Bret Hart puts over Brock Lesnar, talks on wrestling, McMahon, and much more Submitted by Stu Starrs on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 1:47 PM EST
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Bret Hart was a guest on a special edition of Monday Night Mayhem. Bret discussed his recent dealings with WWE as well as some of the current projects he is working on. Bret did not refuse to answer any of the questions thrown at him during this 30+ minute interview which is now playing for FREE in streaming audio on the AudioWrestling.com website.
Monday Night Mayhem can be heard live every Monday from 7-9 P.M. est. on AudioWrestling.com and on MondayNightMayhem.com
Here are some of the highlights from this interview:
*Bret Hart will be at the Capital City Fanfest (Maryland) in August. Bret said he will feel like one of the fans when he gets to see legends like Billy Graham.
*Bret is still friends with Jimmy Hart and Jim Neidhart and doesn't remember any time where he had any problem with either of them through all the years they toured together.
*Bret is asked about the current status of tag team wrestling. Bret thinks there have not been many spectacular teams the last few years. Bret thinks tag team wrestling is an art form with its own psychology from standard one-on-one matches.
*Bret thinks the talent in the business today is very strong but the creativity elements outside of the ring is lacking.
*Bret puts over Brock Lesnar and says he misses watching him on TV.
*Bret says he is glad Ric Flair still can make a living in the business but he wishes that when Flair and Hogan get TV time that it could be used more creatively instead of seeing them do the same things over and over.
*Bret says Harry Smith (son of the late British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith) has all of the potential in the world and deserves to get a lot of success in the business.
*Bret says he was approached about being more involved in WrestleMania 22 but it was not in any angle with Shawn Michaels as rumored. Bret says he can't wrestle anymore and he is not interested in being brought in a commissioner role.
*Bret wishes he was still capable of getting back in the ring to wrestle so that the Survivor Series '97 angle could be played off as a huge elaborate work that was years in the making.
*Bret was asked about Vince McMahon now owning most of the classic footage from many of the past wrestling organizations. Bret says his dealings with WWE on the last WWE DVD went very well. Bret says he didn't like the Warrior DVD and he felt bad for how it ruined a lot of fans perception of the Warrior.
*Bret thinks wrestling is still waiting for its next phenomenon like Hogan was in the 80's.
*Bret will be playing the role of the Genie in an Aladdin play in Canada this fall.
*Bret has a book in development that will be released in 2007.
