While recently speaking with Steve Argintaru of Slam Wrestling in front of a live audience at Vaughancon in Ontario, Canada, Bret “The Hitman” Hart says he was invited by WWE to sit in the front row at this year’s SummerSlam.
However, the WWE Hall of Famer said that when he arrived, he was told that there were no seats available for him and that WWE doesn’t fully appreciate him, even after the passing of Hulk Hogan.
“This year, WWE told me that they wanted me to be in the crowd (at SummerSlam). Then they told me once I got there that they didn’t have any seats for me,” the three-time WWE Hall of Famer explained to a crowd of around 200 Hitman fans. “But I noticed Kevin Nash got a seat. Maybe I finally realized that I don’t think they really fully appreciate me, even after Hulk’s passing, that there’s just no certain appreciation for anything I did…But I do think that I speak for a different time and a different place in the wrestling world. I know.. the young wrestlers today like Punk, and FTR, and (others in) AEW…they’re true fans of mine, and they emulate me or try to do little things that I did in my matches and mimic it, just as sort of a salute or a nod, to say ‘this is for you’ or whatever. And I appreciate that. But I don’t think the WWF, the company, I don’t think they give a shit about anything. And I don’t think they care about the past.”
During an appearance on The Ringer podcast, when commenting on Hogan’s passing, Hart called Hogan a “bulls——-” and and also said Hogan was a “roadblock” during his time in WCW.
Hogan passed away back on July 24 at the age of 71, due to a heart attack. Medical records also revealed the WWE Hall of Famer had leukemia.