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Bret Hart wants things to be like they were back in his day.
WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart was a recent guest on The Ariel Helwani Show. When asked if he still watches professional wrestling today, Hart said he tries to, but finds that today’s talents are more actors than wrestlers, taking a direct shot at AEW in the process.
“I try to watch the pay-per-views. I find, in a lot of wrestlers, and I won’t name anybody. But I find the wrestlers are more actors pretending to be wrestlers today than actual wrestlers,” Bret Hart said. “I miss the ruggedness of the characters. Guys like Curt Hennig, myself, Dynamite Kid. That whole era of wrestlers that broke into the business in the late ’70s and early ’80s.
“We were from the Harley Race, Terry Funk generation, trying to copy them or mimic them. That’s why I think the ’90s was the best era of wrestling. When I watch some of that old ’90s wrestling, it was really good stuff. I find that today’s wrestling is a little bit more about promos and your character on TV, and not so much your work rate.
“I like guys that throwback a little bit more to the work rate. Roman Reigns is a guy that tries really hard to earn the respect of my generation and be more realistic and more credible, and believable, not so much an actor. I find that, especially AEW, I find they are mostly actors trying to pretend to be wrestlers, and they gotta get on with real wrestling and quit acting so much.” [H/T: Fightful]
Bret Hart appeared one time for All Elite Wrestling at the first Double or Nothing to reveal the AEW World Championship. In the years that followed, the company has held a yearly tournament in honor of his younger brother, Owen Hart.
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