1 00:00:02,536 --> 00:00:05,038 [cameras shutter] 2 00:00:06,139 --> 00:00:09,743 - I've got a lot of pressure on me on August 29th. 3 00:00:09,843 --> 00:00:11,812 Cameraman: Look at this one. 4 00:00:12,579 --> 00:00:15,749 - But, the British Bulldog is coming to Wembley Stadium, 5 00:00:17,551 --> 00:00:20,187 and I'm not coming to Wembley Stadium to lose. 6 00:00:20,187 --> 00:00:21,922 - "The Hitman" Bret Hart. 7 00:00:21,989 --> 00:00:25,058 The British Bulldog, Davey Boy Smith... 8 00:00:25,158 --> 00:00:26,927 About to collide here! 9 00:00:26,994 --> 00:00:28,695 - I was the sister who was torn 10 00:00:28,795 --> 00:00:31,899 between her brother and her husband. 11 00:00:31,999 --> 00:00:35,202 - It's one of my greatest matches of my career for sure. 12 00:00:35,269 --> 00:00:39,806 - One of the greatest wrestling matches of all-time! 13 00:00:39,873 --> 00:00:43,510 - Davey Boy Smith was incredibly popular in the UK. 14 00:00:43,510 --> 00:00:47,514 He was arguably as big as Hulk Hogan was in the United States. 15 00:00:48,682 --> 00:00:50,984 - This man has done so much for England. 16 00:00:50,984 --> 00:00:54,521 He's exported his talents here to the United States of America. 17 00:00:54,588 --> 00:00:56,523 - Just seeing that representation, 18 00:00:56,590 --> 00:00:57,591 seeing the Bulldog, 19 00:00:57,658 --> 00:00:59,593 seeing the Union Jack flying every single week, 20 00:00:59,660 --> 00:01:02,596 I can assure you, watching that as a kid inspired me. 21 00:01:02,663 --> 00:01:06,266 - He was unbelievably talented without even trying. 22 00:01:06,333 --> 00:01:08,468 - Pound for pound and perhaps no one 23 00:01:08,468 --> 00:01:10,570 who is as strong as the British Bulldog. 24 00:01:10,637 --> 00:01:14,441 - There is no bull in this British Bulldog. 25 00:01:17,511 --> 00:01:21,949 - I think it's fair to say that Davey had issues. 26 00:01:22,816 --> 00:01:27,421 And some of those issues got in the way of his performance. 27 00:01:27,487 --> 00:01:30,057 - He had developed quite a serious problem 28 00:01:30,157 --> 00:01:31,191 that nobody understood. 29 00:01:31,258 --> 00:01:34,061 He just went into a really, really dark place. 30 00:01:34,127 --> 00:01:36,296 It's amazing how fast this happened. 31 00:01:36,396 --> 00:01:38,632 - Put that camera down. 32 00:01:38,699 --> 00:01:41,168 - I remember seeing him throw up, 33 00:01:41,868 --> 00:01:44,871 and seeing like seven Percocets in his throw up. 34 00:01:44,938 --> 00:01:46,873 - Everyone around me thought, 35 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:49,276 "This guy's got a drug problem," 36 00:01:49,343 --> 00:01:51,511 and I did have a drug problem. 37 00:01:51,511 --> 00:01:53,547 I couldn't get off the morphine. 38 00:01:53,647 --> 00:01:56,483 - I remember seeing him night after night 39 00:01:56,550 --> 00:02:00,153 fall down the stairs and not know if he's alive. 40 00:02:00,220 --> 00:02:02,823 - The British Bulldog brings them to their feet. 41 00:02:02,889 --> 00:02:04,124 - Look at that. 42 00:02:04,191 --> 00:02:05,826 - I just wanted to show everyone out there 43 00:02:05,892 --> 00:02:07,494 that despite what I've gone through, 44 00:02:07,594 --> 00:02:11,798 and what I've lost, that I can do a comeback 45 00:02:11,865 --> 00:02:14,101 and that I think as long as I'm breathing, 46 00:02:14,201 --> 00:02:16,770 as long as I can walk, 47 00:02:16,837 --> 00:02:20,073 I will put my boots and I'll get back in the ring 48 00:02:21,975 --> 00:02:25,145 and perform like I've never performed before. 49 00:02:34,821 --> 00:02:37,424 - I remember watching Flintstones and the Jetsons 50 00:02:37,424 --> 00:02:40,193 you know I see the dad with the briefcase, and the suit on, 51 00:02:40,260 --> 00:02:42,562 and have his breakfast and go out the door. 52 00:02:42,629 --> 00:02:43,397 Our dad wasn't like that. 53 00:02:43,463 --> 00:02:44,364 - No. 54 00:02:44,431 --> 00:02:45,465 Well, in a different way. 55 00:02:45,532 --> 00:02:46,500 - He had the suitcase. 56 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:47,267 - Yes, he had the suitcase-- 57 00:02:47,367 --> 00:02:48,468 - He had his Halliburton-- 58 00:02:48,535 --> 00:02:50,070 - Yes, he had, though it didn't have files or paperwork, 59 00:02:50,070 --> 00:02:52,072 it had all his gear in there. 60 00:02:52,139 --> 00:02:53,774 - A lot of people and kids didn't believe us. 61 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,475 - They didn't believe us and then they'd see our 62 00:02:55,542 --> 00:02:57,511 dad pick us up like, "Oh, my God." 63 00:02:57,511 --> 00:02:58,945 Next thing you know there would be a line up 64 00:02:59,046 --> 00:03:01,548 and a swarm of kids wanting autographs. 65 00:03:01,548 --> 00:03:03,383 - Your dad was one of the greatest. 66 00:03:03,517 --> 00:03:05,318 - I know. 67 00:03:05,385 --> 00:03:09,189 - He was, in my opinion, the greatest British wrestler 68 00:03:09,256 --> 00:03:13,226 to ever step foot in the WWE ring. 69 00:03:13,226 --> 00:03:17,831 - I feel like my dad put England on the map for wrestling. 70 00:03:17,898 --> 00:03:24,171 - I started amateur wrestling when I was about 11, 12. 71 00:03:24,237 --> 00:03:27,874 My cousin, the Dynamite Kid, who was a professional 72 00:03:27,941 --> 00:03:30,077 wrestler at the time, he was the best pound 73 00:03:30,143 --> 00:03:33,346 for pound wrestler in the world, and he was the greatest. 74 00:03:33,447 --> 00:03:35,982 I looked up to him like he was a god. 75 00:03:37,050 --> 00:03:40,720 Took me over to the training camp. 76 00:03:41,221 --> 00:03:44,558 I went there and I did not like it. 77 00:03:44,624 --> 00:03:49,262 I said, "This is not my cup of tea at all." 78 00:03:49,329 --> 00:03:54,000 As time went along, I started to like it. 79 00:03:55,535 --> 00:04:00,073 Then I had my first professional match when I was 15, 80 00:04:00,073 --> 00:04:01,742 so I was the youngest professional wrestler 81 00:04:01,842 --> 00:04:04,544 ever to turn pro at the age of 15. 82 00:04:04,644 --> 00:04:07,047 Announcer: He's still at school, ladies and gentleman, 83 00:04:07,114 --> 00:04:10,917 and Britain's youngest wrestler, Dave Boy Smith at 15 years old. 84 00:04:10,984 --> 00:04:14,621 [applause] 85 00:04:14,688 --> 00:04:17,457 - I got to see him live quite a lot because I used 86 00:04:17,557 --> 00:04:20,894 to go to the wrestling shows every two weeks. 87 00:04:20,994 --> 00:04:25,465 Straight away Davey Boy had an incredible skill level. 88 00:04:25,465 --> 00:04:29,102 He went the same way as Dynamite and disappeared to Calgary. 89 00:04:29,202 --> 00:04:33,406 - My cousin, the Dynamite Kid, he went over to Calgary, Canada. 90 00:04:33,473 --> 00:04:37,511 Announcer: The Dynamite Kid, a sensation from England. 91 00:04:37,511 --> 00:04:41,448 - He said to the promotor, I've got a cousin in England 92 00:04:41,515 --> 00:04:44,384 who I think you should bring over, and give him a break, 93 00:04:44,384 --> 00:04:48,321 and see if he can join the ranks of Stampede Wrestling." 94 00:04:48,388 --> 00:04:49,623 Wow, here I am. 95 00:04:49,623 --> 00:04:52,125 I'm 17, I'm going to leave England 96 00:04:52,192 --> 00:04:56,163 and go over to another country, Canada. 