A bizarre incident took place earlier tonight at the Hall of Fame dinner in Waterloo, IA.

Bret Hart was giving a speech, accepting the Hall of Fame honor for father Stu.  During the speech, Hart noted Greg Oliver of SlamWrestling, who was there to be given the Jim Melby Memorial Award for wrestling journalism along with writing partner Steve Johnson.  Hart went off on Oliver in his speech, and started talking about the sacrifices the wrestlers have made and loved ones lost in the business and said that one of us doesn't deserve to be here and said either he goes or I go.  Several of the older wrestlers in attendance gave Hart a standing ovation.  Oliver didn't leave, although the report we got was that Johnson did leave to try and diffuse a bad situation. 

Hart eventually left when Oliver didn't, and many of the wrestlers left with him and it created an ugly vibe.  Hart hasn't liked Oliver dating back to Oliver's book, "Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame:  The Canadians," which listed him No. 14 in the list of greatest Canadian wrestlers ever.  The book did acknowledge him as the best known of all the Canadian wrestlers but said "Hart can hardly claim to be the best ever."

The situation was videotaped and I presume the tape will get around over the next few days.  We hope to have more details forthcoming.