Should blood be banned in pro wrestling? Let us know in the comments below!

@mykeaikens193

6 ай бұрын

Hell no Just no moxley type of blood n we’re good man lol

@TheScottishFox258

6 ай бұрын

If it fits the story, blood should be completely fine. But if you bleed in every single match, it kinda just gets old really fast.

@L.R.KNIGHT

6 ай бұрын

​@@mykeaikens193 that czw stuff is insane

@undertakernumberone1

6 ай бұрын

It shouldn't be banned. It SHOULD, however, be used more sparingly than certain people use it. Blood should mean something, imho.

@R3troZone

6 ай бұрын

I think blood should be reserved for when it's necessary for the story. So yes it should stay banned because if you tell guys it's okay to do it and its not banned, they'll do it every match and it'll be meaningless.

I love how Bret remembers EVERY DETAIL about meaningful past events and then proceeds to tell the story in a way that it sets up the story - the situation, the environment, who was present, the time, the place. And what's great, you can tell he REALLY THINKS about what he's saying before saying it. He really holds his career with pride and honour. I love that about him.

@ohmeohmyohmammamia

6 ай бұрын

His detail telling into last events never changes no matter how many times he's interviewed. Which is why I believe him more than others who are asked about last events. Respect to him. Best there is best there was and best there ever will be.

@clarity2115

6 ай бұрын

Bret could probably remember most of his matches and spots. Perfectionist, the excellence of execution

@bryanmack4054

6 ай бұрын

@@clarity2115 he has an excellent memory….I met him back in 2019 and mentioned a random house show I went to, as a kid. He immediately knew which year it was that I was talking about. I think he kept a diary which certainly helped.

@grahamcurran8744

6 ай бұрын

No drugs possibly

@grahamcurran8744

6 ай бұрын

No drugs possibly

The blood running down Austin's head is so iconic. He was already on his rise to the top but after that match he was a made man.

@rikkihill22

5 ай бұрын

That image is perfect, right down to the fact the blood runs into his mouth between his teeth. I always thought that looked like Austin had broken his teeth gritting them so hard through his sheer determination. My all time favourite match, it's perfect.

@scottudell7202

Ай бұрын

Bret made the best call ever when he told Steve he needed color for that match. He knew it would push Steve into the stratosphere.

One of the greatest Double Turns ever executed. They don't call Bret the Excellence of Execution for nothin.

@six6thdisciple

6 ай бұрын

NAME ANOTHER “DOUBLE TURN”

@willjohnboy

6 ай бұрын

​@@six6thdisciplemidnight express vs road warriors

@willjohnboy

6 ай бұрын

​@@six6thdiscipledemolition and powers of pain

@DavidBarton777

6 ай бұрын

It was the best

@travisrochelle4499

6 ай бұрын

​@@six6thdiscipleFloyd vs Big Show, Rock vs Hogan, Rock vs Brock

People sometimes underestimate how important Bret was in that period between the end of the Golden Era and the start of the Attitude Era. The guy was keeping WWF relevant for a lot of those years. Plus the Attitude Era would never have happened without him.

@bigbrytunney8753

4 ай бұрын

i agree, i've always compared Bret Hart turning heel (at least to USA fans) to Hogan turning heel and joining NWO. It was tone shift in the entire company of WWF. After Hogan left for WCW in 1994, Bret ended up being the longest running babyface in the company.

@cash5627

3 ай бұрын

It really was a great, albeit brief era 95 to 96ish. The ropes weren't red yet but many of the attitude era stars where there making a freshman debut. Hey, remember the back lot brawl between goldust and rowdy Roddy Piper? Or that wild match between road warriors (who I love, heal or otherwise) and nation of domination with trash cans flying everywhere? How about Vader? I loved that beast! Yeah, 'pre attitude era' I call it. Good stuff.

