Shawn Michaels on Bret Hart & Wrestlemania 12

Shawn Michaels talks to Sam Roberts about his Iron Man match with Bret Hitman Hart at Wrestlemania 12
#shorts #samroberts #notsam #shawnmichaels #nxt #wwe #brethart #wrestlemania

[@NotsamWrestling]

Watch the whole interview here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKCyqXt6bt52Z9k

[@thepuertorock1467]

You know nothing sir. 1 hour time limit draws were a thing in the past assface. 🙃

[@alecjordan6100]

So nice to see them be so respectful and admiring of one another all these years later. People definitely can change over time.

[@Director2024]

Not if you are Shawn Michaels, to some people. They make him out to be the devil. .

[@jackwhitbread4583]

​@@Director2024because numerous wrestlers hate his guts. Even now he is a asshole to the younger talent.

[@jamesgangmember]

no iron man match will ever come close to Bret vs Shawn

[@herecomesdatrain]

Hbk vs kurt?

[@jamesgangmember]

@herecomesdatrain it was good but didn't give me the same excitement as the Bret vs Shawn match, maybe it a bias of mine but Bret and Shawn were always my 2 favorite wrestlers of all time, I was always more excited to see those 2 over Hogan and Worrior lol only 2 others that I loved after them was Austin and the Rock

[@Kalel2.0]

Angle vs Lesnar

[@brandocalrissian3294]

​@@Kalel2.0 oh god, that would be hell.

[@alemorales8642]

Cena vs Orton en 2009 was complete opposite but incredibly its such fun to watch too That hour was very entertaining, probably one of their best matches

[@rolandpillay3273]

All I can say is 2 of the greatest to ever to do it. One was a technical master the other a master entertainer I enjoyed that match alot. Bret was my favourite

[@brandocalrissian3294]

Shawn was my favorite but I also loved bret. It was a rough but memorable night.

[@troystaunton254]

I’ve even heard bret hart say one of the worst aspects of the screw job is that we lost all his matches with angle, and Jericho. We lost his matches with kane. What would have been with Austin and the rock and undertaker. But worst of all we lost all the matches he was gonna have with Shawn.

[@cax1175]

As Bret said, he and Shawn could have wrestled each other every year for ten years and had the best match.

[@ishanray]

But the screw job has nothing to do with him leaving. Bret was already gone and it his decision so I don’t understand him saying if it never happened, we would have seen all those other matches.

[@libfit9068]

⁠​⁠@@ishanray While the is true, Bret’s eventual match vs Goldberg happened at the end of 1999. At that time, the attitude era was already in full effect and WWF had gotten out of the shts. I truly believe if Bret left on good terms, that Vince McMahon would’ve brought Bret back into WWF and he would’ve been able to have great matches. People don’t realize that Vince and Bret were very close, almost like family which is why the screw job hurt Bret so much.

[@ynotwilliams2000]

Flair put hour long matches on like a champ. Not only was the match solid, it kept the crowd entertained. I can’t recall a high profile match like Shawn vs Bret and be so entertaining. By the time of the final pin, I had to piss so bad. No way I was going to miss the first pin fall

[@brandonjames7462]

Yeah guys like Flair and Dusty use to put on hour long broadways all the time back in the day. Now its an anomaly. And Flair would be wasted most of the time, lol.

[@ynotwilliams2000]

@@brandonjames7462 Crazy that Dusty could go a hour long and people gave him shit about his body. No matter what Dusty was over big time in key regions. Much like the vonEric’s we’re in Texas.

[@ezio_Winchester]

Might be blasphemy but I'm not a ric flair fan. His wrestling.... style or whatever you wanna call it always broke the illusion for me

[@brandonjames7462]

@@ezio_Winchester Everyone has their own taste. Only question I have is have you seen his earlier work? Like his matches against Dusty or Steamboat?

