Bret Hart reflects on WWE Raw return, seeing Triple H
Bret Hart enjoyed getting to appear in front of his hometown fans this Monday.
With WWE Raw taking place from Calgary’s Saddledome, Canadian icon Hart made an appearance on the show, marking the first time he’s been on WWE programming in two years. Hart took part in a segment with Gunther and Sami Zayn on the episode, helping to further the build to a future World Heavyweight Championship match between the two.
WWE uploaded a video today with Hart reflecting on the experience, saying it was “magical” to briefly turn back into The Hitman for the fans.
“I didn’t just assume or take for granted that they were going to invite me down tonight. You know, any time I get a chance to be in front of the Calgary fans — because I think Calgary fans go back the farthest for me. They go back to when I was 18, 19 years old wrestling. So, I mean, it’s a very special, powerful building for me to walk in. A lot of memories here. A lot of great memories. A lot of title matches. A lot of — even in the old Stampede Wrestling days, I had a lot of memories here,” Hart said.
“It’s kind of a funny feeling to walk down to the ring slowly and kind of pull yourself back into the ring and just find yourself standing at the center of it talking to the fans. But, I mean, I don’t know if I looked a little nervous, because I’m not sure that I was. But I think standing in the middle of the ring there for a few seconds, this transformation takes place. I mean, I think I transformed back into Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart for a minute for everyone. And it was fun for me to do that, and it was something that was magical that was brought out by the love of the fans.”
Hart and Paul “Triple H” Levesque had an interaction backstage at the show that WWE uploaded for social media. Levesque thanked Hart for being there and said his segment was great.
“There’s not that many from my generation that are around anymore, so running into Triple H is always a pleasure,” Hart told WWE.
Hart said that, while he has so many cities he loved wrestling in, there’s no place like home in Calgary.