Posted By James Walsh on 09/28/25


“He would rather see the company sink than make the next star” – WWF Legend On Hulk Hogan
3-Time WWE Hall of Famer Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart recently did a live Q/A in Germersheim, Germany, with Back To Wrestling with Walandi Tsanti, where he spoke about some of the biggest names from his era. He was full of praise for the stars who helped him become the legend he is today, while also calling out those who, in his view, only looked out for themselves.

Hart singled out Mr. Perfect and ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper as the ones who went the extra mile to make him look good and prove his worth.

“[They] wanted to help me and prove to the office and promotion that I could be a big star. I owe a lot to Mr. Perfect. He was the first guy to really go in there and just show everybody how good I was. He was one of my favorite guys to ever wrestle. He was the first guy then to step up and help me, and then Roddy Piper was probably the second.”

On the flip side, The Hitman didn’t hold back about Hulk Hogan and Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts, calling them out for looking out only for themselves.

“I look back on what Roddy and Mr. Perfect did for me. And I could tell you that Hulk Hogan never did that for anybody. He never helped anybody else after his time was being the top guy. He would rather see the company sink than actually come back and help make the next star… Jake Roberts is another guy that never made anybody.”

Hart also took aim at one of his greatest rivals, Shawn Michaels, while discussing the original plans for WrestleMania 13.

“Vince told me I had to wrestle Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 13 in a rematch for the title. But politics and Shawn’s ego, he didn’t want to do that… Shawn retired, lost his smile and all that stuff. And basically, I think, refused to wrestle me at WrestleMania 13.”

Bret Hart has never been afraid to call out stars he had a problem with. He did not get along with several names, including Hulk Hogan, Goldberg, Triple H and Shawn Michaels.