Several documentaries have been produced looking at professional wrestling, most notably, Beyond the Mat directed by Barry W. Blaustein, and Wrestling with Shadows featuring wrestler Bret Hart and directed by Paul Jay.

Despite this, some wrestlers, such as Chris Jericho, Ric Flair, Bret Hart, Kurt Angle, Ken Shamrock, The Undertaker, Dean Malenko, and Chris Benoit, became famous for winning matches via submission.

* July 2 – Bret Hart, Canadian professional wrestler

During this period, the WWF promoted itself under the banner of " The New WWF Generation ," featuring Shawn Michaels, Diesel, Razor Ramon, Bret Hart, and The Undertaker.

McMahon managed to keep Bret Hart from reverting to WCW, and began a feud with Hart and Steve Austin.

It is a film drama that combines all the elements that make for success ... Reckless riding, double-handed shooting from the hip, a dance hall of the Bret Harte description and, finally a conflagration that gives a truly Gehenna-like finish to the place known as Hell's Hinges ... No actor before the screen has been able to give as sincere and true a touch to the Westerner as Hart.

Raw returned to the Garden on a November 16, 2009 television episode, as well as a Raw house show on June 19, 2010 and a SmackDown house show on September 25, 2010 ; the latter of which featured the return of Bret Hart to the Garden after an absence of more than a decade.

In his first run, he held two WWF Tag Team titles, once each with Marty Jannetty and Bob Holly, and came close to defeating Bret Hart for the WWF Championship in July 1994.

On June 23, 1997, Hearns appeared on a WWE telecast, performing in a storyline making use of kayfabe, where he was taunted and challenged by professional wrestler Bret " Hitman " Hart.

* the bodies of several professional wrestlers, including Bret Hart, Ric Flair, Curt Hennig, Rick Rude, Brian Adams, and Joe Laurinaitis, better known as Road Warrior Animal

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In 1995, the Calgary Hitmen were born when a group of investors, including Bret " the Hitman " Hart, from whom the team got its name, were granted an expansion franchise.

The show's traditional reliance on the character-driven sketches featuring Damon and Keenen gave way to an increasing reliance upon walk-on cameos and guest appearances, including Nick Bakay, Barry Bonds, James Brown, Rodney Dangerfield, Bret Hart, Sherman Hemsley, Biz Markie, Peter Marshall, Ed O ' Neill, Chris Rock, Macho Man Randy Savage, Tupac Shakur, and players from the National Basketball Association.

Among other accolades in professional wrestling, Luger is a three-time world champion, having held the WCW World Heavyweight Championship twice and the WWA World Heavyweight Championship once ; a record-tying five-time NWA / WCW United States Heavyweight Champion who owns the records for consecutive days and total days as champion ; and the 1994 WWF Royal Rumble winner ( with Bret Hart ).

* Wrestling match: Bret Hart locking Chris Benoit in the Sharpshooter during the WCW World Heavyweight Championship Match at WCW Mayhem 1999 PPV in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

His favorite wrestlers included Mr. Perfect, Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan, Ricky Steamboat, Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart.

Canadian wrestler Bret Hart, who saw Copeland wrestle, put in a good word for Copeland, which ultimately resulted in Copeland receiving a developmental contract with the WWF in 1997.

In 2005, he completed WWE's version of the Triple Crown when he won the Intercontinental Championship, after already holding the WWF ( now WWE ) Championship, as well as the World Tag Team Championship, becoming the third man to win both the WCW and WWE Triple Crown ( after Bret Hart and Chris Benoit ).

His second reign was short-lived, however, as he lost the title to Bret Hart on October 12, 1992.

Rude was involved in an incident in which he appeared on both WCW Monday Nitro and WWF Monday Night Raw in the same night protesting on Nitro about the treatment of Bret Hart during the Montreal Screwjob.

André's world title win was always recognized though, and is still considered the shortest world title reign in WWF history ( Until Yokozuna's first reign at Wrestlemania 9, when he won the title from Bret Hart only to challenge and lose the title to Hulk Hogan moments later ).

On the April 27 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, DiBiase fought Bret Hart to a double countout.

" The patriarch of the Hart wrestling family, Stu was the father of many wrestlers, most notably Bret and Owen Hart.

In his authorized biography of Maurice Chevalier, author David Bret claims that Chevalier and Mistinguett were the ones who first " shopped " Trenet to the police for consorting with underage boys, around 1940.

Santana claims that at the time he was being considered for a run with the WWF Championship but says that the spot was given to Bret Hart ; the WWF was considering expanding into South and Central America, and felt that having Santana, its most high profile Latino wrestler, as champion would aid its cause.

Bret Hart, however, claims it had more to do with scheduling conflicts.

In 2010, Bret Michaels started his solo tour " Roses & Thorns " to promote the upcoming release of his autobiography.

In Bret Hart's autobiography Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling, Hart stated that he bladed Steve Austin during the infamous No Disqualification Submission Match at Wrestlemania 13, at a time when blading was forbidden.

According to Bret Hart's autobiography, the title was awarded to Smith to appease him for unfulfilled promises Vince McMahon had made.

Lunar Park is a novel by Bret Easton Ellis with elements of faux autobiography and pastiche.

Bret Hart recalled in his autobiography that Wacholz " cornered Vince in his office and screamed at him for fifteen minutes ".

In 2007 he published his eponymous autobiography co-written with journalist Bret Harris.

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Bret Hart states in Hitman " Pat Patterson told me that he thought it would be a heckuva spot to let Shawn put me in the Sharpshooter and then reverse it on him ," thereby implicating Patterson for the " Sharpshooter " spot " and " I found myself jostling with Jerry Brisco, who I would find out later was the one who had designed the whole Screwjob for Vince.

In addition, Bret Hart states in Hitman, while conversing with Michaels: " I added, ' I also want you to know that I have no problem dropping the belt to you if that's what Vince wants.

1985 also marked the appearance of Bret " Hitman " Hart.

While Bret " The Hitman " Hart is the wrestler with whom the Sharpshooter is most often associated, Ronnie Garvin and Sting were the first wrestlers to prolifically use the hold in North America, during which time it was called the Scorpion Deathlock, deriving from the original Japanese name.

It featured 20 men including the WWF wrestlers and NFL superstars ; NFL stars included Jimbo Covert, Bill Fralic, Russ Francis, Ernie Holmes, Harvey Martin and William " The Refrigerator " Perry, while WWF stars included André the Giant, Ted Arcidi, Tony Atlas, The Hart Foundation ( Bret " Hitman " Hart and Jim " The Anvil " Neidhart ), The Killer Bees ( B. Brian Blair and Jim Brunzell ), Hillbilly Jim, The Iron Sheik, King Tonga, Pedro Morales, Bruno Sammartino, Danny Spivey and Big John Studd.

On the following pay-per-view, at Over the Limit, Mathews supported Lawler, Bret " The Hitman " Hart, and Eve Torres in having Michael Cole kiss Lawler's foot.

Bret " The Hitman " Hart, a local-born professional wrestler, was a founding owner as well as the inspiration for the team's name.

The club selected its name and logo as an homage to Bret " The Hitman " Hart.

They reunited, although not officially under the Blade Runners name, for one match on WCW Monday Nitro on October 11, 1998 against Hollywood Hogan and Bret " The Hitman " Hart of nWo Hollywood.

Even more notably, the show featured one of the first reunions of the original Hart Foundation of Bret " Hitman " Hart, Jim " The Anvil " Neidhart, and Jimmy Hart.