Vince McMahon Answers Questions About Bret Hart (2004)

[@kranix9166]

Bret's legacy is extraordianry and part of the fabric of WWE. Enough said.

[@bryanmack4054]

I know martha hart expressed her disapproval (and with good reason)…I’m kinda glad that Bret and Vince were able to make amends

[@mkd58media]

Agreed. Too much greatness achieved together, plus making amends is often just better for your health, imo.

[@Bleeoshzuan]

'In order to hate someone, you have to care' 😮

[@Curt-iy7ck]

vince comes across very sincere and humble here.

[@Geojr815]

I think Vince is probably a lot better of a guy than he might come across as. And just the opposite can be said for Bret

[@CaptainAngelo]

He comes across as what he is, a filthy con man that doesn’t give a shit about his workers, as long as they can make him a buck? He’ll look after them, but as soon as something goes wrong, he’ll throw them out like yesterday’s trash. Here’s something funny guys, he should have had his entire company destroyed by the hart family suing them over Owens death, what happened there?

[@CaptainAngelo]

@@Geojr815 you obviously don’t know much about pro wrestling, Vince is a brutal, pragmatic ConMan. And Brett had a better head for the business, he came from a Family. Also, that have been in the business for years, you hear some people may be complained. Brett was a little gritty, but every one of those people live in his enemies respect him. Vince is a garbage pail, he has always been a garbage pail. He will always be a piece of garbage.

[@nboss968]

Lmao

[@Nostalgic14-zo3pk]

@@Geojr815 Brets a humble guy too....and ur Comment didn't age well

[@thegoodfellow41]

I have Bret Hart on my MOUNT RUSHMORE

[@thomaslee2558]

in ring work for sure bret shawn aj kenny

[@FR8AS]

Vince deflecting that subtle attack was like watching thanos smack avengers around. He did it it so effortlessly and without malice.. Definitely an impressive psychopath.

[@southsudani983]

vince has a heart but he’s can switch his empathy off when it comes to his needs , he’s also been through alot , physical abuse and sexual abuse .. it makes him quite cold

[@iiVERSEii]

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[@joegreen785]

The Best there is ,was and ever will be.One of the Hit Man lines.

[@danielsalinas6683]

My opinion, Vince backed the wrong horse here. In 1997, he should’ve fired Shawn Michael and stayed with Bret. Have Bret lose to Austin at Wrestlemania 14.

[@esta7763]

In addition, Vince got so much heat from the Montreal Screwjob that it drew attention to WWF, as they watched the evil corporate boss Vince McMahon play that role against the honest hard working man ( I think it was Steve Austin after Bret left ) and the fans started to care. An old saying in wrestling is "It doesn't matter if the fans love you or if they hate you, just as long as they care." It pulled the ratings away from WCW, whose nWo storyline was becoming stale The fans tired of this drawn out story of whether the nWo would take over WCW that never came to any sort of conclusion, now had something new and interesting and even personal to care about in WWF. ( Who hasn't worked for a corporate boss before that you wish would get his ass beat ) ?

[@JJbm4233]

If ever there was somebody, that was the king of smooth it is Vince McMahon. I am from Saskatchewan, which means I’m a Bret Hart and Stampede Wrestling fan! But Vince, one way over with us interview. Obviously. Stampede wrestling along with Memphis and worldwide wrestling were superior products I gotta respect Vince for this interview. NWA forever WWE now accepted are.👍

[@nboss968]

So you respect Vince for being a pathological liar?

[@Uncleed251]

That whole situation was Vince not listening to good judgement and letting certain Wrestler's dictate his business and probably his own drug addiction at that time.

[@nboss968]

Vince is very close with any wrestler who makes him a lot of money, until they no longer serve his purposes.

[@pound7816]

he was an hour late to the meeting? tells us all we need to know about who is piroirities

[@LRM5195]

Everything has a time and place. I respect Bret and see him as the poster child for early-mid 90’s wrestling but he was completely underwhelming in WCW and I personally don’t think he would’ve fit in much with the attitude era of WWF. His time was up.

