Bret Hart versus Davey Boy Smith from SummerSlam 1992 is a fan-favorite. But, Bret Hart has spoke about the match in the past, claiming that Davey’s drug problems left him in bad psychical condition, leading to Bret having to carry Davey to a great match.
Davey Boy Smith passed away in 2002 due to a Heart Attack. Bret claimed that steroids and human growth hormones played a part in his untimely death. Now, Davey’s ex-wife and sister of Bret Hart, Diana Hart, has blasted back at her older brother.
Though Diana Hart and Davey Boy Smith divorced in 2000 before his passing, she’s still defended her ex-husband and his legacy throughout the years. Even when Davey was inducted into the Hall Of Fame in 2020, she was on hand to accept with the family. Now, Diana Hart has taken to social media to fire back at Bret Hart’s accusations and even claimed his memory may be messed up due to a stroke he suffered after Smith’s passing.
“Bret does not present his statements as opinions; he states them as facts. That distinction matters, because many of his claims—specifically about Davey’s physical or mental state at SummerSlam’92 are simply not true. It is my opinion that Bret’s current misrepresentation of events at SS92 may be influenced by the stroke he suffered in the summer of 2002. What cannot be ignored is the timing, that Davey died prior to that, in May 2002. There was a full decade (1992-2002) when Bret could have raised his claims directly with Davey, if they were legitimate. He never did. Not once. The absurd and hurtful accusations began years after Davey was no longer alive to respond. Instead, Bret now frames, over and over, despite my appeals to him with facts and critical reasoning to please restrain and refrain his slander, but he refuses. Bret now frames this incredible match as great solely because of his own alleged brilliance, assigning himself all credit while diminishing Davey’s invaluable role. Bret’s narrative is not supported by history, by documentation, or by what audiences can plainly see when they watch the match itself, without Bret’s overlapping slandering words. Davey’s performance shows no evidence of impairment. On the contrary, it reflects Davey’s professionalism, strength and focus-despite the FACT that he was recovering from necrotizing fasciitis, a serious and life-threatening flesh-eating infection. Davey did not complain, seek sympathy, or disclose his condition to the public. He simply did the work. It is difficult to reconcile these FACTS with Bret’s retroactive claims, except to note a long-standing pattern of self-aggrandizement. IMO, and I’m very clear that this is opinion, Bret’s tendency toward ego, bullying and exaggeration/embellishment predates both his stroke and the match in question. I base that on my lived experience growing up with him as my older brother and on decades of observed behaviour towards family members and colleagues. What I will not accept is history being rewritten after the fact, especially when the person, (Davey)being totally discredited is no longer alive to defend himself. Davey was so good and loyal to Bret.”
Diana included a photo on the post of the three of them at SummerSlam 1992, but she marked a big black X over Bret Hart. As of now, Bret Hart has not responded.
