10 Wrestlers That Couldn't Hide How Much They Hated Their Jobs

Eric Bischoff reckons he overpaid for a disgruntled and disillusioned Bret Hart when he signed 'The Hitman' in 1997. Hart reckons the company didn't know how to make the best of a guy like him and was so infested with politics that it could never change.

They're both right.

The Montreal Screwjob had an impact on the 'Excellence Of Execution' that he struggled to effectively address for years. The thing he'd given the bulk of his existence to hadn't repaid him in kind, and the man he considered a father figure had twisted the knife hard into his back. Meanwhile, Eric Bischoff's acquisition reeked of the sort of successful decisions he was making years earlier, rather than the tougher ones he needed to at the time.

WCW was about to break records with Starrcade 1997, but Hulk Hogan wasn't the type to move aside gently when the Sting/New World Order story reached its apex. Hart was sidelined from the very beginning as a result, and was too emotionally exhausted to become entrenched in the sort of politics he'd been glad to escape away from.

'The Best There Is, Best There Was and Best There Ever Will Be' isn't shy of praising his work, but rarely spends time toasting his time in Atlanta. It's easier to find the nights he looked content than those spent working for the money rather than the love.