Super quick, reason bret hart wouldn’t drop the belt to Shawn was because he approached Shawn backstage months before saying “I know we have our differences but I’m professional and will drop the belt to you no problem”,

Shawn’s response was “I appreciate that….but if the shoe was on the other foot I wouldn’t do the same for you”. Because of this bret then refused to drop the belt to Shawn.

If you grew up a wrestling fan. You’re not surprised by these allegations.

A couple of things about the Owen Hart fall that came out during the Dark Side of the Ring episode. While he was plummeting to his death, he was shouting to the ref to move because he didn't want to take the ref down with him. Jim Ross also had about 5 seconds to prepare himself to announce Owen's passing to the world. It was literally hearing Kevin Dunn in his ear tell him, then he was given a 3 second countdown.

Bret did not refuse to drop the belt, he just did not want to lose it in Canada. He had previously signed a 20-year deal with Vince, which Vince changed his mind on. Coming into the last 60 days of his contract, Bret had a clause that granted him creative control over his character. Given the real-life beef between Shawn and Bret, along with the comments made by Shawn on national TV implying that Bret was having an affair with Sonny, Bret did not want to drop the title to Shawn. He was more than happy to drop it to someone like The Undertaker, for example, but not to Shawn, who was somewhat of a twat both in and out of the ring at the time.

Kurt Angle was genuinely incredible.  The total package.  I would actually get so angry when people would chant “You suck” during his entrance 😂😂😂. Meanwhile I’d be stood in front of the tv chanting “You rock”. Ahhhh what I’d give to be a kid again 😅

Bret heart was my favourite.

Even as a kid I found it troubling that wrestlers would have a match on a Sunday PPV event, taking chair shots, high flying antics through tables, bleeding heavily etc, then be on raw the very next night in the ring again. Something almost inhuman about not letting the talent have some recovery time. No wonder so many wrestlers died young, addicted to painkillers and whatever else. Vince is a ruthless man.. who it turns out is actually so much worse irl than the nasty and over the top "character" he played.

The adrenaline rush that Wrestling gave to ten year old at that time was through the roof. Even my grandma used to watch it with me😅

When it comes to inciting wrestlers to do roids and get addicted to pain killers...

We dont have to go back to the 90's man, not even 20 or 10 years ago... Just in 2019, Randy Orton asked Vince, not for a time off, not for a break or holiday, not to stop doing Raw/SD weak-in and weak-out... Not even to stop doing the live shows... But ONLY to do like half of the Live shows as his back was starting to hurt him and have real problems.

Vince quickly dismissed Randy's request with a :"Ahah i need you on those shows Randy! Crack on"

Couple of years later, Randy picked up an injury that almost ended his career. Took him out for 18months.

He came back last year and has been looking BIGGER (thanks to Nuttela) and better than ever.

Sometimes you just need a proper rest! 💪

He’s definitely got some kind of screw loose , he’s just lucky to have money to fall back on otherwise he would be behind bars.

Bret Hart was completely fucked over by Vince.
1. Bret was signed to a 20 year deal and then Vince decided to go back on his word
2. Shawn was a dick and told him he wouldn’t do the job to Bret if he was in Bret’s shoes.
3. Vince had many opportunities to make Bret drop the belt before leading to Survivor series and chose not to.
4. Since Vince allowed the issue to culminate in a PPV where was backed into a corner, Bret was willing to drop the belt to literally anyone else in Montreal such as Undertaker, Shamrock, Austin etc.

Would recommend to watch Wrestling with Shadows and Dark Side of The Ring.

The 90s were about roids, drugs, and shagging, not to mention the WWF attitude era... What a glorious time to be a teenager haha

I'll be honest, very surprised to hear that they went into any of the Benoit situation.

Pat patterson wasn't deciding who won he would book the finishes so basically vince told him who wins and Patterson would book the match with the talent.
He was a genius at this coming up some of the best finishes In the history of pro wrestling.
He also came up for the idea for the Royal rumble.

The doc barely scratched the surface. There's a six part series on Vince on a pod called Behind the Bastards from last year. It's worth a listen.

Your take on Bret Hart is absolutely incorrect, especially regarding the title.

He was in a 20 year contract with wwf and had no obligation to leave, Vince asked and he did what was right for the business but had stipulations.

Also because Shawn Michael’s said to him he would never drop the title for him ever.

So he agreed a plan with wwf only for Vince to screw him.

Great content this evening, first the Eubank story and now this!

Loving these longer videos Geordie! Have to say I do miss the Pods tho 😅

You're completley wrong about Bret Hart here.

Vince and Geordie both have something in common they both have a thing for the BBC.