Bret Hart reveals original plans for ‘The Simpsons’ cameo

While John Cena was the most recent WWE legend to appear on an episode of The Simpsons, he wasn’t the first. That distinction goes to Bret Hart.

This appearance in a 1997 episode titled “The Old Man and the Lisa” is well known among wrestling fans, but it could have been very different. In an interview with The Wrestling Classic, Hart reveals that the original plan was for him to voice a completely different character and not himself. It was only after the show’s producers realized how famous he was that they decided to bring him into the episode.

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Oh, I was a big fan, so it was a great honor for me. Originally, I remember wanting to be Bret Hart on the show. And they said, “No, it’s just a part for a fighter.” I think my fighter was called the Mad Viking or something. So when I did the voiceover, I was the voice of the Mad Viking. It wasn’t Bret Hart, and it’s a little different. That’s why when you listen to the voiceover, it doesn’t sound to me. I was trying to sound like someone else.

But it was after we did everything, the producer showed up and I was signing autographs in the parking lot of the FOX studios there, and they probably had about 300 people in a lineup signing autographs for them. And he turned up and said, ‘I had no idea you were so famous. We will attract you as you’. So they changed it and drew me as myself. So I thought, this is where it pays to be a nice guy and sign autographs.

Watch the full interview below where he talks about his WWE Raw segment with Gunther, slamming Vince McMahon, Steve Austin and more.

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