Bret Hart has absorbed more punishment than almost anyone in professional wrestling history, but one match from 1989 still haunts him for reasons far more serious than the usual bumps and bruises. Speaking to Inside the Ropes, Hart recalled a moment during a bout against The Twin Towers, where he says he came frighteningly close to a career-ending, and potentially life-altering, injury.
According to Hart, the moment in question involved a move from One Man Gang, one half of The Twin Towers tag team alongside Akeem. Hart said he came “a hair close” to being paralyzed during the encounter, a stark reminder of the physical risks he and his peers took on a nightly basis during that era of WWE.
The recollection comes from Hart’s time teaming with Jim Neidhart as The Hart Foundation, one of the most decorated tag teams of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The interview did not detail the specific sequence that led to the scare, but Hart’s characterization of the moment underscores how close the encounter came to a far graver outcome than a typical in-ring mishap.
Hart has long been outspoken about the toll his career took on his body, and the latest comments add to a well-documented history of close calls he has shared publicly over the years. Both Ringside News and eWrestlingNews reported on Hart’s remarks following the Inside the Ropes interview.
