9 Levels Of Bret Hart & Hulk Hogan's Heated Rivalry
5. Bret's Comments On Hogan's Racial Tirade, Hogan's Response
Recently, Hulk Hogan's career came to a screeching halt, when audio of him going on a racial tirade was leaked to The National Enquirer out of sealed court documents. Immediately after, he was terminated by WWE, and shamed on social media, radio, and television.
Following his appearance on Good Morning America where he was seen in a tearful state, Bret was live on Periscope for a Q&A, and was asked about Hogan's future prospects with WWE, more specifically if he thought Hogan would be let back in one day.
Bret's thoughts are as follows courtesy of Tech Times:
"Let's hope not, let's really hope that he lives with himself in Tampa and stays there in his little world in idol worship of himself. I'm not a big Hulk Hogan fan. I kind of feel bad for him because I don't necessarily remember him being a racist, but you know, I can say that through my experience that the vast majority—of course not all of them—but the vast majority of the white Southern wrestlers tend to be a little bit racial all the time and the n-word was frequently used in the dressing room when a black guy wasn't around. As being a Canadian, I found that really difficult. I didn't see eye-to-eye with that kind of stuff and I never felt like that and I've never been in that kind of mindset."
Aside from the southern wrestlers grenade, Bret flat out tells us he's not a Hogan fan. It only got worse from there. When asked if he was glad if Hogan got caught, Bret responded with...
"I'm kind of glad he got busted for that reason that times have changed and you have to answer for that stuff...and he's answering for it, He's probably glad that Roddy Piper passed away because it took all the edge off all that."
Following that scathing assessment, Hogan responded on Twitter with the following,
"The words about Roddy Pipers death were out of line,I'm praying for you Brett Hart,only love my brother HH"
— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) September 5, 2015
Bret took it to another level tying in a mutual friend's death. Clearly, Hogan did not want to get in any type of negative battle, as he is on shaky enough standing with the public.