Activities Sports & Athletics Career History of Bret "The Hitman" Hart Share PINTEREST Email Print Steve Haag / Getty Images Sports & Athletics Professional Wrestling Famous Wrestlers Best of Wrestling Baseball Basketball Bicycling Billiards Bodybuilding Bowling Boxing Car Racing Cheerleading Cricket Extreme Sports Football Golf Gymnastics Ice Hockey Martial Arts Skateboarding Skating Paintball Soccer Swimming & Diving Table Tennis Tennis Track & Field Volleyball Other Activities Learn More By Eric Cohen Eric Cohen is a sports writer focused on pro wrestling. He is a featured guest in wrestling discussions on BBC Radio and Sirius Hardcore Sports Radio. our editorial process Eric Cohen Updated August 20, 2018 The following is a timeline for Bret Hart's WCW and WWE career. Listed are every PPV match (excluding Battle Royales in which he was not involved in the finale) and title change that he has been involved in. Bolded items represent title victories while italicized items represent title losses. 1986 4/7 WrestleMania 2: Andre the Giant won a battle royal featuring several NFL players by last eliminating Bret Hart11/29 Saturday Night’s Main Event: The Killer Bees beat The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart) 1987 1/26: The Hart Foundation won the World Tag Team Championship from the British Bulldogs2/21 SNME: The Hart Foundation beat Tito Santana & Danny Spivey3/29 WrestleMania III: Danny Davis & The Hart Foundation beat The British Bulldogs & Tito Santana5/2 SNME: The British Bulldogs beat Champs the Hart Foundation. Since one of the falls was by DQ, the Hart Foundation keeps the titles.10/3 SNME: The Hart Foundation beat Paul Roma & Jim Powers10/27: The Hart Foundation lost the tag team titles to Tito Santana & Rick Martel11/26 Survivor Series: The Killer Bees, Young Stallions, Strike Force, Rougeau Brothers, & British Bulldogs beat The Dream Team, Demolition, The Islanders, The Bolshevicks, & Tag Team Champs The Hart Foundation11/28 SNME: lost to Randy Savage 1988 2/5 The Main Event: Tag Team Champs Strike Force beat The Hart Foundation (only the beginning of the match was shown due to time constraints3/27 WrestleMania IV: Bad News Brown won a battle royal by last eliminating Bret Har8/29 SummerSlam: The Hart Foundation lost to Tag Team Champions Demolition10/29 SNME: The Hart Foundation lost to Tag Team Champions Demolition11/24 Survivor Series The Powers of Pain, The Rockers, The Young Stallions, The British Bulldogs, & The Hart Foundation beat Tag Champs Demolition, The Rogeau Brothers, The Brain Busters, The Bolsheviks, & Los Conquistadores 1989 1/15 Royal Rumble: Best of three falls: The Hart Foundation & Jim Duggan beat Dino Bravo, The Rougeau Brothers 2 falls to 14/2 WrestleMania V: The Hart Foundation beat Greg Valentine & The Honky Tonk Man8/2 SummerSlam: The Brain Busters bet The Hart Foundation11/23 Survivor Series: Randy Savage, Dino Bravo, Earthquake, & Greg Valentine beat Jim Duggan, Bret Hart, Ronnie Garvin, & Hercules 1990 4/1 WrestleMania VI: The Hart Foundation beat The Bolsheviks4/28 SNME: The Hart Foundation & The Rockers fought to a double-DQ8/27 SummerSlam: The Hart Foundation won the World Tag Team Championship from Demolition11/22 Survivor Series: The Undertaker, Ted DiBiase, Honky Tonk Man & Greg Valentine beat Dusty Rhodes, The Hart Foundation, & Koko B. Ware 1991 3/24 WrestleMania VII: The Hart Foundation lost the tag team titles to the Nasty Boys4/27 SNME: fought to a double count-out against Ted DiBiase8/26 SummerSlam: beat Curt Hennig to win the Intercontinental Championship11/27 SummerSlam: Ric Flair, The Mountie, Ted DiBiase & The Warlord beat Bret Hart, Roddy Piper, Virgil, & Davey Boy Smith12/3 Tuesday in Texas: beat Skinner 1992 1/17: lost the Intercontinental Championship to The Mountie4/5 WrestleMania VIII: won the Intercontinental Championship from Roddy Piper8/29 SummerSlam: lost the Intercontinental Championship to the British Bulldog10/12: beat Ric Flair to become the WWE Champion11/14 SNME: beat Papa Shango11/25 Survivor Series: beat Shawn Michaels 1993 1/24 Royal Rumble: beat Razor Ramon4/4 WrestleMania IX: lost the WWE Title to Yokozuna6/13 King of the Ring: beat Razor Ramon6/13 King of the Ring: beat Curt Hennig6/13 King of the Ring: beat Bam Bam Bigelow in the tournament final8/30 SummerSlam: beat Doink by DQ8/30 SummerSlam: lost to Jerry Lawler by reverse decision11/24 Survivor Series: Bret, Owen, Keith, & Bruce