Wwe Bret Hart,
Wwe Bret Hart,
Wwe Bret Hart,
Wwe Bret Hart,
Wwe Bret Hart,
Bret Hart (born July 2, 1957) is a Canadian on-screen personality, writer, actor and retired professional wrestler. Like others in the Hart wrestling family, Hart has an amateur wrestling background, including wrestling at Ernest Manning High School and Mount Royal College. Along with his famed "Hit Man" nickname, Hart's technical prowess and agility earned him the monikers "The Excellence of Execution", and "The Best There Is, The Best There Was, and The Best There Ever Will Be". He was also known as "The Pink and Black Attack", in reference to his ring attire, as well as his signature mirrored sunglasses, which he would routinely give away to a young audience member before matches.
Hart debuted in professional wrestling in 1976 with his father, Stu Hart's promotion, Stampede Wrestling, went on to compete in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), and later found mainstream popularity and championship success throughout the 1980s and 1990s in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF—later WWE), where he helmed the Hart Foundation, a faction of Hart family members and allies. He left for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) following the controversial "Montreal Screwjob" in 1997, where he enjoyed continued championship success until his departure from that promotion in 2000, due to a concussion that would force his retirement that same year. Non-wrestling appearances with independent promotions came to a temporary halt when Hart suffered a 2002 stroke, which briefly rendered him a wheelchair user. He returned to WWE programming in 2005, and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame the following year by former on-screen rival, Stone Cold Steve Austin. Hart returned to sporadic in-ring competition with WWE in 2010, where he won his final championship, headlined that year's SummerSlam event, and served as the General Manager of Raw. He continues to make appearances on WWE programming.
Hart has held championships in every decade from the 1970s onward, with a total of thirty-two held throughout his career, and has been booked to headline professional wrestling cards in each decade. Between the WWF/WWE and WCW, he held seventeen championships. Among other accolades, he is a seven-time world champion, having held the WWF Championship five times (with the highest number of combined days as champion in the 1990s) and the WCW World Heavyweight Championship twice (being the first champion born outside the United States); a record-tying five-time WCW/WWE United States Champion, with his four WCW reigns being the most in the history of the organization; and the second WWF Triple Crown Champion. In addition to championships, he is the 1994 Royal Rumble winner (with Lex Luger), and the only two-time King of the Ring in WWE history, having won the 1991 tournament and the first King of the Ring pay-per-view in 1993.
