6. Bret “The Hitman” Hart
When you think of the Hart family, it is impossible to deny the importance of patriarch Stu Hart. His success was based primarily on training talent in what was dubbed “The Dungeon.” It was often said that the basement of the Hart House was filled with the screams that came from young wrestlers with aspirations of making it in the business.
Hart’s children all worked in wrestling in some way, but one stood head and shoulders above the rest. While Stu Hart earned a name for himself as a trainer and promoter, it was his son Bret Hart who earned a name known throughout the world in the early to mid-1990s.
As a former tag team, Intercontinental and multi-time WWE Heavyweight champion, Bret main evented in arenas all over the globe. Some may argue that Stu’s notoriety was in part because of the success of his sons, Bret in particular. Even after leaving the WWE, Bret continued to capture titles in WCW toward the end of his career.
Bret’s popularity in wrestling has earned him a great deal of acclaim not just because of his family’s lineage, but of how he was seen as a Canadian wrestling hero. His feuds with Shawn Michaels, Steve Austin, The Undertaker and Diesel were among the greatest feuds ever. The feuds with Austin andMichaels stand out as being successful for not only Hart, Michaels and Austin, but for the WWE as well. Hart is considered one of the greatest Canadian wrestlers of all time.
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