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	<title>Comments on: The Hitman versus ‘The Wrestler’</title>
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		<title>By: Guest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bret Hart is truly the best there is, was, and ever will be. The detractors know nothing. This is a man that has given his all to the sport and some, only to be screwed over in the end. Unless you have lived a life like Bret Hart has, it can be extremely hard to relate, but if you have lived a life like Bret, it shouldn&#039;t be.

Bret you are the best. Your true fans will never forsake you. Thank you for all you have given professional wrestling. You deserve the best of what life has to offer. People call you a crybaby, egotistical, a whiner, deluded..... However, I see you in a different light. We all have our hangups. Again, unless you have lived a life like Bret Hart has, it will probably be hard for you to relate to him. Bret&#039;s been through so many obstacles in life, Screwjob, concussion, stroke, and he has overcame a many of things. The average person wouldn&#039;t have been able to deal with what Bret has. He is the best there is, was, and ever will be.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bret Hart is truly the best there is, was, and ever will be. The detractors know nothing. This is a man that has given his all to the sport and some, only to be screwed over in the end. Unless you have lived a life like Bret Hart has, it can be extremely hard to relate, but if you have lived a life like Bret, it shouldn&#039;t be.</p>
<p>Bret you are the best. Your true fans will never forsake you. Thank you for all you have given professional wrestling. You deserve the best of what life has to offer. People call you a crybaby, egotistical, a whiner, deluded&#8230;.. However, I see you in a different light. We all have our hangups. Again, unless you have lived a life like Bret Hart has, it will probably be hard for you to relate to him. Bret&#039;s been through so many obstacles in life, Screwjob, concussion, stroke, and he has overcame a many of things. The average person wouldn&#039;t have been able to deal with what Bret has. He is the best there is, was, and ever will be.</p>
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		<title>By: Big Bully Busick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Big Bully Busick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hitman nailed it!</description>
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		<title>By: gunit</title>
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		<dc:creator>gunit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>well randy the ram is no bret hart. it seems to me like the randy character was a popular wrestler in the 80s but dropped off the map after that due his own indulgences. like drugs (cocaine, steroids) drinking and just not taking care of himself or his family in general. all of which was not so much the case with bret hart.

so all in all i think this was a believable story and could have been possible and i dont think you can compare this character to bret hart because the character in the movie dropped off the map after being at the top, while bret was a star when he retired and would still have been a star wrestler if he still wrestled today, unlike &quot;randy the ram.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>well randy the ram is no bret hart. it seems to me like the randy character was a popular wrestler in the 80s but dropped off the map after that due his own indulgences. like drugs (cocaine, steroids) drinking and just not taking care of himself or his family in general. all of which was not so much the case with bret hart.</p>
<p>so all in all i think this was a believable story and could have been possible and i dont think you can compare this character to bret hart because the character in the movie dropped off the map after being at the top, while bret was a star when he retired and would still have been a star wrestler if he still wrestled today, unlike &quot;randy the ram.&quot;</p>
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		<title>By: MIKE</title>
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		<dc:creator>MIKE</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>THE HITMAN IS NEVER WRONG.</description>
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		<title>By: Laurian</title>
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		<dc:creator>Laurian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I totally agree with Bret&#039;s comments. I disliked the movie myself. I grew up watching the WWF (WWE) of the 90&#039;s and while this movie may depict possible realities, it fails badly because it never explains why Randy the Ram ended up so tragically in the first place. Of course Bret talked a lot about himself, that&#039;s the point of the article, comparing reality to fiction, for God&#039;s sake! You people seem to forget that Bret is the most complete wrestler of all time, he grew up IN the business and WTH the business ran by his family in Calgary! He has seen it all, and he&#039;s the most entitled person to criticize and compare. And I perfectly understand why he finds it that disrespectful, because I felt the same thing about it. The wrestling world I grew up with is totally different, and this movie will lead millions of people who never actually watched wrestling to the conclusion that there&#039;s nothing more to wrestling than drugs, poverty, people hurting each other till they bleed and tragedy. Any true wrestling fan and worker should feel offended by this movie. Of course there is a dark side to this business, not everyone ends up being a superstar, but doesn&#039;t every single business have a dark side? To release a movie that is completely misleading for millions around the world is totally unfair and disrespectful. And Bret couldn&#039;t be more right when he&#039;s saying he doesn&#039;t know what wrong turn brought Randy the Ram to subsist in desperation on the lowest fringes of some perverted putrefaction that barely resembles the wrestling business he knows. I feel exactly the same way, and I don&#039;t even work in the business, so a professional&#039;s anger doesn&#039;t surprise me at all. It&#039;s totally justified.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I totally agree with Bret&#039;s comments. I disliked the movie myself. I grew up watching the WWF (WWE) of the 90&#039;s and while this movie may depict possible realities, it fails badly because it never explains why Randy the Ram ended up so tragically in the first place. Of course Bret talked a lot about himself, that&#039;s the point of the article, comparing reality to fiction, for God&#039;s sake! You people seem to forget that Bret is the most complete wrestler of all time, he grew up IN the business and WTH the business ran by his family in Calgary! He has seen it all, and he&#039;s the most entitled person to criticize and compare. And I perfectly understand why he finds it that disrespectful, because I felt the same thing about it. The wrestling world I grew up with is totally different, and this movie will lead millions of people who never actually watched wrestling to the conclusion that there&#039;s nothing more to wrestling than drugs, poverty, people hurting each other till they bleed and tragedy. Any true wrestling fan and worker should feel offended by this movie. Of course there is a dark side to this business, not everyone ends up being a superstar, but doesn&#039;t every single business have a dark side? To release a movie that is completely misleading for millions around the world is totally unfair and disrespectful. And Bret couldn&#039;t be more right when he&#039;s saying he doesn&#039;t know what wrong turn brought Randy the Ram to subsist in desperation on the lowest fringes of some perverted putrefaction that barely resembles the wrestling business he knows. I feel exactly the same way, and I don&#039;t even work in the business, so a professional&#039;s anger doesn&#039;t surprise me at all. It&#039;s totally justified.</p>
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		<title>By: Ian S</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ian S</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When you&#039;re as good as the Hitman, it&#039;s not ego. I don&#039;t think he set out to review the movie, but rather explain why, for him, it didn&#039;t hold true to his real-life experience. And let&#039;s bear in mind that no one commenting on this blog or the makers of the movie had the real first hand experience that Bret has had. Let him talk about his personal losses because that&#039;s a part of his wrestling past. It&#039;s real. Let him talk about his personal victories because they are just as real too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you&#039;re as good as the Hitman, it&#039;s not ego. I don&#039;t think he set out to review the movie, but rather explain why, for him, it didn&#039;t hold true to his real-life experience. And let&#039;s bear in mind that no one commenting on this blog or the makers of the movie had the real first hand experience that Bret has had. Let him talk about his personal losses because that&#039;s a part of his wrestling past. It&#039;s real. Let him talk about his personal victories because they are just as real too.</p>
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		<title>By: Jesse</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jesse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Beret Hart is the best ever. For the fans that dont like what he said, go watch HBK or something. First of all, bret LIVED this effin job, he done more then most wrestlers have ever done in his 23 years. For you to say he is wrong, is inaccurate. HE LIVED IT, DID IT, AND MADE IT. Don;t tell bret si wrogn when none of you have ever even experienced such a thing. Wrestlers know what there lives are and where.. if they believe this is not correct im sure they know what they are talking about.

