Bret Hart recalls how his return to WWE came to be, sharing how watching Vince McMahon work with Donald Trump proved to be an influence.
In 2007, there was a moment in which McMahon would get physical with the future President of the United States, including at WrestleMania 23. During their “Battle of the Billionaires” bout, Trump floored McMahon with a clothesline.
While speaking to Inside The Ropes, Hart spoke about his eventual return to WWE, noting that he called McMahon after seeing him work with Trump.
“I called Vince,” Hart said. “I was living in Hawaii at the time and having a pretty good life down there and having a good life and happy and everything. I didn’t need wrestling or anything, but I called up WWF [WWE] and talked to some guy named Kevin Dunn was his name. He’s one of Vince’s right-hand guys. I said, ‘Yeah, I’d like to talk to Vince about maybe doing a storyline, an angle, and coming back. I just watched him wrestle Donald Trump yesterday. I could wrestle him.’ I can’t because of my concussion injury that I had at the time, which was very real.”
Hart eventually made his return to WWE television in January 2010, burying the hatchet with Shawn Michaels and entering into a storyline with McMahon that culminated in a match at WrestleMania 26.
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