Bret Hart

:This article refers to the professional wrestler. For the American author, see Bret Harte.

Possible comeback

Bret's promises to not return, or even work with WWE seem to have been in question. While, In respect to Bret Hart, he has stayed true to his statement to not wrestle in WWE, due to a career-threatening injury, the claim to remain inactive with WWE dealings have been in question.

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Bret Hart was featured in recent WWE games, most noticeably in Nintendo Gamecube's WWE Day of Reckoning game, WWE WrestleMania 21 and WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW.

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Nintendo - Gamecube - WWE Day of Reckoning - WWE WrestleMania 21 - WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW

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Bret Hart himself has spoken on his website that he would love to come back to WWE just to have one last match against Kurt Angle, whom Bret has a great deal of respect for. Kurt Angle himself even went on national television on the David Letterman show and admitted that he would love to have a match with Bret Hart and even stated that it would "be an honor to wrestle Bret", claiming that throughout his WWE Career he has noticed that fans talk widely about Bret Hart and his memorable matches. He also admitted to having watched his matches on tape and agrees with the fans that Bret is a sound and great technician. Kurt also has a great deal of respect for him also and Bret has admitted to have spoken to Angle on many occasions on the phone. Some even speculated that the two would meet at WrestleMania 21.

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Kurt Angle - WrestleMania 21

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Bret also admitted to having watched WWE WrestleMania XX to watch fellow canadian and dear friend of Owen Hart, Chris Benoit win the World Heavyweight Championship in the event's main event.

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Owen Hart - Chris Benoit - World Heavyweight Championship

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On August 3, 2005, Bret Hart visited WWE Headquarters. During his meeting with WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, Hart agreed to work with WWE and Vince McMahon on an upcoming 3-part DVD about Hart's career. Part of Hart's agreement was to retain some editing control. It is currently unclear how the Montreal Screwjob will be presented, but the set's planned title was changed from "Screwed: The Bret Hart Story" (a reference to the Montreal Screwjob) to "The Bret Hart Story: The Best There Is, Was, and Ever Will Be." Hart reportedly recorded over 7 hours of interview footage for the set, scheduled for release at the end of the year. Some of this interview footage was used during the RAW Exposed special when the death of Owen Hart was featured. Hart's concern for his legacy, after years of worrying that declaring a truce with Vince McMahon and working with WWE again would make his fans lose respect for him, made this an extremely notable event, and the picture of Hart and McMahon shaking hands (shown here) generated a great deal of controversy.

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August 3 - 2005 - Montreal Screwjob

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When Hart's music hit on the next edition of RAW, most people speculated that Hart was ready to make an appearance in the near future on WWE TV. However, in a recent interview by RF Video for their "Behind Closed Doors with Bret Hart" DVD, Hart stated he had no knowledge of this. He has no plans to return to WWE TV, though in the past he has also assured his fans that they "had not seen the last of The Hitman yet".

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