BRET HART IS MY HERO.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beret Hart is the best ever. For the fans that dont like what he said, go watch HBK or something. First of all, bret LIVED this effin job, he done more then most wrestlers have ever done in his 23 years. For you to say he is wrong, is inaccurate. HE LIVED IT, DID IT, AND MADE IT. Don;t tell bret si wrogn when none of you have ever even experienced such a thing. Wrestlers know what there lives are and where.. if they believe this is not correct im sure they know what they are talking about.</p>
<p>BRET HART IS MY HERO.</p>
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		<title>By: mike d</title>
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		<dc:creator>mike d</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think Bret is worried the movie will make the masses think every wrestler ends up a washed up trailer junkie.........but who cares.........real fans of wrestling understand that the movie draws some true of what some wrestlers actually become......and its the truth.....now someone come out with a shiny happy movie about the positive side of wrestling so Bret can be happy........wait I know a movie on the life of Bret since he thinks so highly of himself........</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think Bret is worried the movie will make the masses think every wrestler ends up a washed up trailer junkie&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;but who cares&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;real fans of wrestling understand that the movie draws some true of what some wrestlers actually become&#8230;&#8230;and its the truth&#8230;..now someone come out with a shiny happy movie about the positive side of wrestling so Bret can be happy&#8230;&#8230;..wait I know a movie on the life of Bret since he thinks so highly of himself&#8230;&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: Shannon Taylor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shannon Taylor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bret, You are right. They should&#039;ve asked a real champion about what happens behind the curtain. And, Vince did alot to get wrestling out there, but he couldn&#039;t have done it without you or the fans. If he didn&#039;t have a great champion to carry the show for all those years(YOU) vince wouldn&#039;t be where he is today.  People only tune in to watch the wrestlers, not him. It is not the same without you, Bret. We miss you. You had a remarkable career and You should be very proud of all you accomplished.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bret, You are right. They should&#8217;ve asked a real champion about what happens behind the curtain. And, Vince did alot to get wrestling out there, but he couldn&#8217;t have done it without you or the fans. If he didn&#8217;t have a great champion to carry the show for all those years(YOU) vince wouldn&#8217;t be where he is today.  People only tune in to watch the wrestlers, not him. It is not the same without you, Bret. We miss you. You had a remarkable career and You should be very proud of all you accomplished.</p>
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		<title>By: Hessama1</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hessama1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bret, your the greatest wrestler that ever lived.</description>
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		<title>By: daryl barenholtz</title>
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		<dc:creator>daryl barenholtz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just saw The wrestler today...i want someone who knows what is going on to dispute my feelings if they can...The Robinson character is a fictionalized account of Jake &quot;The Snake&quot; Roberts&quot; real life...if you doubt me see the 1999 documentary &quot;Beyond the Mat&quot;...the relationship with his daughter, his addictions, even his driving that van are all part of Roberts&#039; real life during the time the documentary was made...Even Robinson&#039;s belly slide into the ring is Roberts&#039; trademark entrance...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just saw The wrestler today&#8230;i want someone who knows what is going on to dispute my feelings if they can&#8230;The Robinson character is a fictionalized account of Jake &#8220;The Snake&#8221; Roberts&#8221; real life&#8230;if you doubt me see the 1999 documentary &#8220;Beyond the Mat&#8221;&#8230;the relationship with his daughter, his addictions, even his driving that van are all part of Roberts&#8217; real life during the time the documentary was made&#8230;Even Robinson&#8217;s belly slide into the ring is Roberts&#8217; trademark entrance&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: hitman4ever</title>
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		<dc:creator>hitman4ever</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s unfair to try and second guess what the man&#039;s interpretation of the movie was. He just gave his opinions like any of us will. There are movie critics that will give contrasting reviews to a movie they like/or don&#039;t. Some giving 5-star while another might label it crap.

