Bret Hart: The Best Wrestler From 1992-1997, Five Years of Excellence [Videos]

Bret Hart

Beginning with his August 29, 1992 match against the British Bulldog in London, England, Bret Hart started his five year reign as the best wrestler in the World Wrestling Federation. From 1992 to 1997, Hart held the WWF Heavyweight Championship title five times and wrestled in 144 high profile matches. In fact, Hart was recognized by Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine multiple times during this time span. Hart was nominated as Best Pro Wrestler four times; winning the Match of the Year in 1992, 1996, and 1997; winning the Feud of the Year in 1993 and 1994; nominated as the Most Popular Wrestler in 1993 and 1994; winning the Inspirational Wrestler of the Year in 1994; winning the Comeback of the Year Award and the Most Hated Wrestler in 1997; and ultimately presented with the Lifetime Achievement Editor's Award in 2003. In addition, Hart was recognized by the World Wrestling Federation as the Superstar of the Year in 1993 and won a combined five "Slammy" awards in 1994, 1996, and 1997.

Below are 30 Bret Hart Highlight Matches during this time frame:

• SummerSlam '92, 8/29/92: vs The British Bulldog (David Smith)
• WWF Superstars of Wrestling Taping #318, 10/12/92: vs Ric Flair
• WWF Saturday Night's Main Event Taping, 10/27/92: vs Papa Shango (Charles Wright)
• Survivor Series '92, 11/25/92: vs Shawn Michaels

• Royal Rumble '93, 1/24/93: vs Razor Ramon (Scott Hall)
• MSG Show, 3/21/93: with Mr. Perfect (Curt Henning) vs Lex Luger and Razor Ramon
• King of the Ring, 6/13/93: vs Razor Ramon; vs Mr. Perfect

• Royal Rumble: 1/24/94: co-winner of the 30-man Royal Rumble Match
• WrestleMania X: 3/20/94: vs Owen Hart; vs Yokozuna
• WWF Monday Night Raw Taping, 7/1/94: vs 1-2-3 Kid (Sean Waltman)
• WWF Superstars of Wrestling Taping #409, 7/3/94: vs Bob Backlund
• SummerSlam '94, 8/29/94: vs Owen Hart in a Steel Cage

• WWF In Your House, 5/14/95: vs Hakushi
• WWF Superstars of Wrestling Taping #475, 10/24/95: vs Sycho Sid (Sid Eudy)
• Survivor Series '95, 11/19/95: vs Diesel (Kevin Nash)
• MSG Show, 11/25/95: vs The Undertaker
• WWF In Your House 5, 12/17/95: vs The British Bulldog

• WWF In Your House 6, 2/18/96: vs Diesel in a Steel Cage
• WWF Monday Night Raw Taping, 2/19/96: vs Hunter Hearst Helmsley (Paul Michael Levesque)
• WrestleMania XII, 3/31/96: vs Shawn Michaels
• Survivor Series '96, 11/17/96: vs "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (Steve Williams)

• Royal Rumble '97, 1/19/97: Royal Rumble Match
• WWF In Your House 13, 2/24/97: vs Steve Austin, Vader, and The Undertaker
• WrestleMania 13, 3/23/97: vs Steve Austin
• WWF In Your House 16, 7/6/97: "The Hart Foundation" vs Steve Austin, Ken Shamrock, Goldust, and The Legion of Doom
• SummerSlam, 8/3/97: vs The Undertaker, with Special Guest Referee Shawn Michaels
• WWF One Night Only, 9/20/97: vs The Undertaker
• Survivor Series '97, 11/9/97: vs Shawn Michaels

Bret Hart's first WWF World Heavyweight Championship win retrospective 

Bret Hart Interview about winning his first WWF World Heavyweight Championship

From one of the best matches of Bret Hart's career (3/23/1997)

The full match can be found on the WWE Network