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"HITMAN" by Bret Hart Book Review | BOOK CLUB (Preview)

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🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Full podcast available for Double Double+ patrons at POSTwrestlingCafe.com — Bret Hart released "HITMAN" in 2007, after documenting his own career in real-time through audio diaries and reflecting on the highs and lows of his impactful tenure as a professional wrestler.

John Pollock & Neal Flanagan discuss Bret Hart’s autobiography, covering his life and career, beginning with his upbringing in the famed Hart family, and becoming one of the biggest stars of his generation.

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0:00.0

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0:11.1

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0:17.5

Hello, everybody, it's John Pollock, and this is a special preview of our monthly book club show that I do alongside Neil Flanagan. Each month, we sit down, we read a book, and then we discuss. This month, we are giving you a special preview of our last review, which covered the book, Hitman by Brett the Hitman Heart. This came out in 2007. It's largely regarded as one of the better

0:38.9

wrestling autobiographies in that Brett was keeping active audio recordings like an audio

0:46.0

journal throughout his career. So that really informs a lot of the stories and recollection. So here

0:52.9

it is. It's a preview.

0:56.1

If you want the full edition of the show,

0:57.7

you can sign up for our double-double or espresso level

0:58.8

at post-wrestlingcafe.com.

1:01.4

It is the return of book club.

1:05.4

I am John Pollock,

1:06.3

and I'm joined by my reading pal,

1:09.9

Neil Flanagan, who is here. Once again, I think we're

1:12.6

undertaking our our lengthiest toome, so to speak, clocking it in a nice 550 pages. It is hitman,

1:21.8

my real life in the cartoon world of wrestling by the often outspoken, Brett Hart. How are you, Neil? I'm very well, John.

1:29.6

Thanks. Doing a little bit better than you going by your voice, but I know that you're still as

1:34.8

sharp as ever even with this cold. No, I don't know. I'm kind of dull around the edges, but yes,

1:39.3

I'm battling a bit of an illness this week, but I'm all set to go. Can I just say off the top, that expanded title, the cartoon world thing, feels very

1:49.1

on-bred to me.

1:50.1

I wonder if that was a, I don't think he thinks it's a cartoon world, you know, if you

1:55.0

read this book.

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