Triple H and Bret ‘The Hitman’ does not have a very good relationship with each other, which is known to all. There are a number of times when Bret Hart made raged attacks on Triple H but ‘The King of Kings’ remained calm on every occasion.
For an instance, after the release of the WWE 2K16 video game, Bret Hart was furious to see his rating was lower than Triple H. He claimed that his rating was 85 and Triple H had a 98 rating. And ‘The Excellence of Execution’ was not happy at all with it.
“Triple H Wanted To Sabotage Rock’s Career” – Bret Hart Makes Fulminating Claim – Short Analysis
However, Bret Hart was rated 90 in WWE 2K16 when Triple H was rated 91. Bret’s claim was not right, and only 1 difference should not be a matter of rage, we believe.
This time, Bret Hart claimed that Triple H tried to sabotage the career of the Rock very early. When the former five times WWE World Champion appeared on the 81 Podcast he said;
“Triple H and maybe even Shawn [Michaels], were pretty ruthless. If someone was tied to me or connected to me, they would try to ruin them. Even Dwayne Johnson [The Rock]. They really tried to crack him and bust his chops.
“I remember telling Dwayne all the time, ‘Don’t listen to these guys. You’re a really good talent and you don’t need these guys.’ When I did the big interview about America, the next week’s taping, I wrestled The Rock and they wanted me to beat him. Triple H did. He wanted me to beat Dwayne and win the Intercontinental Title. I refused. ‘What do I need the Intercontinental Title for?’
“We did the figure four on the post, Steve Austin came out, Owen [Hart] and Davey [Boy Smith] came out, a bunch of interference. I remember Triple H was sick about it because he had a thing for Dwayne and wanted to ruin him. He hated him.
“I remember saying, ‘I like Dwayne. He just got the Intercontinental Title and doesn’t need me to take it from him.’ I didn’t want to be Intercontinental Champion. It was all politics, Triple H was trying to steer me into the Intercontinental Title instead of the World Title. It didn’t make any sense.
“I told Vince, ‘I don’t get heat from beating Dwayne for the title, it doesn’t do anything for me. Let him keep it.’ I think Dwayne always appreciated that I went to bat for him. I didn’t want to beat him, I wanted to wrestle him down the road as a future guy to draw money with. It’s a shame I didn’t get to work with him other than that one night.”
But how true is this claim? Nothing has been confirmed yet but a number of doubts can be raised since Triple H was a new face in that time and he had no power in his hand then. Besides, he was still recovering from the punishment he was given for the MSG Curtain Call incident. We are not saying Bret is lying, but honestly, with due respect to ‘The Best There Is, The Best There Was, And The Best There Ever Will Be’, it is a little difficult to believe the story.
Credit: 81 Podcast. H/T 411Mania.com