[@ezio_Winchester]

@brandonjames7462 no I haven't.. I mainly saw him in the early 90s to the 2000's . Kinda quit watching when I joined the army in 2007

[@joshotten1904]

These 2 hbk and hitman even when the hated each other they delivered sometimes I think having a real rivalry can make the matches better like a series of one ups on each other live these guys glad it's all in the past

[@flamboyant480]

A lot of people knock it but I love watching that match!

[@jessossenkopp]

Still my favorite Mania match. It didn’t re-invent anything. It didn’t have a multitude of crazy spots either- or rather, it didn’t feel like they rehearsed specific sequences and they were intentionally wrapping up one sequence to move on to the other. It kind of just felt organic but at the same time it felt like basic wrestling at a high level.

[@brandocalrissian3294]

When i think of wrestlemania, i think of this match.

[@rustywilson3127]

Even when they had heat Bret still said Shawn was one of his favorite people to wrestle

[@steventaylor8807]

That match was awesome ,

[@derekborba2644]

As much of a prick as Shawn was backstage, he is easily in the discussion of being the greatest in ring performer of all time.

[@Jackholiday1025]

Everyone could be a prick backstage then. Others were no different than Shawn in part from not being a the top. The thing is shawn was always good to his fans and he has more than owned up to his past mistakes.

[@kc4276]

Bro he literally IS the discussion.

[@brandocalrissian3294]

It's not a discussion. He is the greatest. Ric Flair will say so in literally every interview he does and Bret agreed with him.

[@jackwhitbread4583]

​@@Jackholiday1025there are dozens of old school wrestlers who would disagree and who hated HBK, it wasn't just Bret that has major issues with Shawn's attitude

[@-jon-477]

I think Brett & Shawn had beef because they were so similar in many ways.

[@sakthi5277]

It’s cause Shawn was a dick

[@TheChristianNomad]

the magic of Shawn Michaels was his endurance. It's funny listening to people recount HBK matches because they always tell it like he got a lot of moves in. Shawn Michaels' whole deal was that he'd get beat to death for 30 minutes and then come back to life with that kip up and manage to win. He was like a smiling, male-stripper version of Undertaker.

[@templeos2954]

Haha that's why him Vs Taker was always golden ying Vs yang

[@joeybutafucco2891]

Before bret hops out of the ring you can clearly see him mouthing those words

[@albertross2456]

What words

[@garyhammond7683]

He told the ref to get bret to get the fuck out of his ring I agree with the sentiment its his moment . He just phrased it like an arrogant prick

[@MrTeamBringIt123]

That he acknowledged Roman reigns as his tribal chief

[@ericdraven_9481]

Shawn said “get the fuck out of the ring.”immediately after he beat Bret and began to celebrate his win IIRC.

[@Tombo_91]

Me an my grandad watching PPV at 1am as we live in uk. The excitement we both had

[@bru1nzguy436]

Have to say my favorite matches have Hitman in it

[@DrewMcIntyreNightmare]

Shawn>>> bret

[@durden2480]

It was epic and probably their greatest match

[@handleunavailable]

I mean regardless of their personal differences at the time, nobody else could've gone an hour with one of those guys and had a good match.

[@craigwilson3532]

love hbk n bret n I'm glad their both alive n buried the hatchet n on good terms

[@markymark718]

Mania 12 my Fav goldust and pipes

[@dskinner8757]

My favorite match 💯

[@midget_spinner8449]

1997 Bret hart built like the hulk wtf Compare to 1992 Bret looks like huge difffence

[@jasonr.3173]

I don't understand why people think Bret and Shawn were the first time two wrestlers who went an hour,Ric Flair and Barry Windham had so many 1 hour draws that they started wrestling matches with a 90 min time limit.

[@ShinobiAFC]

Bret had a ton of hour long matches in Stampede...but with WWE, it didn't happen until it happened there. It's no different to the ladder match.

[@Hu-WhyteMan]

It had been being done in the territories for *YEARS!!*

[@brandocalrissian3294]

Nobody thinks this was the first. It was just the first in wwf and at a wrestlemania.

