Hitman

My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling

By: Bret Hart

Narrated by: Bret Hart

Written without collaborators and based on decades of tape recordings he made throughout his career, Hitman is Bret Hart's brutally honest, perceptive and startling account of his life in and out of the ring that proves once and for all that great things come in pink tights.

The Most Accurate Story of Bret Hart

This was incredibly detailed, doesn’t cut corners, and the man himself delivers in an emotional way that will truly impact you. As someone who has loved Bret Hart since 1992 when I started watching wrestling as a kid, this was simply incredible.

Best There Is, Best There Was, Best There Ever Will Be

One of the deepest works of professional wrestling that you can listen or read through. Bret Hart is a legend of that business and has been through so much in the form of success and tragedies. He also doesn't pull any punches on certain rivals as well as his own decisions. Worth going out of your way to listen or read.

The best prep wrestling book there is, was, and ever will be

I originally read this book when it first came out and I couldn't put the book down. listening to it again, I couldn't stop listening. I didn't want it to end. Bret is my favorite wrestler of all-time. Well, him and Warrior. it's fitting that the true GOAT of wrestling would have the greatest wrestling book I've ever read.

Excellence of Execution

This is an amazing book. An easy listen and a must for any fan of the Hitman or pro wrestling in general.

Lots of Blame, Not Lots of Responsibility

I read the book when it first came out and jumped on the chance to hear the man himself read it. I LOVED the back then. I only sort of liked it this time around.

Hart is absolutely one of the best wrestlers of all time. I don’t think anyone can debate that point. As the years have gone on and I have gotten older, I realize he is the not the hero he craves to be. He is always right, just ask him, and never EVER thinks he’s wrong. He cheated on his wife many MANY times, but always justified it with road loneliness. And while the Montreal Screwjob alone could fill another 500-page book, he breezes past it pretty nonchalantly.

I have great memories of watching him in the ring, but really wish Bret took some time to recognize his part in some of these moments. Vince McMahon and Shawn Michaels may, in fact, be terrible people, but Bret Hart absolutely was not a saint. And I think that’s what he needs us to believe in the end.