Don’t Mess with the Sharpshooter; Bret Hart has Harsh Words for 2K
In his recent Sharpshooter Podcast, wrestling icon Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart went on quite the tirade about his official ranking in 2K’s WWE 2K16. While at a promotional event for the game last fall Bret learned that Triple H was ranked higher than he was and apparently he didn’t like it. In fact, he dug deep saying that “Triple H isn’t fit to lace up my fucking boots.” That’s quite a statement from the Canadian legend.
“I have some discrepancies with the game a little bit. I went to a thing last Fall when the latest 2K game was coming out. They were telling me how I’m an 85 or something like that and Triple H is a 98. I remember I was like, “Why would he be a 98?” And they go, “Well because he’s the boss and we have to suck up to the boss.” I dunno, he was laughing about it. It kind of pissed me off. I thought, “I don’t care how many titles Triple H wins. He could never lace my f*cking boots up. Period.”
Bret wasn’t done there as he continued to rant on about Triple H’s ‘mediocre’ talent in the squared circle.
“He was a very good, medium, mediocre wrestler. He never blew me away with anything that he’s ever done. He’s never come up with much. He’s always been a very decent wrestler that could give you a good match. As far as being like mind blowing… I never saw it. I’ve still never seen it.”
Jealousy and anger aside, Bret also had words about how wrestler’s scores should be calculated stating that it should be based on some form of realism (ahhh, the irony) as opposed to kissing a little ass.
“There’s certain guys where you put these video games out and I don’t care. I think you have to do justice to the wrestlers as they were in their careers. It should be based on reality. Not things like who you know in the office. Vince could make him 35 time World Champion and it doesn’t mean he’s 35 times better than everyone else that ever wrestled. He’s just not. As far as the games go I think they should be honest.”
NOTE: Bret claims that he’s rated 85 and Triple H is rated 98, in actuality, his rating in WWE 2K16 is 90 while Triple H’s is rated 91. John Cena is the highest rated WWE Superstar in the game, with a rating of 95. Wonder what Bret might have to say about that?