Stone Cold Steve Austin On Why He And Bret Hart Had Great Chemistry: Because Bret Hart Is The Best There Is, The Best There Was And The Best There Ever Will Be

Stone Cold Steve Austin comments on why he and Bret Hart had such great chemistry in the ring.

In March of 1997, Stone Cold would face off with Bret Hart in a singles match at WrestleMania 13 in a grudge match that has gone down in history as one of the most iconic WrestleMania bouts of all time as the pair would include execute a double turn that fans praise to this day.

While speaking to Insight With Chris Van Vliet in a new interview, Stone Cold Steve Austin was asked why he and Bret Hart had such great chemistry in the ring together.

“Because Bret Hart is the best there is, the best there was, there ever will be. I love working with that guy. We just had instant chemistry. He was a student of the game and a student of other promotions. He had seen what I was doing in WCW as Stunning Steve Austin, and he knew his style and my style would work well together. And it did. Just trash-talking heel that I was, and he was at that steady workaholic working babyface, blue collar, if you will, from Canada, wearing the pink. Just two styles that would work really, really well together, and it did. I’m very thankful to that guy, because he meant a lot to my career. I’ll never forget that one time when he was just coming back from getting his knee cleaned up, and he needed an opponent for Survivor Series in the Garden, and he picked me as he picked me as his opponent. That was a real classic, an understated classic. And if you go back and watch it match, the rings were miked differently back then, so that match sounds different and the crowd is different, and I was not at the level that I would be, but people were into that match, and I had some mixed reactions. Of course, Bret was the babyface, but for some reason, when they ring the bell, Bret and I click in the ring. There’s just mutual respect, and for some reason, with some people, you just have great chemistry. You and I could be best friends, and we could go out there and work, but we might not have the best in-ring chemistry, although we’re best friends. So sometimes that just happens, like with The Rock, great chemistry, with Mankind, great chemistry.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Austin noted his belief that Kevin Owens is going to go into the WWE Hall Of Fame one day. You can read more about that here.

Thank you to Chris Van Vliet for the quote(s)