Bret "The Hitman" Hart very rarely crops in the mainof wrestling news anymore but when he does it is often to take a pop at the younger talent.

The 59-year-old recently spoke to Forbes and during which he once again laid into Seth Rollins citing the performer as being "reckless" and "dangerous" in previous matches.

No Hart for Rollins

Hart said it was a testimony for Cena not to shoot Rollins following his nosebreak (image:thejohncenablog.blogspot.com)
Hart said it was a testimony for Cena not to shoot Rollins following his nosebreak (image:thejohncenablog.blogspot.com)

The former WCW performer who had his career unfortunately cut short due to unsafe workers has made it his goal to out those who he feels are hurting others in the squared circle.

Rollins has taken the brunt of his abuse and it seems as though Hart is not planning to go back on his word anytime soon.

On the 30-year-old breaking John Cena's nose last year he said "He [Rollins] knees him the face so hard, and so recklessly, and so dangerously. He could easily kill somebody with a knee like that to the face."

While the injury to The Face that Runs the Place may support his claims, Rollins who featured on Chris Jericho's podcast refused to accept these claims.

The former World Champion said that Cena has a reputation for sometimes being clumsy and he suggested that the 39-year-old lent forward, causing the nose break.

Hart continued "It is a testimony to John Cena; A, he finished the match and B, that he did not get a shotgun and shoot Seth Rollins when he came through the curtain.”

While it is unlikely that baby face Cena would bring a shotgun to an arena, he reportedly forgave Rollins and held no blame against him whatsoever.

A STING-ing remark

Bret Hart said it was Rollins who prematurely ended the career of Sting (image: sportskeeda.com)
Bret Hart said it was Rollins who prematurely ended the career of Sting (image: sportskeeda.com)

Hart believes that Rollins was the sole reason that the career of the legendary Sting ended as prematurely as it did.

The two fought at Night of Champions last year, and following a turnbuckle power bomb, the former WCW man needed medical assistance.

Although the two completed the match, Sting was forced to retire not long after to which Hart said "[He] did things to a guy that kind of ended his career a lot faster."

What is important to note is that the Icon was 56-years-old at the time of competing and his body was not in the greatest of shape, but regardless The Hitman still feels that blame should have been place on The Man.

Similar to Goldberg

Hart blames Goldberg for ending his wrestling career (image: wrestlingrecaps.com)
Hart blames Goldberg for ending his wrestling career (image: wrestlingrecaps.com)

One man who Hart seems to have never forgiven is Goldberg as the veteran has singled him out for being the sole reason his career was cut short.

With this still at the forefront of his mind more than 16 years later he compared The [almost] Undefeated one to Rollins as he said "Bill Goldberg kicked me in the head and ended my career because he did not know what he was doing. You get guys that cost me millions and millions of dollars, cost me my career, probably led to my stroke, and so many things that happened all because somebody did not know what they were doing."

The no.1 Draft pick labeled Hart as one of his idols growing up and was really hurt by the comments he made and comparing the 265lbs former football player to the 210lbs experienced professional wrestler will be a tough comment to take.

On being a safe worker

Hart prides himself on never injuring an opponent (image: inquisitr.com)
Hart prides himself on never injuring an opponent (image: inquisitr.com)

The in-depth interview continued with the safety of fellow performers the main issue for Hart who believed that not injuring your opponent was the main goal in a wrestling match.

He said he wrestled for "23 straight years all over the world" and that his "greatest boast" was that he "never injured one single wrestler" in his "career."

For all the achievements that his career brought it seems that his proudest accomplishment was not injuring any of his colleagues, something he is very concerned about in today's product.

He continued "The safety of my opponent was critical to me" While not causing harm to your opponent may be an important factor, the evolution of wrestling has been so great that wrestlers often work through injuries.

On Shane and Stephanie McMahon not understanding sport's injuries

Hart's relationship with the WWE was before this interview on good terms, however disrespecting several officials will not be such a wise move.

He said that both Shane and Stephanie McMahon are unaware of how dangerous some of the injuries that their workers suffer are as he said "They do not understand that when you do these kinds of things, you can kill somebody."

While Stephanie's injury list may not be very long, her brother's is quite extensive as while he was an active performer he regularly put his body on the line performing high risk maneuvers.

Hart issued a warning of how they maybe need to rethink their styles as he finished with "It may look great but you really need to think twice with what you are doing."

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Joel Lampkin
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