This year for the third time in his career Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart will be inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame. His match with “Stone Cold” Steve Austin at WrestleMania 13 will be honored at this year’s ceremony.

Appearing on the The Ariel Helwani Show, Hart expressed his gratitude.

“I found out a few months ago it was going to happen but things aren’t going to happen until they happen…It is a big honor. I am quite proud of that, especially that match….I don’t think there has been a better match. It was magic what we did that night,” he said.

Hart said that ever since that night back in 1997, that match has been at the top of his favourite matches. His first greatest match was taking on The British Bulldog at SummerSlam at Wembley Stadium in 1992. 

He is also very proud of his WrestleMania, Ironman match against Shawn Michaels.

“You can say what you want about our relationship the truth is though it is hard to top that match,” he said.

Hart was than asked about today’s wrestling product.

“I try to watch the pay-per-views. I find, in a lot of wrestlers, and I won’t name anybody, but I find the wrestlers are more actors pretending to be wrestlers today than actual wrestlers…I miss the ruggedness of the characters. Guys like Curt Hennig, myself, Dynamite Kid. That whole era of wrestlers that broke into the business in the late ’70s and early ’80s. We were from the Harley Race, Terry Funk generation, trying to copy them or mimic them. That’s why I think the ’90s was the best era of wrestling. When I watch some of that old ’90s wrestling, it was really good stuff. I find that today’s wrestling is a little bit more about promos and your character on TV, and not so much your work rate. I like guys that throwback a little bit more to the work rate. Roman Reigns is a guy that tries really hard to earn the respect of my generation and be more realistic and more credible and believable, not so much an actor. I find that, especially AEW, I find they are mostly actors trying to pretend to be wrestlers and they got to get on with real wrestling and quit acting so much,” he said.

The 2025 WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony will take place on Friday, April 18th. It will stream live in the U.S. on Peacock and WWE social channels starting at 10pm PT.