@IAEMThatIAEM

2 ай бұрын

you guys need education on what the "golden era" means. the Golden Era of WWF would be the WWWF, Bruno Sammartino and Pedro Morales

@IAEMThatIAEM

2 ай бұрын

​@cash5627 you mean the WCW guys? Like Vader, Undertaker, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Mankind, Steve Austin, Brian Pillman, Farooq, Dustin Runnels, Jacqueline and Marlena.... I am sure i am forgetting some. Now days we would call all those guys "WCW Originals" lol.

@cash5627

2 ай бұрын

@@IAEMThatIAEM the tone of your post infers I dislike WCW. Oh contraire, the Hollywood blondes, Sting, Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Mean Mark (Undertaker) all those guys where great there too. In highschool I held the unpopular opinion of liking both companies, but I didn't care, I plain liked 'rastlin... All of it.

Bret/Steve at WM13 is the match you show people who “don’t get” wrestling. They will after that. Best match I’ve ever seen.

@robertclark-bancroft5421

3 ай бұрын

That one and the epic hell in the cell match with mankind and undertaker. Those 2 matches will get people into wrestling real quick lol

@justinhill2144

2 ай бұрын

When I think of the good Ole days, this is one of the first matches I think of.

I can listen to this man talk about wrestling all day. His passion for it is undeniable.

Man, seeing Bret this old makes me feel…well, old! One of my childhood hero’s. Still aggrieved about what happened at WM9!

@djdecimator97

Ай бұрын

Time flies so fast! He's turning 67 and Hogan is almost 71, Steve, Shawn and Taker around 57-58 maybe pushing 59 this year. The 90s was 3 decades ago but it felt like it's just yesterday!

@lordofthebuckets2676

Ай бұрын

He doesn’t look that bad!

Before Steve's neck injury, he was a great technical wrestler. He had to adapt his style because his moveset became more limited due to his neck issues.

@jamesdjl4359

6 ай бұрын

Absolutely. Some of his matches with Ricky "the dragon" steamboat in WCW were incredible. Luckily, he was able to adapt a more brawling style, which somewhat matched his new change in character. But, his technical prowess was definitely limited after that Owen match.

@al21122

6 ай бұрын

Yes, after the accident he was no longer the same, a damn shame!

@ericthegreat1877

6 ай бұрын

For real he had to go to the brawler type style

@joerodriguez9681

6 ай бұрын

Steve was hot already but had the injury not happened.... the whole angle of him stunning officials and eventually vince....wouldnt have happened...and i believe that put steve on another level entirely

@TheFailedmessiah

6 ай бұрын

Yeah pre neck injury, he was a great technical wrestler, good bumper too, post neck injury, he was a brawler, punch kick kinda guy, luckily he was super over so ppl didn’t care by that point, but the lead up, he was great. It sucks how he had to change his style.

I’ve noticed Bret’s got a really good sense of humor he has some really good one liners that are hilarious

That visual was perfect. Soon as Brett got him in the sharp shooter and Steve lifted his head uo and screamed the blood just poured out his head perfectly. Amazing

He made matches look real, an art form in itself.

Damn I love Bret stories. So calming, but exciting at the same time. We don’t deserve him, but thank god we have him.

Bret vs Austin at Mania 13 is still my favorite match of all time.

"The question was not if I could do it. It was. If I could get away with it" - Bret Hart

Bret is such an artist and his attention in detail is incredible. I'm glad he recovered fully from his stroke or otherwise we would never know about these stories.

@TheFailedmessiah

6 ай бұрын

He needs to work for a company, great mind for the business. If I’m Tony Khan I hire Bret as head of creative. Who is going to tell Bret hart, NO?? The young bucks or Kenny!? Bret gets it 100 percent.

@SomeNativeOfficial

5 ай бұрын

He tried and wanted to be an agent, but AEW told him no they don’t want him.

@essj3334

Ай бұрын

​@@TheFailedmessiahAEW is trash he's too good for that shit show

Although Austin was already gaining momentum by WM 13, that submission match made him and reignited Bret Hart. He became face, Bret cemented his obvious heel turn and Ken Shamrock turned pro wrestler.

