 Show: The Interactive Interview courtesy
of www.WrestlingEpicenter.com
Guest(s): Bret "The Hitman" Hart & Debra McMichael
Date: 4/1/09
Your Hosts: Patrick Kelley, James Walsh, & Nick Noel
Additional Commentary: Ben Benya & Erik Clancy
For 6 and a half years, The Interactive Interview has been asked to get an
interview with Bret "The Hitman" Hart. For 6 and a half years, The Interactive
Interview has tried to meet those requests. And, for 6 and a half years,
The Interactive Interview fell short of meeting those requests. But now,
after 6 and a half years, The Interactive Interview delivers Bret "The Hitman"
Hart! And, you can listen to it right now, free of charge, just by clicking
the link below!
PLUS!
Former WWE Diva Debra McMichael stops by for her first time in the Epicenter
as well This 40 minute interview packs a punch and really covers a lot of
great ground! You'll be impressed what Debra has to say!
And, as if that wasn't enough, former hosts Ben Benya and Erik Clancy stop
by again for some more fun times in Epicenter high as we discuss RAW and
a myriad of off topic nonsense that is a hoot to listen to!
BRET "THE HITMAN" HART
- The Best There Is...The Best There Was....& The Best There Ever Will
Be joins TII and the interview begins with James welcoming Bret on and letting
him know this interview has been a long time in the making.
- Bret is taking part in a fanfest for "Big Time Wrestling" in California.
He enjoys doing events like this because he gets to meet the fans and he
gets to catch up with old friends that he hasn't seen in a while.
- When asked if there are any confrontations at the fanfests, he says most
wrestlers don't pay too much attention to what other wrestlers say.
- Recently, Shawn Michaels said in an interview that he would like for Bret
Hart to induct him into the Hall of Fame when the moment happens. When asked
if he'd do it, Bret said "I don't think so...thats quite a stretch right
now" Bret says that he will not be at the Hall of Fame this year. Dory Funk
asked Bret to induct The Funks, but Bret opted not to. He heard that Dusty
would be inducting them and expects he would do a great job.
- When asked about a possible follow up to his book, Bret says that he'd
have to go back and check to see which stories got cut from the 1st book
and see if there is enough material to make a second book. He was very happy
with how his book turned out and says it was a good representation of his
career, but there were some nice stories that got left out.
- When asked if there will be another Best Of DVD release from the WWE, he
says that Vince & him talked about potential 2nd or 3rd releases, but
they haven't talked about it.
- Bret was recently featured on TMZ where they tried to get him to say something
bad about Hulk Hogan. He says that some people will try and do thing to create
headlines, and guys have different ways of reacting to it.
- In a recent interview, he said that if he could wrestle one more match,
it would be with either Curt Hennig or Owen Hart. He says that they were
good and safe workers and there wasn't anything he couldn't do with
them.
- Bret is then asked about the current wrestling products, he says that
interviews come across as way too scripted. He specifically states Piper,
Austin, & himself as examples of natural promo guys because they made
it up as they went, but today it seems like "bad acting" because its overly
scripted. He also feels like some of the stories either move took quickly
or come off as hokey and he feels that the show is selling itself as
Entertainment rather than Wrestling. He really likes alot of the wrestlers,
and he would like to see the titles get more meaning behind them (although
he does say he's glad to see the IC Title on Mania this year)
- When asked about WWE's PG direction, he says that wrestling is always evolving
and the WWE knows more than he does about the decision . He really enjoyed
being a part of the cartoon era of the 1980s, and then talks about how he
made the show all about the wrestling when he became the champion. He says
that "people don't necessarily remember Bret Hart as much as they remember
Bret Hart's matches"
- In the discussion about Bret's wrestling, James references a match that
Bret had with the 123 Kid that is featured on the Best of Raw DVD. He says
the next day, several wrestlers from WCW congratulated Sean Waltman for the
work in that match.
- When asked about his favorite wrestlers today, he puts over Randy Orton.
He puts Randy's dad over as one of the best and says that he might be even
better than his dad. He says he would have loved to work with him. Bret also
says that he'd have fun working with Cena & Batista and says that even
though people think they are limited, he thinks he could have fun working
matches out with them. Unfortunately, he says the concussion he suffered
prevents him from every stepping foot in the ring again.
- Bret is then asked about the recent passing of Andrew "Test" Martin. He
says its sad because he thought that he had beaten his drug addiction. He
saw him now too long ago and it seemed like everything was great. He has
a lot of friends & family and this really caught people by
surprise.
- James then talks about the new DVD releases of his famous "Wrestling with
Shadows" documentary, and another release detailing hte life of Owen Hart
and Bret says its a nice story about his brother.
- Vince McMahon is brought up and Bret says that he wishes Vince the best.
He thanks Vince for the best years of his career. He doesn't agree with the
way that everything went down, but that can't be changed.
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