Alors que Bret Hart est souvent dans les listes des meilleurs lutteurs professionnels de l’histoire, Road Dogg Jesse James n’est pas du tout d’accord.
Sur son podcast “Oh You Didn’t Know”, Road Dogg a discuté du fameux “Montreal Screw job” survenu il y a 25 ans au PPV Survivor Series.
Road Dogg ne croit pas que la WWE a vraiment subi une grosse perte lorsque Hart a quitté le lendemain pour la WCW. Il admet que techniquement, Hart était très bon. Mais ça ne faisait pas de lui un grand lutteur, Road Dogg affirmant qu’il était bien plus divertissant que “The Hitman”.
“For me, personally, and that’s all you’re gonna get from me ever is because that’s all I got. It’s my only reference point. I never saw what the big deal was with Bret Hart as a performer. I never understood it. He was a great worker, and I thought about saying good, but he was a great worker. He worked better than me, 10-fold. Worked circles around me. Don’t ever think that I’ve told anybody I was a good wrestler, because I haven’t, and if you’ve listened to my podcast, you know that’s true. I don’t think I was a good wrestler. I don’t think Bret was a great wrestler. I think I was a better sports entertainer than Bret was and I think that’s where the money is.”