Bret Hart | The latest “Something to Wrestle” podcast contained a mix of past conversations with Bruce Prichard on Montreal Screwjob, followed by a new conversation on this topic with Gerald Brisco.
Bret Hart refused to lose to Undertaker
In an untold story, Brisco said The Montreal Heist was not the first time Bret Hart refused to fight or accept a result where he lost.
“We were in Bahrain,” Brisco said. “It’s a small island right next to Saudi Arabia. We are organizing an outdoor show there. It is probably the same year. We had a tournament. It was about Bret and Undertaker as the main event. It wasn’t a league game, it was just a Bahrain tournament. Bret said, “I’m not going to lose here. You can’t beat me here. “I think, we’re in the middle of nowhere. I asked Bret, ‘Why? It’s The Undertaker.’ He said: “There are too many fans.” Of course, there was a contingent of Canadian soldiers present, so he was right on that point. There were Canadian soldiers, but most of the people were native there. It wasn’t like there were crushing maple flags fluttering there. We’re 10,000 miles from anywhere, and at that time there was no social media or anything like that. Of course, I made my call to Vince. Vince said, “Just put the fight in the ring.” When the Undertaker arrives, he likes to know what he’s going to do so he can develop a game plan in his head during the event.
I have never told this story before. Vince said to talk to Taker. Just put the fight in the ring. Do what you have to do, but make it happen. It’s the last night of the tour, get out there and come home. We take care of it then. I tell Taker what’s going on. He said, “Don’t you want to give me the victory? I said, “No, he doesn’t want to.” There are too many Canadians here. Taker looked at me with a shocked expression with those piercing eyes that scared me to the bone. I said, ‘Well what do you wanna do? He said, ‘To hell with that. I’ll give him the win. “He’s the professional that is Taker. I went to see Bret and told him I would send you. He said, ‘Well, I don’t have to count up. at three. I can connect the sniper. “I said,” Well, you’re not going to hit the sniper. You’re going to count 3 “. So we prepare the fight for VKM. C was my first example with Bret. “
The Montreal Screwjob
Brisco tells us about the conversation he had with Earl Hebner about the planned Montreal ScrewJob:
Brisco said, “As the wrestling got ready to go into the ring, Earl got ready to get in. I grabbed Earl by the arm and led him a few paces from the gorilla position where Bruce (Prichard) was sitting, along with Davey Boy and Owen, so I couldn’t speak to him right in front of them as they were alerting Bret . somehow Brisco was talking to the ref and was aware of something.
Brisco continued, “So I took Earl to a little nook and Earl didn’t want to. Earl wasn’t going to do it. I started to explain it to him in black and white. I said, ‘Earl, you have a mortgage on your house, don’t you? If Bret takes his title there (WCW), and like I said we’re not in the best financial shape, being WWF, is he going to pay off his mortgage? Will you pay your electricity bill? Are you going to feed your family when you leave and earn billions of dollars there? What will happen to you if you refuse to do this and I have to replace you? “
“I went to see Timmy White and asked Timmy to wait. I said to Timmy, “We could get a hit from the referee, so I might need you to stay out of that.” That’s how I covered it up with Timmy to be on standby to referee the fight in case something happened. Timmy, of course, as a businessman said, “Yeah, I’ll be happy. He said, “I hope nothing will happen. I said, “Well, me too, but I might need your back-up.”
So Timmy was sitting next to Gorilla [posición]. Finally, I got to work with Earl. I said, “Okay, Earl. You have to go to the ring. You have to tell me right away. I have Timmy White there to take his place. You know, if you refuse to do it and walk away, you’ve probably ended up here. Now, is Bret going to take you to WCW and find you a job there? I doubt that will get you there. You are going to go bankrupt when it comes to making big bucks with a large organization. He looked at me and said, “Brisco, I wouldn’t do it for any man other than you.” He said, “It’s against my judgment.” I said, “It’s also against my judgment, but it’s the only option we have at the moment. So are you gonna do it or not? ‘He said,’ I’m going to do it. I said, ‘As soon as you do that 1,2,3 I want you to grab the belt and give it to Shawn. and get out of there. Get out of this arena as fast and as fast as you can. “
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