Bret Hart: Likes Rhea, hates chops, REALLY hates Goldberg.
Feb 5, 2024 9:34:29 GMT -5
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Post by Saiyanic Panic on Feb 5, 2024 9:34:29 GMT -5
Excerpts taken from FoxSports.com AU~
Praise for Rhea Ripley:
Wrestling looking fake / hurting people for real:
Having to memorize scripts nowadays:
Praise for Rhea Ripley:
“I really like her a lot. I really like her poise, her staying in character and sort of living her - she seems like she’s adapted a character that’s fun to play, and she’s playing into that, full tilt.”
“She’s putting that realism into it; that’s what I miss in a lot of wrestling today, just making it feel more real, and she makes it feel pretty real all the time."
“She’s putting that realism into it; that’s what I miss in a lot of wrestling today, just making it feel more real, and she makes it feel pretty real all the time."
Wrestling looking fake / hurting people for real:
“I was a technical wrestler that made you, you know, when I put a headlock on, it look like a real headlock. Not like John Cena or somebody that’s got a headlock that looks like he has it on a tire. The headlock has to be tightened - real. You know, I that’s what I pride myself on. And I also pride myself on the fact that I never injured anybody, ever.
“I find a lot of the wrestlers today are like, when they land where they land, they realize 30 seconds later that they’re in the wrong spot, and they start wiggling all the way across the ring to get in the right position. That’s a fail. You get an F in my wrestling academy when you do stuff like that.
“And when these guys dive over the top rope onto the 20 wrestlers on the floor - they’ve gotta stop doing that. It’s just not real ... and with the chops, and everybody chopping themselves. What a bunch of baloney. Nobody ever won a match with a chop. All the wooing. It’s really taking away from the beauty and the art of great wrestling.
“There’s a lot of great wrestlers out there that can deliver great matches. But there’s so many wrestlers out there that are subpar in my opinion, that don’t know what they’re doing out there. And they allow themselves to rely on things like chops, which I think is sort of like cheap heat - you get a reaction, but what’s your reaction? You’re whipping a guy across the chest with your hand? Okay, so you’re hurting some guy for real, for some stupid reason. And the crowd sort of reacts to it.
“In my understanding of pro wrestling, anytime anyone does anything to you that hurts, for real - chopping, putting blisters on your chest when you go to your room or bed, anytime anyone does things to you for real, they’re in the wrong business. They’re doing it wrong. Because you’re not supposed to get hurt. You’re not supposed to come back to your dressing room that night, or to your hotel room and have a big lump on your head and a black eye and your teeth are knocked out. That’s Bill Goldberg wrestling. That’s not how it’s done.”
“I find a lot of the wrestlers today are like, when they land where they land, they realize 30 seconds later that they’re in the wrong spot, and they start wiggling all the way across the ring to get in the right position. That’s a fail. You get an F in my wrestling academy when you do stuff like that.
“And when these guys dive over the top rope onto the 20 wrestlers on the floor - they’ve gotta stop doing that. It’s just not real ... and with the chops, and everybody chopping themselves. What a bunch of baloney. Nobody ever won a match with a chop. All the wooing. It’s really taking away from the beauty and the art of great wrestling.
“There’s a lot of great wrestlers out there that can deliver great matches. But there’s so many wrestlers out there that are subpar in my opinion, that don’t know what they’re doing out there. And they allow themselves to rely on things like chops, which I think is sort of like cheap heat - you get a reaction, but what’s your reaction? You’re whipping a guy across the chest with your hand? Okay, so you’re hurting some guy for real, for some stupid reason. And the crowd sort of reacts to it.
“In my understanding of pro wrestling, anytime anyone does anything to you that hurts, for real - chopping, putting blisters on your chest when you go to your room or bed, anytime anyone does things to you for real, they’re in the wrong business. They’re doing it wrong. Because you’re not supposed to get hurt. You’re not supposed to come back to your dressing room that night, or to your hotel room and have a big lump on your head and a black eye and your teeth are knocked out. That’s Bill Goldberg wrestling. That’s not how it’s done.”
Having to memorize scripts nowadays:
“In fact, I did it with Punk. And I remember I had to do an interview. And they gave me so much script, they gave me like, five pages of script to memorize; and I’m like, are you kidding me, five pages? I’m just gonna wing it, but they go no no, it’s gotta be word-for-word."
“So I started reading this thing all afternoon, and I’m getting ready to go out, and I’m kind of nervous about it - well, I don’t do this stuff anymore. And also they come up to me and tell me it’s a whole rewrite, five different pages. And I remember I went out there and I totally froze up in the ring. I forgot everything I was going to say. I was all ready to say hey, somebody in the back there, I’ve forgot all my script and I’m gonna have to wing this, like I was gonna break character. I don’t know what the hell I’m supposed to.
“Somehow miraculously I remembered what I needed to say. But the pressure on these young wrestlers today, from an acting standpoint is so much more anything I ever had to do. And I respect that a lot.
“And I’ll give you an example - that same day that I had brain fog going out, John Cena was standing next to me doing something on his own. They handed him maybe 20 pages of script. And I remember looking at the pages, there were a lot of changes. And he was like ‘ohh’, he just groaned the same way I did.
“But I watched him, maybe 20 minutes after I went out, he went out there and did the whole thing word for word. Reading his script, he did it perfectly! He remembered all the changes and he did it perfectly. And I go, well that’s a real pro out there. Maybe I could’ve done that back 1992 or 1995 or something, but I mean the wrestlers today have a lot on their backs that guys in that era didn’t have.”
“So I started reading this thing all afternoon, and I’m getting ready to go out, and I’m kind of nervous about it - well, I don’t do this stuff anymore. And also they come up to me and tell me it’s a whole rewrite, five different pages. And I remember I went out there and I totally froze up in the ring. I forgot everything I was going to say. I was all ready to say hey, somebody in the back there, I’ve forgot all my script and I’m gonna have to wing this, like I was gonna break character. I don’t know what the hell I’m supposed to.
“Somehow miraculously I remembered what I needed to say. But the pressure on these young wrestlers today, from an acting standpoint is so much more anything I ever had to do. And I respect that a lot.
“And I’ll give you an example - that same day that I had brain fog going out, John Cena was standing next to me doing something on his own. They handed him maybe 20 pages of script. And I remember looking at the pages, there were a lot of changes. And he was like ‘ohh’, he just groaned the same way I did.
“But I watched him, maybe 20 minutes after I went out, he went out there and did the whole thing word for word. Reading his script, he did it perfectly! He remembered all the changes and he did it perfectly. And I go, well that’s a real pro out there. Maybe I could’ve done that back 1992 or 1995 or something, but I mean the wrestlers today have a lot on their backs that guys in that era didn’t have.”