[@Willowdog08]

You can watch a wrestling match for an hour, you cannot watch a sports entertainment debacle for an hour.

[@joed2444]

Meanwhile anyone that grew up watching NWA matches with someone like Flair would typically sit through an hour-long match. Dude acts a 60 minute wrestling match was invented by WWF.

[@TheBigCheeseTP]

Undertaking!!!

[@lijh]

NJPW...."Hold my beer"

[@FloridaManRacer]

This match for many many years was my favorite match of all time. I like Wrestling being presented like a somewhat legit sport. This match had that feel in spades. My new favorite is Kota Ibushi VS Cedric Alexander for the CWC tournament... a match that also presented wrestling as a somewhat legit sport...

[@jessossenkopp]

Yes exactly. That match- at the time, felt like an actual wrestling competition between the two.

[@TRU_Lunchy]

Shawn is slowly morphing into Ron Perlman.

[@BRUZR66]

Possibly the best pay per view I've ever witnessed

[@P3rks0fLife]

The worst part bout the match was that the score was 0-0 til the end, completely forgoing the special thing bout Iron Man matches and making it just a really long singles match. Nun wrong w that but that’s not an Iron Man match that’s an Okada vs Omega match.

[@robertbarnes4666]

not a first long matches were the norm for years in wrestling what is old became new again being a old fan is great

[@sammymorales6838]

Two GOATs Shawn and Bretr

[@AmariieMaerthos]

Well, I know someone Bret wouldn't want to be out there with. Goldberg

[@Kevin-tz2lv]

It goes by so fast

[@michaelsmyth3935]

However, Omega vs Okada, New Japan. Those two put on a couple of masterpiece matches . I somehow feel that the Wrestlemania Ironman match proved that with the right people, it could be done. 10 minutes is not enough time to create a legendary match.

[@christopheralmendarez8400]

Best hour long match of all time! Just my opinion 😎

[@craigbabbitt7776]

Flair did an hour long 5 days a week for years.

[@chriskoshinski]

No Brett would not say that.... the scumbag that told him he wouldn't protect him or be professional with heart in the ring???? Please.... Those words would never leave hearts mouth

[@brandocalrissian3294]

Shawn never said he wouldn't protect him in the ring. He said he wouldn't drop the belt to him,big difference. No matter how much of a drugged out dick hbk was back then, he would never be unprofessional and not protect his opponent.

[@chriskoshinski]

@@brandocalrissian3294 maybe rewatch the video...

[@KairiPrime]

Only Bret has said that many times. Even before him and Shawn buried the hatchet with each other Bret said in many interviews that Shawn was one of his best opponents in the ring and openly admitted that the iron man match was one of his favorite matches of all time.

[@Director2024]

Get over it Fan boy. Time to grow up.

[@jy2334]

Y'all ready the Bryan vs Maxwell

[@robertkeck7698]

No one thinks they could watch an hr long match.... It just happens sometimes. Perfect example is Bryan Danielson vs Hangman

[@LINKKART8]

Twins

[@DetroitMike313]

Is HBK turning green? Or was I tripping?

[@MegaGemini99]

Me and Bret

[@PeteOG]

Bret would probably tell Michaels to go to hell 😂

[@Hu-WhyteMan]

Maybe years ago but now....now they've long since made peace. Shawn wasn't a good man by any stretch and definitely wasn't in a good place mentally. Shawn was my favorite wrestler hands down and it was *BECAUSE* of his attitude back then not despite it. I've always related more to individuals that aren't well liked for their personality but still manage to be at the top of their profession.

[@daithiocinnsealach1982]

A huge undertaking. Later it was a huge Undertaker.

[@ibzanarroyo704]

Why is he surprised about going an hour, if he did those matches with Marty vs the Mountie and his brother in 1989 in house shows? Bret had experience as well with flair in 93 then Owen in 94.

[@jugghead82]

Agreed

[@machohogan]

I love HBK but he appears to be turning green.

