On a recent edition of his “Lex Expressed” podcast, former WWE Superstar Lex Luger discussed Bret Hart leaving WWE for WCW in late 1997.
While Hart was one of the biggest WCW signings, the creative team failed to utilize The Hitman properly.
Luger and Hart faced each other for the WCW United States Championship in 1998.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On Bret Hart joining WCW: “I felt like they couldn’t pass up the opportunity to bring Bret in. He’s the generational star of stars in that regard. Bret’s just phenomenal in the ring and with his fanbase. So it was like a no-brainer to bring him in. But with the storylines we had going…with the nWo vs. the WCW guys, I don’t feel they knew where Bret fit in with that so to speak, but they didn’t want to pass up bringing him in. I was never involved in the booking/office side of things, so…he definitely wasn’t fully utilized, for sure, on the storylines.”
On wrestling Hart in WCW: “I had the pleasure of doing a couple of US Title matches with him. I enjoyed that, I always loved working with Bret. But yeah, I agree he could’ve been used a lot better during that period. But there was also a massive amount of talent during that time. Even a Bret Hart…I don’t want to say he’d get lost in the shuffle, he’d never be that kind of guy, but it was tough to balance everything out I think, with everything that was going on.”