97 00:04:56,229 --> 00:05:01,201 When I got here it was like, "Wow, these big, huge men, 98 00:05:01,268 --> 00:05:03,904 monsters in the dressing room looking at me like, 99 00:05:04,004 --> 00:05:06,439 "Who's this young punk?" 100 00:05:06,506 --> 00:05:12,212 - I met Davey I think in spring of 1981, I believe, 101 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:15,315 and he was working for my dad. 102 00:05:15,382 --> 00:05:16,550 Announcer: Oh, this Smith is 103 00:05:16,616 --> 00:05:19,886 going to be a favorite around here. 104 00:05:19,953 --> 00:05:22,789 - He was very much like a little kid still, 105 00:05:22,856 --> 00:05:28,061 and he was living with Dynamite, which was not good for him. 106 00:05:28,061 --> 00:05:33,166 - They were like brothers, but he did have a nasty side. 107 00:05:33,233 --> 00:05:35,669 - He often did lousy things to Davey 108 00:05:35,735 --> 00:05:38,271 and more for his own amusement. 109 00:05:38,271 --> 00:05:41,274 - He would give Davey a cup of hot chocolate, 110 00:05:41,341 --> 00:05:43,810 but it was in that cup of hot chocolate there 111 00:05:43,877 --> 00:05:46,346 was a melted box of ex-lax. 112 00:05:46,446 --> 00:05:47,914 - He's going, "I don't feel very good," 113 00:05:47,981 --> 00:05:50,383 and Dynamite would tell him, "Have some more hot chocolate, 114 00:05:50,383 --> 00:05:51,885 it'll make you feel better." 115 00:05:51,952 --> 00:05:54,221 - His older cousin, who he looked up to, 116 00:05:54,287 --> 00:05:56,856 he was so naive towards him. 117 00:05:56,957 --> 00:05:59,226 - But Dynamite was always a huge influence on Davey, 118 00:05:59,226 --> 00:06:01,161 right from day one. 119 00:06:01,228 --> 00:06:05,031 Whether it was steroids, or whether it was pills, 120 00:06:05,098 --> 00:06:06,266 and Dynamite wasn't a guy that always 121 00:06:06,333 --> 00:06:08,268 had the best of intentions for Davey. 122 00:06:08,268 --> 00:06:10,870 At the same time, he would've told you back then that Dynamite 123 00:06:10,937 --> 00:06:16,943 was his best friend, and best guy, like a brother to him. 124 00:06:17,043 --> 00:06:19,312 I called up Dynamite and I said-- 125 00:06:19,312 --> 00:06:21,948 I just made up a story that my dad didn't want him 126 00:06:22,015 --> 00:06:23,717 staying at his house, 127 00:06:23,783 --> 00:06:26,987 that he was more comfortable with Davey staying at my house. 128 00:06:27,053 --> 00:06:31,024 I think that saved Davey right there. 129 00:06:31,091 --> 00:06:36,162 - Bret took me under his wing, took me like one of his brothers 130 00:06:36,229 --> 00:06:37,664 and he took care of me. 131 00:06:37,664 --> 00:06:39,766 He really did. 132 00:06:39,833 --> 00:06:41,067 - He was starting to become happier, 133 00:06:41,067 --> 00:06:44,037 and he's starting to fit in. 134 00:06:44,104 --> 00:06:47,707 I think my sister, Diana, put her hooks into him pretty quick. 135 00:06:47,774 --> 00:06:49,709 They started a relationship maybe two or three weeks 136 00:06:49,776 --> 00:06:51,645 after he got there. 137 00:06:51,711 --> 00:06:54,047 - Davey came up and walked through the front 138 00:06:54,114 --> 00:06:56,182 doors of my dad's house. 139 00:06:56,283 --> 00:06:59,219 My sister Diana said, "This is the person I'm going to marry." 140 00:06:59,319 --> 00:07:01,421 She literally said that while we were eating, 141 00:07:01,421 --> 00:07:02,822 she saw him and he was cute. 142 00:07:02,889 --> 00:07:06,426 - It's burned in my mind to this day. 143 00:07:06,426 --> 00:07:09,095 I knew there was something special about him. 144 00:07:09,195 --> 00:07:11,665 Then we started to court, as he put it, 145 00:07:11,665 --> 00:07:15,035 behind the scenes because we knew the rules. 146 00:07:15,101 --> 00:07:17,604 I wasn't supposed to be dating a wrestler, 147 00:07:17,671 --> 00:07:20,707 and he wasn't supposed to be dating the promoter's daughter, 148 00:07:20,807 --> 00:07:25,278 and we both knew this and we still carried on. 149 00:07:25,345 --> 00:07:28,548 When love happens or when that arrow shoots 150 00:07:28,615 --> 00:07:32,419 you through your heart, nothing can stop it. 151 00:07:32,519 --> 00:07:34,654 - I'll have the groom repeat. 152 00:07:34,754 --> 00:07:36,189 I, David, take you, Diana. 153 00:07:36,256 --> 00:07:37,991 - I, David, take you, Diana. 154 00:07:38,058 --> 00:07:39,826 - To be my lawful wedded wife. 155 00:07:39,826 --> 00:07:41,695 - To be my lawful wedded wife. 156 00:07:41,795 --> 00:07:43,663 I'd like to thank Stu and Helen. 157 00:07:43,663 --> 00:07:44,898 - We want a rematch. 158 00:07:44,998 --> 00:07:46,066 [laughter] 159 00:07:46,066 --> 00:07:47,500 - I'd like to thank Stu and Helen for bringing up 160 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:52,172 such a beautiful, beautiful girl. 161 00:07:52,238 --> 00:07:55,675 I'm very touched that she married me. 162 00:07:55,742 --> 00:07:57,944 - It was like this huge celebration. 163 00:07:58,044 --> 00:07:59,412 - [Indistinct] 164 00:07:59,479 --> 00:08:03,350 We had hundreds of people from all over the world. 165 00:08:03,350 --> 00:08:08,321 There was newspapers from Japan because Davey and Dynamite were 166 00:08:08,388 --> 00:08:11,458 superstars over there. 167 00:08:11,558 --> 00:08:12,792 - In the Calgary territory, they went against 168 00:08:12,859 --> 00:08:15,562 each other all the time. 169 00:08:15,628 --> 00:08:18,431 I remember I was going to Japan a lot in those days 170 00:08:18,498 --> 00:08:21,067 with Dynamite, and Dynamite was becoming 171 00:08:21,067 --> 00:08:24,104 this phenomenon in Japan, he was huge. 172 00:08:24,204 --> 00:08:27,040 One of the biggest stars they ever had over there. 173 00:08:27,107 --> 00:08:29,409 Dynamite wasn't interested in booking him for a long time, 174 00:08:29,476 --> 00:08:31,911 and he used to go, "He's not ready yet." 175 00:08:31,911 --> 00:08:33,279 They'd known each other all their lives, 176 00:08:33,346 --> 00:08:37,183 but I think there was always tinge of jealousy towards 177 00:08:37,183 --> 00:08:41,755 Davey for just being less uptight than Dynamite was. 178 00:08:41,821 --> 00:08:45,525 Dynamite always was a guy that had a chip on his shoulder. 179 00:08:47,193 --> 00:08:49,662 Dynamite eventually put in a word for him, 180 00:08:49,729 --> 00:08:52,432 "Why don't you bring my cousin in?" 181 00:08:52,499 --> 00:08:56,870 They started teaming up in matches as the British Bulldogs. 182 00:08:56,870 --> 00:08:59,272 Dynamite and Davey both became huge stars 183 00:08:59,339 --> 00:09:02,308 over there during that time. 184 00:09:02,308 --> 00:09:06,713 It was right around the time I started in WWE. 185 00:09:06,713 --> 00:09:10,283 I kept getting approached by George Scott, 186 00:09:10,350 --> 00:09:13,386 who's Vince's right-hand guy in the booking committee, 187 00:09:13,386 --> 00:09:15,021 and he kept saying, 188 00:09:15,021 --> 00:09:17,757 "We want the Bulldogs. Vince wants the Bulldogs." 189 00:09:17,824 --> 00:09:19,759 Announcer: What a tremendous tag team combination, 190 00:09:19,826 --> 00:09:21,661 the British Bulldogs, 191 00:09:21,728 --> 00:09:25,498 Davey Boy Smith and the Dynamite Kid. 192 00:09:25,598 --> 00:09:28,468 - Now, I can say that the Bulldogs in those days- 193 00:09:28,468 --> 00:09:29,702 - Over goes Davey Boy. 194 00:09:29,803 --> 00:09:31,604 - -in 1985- 195 00:09:31,671 --> 00:09:33,273 - Look at that nip up, and nice reversal. 196 00:09:33,339 --> 00:09:36,276 - -were doing things that most tag teams could never do. 197 00:09:36,342 --> 00:09:37,477 - Oh my. 198 00:09:37,544 --> 00:09:39,712 - They were big stars. 199 00:09:39,712 --> 00:09:42,382 They did different things, like the A-Team. 200 00:09:42,482 --> 00:09:44,951 They started getting commercials, endorsements. 201 00:09:45,018 --> 00:09:47,821 - The people at Hostess were really clever to pick us, 202 00:09:47,887 --> 00:09:49,722 the British Bulldogs, as the spokesmen. 203 00:09:49,789 --> 00:09:51,024 When you've got the munches. 