If Vince wanted to he could have had the entire locker room jump on him if he took a swing. Vince took it like a champ and it’s damn respectable. Bret’s the best man, but don’t lie to yourself about what the situation really was
I always thought this was a ploy by Vince to prevent Bret from suing for damages, since he has witnesses of the assault. Also to deflate some of the heat from the boys.
I remember watchin an interview bret hart did about the not of survival series 1997 after the event when vince came to brets locker room he told vince if u still here after i get dressed im knocking you out and bret finished getting dressed afrer he tied his shoes he walked up to vince and said i guess we doing this and he knocked him out ill give vince credit he didnt have to go to brets locker room at all he could have just left
Vince 100% "gave" him one by staying there. And boy did Brett take advantage of it. But Vince didn't give it because Brett deserved it, it was because it would have been a bigger problem for the rest of the boys in the locker room if he weaseled out.
Lol all the social justice warriors hate Vince alex hanger you look like the most offended thing I’ve ever seen in my life. You probably turn people away from you every time you say “ I love pro wrestling!”
Say what yall want about Vince ,the dudes a tough businessman. He’s been punched on ,spit on, he’s had guys wanting to fucking kill him and he still stuck around and has handled some gnarly shit
Vince could’ve easily locked himself in his office with Undertaker & Triple H. Then had police stand guard at the door. But he didn’t. He let Bret inside his office. Respect to Vince ✊
You gotta understand first the WHY would he “Allow” Brett to sock him. Your thinking that Vince is “thinking” that he himself cares about moral consequences or as i would say being in his feelings one way or the other. Its a fact that he told Brett “ Think with your head not your heart” leaving him at a dead end before signing the contract with WCW. Lets you know how Vince thinks its all business mann. He took the punch so his locker room wont crumble cause everybody knows it feed mouths and saves lives cause it makes money. The reason why Undertaker would back him to fullest extent but never leave, thats something only who did? Bretts Family at the time. So that lets u know Why vince “Allowed” to sucker punched as a BOSS. Cause as a BOSS he needed to take that hit so the company woulnd’t. Think about it really the punch was worth it cause Undertaker was the heart of the locker room he was there and saw Vince get punched so thats his closure moment to bring back to the locker room. 👌🏾
I think Vince is telling the truth here. I mean a CEO of the WWE and u walked right in the shit when he could have left and missed the humiliation and fuss. No Vince Mcmahon walked in there knowing what was going to happen.
Here's what's BS. The idea that Vince would allow Bret to take a swing at him in the first place. Does every worker -- every large muscular trained athlete -- who's pissed at the boss get one free swing at him? No. No. As Bobby the Brain Heenan would say, "That don't happen". The Brett Hart cult is here in full force saying that Vince "earned" this -- well, even if that was true, that doesn't mean that he was motivated to ALLOW it to happen. "Bad people" don't generally don't WANT or EXPECT to suffer consequences for their "bad" acts. How could a man be so "evil" as to "screw" Bret Hart, who is a well-known Saint of Human Civilization and yet decent enough or naive enough to invite or allow a punch? No. No. This only makes sense as an angle. The Montreal Screwjob was an angle. I do think that "the punch" probably wasn't pre-planned -- it was compelled by the Undertaker, who was not in on the work. "The punch" was an improvisation.
Vince isn't being honest here. He was hiding in his office because he knew Bret wanted to hit him. Everyone in the office with Vince told him to pretty much go take what was rightfully deserved. And that's what he did. He waited in the locker room until Bret was ready to hit him and that's what happened.
