4. Bret Hart

Bret Hart is my 4th inductee into the Hall Of Fame, he's had a long career so it'll take a while to type about but first here's some info -
Name: Bret Sergeant Hart
Born: July 2nd 1957 in Calgary, Alberta.
Nicknames: Excellence Of Execution, The Best There Is The Best There Was And The Best There Ever Will Be.
Accomplishments: x5 WWF Champion,  x2 Intercontinental Champion,  x2 WWF Tag Team Champion, x1 US Champion,  King Of The Ring (91, 94 - only 2 time winner),  Royal Rumble 1994 (w/ Luger),  2nd Triple Crown Champion.  x2 WCW HeavyWeight Champion,  x4 WCW US Champion,  WCW World Tag Champion (w/ Goldberg),  5th Triple Crown Winner (w/ Goldberg).  PWI Feud Of The Year (2),  Match Of The Yare (2),

The 8th of Stu and Helen Harts 12 children he debuted for his father Stus Stampede Wrestling in 1978, where he won 4 Tag Titles with his brother Keith. I'd say his most well known opponent from this time is Dynamite Kid, they had a ladder match in 1981. He wrestled worldwide most notably in Japan for NJPW but in 1984 Stampede was purchased by the WWF.

 In 80s WWF The Hart Foundation were one of if not the best tag teams as Bret teamed with Brother-In-Law Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart, he married Brets sister Ellie. They won Tag Titles in 1987 on February 7th when they beat The Bulldogs on Superstars. After their face turn he started giving his shades to kids in the audience. At SummerSlam 1990 Hart Foundation won their second Tag Titles this time beating Demolition, this reign lasted till WrestleMania 7 where Nasty Boys defeated them.



Bret as WWF Champion



  Bret focused on a singles career now and won the IC Gold off of Mr. Perfect at SummerSlam 1991 and on Sept 7th he won King Of The Ring, then a house show attraction and not a PPV. He lost the IC Title but regained at at WrestleMania 8 off Roddy Piper. On July 21st he had what I believe was WWFs 1st ladder match Vs. Shawn Michaels he lost the IC Strap to Bulldog in Wembley Arena at SummerSlam but on Oct 12th in Saskatchewan he won his 1st WWF Title by defeating Ric Flair, during the reign he defeated HBK (Survivor Series) and Razor Ramon (Rumble 93) but it ended via Yokozuna at WrestleMania 9. He rebounded though and won the 1st King Of The Ring by beating Razor, Perfect and Bam Bam Bigelow. As he was King it started a 2 year on again off again rivalry with Jerry Lawler who won at SummerSlam 93 after Bret refused to release the SharpShooter. The seeds for possibly his best rivalry were planted at Survivor Series 93 when Owen Hart was the only Hart brother eliminated from their match Vs. HBK and his knights, originally set to be Jerry Lawler. At Rumble 1994 Bret/Owen lost their tag match after Bret couldn't carry on due to an injury when Owen felt he should've tagged him in thus Owen attacked Bret which led to them opening WrestleMania X where Owen, in a smart booking move defeated Bret and later on in the night Bret won WWF Title off Yokozuna leading to a Bret Vs. Owen series. A bit I liked was Neidhart helping Bret retain his Title at KOTR 94 but only soon Owen,  who won KOTR, could beat Bret for the gold. Bret beat Owen in a cage at SummerSlam but lost his title at Survivor Series to Bob Backlund when Owen tricked their mum to throwing in the towel for Bret, I liked that booking.

  Bret was in the 1st match of the IYH Series when he faced Hakushi. The Lawler angle resurfaced and at SummerSlam Bret beat his dentist Issac Yankem, who would go on to be Kane. Brets next WWF Title run began at Survivor Series 95 when he beat Diesel and ended at WrestleMania 12 Vs. Shawn Michaels in the Iron Man match. After this Hart took a hiatus from TV but returned to have a fantastic feud with Stone Cold, Bret won the WWF Title at IYH: Final Four but it was to be Harts only reign that lasted less than 3 months as he dropped it the next night to Psycho Sid. This led to Bret/Austin at WrestleMania 13 where we had the double turn. In the following months The Hart Foundation formed (Bret, Owen, Bulldog, Neidhart, Brian Pillman, left.) and were in a phenomenal match at Canadian Stampede Vs. Austin/Shamrock/LOD/Goldust. At SummerSlam Bret won the WWF Title off Undertaker, this reign ended thanks to the 'Montreal Screwjob' at Survivor Series 1997.

 Bret was now in WCW and I didnt watch much WCW but I think the general consensus is that his run was mediocre at best. The most well known part may be when Goldberg speared him but he wore a steel plate for protection. His career was effectively ended by Goldberg when a Thrust kick caused a severe concussion, he may of suffered more concussions in the following days leading to Post Concussion Syndrome. His best WCW match was probably his Owen Hart tribute match Vs. Chris Benoit.

 Bret is gladly welcomed to my Hall Of Fame, his promo skills were average at best though to be fair his 1997 heel run with US Vs. Canada was his best mic work, but he more than made up for it with his ring work.

Notable Matches -

Vs. British Bulldog - IC Title - SummerSlam 1992 - Bret carries Bulldog to an awesome match.

Vs. Owen Hart - WrestleMania X - Fantastic match to start the PPV.

Vs. Stone Cold - Survivor Series 1996

Vs. Stone Cold - WrestleMania 13 - Great case for best 'Mania match ever.

Hart Foundation Vs. SCSA/Shamrock/LOD/Goldust - Canadian Stampede - Phenomanal Match.

Vs. Undertaker - WWF One Night Only

Vs. Chris Benoit - Owen Hart tribute match