204 00:09:51,024 --> 00:09:53,259 - Nothing else will do. 205 00:09:53,359 --> 00:09:55,795 - The Bulldogs were one of a kind. 206 00:09:55,862 --> 00:09:57,363 There was never a team like them, 207 00:09:57,430 --> 00:09:59,566 and there may never be another team like them ever. 208 00:10:01,267 --> 00:10:04,070 Really until Dynamite got hurt. 209 00:10:04,070 --> 00:10:06,473 Dynamite was at the end of his rope. 210 00:10:06,473 --> 00:10:09,409 He wanted to take time off and he wanted to go home. 211 00:10:09,476 --> 00:10:11,511 He couldn't keep on going the way he was. 212 00:10:11,511 --> 00:10:14,280 His back was starting to become a problem, 213 00:10:14,347 --> 00:10:16,349 but I think they thought we'll be home, 214 00:10:16,416 --> 00:10:18,585 we'll help my dad, help Stu out, 215 00:10:18,585 --> 00:10:22,622 we'll make our big money in Japan and we'll be good. 216 00:10:22,689 --> 00:10:25,592 We don't need WWE anymore. 217 00:10:25,658 --> 00:10:30,864 I think Davey was reluctant to leave WWE in the first place, 218 00:10:30,930 --> 00:10:36,035 but he did so out of loyalty to Dynamite. 219 00:10:36,102 --> 00:10:41,074 - I do remember disagreeing with Davey on that. 220 00:10:41,140 --> 00:10:44,344 Davey and I had a huge mortgage. 221 00:10:44,444 --> 00:10:47,046 We were at risk of losing that. 222 00:10:47,113 --> 00:10:52,185 We had a family and then baby Georgia came along, 223 00:10:52,185 --> 00:10:56,823 but Davey out of loyalty stuck with Dynamite. 224 00:10:56,823 --> 00:10:59,425 - The British Bulldogs are coming back to Calgary 225 00:10:59,425 --> 00:11:01,661 where we started from and we're going to come back 226 00:11:01,661 --> 00:11:03,696 with the biggest bang that you've ever seen. 227 00:11:03,796 --> 00:11:04,864 ♪ 228 00:11:04,931 --> 00:11:06,866 - Davey and Dynamite were wrestling for my dad 229 00:11:06,866 --> 00:11:09,402 but the territory was not doing well. 230 00:11:09,469 --> 00:11:10,904 It was really struggling. 231 00:11:11,004 --> 00:11:13,273 It was just not a good time in Alberta, 232 00:11:13,273 --> 00:11:18,011 and Dynamite's back started to deteriorate. 233 00:11:18,077 --> 00:11:22,916 When Davey told Dynamite that, "I want to go back to WWE." 234 00:11:22,982 --> 00:11:25,151 Dynamite did not want to go, and he said you 235 00:11:25,218 --> 00:11:28,354 won't make it without me. 236 00:11:28,421 --> 00:11:30,423 Davey said, "Well, I have to. 237 00:11:30,490 --> 00:11:32,792 I need to feed my family. 238 00:11:32,859 --> 00:11:38,164 Dynamite said, "Well, if you go you won't make it on your own." 239 00:11:42,335 --> 00:11:45,605 When Davey went back to the WWE it was 240 00:11:45,672 --> 00:11:50,243 like a divorce with Dynamite and it hurt Davey a lot 241 00:11:50,310 --> 00:11:53,513 that Dynamite never talked to him again. 242 00:11:53,580 --> 00:11:56,749 I knew that Davey had something to prove to Dynamite that he 243 00:11:56,749 --> 00:11:59,185 could do this on his own. 244 00:11:59,252 --> 00:12:01,487 I said we need to give you a whole new image, 245 00:12:01,554 --> 00:12:02,989 a whole new look. 246 00:12:03,056 --> 00:12:05,191 I said, "What about these braids?" 247 00:12:05,258 --> 00:12:08,428 No one had seen Davey in quite a while. 248 00:12:08,428 --> 00:12:13,199 He was really big and he looked so magnificent. 249 00:12:13,266 --> 00:12:17,637 - I think Davey definitely came back and was ready to shine. 250 00:12:17,704 --> 00:12:19,038 [Davey Boy Smith's music plays] 251 00:12:19,105 --> 00:12:22,675 - Davey Boy Smith back in the World Wrestling --. 252 00:12:22,742 --> 00:12:25,011 - I think it was good timing. 253 00:12:25,078 --> 00:12:27,814 A year prior to Davey coming back we began working with 254 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:31,284 Sky Sports in the United Kingdom. 255 00:12:31,351 --> 00:12:33,119 - When we did first get Sky that's when 256 00:12:33,186 --> 00:12:36,189 I noticed Davey's popularity rising. 257 00:12:36,256 --> 00:12:38,024 I used to just sit there and say 258 00:12:38,024 --> 00:12:41,361 "Mom, our David's on telly. Come out quick." 259 00:12:41,427 --> 00:12:42,695 - You can bet that everyone from all over 260 00:12:42,795 --> 00:12:44,664 the world principally the UK. 261 00:12:44,664 --> 00:12:47,834 They are psyched to see the British Bulldog in action. 262 00:12:47,900 --> 00:12:51,204 - Once the Brits had their own hero, 263 00:12:51,270 --> 00:12:54,073 I think that really spurred the British fandom 264 00:12:54,140 --> 00:12:55,942 on to a whole new level. 265 00:12:56,042 --> 00:12:58,745 - I thought, "Man, I want to be like the Bulldog." 266 00:12:58,845 --> 00:13:00,713 - Over there he was the number one dude. 267 00:13:00,780 --> 00:13:03,750 - Monstrous standing ovation 268 00:13:03,816 --> 00:13:06,486 and rightly so for the British Bulldog. 269 00:13:06,552 --> 00:13:08,388 - He was selling tickets. 270 00:13:08,388 --> 00:13:11,357 When we'd make the announcement he was coming in, 271 00:13:11,424 --> 00:13:15,695 the roar that he would get, it was goosebumps. 272 00:13:15,795 --> 00:13:18,831 - There was nobody who made more of an impact on Britain as 273 00:13:18,898 --> 00:13:22,468 far as being a wrestler than Davey Boy Smith. 274 00:13:22,535 --> 00:13:24,404 There was never anybody who got the coverage 275 00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:27,807 that Davey Boy got in 1992 276 00:13:27,874 --> 00:13:29,942 - The news is official. 277 00:13:30,043 --> 00:13:33,646 One of the biggest events in World Wrestling -- history, 278 00:13:33,713 --> 00:13:35,314 international in scope 279 00:13:36,115 --> 00:13:39,986 will be held here at Wembley Stadium. 280 00:13:40,053 --> 00:13:40,953 - It was massive news. 281 00:13:41,020 --> 00:13:43,456 Everybody was talking about it. 282 00:13:43,556 --> 00:13:45,825 - This summer London plays host to the toughest, 283 00:13:45,892 --> 00:13:48,828 the most flamboyant sports event there is. 284 00:13:48,895 --> 00:13:51,597 The World Wrestling -- SummerSlam is staged at 285 00:13:51,664 --> 00:13:53,466 Wembley Stadium in August. 286 00:13:53,466 --> 00:13:56,235 The first time it's been held outside America. 287 00:13:56,302 --> 00:13:58,671 - I talked to Vince, "Let me work with Davey Boy, 288 00:13:58,671 --> 00:14:00,440 that would be the guy." 289 00:14:00,506 --> 00:14:02,809 He was in his prime and I was in my prime and 290 00:14:02,875 --> 00:14:05,111 I knew I was really over in England. 291 00:14:05,178 --> 00:14:08,047 We love Bret Hart, but we love the Bulldog. 292 00:14:08,114 --> 00:14:09,916 Which one will win? 293 00:14:09,982 --> 00:14:13,086 - All of a sudden, it's Bret against Davey because Davey's 294 00:14:13,152 --> 00:14:18,191 the homeboy and Bret was the Intercontinental Champion. 295 00:14:18,257 --> 00:14:19,726 We're going to put them together, 296 00:14:19,792 --> 00:14:21,127 and not only that, 297 00:14:21,194 --> 00:14:23,863 we're going to have them be the main event. 298 00:14:23,930 --> 00:14:25,631 This was so exciting. 299 00:14:25,698 --> 00:14:27,500 The pressure was on and the stress. 300 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:29,702 Davey was so excited, 301 00:14:31,270 --> 00:14:37,110 but a few weeks later he wrestles Mike Sharpe and 302 00:14:37,110 --> 00:14:43,282 he does a powerslam and something happens in his knee. 303 00:14:43,349 --> 00:14:51,124 He didn't think much of it, but it burned and hurt like crazy. 304 00:14:51,190 --> 00:14:53,626 - Actually, when he came back to Tampa, 305 00:14:53,693 --> 00:14:56,462 Jim picked him up at the airport and he was sick as hell. 306 00:14:56,462 --> 00:15:03,169 He stayed at my house for a few days just laid on the couch. 