BRET HART’s APPEARANCE ON SIRIUS “DEREK & ROMAINE SHOW
- 12/02/2006 (2:22:24 am)
- Jeff Sheridan
FOR DECEMBER 1st..
Bret appeared via phone on Sirius' Out Q gay & lesbian channel 106: www.sirius.com/outq at about 7:27PM, after
Derek plugged Bret's appearance as "The
Genie" in "Aladdin" that's touring in Calgary, Toronto & Ottawa thru 12/31 & to
get tickets at www.rosspetty.com & also
plugged Bret's site www.brethart.com .
Romaine told Bret that she's a fan of his for
many years & Bret says he appreciates that.
Romaine also mentions some people named
Dingle & Dan that're wrestling fans that
collect wrestling figures & stuff are excited
that Bret's on, Bret admits to having stacks
of figures also.
Derek asked Bret if he likes collecting his
own action figures, Bret says out of all the
things that he's done & people would talk
about [his voice appearance] on "The
Simpsons" & says the coolest thing he's ever done, was to get his 1st own action
figure. He says as a kid it would've been
something that he would've been impressed with & says if someone would've
told him the future & read that to him, he
would've been blown away by that. Romaine asked him if he thought the action
figure looked like him, Bret said the original 1 didn't & Romaine said they've
gotten better.
Bret said the 1 thing he'll say about them
[the action figure companies] is that they
gave him more muscles than he deserved.
Derek says it's easy to make a 6 pack in
multiplastic then in an actual physical body
& Bret agrees. Romaine says Bret's been
famous for many years & has remembered
watching him when she was young when he had the old Bret "Hit Man" Hart
sunglasses. She tells Bret that he's always
have been great with fans but then his
career soon had some rough spots & asked
him if 1 of those was the 1 with his brother
[Owen] & told Bret that he came from a wrestling family.
Bret said his whole life as well as his family
was involved in wrestling, Romaine says we
know that Owen was killed in an accident in
the ring & asked him as to how it affected
him as a wrestler. Bret said it put a negative
ending on everything for him as well as ruin
everything for the family. Romaine says he
still continued wrestling for a while & had a
falling out with Vince McMahon, then returned to accept the WWE Hall Of Fame &
asked him as to what was is like to return
after a falling out with Vince & to accept
that honor. Bret said "a bit of a falling out"
is an understatement & Romaine says she was trying to be nice about it.
Bret says the truth's that Vince's got a great imagination with great ideas & a
wrestling genius, however he [Vince] is
someone that you'd wanna respect for his
integerity too much. Romaine says she &
Derek's talked to many wrestlers that've
said the same thing, Bret says that's the way it is because Vince's a very cut throat,
ruthless business man that pretends on TV
that it's all a role or character. He says
Vince's a very ruthless, competitive business
man that'll do everything he can to ruin you
if possible, says that's Vince's nature, that's
the way he is & says he don't miss that part
of him anymore.
Derek again plugs Bret's "Aladdin" tour & again plugs Bret's site, then starts taking listeners calls & starts with Scott from Illinois. Scott asks Bret that after Owen's
death if he thought that the business' got
any better or safer since then & what're his
thoughts on it. Bret says he don't know the
answer to that, doesn't think things have gotten better & doesn't think there're any
changes. He don't feel they [WWE] will be
dropping anyone from the ceiling anytime
soon, says the WWE wrestling promoters of today are like circus animals also. Scott
says that Sting used to do that [drop from
the ceiling] all the time & you'd think that it
would've been something safe & asked Bret
as to what are his thoughts on that.
Bret says he's gotten no good answer as to
what happened & says he felt that Owen let
himself get talked into doing that whole thing. He says you'd always assume when
people would talk you into that kind of stunt that the people that're talking you into it know what they're doing & with Owen, the people that were doing it didn't
know what they were doing. Scott says it's a
pleasure talking to him & wished him luck on his future. Derek takes a call from Kevin
in New Jersey, Kevin tells Bret that he enjoyed his Hall Of Fame speech, got the DVD of it but hoped to have saw more of it
on TV. He told Bret that at Wrestlemania
they made a big deal that he was there &
had a little doubt that he was uncomfortable [being at the Hall Of Fame].
