make him and without Vince he would probably died in a van crash driving through the mountains of Canada performing in bars and school gyms in the arm pit of nowhere! He never had the charisma to be the top guy, it’s as simple as that, and belive me he was never even half as popular as bulldog was in the uk either, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a wrestler so full of himself who actually believes he was a real champion and his own catch phrase.

[@KairiPrime]

Lots of talk for someone who can't even spell Bret's name right...

[@ripseeze_the_second5590]

Shut up

[@chadzillas5180]

Yeah cause Brett was a bigger international star then Hogan was. Hogan was just big in the states. Wwf wanted to be a global business. Brett was the man for that. Also put on the best matches and wether you like it or not was the guy who brought the attitude era in. He could play a heel and a face. He put over Stone Cold. If it wasn’t for Shawn Michaels Brett would have not have had to leave wwf

[@dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630]

@@chadzillas5180 that’s absolute rubbish!!!! Do you realise that firstly I’m not an American? Secondly in the 80s the WWF went global!!!! Brett being on top almost killed the business, why do you think Vince tore up the deal with Brett and then told him to go to wcw!! I don’t think I’ve ever heard such a ridiculous thing said by anyone….ever!!! Brett has the personality of a damp sock… he never changed his demeanor, he had very little charisma or pysichal stature. It took stone cold and the rock to revive the wwf/wwe and without them who knows what would’ve happened.

[@briandoyle3507]

Goldberg injured Brett on purpose so Brett wouldn't get paid.Most people know it to be true.

[@lucag.lisickza425]

wait, this is a real thing?

[@inutero10]

Thats absolute bs.

[@AnEternalEnigma]

WCW's contracts were guaranteed so I don't really know where you're getting this bullshit from. Bret was released in October 2000 a few weeks before his 3-year contract was supposed to expire anyways.

[@johncoyne3756]

McMahon paid him to do it and gave him a heads up that he'd be buying the WCW soon & promised him there would always be a spot for him in the WWF whenever he needed a payday. Everybody who ever crossed Vince ended up dead or with something bad happening to them. Vince knew that putting Bret out of action would kill him more than just taking him straight out. After taking Owen out he realised it didn't destroy Bret as much as he thought it would hence him saying it was "like looking into the eyes of a skeleton" not because he was feeling bad for Owen but he felt bad that it didn't affect Bret the way he'd hoped it would.

[@coreysmith8681]

Bret wrestled for over a year after Goldberg 'ended his career'

[@KliqDon1983]

Too bad he did comeback. That match he had with Vince might have been the worst in WrestleMania history.

[@AnEternalEnigma]

Michael Cole vs. Jerry Lawler says hello. Everyone knew this wasn't going to be a real match because Bret couldn't take any bumps due to his concussions and his insurance policy.

[@KliqDon1983]

@@AnEternalEnigma exactly a shame he came back

[@DTskater16]

Lol

[@daleva187goligo]

class act all the way

[@VinDaddyCool]

"I don't blame Bill Goldberg". 2000... Wish he stuck with that

[@Mere_Puffery]

For real, why do you have any opinions about how he should feel now about the guy who caused him an extremely serious injury? WCW should really take some of the blame too btw. His BRAIN was damaged, not his knee or shoulder. Three concussions in that match. It ended his career, then caused the stroke two years after this interview. At this point (2000) he’d lost his career, lost an absolute fuck ton of money but seems relatively happy considering all that -probably thought the worst was over. Seems post-stroke his feelings changed and he can be as pissed off or as not pissed off as he wants to be! Fuck Goldberg, he couldn’t fucking wrestle and didn’t give a single flying fuck about wrestling. Or wrestlers. The change in his feelings could literally be symptoms caused by the stroke. I’m guessing but I’d imagine he might worry about CTE sometimes too because it’s a definite possibility.

[@commissary4196]

I think Bret was a good guy but he was definitely a sook when it came his responsibilities.

[@TheAnswerToIs-uk5fq]

So here he says he doesn’t blame Goldberg for the concussion, yet years down the road he blames Goldberg 100%?

[@henryjunior5991]

OMG did he really say he wrote his own storylines lmfao 🤣🤣 what a liar he can't even answer questions

[@DavidBarton777]

He's talking about In ring

[@johncoyne3756]

Bret always changes his stories and stances on people & things all the time. every interview is slightly different. In one Bischoff treated him well and the next he was an asshole or Hogan didn't do anything bad to him or was involved much in his situation then in the next Hogan actively went out his way to stiffle him. or Goldberg shouldn't take any blame it wasn't his fault then it was his fault & was negligent. Or in the WWF he just did his job, did everything Vince asked of him then it was himself who came up with all of his stuff & Vince just said do whatever u want. sometimes even in the same interview he will say 2 opposing things. it's very difficult to discern what the actual truth is or what his actual genuine opinion about something is.

[@dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630]

Lamburger is such a mark for Brett, get off his dk man it’s embarrassing 😂 many would say….. no they wouldn’t, he doesn’t even get a mention when considering the greatest superstars…. Doesn’t even come close, it’s such a shame he is so bitter because he’s such a mark over his own character, how can he think he has integrity, he came out talking about how fixed and fake wreslting is because he was supposed to win…. He killed his own legacy and doesn’t even realise what he did, that shows how naive and stupid he really was.

[@rockinyouallnight]

Bitter Bret: whining and complaining since Y2K.

[@JoshLavian]

1997

[@glamgal7106]

If you had a concussion, or better yet a stroke, would you be a Pollyanna?

[@divanmalan1598]

Milking the crap out of a concussion...

[@joetamburello6292]

My issue with Bret is that he comes off arrogant and bitter. Those are two qualities I just dont like

[@rancidcrawfish]

It's a Canadian thing

[@SKRILLALXXXV]

@@rancidcrawfish Hahaha!

[@illkid86]

Yet u tolerate the pos that hbk was

[@dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630]

He actually really believes he was best their is was blah blah…. Sorry but NOOOOO…… a Canadian dean malenko 😂 good work but zero personality….. the best guy was the guy who sold the most tickets plain and simple, otherwise kurt angle would be crowed greatest of all time!

[@thequackpackattack9250]

He carried the company in the darkest days and opened up the european and worldwide market. He was a bigger star worldwide than in usa. Not #1 ever but top 10. Hogan Austin Rock Cena Undertaker Flair Bret HBK Reigns Andre.

[@dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630]

@@thequackpackattack9250 it’s a generational thing, I noticed you never mentioned Bruno, superstar, George George etc…. It’s a perspective thing and we all have our favourites and our own opinions. I appreciate yours and can’t argue about that, each to their own, that’s the beauty of wreslting back then, something for everyone, what works for one doesn’t work for another but with a great mix we can watch and leave happy.

[@matrixkt8673]

His son Blade is such a mess