Source: Sports Illustrated
WWE Hall of Famer Bret “The Hitman” Hart spoke with Sports Illustrated this week, and was very outspoken about new WWE talent Samoa Joe and his Muscle Buster finisher.
Tyson Kidd, who is married to Hart’s niece Natayla Neidhart, sustained an injury while competing in a dark match with Samoa Joe weeks ago. Many have blamed the injury on the Muscle Buster move, although by many accounts the injury appears to be a freak accident. Hart opened up about the injury.
“I only know that he’s hurt pretty bad and they’re crossing their fingers. I’m not sure if he’s going to need surgery, but it seems to me there was a lot of poor planning involved in that injury. I don’t know whose fault it is or why an injury like that happened, but someone is accountable. The WWE has done a lot in the last few years to improve conditions for wrestlers. They have doctors there and they give wrestlers adequate time to prepare, but in looking at that happened with Tyson Kidd, clearly there is still a lot of room for improvement,” Hart said.
Bret pointed directly at Samoa Joe’s Muscle Buster as being a reckless, dangerous move, and said that a variety of careless factors led to Kidd’s injury.
“It’s (the Muscle Buster) extremely dangerous,” Hart explained. “The move that Samoa Joe did was reckless, and the way they rushed that match beforehand in the back without giving Tyson time to prepare was mistake. Tyson is, pound for pound, one of the best wrestlers in the world. And that includes his mind. If you went behind the scenes at WWE, Tyson is an intricate piece of so many other matches. It’s a shame that a guy who is that talented and given so much to the company is hurt, but I just hope it’s not so serious that his career is over.”