This was the most amazing feud of all time. There was an opportunity to replicate the rivalry with knight and Roman. Unfortunately I think the time is passing. Bret and Austin was so legendary. Wish something could pop up again like that

One of the greatest matches ever. My favorite match of all time.

My two favorite wrestlers of all time, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Bret “the Hitman” Hart! I still have their bone crunching action figures in a shoebox in my garage lol

I love hearing this man tell stories. Because when he tells them you know it's authentic you know that there is no BS coming out of this man's mouth and I truly respect him for it he is a good man he truly is what he says the greatest the best

I heard Bret liked and respected Austin so much. He told Vince if it was him against Austin at Survivor Series and not him v HBL he would have been happy to drop the title

Bret remembers everything so perfectly. If you go and watch the match right now. You do actually see him spit out the blade right as hes thrown over the ropes, and you can see him holding it between his finger and thumb during the irish whip reversal into the barricade. Bret is a true legend.

@MoneyManHolmes

5 ай бұрын

I saw him give Stone Cold a tap on the back of his arm to signal he was about to do the deed. Other than that, you can’t even see it happen. They nailed it.

@apostolostvable

4 ай бұрын

@@MoneyManHolmes This is what happens when you have two true professionals and legends of the game in their prime.

@LuisMotta06

3 ай бұрын

He seriously must have a photographic memory to remember every single detail so accurately. Living legend!

@ivanvalentin3898

2 ай бұрын

Hes a mark for himself so he watches these matches from time to time ​@LuisMotta06

I love that this story is what led to one of the greatest visuals in wrestling history

I watched the raws leading up to and the Wrestlemania that year I think it was 97. I’m so glad young fans who weren’t around then go back and appreciate how great he was and how big he was in getting Austin over. Who else could of put Austin over like that when he still won match? Nobody not even Taker

These Bret interview clips are Gold. Keep em coming if you have anymore too post..

I didn't even notice and I saw it live on PPV in 97. The match was that good that you were SO invested. I'd give that match 10 stars if I could.

It truly is a masterpiece how they both pulled it off 🙏🏼

Greatest wrestler of all time right there.

Bret Hart is such a great storyteller. I know he was a great wrestler but I think it was his storytelling abilities that made him so good.

Imagine an alternate universe where Shawn goes to WCW in 97 instead and Bret does the honors for Steve at Wrestlemania 14….thing is…without the screwjob, we wouldn’t have had the Mr. Mcmahon character, most likely.

@brianmowday7509

6 ай бұрын

The Screwjob was the catalyst that created one of the biggest heels of all time. Everyone can relate to having a shitty boss they've dreamt of kicking the shit out of. Steve Austin got to live that dream.

@vishnujani9499

4 ай бұрын

I feel Mr. McMahon would have happened regardless. Bret had a few "run-ins" with McMahon before that and it looked like he was getting more involved as a character

@nikhilhembrom8952

2 ай бұрын

​@@vishnujani9499if you see raw in 1997 bret did attacked vince even before austin plus stone cold have stunned vince even before his mr mcmahon character

@RealFuckingReviews

5 күн бұрын

Austin stunned McMahon well before the screw job. It was going to happen regardless. The WWF 100 % chose the wrong person between Bret & Shawn. Shawn was useless.

Thats one of the best matches because of many reasons and one for me was the heel flip. Those two knew how to work and respond to a crowd. The best part about Bret is: if I go back and watch clips about what he talks about the man is accurate and I love how he gives context to what we saw.

Jim Cornette has an awesome watch-along episode for this match & he immediately saw where the blade happened before Bret threw Steve at the announcers. It's such a quick blink-and-you'll-miss it detail but once you see it, it's brilliant. The fact they convinced McMahon it was real/accidental is just the icing on the cake, for me the blood absolutely made the match especially with Steve's screaming face at the end.

