I was just wondering if anyone has gotten their hands on the new Bret Hart autobiography. I'm really looking forward to this one along with A Lion's Tale.
Hitman was recently released in Canada. It is scheduled to be released here in the States in 2008. But I know you can get a copy from Highspots or ebay.
"For as long as I can remember, my world was filled with liars and bullshitters, losers and pretenders, but I also saw the good side of pro wrestling. To me there is something bordering on beautiful about a brotherhood of big tough men who pretended to hurt one another for a living instead of actually doing it. Any idiot can hurt someone."
"As a child I was drawn to my sweet mother and intimidated by my gruff father," "Stu (my father) had a temper so fierce that some would consider his corporal punishment child abuse." "Too many times I limped around bruised and battered, my eyeballs red and ruptured because of his discipline. On more than a few occasions, I thought I was going to die." "My dad was gruff," Bret says. "Corporal punishment was more common in those days. He was a product of his time, trying to deal with 12 kids all as wild and out of control as we were."
In Japan, Bret became Tom Billington's (the Dynamite Kid) drinking buddy.
"(Tom) grew lonely, dangerous and occasionally cruel. One morning as we waited to leave on the bus, Tom opened the window, calling and waving over a poor vagrant.
"I thought Tom was going to toss a few coins ... but instead he spit right in his face and said, 'F-- you, you dirty yellow bastard.'"
During a match in 1984, Bret badly injured his knee and went into surgery.
He was worried because Davey and Dynamite's careers were moving ahead -- mainly because they were bigger from steroid use -- while doctors told him he'd be out for six months.
"I realized that if I wanted to feed my family, I needed to heal and heal fast. I'd have to take steroids."
Within minutes, Dynamite had arrived and injected Bret in both buttocks. Bret became violently ill that night. It turned out the steroids were meant for horses.
"When I was working for my Dad, I didn't have to poison my body, I didn't need it,"
"But when I got to the WWF (World Wrestling Federation), everyone was doing it. And Dynamite and Davey Boy were making three to four times the money I was. If I didn't take them, I wouldn't have a career."