Wrestle Talk TV Extra recently interviewed Bret “The Hitman” Hart, who was more than a little critical of WWE heir apparent, Triple H. Here is what Hart said about him:
“I have a certain amount of respect for Triple H. I remember when he first came in, I remember commenting on stuff that he did. Because I’d usually give wrestlers my thoughts and try to help them on stuff… Triple H has always been a good wrestler. But great? What is he now, a 1,000 time world champion? How great really is he?
“I look at [CM] Punk… I can look at certain wrestlers and I go, this guy is an innovator. Like a Rey Mysterio, who’s done stuff that no one has ever thought of before. Punk has done stuff — really unique moves and you go, ‘gee I’ve never seen anything like that before.’ They innovate all the time, and they create new sequences and moves and things.
“Then you look at someone like Triple H. When I look at him — he’s always had a good look as far as his body went — he always had a pretty muscular physique. But you look at someone like Hunter and you wonder, what has he really done. One move that he ever created that nobody ever saw before or some highspots or an idea for a match… He’s mostly a guy that just showed up and they made him. He’s always been a decent wrestler — I would consider him a good wrestler and pretty talented. But great? I don’t know, I don’t think so.
“What has he ever done that’s great? He’s never had a great match, I don’t think ever. Whenever I look at Triple H’s matches, including the last one he had with Undertaker — and I don’t really mean it as a knock — but I told myself before I watched it because I’m trying to like Paul now these days, that I want to see him do something to make me think he’s got greatness in him.
“Before Triple H wrestled Undertaker last year, I remember watching it and going, ‘I can picture the whole match in my head, I can tell you exactly what this match is going to be like and how it’s going to go. And I remember watching it and it went exactly how I predicted it… I thought it was mediocre at best, maybe a 4 out of 10, or 3 out of 10.
“I think Paul is a little overrated… overrated for being great. I can sit here and tell you that there was one match that he ever had with anybody that I thought was great. It’s kind of a shame, he should have a great match somewhere with somebody. And you’d think that he would have had it by now, but I don’t think he’s a great wrestler.”
The Score’s Arda Ocal followed up with Hart only days after the above interview was made public. Hart once again discussed Triple H’s match with The Undertaker at WrestleMania 28 last year, while admitting that he didn’t have much of a relationship with Triple H.
“I said I’d give (Taker vs HHH at WrestleMania 28) a 4-out-of-10,” Hart admitted. “I think that was generous. But you have to understand that Undertaker was hurt, so there were circumstances that I’m not privy to.”
Hart went on to criticize Triple H as a wrestler, saying,
“He’s a decent wrestler. I wouldn’t put him in the top 1000 great wrestlers. To me he was very mediocre. I never saw him contribute an idea in his life… I never saw any genius come out of Triple H, nor in any of his matches.”
Hart was also asked if he ever gets sick of talking about the Montreal Screwjob. Hart replied,
“sometimes in talking about it you get a new perspective on it.”
He also said that it doesn’t bother him that Shawn doesn’t really remember the incident.
“It doesn’t surprise me,” Hart said. “Shawn had his problems back then.”
Hart also had high praise for Alberto Del Rio and was accepting his new nickname, the “Canadian Del Rio.”
http://youtu.be/LiLtAMCIm7M
Here is Arda Ocal’s interview
