Hulk Hogan; Real American Documentary on Netflix

There is not a more bitter wrestler alive than Bret Hart. frick that guy.

quote:

---

There is not a more bitter wrestler alive than Bret Hart. frick that guy.

---

I’m Team Vince on the Montreal screw job. You leave the company you have to drop the strap first. It’s a small world. Swallow your pride and don’t burn that bridge.

quote:

---

There is not a more bitter wrestler alive than Bret Hart. frick that guy.

---

I'm assuming they brought Bret on to whine about Hogan "burying" him in WCW? I mean, listening to the guy talk for 30 seconds will make you wanna side with Hogan here.

Hogan was a selfish POS behind the scenes, I agree with that. He wanted all the spotlight on him, but then again, he had the credentials to back it up. Directly responsible for the two biggest popularity booms in the history of the business.

Bret was my favorite wrestler growing up. frick all the haters. The Excellence of Execution. He has been pretty bitter in his old age, I can’t argue that . A lot of his hate towards certain wrestlers is warranted though, like that no talent arse clown Goldberg for example.

And yeah Hogan was a supreme selfish POS behind the scenes and helped frick over a lot of wrestlers over time. At the same time, hard to blame him because he helped launch wrestling into the stratosphere. Still love the Hulkster though! He’s an American icon.

quote:

---

And yeah Hogan was a supreme selfish POS behind the scenes and helped frick over a lot of wrestlers over time.

---

That's always the narrative like he never wanted to help anyone besides himself yet he had no issues putting wrestlers over like The Giant, Goldberg, Ultimate Warrior, The Rock (twice), Kurt Angle, etc. and he was also instrumental in helping Sting get clean.

It's funny most of the people who whined about Hogan burying talent during that era did the same when they got a push. It's as if he didn't want to do the job for people who didn't deserve it nine times out of ten...

People use the 2000 Bash at the Beach incident as a prime example but absolutely positively no one wanted to see the belt on Jarrett back then but he was Russo's pal and got the buddy treatment. Dude was a meh lower mid-carder, jumps to WCW and is suddenly elevated to main event status? Nah. People would have scolded Hogan for refusing to do the job for David Arquette if he was in the situation.

Well the thing is, hogan was a huge star, not just a wrestling star. So yeah of course he was going to do everything he could to maintain and protect the aura of that character.

just powered through all 4. pretty good. i didnt even know wwe had a reveal for netflix in Los Angeles, but him getting booed there should be no surprise. wwe on netflix is so fricking dumb to start with.

Watched it. Hogan was a POS human being who admits he ruined careers and holding other wrestlers back from success. His backstage politics makes him a laughable joke. “That doesn’t work for me brother”

The guy had a ton of charisma no doubt but he tried to stay in the spotlight way too long and ruined his body and eventually his life.

Ehhh…here’s the thing with the Montreal Screwjob story. WWE whitewashed the narrative behind it for years and it wasn’t “Bret didn’t wanna lose in Canada.” He didn’t want to lose to Shawn because they hated each other, and problems simmered throughout the year including Shawn cutting a promo insinuating Bret was sleeping with Sunny (Bret’s wife and kids were watching at home).

Bret knew he was leaving, Vince felt guilty about reneging on Bret’s contract & somewhat helped score a better deal with WCW. The only thing was that Bret had to lose to Shawn. Bret agreed and went up to Shawn in the locker room to put all the bullshite behind them and Shawn basically spit in Bret’s face and told him he’d never return any favors to Bret. After this Bret went to Vince and was like “frick him, figure something else out.” And that’s the real life version of what started the Montreal Screwjob. Both Jim Cornette and Jim Ross verified this.