Bret Hart responds to Eric Bischoff burying him on 83 Weeks podcast

I agree, i don’t even remember Bret being on WCW

Eric brought kevin Nash and razor Ramon over and hooked them up with hulk hogan to form NWO. That was big for wcw at the time.

Yeah I don't think the blame is all on Hart nor do I think the blame is all on Bischoff.

Bischoff created the NWO, but the angle was largely based on an angle that was running in Japan at the time. I'm not sure that, creatively speaking, Bischoff ever really contributed in a meaningful way.

You have to give him props though for turning WCW into the money making machine it became in 1996-1998. Literally no other head of WCW was able to turn a profit with that company. No other wrestling promoter has ever beaten WWE in the ratings either.

For me personally, Bret Hart never drew a dime. Guy was as dull as dull can be.

Not sure Bret is a liar.



Bitter SOB is a given. His life since November 1997 has been a shite show.

Leaving aside how he left WWF, he got knocked into retirement by Goldberg concussing him and WCW putting him back in the ring before they should have, Owen died due to an ill fated stunt, Bulldog had major back damage then died, he had a stroke, he got divorced, both parents died, etc.


As far as Bischoff goes, “creative” is not how I would describe him.

I’ll give him credit for having huge brass balls for a number of the stunts he did such as running live opposite Raw, paying Lex Luger to jump ship without notice, give away the results of taped Raw shows on the air, etc.

I also give him credit for letting guys like Kevin Sullivan talk him into signing a bunch of talented guys like Rey, Benoit, Jericho, Eddy, etc.


His big downfall was really an inability to wrap up the nWo angle and, by extension, an inability to create new talent because the upper card was so clogged with past their prime guys like Hogan, Savage, Piper, etc.

Goldberg was the one homegrown talent they managed to build and they fricked that up. And how they fricked that up, with Goldberg getting screwed by Nash then Nash giving the belt to Hogan, was the beginning of the end because it rehashed the nWo for the millionth time.

They lasted 2 more years after that but Bischoff was fired several months after that decision.

You know wrestling isn’t real, right?

Bret Hart was my idol growing up and he tells the truth. People don't care for him because he doesn't BS and tells it as he sees it. Still the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be

Nash booking isn’t necessarily an issue.

Nash booking himself to beat Goldberg? That’s an issue.

Nash booking himself to beat Sid in a powerbomb match by telling the ref “I hit one on him while you weren’t looking”? That’s just a new level of lazy.

not reaLTED but I thought Hart's heel angle at the end of his WWF time was hilarious.