WWE Rivals - Season 1 - EP-01 - Bret Hart VS. Shawn Michaels Movie Subtitles

1 00:00:02,178 --> 00:00:02,878 - There’s the Hitman. 2 00:00:02,979 --> 00:00:04,239 He’s a great family man. 3 00:00:04,347 --> 00:00:06,017 He’s a great athlete. No doubt about it. 4 00:00:06,116 --> 00:00:08,626 - There’s only one Mr. Flamboyant, 5 00:00:08,718 --> 00:00:10,618 Shawn Michaels! 6 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:11,990 - They were perfect for each other. 7 00:00:12,088 --> 00:00:13,148 They hate each other, 8 00:00:13,256 --> 00:00:14,596 but they were perfect for each other. 9 00:00:14,691 --> 00:00:17,521 - When you look at long-term rivalry, 10 00:00:17,627 --> 00:00:21,807 Shawn Michaels versus Bret Hart will forever live in infamy. 11 00:00:21,898 --> 00:00:26,068 - Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels loath one another 12 00:00:26,169 --> 00:00:29,939 whether it be out here or back there. 13 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:31,940 - Neither one of those guys wanted to be number two. 14 00:00:32,042 --> 00:00:33,912 They both wanted to be number one. 15 00:00:34,010 --> 00:00:36,080 - Bret was more vulnerable than Shawn. 16 00:00:36,179 --> 00:00:37,139 - Get out. 17 00:00:37,247 --> 00:00:38,317 - And that was sort of 18 00:00:38,415 --> 00:00:39,985 the seeds of things to come. 19 00:00:40,083 --> 00:00:42,283 - You’re nothing but a degenerate. 20 00:00:42,385 --> 00:00:44,225 - I don’t think there’s ever been a rivalry 21 00:00:44,321 --> 00:00:46,051 that has been talked about as much 22 00:00:46,156 --> 00:00:49,796 as this issue between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels. 23 00:00:49,893 --> 00:00:51,863 - It made things interesting to go to work 24 00:00:51,962 --> 00:00:52,862 ’cause you never knew. 25 00:00:52,963 --> 00:00:54,033 Like, it was a powder keg. 26 00:00:54,130 --> 00:00:55,100 - [bleep] you. 27 00:00:55,198 --> 00:00:56,098 - You know, we started out 28 00:00:56,199 --> 00:00:57,459 pretending to be real 29 00:00:57,567 --> 00:00:58,937 and then it g***t real. 30 00:00:59,035 --> 00:01:00,175 - Ring the bell! Ring the bell! 31 00:01:00,270 --> 00:01:01,940 [bell dinging] 32 00:01:03,206 --> 00:01:04,976 - I was the bad guy. 33 00:01:05,075 --> 00:01:06,975 It wasn’t fun to do. 34 00:01:07,077 --> 00:01:08,847 - I could’ve killed him with my bare hands. 35 00:01:08,945 --> 00:01:11,685 [dramatic music] 36 00:01:11,781 --> 00:01:14,111 ♪ ♪ 37 00:01:14,217 --> 00:01:17,787 - This rivalry has just escalated into a war. 38 00:01:18,989 --> 00:01:21,189 - When two legends collide, 39 00:01:21,291 --> 00:01:24,791 their rivalry stays pinned in our minds forever. 40 00:01:26,062 --> 00:01:28,562 This is where we break down the legendary stories 41 00:01:28,665 --> 00:01:31,035 behind the greatest rivalries of all time. 42 00:01:32,068 --> 00:01:34,568 I’m Freddie Prinze Jr., 43 00:01:34,671 --> 00:01:37,141 and this is "WWE Rivals." 44 00:01:41,111 --> 00:01:43,481 One of the most heated and celebrated rivalries 45 00:01:43,580 --> 00:01:45,110 in the history of the business, 46 00:01:45,215 --> 00:01:47,215 Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart. 47 00:01:47,317 --> 00:01:49,687 Both of these men are on a collision course 48 00:01:49,786 --> 00:01:54,096 and we’re at a time where the larger men of the WWE 49 00:01:54,190 --> 00:01:56,260 are now giving a little bit of room 50 00:01:56,359 --> 00:01:57,819 for the smaller wrestlers to get over. 51 00:01:57,927 --> 00:02:00,237 - This is a land of giants, right? 