5 New Wrestling Podcast Partners we’d love to see team up with Conrad Thompson

#3 Bret Hart

Bret Hart as a voice of experience, and a candid critic, could be great on a Conrad Thompson podcast.

Bret Hart is the subject of near universal respect in the wrestling world for his unparalleled skill in the wrestling ring, his ability to connect with an international audience, and his years spent starring for WWE in particular (besides his less celebrated, but nonetheless high profile WCW run).

The Hitman becomes especially attractive as a podcast co-host for not only his long and decorated wrestling career, but the way in which he has translated his credibility to become an outspoken wrestling critic in recent years. Hart has pulled no punches in criticizing Triple H as overrated and Seth Rollins as unsafe in the ring—not necessarily popular opinions, but one he is uniquely situated to deliver and be taken seriously for.

As an added bonus, Hart’s book, Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling could serve as something of a guide for the podcast, given how detailed and comprehensive the memoir was, reportedly rooted in his extensive note taking during his wrestling career. Thompson has referred to this and other wrestling books often on his shows, and Hart has given him an in-depth source to revisit time and time again as source material.