@apostolostvable

4 ай бұрын

Which is funny because according to Bruce Pritchard, one of the hard cameras caught where Bret bladed Steve (apparently). I think even if Vince knew they did it purposely he couldn't help but appreciate the absolute masterpiece that occured.

@tomferguson9250

4 ай бұрын

@@apostolostvable Agreed, I suspect Vince knew it was a blade job but kept it quiet because of how damn good the match turned out. Legit one of my top 5 WM matches of all time, plus even now they act like brothers more than coworkers. You don't see that much in the current wrestling/entertainment era & it makes me sad...

This was one of the greatest matches I'd ever seen. Austin passing out reaching for the ropes with blood squirting out of his forehead just before he passed out.

Old school wrestling is such an art form!!

Could listen to him all day.

This is my favorite match of all time! I quit watching wrestling for two decades and I just restart following it because I kept thinking about that match. It's a masterpiece of in-ring storytelling. Thank you so much for showing that part of the interview: that mean the world to me!

They STOLE the show. We don't talk about Sid vs Taker.

Bret would serve so well in development and creative

@bigolebot

3 ай бұрын

And would probably develop horrible drawing stars, I mean bret should know, he's one of them

@SakAttack87

Ай бұрын

​@@bigolebotBret was stuck in the midcard wrestling evil dentists and pirates during the darkest days of the WWF. He was so integral to the resurgence the company had in 1997 as they moved into the Attitude Era.

@bigolebot

Ай бұрын

@@SakAttack87 he wasn't "intergal" his expensive contract nearly put them out of business in 97. The guy didn't draw. Him and Shawn were mid carders who got lucky because of the steroid nonsense

@SakAttack87

Ай бұрын

@@bigolebot Nobody drew in that 1993-95 era even guys like Hulk Hogan. The business was in the shitter. Austin was the catalyst, but his feud with Bret was what put him on the main event map. People always argue he was already there after the KOTR speech, but forget he was wrestling on the preshow a few months later at SummerSlam.

I just recently watched the match between Bret & Davey Boy @ ‘In Your House’ , & was amazed at the quality of the match. Bret was actually ‘busted open’ worse the Stone Cold @ WM XIII. It was the only time I can remember Bret bleeding in any match.

I love the respect he has for Austin.

@JJA1987

5 ай бұрын

Steve is the same way when he talks about Bret or WM 13

love this but one question why put the blade in your mouth vs in your wrist tape???

Putting that Goldberg bullshit aside, Bret is the GOAT for helping out Stone Cold to shine. Bret is a great supporter of new talent or talent that needs to be pushed to the top. A real pro in the ring and a cool supporter to the business. I would listen to his stories all day long. His Hall of Fame speech is great too.

Not only my favourite WrestleMania match but my favourite match ever! I simply love that match and even though my favourite wrestler of all time Stone Cold Steve Austin lost to Bret Hart it bring back such good memories for me. I did love mma and did mma for 16yrs and competed too (not for 16yrs) but no mma fight comes close to that match in how good the Bret Hart/Austin makes me feel and warms my heart, probably because mma lacks that storytelling that you get with pro wrestling and how you get invested in a great storied feud over months. MMA it’s just two guys who has a fight maybe they have a rematch at the next event or fight again a few times over a couple years period but there’s no real story there, what people loved about Conor McGregor was he brought a bit of pro wrestling to the UFC press conferences with his promos which are straight from wrestling except Conor McGregor can use real language which will never be used in WWE with worlds like fuck and cunt and it sounds like what a person would say in a real fight which what the UFC is about…real fights.

That blade job was so good, I thought for YEARS that Austin went hard way when he bled.

Austin vs Hart at WM 13 is my favourite match al all time. True classic

that match was crazy

Funny thing about Brett Hart is i watched wrestling when i was a kid And i remember playing either a PS1 or PS2 wrestling game where brett was in it and was a main act. I first learned about brett in that game and continued watching wrestling never having even seen him in the ring It was a strange thing never hearing about him but knowing he was a great wrestler, i played as him all the time in the game, then he wasn't in the ones going forward

hitman vs stone cold ss 96 was for the jim cornette's ...... hitman vs stone cold wm13 was for the paul heyman's ......