I personally think that if they had gotten a true life account from a once great wrestler(who&#039;s now dead) and labeled the movie &quot;based on a true story&quot;(like they always did with &quot;American gangster&quot;, &quot;Catch me if you can&quot;, Pursuit of Happiness&quot; etc...), it would leave the movie with more credibility and at the same time not represent the entire business.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s unfair to try and second guess what the man&#8217;s interpretation of the movie was. He just gave his opinions like any of us will. There are movie critics that will give contrasting reviews to a movie they like/or don&#8217;t. Some giving 5-star while another might label it crap.</p>
<p>I personally think that if they had gotten a true life account from a once great wrestler(who&#8217;s now dead) and labeled the movie &#8220;based on a true story&#8221;(like they always did with &#8220;American gangster&#8221;, &#8220;Catch me if you can&#8221;, Pursuit of Happiness&#8221; etc&#8230;), it would leave the movie with more credibility and at the same time not represent the entire business.</p>
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		<title>By: Carlo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Carlo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>An odd review. Bret Hart doesn&#039;t explain why this is a &quot;dark misinterpretation&quot; or merely the way some people think wrestling is. What about Jake the Snake? Could this movie not have been taken directly from his life. Sure many wrestlers do well when they fall out of the limelight, but others end up dead before they&#039;re 50 and put meat on the table by wrestling in bars.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An odd review. Bret Hart doesn&#8217;t explain why this is a &#8220;dark misinterpretation&#8221; or merely the way some people think wrestling is. What about Jake the Snake? Could this movie not have been taken directly from his life. Sure many wrestlers do well when they fall out of the limelight, but others end up dead before they&#8217;re 50 and put meat on the table by wrestling in bars.</p>
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		<title>By: Charles</title>
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		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I respect Bret&#039;s opinion on the movie cause he&#039;s been there done that. However if you think of guys like Jake the Snake, Lex Lugger or The Dynamite Kid, the movie is at least some what representative of what these former pro wrestlers are left with after their carreers are over. But let&#039;s not forget that it&#039;s just a movie... I don&#039;t think it was meant to represent any &quot;real&quot; life wrestlers. Bret Rules!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I respect Bret&#8217;s opinion on the movie cause he&#8217;s been there done that. However if you think of guys like Jake the Snake, Lex Lugger or The Dynamite Kid, the movie is at least some what representative of what these former pro wrestlers are left with after their carreers are over. But let&#8217;s not forget that it&#8217;s just a movie&#8230; I don&#8217;t think it was meant to represent any &#8220;real&#8221; life wrestlers. Bret Rules!</p>
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		<title>By: Muhammad Muhsin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Muhammad Muhsin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>in his review of the movie, The Wrestler, Bret Hart talks about how his wrestling character brought positives changes to the lives of his fans :)

I, for one, would like to share the positive impact Bret Hart has had on me.

I live in Quetta City, Pakistan, a place where hunting is a popular sport. I remember sharing a photo online where i shared my feelings about my hatred towards hunting.

Bret Hart once wrote an article/column about hunting in which he specifically pointed out Grizzly Bear hunting, that article touched me so much that it inspired me to take a photo and dedicate it to Bret Hart. The photo was titled &#039;Homebound&#039; and can be found here:  http://www.treklens.com/gallery/photo320149.htm

Back in the late 80&#039;s, we used to watch every episode of WWF wrestling on VHS, especially for Bret&#039;s matches... Photography is my hobby, and i used to introduce myself as &#039;the best there is, was and ever will be&#039; as a photographer :)

I am not very good with words, just wanted to share the positive impact Breat has had on my life...

Bret, wherever you are, may Allah bless you. You really truly are my Hero.

Muhammad Muhsin</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>in his review of the movie, The Wrestler, Bret Hart talks about how his wrestling character brought positives changes to the lives of his fans :)</p>
<p>I, for one, would like to share the positive impact Bret Hart has had on me.</p>
<p>I live in Quetta City, Pakistan, a place where hunting is a popular sport. I remember sharing a photo online where i shared my feelings about my hatred towards hunting.</p>
<p>Bret Hart once wrote an article/column about hunting in which he specifically pointed out Grizzly Bear hunting, that article touched me so much that it inspired me to take a photo and dedicate it to Bret Hart. The photo was titled &#8216;Homebound&#8217; and can be found here:  <a href="http://www.treklens.com/gallery/photo320149.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.treklens.com/gallery/photo320149.htm</a></p>
<p>Back in the late 80&#8242;s, we used to watch every episode of WWF wrestling on VHS, especially for Bret&#8217;s matches&#8230; Photography is my hobby, and i used to introduce myself as &#8216;the best there is, was and ever will be&#8217; as a photographer :)</p>
<p>I am not very good with words, just wanted to share the positive impact Breat has had on my life&#8230;</p>
<p>Bret, wherever you are, may Allah bless you. You really truly are my Hero.</p>
<p>Muhammad Muhsin</p>
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		<title>By: Movietrailers9</title>
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		<dc:creator>Movietrailers9</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Twizted</title>
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		<dc:creator>Twizted</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Best there is.....the best there was and the best there ever will be !!!!!

0oo0 !!</description>
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<p>0oo0 !!</p>
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		<title>By: TJ B</title>
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		<dc:creator>TJ B</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>U never know he mite just end back up in the ring, I hope he does, hes the 1 of the best technical wrestlers ive ever seen. The last match he had in the wwe was crap, he should go back n end his carreer the proper way like Ric Flair did?..

Bret if your&#039;l reading this, i still believe in you and I wish you can have 1 more match, but dats up 2 u?

ps.I want u 2 remember the name TJ B frm the samoan wrestling family, because im gonna be the best highflying technical wrestler there&#039;l ever be.. serious lol</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>U never know he mite just end back up in the ring, I hope he does, hes the 1 of the best technical wrestlers ive ever seen. The last match he had in the wwe was crap, he should go back n end his carreer the proper way like Ric Flair did?..</p>
<p>Bret if your&#8217;l reading this, i still believe in you and I wish you can have 1 more match, but dats up 2 u?</p>
<p>ps.I want u 2 remember the name TJ B frm the samoan wrestling family, because im gonna be the best highflying technical wrestler there&#8217;l ever be.. serious lol</p>
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		<title>By: Chad</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Everything is disrespectful and disturbing to Brett Hart. Every interview he&#039;s given since 1997 has been bitter, angry, and since his HOF introduction, ass-kissing at the same time to the &quot;sport&quot; that has &quot;been good to him&quot; but cost him dearly.

Notice that he never says WHY he thinks this movie disrespectful.

Too many wrestlers die at age 50.
For every Brett Hart there&#039;s 20 guys who you&#039;ve never heard of or never heard from again and die.
Brett, you got to the Big Show, got hurt, and retired. You never had to go to the depths of many others.

What you wrote was a nice McMahon puff-piece, but how you feel about him is irrelavent.
Davey Boy died. Curt Henning died. Big Boosman died.