307 00:15:03,236 --> 00:15:06,406 Jim got a friend, Doctor Price, to take a look at him and Doug 308 00:15:06,472 --> 00:15:08,274 got him in to see the doctor. 309 00:15:08,341 --> 00:15:12,612 He had the staph infection that was horrible 310 00:15:12,678 --> 00:15:14,514 - I was rushed back to the doctors 311 00:15:14,580 --> 00:15:20,386 and he drew like 30 CCs of this infection of my knee. 312 00:15:20,386 --> 00:15:24,590 He said you got a flesh-eating disease. 313 00:15:24,657 --> 00:15:27,026 I'd come so close to losing 314 00:15:27,093 --> 00:15:31,397 my leg and or even dying, basically. 315 00:15:31,464 --> 00:15:32,865 It was really scary. 316 00:15:32,865 --> 00:15:34,901 - I thought, "How is he going to do this match?" 317 00:15:34,967 --> 00:15:38,638 Nearly five years old wondering that. 318 00:15:38,704 --> 00:15:42,508 - We got to England and he was taking antibiotics, 319 00:15:42,575 --> 00:15:45,111 pretty strong ones three times a day 320 00:15:45,111 --> 00:15:50,049 and I was just so nervous that nothing can go wrong. 321 00:15:50,116 --> 00:15:53,019 [fans cheer] 322 00:15:53,119 --> 00:15:57,223 - The British Bulldog's going to win whether he wants to or not. 323 00:15:57,290 --> 00:16:02,695 [crowd chants "Bulldog"] 324 00:16:02,795 --> 00:16:04,630 - As I remember, we drove up that day 325 00:16:04,697 --> 00:16:09,869 to Wembley and you could see lines of cars weaving there 326 00:16:09,936 --> 00:16:12,505 round and round to the stadium. 327 00:16:12,605 --> 00:16:17,343 You got a sense of the grandeur and the size of what this is. 328 00:16:17,443 --> 00:16:20,279 Once you walked inside the stadium, 329 00:16:20,346 --> 00:16:24,584 I think I was about row 50. 330 00:16:24,650 --> 00:16:27,520 It was dramatic. 331 00:16:27,587 --> 00:16:29,088 [crowd cheers] 332 00:16:29,155 --> 00:16:38,264 - Over 80,000 fans welcome you to the grandeur of SummerSlam. 333 00:16:38,331 --> 00:16:40,166 - Well, you can certainly feel the nervous tension amongst 334 00:16:40,233 --> 00:16:43,202 this crowd of 80,000 plus as we await the battle for the 335 00:16:43,269 --> 00:16:45,037 Intercontinental Championship. 336 00:16:45,104 --> 00:16:47,707 ♪ 337 00:16:47,807 --> 00:16:51,110 - I had seen Davey and Bret wrestle each other in Calgary. 338 00:16:51,110 --> 00:16:53,880 I knew what they were capable of, 339 00:16:53,946 --> 00:16:56,949 but there was a lot of anxiety certainly on my part. 340 00:16:56,949 --> 00:16:59,785 I was just so concerned that Davey's 341 00:16:59,852 --> 00:17:01,787 going to blow out his knee. 342 00:17:01,854 --> 00:17:03,389 - Here we go. 343 00:17:03,456 --> 00:17:05,658 - If you didn't know Davey had all the problems that he had, 344 00:17:05,758 --> 00:17:08,227 you'd never think about it when you watch that match back. 345 00:17:08,294 --> 00:17:09,662 It was a great match. 346 00:17:09,729 --> 00:17:13,099 It's one of my greatest matches of my career for sure. 347 00:17:13,199 --> 00:17:14,267 - Right back at him. 348 00:17:14,267 --> 00:17:15,668 Leapfrog by the British Bulldog, trying to hook him. 349 00:17:15,768 --> 00:17:17,203 Yes, nice maneuver. 350 00:17:17,270 --> 00:17:19,071 Bret Hart down. 351 00:17:19,138 --> 00:17:20,206 Look at this. 352 00:17:20,273 --> 00:17:21,307 My goodness. 353 00:17:21,407 --> 00:17:23,109 - Ever since that day, it has been my favorite 354 00:17:23,175 --> 00:17:24,710 wrestling match in history. 355 00:17:24,777 --> 00:17:27,647 To see them two go out and into the ring and execute 356 00:17:27,713 --> 00:17:31,717 a match that was almost flawless speaks to the in-ring 357 00:17:31,784 --> 00:17:33,185 proficiency of the two guys. 358 00:17:33,185 --> 00:17:34,720 - Six, seven, eight. 359 00:17:34,787 --> 00:17:35,688 Whoa. 360 00:17:35,755 --> 00:17:37,990 What a suplex. 361 00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:40,259 From the top rope. 362 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:42,662 I think we've seen just about every wrestling 363 00:17:42,662 --> 00:17:44,964 move there is to see thus far. 364 00:17:45,031 --> 00:17:47,366 Oh, yes the sharpshooter applied 365 00:17:47,433 --> 00:17:48,935 It's all over. 366 00:17:49,001 --> 00:17:51,170 - Nobody's ever gotten out of this. 367 00:17:51,237 --> 00:17:54,106 - Imagine the pain the British Bulldog is in. 368 00:17:54,206 --> 00:17:55,207 Oh, God. 369 00:17:55,274 --> 00:17:57,410 Yes and yes, he saves himself. 370 00:17:57,476 --> 00:18:00,146 Sunset flip. 371 00:18:00,246 --> 00:18:01,280 [crowd cheers] 372 00:18:01,347 --> 00:18:03,316 [bell rings] 373 00:18:07,586 --> 00:18:09,021 - As soon as Davey pins him and gets the three, 374 00:18:09,121 --> 00:18:10,423 everybody just shoots up. 375 00:18:10,423 --> 00:18:15,828 Everybody shoots up and I've never seen anything like that. 376 00:18:15,895 --> 00:18:18,698 - If you watch that back now and you watch that finish, 377 00:18:18,798 --> 00:18:22,435 that one, two, three. 378 00:18:22,435 --> 00:18:23,636 Boom. 379 00:18:23,703 --> 00:18:26,072 It's like there's an electric shock in the chair of 380 00:18:26,072 --> 00:18:27,273 everybody in the stadium. 381 00:18:27,340 --> 00:18:31,077 Everybody is on their feet when he finally wins the title. 382 00:18:31,143 --> 00:18:33,412 ♪ 383 00:18:33,479 --> 00:18:34,914 - When I think it was Howard Finkel who finally 384 00:18:34,914 --> 00:18:36,115 made the announcement. 385 00:18:36,182 --> 00:18:43,823 - The winner of this bout and new Intercontinental Champion, 386 00:18:43,823 --> 00:18:48,995 The British Bulldog. 387 00:18:49,061 --> 00:18:50,429 - It was just-- 388 00:18:50,496 --> 00:18:52,832 I'm still feeling the goosebumps right now. 389 00:18:52,898 --> 00:18:55,034 - I can't believe it. 390 00:18:55,034 --> 00:18:59,472 One of the greatest wrestling matches of all time 391 00:18:59,538 --> 00:19:03,442 has just taken place. 392 00:19:03,509 --> 00:19:06,479 - It was one of the greatest experiences of my life. 393 00:19:06,545 --> 00:19:10,516 - He did it in his own backyard. 394 00:19:12,852 --> 00:19:16,322 - It was really such an incredible-- 395 00:19:16,389 --> 00:19:17,556 I have never really come back down to earth from that. 396 00:19:17,556 --> 00:19:21,994 I have never really come back down to earth from that. 397 00:19:27,666 --> 00:19:30,302 - It was really, maybe, five, six weeks after the match 398 00:19:30,403 --> 00:19:34,840 at Wembley that his career came to a dead stop again. 399 00:19:40,046 --> 00:19:45,518 - SummerSlam '92 was one of my favorite experiences in my life. 400 00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:52,358 It was just unforgettable, 401 00:19:55,261 --> 00:19:59,031 but a couple of months after SummerSlam Davey left. 402 00:20:00,866 --> 00:20:02,435 - I remember Vince called me on the phone, 403 00:20:02,501 --> 00:20:05,604 and Vince said, "I just wanted to let you know first 404 00:20:05,671 --> 00:20:09,375 that we're probably going to have to let Davey go." 405 00:20:09,442 --> 00:20:15,247 He was getting growth hormone through some dealer, in England. 406 00:20:15,314 --> 00:20:18,551 It was I think just poor choices. 407 00:20:18,617 --> 00:20:24,023 - That was hard for us because we were still on this high from 408 00:20:24,023 --> 00:20:26,726 being at SummerSlam. 409 00:20:26,792 --> 00:20:33,866 Davey went onto WCW, but he just missed everybody. 410 00:20:33,933 --> 00:20:36,469 He just wanted to be with his family, 411 00:20:36,569 --> 00:20:38,704 literally, with Bret and Owen, 412 00:20:38,804 --> 00:20:42,241 and my brother-in-law Jim Neidhart also. 413 00:20:42,308 --> 00:20:46,345 He went back again, in '94. 