As previously noted, WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart expressed his frustration and disappointment with WWE after a bizarre situation at SummerSlam left him without a seat for the event. Hart said he felt disrespected by the ordeal.
Hart explained that he was invited by the company to attend the show and was told he would be featured on camera in the crowd. However, the plan fell apart upon his arrival. “I went to SummerSlam they invited me down… and they told me that they wanted me to be in the crowd,” Hart said. “And then they told me once I got there that they, they didn’t have any seats for me.”
Hart then noted that he saw another WWE Hall of Famer was given a seat, which added to his feeling of being disrespected. “But I noticed Kevin Nash got a seat. So I don’t know, I don’t feel that WWE… I maybe finally realized that I don’t think they really fully appreciate me,” he concluded.
A “No Comp” Rule
On today’s Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez explained that due to high ticket sales, WWE has recently instituted a strict “no comp” policy for many of its events. “They’ve been selling a lot of tickets lately, and it’s actually been over a year that for a lot of shows it there is a no comp rule,” Alvarez stated. “We’re talking like main roster wrestlers are unable to get their family in because there’s no seats. They’ve sold everything.”
Alvarez added that Hart was not the only guest who ran into this issue at SummerSlam, citing another second-generation wrestling personality. “He was not the only person that this happened to. Noelle Foley was there, and apparently the same thing happened to her,” Alvarez said. “Like they told her she had a seat, and she got there, and then she ended up in the press box because they didn’t have a seat for her.”
“They Weren’t Specifically Targeting Bret”
Alvarez continued, “My basic point, I don’t want to defend them because they shouldn’t have done it, but they weren’t specifically targeting Bret,” he concluded. “He was not the only one that this happened to at that show.”
Despite his belief that it was not personal, Alvarez was clear that the situation was unacceptable for a legend of Hart’s stature. “Obviously, with that said, don’t tell someone to come if you haven’t specifically reserved an actual seat for them, especially someone like Bret Hart,” he said. “Yeah, it’s ridiculous, but it happened. It happened to several people there, apparently.”
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