Clearly, something&#039;s wrong. This movie was honest - even if it doesn&#039;t fit your rose colored glasses.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everything is disrespectful and disturbing to Brett Hart. Every interview he&#8217;s given since 1997 has been bitter, angry, and since his HOF introduction, ass-kissing at the same time to the &#8220;sport&#8221; that has &#8220;been good to him&#8221; but cost him dearly.</p>
<p>Notice that he never says WHY he thinks this movie disrespectful.</p>
<p>Too many wrestlers die at age 50.<br />
For every Brett Hart there&#8217;s 20 guys who you&#8217;ve never heard of or never heard from again and die.<br />
Brett, you got to the Big Show, got hurt, and retired. You never had to go to the depths of many others.</p>
<p>What you wrote was a nice McMahon puff-piece, but how you feel about him is irrelavent.<br />
Davey Boy died. Curt Henning died. Big Boosman died.</p>
<p>Clearly, something&#8217;s wrong. This movie was honest &#8211; even if it doesn&#8217;t fit your rose colored glasses.</p>
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		<title>By: Laurian</title>
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		<dc:creator>Laurian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As much as I love to see Bret on TV again every now and then, doing occasional interviews and talk-shows, I don&#039;t think he should return to the ring. If you actually care about the man, let him go, he sacrificied more than enough for the business and the fans. Like he said, his family lived for wrestling and even died for wrestling. His basement surely isn&#039;t filled with sadness though, the Hitman was the greatest wrestling character ever and there&#039;s no reason for him to regret anything, profesionally.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As much as I love to see Bret on TV again every now and then, doing occasional interviews and talk-shows, I don&#8217;t think he should return to the ring. If you actually care about the man, let him go, he sacrificied more than enough for the business and the fans. Like he said, his family lived for wrestling and even died for wrestling. His basement surely isn&#8217;t filled with sadness though, the Hitman was the greatest wrestling character ever and there&#8217;s no reason for him to regret anything, profesionally.</p>
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		<title>By: Laurian</title>
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		<dc:creator>Laurian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I totally agree with Bret&#039;s comments, I was a big fan of the 90&#039;s world wrestling federation and expected a lot more from this movie. This movie isn&#039;t about dedication, loyalty and athletic abilities, it&#039;s just a dark portrayal of a decadent wrestling business, which doesn&#039;t resemble anything of what we&#039;ve seen on TV in the 80&#039;s, 90&#039;s and even the present. The majority of the wrestlers that sould out arenas for years gathered big ammounts of money and they surely didn&#039;t end up living in trailers. There may be some exceptions, like guys who didn&#039;t have enough talent to get themselves pushed to the top and stay in the spotlight for years. BUT this movie does NOT refer to them! This movie is about an ex-MAIN EVENTER ! A main-eventer that ends up living in trailers and destroying his body to make some money in order to pay the rent. I can understand Bret&#039;s frustration about the inaccurate, disturbing portrayal. I mean look at him, look at Hulk Hogan, who actually hosts a TV-show in his house. They&#039;re far from being wrecks, and it&#039;s sad that people who don&#039;t know much about the wrestling business will end up associating this movie to it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I totally agree with Bret&#8217;s comments, I was a big fan of the 90&#8242;s world wrestling federation and expected a lot more from this movie. This movie isn&#8217;t about dedication, loyalty and athletic abilities, it&#8217;s just a dark portrayal of a decadent wrestling business, which doesn&#8217;t resemble anything of what we&#8217;ve seen on TV in the 80&#8242;s, 90&#8242;s and even the present. The majority of the wrestlers that sould out arenas for years gathered big ammounts of money and they surely didn&#8217;t end up living in trailers. There may be some exceptions, like guys who didn&#8217;t have enough talent to get themselves pushed to the top and stay in the spotlight for years. BUT this movie does NOT refer to them! This movie is about an ex-MAIN EVENTER ! A main-eventer that ends up living in trailers and destroying his body to make some money in order to pay the rent. I can understand Bret&#8217;s frustration about the inaccurate, disturbing portrayal. I mean look at him, look at Hulk Hogan, who actually hosts a TV-show in his house. They&#8217;re far from being wrecks, and it&#8217;s sad that people who don&#8217;t know much about the wrestling business will end up associating this movie to it.</p>
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		<title>By: Governor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Governor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I respect Bret Harts opinion but he has led a very &quot;sheltered&quot;  wrestling career. Even in his own words &quot;he has only wrestled for his Dad in Canada, Vince McMahon in the WWE and Turner with WCW&quot;. He was smart enough that he saved his money and now can live comfortably. The portrayel of the small indy promotions that exist almost everywhere is very, very accurate. I personally ran events back from 1995-2000 and they were in community centers, high school gyms, american legion halls etc. and the locker room was almost exactally like in the movie. I also booked several older wrestlers that had to continue to wrestle because that is all they knew how to do to make $$$ to live. I will give one example because she has now passed away, that is &quot;Sensational&quot; Sherri Martel. She worked for both WWE &amp; WCW and had made some bad choices that ate up all her money she had made over the years. When she started wrestling for me she was living in Birmingham, AL and she worked as at Exxon gas station because of her bad knees she was not managing or wrestling but ended up having to go back and do it to be able to pay for her monthly living expences. So &quot;The Wrestler&quot; was almost like a autobiography of her life.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I respect Bret Harts opinion but he has led a very &#8220;sheltered&#8221;  wrestling career. Even in his own words &#8220;he has only wrestled for his Dad in Canada, Vince McMahon in the WWE and Turner with WCW&#8221;. He was smart enough that he saved his money and now can live comfortably. The portrayel of the small indy promotions that exist almost everywhere is very, very accurate. I personally ran events back from 1995-2000 and they were in community centers, high school gyms, american legion halls etc. and the locker room was almost exactally like in the movie. I also booked several older wrestlers that had to continue to wrestle because that is all they knew how to do to make $$$ to live. I will give one example because she has now passed away, that is &#8220;Sensational&#8221; Sherri Martel. She worked for both WWE &amp; WCW and had made some bad choices that ate up all her money she had made over the years. When she started wrestling for me she was living in Birmingham, AL and she worked as at Exxon gas station because of her bad knees she was not managing or wrestling but ended up having to go back and do it to be able to pay for her monthly living expences. So &#8220;The Wrestler&#8221; was almost like a autobiography of her life.</p>
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		<title>By: TJ B</title>
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		<dc:creator>TJ B</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>man i know his problems r real,
&amp; I aint talking shit, im 4 realz.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>man i know his problems r real,<br />
&amp; I aint talking shit, im 4 realz.</p>
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		<title>By: dan</title>
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		<dc:creator>dan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree that the movie may be a little extreme but the bottom line is it&#039;s pretty accurate. I remember watching Junkyard Dog and Wahoo McDaniel in their primes, and then 7 years later I saw both of them with Tommy Rich at a local Walmart for an independent wrestling show in a high school gym. When the gravy train stops it stops. It DOES happen, sometimes in a blink of an eye!

