Bret Hart Reacts To Today's Professional Wrestling, News On Mick Foley, & More

04/02/2025 12:12 AM

Bret Hart says he still watches wrestling when he can, and he believes today’s wrestling is more promo-based. Hart appeared on “The Ariel Helwani Show” and said the following,

"I try to. I try to watch the pay-per-views. I find, in a lot of wrestlers, and I won't name anybody, but I find the wrestlers are more actors pretending to be wrestlers today than actual wrestlers. I miss the ruggedness of the characters. Guys like Curt Hennig, myself, Dynamite Kid. That whole era of wrestlers that broke into the business in the late '70s and early '80s. We were from the Harley Race, Terry Funk generation, trying to copy them or mimic them. That's why I think the '90s was the best era of wrestling. When I watch some of that old '90s wrestling, it was really good stuff."

He continued, "I find that today's wrestling is a little bit more about promos and your character on TV and not so much your work rate. I like guys that throwback a little bit more to the work rate. Roman Reigns is a guy that tries really hard to earn the respect of my generation and be more realistic and more credible and believable, not so much an actor. I find that, especially AEW, I find they are mostly actors trying to pretend to be wrestlers and they gotta get on with real wrestling and quit acting so much."

WWE has released the full premiere episode of WWE's Most Wanted Treasures featuring Mick Foley, which you can see below:

WWE also released a new “From the Vault” video featuring WrestleMania pre-show matches. You can check that out below:

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