Hart beat Shawn Michaels (replacing Jerry Lawler) & The Black, Blue & Red Knights 1994 1/22 Royal Rumble: Tag Team Champions The Quebecers beat Owen & Bret Hart when the ref decided that Bret Hart was to injured to continue1/22 Royal Rumble: Bret Hart & Lex Luger were declared co-winners of the Royal Rumble when it was determined they were eliminated at the same time.3/20 WrestleMania X: lost to Owen Hart3/20 WrestleMania X: beat Yokozuna to regain the WWE Championship6/19 King of the Ring: lost to Diesel by DQ8/29 SummerSlam: beat Owen Hart in a steel cage match11/23 Survivor Series: lost the WWE Championship to Bob Backlund when Bret's mother, Helen, threw in the title for her son 1995 4/2 WrestleMania XI: beat Bob Backlund in an I-Quit Match5/14 In Your House 1: beat Hakushi6/25 King of the Ring: beat Jerry Lawler in a Kiss My Foot Match8/27 SummerSlam: beat Isaac Yankem by DQ9/24 IYH 3: beat Jean-Pierre LaFitte11/19 Survivor Series: beat Diesel in a No DQ or Count Out Match to win the WWE Championship12/17 IYH 5: beat Davey Boy Smith 1996 1/21 Royal Rumble: lost to the Undertaker by DQ2/18 IYH 6: beat Diesel in a Steel Cage Match3/31 WrestleMania XII: lost the WWE Championship to Shawn Michaels in a 60-Minute Iron Man Match11/17 Survivor Series: beat Steve Austin12/15 IYH: It’s Time: lost to WWE Champion Sid 1997 1/19 Royal Rumble: Steve Austin won the Rumble by last eliminating Bret Hart who had previously eliminated Austin but the refs didn’t see that elimination2/16 IYH: Final Four: Bret Hart won the vacant WWE Championship in a 4-Way Elimination Match that also featured Steve Austin, the Undertaker, and Vader2/17 RAW: lost the WWE Championship to Sid3/23 WrestleMania 13: beat Steve Austin in a Submission Match4/20 IYH: Revenge of the Taker: lost to Steve Austin by DQ7/9 IYH: Canadian Stampede: The Hart Foundation beat Steve Austin, Goldust, Ken Shamrock & The Road Warriors8/3 SummerSlam: beat the Undertaker to win the WWE Championship in a match that featured Shawn Michaels as the referee9/7 IYH: Ground Zero: beat the Patriot10/5 IYH: Bad Blood: Flag Match: Bret Hart & Davey Boy Smith beat Vader & The Patriot11/9 Survivor Series: lost the WWE Championship to Shawn Michaels12/28 Starrcade: Larry Zbysko beat Eric Bischoff. Bret Hart was a special guest referee. 1998 1/24 Souled Out: beat Ric Flair3/15 Uncensored: beat Curt Hennig by DQ5/17 Slambore: beat Randy Savage by DQ6/14 Great American Bash: Hollywood Hogan & Bret Hart beat Randy Savage & Roddy Piper7/20 Nitro: won the vacant U.S. Title by beating Dallas Page8/10 Nitro: lost the U.S. Title to Lex Luger8/13 Thunder: regained the U.S. Title from Lex Luger9/13 Fall Brawl: War Games: Dallas Page won the match for Team WCW (Page, Piper & Warrior) beat Team Hollywood (Hogan, Hart, & Stevie Ray) & Team Wolfpac (Sting, Luger, & Nash)10/25 Halloween Havoc: beat Sting10/26 Nitro: lost the U.S. Title to Dallas Page11/22 World War 3: lost to U.S. Champion Dallas Page11/30 Nitro: regained the U.S. Title from Dallas Page 1999 2/8: lost the U.S. title to Roddy Piper10/25 Nitro: won the U.S. Title from Goldberg11/8 Nitro: Scott Hall won a ladder match against Champion Bret Hart, Sid, & Goldberg to win the U.S. Championship11/21 Mayhem: beat Sting11/21 Mayhem: beat Chris Benoit in a tournament final to win the vacant WCW Championship12/9 Thunder: w/ Bill Goldberg won the WCW Tag Team Championship from Ron & Don Harris12/16 Thunder: w/ Bill Goldberg lost the WCW Tag Team Championship to Scott Hall & Kevin Nash12/19 Starrcade: beat Bill Goldberg in a No DQ Match. Bret suffered a career-ending concussion in this match.12/20 Nitro: vacated the WCW Championship due to the controversial ending of his match the night before with Goldberg12/20 Nitro: beat Goldberg to reclaim the WCW Championship 2000 1/16 Nitro: the WCW title was declared vacant due to the career-ending injury Bret suffered 2010 3/28 WrestleMania XXVI: beat Vince McMahon in a No Holds Barred Match5/17 RAW: won the US Championship from the Miz in a No DQ/No Count Out Match5/24 RAW: vacated the US Championship8/15 SummerSlam: Team WWE (John Cena, Bret Hart, Chris Jericho, Edge, John Morrison, R-Truth, and Daniel Bryan) beat The Nexus (Wade Barrett, Darren Young, David Otunga, Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, Michael Tarver, and Skip Sheffield) in an Elimination Match Sources Pro wrestling Illustrated AlmanacWWE.comOnline World of Wrestling.com