 I realize that Bret is trying to defend the business especially in light of the Chris Benoit tragedy and steroid abuse that has cast a cloud over all of sports. But the Bret Hart&#039;s, Ric Flair&#039;s and Hulk Hogan&#039;s are the lucky ones in the business. Their the ones that retire with millions of dollars in their bank accounts. The other mid- card guys aren&#039;t as lucky.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree that the movie may be a little extreme but the bottom line is it&#8217;s pretty accurate. I remember watching Junkyard Dog and Wahoo McDaniel in their primes, and then 7 years later I saw both of them with Tommy Rich at a local Walmart for an independent wrestling show in a high school gym. When the gravy train stops it stops. It DOES happen, sometimes in a blink of an eye!</p>
<p> I realize that Bret is trying to defend the business especially in light of the Chris Benoit tragedy and steroid abuse that has cast a cloud over all of sports. But the Bret Hart&#8217;s, Ric Flair&#8217;s and Hulk Hogan&#8217;s are the lucky ones in the business. Their the ones that retire with millions of dollars in their bank accounts. The other mid- card guys aren&#8217;t as lucky.</p>
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		<title>By: Pembo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pembo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>don&#039;t talk shite. Rocky Balboa was a movie, Bret&#039;s problems are real. Would you expect Ali to get back into the ring for one more match?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>don&#8217;t talk shite. Rocky Balboa was a movie, Bret&#8217;s problems are real. Would you expect Ali to get back into the ring for one more match?</p>
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		<title>By: Brian</title>
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		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Im a huge Hitman fan, from since I was a little kid. Hes one of the reasons Im a big wrestling fan today. And I certainly respect everything hes done for this business. But I disagree with him that this movie disrespects the business and makes non-wrestling fans think that all or most has beens turn out as Randy the Ram did. Its just the portrayal of one aging wrestler. It wasnt meant to be a portrayal of all or most aging wresters. Could they have gotten in a line like, &quot;I know most aging wrestlers arent like me (Randy)&quot;? Sure. But they were in the business of storytelling, not telling casual fans or non-fans of whats going on in the actual world of pro wrestling. If people are going to jump to conclusions based on a fictional movie, without doing the research, then who really cares *what* their opinions are? And if they really want to know what this business is like theyll just do some research. And while Randy the Ram isnt a portrayal of any one wrestler you can definitely say that *many* wrestlers have experienced many of the same lows. I wont go into the names as I think thats disrespectful, but those who intensely follow this business know who Im talking about. I do think that some of the things in the movie are a bit fantastical. For example, the drug dealing in the locker room. From what i know that just...doesnt happen. Nor do you see many ex-main eventers wrestling *that* much of a hardcore style. Unless they did when *during* their main event days (i.e. Terry Funk, Abdullah the Butcher, etc). And the movie made you think that Randy the Ram wasnt a &#039;hardcore wrestler&#039; during his prime. But still...the movie isnt meant to be a portrayal of most ex-stars. I really enjoyed the movie. It was quite the emotional rollercoaster. I actually dont think Marissa Tomei&#039;s character was as &#039;heart of gold&#039; as some people make her out to be (or maybe I expect too much of people)...which is one of the things alot of people really liked about the movie. But she is a compelling, sympathetic and still loving character. And is a vital part of the movie. I cant wait to see the movie again. And I hope I read the reviews of many other current and ex-wrestler&#039;s views on the movie...good, bad, indifferent, inbetween, etc.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Im a huge Hitman fan, from since I was a little kid. Hes one of the reasons Im a big wrestling fan today. And I certainly respect everything hes done for this business. But I disagree with him that this movie disrespects the business and makes non-wrestling fans think that all or most has beens turn out as Randy the Ram did. Its just the portrayal of one aging wrestler. It wasnt meant to be a portrayal of all or most aging wresters. Could they have gotten in a line like, &#8220;I know most aging wrestlers arent like me (Randy)&#8221;? Sure. But they were in the business of storytelling, not telling casual fans or non-fans of whats going on in the actual world of pro wrestling. If people are going to jump to conclusions based on a fictional movie, without doing the research, then who really cares *what* their opinions are? And if they really want to know what this business is like theyll just do some research. And while Randy the Ram isnt a portrayal of any one wrestler you can definitely say that *many* wrestlers have experienced many of the same lows. I wont go into the names as I think thats disrespectful, but those who intensely follow this business know who Im talking about. I do think that some of the things in the movie are a bit fantastical. For example, the drug dealing in the locker room. From what i know that just&#8230;doesnt happen. Nor do you see many ex-main eventers wrestling *that* much of a hardcore style. Unless they did when *during* their main event days (i.e. Terry Funk, Abdullah the Butcher, etc). And the movie made you think that Randy the Ram wasnt a &#8216;hardcore wrestler&#8217; during his prime. But still&#8230;the movie isnt meant to be a portrayal of most ex-stars. I really enjoyed the movie. It was quite the emotional rollercoaster. I actually dont think Marissa Tomei&#8217;s character was as &#8216;heart of gold&#8217; as some people make her out to be (or maybe I expect too much of people)&#8230;which is one of the things alot of people really liked about the movie. But she is a compelling, sympathetic and still loving character. And is a vital part of the movie. I cant wait to see the movie again. And I hope I read the reviews of many other current and ex-wrestler&#8217;s views on the movie&#8230;good, bad, indifferent, inbetween, etc.</p>
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		<title>By: TJ B</title>
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		<dc:creator>TJ B</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bret, I respect u n i think you should return to the ring and have one last match with the wwe.

yourve seen rocky balboa, right? he was a long retired boxer that steped back into the ring,
to prove himself that he was&#039;nt some useless oldman that was once a good boxer..
He also stepped into the ring because he wanted to empty his basement, that was filled with loneliness, saddness and hatred..
I think the movie &#039;Rocky Balboa&#039; relates to u, which is y i think u should have 1 last match.

