Bret Hart talks Vince McMahon headlines, career influences, more

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On if Vince could return:

“Only if he buys another business. He’s got enough money. I heard something about him and Hulk Hogan might open up some kind of wrestling company or something. But I mean, I don’t have a lot of faith in that matchup.'

On if Vince was helpful at the end of his run:

“From what I gather, talking to young wrestlers that are in WWE today, that Vince became a big obstacle to getting things done at the end. He became almost too much of a tyrant. He seemed to be unhappy with everything everybody was doing, and so would scrub ideas midway through the show. I had a lot of people tell me that since the day he left, it’s been tranquil and business has been better and everyone has a better attitude. So I mean, Vince may have just burned himself out after a while.”

On the sexual assault lawsuit:

“Shame on all of them. I mean, that’s just terrible. I’ve had ups and downs with Vince McMahon, and in a lot of ways I have a lot of respect for him, but at the same time I find what happened there inexcusable. There’s no place for that. I think Vince McMahon became a predator and used wrestling as his backdrop for all of his, sort of, evil. And it just tells me that too much money can turn you into a bad person.”

On who influenced his career:

“Nick Bockwinkel from the AWA up in Minneapolis was as good a wrestler as there ever was. I don’t think anybody, you take all the classic champions like Dory Funk and Terry Funk and Harley Race, and there was nobody, none of those guys were better than Nick Bockwinkel.”

“I grew up with a guy named Archie ‘The Stomper’ Gouldie, who was a big villain in my dad’s territory. To me, he was one of the greatest wrestlers to ever put on a pair of boots. He was such a great villain, such a great worker."
 
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Bret just doesn't give a shit about missing ass and good on him. If anyone saw his face when Triple H was on stage after the handshake that painted a thousand pictures. Man of the People Mr Hart will always be.