Each episode also features his sons Blade & Dallas as well as WrestleZone Radio’s Nick Hausman as the co-hosts. You can find some of Bret’s comments from the episode transcribed below. Bret’s comments about the tension between Shane and Stephanie begin around the thirty-two minute mark in the embedded audio player above.
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On the dynamic between Shane, Stephanie and Triple H backstage at WWE Payback:
BH: With Shane I sensed he was really relaxed but I also sensed a distance there. In the backstage area I never saw Stephanie, Triple H and Shane all in the same room. I’m just reading between the lines without knowing anything. I could see that there was real tension there. They were all really friendly to me when they saw me but you never saw anybody at the same time. I noticed when I saw Shane after Natalya’s match that he didn’t go into what they call the Gorilla Position. He wasn’t in there. He wouldn’t go in there. He kind of stayed out and I realized then that it was just Stephanie and Triple H that were in there. I don’t know, maybe there’s real tensions there. I’ve said it before and I don’t know anymore than what I’ve said in recent broadcasts. I do sense there is some real tension in the family. I got the impression from watching it on TV, just like the fans do, that Vince is loving it. He loves the tension between them and this little storyline that they have seems like it’s true and based on a real situation. A lot of times that’s what Vince likes to play on. He likes to play on real sensitive issues. Even like what he did to me in Phoenix a few years ago. It was all based on, “You screwed me,” and, “Bret screwed Bret,” and all these things that were so sensitive a few years before. He wanted to milk that as much as he could and get as much mileage out of it as possible. I sensed a lot of that in Chicago. There’s a lot of real tension in the air and Stephanie, Triple H and Shane aren’t really comfortable with the attention but Vince is loving it. He’s just throwing more gas on the fire.
This episode features Bret and his sons Blade & Dallas talking to WrestleZone Radio’s Nick Hausman about a variety of topics including:
- What it was like for Bret to be backstage and working with WWE again at Payback
- What his interactions with Triple H, Stephanie, Shane and Vince were like
- Vince’s concern for Bret’s health and wanting to keep him limited in Natalya’s match
- How the idea of “The Chicago Screw Job” came about
- What the original plan was for Bret at the end of Natalya and Charlotte’s match
- The WWE continuing to revisit The Montreal Screw Job
- Charles Robinson getting to work with Ric Flair again
- The atmosphere backstage at WWE Payback after Enzo’s injury
- Ric Flair seemingly threatening a fight with Natalya on RAW
- Charlotte’s concerns for her Dad and how much he’s willing to do in the ring
- Whether or not it was difficult for Bret to put The Sharpshooter on Ric Flair
- Blade & Dallas’ memories of Vince McMahon
- Vince McMahon’s impressive food spread at WWE events compared to the catering that wrestlers get
- Bret’s take on the tension between Shane and Stephanie McMahon backstage at WWE Payback
- Ryback asking to be taken off the road by WWE and the recent outspoken comments he released about the way WWE pays and treats it’s talent
- The way it was determined how much wrestlers got paid back when Bret was wrestling
- Why Bret is still bitter towards Hulk Hogan to this day
- Roman Reigns’ current presentation and advice that Bret has given him
- Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn putting on a five-star match at WWE Payback
- More…
This episode also features Bret giving his “4 Out Of 10” award of the week as well as answering questions from the #AskTheHitman mailbag.
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