Bret Hart joined the World Wrestling Federation in 1984 with a cowboy gimmick and then took on a gangster gimmick before taking on Jimmy Hart as his manager and beginning the legendary Hart Foundation with Jim Neidhart. The two made a serious impact during the Battle Royal featuring wrestlers and football players as part of Wrestlemania II, being eliminated by Andre the Giant in the final moments of the bout. The two would go on to feud with the Killer Bees and other teams in 1986 before defeating the British Bulldogs for the WWF World Tag Team Titles on Superstars of Wrestling in January of 1987. The two would retain the titles in several matches against old rivals, the Killer Bees, while feuding with the Bulldogs, leading to a six man tag where the Hart Foundation and Danny Davis defeated the British Bulldogs and Tito Santana at Wrestlemania III in front of over 93,000 fans in the Pontiac Silverdome. The Hart Foundation finally dropped the titles in October of 1987 to the new team of Tito Santana and Rick Martel and slowly the team became fan favourites. Bret Hart was once again part of a battle royal at Wrestlemania, being the last person eliminated by Bad News Brown at Wrestlemania IV. After the match, Bret attacked Bad News, destroyed the trophy he had won, and became an instant fan favourite. Bret would feud with Bad News Brown on WWF house shows while Jim Neidhart played a heel. The Hart Foundation would stake their claim as partners and fire Jimmy Hart, leading to a feud with Jimmy Hart's teams of Honkey Tonk Man & Greg Valentine, the Rougeau Brothers, and even one match where Jimmy Hart joined Mr. Fugi as the co-manager for WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition at Summer Slam 1988. The Harts would defeat Honkey Tonk Man and Greg Valentine at Wrestlemania V before the WWF once again teased a Hart Foundation split as the Foundation worked separate matches at Survivor SEries 1989. 

    The Hart Foundation reunited to defeat the Bolsheviks in 19 seconds at Wrestlemania VI in Toronto and challenged Demolition for the gold immediately afterwards. Demolition, who had been wrestling as fan favourites, turned heel and took on a third member, Crush, feuding with the Hart Foundation, culminating in the Foundation defeating Demolition to regain the WWF Tag Team Titles at Summer Slam 1990. The two would lose the gold to the Nasty Boys at Wrestlemania VII and finally split up. 

    Bret Hart was right back into the title scene, but now as a singles wrestler, and defeated Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig to become the WWF Intercontinental Champion at Summer Slam 1991. Hart would wrestle a busy schedule, defeating such stars as Skinner, Irwin R. Schyster, Ted DiBiase, the Berzerker and others before losing the title to the Mountie after contracting the flu. Bret Hart returned to action quickly, challenging new champion Rowdy Roddy Piper who had defeated the Mountie just days after he won the title. Bret Hart and Roddy Piper settled the title at Wrestlemania VIII in a blood bath that saw Bret pin Piper 1, 2, 3. With Piper back in semi-retirement, Bret began feuding with none other than Shawn Michaels, wrestling the first ever WWF ladder match in the summer of 1992. Bret would lose the Intercontinental Title at Summer Slam 1992 to the British Bulldog, but shocked the world by winning the World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Title from Ric Flair on a house show in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada. Bret Hart played the role of the young champion, taking the WWF in a new direction after the Hogan years had seemingly ended. Hart defeated Shawn Michaels at Survivor Series 1992 to retain his title and then Razor Ramon at the 1993 Royal Rumble. Bret Hart would go on to lose the title to Yokozuna at Wrestlemania IX, before Hulk Hogan took the title a few moments later. Bret Hart was bumped to the mid-card due to Hogan's return and there won the 1993 King of the Ring tournament before beginning a feud with Jerry "The King" Lawler. 

    Bret Hart's feud with Lawler included the entire Hart Family and Lawler's Knights, which was to come to a close at the 1993 Survivor Series during a survivor series match pitting four Hart Family members against the King and his Knights. Instead, Lawler left the WWF briefly and was replaced by a returning Shawn Michaels. During the match, Owen Hart was eliminated after running in to Bret Hart on the apron. The remaining Harts won the match, but an enraged Owen stormed the ring to shove his brother Bret. The two brothers were at odds but seemingly reunited to challenge the Quebecers at the 1994 Royal Rumble for the WWF Tag Team Titles. The Harts lost the match and afterwards, Owen attacked Bret by kicking his injured leg. The two would meet at Wrestlemania X in Madison Square Garden and Owen defeated Bret Hart in the opening match. Bret Hart would go on, later in the evening, to defeat Yokozuna to regain the WWF World Title and Owen's earlier victory made him the logical #1 contender. 

    Jim Neidhart returned to the WWF in the early summer of 1994 and worked with Owen Hart against Bret, taking the feud deeper into the Hart family as Jim was a Hart brother-in-law. During the Cage Match for the WWF Title at Summer Slam 1994, Davey Boy Smith returned to the WWF to help Bret Hart, leading to some tag team bouts. Bret Hart would end up feuding with Bob Backlund by the winter of 1994 and ended up losing the WWF Title to him in a Towel Match when Owen Hart convinced his mother Helen to throw in the towel. Owen Hart revealed his true colours afterwards, of course, and celebrated Backlund's victory. Bret Hart took a bit of time off and came back to defeat Bob Backlund at Wrestlemania XI in an I Quit Match. Bret Hart spent the rest of 1995 feuding with Jerry Lawler, Owen Hart, Isaac Yankem, Yokozuna and others before defeating Diesel for the WWF Title at the 1995 Survivor Series. Bret Hart would be challenged by a newly heel British Bulldog for the title, but it would be Shawn Michaels defeating Bret in the first ever WWF Iron Man Match at Wrestlemania XII. Bret Hart, angry with the outcome, left the WWF and began hearing offers from WCW. Many were unsure if Bret would return to the ring, but as we know, he did. 