One of the greatest legendary matches ever

Austin said Bret Hart, ' THE very BEST ring worker EVER '. Austin also said that to his knowledge, " NO one ever got really. hurt in a match with Bret Hart " so it makes sense that Austin trusted Bret to blade him

Yes, I believe Bret Hart to be a true class act. None of us are perfect, but he just seems like such a a true, honest-and at times very frank (more in a good way than not) individual. I truly delight in watching his videos on here, you really learn a lot, in my own opinion.

Remember watching Brett wrestling on Stampede Wrestling back in the day with his brothers DrD BadNewsAllen and the British Buldogs. They toured all the small Prairie towns.

King of the Ring 1996 was where Austin 3:16 was born. But the start of Stone Cold Steve Austin's legend was at WM13 vs. Bret Hart officially making him a babyface and turning the crowd in his favor.

Where can watch the full interview mate ?

One of the best matches ever.

I remember being a kid watching this match and wanting Bret to win so badly. But when he did win, I almost felt bad that he did. I don't think I was the only one who's favorite wrestler was Bret, but after this match, it became Steve Austin. The best example of someone passing the torch in wrestling history. As much as Vince tried to make other wrestlers after Hogan, it was clearly Bret who was "The Man". And after WM 13.......Well, we all know what happened with "Stone Cold". What an amazing time it was to be a wrestling fan!

I was going to say the Bret was mistaken or was remembering wrong because Austin did a series of matches with Dustin Rhodes in late-1991 WCW and he definitely juiced for at least one of those matches that I saw...but looking back on it he was probably getting hardwayed by Dustin in the corner with some heavy knuckle punches to the forehead...he might very well have not known how to blade yet by early-1997...Austin wrote in his book about how the two of them would come back from their matches (He and Dustin)covered in blood and jubilant and Lex Luger would be appalled by the amount of blood...

Brett always made everyone else look good .. that's what made him great

The greatest wrestling match of all time

Best wrestling match of all time , even non wrestling fans have watched it and got into it. That match had everything

This guy in amazing. He has the most memorable matches in my opinion. Perfect, Micheals twice, the bulldog, Austin twice and on and on

And now I have to go watch the match again :D

Amazing professionalism

Bret Hart is such a good story teller. Imagine if his brother didnt passed away in 1999. He also would have been a good story teller. And would been amazing to see them both talked about behind the scenes of their matches.

Austin throwing Bret on the wrong side of the ring should be an objective on the WWE 2K24 WrestleMania Challenge

I have so much respect for Bret’s philosophy on what pro wrestling should be presented as!

i've watched the match countless times it amazes me every single time

You wouldn’t think it but Bret is a very deep thinker

The fact that Bret still loves and respects Steve all this time says volumes. Massive respect to both wrestlers. Both of them on my Mt Rushmore definitely. 👍😁

@djdecimator97

Ай бұрын

Steve also respects Bret, vice-versa. Mutual respect. He told people in an interview that Bret made him and put him on the "map". WM13 was the turning point in his career and the rest was history!

The greatest technical wrestler of all time

I love hearing stories like that especially so details like bret was trying to tell a story. It’s important for me cuz i am HFA and specific details of the stories is important to me. Than hearing others goes oh you know. Blah blah you know. Like that. No i do not know. Details please. Thank you bret. I enjoy that story lot.

The only match that has made me feel sick/ about to faint. The amount of blood was insane!

