Bret Hart has a long convoluted history with Vince McMahon, and even though they seem to be on better terms nowadays, Bret still openly talks about what went on behind the scenes during his WWE run.
At WrestleMania IX, Bret dropped the WWE Title to Yokozuna, and then Hulk Hogan defeated Yokozuna to win the belt right after their match.
Bret Hart recently opened up about initial plans for his first WWE Title reign during an appearance on Prime Time with Sean Mooney, and he claimed that Vince McMahon told him he would be champion for 6, maybe 7 years.
“It was my understanding, as Vince had said to me from the day I won the title, he said, ‘You don’t have to worry about anything. We’re looking at you as a long-term champion. You’re going to be champion here for a long time. We’re thinking 6, maybe 7 years.’ Kind of going back to what Bruno did, where the champion holds the belt for a really long time, and that Hulk Hogan would have no bearing on anything that I was doing. Those were the first lies that they told me. In the end, it was like, they lied to me. They gave me no warning for that at all.”
The WWE Hall of Famer went on to say that he was making big plans for his main event money, but he feels he got demoted.
“I know people have a hard time understanding how it works; I’m not even sure how it works being champion, but I know that, basically, when you’re the champion, when you have the belt in your bag, and you’re the guy. You’re the highest paid guy on the card, and that was a big honor for me. I was making big plans for all the big main event money I was going to be making, and instead I got demoted, basically, and Hulk Hogan took my spot again.”
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