Bret Hart Looks Back At His Match Against Stone Cold Steve Austin From WrestleMania 13

Professional wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer “The Hitman” Bret Hart who is a former five times WWE World Champion recently looked back at his famous Submission match against Stone Cold Steve Austin from WrestleMania 13.

Bret Hart vs Stone Cold Steve Austin from WrestleMania 13 is considered as one of the best WrestleMania matches in the history of WWE. This match is also considered as the rise of the Austin 3:16. This was the last WrestleMania before the beginning of the famous Attitude Era of WWE.

Bret Hart Looks Back At His Match Against Stone Cold Steve Austin From WrestleMania 13

WWE built an excellent storyline for this match which made this match even more interesting. Austin was one of the biggest prospects of WWE back in that time who recently won the Royal Rumble match but failed to go on to WrestleMania for the WWE championship because he cheated to win the match.

As the main event of WrestleMania 13 was scheduled between the Undertaker and Sycho Sid, Bret Hart and Stone Cold Steve Austin were given the opportunity to finish their business with each other. After the amazing performance from Austin in this match, Vince McMahon had no doubt in the mind in choosing the right wrestler to replace Hulk Hogan.

“The Hitman” Bret Hart who is a former five times WWE World Champion recently spoke to Sports Illustrated where he looked back at his famous Submission match against Stone Cold Steve Austin from WrestleMania 13. He said;

“The funniest thing about that match, and it will probably surprise people, is that we ran out of ideas when we tried to map out the match. It was all submissions, so there was no one-two-kickout. Taking away the pin falls removed a lot of the element of suspense. But we’d always had great chemistry, so we entered the match with confidence.

“If you look at our match from the Survivor Series in ’96, some people argue that was an even better match. What we had was a storyline and two characters who were destined to cross paths. At that time, Steve was becoming a huge force and was just about ready to break through to a level that few wrestlers ever reach.

“I was lucky to be there at the right place and right time with him. The match with Steve, that’s the greatest song I ever sang. When I watch it back, I wouldn’t change a thing. I still love seeing that spot where I’m punching the daylights out of Steve in the corner and he kicks me in the groin. It was a beautiful, violent piece of art. Working with Steve was easy, it was fun, and it was memorable.”