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Bret Hart profile written by Dusty Davis
"Excellence"
No man has ever earned the nickname of the best
there is, the best there was, and the best there
ever will be, like Bret "The Hitman" Hart. He
was one of the greatest technical wrestlers in
the history of the business.
Bret Sergiant Hart was born in Calgary, Alberta,
Canada to Stu and Helen Hart. He enrolled in
Mount Royal College in hopes of becoming a
director. But he ended up following in his
fathers footsteps and went to work for his
Stampede Wrestling. With his brother Keith Hart
he was a four time Tag Team Champion there. He
also held numerous other title for Stampede.
Hart made his WWF Television debut in August of
1984 in a tag team match with the Dynamite Kid.
In 1985 he formed The Hart Foundation with his
brother In Law Jim Neidhart. They both made
their Wrestlemania debuts at the second
Wrestlemania in a twenty man battle royal that
Andre The Giant went on to win.
The Hart Foundation got their first taste of
championship gold win they won the WWF Tag Team
Titles on January 26, 1987 by defeating the
British Bulldogs. They kept the titles until the
end of October when they lost them to Strike
Force. The Foundation didn't regain them until
August 27, 1990 when they beat Demolition in a
two out of three falls match at Summerslam.
The Excellence Of Execution won his first singles
titles by defeating Mr. Perfect at Summerslam in
1991. He dropped the belt to The Mountie, but
beat Roddy Piper for the belt at Wrestlemania
VIII. Bret lost the strap to his Brother In Law
Davey Boy Smith at Summerslam 92.
Bret won the most prestigious title in all of
wrestling by winning the WWF Championship on
October 12, 1992 by defeating the legendary Ric
Flair.
Wrestlemania 13 was Bret's last Wrestlemania
where he beat Steve Austin in a violent
Submission Match. A bloody Austin passed out in
Hart's Sharpshooter and guest referee Ken
Shamrock stopped the match, rewarding it to
Bret.
He won his fifth and final WWF World
Championship by defeating The Undertaker at
Summerslam on August 3, 1997 when special guest
referee Shawn Michaels accidently hit Taker in
the head with a steel chair. Due to a pre match
stipulation stating that if Michaels did not
call the match fairly, he would never be allowed
to wrestle in the United States again.
Bret's reign as champ wouldn't last long though.
On November 9, 1997 he lost the belt to Shawn
Michaels in what has become known as the
Montreal Screwjob. Bret was leaving the WWF for
their rival WCW and
Vince McMahon was afraid that Hart would take
the belt and throw it in the trash. Bret was
suppose to win the match by DQ so he wouldn't
have to lose it in Canada and then drop it a few
weeks later. McMahon agreed to do it that way
but at the end of the match when Shawn had him
in his own Sharpshooter Vince called for the
bell giving the belt to Michaels. Bret went on a
rampage after the match was over and spit in
Vince's face and then punched him in the locker
room.
Bret Hart then went to WCW making his wrestling
debut at the Souled Out Pay Per View by
defeating Ric Flair.
He won his first of four United States
Championships by beating Diamond Dallas Page for
the vacant title on Monday Nitro on July 20,
1998.
Bret won a 32 man tournament on November 21,
1999 to win the vacant WCW Championship for the
first time by defeating Chris Benoit in the
finals. He forfeited the title on the December
20 edition of Nitro but won it back in the main
event by defeating Bill Goldberg. He vacated the
belt on January 15, 2000 due to a concussion
suffered at the hands of Goldberg.
Hart suffered a severe stroke on June 23, 2002
but since has recovered. He was inducted into
the WWE Hall Of Fame by the man that he beat in
his last Wrestlemania match, Stone Cold Steve
Austin.
Bret hart for all that he has accomplished in
this business is the best there ever was, and
the best there ever will be.
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