Bret says he was committed in doing the
Hall Of Fame but not committed in doing a
Wrestlemania PPV, says that's 2 different
things & says with HBK & Vince wrestling at
the main event spoofing as to what they did
to him years ago, he says he felt that it wasn't right for him. Kevin says after Bret
made nice with WWE with the [Bret Hart]
DVD & says they still kinda do that stuff &
asked him if it was really hard to get over it
considering that it still happens. Bret says
whatever happened with him & Vince at
Survivor Series ['97] was never part of any
kind of storyline or a cashcow that they'd
cash in later on & make money from & he'd
pretend that he was mad [at Vince].
Bret says in wrestling you'd never know
what's real & what's not, says he'd never
want anyone to misunderstand that part of
it & says to him the whole thing was real & as real as it could get in wrestling. He says
they [WWF] were really insensitive to him,
his family, his feelings, his history &
everything that he's given to them & says he don't ever let them forget that. Kevin
asked him as to how hard they pushed to get him as part of a match or gimmick at
Wrestlemania this year. Bret says Vince
ordered him the next day when he was
driving at the airport in a taxi & says he
ordered him to be at Wrestlemania.
Kevin asked him if that's the plan & Bret says he don't work for Vince anymore, works for himself & no one orders him to do anything anymore. Romaine says she don't blame that kind of attitude & Derek
takes David from Georgia's call, however
they lost the call & again plugs Bret's
"Aladdin" tour & his site. Derek says Bret's
done other appearances as an actor & now
tours in the "Aladdin" musical & asks as to
how's that different touring in a musical
then being a WWE wrestler. Bret says it
captures lots of great wrestling qualities,
says he used to thought that it was a whole
show & never thought of himself as a big
star of the show.
Bret says he saw it as a team effort & maybe
he was like a quarterback, says again he saw it as a team effort & it took a whole
roster of really good wrestlers to sell the
whole show. He says everyone worked very
hard for the "end means" kind of thing in
wrestling, says that's how he always
remembered wrestling & how he still
remembers it as a team of wrestlers working together. He then says there's guys
like Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair & HBK that only
think of themselves & aren't team players.
He says as he relates to "Aladdin", it's
everyone working together & everyone's
skilled in different things.
Bret says the girls & guys are great dancer, there's musicians involved, says it's a whole team that puts the show together & thinks
that's what makes it so great. He says there's no ego personalities of anyone
thinking that they're more important than
anyone else. He says it's everyone working
together, says that's what he loved about
wrestling & says that's what he gets from
this show. Derek takes a call from John from Edmunton, Alberta, Canada & John
asks him as to how did he felt wrestling
Owen. Bret says he was a little reluctent
when he 1st started it but understood that
it was good for Owen & the family to finally
get involved in a storyline.
Bret felt that Owen was talented like anyone else & deserved the break & says for the fact that Owen was his brother made it more acceptable for him. He says
after the storyline it kinda caught fire a bit
& saw that there's people that have sibblings that have conflicted with & says
there were lots of problems. He says lots of
people identified with that storyline, says
lots of people came up to him & told him
that they've got a brother that they haven't
talked to in 20 years or so & understood as
to what Bret was going thru. He says even
though his was a storyline, he understood
that people identified with it & it was a good thing to touch with those emotions &
make it as a storyline because it was real, even though he & Owen were always very close.
John asked him if Vince put him up to it,
Bret says yes & was suggested to him at the
time when he was trying to go to bat for
Owen & get him some exposure. He says
they [WWF] came to him with the idea to do this with his other brothers, Bret says no
& wanted to do this only with Owen & says
he picked Owen because he needed &
deserved it. Derek then takes a call from
David in Houston, Texas, David says it's an
honor to talk to Bret & can't believe he's
talking to him. He says he's been a fan since
he was 5, says he's 44 now & says besides
being the best wrestler he's ever seen, he
says Bret's ringwork is a work of art.