52 00:02:00,330 --> 00:02:02,160 When I told people that I wanted to be 53 00:02:02,265 --> 00:02:03,365 a WWE superstar, 54 00:02:03,466 --> 00:02:05,676 I g***t laughed at because I wasn’t 6’8", 55 00:02:05,769 --> 00:02:07,699 I wasn’t 300 pounds. 56 00:02:07,804 --> 00:02:09,904 And for me, it just drew me in more 57 00:02:10,006 --> 00:02:13,446 because it made me feel like maybe I do have a shot 58 00:02:13,543 --> 00:02:16,143 because these guys aren’t as big as the other guys, 59 00:02:16,246 --> 00:02:18,916 but I like watching these matches 60 00:02:19,015 --> 00:02:20,815 more so than the big guys. 61 00:02:21,985 --> 00:02:24,425 - I want you to take a good look 62 00:02:24,521 --> 00:02:27,121 at the wrestler of the 90s. 63 00:02:28,525 --> 00:02:32,195 - In the early 90s, the shift was to a more athletic 64 00:02:32,295 --> 00:02:35,165 in ring-based characters 65 00:02:35,265 --> 00:02:38,465 where you were getting guys that could really go 66 00:02:38,568 --> 00:02:41,068 in the ring and have great wrestling matches. 67 00:02:41,171 --> 00:02:43,241 - Whoa! - What a high-risk move. 68 00:02:43,339 --> 00:02:44,839 - It was the opportunity for us 69 00:02:44,941 --> 00:02:47,641 because a lot of the stalwarts, I guess, 70 00:02:47,744 --> 00:02:51,114 from the early WWE days were starting to leave. 71 00:02:51,214 --> 00:02:54,114 - Hulk Hogan is here in the WCW. 72 00:02:54,217 --> 00:02:56,257 - People can say what they want about Hogan 73 00:02:56,352 --> 00:02:58,422 and all the talent they had over in WCW 74 00:02:58,521 --> 00:03:00,051 and what they were doing, 75 00:03:00,156 --> 00:03:02,526 but to be honest, you know, there’s no comparison 76 00:03:02,625 --> 00:03:04,465 to what Shawn was doing and what I was doing. 77 00:03:05,695 --> 00:03:08,295 - There are certain ones that you get in there with 78 00:03:08,398 --> 00:03:10,138 and it’s hard to describe, 79 00:03:10,233 --> 00:03:13,703 but you just recognize a real comfort level there. 80 00:03:13,803 --> 00:03:15,243 It felt like you could probably do it 81 00:03:15,338 --> 00:03:16,938 with your eyes closed. 82 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:18,870 I had that with Bret. 83 00:03:18,975 --> 00:03:20,945 - Looking at Shawn looking at Bret, 84 00:03:21,044 --> 00:03:23,344 they’re both flag bearers of the new generation. 85 00:03:24,314 --> 00:03:25,414 - Now, what you’re seeing, 86 00:03:25,515 --> 00:03:27,785 the blast-off of the next decade 87 00:03:27,884 --> 00:03:30,384 in the World Wrestling Federation. 88 00:03:31,421 --> 00:03:33,621 - It was vital for our success 89 00:03:33,723 --> 00:03:35,823 that those guys were at the top of their game 90 00:03:35,925 --> 00:03:38,595 and, you know--and brought what they did to the table. 91 00:03:38,695 --> 00:03:40,935 - Whoa, take a look at that. 92 00:03:41,030 --> 00:03:43,260 Yeah, Bret Hart vision. 