Time heals all wounds, even for Bret Hart and Earl Hebner.
Hebner recently spoke with Steve Fall for WrestlingNews.co about his relationship with Bret Hart. The two had heat with each other for years over Hebner’s role in the infamous 1997 Montreal Screwjob incident in WWF.
Hebner says that he has recently spoken with Bret Hart, and explained why he won’t autograph items that would impact their current relationship.
“I have a merch shirt that says, ‘Damn right I did.’ And a lot of people want me to say, Can you write on it ‘I screwed Bret?’ I go, ‘No. I can’t do that.’ A while back, maybe three or four years ago, I would do it but Bret and I made up. And before my brother passed, we were at a house show, or indie show and he was there and he called us into the ring and he put us over like big time. So now Bret calls me now and then and I’ll call him and we got a good relationship back and I’m not gonna screw it up by writing something over a dumb ass shirt. It’s gonna destroy our friendship.”
It finally worked out
Hebner says he was bothered by his relationship with Hart for many years. He tried to make amends with Bret, who didn’t reciprocate those feelings.
“For a long time it honestly it bothered me. It was bad for me, you know, cuz I carried it with me for a lot of years. We met one time an airport, and I wanted to talk to him and he said, ‘I don’t want to talk to you.’ … I said, ‘can I talk to you for a minute?” He goes, ‘I don’t want to talk.’ I said okay, so I let it go and that was it. And as time went on, you know, it finally worked out well. We got to see each other [and] communicate…”
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