10 Shocking Behind The Scenes Stories WCW Didn’t Want You To Know

3. Bret Hart’s Stalker Concerns

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It's fair to say that the legendary Bret Hart can come across as a bitter individual, but he cannot be blamed for hating his time in WCW. Hart's near-three year stint with the promotion was miserable for more reasons than one. For example, he revealed this shocking story on his 'Confessions Of The Hitman' podcast last summer.

There, he detailed how several "dangerous stalkers" followed him around from town-to-town. This had happened in the WWF too, but things came to a head when Bret jumped to WCW. He was left concerned that company officials weren't taking these threats seriously, and Hart thinks the organisation could've done more to protect him.

At one point, one of the stalkers even stabbed a police officer who was called to the scene by a worried hotel receptionist. Alarmingly, nobody knew that she had a knife on her, including Bret. Others also made threats over the phone regularly, which the 'Hitman' was powerless to stop.

He still believes WCW could've done more to help.

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