Bret Hart Says Wrestling Is Starting To Become Hokey, ‘It Doesn’t Try To Be Real Anymore’
Bret Hart gives his take on modern day wrestling.
Despite being a huge influence for a big crop of current performers, Hart doesn’t feel like today’s wrestling product is trying to be real. In a new interview with The Johnny I Pro Show, ‘The Hitman’ criticized the product for being hokey and unreal.
“But, I know that I gave so much and tried so hard to make it appear real. I have a hard time today when it’s not, I don’t think those values are carried forward and they’re moving on in a different direction now where wrestling is starting to become hokey. It doesn’t try to be real anymore. It tries to be unreal, like too outrageously. The more explosions and pyro and stuff that you can do, it has nothing to do with wrestling. Like in the end, I’m a wrestling fan deep in my heart. I like to watch a really good wrestling match that builds and tells a story and all that. I don’t get that fix anymore, I’m not getting that at all from today’s wrestling.”
Hart elaborated on his comments by referencing a match from the 1960s that pitted Buddy Rogers against Killer Kowalski. He noted that he prefers this type of pro wrestling.
Back in October, Rohan Raja had high praise for Bret Hart in an interview with Fightful. Check out his full comments by clicking here.
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