{"id":3722,"date":"2015-11-21T02:34:45","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T08:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=3722"},"modified":"2015-11-21T04:03:12","modified_gmt":"2015-11-21T10:03:12","slug":"bret-hart-wise-sage-critical-wrestler-or-both-in-depth-si-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/11\/21\/bret-hart-wise-sage-critical-wrestler-or-both-in-depth-si-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Bret Hart &#8211; wise sage, critical wrestler, both?, in-depth SI interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1973806344\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Bret Hart covered about 20 subjects in an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.si.com\/extra-mustard\/2015\/11\/20\/bret-hart-triple-h-survivor-series-seth-rollins-daniel-bryan\" target=\"_blank\">expansive interview published by Sports Illustrated<\/a> giving his views on WWE, pro wrestling in general, and individual stars.<\/p>\n<p>Hart is notably not a fan of several aspects of WWE&#8217;s writing, he thought WWE was disrespectful to Ric Flair on Raw, and he thinks heir apparent WWE champion Roman Reigns has been failed by the booking. Is he correct, too critical, or both?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; On a personal note, Hart told SI interviewer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/JustinBarrasso\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Barrasso<\/a> that he is scheduled for surgery next week.\u00a0\u201cFor all the people who ask, I\u2019m good.\u00a0I have my wrist surgery coming up in the next week, but other than that, I\u2019m good, and I still have the best fans in the world,&#8221; Hart said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Hart on the Reid Flair angle on Raw: &#8220;How could they not see the slight there? That\u2019s really insensitive to\u00a0Ric\u00a0and his family, and I totally sympathize with\u00a0Ric. You didn\u2019t see them doing that after Jerry Lawler lost his brother. Maybe someone just made a poor judgment call, but I was flabbergasted to see they did that to him. It was totally wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Hart offered\u00a0his view of Triple H vs. Vince McMahon, as it relates to C.M. Punk leaving WWE: &#8220;Vince is sorry that they lost Punk.\u00a0Vince has a better sense of wrestlers\u2019s look and their work, and Triple H is more prone to bodybuilders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Hart took a critical approach to Seth Rollins, specifically for getting injured when he was\u00a0WWE champion, and other wrestlers being injured while in the ring with him &#8211; notably John Cena getting kneed in the face and Sting going to the hospital after Night of Champions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t hurt somebody like that under any circumstances,&#8221; said Hart, who put a heavy emphasis on wrestler safety\u00a0throughout the interview. &#8220;It\u2019s totally reckless. It can\u2019t happen. The other thing is, when you\u2019re the champion, you have a responsibility to not get hurt. You have to be spot on. I love that Rollins kept going on and finished the match, and that shows a lot of courage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you do get injured, it throws a wrench into everything. I do feel bad &#8211; Seth Rollins is a young guy and he\u2019s obviously very talented, and I hope he comes back from his surgery and learns from all these things. I hope they give him another chance and his opportunity has not been squandered from an injury, regardless of whose fault it was.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1720263219\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&#8211; Hart identified his Top Three current stars to build around &#8211; Dean Ambrose, Kevin Owens, and Roman Reigns. \u201cThey\u2019re the most deserving to be the next champion, even though Reigns has been the most short-changed with booking,&#8221; Hart said.<\/p>\n<p>Hart said Ambrose takes his time and sells in the ring, Owens is a versatile big-man, and Reigns has the right tools. However, he thinks Reigns might have been a victim of WWE rushing a\u00a0solo babyface turn last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u201cReigns is just like Kevin Nash,\u201d said Hart. \u201cIf you look back at Reigns, his character was getting over really good on his own. Then they rushed him into a\u00a0babyface\u00a0turn and crammed him down everybody\u2019s thoughts, and people rejected him. It wasn\u2019t his fault. It was kind of like with Kevin Nash. He was slowly getting over, and I wrestled him at the 1994 King of the Ring,<em>\u00a0<\/em>and we had a really good match. All of a sudden, by August, they were ready to make him the new champion. And I\u2019m going, \u2018He\u2019s not ready yet. Give him a little time and let him get even more over.\u2019 Why is there a rush? Reigns got dealt a bad set of cards. It has nothing to do with his work rate &#8211; he\u2019s a really good worker and his style is really good. He just needs to be himself,&#8221; Hart said.<\/p>\n<p>Hart followed with an example of &#8220;Stone Cold&#8221; Steve Austin preventing the same thing from happening to him.\u00a0\u201cThey tend to rush guys too soon, and that makes me think of Steve Austin. Vince (McMahon) wanted to turn him babyface much sooner than he did. I remember Steve stopped it. Austin said, \u2018No, let me get over more.\u2019 And it paid off to be a little smarter and not rush. Some of the mistakes have more to do with the bookers instead of the actual wrestlers. Reigns is a victim of bad booking,&#8221; Hart said.<\/p>\n<p>The interview concluded with Hart offering a similar sentiment. \u00a0\u201cWrestling today is as good as it has ever been, but I just question a lot of the booking,\u201d said Hart. \u201cThey should go back and watch and the old stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Hart also discussed Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Randy Savage, and a lot more subjects in the interview at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.si.com\/extra-mustard\/2015\/11\/20\/bret-hart-triple-h-survivor-series-seth-rollins-daniel-bryan\" target=\"_blank\">SI.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"si-list-story-banner-flex-pos-2\" class=\"ad_slot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1716947170\"><div id=\"pwtor-2186980914\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Bret Hart covered about 20 subjects in an expansive interview published by Sports Illustrated giving his views on WWE, pro wrestling in general, and individual stars. 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