93 00:03:43,366 --> 00:03:45,576 - I grew up very much snowballed in 94 00:03:45,668 --> 00:03:46,668 with the Hart family 95 00:03:46,770 --> 00:03:48,430 since I was a ten-year-old boy. 96 00:03:48,538 --> 00:03:51,048 Growing up in Calgary, like, he definitely came across 97 00:03:51,141 --> 00:03:52,811 as a Canadian hero. 98 00:03:52,909 --> 00:03:54,369 - He’s the best there is, the best there was, 99 00:03:54,477 --> 00:03:55,887 the best there ever will be. 100 00:03:55,979 --> 00:03:59,109 He’s my hero and I think he’s everybody else’s here, too. 101 00:03:59,215 --> 00:04:01,555 - I always had a crush on Shawn Michaels. 102 00:04:01,651 --> 00:04:02,651 People always laugh and they’re like, 103 00:04:02,752 --> 00:04:04,082 "You had a crush on Shawn Michaels?" 104 00:04:04,187 --> 00:04:05,797 He just had that, like, charisma about him. 105 00:04:05,889 --> 00:04:07,489 You know, he was the Heartbreak Kid. 106 00:04:08,291 --> 00:04:09,991 - Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! 107 00:04:10,093 --> 00:04:12,133 - Bret and Shawn were like the epitome 108 00:04:12,228 --> 00:04:13,628 of what WWE was trying to be. 109 00:04:13,730 --> 00:04:18,430 - I’m gonna be carrying the flag for the new generation. 110 00:04:29,779 --> 00:04:31,079 Who was a better wrestler? 111 00:04:31,181 --> 00:04:32,981 I would say Bret, easy. 112 00:04:33,750 --> 00:04:36,280 - The excellence of execution. 113 00:04:36,386 --> 00:04:37,586 The most scientific 114 00:04:37,687 --> 00:04:39,857 World Wrestling Federation champion 115 00:04:39,956 --> 00:04:41,856 perhaps of all time. 116 00:04:41,958 --> 00:04:44,928 - Bret was just very good and fluent. 117 00:04:45,695 --> 00:04:48,635 Almost everything had a purpose and a reason. 118 00:04:48,731 --> 00:04:51,561 - You could give Bret Hart a pail, 119 00:04:51,668 --> 00:04:52,938 and Bret Hart could go out and have 120 00:04:53,036 --> 00:04:56,146 an entertaining, realistic match. 121 00:04:56,239 --> 00:04:58,809 - Just a skilled technician in the ring. 122 00:04:59,843 --> 00:05:02,683 There are no holes in his in-ring work at all. 123 00:05:02,779 --> 00:05:04,179 I mean, he had the mat game. 124 00:05:04,280 --> 00:05:06,310 He could brawl. He could do it all. 125 00:05:07,150 --> 00:05:10,150 He was something special inside the ropes for sure. 126 00:05:10,753 --> 00:05:13,323 - I think I was in my prime at that time. 127 00:05:13,823 --> 00:05:15,193 ’Cause when I think of Shawn Michaels, 128 00:05:15,291 --> 00:05:20,031 sometimes he kinda-- he kinda reminds me of me. 129 00:05:21,030 --> 00:05:25,470 Shawn was just a really talented athlete. 130 00:05:25,568 --> 00:05:28,328 I don’t know of anybody ever having a bad match with Shawn. 131 00:05:28,438 --> 00:05:30,548 - I was a better performer. 132 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,440 - Michael heads right back in. 133 00:05:32,542 --> 00:05:34,572 That’s the kind of effort-- - Hey! 134 00:05:35,678 --> 00:05:39,378 - Once the term "sports entertainer" came out, 135 00:05:39,482 --> 00:05:41,912 I felt like I embodied all of that. 136 00:05:42,018 --> 00:05:46,028 You will not ever see a man more charismatic, 137 00:05:46,122 --> 00:05:48,922 more flamboyant, or more talented 138 00:05:49,025 --> 00:05:51,165 than the Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels. 139 00:05:51,261 --> 00:05:53,291 - High-risk maneuver! 140 00:05:53,396 --> 00:05:54,836 - In...