It was announced last week that Bret Hart would be in the corner of his Niece, Natalya as she takes on Charlotte (With Ric Flair) for the WWE Women’s Championship. The announcement came as a bit of a surprise as Hart had just recovered from prostate surgery a couple of months ago. In a recent media appearance, Hart told the audience that he wasn’t thrilled to be appearing at WWE Payback but is doing it for Nattie.
Here is what he said:
“I do it to honour Nattie, I have no desire to be there, no desire to be on TV. I’m happy to be there for Nattie but I’ve just had wrist surgery so it’s not a great time….It’ll be great to put Flair in the sharpshooter though” (Source: Total Wrestling).
It was also a bit surprising that the WWE didn’t ask Nattie’s father Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart to be involved instead of Bret for a father vs father segment against Flair. I guess it makes sense because The Hitman is a much bigger star than his old tag team partner (as the Hart Foundation).
Regardless it will be great to see Bret Hart as he was one of my favorites as a kid! We have seen this happen in NXT as Nattie took on Charlotte with both Ric and Bret at ringside. Charlotte won that match and it will be interesting to see if history repeats itself!
See also: Bret Hart shoots on WWE stars today using the sharpshooter.