Bret Hart on The Big Idea W/ Donny Deutsch

[Guest Ice Classic V.2]

Didn't see a topic on this, thought you guys might be intrested in it.

[Guest JMA]

Is there a transcript of the interview?

[Hawk 34 0]

I caught some of it and it was basically Bret (looking 20 years older then he did on the dvd) talking about Owen's death.

[Celtic Jobber 0]

Here's the full recap from WrestlingObserver.com:

 

Bret Hart's segment came during the last ten minutes of the show. The segment started with footage of Bret's match against Owen Hart at Wrestlemania X, and Donny said Bret and Owen's popularity soared during their feud. Bret was on via satellite from Toronto.

 

The first question was if Bret knew Eddie Guerrero, Bret said he knew Eddie well; he was a sweet guy with a heart of gold, and he was always smiling.

 

Donny brought up that Eddie died of heart failure and speculated it might be steroid-related. Donny asked Bret's opinion of Vince McMahon's new drug-testing policy. Bret said WWE steroid-testing in the 90's was a very serious thing; he heard of people cheating but he never cheated, and didn't personally know of anyone who did. He said there were always two guys watching you when you took the test. And he said soon after he left WWE in 1997 they did away with the policy.

 

That leads into Donny asking about the 1997 Survivor Series double-cross. Bret said he still stands by the way he behaved that day, and he told the truth. He mentioned that earlier the week of Survivor Series and even on that day, McMahon said to Bret he's the Cal Ripken and the Lou Gehrig of the company.

 

Bret said people will say "he should've done what he was told" but Bret said he's his own business man and he had to protect himself; he was lied to and screwed over by everyone in a humiliating fashion "unworthy of Lou Gehrig or Cal Ripken."

 

Donny asked "If the script was for you to win that match, how did it change in the ring?". Bret said there's alot of backstabbing and politics involved. Donny then asked about how Bret punched McMahon that day (at Survivor Series) but now they seem to have made peace. Bret said he never said Vince was a murderer, or had anything to do with Owen's death other than being the head of the company, it was just an accident that everyone regretted.

 

Donny asked about Owen being afraid of heights, Bret said Owen was a high-flyer, but he didn't want to fly that high. Donny asked what could've been done to avoid Owen's accident. Bret said Owen was a talented wrestler and the stunt wasn't a good idea in the first place.

 

Donny asked if it was a mistake to continue the PPV after Owen's death.

Bret said he always disagreed with how they handled it, but in fairness everyone was scrambling, and people were saying the fans might riot if the show ended early. But Bret thinks that's hogwash and the fans would've been respectful. Then Donny plugged Bret's dvd, thanked Bret and that's the end of his segment.