Bret Hart: “I could wrestle anybody whereas someone like Shawn Michaels, he can’t wrestle everybody”
During an interview with the Johnny I Pro Show, WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart was asked, “If you could relive one day of your life, not to change it, just to experience it again, what would it be?” Here was Hart’s response…
“I think it would be, as odd as it is, the first time I won the title. Just the happiness, because I didn’t see it coming. I didn’t expect it, and it was for sure going to change my life. It was finally going to give me that credit that I maybe never got from anywhere else.
I always kind of felt like, ‘Bret’s a great wrestler, but is he really?’ I just always wanted someone to verify that I was actually any good.
It’s one thing in the dressing room. I remember even when I first started WWF, I’d come back to the dressing room, and wrestlers would come up and tell me what a great match I had. They’d ask me about certain things I did, like, ‘Can you show me how to do that?’
But I was always kind of a dark horse. They didn’t really think I was any good at first, but then they’d go out and watch me, and it was like, ‘Oh, he’s actually pretty good. He’s got a lot of experience.’
I could wrestle anybody. Whereas someone like Shawn Michaels, he can’t wrestle everybody. He can only wrestle the guys he handpicks. ‘I want that guy and that guy, but I don’t want that guy. Don’t give me that guy.’
For me, it was like, give me anyone. It’s my job. I’m the champion. I’ll face anybody and give them the best match that I can.”