Made for Viceland , airing on TV April 17th in the US.
Season 1. Episode 2.
The story : Bret Hart became the World Wrestling Champion on November 9 , 1997.
He believed himself to be a world champ as he traveled around the world wrestling and most all of his memories from that time are happy ones.
His family had close ties to wrestling , owning Stampede Wrestling out of Alberta , Canada.
WWF bought up Stampede Wrestling in 1984 and Bret was a part of the package.
At 21 , he was a good asset to have as he knew the wrestling world and what he was doing.
He became an International wrestling star known to many.
Soon WWF management were marketing Bret along with fellow wrestler Shawn Michaels.
The two were a team until defeating all there was to defeat. Then they were marketed as competitors against each other and things got ugly.
Real life became weapons for their battles , which set the stage for much disrespect.
When Bret's contract was about to run out with WWF , he contacted WCW.
They offered him a nice contract but when the manager at WWF found out he offered a better one.
But times were hard and money was tight. Many former WWF wrestlers had turned their backs on WWF and left for WCW , so the TV ratings weren't there.
Just when Bret thought he was back in the saddle with WWF , they decided to break the money news to him.
They wanted him to leave but also leave his World Champion belt behind.
But Bret wouldn't do it.
The end result changed the wrestling world forever.
Stars (voice) Dutch Mantell , Bret Hart , Jim Cornette , Bruce Prichard AKA Brother Love , Scott Hall AKA Razor Ramon , Earl Hebner , Harry Zafrany , Vince Russo
Directed by Jason Eisener
Rated TV14
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/SERIES
"Hate is a hell of a motivator."
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