U can do it!!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bret, I respect u n i think you should return to the ring and have one last match with the wwe.</p>
<p>yourve seen rocky balboa, right? he was a long retired boxer that steped back into the ring,<br />
to prove himself that he was&#8217;nt some useless oldman that was once a good boxer..<br />
He also stepped into the ring because he wanted to empty his basement, that was filled with loneliness, saddness and hatred..<br />
I think the movie &#8216;Rocky Balboa&#8217; relates to u, which is y i think u should have 1 last match.</p>
<p>U can do it!!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Angela Shortt</title>
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		<dc:creator>Angela Shortt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I haven&#039;t seen the movie yet, but I will. After I see Coraline, of course!  (I love Neil Gaiman&#039;s books!) Fantastic commentary, Bret. And I loved the book.  The Hitman versus Shawn Michaels and Vince McMahon argument will probably go on ad nauseum.  As far as I&#039;m concerned, that was then, and this is NOW.  And what&#039;s happening so is you FINALLY published your memoirs!  Congratulations on a job well done!

Now I&#039;m going to my blog and do some remembering....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I haven&#8217;t seen the movie yet, but I will. After I see Coraline, of course!  (I love Neil Gaiman&#8217;s books!) Fantastic commentary, Bret. And I loved the book.  The Hitman versus Shawn Michaels and Vince McMahon argument will probably go on ad nauseum.  As far as I&#8217;m concerned, that was then, and this is NOW.  And what&#8217;s happening so is you FINALLY published your memoirs!  Congratulations on a job well done!</p>
<p>Now I&#8217;m going to my blog and do some remembering&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: JohnBoy</title>
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		<dc:creator>JohnBoy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bret Bret Bret, I highly respect the work you&#039;ve done in the past, you were one of the best there was, but frankly, you&#039;re stuck in the past and whinning about it.

The Wrestler was a movie of one man, to intone that it was more of a portrayal of one wrestler in one instance is ludicrous.

This movie took from many to make it bigger more outstanding. But you cannot deny that these things in life DO happen. That drugs were taken, that some &quot;over the hill&quot; wrestlers didn&#039;t know when to quit or could not let themselves quit. Nothing in this movie disparages wrestlers. Much like insinuating that Rocky (Sly Stallone) was claiming all boxers were the same.

To pick at a movie because you feel it does not do justice or glamourizes your past or the past of wrestling as 100% accurate is just silly.

Please watch the movie as a person, enjoy the role played, the interaction the pain and suffering in the movie for what it is. a damn good story with some accurate and some innacurate assesments.

P.S. Please stop living in the past, it makes you look like a bitter person who can&#039;t grow up and forget about the past.

You&#039;ve said many times you&#039;ve &quot;gotten over&quot; and been able to forgive Vince? Then stop rehashing the past.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bret Bret Bret, I highly respect the work you&#8217;ve done in the past, you were one of the best there was, but frankly, you&#8217;re stuck in the past and whinning about it.</p>
<p>The Wrestler was a movie of one man, to intone that it was more of a portrayal of one wrestler in one instance is ludicrous.</p>
<p>This movie took from many to make it bigger more outstanding. But you cannot deny that these things in life DO happen. That drugs were taken, that some &#8220;over the hill&#8221; wrestlers didn&#8217;t know when to quit or could not let themselves quit. Nothing in this movie disparages wrestlers. Much like insinuating that Rocky (Sly Stallone) was claiming all boxers were the same.</p>
<p>To pick at a movie because you feel it does not do justice or glamourizes your past or the past of wrestling as 100% accurate is just silly.</p>
<p>Please watch the movie as a person, enjoy the role played, the interaction the pain and suffering in the movie for what it is. a damn good story with some accurate and some innacurate assesments.</p>
<p>P.S. Please stop living in the past, it makes you look like a bitter person who can&#8217;t grow up and forget about the past.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ve said many times you&#8217;ve &#8220;gotten over&#8221; and been able to forgive Vince? Then stop rehashing the past.</p>
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		<title>By: Mandingo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mandingo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why are people even bothering bringing up the point that &quot;not all wrestlers end up like Randy &quot;Ram&quot; Robinson? Does this really need to be pointed out? Do we see clarifying that not every Italian will become or end up like Rocky Balboa? Seriously. It&#039;s a work of fiction--a story--loosely based on an amalgamation of various personalities who have stood center ring.