David says Bret's a model of integrity in a
way that he's handled everything that's
happened to him. He says he's followed
Bret & his career for many years, says he
wanted to tell him that with everything
that's happened in & out of wrestling that
Bret's been a model of how he's lived his
life with honor & integrity. He says he gives
Bret kudos for it & says he's happy that Bret's recovered from his stroke & now
doing "Aladdin". He says Bret's now thriving
in his life & says he's happy for him, Bret
says he appreciates all that & says if he can
be any kind of inspiration to anyone, then it's a priviledge to be in his shoes in that way.
Bret says he's never took anything for
granted especially after his stroke & says
he's learned that you don't know what's
waiting around the corner for you. He says he's put faith in lots of people, says lots of people come up to him over the years & tell
him that they've prayed for him & other
stuff. He says he's believed that whatever
his fans & other people out there that loved
him & have done for him, he's had an
amazing recovery & says you never doubt
the power of prayer. David wishes Bret
continued success, says thanks for all the
years of entertainment & wishes him luck
on everything that he does.
Derek then takes a call from Mike in
Middletown, New York, Mike asked him if
he's still close with Owen's family after he
died. Bret says they're now in the UK & don't see too much of them, says he's
invited Owen's kids to come see him at his
play & thinks they too are in the UK & it's
not something that can be done now. Mike
says he's sorry for what happened [with
Owen's death], says both were great
wrestlers & thanked them for the entertainment. Romaine told Bret that they
recently had Kurt Angle on their show & he's considered to be 1 of the big wrestlers
today. She says he left WWE with the same
issues he had with Vince & says he was tired
of Vince's bulls***.
Romaine says Angle went to TNA, says looking at today's wrestlersin both WWE &
TNA & asked Bret if there's a wrestler now
that he'd really thought it'd be lots of fun to get in the ring with. Bret says he thinks
Angle's the only 1 that he really wished he'd worked with, says he loves Rey Mysterio & would've loved working with him for his own peace of mind kind of thing.
He says he knows that both he & Rey would've had some fun out there, again says Kurt's the 1 that if he could only have 1
match & if he can put on the boots 1 time.
He says he woke up 1 night years ago & in a
dream he had Angle in a headlock, says it
felt so real & was a nice feeling knowing that he worked with Angle & in the dream
he had him in a headlock.
Bret again says it was a nice feeling & in some ways he feels that he did wrestle him,
Romaine says having met Angle in the studio & was a delightful guy. She says Angle's 1 of the best that's been on the show, says she has enjoyed Angle on the show & now understands on how wrestling
him would be a cool experience. Bret says
Angle's 1 of the best & Romaine says if he
gave Angle that opportunity he'd wrestle
him. Bret says he knows that Angle's always
wanted to wrestle him & says the big
question's that whether Angle would let him put the sharpshooter on him.
Romaine says their producer "Dangle & Dan" has a question to ask Bret, "Dangle & Dan" says that now Bret's accepted the WWE Hall Of Fame will he ever doing any
other wrestling related stuff or is he finished. Bret says never say never but for
now he don't see anything for him in
wrestling now. Romaine says Bret's "The
Genie" in "Aladdin" "HELLO", Bret says he's
proud of what he's done in wrestling as a
wrestler but don't want to be remembered
as an "old wrestler" or a commissioner, an
announcer, a guest referee any other
possible role that they can create & invent.
Bret says he don't rule anything out because he sees that he's still got lots of
friends that're still in the business, says he
don't see himself ever returning to WWE on
any basis that he'd have to rely on them for
any kind of thing. He says it's hard to have
an agreement with them that you can count
on, says he's had an agreement that he
thought he can count on but turns out that
he can't count on it. He says it's hard to do
business with people that screw you, Derek
says he & Romaine are glad that he came on the show & wishes him a great time on
the "Aladdin" tour. Bret says thanks & again
Derek plugs the "Aladdin" tour & Bret's site
& the segment ended at 7:46PM.