414 00:20:46,445 --> 00:20:51,550 - When he came back, he was no longer on any enhancement drugs, 415 00:20:51,617 --> 00:20:54,920 and he looked great, he worked great. 416 00:20:54,987 --> 00:20:56,922 He got cleaned up, and that was the real 417 00:20:56,989 --> 00:20:59,825 Davey for a while there. 418 00:20:59,892 --> 00:21:02,261 I think Davey was happy times for him. 419 00:21:02,361 --> 00:21:04,096 I think for all of us, it was a happy time. 420 00:21:04,196 --> 00:21:06,465 The Hart Foundation stands united. 421 00:21:06,532 --> 00:21:08,234 It was a good time in the world, 422 00:21:08,234 --> 00:21:10,436 and we were happy were, to be where we 423 00:21:10,436 --> 00:21:12,471 and we were all doing pretty well for ourselves. 424 00:21:12,471 --> 00:21:15,875 I think Davey was in a good place. 425 00:21:15,875 --> 00:21:20,112 The life on the road, being around me and Owen, 426 00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:21,046 it was fun for him. 427 00:21:21,113 --> 00:21:21,914 - I'll drive. 428 00:21:21,981 --> 00:21:22,715 - You'll drive? 429 00:21:22,715 --> 00:21:23,415 - You'll kill him. 430 00:21:23,482 --> 00:21:24,350 [Yelling] 431 00:21:24,350 --> 00:21:25,351 [Laughs] 432 00:21:25,417 --> 00:21:26,585 - More? 433 00:21:26,585 --> 00:21:28,754 - Really, it was a great memory when I think back on it. 434 00:21:28,821 --> 00:21:31,023 - Only on Monday Night Raw. 435 00:21:31,023 --> 00:21:33,259 The British Bulldog catches a shark. 436 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:35,728 Yes, 25 feet. 437 00:21:35,794 --> 00:21:37,029 [laughter] 438 00:21:37,096 --> 00:21:38,564 - That's it. 439 00:21:38,631 --> 00:21:41,433 - The guy that I saw was a dude who just wanted 440 00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:45,871 to have a good match and then have fun. 441 00:21:45,938 --> 00:21:48,107 - Did Davey Boy Smith like to have fun? 442 00:21:48,207 --> 00:21:49,775 I think that's an understatement. 443 00:21:49,842 --> 00:21:51,911 Davey Boy Smith was the fun. 444 00:21:51,977 --> 00:21:53,345 - At the Fatal Four. 445 00:21:53,445 --> 00:21:54,947 No, I wasn't supposed to say it, you were supposed to. 446 00:21:55,047 --> 00:21:57,349 I was supposed to at Ground Zero. 447 00:21:57,349 --> 00:22:01,954 - I think he had the most fun with my brother, Owen. 448 00:22:02,021 --> 00:22:07,560 They were tag teaming and just having a blast. 449 00:22:08,694 --> 00:22:10,029 - Something for Larry Rosen here. 450 00:22:10,029 --> 00:22:11,630 - You can't get higher than this, 451 00:22:11,697 --> 00:22:15,034 and we're at the top of Cape Town. 452 00:22:15,100 --> 00:22:16,735 [chuckles] 453 00:22:16,802 --> 00:22:17,670 - Don't worry about him. 454 00:22:17,736 --> 00:22:18,871 - He's always smiling. 455 00:22:18,938 --> 00:22:23,709 You never really seen Davey in a bad mood. 456 00:22:23,809 --> 00:22:26,078 Such a funny guy. 457 00:22:28,747 --> 00:22:31,383 - He was just like a big kid. 458 00:22:31,450 --> 00:22:33,586 He was like everybody's best friend. 459 00:22:33,586 --> 00:22:34,987 He was so funny, 460 00:22:35,054 --> 00:22:38,123 he was like the uncle that was so light-hearted, 461 00:22:38,190 --> 00:22:40,226 and he just wanted to have fun. 462 00:22:40,292 --> 00:22:41,026 - All right. 463 00:22:41,026 --> 00:22:42,328 Yeaaahhh. 464 00:22:42,394 --> 00:22:44,029 - My dad and I were really, really close. 465 00:22:44,096 --> 00:22:48,467 We had a really big connection and a strong bond. 466 00:22:48,534 --> 00:22:50,803 - There's me in action. 467 00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:53,272 - Good, Georgia. 468 00:22:53,272 --> 00:22:54,673 - He was my best friend. 469 00:22:54,673 --> 00:22:58,644 - Georgia is me, operating me. 470 00:22:58,711 --> 00:23:00,512 - My dad was hilarious. 471 00:23:00,512 --> 00:23:01,947 Look, you made me laugh, stop it. 472 00:23:02,047 --> 00:23:05,584 My mom was more of the disciplinary, the strict parent. 473 00:23:05,584 --> 00:23:07,353 My dad was just always like fun. 474 00:23:08,921 --> 00:23:12,258 - We used to go jet skiing, swimming. 475 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:14,426 He was super strong. 476 00:23:14,426 --> 00:23:17,830 He could pick me up, press slam me into the pool. 477 00:23:21,667 --> 00:23:26,272 It was always fun traveling with Davey. 478 00:23:26,338 --> 00:23:30,843 It was cool because I got to go down and see him wrestle live. 479 00:23:30,910 --> 00:23:34,947 - The atmosphere is absolutely off the page. 480 00:23:35,047 --> 00:23:36,916 - Being there, live, at the Canadian Stampede, aside from 481 00:23:36,916 --> 00:23:40,953 Wembley Stadium, that's my favorite wrestling moment. 482 00:23:41,020 --> 00:23:44,857 - This was like the pinnacle, maybe the greatest moment of 483 00:23:44,957 --> 00:23:47,393 triumph to come back to our hometown. 484 00:23:47,459 --> 00:23:49,995 It was like a magical time. 485 00:23:50,062 --> 00:23:54,667 - There's a celebration for the entire Hart family 486 00:23:54,733 --> 00:23:58,304 and the Hart Foundation. 487 00:23:58,404 --> 00:24:00,406 - It was like the pinnacle of success, 488 00:24:00,472 --> 00:24:01,807 and then right after that, 489 00:24:01,874 --> 00:24:04,310 it was like everything just went completely in the 490 00:24:04,376 --> 00:24:06,478 opposite direction like a train going out of control. 491 00:24:10,516 --> 00:24:11,483 [crowd cheers] 492 00:24:11,550 --> 00:24:13,085 - It was like a magical time. 493 00:24:13,152 --> 00:24:15,988 Everybody was so happy to be in Calgary. 494 00:24:15,988 --> 00:24:18,624 We were the heroes at home. 495 00:24:18,691 --> 00:24:22,161 Maybe the peak of our career. 496 00:24:22,227 --> 00:24:24,863 It probably was considering all the bad stuff that would happen 497 00:24:24,964 --> 00:24:27,466 down the road in the next year or two. 498 00:24:27,533 --> 00:24:30,836 After that, the screw job happened. 499 00:24:30,836 --> 00:24:33,072 After I signed with the other company, 500 00:24:33,072 --> 00:24:35,507 Vince called me the next day and said, 501 00:24:35,607 --> 00:24:36,875 'Well, we're going to do that thing where you 502 00:24:36,942 --> 00:24:38,444 drop the belt to Shawn, "and I said, 503 00:24:38,510 --> 00:24:41,113 "Well, I've already told you that's not going to happen." 504 00:24:41,180 --> 00:24:43,415 I said, "I offered to drop the belt to him, and he told me 505 00:24:43,482 --> 00:24:45,351 basically to go to hell. 506 00:24:45,417 --> 00:24:49,355 I will never do that for him if he would never do that for me." 507 00:24:49,421 --> 00:24:52,424 Vince finally, the day of the show, said, 508 00:24:52,424 --> 00:24:54,426 "We'll do it your way," 509 00:24:54,493 --> 00:24:56,562 but what he actually did was set me up and 510 00:24:56,628 --> 00:24:59,198 went out there and screwed me in the middle of the ring. 511 00:24:59,264 --> 00:25:00,199 Referee: Ring the bell. 512 00:25:00,265 --> 00:25:01,100 Ring the bell. 513 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:05,037 [bell rings] 514 00:25:05,104 --> 00:25:07,439 - Well, then I walked down to the ring and I asked Bret, 515 00:25:07,506 --> 00:25:09,608 I said, "What went wrong?" 516 00:25:09,675 --> 00:25:15,848 Bret said, "I've been screwed." 517 00:25:15,914 --> 00:25:19,752 I just went home, and I was thinking about things. 518 00:25:19,818 --> 00:25:22,788 There was no intention of me leaving the WWE. 519 00:25:25,257 --> 00:25:28,193 I got a good career in the WWE, I was European Champion, 520 00:25:28,260 --> 00:25:29,428 I was Tag Team Champion with Owen, 521 00:25:29,495 --> 00:25:31,563 I was on top of the world, 522 00:25:33,866 --> 00:25:37,169 I just wanted to make a stand because it was family. 