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Nearly a week ago, an interview Bret Hart did with Forbes made some waves when he called the Fabulous Freebirds “pill heads” and questioned their status as WWE Hall of Famers.
“I’ve always gotten along with [Michael Hayes], but as far as their contribution to wrestling, gimme a break. They were all pill heads and, for lack of a better word, they were all screw-ups. They’re not picking the cream of the crop, they’re picking whoever the first person they see on the list and they go ‘he would be easy to fly in.'”
This made Michael PS Hayes unhappy, leading to his speaking out against Hart in a series of tweets:
Just read something where BRET put the Birds down, say what U want about me, when U talk about Terry and Buddy, who aren't here, PROBLEM!!
— Michael PS Hayes (@MichaelPSHayes1) October 8, 2016
Just to clarify, drunk yes, drew more money in MANY places YES, popped Mid South, Atl, Texas to record crowds!! U leave Terry/Buddy alone!!
— Michael PS Hayes (@MichaelPSHayes1) October 8, 2016
It is really sad when a legend was so blessed with a great career, resorts to crapping on others, U'd NEVER say that to Terry or Bud's face!
— Michael PS Hayes (@MichaelPSHayes1) October 8, 2016
The Freebirds haven’t been the only targets of Hart’s verbal assaults. He famously called out Triple H on multiple occasions for never having a great match while repeatedly taking Seth Rollins to task for injuring opponents.
Today, Hart decided he would apologize to all of the above for making said negative remarks.
I'd like to take this opportunity to formally apologize to Michael Hayes. A while back I made comments about the...
Posted by Bret Hart on Thursday, October 13, 2016
Say goodbye to Grumpy Bret, folks.
For now.