Derek plugged Bret's appearance as "The
Genie" in "Aladdin" that's touring in Calgary, Toronto & Ottawa thru 12/31 & to
get tickets at www.rosspetty.com & also
plugged Bret's site www.brethart.com .
Romaine told Bret that she's a fan of his for
many years & Bret says he appreciates that.
Romaine also mentions some people named
Dingle & Dan that're wrestling fans that
collect wrestling figures & stuff are excited
that Bret's on, Bret admits to having stacks
of figures also.
Derek asked Bret if he likes collecting his
own action figures, Bret says out of all the
things that he's done & people would talk
about [his voice appearance] on "The
Simpsons" & says the coolest thing he's ever done, was to get his 1st own action
figure. He says as a kid it would've been
something that he would've been impressed with & says if someone would've
told him the future & read that to him, he
would've been blown away by that. Romaine asked him if he thought the action
figure looked like him, Bret said the original 1 didn't & Romaine said they've
gotten better.
Bret said the 1 thing he'll say about them
[the action figure companies] is that they
gave him more muscles than he deserved.
Derek says it's easy to make a 6 pack in
multiplastic then in an actual physical body
& Bret agrees. Romaine says Bret's been
famous for many years & has remembered
watching him when she was young when he had the old Bret "Hit Man" Hart
sunglasses. She tells Bret that he's always
have been great with fans but then his
career soon had some rough spots & asked
him if 1 of those was the 1 with his brother
[Owen] & told Bret that he came from a wrestling family.
Bret said his whole life as well as his family
was involved in wrestling, Romaine says we
know that Owen was killed in an accident in
the ring & asked him as to how it affected
him as a wrestler. Bret said it put a negative
ending on everything for him as well as ruin
everything for the family. Romaine says he
still continued wrestling for a while & had a
falling out with Vince McMahon, then returned to accept the WWE Hall Of Fame &
asked him as to what was is like to return
after a falling out with Vince & to accept
that honor. Bret said "a bit of a falling out"
is an understatement & Romaine says she was trying to be nice about it.
Bret says the truth's that Vince's got a great imagination with great ideas & a
wrestling genius, however he [Vince] is
someone that you'd wanna respect for his
integerity too much. Romaine says she &
Derek's talked to many wrestlers that've
said the same thing, Bret says that's the way it is because Vince's a very cut throat,
ruthless business man that pretends on TV
that it's all a role or character. He says
Vince's a very ruthless, competitive business
man that'll do everything he can to ruin you
if possible, says that's Vince's nature, that's
the way he is & says he don't miss that part
of him anymore.
Derek again plugs Bret's "Aladdin" tour & again plugs Bret's site, then starts taking listeners calls & starts with Scott from Illinois. Scott asks Bret that after Owen's
death if he thought that the business' got
any better or safer since then & what're his
thoughts on it. Bret says he don't know the
answer to that, doesn't think things have gotten better & doesn't think there're any
changes. He don't feel they [WWE] will be
dropping anyone from the ceiling anytime
soon, says the WWE wrestling promoters of today are like circus animals also. Scott
says that Sting used to do that [drop from
the ceiling] all the time & you'd think that it
would've been something safe & asked Bret
as to what are his thoughts on that.
Bret says he's gotten no good answer as to
what happened & says he felt that Owen let
himself get talked into doing that whole thing. He says you'd always assume when
people would talk you into that kind of stunt that the people that're talking you into it know what they're doing & with Owen, the people that were doing it didn't
know what they were doing. Scott says it's a
pleasure talking to him & wished him luck on his future. Derek takes a call from Kevin
in New Jersey, Kevin tells Bret that he enjoyed his Hall Of Fame speech, got the DVD of it but hoped to have saw more of it
on TV. He told Bret that at Wrestlemania
they made a big deal that he was there &
had a little doubt that he was uncomfortable [being at the Hall Of Fame].
