Bret Hart Says WCW Should Have Been Sued For Putting Him In Ring With Goldberg

Bret Hart believes that WCW should have been liable for for his career-ending injury against Goldberg in 1999. The WWE Hall of Famer has spoken often about the injury, which he suffered a severe concussion due to a thrust kick during a match and believes he may have had more than one during the course of the bout. Goldberg, for his part, has expressed regret for the injury.

Hart revisited the topic during an appearance on the Johnny I Pro Show. He was speaking about his own reputation of being safe in the ring and mentioned Goldberg. However, he saved most of his criticism this time for WCW for putting Goldberg in the ring withoue being properly ready. You can see the highlights below:

On Being Injured By Goldberg:

“You’ve got to know what you’re doing when you go out there, a little bit. It’s not like Goldberg. And that’s — I won’t go on a big thing about Goldberg. But Goldberg just hurt me because he didn’t know how to do anything different. Like, no one taught him, no one showed him, no one explained to him, like ‘Bill, it’s not really real. You can’t actually kick somebody in the head as hard as you can, you just can’t.’ But no one took the time to tell him that in WCW where it’s like — they should be sued for unprofessional wrestling, for putting me in the ring with a guy that didn’t know anything about wrestling.”

On His Safety Record In the Ring:

“I think my safety record is is my most highest accomplishment of my career. The fact that so many wrestlers put their lives in my hands, even trusted me. Even Steve Austin trusted me at Wrestlemania 13 to get the juice on him in the match. I mean, those are all really serious. Like, that’s a huge amount of respect for me for him to say, ‘I trust you more than I trust myself.’ And for me to say, ‘You can trust me.’ And you know, you can trust me because that’s one thing — I was always a professional. Even with Shawn Michaels, I was always professional with him. Like if we were going to fight, ‘There’s going to be any fighting, iet’s do it right here in the dressing room right now. But when we go out there and we go into the ring, I’m a professional. You’re professional. We have a show to put on and a match that needs to be professional.’ You can’t have one guy being professional and one guy not being professional. And not that that ever happened, but I mean that’s — to me, it’s a very serious thing.”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit The Johny I Pro Show with a h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.