[@jorgelugo9473]

He pioneered the goddam attitude era. Just look at his mic work from 97. Everything he did felt real.

[@LRM5195]

@@jorgelugo9473 Attitude didn’t start till arguably after the Montreal Screwjob when Bret left right after.

[@jorgelugo9473]

Bret made the guy who was the face of the attitude era. Bret made steve austin into what he was.

[@elamcyril]

​@@jorgelugo9473 Nonsense, Austin made Austin, if anyone can claim to make Austin into a megastar it's Vince with the iconic Austin-Mcmahon rivalry. Bret & Austin had a great rivalry & had an awesome Wm match but to claim he made Austin is laughable. Austin was over as hell since KOTR 1996 win.

[@Thekingslayer-ig5se]

@@elamcyrilwithout his wrestlemaina 13 match vs bret Austin wouldn’t have reached the great heights

[@normanred9212]

I would love to see Vince on Kayfabe commentaries

[@donnakleinschrodt3744]

To me Bret talks about Goldberg about ending his career, how many times did Bret show up later, would not gave up the belt, to me he Is great when he is in the ring out side of it he had to have his way not much defit then in of the guys in the business so he is the one to blame for his career no one else.

[@ianlassitter2397]

As many wrestlers have said, Brett believed his own hype as a “character” and saw himself as a genuine wrestler in terms of it being a real competition vs sports entertainment and acting. People putting him over, selling the moves etc, his ego was and is still massive. Plenty of guys could of whipped his ass for real in a genuine fight but as acting and compliance to the “game” is part of the performance…

[@ShitWrangler]

He'd a planted one right on your kisser and sent you tumbling onto ya duff! *POW*

[@AlbertonBeastmaster]

Bret believed in making it as real as possible. He's from that last generation of wrestlers for whom kayfabe was a real, and very serious, deal. He also helped a lot of guys get over in the 90's. He was all about the business. As Jim Cornette has said in reference to Bret (paraphrased) 'I'd sooner see a guy taking himself too seriously than not taking it seriously at all!'

[@devangpatel5227]

even after this it took too long for bret to suck it up and just come back on screen.

[@ricksanchez2425]

Surprised he never went to TNA

[@wrestlingtapes2036]

Bret is the goat

[@davie96667]

Watching the Flames game 🤣 Ughhh okay!

[@rondellschuyler7074]

I would rather bury the Hatchett than carry it the rest of my life. Imo

[@captainmattxd]

Lol does he mean a DVD?

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

Yes lol

[@davidc.8755]

🤥Bret Hart scr@wed Bret Hart

[@rolliemosley]

Vince definitely did his dirty deeds, especially to them 80s cats. But the screw job, I never thought he did anything wrong. Time honored tradition to drop the title before you leave. Young fans don't know WWE was on a lifeline. WCW were killing them. Bret showing up on WCW TV with the WWE title would have damn near killed WWE. Vince did what he had to do. I never heard of a wrestler refusing to drop his belt on the way out. Even Hogan got stretched on his way out.

[@scareviewzombies]

Yes Hogan lost to Yokozuna on the way out dropped the belt on ppv

[@elamcyril]

​​@@rahulsingh6230 Bret shouldn't have refused anything, the company put the belt on him, the company decides when & where it would be taken off him & put on him. He was on a bigger money contract than anybody in the history of the company at the time, he should have simply done what he was told by Vince as a team player should do when he likes it or not. Bret was entitled as hell telling he wouldn't drop the title in Canada, it wasn't his call to make, Vince was right in saying Bret screwed Bret.

[@RG-lr4pk]

​@@rahulsingh6230He was going to drop it but just didn't and couldn't for "reasons". Yeah right. 🤣

[@Mothman308]

Bret screwed Bret

[@TURDFerguson424]

He couldn't have that belt going to wcw.I understand.

[@Geojr815]

I can’t think of a bigger narcissist than Bret Hart

[@markant9534]

Hulk Hogan.

[@Geojr815]

@@markant9534 Hulk Hogan was asked to play bass for Metallica. He’s allowed to be a little narcissistic

[@wrestlingtapes2036]

Bret is goat