Can we not leave it at that?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why are people even bothering bringing up the point that &#8220;not all wrestlers end up like Randy &#8220;Ram&#8221; Robinson? Does this really need to be pointed out? Do we see clarifying that not every Italian will become or end up like Rocky Balboa? Seriously. It&#8217;s a work of fiction&#8211;a story&#8211;loosely based on an amalgamation of various personalities who have stood center ring.</p>
<p>Can we not leave it at that?</p>
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		<title>By: Tom</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I loved the movie. The only negative (for lack of a better word) thing I have to say about it is that not every wrestler is going to end up like The Ram. Also they seemed to focus mainly on the negative aspects of wrestling, I think they should have done a little more positive things. i hope Mickey wins the Oscar, he deserves it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I loved the movie. The only negative (for lack of a better word) thing I have to say about it is that not every wrestler is going to end up like The Ram. Also they seemed to focus mainly on the negative aspects of wrestling, I think they should have done a little more positive things. i hope Mickey wins the Oscar, he deserves it.</p>
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		<title>By: Tom Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tom Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wrestlers put their lives on hold for the chance to put on a show for the fans. They leave their families for weeks and months at a time. That puts a strain on the mind, and wrestling ever night or every other night, puts a strain on the body. Wrestling is not fake. Wrestling is staged but not fake. There is a tremendous diiference. Saying that it&#039;s fake is completely ignorant and niave. (Although it is your opinion and your intitled to it.) You probably don&#039;t know anything about wrestling, so it&#039;s best if you just say nothing about it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wrestlers put their lives on hold for the chance to put on a show for the fans. They leave their families for weeks and months at a time. That puts a strain on the mind, and wrestling ever night or every other night, puts a strain on the body. Wrestling is not fake. Wrestling is staged but not fake. There is a tremendous diiference. Saying that it&#8217;s fake is completely ignorant and niave. (Although it is your opinion and your intitled to it.) You probably don&#8217;t know anything about wrestling, so it&#8217;s best if you just say nothing about it.</p>
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		<title>By: Are you kidding</title>
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		<dc:creator>Are you kidding</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1st off all those poeple like Chris J and others are getting PAID by the WWE to say how awsome and smoochie smoochie this movie is so they can get Mickie Rourke to come to WM25..... I find it amusing how Vincent Mcmahon panned the movie when it came out originally. I have been watching wrestling for a long time WCCW WCW WWF the Von Erics all the great ones yes i know it is fake... All wrestling is is a MALE SOAP OPERA w/steroids.. I will watch it till the day i die probably and the reason why Bret mentions himself alot is because he is doing thast because it is from his point of reference you know what happened to him or around him</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1st off all those poeple like Chris J and others are getting PAID by the WWE to say how awsome and smoochie smoochie this movie is so they can get Mickie Rourke to come to WM25&#8230;.. I find it amusing how Vincent Mcmahon panned the movie when it came out originally. I have been watching wrestling for a long time WCCW WCW WWF the Von Erics all the great ones yes i know it is fake&#8230; All wrestling is is a MALE SOAP OPERA w/steroids.. I will watch it till the day i die probably and the reason why Bret mentions himself alot is because he is doing thast because it is from his point of reference you know what happened to him or around him</p>
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		<title>By: Steve T</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steve T</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Hitman&#039;s opinion should be considered and taken seriously. He&#039;s an educated person, he has the experience and he&#039;s an honest person from what I&#039;ve seen. I&#039;m sure he isn&#039;t just making this up. What for?

Why can&#039;t people just listen to facts and accept them. There&#039;s no sense trying to disect what Bret Hart wrote and analyze the hell out of it.  The guy knows what he&#039;s talking about. End of story.

ST</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Hitman&#8217;s opinion should be considered and taken seriously. He&#8217;s an educated person, he has the experience and he&#8217;s an honest person from what I&#8217;ve seen. I&#8217;m sure he isn&#8217;t just making this up. What for?</p>
<p>Why can&#8217;t people just listen to facts and accept them. There&#8217;s no sense trying to disect what Bret Hart wrote and analyze the hell out of it.  The guy knows what he&#8217;s talking about. End of story.</p>
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		<title>By: Al</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/16/the-hitman-versus-%e2%80%98the-wrestler%e2%80%99/comment-page-2/#comment-85139</link>
		<dc:creator>Al</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>After reading the review, i&#039;m not sure what Bret Hart&#039;s point is here... he&#039;s not nearly as critical of the movie as the sub-title suggests.   He doesn&#039;t say exactly what is wrong with it, and even concedes that &quot;the film speaks superbly to the speed bumps all pro wrestlers navigate&quot;.  Mostly, he talks about his experiences.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After reading the review, i&#8217;m not sure what Bret Hart&#8217;s point is here&#8230; he&#8217;s not nearly as critical of the movie as the sub-title suggests.   He doesn&#8217;t say exactly what is wrong with it, and even concedes that &#8220;the film speaks superbly to the speed bumps all pro wrestlers navigate&#8221;.  Mostly, he talks about his experiences.</p>
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		<title>By: Pembo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pembo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Most of his life was on screen, anyway.</description>
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		<title>By: Pembo</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/16/the-hitman-versus-%e2%80%98the-wrestler%e2%80%99/comment-page-2/#comment-85137</link>
		<dc:creator>Pembo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Who&#039;s in a better position to comment on the movie and how it reflects the actual life of a Wrestler; Bret Hart, former World Champion, sold out arenas ranging from Wembley Stadium to an auditorium in Memphis, or a bunch of aliases sat behind a computor screen?

Thought so.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who&#8217;s in a better position to comment on the movie and how it reflects the actual life of a Wrestler; Bret Hart, former World Champion, sold out arenas ranging from Wembley Stadium to an auditorium in Memphis, or a bunch of aliases sat behind a computor screen?</p>
<p>Thought so.</p>
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		<title>By: Anvil</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/16/the-hitman-versus-%e2%80%98the-wrestler%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-85136</link>
		<dc:creator>Anvil</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I could not agree more.  I was a little intrigued as to what Bret would say about the movie, but soon realized that this would be no different than any other article or interview with Bret.  His ego would not allow him to view the character in the film as a generalization.  He compared it to his career, because any movie about a wrestler must be about Bret because Bret was the quintessential wrestler&#039;s wrestler.  I&#039;ve tried to like Bret.  I&#039;ve tried to sympathize with him because he&#039;s had some rough times, but Bret can never set his oversized ego aside long enough to say anything meaningful.  When he does offer praise, his compliments to peers in the wrestling business always seem to smack of sarcasm and disdain for the subject.  Get over yourself.  You would have had a great legacy in this business, but you continue to tarnish that legacy with bitterness.  Keep it up and rather than be remembered for your accomplishments, you will only be remembered as a whiny has-been.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I could not agree more.  I was a little intrigued as to what Bret would say about the movie, but soon realized that this would be no different than any other article or interview with Bret.  His ego would not allow him to view the character in the film as a generalization.  He compared it to his career, because any movie about a wrestler must be about Bret because Bret was the quintessential wrestler&#8217;s wrestler.  I&#8217;ve tried to like Bret.  I&#8217;ve tried to sympathize with him because he&#8217;s had some rough times, but Bret can never set his oversized ego aside long enough to say anything meaningful.  When he does offer praise, his compliments to peers in the wrestling business always seem to smack of sarcasm and disdain for the subject.  Get over yourself.  You would have had a great legacy in this business, but you continue to tarnish that legacy with bitterness.  Keep it up and rather than be remembered for your accomplishments, you will only be remembered as a whiny has-been.</p>
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		<title>By: Sandy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sandy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WoW, you just figured it out eh ..... !!</description>
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		<title>By: Vicky</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/16/the-hitman-versus-%e2%80%98the-wrestler%e2%80%99/comment-page-2/#comment-85134</link>
		<dc:creator>Vicky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>While I am sure Bret knows a lot about wrestling, The Wrestler was as someone else said, one man&#039;s story. I think Bret should have his book made into a movie so we can see his life onscreen.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While I am sure Bret knows a lot about wrestling, The Wrestler was as someone else said, one man&#8217;s story. I think Bret should have his book made into a movie so we can see his life onscreen.</p>
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		<title>By: reality checker</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/16/the-hitman-versus-%e2%80%98the-wrestler%e2%80%99/comment-page-2/#comment-85133</link>
		<dc:creator>reality checker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;I submit that’s only because no one has asked a real wrestling champion about it—until now&quot;