    Bret came back to answer the challenge by the renegage heel, Stone Cold Steve Austin, defeating him at Survivor Series 1996 before making it known he wanted his WWF Title back. Bret Hart was able to eliminate Austin during the final moments of the 1997 Royal Rumble match, but Austin re-entered the ring to illegally throw Bret over the top and win the match, since the referees did not see Bret's feet touch the floor. Bret Hart was scheduled to face Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania XIII but, in an infamous in ring interview, Shawn Michaels forfeited the WWF title saying he "lost his smile". The WWF Title was put up for grabs in a Fatal Four Way pay per view match pitting Bret Hart, Steve Austin, the Undertaker and Vader against each other. Bret Hart eliminated the Undertaker to become the new WWF Champion but lost the title the very next night to Psycho Sid when Steve Austin interfered to hit Bret with a chair. Bret Hart began to show heel tendencies and was booed heavily at Wrestlemania XIII during an I Quit Match against Stone Cold. Bret Hart suffered a series of injuries in 1997 but was still able to form the new Hart Foundation and took the WWF Title from the Undertaker at Summer Slam 1997. 

    As summer turned into fall, the relationship between Bret Hart and the WWF began to sour as internet rumours swirled with stories of how upset Bret Hart was with the new racier direction the WWF was headed in. Bret was vetoeing storylines and exercising a clause giving him creative control over his character. Vince McMahon decided to break Bret's 10 year contract, effectively forcing him into WCW. Before Bret went, though, he was set to defend the WWF Title against Shawn Michaels at Survivor Series 1997 in what was scheduled to be what Bret has often called a "schmoz ending" where a double count out or disqualification ruined the match. Bret did not want to lose the title on his home turf of Canada and wanted to forfeit the title on RAW the next night and give a small farewell speech. Instead, Vince McMahon put together a real life plan to work with referee Earl Hebner and Shawn Michaels to perform what we now call the Montreal Screwjob. Shawn put Bret in the sharpshooter and Bret was in the process of reversing it when Vince called for the bell, giving Shawn a submission victory. Bret Hart got up, realizing what had happened and went berzerk, destroying the television monitors, spitting on Vince from the ring and later physically attacking Vince in the locker room. Bret went to WCW with a lot of bitterness and continued to speak against the WWF while working there. 

    Bret Hart signed a contract and joined WCW, refereeing the Bischoff-Zbyszko match at Starrcade 1997 and stepping in to replace the official in the final moments of Sting's victory over Hulk Hogan in the main event for the WCW World Title. Bret Hart began feuding with Ric Flair, defeating him at Souled Out in January and then continuing his feud with the New World Order and Hulk Hogan. Bret Hart would surprise many by joining the New World Order in the spring, teaming iwth Hogan against Roddy Piper, Randy Savage, Ric Flair and other WCW talent. Bret won his first title in WCW in July, defeating Diamond Dallas Page for the WCW United States Title and traded it a few times with Lex Luger. Bret teamed with Hulk Hogan in a losing effort against Sting and the Ultimate Warrior on an October edition of Nitro. He would also feud with Sting over the United States Title before finally losing it back to Dallas Page at World War 3. Bret regained the title from Page one more time before dropping it to Rowdy Roddy Piper in February of 1999. Bret Hart left the NWO and began feuding with WCW Champion Sting, Chris Benoit, and others before defeating Bill Goldberg for his fourth US Title in October of 1999. Bret forfeited the title in order to persue the WCW World Title, which he won in the finals of a tournament at Mayhem 1999, defeating Chris Benoit. 

    Bret Hart would defend against the Outsiders, Sid Vicious, Jeff Jarrett and others during the Vince Russo era of WCW television. He would also team with Bill Goldberg to become the WCW World Tag Team Champions, defeating Creative Control. At Starrcade 1999, Bret Hart suffered three simultaneous concussions in a match against Bill Goldberg, causing Bret to suffer post concussion syndrome. Bret Hart vacated the WCW World Title but returned to wrestling a series of matches in January of 2000 before finaly retiring at the end of the month due to injuries suffered during the Starrcade match with Bill Goldberg. 

    Bret Hart would serve as the on air commissioner for World Wrestling All-Stars in Australia and refused several offers from Vince McMahon to return for special appearances in the WWF and WWE. In June of 2002, Bret suffered a stroke after a bicycle accident which are ultimately the result of his post concussion syndrome. Bret battled back and began to appear on independent shows again, continuing to turn down offers from McMahon to appear on WWE programming. Finally, in 2004, Bret Hart shocked the entire world by accepting an invitation to the WWE Hall of Fame. Bret Hart also did a DVD documentary project with WWE but was critical of the WWE's use of his name and the continued references to the Montreal Screwjob and refused to appear at Wrestlemania, as is customary for WWE Hall of Fame inductees. 

    Despite the rather unhappy end to his career, Bret Hart is without question deserving of this honour in the UWOW Hall of Fame for continued excellence in the ring.