Bret Hart: Hulk Hogan Would Rather See A Company Sink Than Help The Next Guy

When Bret Hart ascended to the top of WWE, it came after the old guard like Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior, and Randy Savage were being phased down and out.

Bret was given an initial push as a singles talent in the late 80s before going back to teaming with Jim Neidhart.

“They were kind of like, ‘It didn’t pan out for you.’ I remember hearing stories with guys saying I had no personality or charisma. I remember thinking, ‘How do you have charisma wrestling Bad News Brown?’ He did’t do anything with me or give me a chance. They kind of labeled me as a guy who wasn’t capable of being a big star. ‘I didn’t make it.’ I didn’t make it because it was my fault, I didn’t make it because it was your fault,” Bret recalled at a Q&A session.

After another run with Neidhart, Bret was given the chance to be a singles star again.

“Vince came back to me and said, ‘We’re going to put you as a single again and give you a big push, a real one.’ I was skeptical that they would do all that for me. There is always a lot of politics and backstabbing. I got put with Mr. Perfect and that was the start of it. Everything started with the wrestlers who loved working with me like Mr. Perfect, Roddy Piper, and certain guys who wanted to help me prove to the office that I could be a big star. I owe a lot to Mr. Perfect. He was the first guy to go in there and show everybody how good I was. Curt was one of my favorite guys to wrestle. He was the first guy to step up and make me. Roddy Piper was the second. When I look back on my career and the wrestling industry, I look back at what Roddy and Mr. Perfect did for me. I can tell you that Hulk Hogan never did that for anybody. He never helped anybody else after his time as the top guy. He’d rather see the company sink than actually come back and make the next star, which in wrestling that’s how it is. The next guy helps the next guy. Jake Roberts is another guy who never made anybody. They fed Hulk Hogan one wrestler after another for ten years,” said Bret.

Bret noted that when he was in the top spot, he was working with guys like Papa Shango and Bam Bam Bigelow because the old guard didn’t make enough stars.

At the Inside The Ropes live show, Bret gave his thoughts on Triple H. You can find his full comments here.

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