History YMMV / BretHart

* FridgeBrilliance: On his first night as ''Raw'' GM, he offered a badly injured Wrestling/{{Batista}} another opportunity against Wrestling/JohnCena for the WWE Championship if he could beat Wrestling/RandyOrton in a qualifying match to be held immediately, only to name said opponent the winner via forfeit after Batista refused by twice pointing out that he was in no condition to compete, resulting in an already angry Batista [[VillainousBreakdown going ballistic]] enough to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere quit WWE]]. Harsh until you remember that Batista assaulted Bret and held him for Wrestling/VinceMcMahon to [[SpitefulSpit spit in his face]]. Essentially, Bret was getting back at Batista for that.

* FridgeBrilliance: On his first night as ''Raw'' GM, he offered a badly injured Wrestling/{{Batista}} another opportunity against Wrestling/JohnCena for the WWE Championship if he could beat Wrestling/RandyOrton in a qualifying match to be held immediately, only to name said opponent the winner via forfeit after Batista refused by twice pointing out that he was in no condition to compete, resulting in an already angry Batista going ballistic enough to quit WWE. Harsh until you remember that Batista assaulted Bret and held him for Wrestling/VinceMcMahon to [[SpitefulSpit spit in his face]]. Essentially, Bret was getting back at Batista for that.

* FridgeBrilliance: On his first night as ''Raw'' GM, he offered a badly injured Wrestling/{{Batista}} another opportunity against Wrestling/JohnCena for the WWE Championship if he faced Wrestling/RandyOrton in a qualifying match to be held immediately, only to name said opponent the winner via forfeit after Batista refused by twice pointing out that he was in no condition to compete. Harsh until you remember that Batista assaulted Bret and held him for Wrestling/VinceMcMahon to [[SpitefulSpit spit in his face]]. Essentially, Bret was getting back at Batista for that.

* FridgeBrilliance: On his first night as Raw GM, he offered a badly injured Wrestling/{{Batista}} another opportunity against Wrestling/JohnCena for the WWE Championship if he faced Wrestling/RandyOrton in a qualifying match to be held immediately, only to name said opponent winner via forfeit after Batista refused by twice pointing out that he was in no condition to compete. Harsh until you remember that Batista assaulted Bret and held him for Wrestling/VinceMcMahon to [[SpitefulSpit spit in his face]]. Essentially, Bret was getting back at Batista for that.

* FridgeBrilliance: On his first night as Raw GM, he offered a badly injured Wrestling/Batista another opportunity against Wrestling/JohnCena for the WWE Championship if he faced Wrestling/RandyOrton in a qualifying match to be held immediately, only to name said opponent winner via forfeit after Batista refused by twice pointing out that he was in no condition to compete. Harsh until you remember that Batista assaulted Bret and held him for Wrestling/VinceMcMahon to [[SpitefulSpit spit in his face]]. Essentially, Bret was getting back at Batista for that.

** Let's see, Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} gave him a career ending concussion, watched his brother Wrestling/OwenHart die on live television, the Montreal Screwjob, suffered a near-fatal stroke, his TWO divorces (albeit the first one was largely his own fault), the death of four of his best friends, Brian Pillman, Rick Rude, Curt Hennig and Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith, not to mention Wrestling/{{Test}}, the wrestler he trained, and is currently battling prostate cancer. Anything else?

* BizarroEpisode: ''Survivor Series 89'', which was the only time he and Jim Neidhart were not on the same team, or even in the same match, during the original Hart Foundation's run. Bret was on the 4x4s with [[Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan]], Hercules and "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin in their losing effort against the King's Court ([[Wrestling/RandySavage "Macho King" Randy Savage]], [[Wrestling/JohnTenta Canadian Earthquake]], "Canada's Strongest Man" Dino Bravo and [[Wrestling/GregValentine Greg "The Hammer" Valentine]]). In the prematch interview, it's odd, though funny, to see the normally reserved Bret brandishing a 2x4 and cutting the same kind of cartoonish NoIndoorVoice promo as the other guys.

* TheMunchausen: A few of the claims in his autobiography range from dubious to demonstrably false. For example, the idea that Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin had never bladed prior to their Submission match, despite Austin bleeding in many matches in WCW, and a section in ''Austin's'' autobiography where WCW-Era Austin talks with Dustin Rhodes about 'getting some color tonight'.

* BreakTheCutie: The Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob and especially the death of Wrestling/OwenHart seems to have sucked out any enthusiasm he's had for the business. Even he admits that he spent his WCW days on "auto pilot" and that he didn't care as much about the politicing going as he would have done in the WWF.

* {{Flanderization}}: The Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob has become pretty much the be-all and end-all of his entire career, as if everything he had ever accomplished before that didn't happen or doesn't matter. In fact, the emphasis this page puts on it makes it into a SelfDemonstratingArticle. [[Website/{{Botchamania}} Maffew Gregg]] once parodied Bret Hart by saying "Something something Montreal! Something something Bill Goldberg almost kicked my head off!"

* MostWonderfulSound: *SCREEEEEEEEEEE WAAAAAAAAAAAH*

** Let's see, Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} gave him a career ending concussion, watched his brother Wrestling/OwenHart die on live television, the Montreal Screwjob, suffered a near-fatal stroke, his TWO divorces (albeit the first one was largely his own fault), the death of four of his best friends, Brian Pillman, Rick Rude, Curt Hennig and Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith, not to mention Wrestling/{{Test}}, the wrestler he trained, and died during his battle with prostate cancer of an accidental overdose. Anything else?