523 00:25:41,106 --> 00:25:43,709 - I feel again like what he did with Dynamite, 524 00:25:43,809 --> 00:25:46,612 he just said, "I feel like I have to stick with Bret on this, 525 00:25:46,678 --> 00:25:50,749 and I need to go join Bret." 526 00:25:50,849 --> 00:25:52,918 - I don't want to be fallacious and blame everything on the 527 00:25:52,985 --> 00:25:55,788 Montréal screw job, but I think that 528 00:25:55,854 --> 00:26:01,126 that was a big reason for why everything happened. 529 00:26:02,861 --> 00:26:06,198 Davey was having his issues at the time. 530 00:26:07,933 --> 00:26:13,639 - I think Davey had got to where he was addicted to his drugs. 531 00:26:16,408 --> 00:26:20,145 It was one of those things, it was a prescription drug, 532 00:26:20,245 --> 00:26:21,914 downers, and pain pills, and muscle relaxers, 533 00:26:21,980 --> 00:26:25,117 and that kind of stuff. 534 00:26:25,184 --> 00:26:27,753 - Well, so I think that's probably one of the reasons 535 00:26:27,820 --> 00:26:30,622 we hung out. 536 00:26:30,722 --> 00:26:33,592 Some of the times, he would follow us to the car 537 00:26:33,659 --> 00:26:41,667 because we were sort of like-minded in that respect. 538 00:26:41,667 --> 00:26:44,536 Look, at the time, it was our normal. 539 00:26:47,272 --> 00:26:52,244 I think all of us start from the pain aspect of it, 540 00:26:52,311 --> 00:26:56,114 and then it just becomes what you do. 541 00:26:56,114 --> 00:26:58,317 - Four tears in my right knee. 542 00:26:58,383 --> 00:26:59,885 I need surgery. 543 00:26:59,952 --> 00:27:06,024 Right now, I need surgery on it, but I put a knee brace on to use 544 00:27:06,091 --> 00:27:07,759 as kind of like a crutch, to keep myself going and 545 00:27:07,826 --> 00:27:10,729 in the wrestling business. 546 00:27:11,363 --> 00:27:14,566 Along with my back, I've got two herniated disks in my back, 547 00:27:14,633 --> 00:27:19,872 and I've got a neck that's totally ruined. 548 00:27:19,872 --> 00:27:23,675 - It was catching up to him, but it wasn't pressure from the 549 00:27:23,675 --> 00:27:28,847 industry as much as he was comparing what he was that day 550 00:27:28,914 --> 00:27:33,118 of Wembley Stadium, SummerSlam '92, 551 00:27:33,185 --> 00:27:36,488 and when you're starting to get broken down, 552 00:27:36,555 --> 00:27:38,924 "How can I be what I was?" 553 00:27:38,991 --> 00:27:40,826 It's like, "I'll take pain killers, 554 00:27:40,893 --> 00:27:43,662 and that'll get me through, 555 00:27:43,762 --> 00:27:49,434 but it became a nightmare that revisited Davey 556 00:27:49,434 --> 00:27:52,070 a couple of times. 557 00:27:52,137 --> 00:27:54,873 Well, more than a couple of times. 558 00:27:54,940 --> 00:28:01,547 Unfortunately, it became a problem. 559 00:28:01,647 --> 00:28:02,848 - What are you doing? 560 00:28:02,915 --> 00:28:06,218 - Just filming you so you know what you look like when you're 561 00:28:06,318 --> 00:28:08,387 like the way you are. 562 00:28:11,123 --> 00:28:13,192 - Davey had left WWE. 563 00:28:13,258 --> 00:28:15,127 He's quit and he's going to WCW, and he's already 564 00:28:15,194 --> 00:28:19,264 having drug issues. 565 00:28:19,331 --> 00:28:23,435 - I think it's fair and still respectful to say that Davey 566 00:28:23,435 --> 00:28:25,704 wasn't at his best when he came back. 567 00:28:25,804 --> 00:28:28,273 Davey had issues, and some of those issues got 568 00:28:28,273 --> 00:28:33,946 in the way of his performance. 569 00:28:35,514 --> 00:28:37,649 Referee: One, two, three. 570 00:28:37,716 --> 00:28:40,552 [bell rings] 571 00:28:40,619 --> 00:28:43,989 - The biggest issue that I had to deal with, 572 00:28:44,056 --> 00:28:49,161 when it came to drug abuse in WCW, 573 00:28:49,228 --> 00:28:51,630 wasn't the illegal drugs. 574 00:28:51,630 --> 00:28:54,299 It wasn't cocaine, it wasn't heroin. 575 00:28:54,399 --> 00:28:56,468 it wasn't even pot, 576 00:28:56,568 --> 00:28:59,104 it was prescription drugs. 577 00:28:59,204 --> 00:29:01,673 You get to a point when you've got an independent contractor 578 00:29:01,673 --> 00:29:04,276 who has a doctor's prescription. 579 00:29:04,276 --> 00:29:08,246 How much influence can you possibly have over that 580 00:29:08,313 --> 00:29:11,750 individual and what he or she decides to take, 581 00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:13,785 from their doctor? 582 00:29:13,785 --> 00:29:16,888 The abuse was obvious, but most of the guys 583 00:29:16,955 --> 00:29:21,860 had scripts for the drugs that they were abusing. 584 00:29:23,996 --> 00:29:25,831 - You could see that he was deteriorating a bit, 585 00:29:25,897 --> 00:29:29,668 as a performer, he was getting a lot of injuries 586 00:29:29,768 --> 00:29:32,704 Then, I remember at Fall Brawl in 1998. 587 00:29:32,804 --> 00:29:35,173 - That was the first match, I was a tag team 588 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:36,675 match with Jim Neidhart, 589 00:29:36,742 --> 00:29:40,012 and I didn't know there was a trap door. 590 00:29:40,078 --> 00:29:43,849 I went in the ring, I hit my back. 591 00:29:43,915 --> 00:29:45,284 I was like, "Oh, my God. 592 00:29:45,350 --> 00:29:46,985 I felt my life go out of me. 593 00:29:46,985 --> 00:29:49,821 I almost messed myself to tell you the truth." 594 00:29:49,921 --> 00:29:51,156 I came back to the dressing room, 595 00:29:51,223 --> 00:29:53,025 and I said, "That ring is really hard. 596 00:29:53,091 --> 00:29:54,226 There's something wrong with it." 597 00:29:54,292 --> 00:29:55,994 They said, "Well, you get to watch out for the trap door. 598 00:29:56,061 --> 00:29:57,229 I asked what trap door 599 00:29:57,229 --> 00:29:59,164 and I thought they were joking with me. 600 00:29:59,231 --> 00:30:00,899 I stayed around for the rest of the night and 601 00:30:00,999 --> 00:30:04,002 then out pops the Ultimate Warrior through this trap door. 602 00:30:04,069 --> 00:30:07,306 It was such a secret that the Ultimate Warrior was there 603 00:30:07,406 --> 00:30:10,075 that no one knew that there was someone coming 604 00:30:10,075 --> 00:30:11,610 out of the trap door. 605 00:30:11,677 --> 00:30:13,812 That's when it all started. 606 00:30:13,879 --> 00:30:15,881 ♪ 607 00:30:15,947 --> 00:30:18,984 I endured it for a couple of weeks 608 00:30:19,051 --> 00:30:21,186 and then I went to the doctor 609 00:30:21,253 --> 00:30:23,488 and they put me on painkillers 610 00:30:23,555 --> 00:30:25,324 and then they weren't working. 611 00:30:25,390 --> 00:30:28,360 Then they put me on morphine 612 00:30:28,427 --> 00:30:31,029 because I wanted to keep working. 613 00:30:31,096 --> 00:30:33,398 Everyone around me thought this guy has a drug problem. 614 00:30:33,398 --> 00:30:36,668 Everyone around me thought this guy has a drug problem. 615 00:30:36,768 --> 00:30:40,572 The British Bulldog has been in wrestling for 20 years 616 00:30:40,639 --> 00:30:43,275 since I was 15 years old. 617 00:30:43,275 --> 00:30:46,111 Alex Wright, do you think you can beat the British Bulldog? 618 00:30:46,111 --> 00:30:47,412 You're wrong. 619 00:30:47,479 --> 00:30:49,314 You want a chance at me? 620 00:30:49,381 --> 00:30:52,050 Come on and take a piece of me. 621 00:30:52,117 --> 00:30:54,119 I did have a drug problem. 622 00:30:54,186 --> 00:30:55,487 I couldn't get off the morphine. 623 00:30:59,391 --> 00:31:01,660 - When he got addicted to the morphine, 624 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:03,662 it happened quickly, and it was to compensate 625 00:31:03,762 --> 00:31:06,331 for this excruciating pain in his back. 626 00:31:07,933 --> 00:31:10,235 Then his sister Tracy died. 627 00:31:10,302 --> 00:31:11,870 She was his sister that walked him down 628 00:31:11,970 --> 00:31:14,106 to the ring a year before. 