Bret Hart recently spoke with Sports Illustrated for an interview where he spoke about his memorable submission match with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
During the interview, "The Hitman" spoke about beating "The Texas Rattlesnake," as well as his thoughts on Austin's scheduled appearance on The KO Show with Kevin Owens at WrestleMania 38 this weekend.
Featured below are some of the highlights from the interview.
On how he was victorious over Steve Austin in a submission match as Austin never tapped out, but passed out due to the pain and blood loss: “The funniest thing about that match, and it will probably surprise people, is that we ran out of ideas when we tried to map out the match. It was all submissions, so there was no one-two-kickout. Taking away the pin falls removed a lot of the element of suspense. But we’d always had great chemistry, so we entered the match with confidence. If you look at our match from the Survivor Series in ’96, some people argue that was an even better match. What we had was a storyline and two characters who were destined to cross paths. At that time, Steve was becoming a huge force and was just about ready to break through to a level that few wrestlers ever reach. I was lucky to be there at the right place and right time with him. The match with Steve, that’s the greatest song I ever sang. When I watch it back, I wouldn’t change a thing. I still love seeing that spot where I’m punching the daylights out of Steve in the corner and he kicks me in the groin. It was a beautiful, violent piece of art. Working with Steve was easy, it was fun, and it was memorable.”
On how Austin is set to return to WrestleMania on Saturday as he’ll appear on the KO Show with Kevin Owens: “I’m looking forward to it. I’m proud of him. It takes a lot of courage to come back and do what he’s trying to do. I’ll be there to cheer him on.”
Check out the complete interview at SI.com.
