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Bret Hart Speaks on Bad News Brown, Brown’s Induction into the WWE Hall of Fame
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It was announced last week that Bad News Brown will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this year as part of the Legacy Wing. Bad News was part of the WWF in the late 1980s and was a fierce competitor that had no friends & didn’t want any. It was a bad idea having him on your Survivor Series team, as he walked out on both teams he was assigned to.
Before making it to the WWF, Bad News was known in wrestling as Bad News Allen. After a successful judo career, Allen broke into wrestling through the New Japan Pro Wrestling dojo and ended up competing for Stampede Wrestling in Western Canada. Allen met Bret Hart during one of Bret’s trips to New Japan, and Bret suggested that Bad News make the trip to Stampede. Bret’s father Stu was the promoter and was a huge fan of tough, legitimate athletes, so Bad News fit with what Stu wanted to present. Bret also worked with Bad News in the WWF, and was the last man eliminated by Bad News in a battle royal at WrestleMania IV.
Bret recently did an interview with Dominic DeAngelo of Studio1Sports.com where he talked about Bad News Brown’s induction into the WWE Hall of Fame and his history with Bad News, which he admitted was complicated.
On Bad News Brown Getting Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame:
“You know I didn’t know he got inducted…That’s news to me. I’m always happy for him. To me, he’ll always be a Stampede wrestler, one of my dad’s guys. Bad News was not maybe one of my closest friends, but I always had respect for him, and he was a pretty intense guy. He was not a stupid man. He was a pretty well-educated, disciplined guy. And (he) was really, you know, I think an honorable guy. He was kind of guy, I would say, never told a lie in his life, you know, that kind of thing.”
On his dealings with Bad News:
“He was educated, intelligent guy that was serious, dedicated, disciplined athlete. He was just a different kind of guy that grew up with a different take on wrestling and things like that.
“I found Bad News, he was always honest. Honest to a fault. He was telling the truth between what was on his mind. He didn’t mince words. He wasn’t afraid to speak his mind. I, on a lot of levels, if we weren’t in the same business together, I would be a big fan of Bad News.”
You can watch Bret’s full interview below:
If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit Dominic DeAngelo of Studio1Sports.com for the transcription.