629 00:31:14,206 --> 00:31:16,675 She died of cancer. 630 00:31:16,742 --> 00:31:19,911 I think that he was using morphine 631 00:31:19,911 --> 00:31:26,251 to help him to cope with that. 632 00:31:26,318 --> 00:31:30,222 Davey just seemed to be lifeless, like a vegetable. 633 00:31:30,322 --> 00:31:34,426 You're hooked on pills. 634 00:31:34,493 --> 00:31:36,194 Every night you're like this. 635 00:31:36,261 --> 00:31:40,665 Every single night that I am with you you're like this. 636 00:31:43,034 --> 00:31:45,036 You really worry me. 637 00:31:45,103 --> 00:31:47,406 - I checked into a rehab in Grande Prairie and 638 00:31:47,472 --> 00:31:51,910 I went into a 28-day program to clean my system out. 639 00:31:52,010 --> 00:31:54,613 Two days after getting to rehab I get a call from my sister that 640 00:31:54,679 --> 00:31:56,314 you better come home, your mom's sick. 641 00:31:56,381 --> 00:32:02,888 I flew out Thursday, got there Friday, my mom died Saturday. 642 00:32:04,523 --> 00:32:05,824 We buried her, but I'm carrying 643 00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:09,428 her casket as a pallbearer, I almost fall on the floor. 644 00:32:09,428 --> 00:32:14,266 My back gave in, but I got back to Calgary again 645 00:32:14,266 --> 00:32:17,002 and did extensive tests on my back 646 00:32:17,068 --> 00:32:18,870 and they said you got a fractured spine 647 00:32:18,970 --> 00:32:23,508 and you got a staph infection that's eating your spine away. 648 00:32:23,608 --> 00:32:25,210 They're scared I'm going to get one of my nerves inside 649 00:32:25,277 --> 00:32:28,647 the little split there and if it closes it'll snap my nerves 650 00:32:28,713 --> 00:32:32,050 and I'll be a paraplegic. 651 00:32:32,117 --> 00:32:34,553 I asked the doctor today, I asked the specialist, 652 00:32:34,619 --> 00:32:37,322 I said what about wrestling 653 00:32:37,389 --> 00:32:41,426 and he said absolutely not. 654 00:32:41,493 --> 00:32:44,629 All I know and all I've ever done all my life. 655 00:32:44,696 --> 00:32:47,666 Now, all of a sudden, I've got to find a new job 656 00:32:47,666 --> 00:32:50,235 and then Diana came to the hospital 657 00:32:50,235 --> 00:32:52,404 and gave me a Federal Express envelope. 658 00:32:52,470 --> 00:32:53,371 I said, "What is it?" 659 00:32:53,438 --> 00:32:54,506 She said, "Read it." 660 00:32:54,606 --> 00:33:01,213 It was my termination from WCW. 661 00:33:01,279 --> 00:33:04,149 - "I don't know what I'm going to do now. 662 00:33:04,249 --> 00:33:08,386 My back's done, we're running out of money." 663 00:33:08,386 --> 00:33:11,022 You think it's never going to happen. 664 00:33:11,122 --> 00:33:14,059 Owen came by a lot to cheer him up and that's when Owen put the 665 00:33:14,159 --> 00:33:18,797 phone in Davey's room and Owen said, "I'm really happy. 666 00:33:18,864 --> 00:33:21,833 Love to have you come back and maybe we can do something. 667 00:33:21,900 --> 00:33:25,036 I don't know, you can be a manager or something. 668 00:33:25,036 --> 00:33:27,873 I'm going to get you and Vince talking." 669 00:33:27,939 --> 00:33:30,675 - He was the first person to call me. 670 00:33:30,675 --> 00:33:32,043 He said, "How's it going?" 671 00:33:32,110 --> 00:33:34,279 I said, "I'm doing all right." 672 00:33:34,346 --> 00:33:35,947 He said, "Is there any chance you'll ever come back?" 673 00:33:36,047 --> 00:33:38,016 I said, "I don't know." 674 00:33:38,083 --> 00:33:41,186 I said, "Right now it doesn't look too good." 675 00:33:41,186 --> 00:33:43,154 He said, "Well, if there is, I would like you to come back 676 00:33:43,221 --> 00:33:47,459 to finish your career here in the World Wrestling --." 677 00:33:47,559 --> 00:33:51,229 - Vince McMahon welcomed Davey back 678 00:33:51,229 --> 00:33:53,298 and no one was really sure in what capacity 679 00:33:53,398 --> 00:33:58,003 because he's still in the hospital. 680 00:33:58,069 --> 00:34:02,507 It was like 10 days later Owen died. 681 00:34:06,344 --> 00:34:10,148 - My phone rang and all I heard was Diana 682 00:34:10,248 --> 00:34:11,683 screaming on the phone, "He's dead. 683 00:34:11,750 --> 00:34:14,085 He's dead." 684 00:34:14,152 --> 00:34:17,289 Owen was one of a kind. 685 00:34:17,355 --> 00:34:20,759 One of my best friends in the business inside 686 00:34:20,825 --> 00:34:24,596 and outside of the ring. 687 00:34:24,663 --> 00:34:27,699 - To lose Owen and you start to question your longevity 688 00:34:27,799 --> 00:34:30,802 in professional wrestling. 689 00:34:32,170 --> 00:34:34,706 He was just determined to get back in the ring, though. 690 00:34:34,806 --> 00:34:40,145 He was determined and he fought hard for that. 691 00:34:40,245 --> 00:34:42,547 - My son has been a big help to me. 692 00:34:42,647 --> 00:34:43,815 We trained together. 693 00:34:43,882 --> 00:34:46,985 He told me he said, "Daddy, I don't want to see you quit." 694 00:34:46,985 --> 00:34:48,386 He said, "You're too young. 695 00:34:48,453 --> 00:34:50,522 You're too good to quit." 696 00:34:50,588 --> 00:34:52,123 He said, " You've got to get back in the ring again." 697 00:34:52,190 --> 00:34:55,193 I said, "I'll do it, Harry." 698 00:34:56,995 --> 00:34:59,164 - He was motivated to go back to WWE 699 00:34:59,230 --> 00:35:02,667 and work back in September of '99. 700 00:35:02,667 --> 00:35:05,437 Michael Cole: The British Bulldog is back. 701 00:35:05,437 --> 00:35:06,438 Jerry Lawler: I can't believe it. 702 00:35:06,504 --> 00:35:07,639 It was the last man I expected. 703 00:35:07,706 --> 00:35:09,874 I thought he was in a hospital bed somewhere. 704 00:35:09,874 --> 00:35:12,043 - He had all that bad stuff happen to him and I thought, 705 00:35:12,110 --> 00:35:17,015 "This is finally our time to enjoy this. 706 00:35:17,082 --> 00:35:19,117 This is going to be a good run for you 707 00:35:19,184 --> 00:35:20,785 and this is going to be your last run 708 00:35:20,852 --> 00:35:22,387 so you're going to make it count. 709 00:35:22,387 --> 00:35:23,822 You're going to become World Champion." 710 00:35:23,922 --> 00:35:25,090 Jerry Lawler: Well, he just proved 711 00:35:25,156 --> 00:35:26,591 there's a lot of fight in that Dog. 712 00:35:26,658 --> 00:35:28,593 - I always knew that. 713 00:35:28,660 --> 00:35:31,529 - He was still giving it his all in that first 714 00:35:34,432 --> 00:35:39,004 and then he just started slipping again. 715 00:35:39,070 --> 00:35:41,873 - WWE had put Davey in a rehab and 716 00:35:41,940 --> 00:35:44,909 he checked himself out and came home. 717 00:35:45,010 --> 00:35:46,745 I was like, "You can't be home, Davey. 718 00:35:46,845 --> 00:35:48,513 You need to be in the rehab." 719 00:35:48,513 --> 00:35:49,848 He's like, "No." 720 00:35:49,914 --> 00:35:54,185 We started fighting so I said, "Well, I'm leaving." 721 00:35:54,185 --> 00:35:57,288 I honest to God thought that me leaving that 722 00:35:57,355 --> 00:35:59,758 that was going to shake him up to say 723 00:35:59,824 --> 00:36:01,226 I'm going to get my act together, but he didn't. 724 00:36:01,226 --> 00:36:02,427 I'm going to get my act together, but he didn't. 725 00:36:07,399 --> 00:36:11,836 - It was getting bad, and I remember seeing him 726 00:36:11,903 --> 00:36:19,044 throw up and seeing seven Percocets in his throw-up. 727 00:36:19,110 --> 00:36:22,447 I remember seeing him night after night fall down the stairs 728 00:36:22,514 --> 00:36:24,949 and not know if he's alive. 729 00:36:27,318 --> 00:36:29,954 Him falling on his head. 730 00:36:32,157 --> 00:36:34,426 This was happening a lot. 731 00:36:34,492 --> 00:36:39,164 Him and my mom weren't getting along and they were divorced. 