Bret Hart

Bret Sergeant Hart is a Canadian onscreen personality writer actor and retired professional and amateur 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 Harts agile technical style earned him the moniker The Excellence of Execution 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 1978 with his father Stu Harts promotion Stampede Wrestling and enjoyed mainstream popularity and championship success throughout the 1980s and 1990s in the World Wrestling Federation WWFlater WWE where he helmed the Hart Foundation a faction of Hart family members and allies He defected to 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 Hart became the onscreen commissioner of World Wrestling AllStars WWA in 2001 but this role came to a premature conclusion when he suffered a 2002 stroke which temporarily rendered him a wheelchair user Upon recovering he continued to make nonwrestling appearances with independent promotions throughout the remainder of the decade and in 2005 returned to WWE programming Hart was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by former onscreen rival Stone Cold Steve Austin the following year He returned to sporadic inring competition with WWE in 2010 where he won his final championship and also briefly served as the General Manager of Raw Hart continues to make appearances on WWE programming Hart has held championships in every decade from the 1970s onward with a total of thirtytwo held throughout his career and seventeen held between the WWFWWE and WCW Among other accolades he is a seventime 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 nonAmerican born United States champion a recordtying fivetime WCWWWE 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 twotime King of the Ring in WWE history having won the 1991 tournament and the first King of the Ring payperview in 1993 Hart has been described by WWE and WCW publications fellow wrestlers prominent industry figures and fans as one of the greatest and most popular professional wrestlers of all time Description above from the Wikipedia article Bret Hart licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia