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[CokenoPepsi]

I'm not sure Bret was ever "cool" with Vince outside of the most superficial/business sensible way possible. This was long before this clip surfaced too.

If memory serves, the only reason Bret started to acknowledge WWE again in 2005 was because they threatened to do him dirty like they did with the Ultimate Warrior and release a hit piece type documentary and basically smear him. Hart, having the ego he has decided that wasn't going to fly so he came back to protect his legacy by doing the HOF induction in 2006 and signing a legends contract so he could start popping up in merch again.

So for once, this is probably how Bret always felt.

Vince called Bret in the hospital after Bret's stroke and they met up a few times after that patching things up.

In the end Bret was just too loyal to Vince, who even after before Survivor Series had fulfilled his contract he didn't even need to show up.

If Bret really wanted to not play ball he could have just said "Shawn says he won't be safe with me I'll do the match for a million dollars" and Vince would have been screwed