Bret Hart famously knocked out Vince McMahon following the Montreal Screwjob at Survivor Series 1997, and The Hitman recently appeared on “The Wrestling Classic” podcast to discuss the incident and feeling like he was goaded into the fight.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On feeling like he was goaded into the fight: “It was one punch and it was a good punch. You kinda had to be in my shoes. I was actually being set up by Vince McMahon. I got madder and madder and we kinda confronted each other. He came at me and we tied up like a pro wrestling match, and if you were in the room, there were [multiple] people who were going to jump in and pull us apart just like Vince wanted.”
On the punch itself being an uppercut: “If I’d gone with a right hand, they would’ve hooked my arm and that would be the end of it. I lifted him about a foot off the ground. Knocked him completely out cold like a starfish.”
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