Bret says he was committed in doing the
Hall Of Fame but not committed in doing a
Wrestlemania PPV, says that's 2 different
things & says with HBK & Vince wrestling at
the main event spoofing as to what they did
to him years ago, he says he felt that it wasn't right for him. Kevin says after Bret
made nice with WWE with the [Bret Hart]
DVD & says they still kinda do that stuff &
asked him if it was really hard to get over it
considering that it still happens. Bret says
whatever happened with him & Vince at
Survivor Series ['97] was never part of any
kind of storyline or a cashcow that they'd
cash in later on & make money from & he'd
pretend that he was mad [at Vince].
Bret says in wrestling you'd never know
what's real & what's not, says he'd never
want anyone to misunderstand that part of
it & says to him the whole thing was real & as real as it could get in wrestling. He says
they [WWF] were really insensitive to him,
his family, his feelings, his history &
everything that he's given to them & says he don't ever let them forget that. Kevin
asked him as to how hard they pushed to get him as part of a match or gimmick at
Wrestlemania this year. Bret says Vince
ordered him the next day when he was
driving at the airport in a taxi & says he
ordered him to be at Wrestlemania.
Kevin asked him if that's the plan & Bret says he don't work for Vince anymore, works for himself & no one orders him to do anything anymore. Romaine says she don't blame that kind of attitude & Derek
takes David from Georgia's call, however
they lost the call & again plugs Bret's
"Aladdin" tour & his site. Derek says Bret's
done other appearances as an actor & now
tours in the "Aladdin" musical & asks as to
how's that different touring in a musical
then being a WWE wrestler. Bret says it
captures lots of great wrestling qualities,
says he used to thought that it was a whole
show & never thought of himself as a big
star of the show.
Bret says he saw it as a team effort & maybe
he was like a quarterback, says again he saw it as a team effort & it took a whole
roster of really good wrestlers to sell the
whole show. He says everyone worked very
hard for the "end means" kind of thing in
wrestling, says that's how he always
remembered wrestling & how he still
remembers it as a team of wrestlers working together. He then says there's guys
like Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair & HBK that only
think of themselves & aren't team players.
He says as he relates to "Aladdin", it's
everyone working together & everyone's
skilled in different things.
Bret says the girls & guys are great dancer, there's musicians involved, says it's a whole team that puts the show together & thinks
that's what makes it so great. He says there's no ego personalities of anyone
thinking that they're more important than
anyone else. He says it's everyone working
together, says that's what he loved about
wrestling & says that's what he gets from
this show. Derek takes a call from John from Edmunton, Alberta, Canada & John
asks him as to how did he felt wrestling
Owen. Bret says he was a little reluctent
when he 1st started it but understood that
it was good for Owen & the family to finally
get involved in a storyline.
Bret felt that Owen was talented like anyone else & deserved the break & says for the fact that Owen was his brother made it more acceptable for him. He says
after the storyline it kinda caught fire a bit
& saw that there's people that have sibblings that have conflicted with & says
there were lots of problems. He says lots of
people identified with that storyline, says
lots of people came up to him & told him
that they've got a brother that they haven't
talked to in 20 years or so & understood as
to what Bret was going thru. He says even
though his was a storyline, he understood
that people identified with it & it was a good thing to touch with those emotions &
make it as a storyline because it was real, even though he & Owen were always very close.
John asked him if Vince put him up to it,
Bret says yes & was suggested to him at the
time when he was trying to go to bat for
Owen & get him some exposure. He says
they [WWF] came to him with the idea to do this with his other brothers, Bret says no
& wanted to do this only with Owen & says
he picked Owen because he needed &
deserved it. Derek then takes a call from
David in Houston, Texas, David says it's an
honor to talk to Bret & can't believe he's
talking to him. He says he's been a fan since
he was 5, says he's 44 now & says besides
being the best wrestler he's ever seen, he
says Bret's ringwork is a work of art.
