Bret Hart DESTROYS Hulk Hogan: "He Didn't Know A Headlock From A Headlamp"

No stranger to brutally burying his peers in the media is Bret Hart, who just cooked Hulk Hogan in a new interview with the Calgary Sun.

Hart was speaking to the outlet after being announced for Canada's Walk of Fame. When asked about his influence on wrestling, Hart went back to Gorilla Monsoon labelling him 'The Excellence of Execution', outlining his approach to mastering techniques:-

“I think it all goes back to when (WWE commentator) Gorilla Monsoon called me the ‘Excellence of Execution.’ I was just a guy who did everything right. I remember when I started wrestling, I knew how everything worked. I knew how to take turnbuckle (hits to the chest), I knew how to body slam. When you want to watch how to do something in wrestling, you watch my matches back. You’ll learn how to do a Sharpshooter. That’s how you do it. Want to learn how to do a standing suplex? That’s how you do it. I was always that guy."

Bret continued, showing pride in his body of work:-

“I was really well taught the art of wrestling by two Japanese guys (Mr. Hito and Mr. Sakurada). I was taught how to protect myself and my opponent so he doesn’t get hurt. More important than that, it was all about what I represented. I have an incredible body of work with so many different wrestlers. I was so proud of those matches."

Then, Hogan bit the dust. Hart compared their contrasting styles in less-than-favourable terms for Hulk, who, he claimed, was "very limited":-

“And all the Canadian wrestlers like Natalya or Edge were influenced by me. I think if you look back at wrestling when it was the Hulk Hogan show. He was six-foot-eight and a one-out-of-three wrestler. He didn’t know a headlock from a headlamp. He didn’t know very much. He knew how to do a clothesline and maybe a body slam. He was very limited. (WWE owner) Vince McMahon took a chance with me and made me that champion. It meant so much to me that I think I tried to live up to be that champion. It was about being the best wrestler. I gave so much as that wrestler. I was a good role model in the dressing room. All that means a lot.”

Hogan and Hart only ever wrestled each other one-on-one in WCW, working a series of house show bouts in August and September 1999. Their only televised bout was a tag pitting the duo against Lex Luger and Sting on Nitro's 13 September '99 episode.

Hulk, presumably, was too busy headlocking headlamps to work with 'The Hitman'.

A formal Walk of Fame ceremony takes place on 17 December, with 'The Hitman' due to be inducted by AEW's Chris Jericho.