Bret Hart On Knocking Out Vince McMahon: He Was Out Cold Like A Starfish, He Deserved Every Bit Of That

Bret Hart will never forget the moment he put Vince McMahon to sleep.

In the new docuseries on Netflix titled, ‘Mr. McMahon, the former WWF World Champion, Bret Hart recalled the moment after being legitimately screwed out of his match against Shawn Michaels how Vince McMahon was knocked out cold by Hart backstage and that McMahon never gave Hart any free shot.

“There was no like, ‘Vince is going to give me a shot.’ Like, I don’t where they get that story, because that is such a bunch of bullshit. It was Vince and me came at each other, and we actually tied up like a wrestling match. Everybody’s ready to pounce on me as soon as we grab each other. I remember going, the only way I can get a shot in, one shot, maybe, is an uppercut, and I came right up between Vince’s arms, and it was like, you know when you hit the bell [at carnivals] when the thing goes up.

“He was out cold, like a starfish. It was probably the best thing I ever did. He deserved every bit of that.”

McMahon would later on say that the punch he received had earned him a concussion. All six episodes can be streamed on Netflix.

h/t to Fightful for the transcription.

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