Bret Hart On Celebrities Wrestling: I Actually Like It

Bret Hart talks about celebrities in the world of pro wrestling.

Celebrities stepping between the ropes of a wrestling ring for a match has been going on for as long as WrestleMania has existed, but in recent years, it has picked up with celebrities such as Bad Bunny and Jelly Roll achieving a dream of working a wrestling match.

While speaking on the Rap on Wrestling podcast, Bret was asked about celebrities in wrestling and what he thinks. Bret would note that he actually likes seeing celebrities in the ring.

“I actually like it. I like- I’m more, it’s hard for me to sing the praises of a lot of people today but like I remember when LT, like Lawrence Taylor, when he wrestled Bam Bam at one of the WrestleMania’s a long time ago. But I always thought he did such a great job for a guy that wasn’t a wrestler. I thought he did a fantastic job and that if he wanted to hang up his football cleats and become a pro wrestler, he could have done it. He was a natural for it. For a guy that never did it before, went out in the ring, wrestled Bam Bam Bigelow, who was a really good wrestler. I was really impressed with that. So I would say.. if you got the guts and you think you can do it and you can do it well, like Jelly Roll, you know, I think go for it. Live your dreams. I also thought that The Refrigerator (William Perry) back in the big WrestleMania, the Battle Royal they had, was it WrestleMania 3? That was, he did a fantastic job too and he was another natural. I think if I’d been Vince McMahon, I think I would have pulled him aside and said, hey, you know, to become a wrestler. You know, he could have been.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Bret spoke about Cody Rhodes potentially turning heel. You can read more about that here.

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