Bret Hart Describes The Atmosphere Backstage At Payback After Enzo’s Injury, Talks About How Dangerous The Ring Ropes Can Be, More

WrestleZone Radio proudly presents the latest episode of The Sharpshooter Show w/ Bret “The Hitman” Hart. A new episodes is released every Tuesday!

Each episode also features his sons Blade & Dallas as well as WrestleZone Radio’s Nick Hausman as the co-hosts. You can find some of Bret’s comments from the episode transcribed below. Bret’s comments about Enzo’s injury begin around the 15:40 minute mark.

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On what it was like backstage at WWE Payback following Enzo’s injury:

BH: It was pretty serious. There was almost like a gut churning, black cloud over everybody’s demeanor. Flair looked like somebody shot him in the chest. He was horrified. He said to me, “He broke his neck.” They took him to the hospital. He seemed very upset and a lot of the other wrestlers were upset. Luckily within a few minutes everyone was like, “Nah, it’s ok. He’s hurt. He’s got concussion symptoms but he didn’t break his neck.” There was a lot of relief. I saw a replay of it. Even when I saw the replay. I didn’t see the full replay, just the tail end of it, with him falling in to the ropes and then falling out of the ring. I am not sure whose fault it was or what happened but I will say that those ropes are so tight. The wrestling ropes. They are almost like iron bars that go across the ring. I don’t even know if they are real ropes anymore. They are so stiff. You could literally walk from one corner to the other on top of them if you could do a tightrope walk. They are so taut. Just hitting those with your head or face can be pretty… I think Jericho hit the same ropes with his nose, if you noticed. His nose was bleeding. I’m not sure if it was the guy who threw him in the ropes or he was trying to fall through the ropes. 

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This episode features Bret and his sons Blade & Dallas talking to WrestleZone Radio’s Nick Hausman about a variety of topics including:

  • What it was like for Bret to be backstage and working with WWE again at Payback
  • What his interactions with Triple H, Stephanie, Shane and Vince were like
  • Vince’s concern for Bret’s health and wanting to keep him limited in Natalya’s match
  • How the idea of “The Chicago Screw Job” came about
  • What the original plan was for Bret at the end of Natalya and Charlotte’s match
  • The WWE continuing to revisit The Montreal Screw Job
  • Charles Robinson getting to work with Ric Flair again
  • The atmosphere backstage at WWE Payback after Enzo’s injury
  • Ric Flair seemingly threatening a fight with Natalya on RAW
  • Charlotte’s concerns for her Dad and how much he’s willing to do in the ring
  • Whether or not it was difficult for Bret to put The Sharpshooter on Ric Flair
  • Blade & Dallas’ memories of Vince McMahon
  • Vince McMahon’s impressive food spread at WWE events compared to the catering that wrestlers get
  • Bret’s take on the tension between Shane and Stephanie McMahon backstage at WWE Payback
  • Ryback asking to be taken off the road by WWE and the recent outspoken comments he released about the way WWE pays and treats it’s talent
  • The way it was determined how much wrestlers got paid back when Bret was wrestling
  • Why Bret is still bitter towards Hulk Hogan to this day
  • Roman Reigns’ current presentation and advice that Bret has given him
  • Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn putting on a five-star match at WWE Payback
  • More…

This episode also features Bret giving his “4 Out Of 10” award of the week as well as answering questions from the #AskTheHitman mailbag.

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