732 00:36:40,799 --> 00:36:43,835 - I don't know if it's just me, but I think a part of all of us 733 00:36:43,835 --> 00:36:46,037 where could justify it to a degree of like, 734 00:36:46,037 --> 00:36:48,673 "Well, he is in pain. 735 00:36:48,673 --> 00:36:51,443 This is why he is taking these pills 736 00:36:51,509 --> 00:36:55,246 because he has to." 737 00:36:55,313 --> 00:37:00,685 - I didn't really have any contact with him for months. 738 00:37:00,752 --> 00:37:02,821 I was just disappointed because I felt like 739 00:37:02,921 --> 00:37:05,390 he chose that life over us. 740 00:37:05,390 --> 00:37:10,161 Then I think he was coming away from that and was like, 741 00:37:10,228 --> 00:37:13,431 "This is not what I want." 742 00:37:13,431 --> 00:37:18,470 - I honestly think that he just had hit rock bottom. 743 00:37:18,570 --> 00:37:19,804 He really, really had. 744 00:37:19,871 --> 00:37:21,973 I don't even know where he was living. 745 00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:24,642 He didn't have a car 746 00:37:24,709 --> 00:37:28,513 and he just didn't have any roots anymore. 747 00:37:28,513 --> 00:37:31,883 He was coming back. 748 00:37:31,950 --> 00:37:36,321 He was really, really trying to work things out with me 749 00:37:36,387 --> 00:37:39,090 and with Harry and Georgia. 750 00:37:40,959 --> 00:37:42,961 - I had started to hear and believe 751 00:37:43,027 --> 00:37:46,164 that he was getting his act together. 752 00:37:46,231 --> 00:37:50,468 I know Harry was a big sort of light in his life 753 00:37:50,568 --> 00:37:53,037 and gave him hope. 754 00:37:53,037 --> 00:37:55,607 - He was promoting that he was going to come back to wrestling 755 00:37:55,673 --> 00:37:57,642 and he was excited. 756 00:37:59,477 --> 00:38:00,578 Sort of said 757 00:38:00,645 --> 00:38:02,046 that he had fallen off the face of the earth for while, 758 00:38:02,113 --> 00:38:06,951 but he was looking to come back and work with me 759 00:38:08,386 --> 00:38:12,790 Announcer: The spectacular Davey Boy Smith, 760 00:38:12,857 --> 00:38:16,427 The British Bulldog. 761 00:38:16,494 --> 00:38:20,431 [crowd cheers] 762 00:38:20,498 --> 00:38:22,834 - It was cool to be with Davey. 763 00:38:22,901 --> 00:38:25,837 He seemed to be in good spirits. 764 00:38:25,837 --> 00:38:28,206 I think that he was happy to be back wrestling. 765 00:38:28,273 --> 00:38:30,875 It was good experience that he was out with me. 766 00:38:30,875 --> 00:38:36,548 We were traveling a bit. 767 00:38:36,648 --> 00:38:38,349 - For anybody that was sort of a witness to it 768 00:38:38,449 --> 00:38:39,551 or who were around 769 00:38:39,617 --> 00:38:41,986 it thought that that was a really meaningful and 770 00:38:42,053 --> 00:38:44,489 positive thing for Davey that gave him some hope 771 00:38:44,556 --> 00:38:46,958 and gave him something to look forward to. 772 00:38:49,027 --> 00:38:51,396 [bell rings] 773 00:38:53,832 --> 00:38:56,234 - They had done a match with Harry in Winnipeg, 774 00:38:56,234 --> 00:38:57,769 and they had come up for Sunday dinner. 775 00:38:57,836 --> 00:39:00,738 Everybody was like, "Davey's back." 776 00:39:00,805 --> 00:39:02,874 We're all sitting at the dinner table with him 777 00:39:02,874 --> 00:39:04,976 and he had this huge sigh of relief 778 00:39:05,043 --> 00:39:08,213 that he was back where he belonged. 779 00:39:08,279 --> 00:39:10,048 Then it was like literally a week later 780 00:39:10,114 --> 00:39:13,351 that I got the phone call. 781 00:39:13,418 --> 00:39:16,421 ♪ 782 00:39:16,521 --> 00:39:18,690 - Tributes are being paid today to the 783 00:39:18,756 --> 00:39:22,026 World Wrestling superstar Davey Boy Smith 784 00:39:22,026 --> 00:39:24,929 who died suddenly at the weekend. 785 00:39:27,832 --> 00:39:33,771 - They just said that he died from heart failure. 786 00:39:43,748 --> 00:39:46,451 It's just hard to accept it. 787 00:39:46,517 --> 00:39:47,986 I know he's gone. 788 00:39:48,052 --> 00:39:51,356 It's just hard to accept that. 789 00:39:58,463 --> 00:40:00,832 I just want us all to remember 790 00:40:00,898 --> 00:40:06,237 that there was more to Davey than trouble 791 00:40:06,304 --> 00:40:07,839 and the problems that he had 792 00:40:07,906 --> 00:40:10,174 in the last few years. 793 00:40:10,241 --> 00:40:15,613 I know Harry and Georgia will remember him as a good father. 794 00:40:19,884 --> 00:40:20,918 - I miss him so much. 795 00:40:20,985 --> 00:40:22,954 To me, he was my best friend. 796 00:40:23,021 --> 00:40:27,625 I'm so mad at God for taking him away, 797 00:40:27,725 --> 00:40:30,128 but I know they needed him there 798 00:40:35,133 --> 00:40:39,137 I just wish that I had had more time with him. 799 00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:45,009 - It was a shock to me. 800 00:40:45,076 --> 00:40:51,349 I think I've always felt that I wished I could have done more. 801 00:40:52,950 --> 00:40:55,286 - There was just so much unfinished business 802 00:40:55,353 --> 00:40:58,756 that was so close to being done but wasn't. 803 00:40:58,823 --> 00:41:04,429 It was a really rotten way everything unfolded. 804 00:41:04,429 --> 00:41:07,231 It just wasn't meant to be. 805 00:41:08,466 --> 00:41:11,436 Harry and Georgia picked up the pieces. 806 00:41:11,436 --> 00:41:13,137 I think Davey would be so proud of them 807 00:41:13,204 --> 00:41:16,674 if he saw how devoted they are. 808 00:41:16,674 --> 00:41:20,211 - I feel honored to be able to carry on my father's legacy. 809 00:41:20,278 --> 00:41:23,848 - The resemblance is eerie, isn't it? 810 00:41:23,915 --> 00:41:27,085 - Davey's legacy now continues on 811 00:41:27,151 --> 00:41:29,320 with to be inducted in the Hall of Fame. 812 00:41:29,387 --> 00:41:33,591 - The British Bulldog. 813 00:41:34,525 --> 00:41:36,027 - I wish Davey was here 814 00:41:36,094 --> 00:41:38,629 because this would have meant so much to him. 815 00:41:38,696 --> 00:41:40,932 The star that shines the brightest 816 00:41:40,998 --> 00:41:44,035 is the star that burns out the fastest. 817 00:41:44,102 --> 00:41:47,839 He left us a little soon but what a legacy. 818 00:41:47,839 --> 00:41:50,108 Announcer: England's favorite son 819 00:41:50,208 --> 00:41:52,477 The British Bulldog. 820 00:41:52,543 --> 00:41:55,113 - There's nobody more famous in Britain 821 00:41:55,179 --> 00:41:57,715 as a wrestler than Davey Boy Smith, 822 00:41:57,715 --> 00:42:00,451 never has been and then there never will be. 823 00:42:00,518 --> 00:42:03,488 - Personally, he was a guy that just enjoyed himself, 824 00:42:03,554 --> 00:42:06,591 was always pleasant to be around always in a good mood. 825 00:42:06,657 --> 00:42:08,826 - A lot of good memories. 826 00:42:08,826 --> 00:42:11,362 He was a fun guy, fun dad. 827 00:42:11,429 --> 00:42:14,432 - He was truly loved by everybody. 828 00:42:14,432 --> 00:42:17,268 That says a lot about Davey, how many people loved him 829 00:42:17,368 --> 00:42:19,370 and really appreciated him. 830 00:42:20,638 --> 00:42:23,207 - He was a really good dad. 831 00:42:23,274 --> 00:42:27,011 No matter what, I feel like he's always with me. 832 00:42:27,078 --> 00:42:29,847 - He'd give you the last pound in his pocket 833 00:42:29,914 --> 00:42:33,284 just to put a smile on that person's face. 834 00:42:33,351 --> 00:42:38,589 - Mom, dad, Tracy, Joanne, I love you. 835 00:42:38,656 --> 00:42:42,760 I love England. 836 00:42:42,827 --> 00:42:47,365 - He put his heart, his body, his mind, his emotions. 837 00:42:47,432 --> 00:42:53,538 It was all because he loved what he did.