“I Didn’t Have a Finish”- Bret Hart Recalls an Unexpected Encounter With WWE Legend “Macho Man” Randy Savage

Bret Hart is a man of many opinions. Years after his early retirement from professional wrestling, “The Hitman” is still regarded as one of the best to ever enter the ring. 

The best part about Hart is that he will get straight to the point on a question. His blunt replies have earned him a lot of enemies in the professional wrestling world, and it’s rare to find him on the good side.

However, he did wrestle during the golden era of the business and witnessed and fought some of the greatest showmen in the business. Hearing an insight from those times is something wrestling fans wait for.

In a recent interview with Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp, the former WWE Intercontinental Champion spoke about the Superstars he loved to work with the most.

Names like Sting, Curt Hennig, and his brother Owen Hart Poppe up. Although, Hart held “Macho Man” Randy Savage in higher regard than the rest.

“Macho Man was another one where you didn’t need to even talk,” said Hart. “Someone just said, ‘Quick, run out there you’ve got to go twenty minutes with Macho Man and we don’t know what you’re doing. Just figure it out on the fly.’ I’ve done that with Macho Man.”

“Some guys you can just work. They’re total pros that way. Really it’s important for all wrestlers to try to be like that,” says Hart. “I do remember wrestling Macho Man one time where something happened with someone’s flight. I was in Detroit, but they were running another show in South Bend, Indiana.”

Bret Hart fought “Macho Man” Randy Savage without preparing!

On this fateful day, Savage’s main event opponent Jake “The Snake” Roberts could not attend due to a flight delay. In a last-minute switch, the team decided to swap in Bret Hart to give the over-capacity crowd their money’s worth.

“I remember they told me as I was running in, ‘You just go straight to the ring. Figure it out in the ring.’ I didn’t have a finish, I didn’t have an ending. Most of all it was at a time when I wasn’t necessarily sure that I could be the main event,” admits Hart.

“I just remember running out, and the place popped and went crazy. It was like, ‘I guess I’m over enough to replace Jake Roberts to be the main event.’ That was the first sort of start of me being a bigger star than just being Bret Hart, the singles wrestler,” concluded Hart.

“Macho Man” will always be remembered as one of the most influential Superstars WWE has ever seen. His works have all been masterpieces of professional wrestling. 

In a welcome twist in destinies, Hart got the dream match against Savage which is still remembered today as the dream clash between generational titans.