[@andrewryan2149]

Would of been over after 15 minutes if bret hadnt of dragged shawn back from the barrier he nearly went face first into after diving from the top rope to the outside because he over shot his jump

[@oldfanboy]

Not a 5 star match to Dave Meltzer. 😶

[@ASuwan22]

It was great but still, why on on earth was it 0-0 after an hour. 1-1, 2-2 anything. Not a 0-0!

[@davidfisher9837]

Wtf is with his voice..dam im quitting smoking today..

[@diogoteles9667]

we know for a fact that is a lie ahah shaw found jesus but he still can find the truth ahah

[@DutchWestwood]

Shawn has moved on, Bret on the other hand is the biggest millionaire baby this industry has produced

[@EazyE11]

He did kinda have his career shortened, lost millions, lost his brother, screwjob, etc..

[@DutchWestwood]

@@EazyE11 you’re right but so did many others who are still signing $40 pictures because they have to. Bret’s a millionaire and the Screwjob was a work and if it wasn’t he brought them on himself. Imagine telling Stu Hart you’re not gonna drop the title before you leave.

[@brandocalrissian3294]

​@@DutchWestwood yeah, Bret was in on it and it's just been an almost 3 decade long work. Him not wanting to drop the belt to shawn at survivor series because it was in Canada was a bitch move. Especially since he didn't want to be beat, he just wanted to show up on raw the next night and hand it over. Lame.

[@PainBreadzky]

You misspelled “best there is, best there was, best there ever will be”

[@Carribeancool]

Idk abt that

[@michaelrubin9547]

Respect but intense dislike

[@thomassullivan2757]

Nope. Mr. Perfect.

[@OfficialDemego]

I hated the ironman matches in video games too

[@joeybutafucco2891]

Yeah right that's why he told bret get the f out of my ring Shawn is such bs

[@steventaylor8807]

He only said that because he and Bret were pissed off from personal reasons

[@WhoreForTheLore]

Just because you hate(d) someone doesn't mean you can't acknowledge that y'all put on some of the best matches together. Honestly, that animosity probably helped make them as good as they were. Not everyone is as dense and narrow-minded as you, m8.

[@jamesgangmember]

since Shawn became a Christian he has become a better person in and out of the business, his attitude back then is not the attitude he has now plus that televised segment on raw when Bret and him bury the hatchet was legit so no if you hear Shawn talk good about Bret no days he is being genuine

[@SavitTheGoalie]

Hbk grew up alot while bret is still bitter

[@arindam7150]

Bret Hart hasn't forgiven Goldberg only, he takes great thing about Shawn Michaels

[@WhoreForTheLore]

​@@arindam7150still applies, though (and I'm not keen on admitting it either, but it is the truth)

[@Boygonebad]

Bret has said the same thing about HBK. And the two have legitimately buried their beef.

[@DontMessWithCaesar]

Meanwhile, Bret's still bitter about everything and wants everyone to know how bitter he is.

[@JennaLeigh]

Not true. People ask him about things, and he doesn't sugarcoat or pull punches. He calls it like he sees it. He and Shawn have been cool for over a decade now. Bret Hart has PLENTY of reason to have bitterness toward certain aspects of the business. Regardless, he does plenty of interviews and discussions where he just shares stories. His Broken Skull Sessions podcast with SCSA. His appearances on "Tales From the Territories". Bret's not bitter - he's brutally honest.

[@markellzey1531]

I swear this match is one of the most overrated matches in history. There should have been more falls. It was 45 minutes of "Dear god this is boring" and the last 15 minutes were decent and the sudden death was just...what was the point of that?

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Boring to you but I’ve heard other people mention this so how is it overrated

[@erikhubner6576]

Most overhyped match of all time

[@user-qx5nk6qg2b]

Brett Hart was overrated.

[@disclaimer.imjokin]

Nah bret would want to be on his own... horrible sour man b

[@TheJbonez1000]

Hbk voice lost its smile

[@Dynamo001]

Shawn's skin on his face looks terrible.