Eric Bischoff thinks Bret Hart is “so bitter” and should consider seeing a therapist
While speaking on his podcast, former WCW President Eric Bischoff addressed Bret Hart’s negative comments about various wrestlers, including a claim Bret made about Shawn Michaels and Vince McMahon being “lovers.” Bischoff said the following about the idea that Bret was joking…
“I don’t think Bret Hart has the ability to be funny. Maybe he is at times, but I’ve never seen it. Humor is not something that pops into my head when I think of Bret Hart. No, I don’t think he was being funny. I think he’s being bitter. And the reason I feel that way is because of everything that we’ve heard out of Bret Hart for the last couple of years.
When I talk about a guy who’s just hanging on, I just talked about it. He’s hanging on to this perception of himself as the greatest there ever was. And not only a Canadian hero, which is whatever, but like a cultural hero of some sort. Dude, you were never that popular as a professional wrestler. You were over, you sold a lot of stuff, you made a lot of money. But if you go back and look at the revenue that WWE was reporting during the years you were champion, Bret, it wasn’t a pretty picture.
Now, you can blame it on other people, and you can blame it on things that were outside of anybody’s control — the economy or the steroid trial or whatever. You can blame it on all that stuff. Facts are facts. Numbers are numbers. You just never got there. But you got so close. Why can’t you just enjoy that, as opposed to constantly, week after week after week, just burying people and making sure that you compare yourself and your virtues in your career to someone that you’re sh*tting on?
I don’t know, man. It’s just so bitter. I’m not joking — I think it’s clinical. If I was someone close to Bret, I’d suggest maybe go see a therapist or talk to somebody and just leave that baggage behind. Your life will be way better if you do.”