Bret Hart Returns To The WWE

After over ten years of separation our fellow Canadian wrestler Bret Hart will make his return to the WWE. According to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the WWE Hall of Famer has agreed to a short term deal with the WWE. Details of his role in the company are not certain, but it is expected that Hart will assume an on-air role and debut on January 4th which is also the night that TNA will be running head-to-head with Monday Night Raw.

Bret Hart was one of the WWE's top performers in the early to mid 90's before he left the company for then competitor WCW. Upon leaving Hart was involved in infamous 'Montreal screw job' at Survivor Series 97 when Vince McMahon called for the bell while Hart was in a submission hold applied by Shawn Michaels.

The match finish was not the planned finish which prompted Hart to get into an altercation with McMahon in which he knocked out the promoter backstage following the show. The controversy is still a hot topic among wrestling fans as the events that took place that night were not 'part of the show.'

Hart suffered a stroke in 2002 following a bike accident which ended his in-ring career.

Hart would not return to the WWE until he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006. The hard feelings between Hart and the WWE mainly Vince McMahon over his action that night at Survivor Series have been sore ever since.

It is unclear if Hart will wrestle again as there has always been speculation that one more match, possibly with Vince McMahon, could be possible. It is certain, however, that Hart will not be a regular wrestler if he even wrestles at all.

Hart's contract with the WWE is expected to last through Wrestlemania 26 which insures he will be a part of the biggest wrestling show of the year for the first time since 1997.

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