Uh... excuse me Bret? Ric Flair, Mick Foley, Chris Jericho are all real wrestling champs who have seen the movie and commented on it. That&#039;s not the only place where Bret is off base.  It&#039;s dishonest of him to pretend that there aren&#039;t real wrestlers out there who did wind up as down and out as Randy the Ram. He&#039;s either clueless or deliberately ignoring the facts so he can just focus on talking about himself. It&#039;s a poor analysis of the movie that provides no real insights at all. I used to have all the respect in the world for Bret Hart but as time goes by and he keeps going on and on about himself he just diminishes himself. Sadly all the Bret marks out there don&#039;t get it as is evidenced by all the &quot;Bret is awesome&quot; posts here.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I submit that’s only because no one has asked a real wrestling champion about it—until now&#8221;</p>
<p>Uh&#8230; excuse me Bret? Ric Flair, Mick Foley, Chris Jericho are all real wrestling champs who have seen the movie and commented on it. That&#8217;s not the only place where Bret is off base.  It&#8217;s dishonest of him to pretend that there aren&#8217;t real wrestlers out there who did wind up as down and out as Randy the Ram. He&#8217;s either clueless or deliberately ignoring the facts so he can just focus on talking about himself. It&#8217;s a poor analysis of the movie that provides no real insights at all. I used to have all the respect in the world for Bret Hart but as time goes by and he keeps going on and on about himself he just diminishes himself. Sadly all the Bret marks out there don&#8217;t get it as is evidenced by all the &#8220;Bret is awesome&#8221; posts here.</p>
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		<title>By: box</title>
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		<dc:creator>box</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i agree 110% with bret,he in which holds the record of straight days of work in the wwe, wrestling is one take,and that movie was not that,yeah it can hold true to some wrestler out there,but for people to say this is what happens to wrestlers is full of crap, and i bet if this movie was made with a success story even tho it could be dead on,i bet they wouldn&#039;t be screaming oscar for the performance true story no bloodclot yell

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i agree 110% with bret,he in which holds the record of straight days of work in the wwe, wrestling is one take,and that movie was not that,yeah it can hold true to some wrestler out there,but for people to say this is what happens to wrestlers is full of crap, and i bet if this movie was made with a success story even tho it could be dead on,i bet they wouldn&#8217;t be screaming oscar for the performance true story no bloodclot yell</p>
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		<title>By: Erik Larsen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Erik Larsen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think that Bret Hart is a great writer - I really enjoy reading his stuff.  Well done.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think that Bret Hart is a great writer &#8211; I really enjoy reading his stuff.  Well done.</p>
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		<title>By: mrsinister</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/16/the-hitman-versus-%e2%80%98the-wrestler%e2%80%99/comment-page-2/#comment-85130</link>
		<dc:creator>mrsinister</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with Wilmoth, Augie, Justin and somewhat David. I respect Bret Hart for what he has done in the business but this movie tackles a life in this sport that he has not lived and has hopefully seen. Bret has been around the block plenty of times but he was also born into this business like a prince. Bret&#039;s first jobs were in PR and Japan which are where most of the guys in the movie are dying to work. I know a majority of the guys in this movie from Rob Eckos, DJ Hyde and Sabian to even Ron Killings and I&#039;m sure that there are more cases like Randy The Ram than there are of Harts and Hogans. Look at DDP and Steve Austin who were both former world champs during the height of their promotions and a few years ago were sharing an apartment in LA. Go rent beyond the mat again, go to an indy show in your town. Many guys in the indy circuit have to cut their teeth in promotions like CZW and ROH to earn a name so that they can get noticed. Just remember, there are 30 NBA teams and 32 NFL teams...there&#039;s one WWE and one TNA. Look at the odds of making it big if you&#039;re not grandfathered in.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with Wilmoth, Augie, Justin and somewhat David. I respect Bret Hart for what he has done in the business but this movie tackles a life in this sport that he has not lived and has hopefully seen. Bret has been around the block plenty of times but he was also born into this business like a prince. Bret&#8217;s first jobs were in PR and Japan which are where most of the guys in the movie are dying to work. I know a majority of the guys in this movie from Rob Eckos, DJ Hyde and Sabian to even Ron Killings and I&#8217;m sure that there are more cases like Randy The Ram than there are of Harts and Hogans. Look at DDP and Steve Austin who were both former world champs during the height of their promotions and a few years ago were sharing an apartment in LA. Go rent beyond the mat again, go to an indy show in your town. Many guys in the indy circuit have to cut their teeth in promotions like CZW and ROH to earn a name so that they can get noticed. Just remember, there are 30 NBA teams and 32 NFL teams&#8230;there&#8217;s one WWE and one TNA. Look at the odds of making it big if you&#8217;re not grandfathered in.</p>
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