Wrestling legend shares intriguing details behind WWE putting the championship on Bret Hart

Former WWE manager Jim Cornette recently spoke about how Bret Hart came in as a savior for the company amid several scandals. The Hitman took over as the WWE Champion and pulled the company through a lean phase of the business in the '90s.

Back in the early '90s, WWE was under immense scrutiny and surrounded by lawsuits. The steroid scandal had rocked Vince McMahon & Co., and the 79-year-old was almost looking at a prison sentence.

This week on Jim Cornette's Drive-Thru, the veteran reviewed episode three of Netflix's Mr. McMahon docuseries. Cornette mentioned that amid the scandals, WWE needed a clean-cut babyface to be the face of the company, and they went ahead with Hart. The 63-year-old mentioned that The Hitman was reliable and helped the organization usher in a new era.

"He [Bret] made a great point. With the bad publicity in the wrestling business, scandals, or whatever, they knew he wasn't gonna get busted with a dead girl or a live boy in his hotel room or a pound of cocaine in his car. He wasn't a steroid abuser. It was a new generation, it was new talent. They had to do something new with Bert Hart, Shawn Michaels, Razor Ramon, Diesel, and [The] Undertaker was still [a] fresher at that point." [19:43 - 20:24]

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Bret Hart spoke about Vince McMahon's alleged lies

In the Mr. McMahon docuseries, Bret Hart discussed his complex relationship with his former boss. The Hall of Famer claimed that he respected Vince McMahon like a father. However, the legendary promoter seemingly did not reciprocate the same emotions, leading to many issues between the two.

Bret Hart mentioned that McMahon lied to him several times, breaking his heart. This also resulted in The Hitman leaving the company in 1997 after the infamous Montreal Scre*job.

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