Bret "The Hitman" Hart
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Hart in 2010
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| Birth name | Bret Sergeant Hart |
| Born |
July 2, 1957 Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Alma mater | Mount Royal College |
| Spouse(s) |
Julie Smadu (m. 1982–2002) Cinzia Rota (m. 2004–07) Stephanie Washington (m. 2010) |
| Children | 4 |
| Family |
Hart Harry Smith, maternal grandfather |
| Website | brethart |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Bret Hart Buddy Hart |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Billed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
| Billed from | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Trained by |
Stu Hart Mr. Hito Kazuo Sakurada |
| Debut | 1978 |
| Retired | 2000 |
Bret Sergeant Hart, (born July 2, 1957) better known by the ring name Bret "The Hitman" Hart, is a Canadian-American retired professional wrestler, retired amateur wrestler, writer and actor.
A member of the Hart wrestling family and a second-generation wrestler, he has an amateur wrestling background, wrestling at Ernest Manning High School and Mount Royal College. A major international draw within professional wrestling, Hart has been credited with changing the perception of mainstream North-American professional wrestling in the early 1990s by bringing technical in-ring performance to the fore. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, having cultivated a legacy over a 23-year career. Veteran industry personality and executive Paul Heyman referred to Hart's oeuvre as "a body of work so spectacular that it is beyond comprehension how brilliant a career he enjoyed".
Hart joined his father Stu Hart's promotion Stampede Wrestling in 1976, and made his in-ring debut in 1978. He gained championship success throughout the 1980s and 1990s in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), where he helmed The Hart Foundation faction. He left for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) following the controversial "Montreal Screwjob" in November 1997, where he remained until October 2000. Having been inactive from in-ring competition since January 2000, owing to a December 1999 concussion, he officially retired in October 2000, shortly after his departure from the company. He returned to sporadic in-ring competition from 2010–2011 with WWE, where he won his final championship, headlined the 2010 SummerSlam event, and served as the general manager of Raw. Throughout his career, Hart headlined WrestleManias IX, X, and XII, and participated in the main event of the 1997 and 1999 editions of WCW Starrcade – as a special enforcer in the former.
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