Diana Hart Addresses Bret Hart’s Remarks About Davey Boy Smith’s Condition For SummerSlam 1992 Match, Calls Bret Out For Waiting Until Smith Died To Make Claims

Diana addresses her brother.

Over the years, Bret Hart has done a multitude of interviews, and he’s spoken about the main event of WWF/E SummerSlam 1992 at Wembley Stadium, where British Bulldog (Davey Boy Smith) defeated him for the WWF Intercontinental Championship.

Bret is on the record speaking about Smith’s physical condition before the bout and stating that Smith was out of shape and had been into drugs that year. Bret added that he put the whole match together and carried Smith through it.

Diana Hart, the widow of Smith, and the sister of Bret, addressed Bret’s claims on Facebook. She wrote that Bret’s comments are not true and his misrepresentation of what occurred may be influenced by the stroke her brother suffered in 2002. She added that Bret had plenty of time to address his thoughts about the match with Davey, but he waited until Davey passed away to do so.

The picture Diana used to accompany her caption was of herself, Bret, and Davey in the ring at SummerSlam 1992, but she X’d Bret out of the picture. Below is her full post:

Bret does not present his statements as opinions; he states them as facts. That distinction matters, because many of his claims—specifically about Davey’s physical or mental state at SummerSlam’92 are simply not true. It is my opinion that Bret’s current misrepresentation of events at SS92 may be influenced by the stroke he suffered in the summer of 2002. What cannot be ignored is the timing, that Davey died prior to that, in May 2002. There was a full decade (1992-2002) when Bret could have raised his claims directly with Davey, if they were legitimate. He never did. Not once. The absurd and hurtful accusations began years after Davey was no longer alive to respond. Instead, Bret now frames, over and over, despite my appeals to him with facts and critical reasoning to please restrain and refrain his slander, but he refuses. Bret now frames this incredible match as great solely because of his own alleged brilliance, assigning himself all credit while diminishing Davey’s invaluable role. Bret’s narrative is not supported by history, by documentation, or by what audiences can plainly see when they watch the match itself, without Bret’s overlapping slandering words. Davey’s performance shows no evidence of impairment. On the contrary, it reflects Davey’s professionalism, strength and focus-despite the FACT that he was recovering from necrotizing fasciitis, a serious and life-threatening flesh-eating infection. Davey did not complain, seek sympathy, or disclose his condition to the public. He simply did the work. It is difficult to reconcile these FACTS with Bret’s retroactive claims, except to note a long-standing pattern of self-aggrandizement. IMO, and I’m very clear that this is opinion, Bret’s tendency toward ego, bullying and exaggeration/embellishment predates both his stroke and the match in question. I base that on my lived experience growing up with him as my older brother and on decades of observed behaviour towards family members and colleagues. What I will not accept is history being rewritten after the fact, especially when the person, (Davey)being totally discredited is no longer alive to defend himself. Davey was so good and loyal to Bret.

If there’s a response from Bret, we will update you here on Fightful.