Bret Hart

Bret "Hitman" Hart is a Canadian professional wrestler. Beginning his career with the WWE in the mid-1980s, Bret first made a name for himself as a tag team specialist as a member of the Hart Foundation, along with his brother-in-law, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart. After two WWE Tag Team Championship reigns, the duo split, and Bret went on to win the Intercontinental Championship two times. In October 1992, Bret defeated Ric Flair to capture his first WWE Championship. The following year, The Pink and Black Attack won the 1993 King of the Ring. The Hitman would win the WWE Championship a total of five times, being described as "The Fightingest WWE Champion in History." After contractual disputes, The Excellence of Execution left the WWE for WCW, where he would win the United States Championship on four occasions, the WCW Tag Team Championship once, and the World Heavyweight Championship twice.

Upon returning to the WWE in 2010, Hart managed to win the United States Championship from The Miz, though he vacated the title a week later, as he was not a proper member of the WWE roster.

In 2006, Bret Hart was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

WWE Champions
Bret defeated the first-ever Undisputed WWE Champion Chris Jericho in the opening round, and JBL in round two. Stone Cold Steve Austin overtook Hart in the third round, however, eliminating him from the tournament.