Bret Hart typically doesn’t have many nice things to say about Triple H, but the WWE Hall of Famer says The Game was “very cordial” to him backstage at Payback. Hart was at Payback to accompany Natalya to her match against Charlotte with Ric Flair, and The Hitman says Triple H treated him “like a million bucks” backstage. Hart talked about meeting with Triple H and the McMahons on his podcast The Sharpshooter Show.

“I sensed a lot of sincerity there on everyone’s part,” said the 7-time World Champion about his experience at Payback. “From Vince down to Triple H to Shane. Shane was very gracious and had some really nice things to say about me that I had forgot about. I was a very protective guy of Shane years ago when he was just a young guy in the business. I looked out for him a lot and I think it was nice for him to tell me that. That he never forgot how much I looked out for him and protected him from a lot of the vices and evils that were lurking about in pro wrestling.”

Hart, whose career was cut short by a concussion, also used his podcast to talk about Enzo Amore getting injured at the pay-per-view. Hart shared his memory of talking with Ric Flair after the spot occured, and Flair looking “horrified.”

“He said to me, ‘He broke his neck,’” Hart said of his interaction with The Nature Boy. “They took [Amore] to the hospital. He seemed very upset and a lot of the other wrestlers were upset. Luckily within a few minutes everyone was like, “Nah, it’s ok. He’s hurt. He’s got concussion symptoms but he didn’t break his neck.” There was a lot of relief.”

Hart didn’t point blame at anyone for the injury, but pointed out that the ropes in a WWE ring “are almost like iron bars across the ring.”