David says Bret's a model of integrity in a
way that he's handled everything that's
happened to him. He says he's followed
Bret & his career for many years, says he
wanted to tell him that with everything
that's happened in & out of wrestling that
Bret's been a model of how he's lived his
life with honor & integrity. He says he gives
Bret kudos for it & says he's happy that Bret's recovered from his stroke & now
doing "Aladdin". He says Bret's now thriving
in his life & says he's happy for him, Bret
says he appreciates all that & says if he can
be any kind of inspiration to anyone, then it's a priviledge to be in his shoes in that way.
Bret says he's never took anything for
granted especially after his stroke & says
he's learned that you don't know what's
waiting around the corner for you. He says he's put faith in lots of people, says lots of people come up to him over the years & tell
him that they've prayed for him & other
stuff. He says he's believed that whatever
his fans & other people out there that loved
him & have done for him, he's had an
amazing recovery & says you never doubt
the power of prayer. David wishes Bret
continued success, says thanks for all the
years of entertainment & wishes him luck
on everything that he does.
Derek then takes a call from Mike in
Middletown, New York, Mike asked him if
he's still close with Owen's family after he
died. Bret says they're now in the UK & don't see too much of them, says he's
invited Owen's kids to come see him at his
play & thinks they too are in the UK & it's
not something that can be done now. Mike
says he's sorry for what happened [with
Owen's death], says both were great
wrestlers & thanked them for the entertainment. Romaine told Bret that they
recently had Kurt Angle on their show & he's considered to be 1 of the big wrestlers
today. She says he left WWE with the same
issues he had with Vince & says he was tired
of Vince's bulls***.
Romaine says Angle went to TNA, says looking at today's wrestlersin both WWE &
TNA & asked Bret if there's a wrestler now
that he'd really thought it'd be lots of fun to get in the ring with. Bret says he thinks
Angle's the only 1 that he really wished he'd worked with, says he loves Rey Mysterio & would've loved working with him for his own peace of mind kind of thing.
He says he knows that both he & Rey would've had some fun out there, again says Kurt's the 1 that if he could only have 1
match & if he can put on the boots 1 time.
He says he woke up 1 night years ago & in a
dream he had Angle in a headlock, says it
felt so real & was a nice feeling knowing that he worked with Angle & in the dream
he had him in a headlock.
Bret again says it was a nice feeling & in some ways he feels that he did wrestle him,
Romaine says having met Angle in the studio & was a delightful guy. She says Angle's 1 of the best that's been on the show, says she has enjoyed Angle on the show & now understands on how wrestling
him would be a cool experience. Bret says
Angle's 1 of the best & Romaine says if he
gave Angle that opportunity he'd wrestle
him. Bret says he knows that Angle's always
wanted to wrestle him & says the big
question's that whether Angle would let him put the sharpshooter on him.
Romaine says their producer "Dangle & Dan" has a question to ask Bret, "Dangle & Dan" says that now Bret's accepted the WWE Hall Of Fame will he ever doing any
other wrestling related stuff or is he finished. Bret says never say never but for
now he don't see anything for him in
wrestling now. Romaine says Bret's "The
Genie" in "Aladdin" "HELLO", Bret says he's
proud of what he's done in wrestling as a
wrestler but don't want to be remembered
as an "old wrestler" or a commissioner, an
announcer, a guest referee any other
possible role that they can create & invent.
Bret says he don't rule anything out because he sees that he's still got lots of
friends that're still in the business, says he
don't see himself ever returning to WWE on
any basis that he'd have to rely on them for
any kind of thing. He says it's hard to have
an agreement with them that you can count
on, says he's had an agreement that he
thought he can count on but turns out that
he can't count on it. He says it's hard to do
business with people that screw you, Derek
says he & Romaine are glad that he came on the show & wishes him a great time on
the "Aladdin" tour. Bret says thanks & again
Derek plugs the "Aladdin" tour & Bret's site
& the segment ended at 7:46PM.
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