** Let's see, Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} gave him a career ending concussion, watched his brother Wrestling/OwenHart die on live television, the Montreal Screwjob, suffered a near-fatal stroke, his TWO divorces (albeit the first one was largely his own fault), the death of four of his best friends, Brian Pillman, Rick Rude, Curt Hennig and Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith, not to mention Wrestling/{{Test}}, the wrestler he trained, and is currently battling prostate cancer. Anything else?

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Bret was considered a pretty innovative wrestler for his time, utilizing technical wrestling and submissions in an era where big brawlers dominated wrestling. However, for fans who didn't watch Bret Hart in their youth but instead, grew up with guys like Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Kurt Angle, and Daniel Bryan, who were able to push the envelope even further and seamlessly combine brawling, technical/submission wrestling, and even highflying moves to an even more proficient degree, Bret's matches, in the eyes of those fans, can come off as being a bit unspectacular and "safe" by comparison.

* BaseBreaker: Bret Hart has split the IWC into two camps that only agree on one thing, that Bret was a technically sound wrestler. Everything else, his charisma, mic skills, his nonstop wallowing in the past, his feud with Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, the Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob, or his opinion on wrestling today will turn into a pretty massive debate.
* BizarroEpisode: ''Survivor Series 89'', which was the only time he and Jim Neidhart were not on the same team, or even in the same match, during the original Hart Foundation's run. Bret was on the 4x4s with [[Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan]], Hercules and "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin in their losing effort against the King's Court ([[Wrestling/RandySavage "Macho King" Randy Savage]], [[Wrestling/JohnTenta Canadian Earthquake]], "Canada's Strongest Man" Dino Bravo and [[Wrestling/GregValentine Greg "The Hammer" Valentine]]). In the prematch interview, it's odd, though funny, to see the normally reserved Bret brandishing a 2x4 and cutting the same kind of cartoonish [[NoIndoorVoice NO INDOOR VOICE]] promo as the other guys.

** His Wrestling/{{WCW}} run, which saw him as just another directionless [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder NWO B-Team]] member in 1998. He nearly [[{{Wrestling/Goldberg}} gave his life]] to that company, for table scraps!
* {{Flanderization}}: The Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob has become pretty much the be-all and end-all of his entire career, as if everything he had ever accomplished before that didn't happen or doesn't matter. In fact, the emphasis this page puts on it makes it into a SelfDemonstratingArticle.
** [[Website/{{Botchamania}} Maffew Gregg]] once parodied Bret Hart by saying "Something something Montreal! Something something BillGoldberg almost kicked my head off!"
* {{Main/Hypocrite}}: In his autobiography, Hart mentions stealing a [[FinishingMove finish]] from {{Wrestling/Sabu}} (Who, at the time, was the {{TropeCodifier}} for table-breaking). Several pages later, he levels sarcasm at Wrestling/ShawnMichaels for his 'unoriginality' in using the same finish in ''his'' match with [[KevinNash Diesel]].
** The difference was that Sabu was in another company while Bret, Shawn and [[KevinNash Diesel]] were all in WWF at the time, meaning that the same fans would probably be seeing the same thing again.
* ICouldaBeenAContender: The irony of Montreal Screwjob is what should have disgraced Vince [=McMahon=] in the eyes of the IWC instead [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity became his hook]], catapulting him and his family to a type of stardom that's been envied and imitated by every wrestling promoter since. Bret, meanwhile, was left to mope over his loss for the next when years. Mention of "Montreal" could be relied on for quick pops in the nineties (and once that got tired, he steered conversations towards {{Wrestling/Goldberg}} kicking him in the head something like a hundred times), but the reality is Bret was pushing forty, and his body didn't have any more ★★★★★ matches in him. Moreover, he came off as a one trick pony with his whining and became his own worst enemy.
* {{The Munchausen}}: A few of the claims in his autobiography range from dubious to demonstrably false.
** The idea that Wrestling/SteveAustin had never bladed prior to their Submission match, despite Austin bleeding in many matches in WCW, and a section in ''Austin's'' Autobiography where WCW-Era Austin talks with Dustin Rhodes about 'getting some color tonight'.

* NeverLiveItDown: The Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob defined both his career and Shawn's career for several years. They finally buried the hatchet on the January 4, 2010 episode of ''RAW'' and Shawn's retirement finally allowed them both to move on.
* TheWoobie: Let's see, Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} gave him a career ending concussion, watched his brother Wrestling/OwenHart die on live television, the Montreal Screwjob, suffered a near-fatal stroke, and is currently battling prostate cancer. Anything else?
** His TWO divorces (albeit the first one was largely his own fault) and the death of four of his best friends, Brian Pillman, Rick Rude, Curt Hennig and Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith, too. Not to mention {{Wrestling/Test}}, the wrestler he trained

* TheWoobie: Let's see, Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} gave him a career ending concussion, watched his brother Wrestling/OwenHart, die on national television, the Montreal Screwjob, suffered a near-fatal stroke, and is currently battling prostate cancer. Anything else?

* TheWoobie: Let's see, Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} gave him a career ending concussion, his brother, Wrestling/OwenHart, died on national television, the Montreal Screwjob, anything else?

* {{Flanderization}}: The Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob has become pretty much the be-all and end-all of his entire career, as if everything he had ever accomplished before that didn't happen or doesn't matter. In fact, the emphasis this page puts on it makes it into a SelfDemonstratingArticle.
** [[Website/{{Botchamania}} Maffew Gregg]] once parodied Bret Hart by saying "Something something Montreal! Something something BillGoldberg almost kicked my head off!"

* DorkAge: His Wrestling/{{WCW}} run, which saw him as just another directionless [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder NWO B-Team]] member in 1998.

** His TWO divorces (albeit the first one was largely his own fault) and the death of two of his best friends, Brian Pillman and Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith, too. Not to mention {{Wrestling/Test}}, the wrestler he trained