When I'll be old I wanna be like Bret hart love how he remembers everything He is such a nice storyteller

The greatest match in WWE history

All the no nothings who slam bret for being 'bitter' ... he's not bitter he just loves wrestling. He was a pro and did everything like a pro. Rightly, he slams these alleged pro's like plummer moxley who couldn't work his way out of a wet paper bag and sits in the corner OPENLY blading himself. Bret was a great wrestler. A great storyteller. He never hurt anybody and made it look as real as it gets. He's rightly proud of that. An absolute pro who did Pro Wrestling properly. None of this thigh slapping bs.

i love hearing these types of stories from my childhood favorites

It’s amazing to think all the money Austin made from his Blood from Stone shirt could’ve been missed out in if he just said no to blading in this match.

My favorite wrestler. An artist at his profession. Live long and well Brett.

I Love Brett!! Absolute Legend!! The Excellence of Execution, the best their was and the best there ever will be.

You Have always been a Winner. Best there is... Best there was. Allways a winner.. Its called wrestling. Not beating someone up.

Bret cared about each and every detail of a match

One thing you can count on is Bret Hart telling the truth about things. Ok sometimes he might get dates slightly mixed up but I suppose when you spend like 300 days a year over a 15yr period some days can blur into others but the basic story never changes

There is an art to blading correctly folks. Bret couldn't have said it any better. NEVER allow someone else to blade you. If your going to do or have been told to do it for a certain match. Do it yourself. I've watched and been a part of this business for nearly 40yrs now on the indy scene. And i've seen A LOT in terms of mistakes that were made. Especially, pertaining to blading correctly. I also don't advocate keeping it in your mouth that's an old timer's strategy. Best place is in your wrist tape for easy access. Or have the ref handle it for you. You NEVER want it in your trunks or boots because you have to reach further and it makes it look to obvious. The most classic style of pulling it off right is throwing opponent into ring post or with a chair shot to the head. Opponent goes down and then the head is under the ring apron while your down then blade. Works even better if you have long hair.

People talk about Mania 13 but Bret and Austin had more matches than that that were good.

I absolutely adore Bret Hart and the man he is. The best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be! ❤

I respect that Bret talks about the business 100%. He just says it how he really feels, he’s not afraid to let people in on the real business happening behind the scenes

That was one legendary match. Probably the one and only match of its kind. Never more

Bret Hart & Steve Austin , there was a lot of Respect to each other

This is probably my favorite match ever.

the 2 best technical wrestlers every stepped in the square circle for me

6:36 Austin bled like CRAZY in 1992 WCW in a War Games match. One of the best War Games matches ever so he wasn't new to bleeding. Unless that wasn't a blade job back then, but I gotta believe it was

@bryanmack4054

6 ай бұрын

Yeah I’m always puzzled by that…if I ever get a chance to talk to Steve, I want to ask him about that

@kickflipdemon

6 ай бұрын

austin told angle the same thing bret told him at summerslam 2001 about angle need juice and austin was like id never say let someone cut you but let me blade u and angle bleed like crazy lol

@soulofanerd9364

6 ай бұрын

@@kickflipdemon 😄😄😄

@simplyhuman2213

6 ай бұрын

@@bryanmack4054He mentioned why before. Vince wouldn’t allow the bleeding. So Bret did it to take the heat off of him in case they couldn’t convince Vince it was legitimate blood

@bryanmack4054

6 ай бұрын

@@simplyhuman2213 no, I mean Austin said he never bladed before…but he bled at the war games match in 92….Im curious to know if that was hard way or not.

Stone cold has a watch along with commentary and man he broke it down very ICONIC MATCH

Bret is and was great for the business. His knowledge and attention to detail made the business what it was

Yes my favorite match of all times

It was a very special match, even watching it, it felt special.

Love bret’s stories

i don't like blood in wrestling normally but this match is the exception. they did such a good job of using the blood to tell the story. not to just shock someone.

I love how Bret basically said about UFC what nost wrestling detractors say about it. "It's barbaric. It's people just beating each other up."

@vagabond4576

5 ай бұрын

He said he loves UFC dummy.

Amazing details....he was always my favorite wrestler because he made it seem real and tugged at your emotions. What he described is very clever and sneaky to get away with that. Cunning even