Summary

Bret Hart said he has encouraged Dallas Hart and Dungeon Wrestling to emulate the live experience of Stampede Wrestling.

Hart said it is difficult to recreate that model because modern access to talent and day-to-day wrestler experience is different from past eras.

He added that he has seen some Dungeon Wrestling events that, in terms of show construction, were better than certain WWE Premium Live Events.

Bret Hart sees Dungeon Wrestling as a possible territorial-style rebuilding project

Bret Hart praising Dungeon Wrestling’s show structure gives the promotion credibility from a legacy voice tied directly to Stampede, because he explicitly compared some events favorably against WWE PLE presentations.

His comments about wanting a territorial-style company with TV also frame Dungeon Wrestling as a long-term development effort, even as he acknowledged how hard it is to replicate the Stu Hart era talent pipeline.

Quotes

Quote from Bret Hart

“I’ve always encouraged Dallas and Dungeon Wrestling to try to emulate the Stampede Wrestling live experience as much as possible. It’s hard because you don’t have access to the talent you had back in those days. You get wrestlers coming in, and you don’t know how good they are until they get here. There are situations where the wrestlers don’t have the experience of working every day like those days.”

Bret Hart later went on to say:

“I’ve seen some outstanding shows that, to a certain degree, I would say they were better than some of the WWE pay-per-views in how a wrestling show is put together.”

Bret Hart also said:

“It would be really nice to see a territorial-like wrestling company get back in business and have a TV show. Those things might be in the future for Dungeon Wrestling, but at the same time, you don’t have Stu Hart, you don’t have Ed Whalen, you don’t have that selection of talent like you used to have where you could bring in the world champion, or a guy from Puerto Rico, or a guy from Japan.”

Sources

As reported by Fightful.