Bret remembers Vince McMahon considering letting Shamrock go.
A new interview with Bret Hart was conducted by Dominic DeAngelo of the 1 Of A Kind podcast.
As the conversation moved along, Bret began speaking about UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock. He recounted when Shamrock was getting started in WWF/E, Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque and Shawn Michaels were trying to get him fired. Hart claims there was no reason for it and said at the time, they just did not like Shamrock.
When I met him (Ken Shamrock), he said, ‘I broke my wrist and I gotta let my wrist heal so I can go back,’ and he goes, ‘I can’t go back until my wrist heals,’ and I said, ‘Why don’t you do pro wrestling for New York while your wrist heals? Let’s go make some money,’ and next thing you know, he says, ‘Alright, I’m in,’ and then I talked Vince (McMahon) into it and Vince signed him and it’s funny, when they signed him, Triple H and Shawn (Michaels) tried to get him fired. For no reason other than he was just — they didn’t like him, and I just remember Vince called me into his office and he goes, ‘I’m thinking about letting Shamrock go,’ and I’m like, ‘Why?’ He goes, ‘Some of the guys think he’s real stiff’ and this and that and he didn’t even have any reason. He goes, ‘What do you think? What’s your honest opinion?’ And I said, ‘I would keep him. He’s doing alright, he’s doing great,’ and then like two weeks, a couple weeks later, he’s refereeing my match with Steve Austin and they kept him on and then he had his whole career there.
Hart was present on the Monday Night Raw in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was a part of several segments on the show and there was a digital exclusive with him and Levesque chatting after his in-ring appearance.
If the quote in this article is used, please credit Dominic DeAngelo of the 1 Of A Kind podcast with an H/T to POST Wrestling for the transcription.