@@sawtooth808 I can picture Iron Sheik egging Bret & telling him : "What are you a big pussy like Hulk Hogan!? This isn't an option! do the fucking line! You hanging with the big boys!"
Appreciate the fact that he states he did them lines too. No hiding behind anything. No finger pointing Yeah there was coke, and I did some, had some fun, and learned from some of the greats! Bret always states it as it is. Love the guy. He writes on the full story in his book.
On June 24, 2002, Hart had a stroke after hitting his head in a bicycle accident. The Calgary Herald reported that Hart hit a pothole, flew over the handlebars of the bike, and landed on the back of his head. Hart developed total paralysis on his left side, which required months of physical therapy. Hart has since recovered much of his mobility and is in good health, although he has had other lasting effects common to stroke survivors (such as emotional imbalance). Hart wrote in detail about his stroke in his autobiography, Hitman: My Real Life In The Cartoon World of Wrestling.
@@jamiebrown1821 what like how he lost his smile? of how he stayed keyfabe for ages though he was on good terms with shawn michaels for quite a while behind the scenes. All BS in many cases. But a legit story here from him.
I disagree to an extent, since it doesn't take cocaine or steroids to make someone a great wrestler. It's not like either of those drugs is going to make someone suddenly be a genius at ring psychology or carrying on a great storyline, back in the days when it was more up to the wrestlers to carry a storyline, rather than any writers behind the scenes. Look at Ultimate Warrior, for example. Don't get me wrong, he was a badass, but he was well-known as not being a great wrestler. Steroids and cocaine certainly didn't help him out to become one, so I do think wrestling would have been fine without them, since the greats would have stayed great, while the average or bad wrestlers would have been relegated to the bottom since they wouldn't have the assistance of any drugs to help them get "more popular."
@@danman6669 since I grew up during the 70s an 80's as a young adult an a teenager I seen this first hand no you don't have to have drugs to perform but look at all the greats especially one's that was famous and built not much doubt if they juiced up , even the one's that wasn't as famous they pretty much all had some addiction going on by the crazy schedule they had ,look at all the greats that have passed on because of their hard living be it alcohol, pills ,cocaine and so on even truck drivers from that era was pilled or coked up no drug test back then, just saying!
in that room or those rooms? only how to do cocaine, nothing else can be done in a hotel room...no wrestling, nothing. well sleeping with prostitutes and sleeping
Piper: "Bret, would you please shut up about the best way to take bumps, while we are trying to take these bumps of this raw Peruvian!" Fuji: "yeah this is party. And you killing mood."
Have any of you people ever done cocaine. Yeah it can be addictive but most people I knew who did it including myself didn't become some destitute drug addict who spent a bunch of money on it. That shit gets exaggerated bigtime.
Most of them did. WWF wrestlers, that is. Especially the top talent. I don't think Bret ever got seriously addicted to it though. He was probably just a social snorter, and maybe did it for energy before cutting promos, like many other Superstars did🙂
Those guys ran over 300 days out of the year, and back then had to wrestle injured if they could manage it. I can't say how I would have handled that life. But I absolutely cannot judge any performer who turned to drugs to get by.
I don’t think that lifestyle was ever possible if not for the coping mechanism of everything hard possible to take for the sheer level of its brutality and nature on the bodies of those performers. Sure, it’s scripted and “fake” but watching choreographed scenes of brutality and often hardcore true injury and trauma on the bodies needs you to become superhuman somehow. I don’t understand how it would be possible at all sober to even get through a day of their level of work.
Yeah after hearing Kurt Angle on Austin's show.....he talked about taking dozens of pills daily to dull his pain so that he could work at main event level in WWE. That of course led to addiction and he describes the torture of coming off them. I know what it's like, the discomfort is so bad it can drive you insane.
The funniest thing is looking back on those promos from those days and seeing them coked out of their minds while doing them. Whether it was Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Roddy Piper, so and so forth they were extremely entertaining.
Yeah, it's entertaining for a few minutes at a time as a performance, but it's a whole other thing being around cokeheads all the time, and the cocaine isn't what made them good performers, it just gives energy one day by taking it away from another. Cocaine doesn't make anybody smarter, but it sure makes them think they are, and that shit gets really old.
Did not expect this to be a lowkey endorsement for cocaine use... had me cracking up as he started to defend being there and all the wrestlers using it .
Bret too rigid in his beliefs. Only clean cut technical guys like him would get pushed and everyone he doesn’t approve of personally would be buried. Bret holds too many grudges to work backstage.
I did a lot of coke in my 20s. The last time I did it I was about 29 I was standing in a field by myself in 20 degree weather freaking out because my heart was beating so fast. I thought I was dying. I quit the next day.
@@kellymcquay2626 You're the one taking time outta your day to go through these comments and shit on him every time someone says they like him lol - You seem a bit bitter.
@@TheLokiBizlol just like you took your time to argue with him over a guy you don’t fucking know , man a lot of wrestling fans get so butt hurt lol as soon as someone says anything
True. Some of them weren't making a lot of money, especially the jobbers. But these guys were full-time WWF talent. I mean, if regular Joes working full-time jobs at minimum wage could afford cocaine, I'm sure these guys could too
I think the only name that sort of surprises me out of those Hart mentions is Mr. Fuji. I would have imagined him being more of a heavy drinker than coke user.
I will admit, I was a little surprised too. But in hindsight, we shouldn't be, because the vast majority of WWF talent & personalities snorted back then. And they all hung out together! (well, segregated into 2 main groups, the heels and the babyfaces)
@@514demon, I remember when “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan and The Iron Sheik got busted together with cocaine. McMahon was more upset about those two being busted together because they were in the middle of a feud than being busted with the drug.
I love listening to Bret. when I'm listening to him, I feel like I'm listening to my elders. He barely uses foul language, has got so much knowledge to share. He is one of those few wrestlers who talk with respect even about those people who wronged him.
@jimh.412 What you see as "a cry baby", I see someone who cared deeply for the business. the storylines and his character. And I see someone who stood up for those things. A lot wrestlers have pictures of themselves in their homes. Posters on the walls, magazine covers, toys and other memorabilia. There's nothing wrong with being proud of your achievements.
I don't know how they were able to wrestle after doing a few lines? Just like i don't understand how the 1984, i think, Villanova team players were balling after snorting blow before the game. The last thing I'd ever wanted to do after snorting a few lines back in the day was do any kind of physical activity. That must've been some fire blow they had back then if they were wrestling right after.
Are you kidding me?? Cocaine is like a P.E.D. when it comes to physical activity! Look, I know we all have different brain chemistries, but for most people, it really turbocharges the brain & body
@thesnare100 Well steroids has a lot more benefits than cocaine when it comes to physical performance. Steroids not only increases one's muscular endurance, but it also increases muscle strength and the ability to recover, whereas cocaine simply provides the user with enhanced cardiovascular output.
@@DataMason-gs9plYou are taking it far too literally. “Gonna tell on me” implies concern that it may affect their jobs or push or whatever. I’m sure if you told them “Yeah, Bret will tell….In 40 years” they would have been fine with it.
Bret selling everybody out...should've listened to Adrian 😂😂😂 Just kidding. They were all legends. Bret was being treated like a curious little brother or nephew. How many people could say they did lines with Fuji, the rowdy one AND sheiky baby? 😂
@ricojones-fernandez2165 You're talkin' like it's a big secret that most of the wrestlers did coke back then. If the fans know it, the wrestlers' kids know it too
Hulk Hogan said without shame he’d take two Tylenols and three Miller Lites before a match then post-match everyone would just drink. It was a different time indeed.
