Bret Hart: “Wrestling is starting to become hokey, it doesn’t try to be real anymore”

During an interview with the Johnny I Pro Show, WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart commented on how wrestling has changed since he was an active performer. Here is what Bret had to say…

“I know that I gave so much and tried so hard to make it appear real, and I have a hard time today when I don’t think those values are carried forward. They’re moving 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, the more outrageously you can do things, the more explosions and pyro and stuff that you can have. It has nothing to do with wrestling.

In the end, I’m a wrestling fan deep in my heart, and 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.”