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Bret Hart Timeline (1986-2011)


Bret Hart Total Career Matches: over 490 (80 Pay Per View)
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"The following is a timeline for Bret Hart's WCW and WWE career. Listed is every PPV match (excluding battle royals in which he was not involved in the ending) 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 Hart
11/29 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 Bulldogs
2/21 SNME - The Hart Foundation beat Tito Santana & Danny Spivey
3/29 WrestleMania III - Danny Davis & The Hart Foundation beat The British Bulldogs & Tito Santana
5/2 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 Powers
10/27 – The Hart Foundation lost the tag team titles to Tito Santana & Rick Martel
11/26 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 Foundation
11/28 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 constraints)
3/27 WrestleMania IV - Bad News Brown won a battle royal by last eliminating Bret Hart
8/29 SummerSlam – The Hart Foundation lost to Tag Team Champions Demolition
10/29 SNME - The Hart Foundation lost to Tag Team Champions Demolition
11/24 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 1
4/2 WrestleMania V - The Hart Foundation beat Greg Valentine & The Honky Tonk Man
8/2 SummerSlam - The Brain Busters bet The Hart Foundation
11/23 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 Bolsheviks
4/28 SNME - The Hart Foundation & The Rockers fought to a double-DQ
8/27 SummerSlam – The Hart Foundation won the World Tag Team Championship from Demolition
11/22 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 Boys
4/27 SNME – fought to a double count out against Ted DiBiase
8/26 SummerSlam – beat Curt Hennig to win the Intercontinental Championship
11/27 SummerSlam - Ric Flair, The Mountie, Ted DiBiase & The Warlord beat Bret Hart, Roddy Piper, Virgil, & Davey Boy Smith
12/3 Tuesday in Texas – beat Skinner

1992
1/17 – lost the Intercontinental Championship to The Mountie
4/5 WrestleMania VIII – won the Intercontinental Championship from Roddy Piper
8/29 SummerSlam – lost the Intercontinental Championship to the British Bulldog
10/12 – beat Ric Flair to become the WWE Champion
11/14 SNME – beat Papa Shango
11/25 Survivor Series - beat Shawn Michaels

1993
1/24 Royal Rumble – beat Razor Ramon
4/4 WrestleMania IX – lost the WWE Title to Yokozuna
6/13 King of the Ring – beat Razor Ramon
6/13 King of the Ring – beat Curt Hennig
6/13 King of the Ring – beat Bam Bam Bigelow in the tournament final
8/30 SummerSlam – beat Doink by DQ
8/30 SummerSlam – lost to Jerry Lawler by reverse decision
11/24 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 continue
1/22 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 Hart
3/20 WrestleMania X – beat Yokozuna to regain the WWE Championship
6/19 King of the Ring – lost to Diesel by DQ
8/29 SummerSlam – beat Owen Hart in a steel cage match
11/23 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 Match
5/14 In Your House 1 – beat Hakushi
6/25 King of the Ring – beat Jerry Lawler in a Kiss my Foot Match
8/27 SummerSlam – beat Isaac Yankem by DQ
9/24 IYH 3 – beat Jean-Pierre LaFitte
11/19 Survivor Series – beat Diesel in a No DQ or Count Out Match to win the WWE Championship
12/17 IYH 5 – beat Davey Boy Smith

1996
1/21 Royal Rumble – lost to the Untertaker by DQ
2/18 IYH 6 – beat Diesel in a Steel Cage Match
3/31 WrestleMania XII – lost the WWE Championship to Shawn Michaels in a 60-Minute Iron Man Match
11/17 Survivor Series – beat Steve Austin
12/15 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 elimination
2/16 IYH: Final Four – Bret Hart won the vacant WWE Championship in a 4-way Elimination Match that also featured Steve Austin, the Undertaker, and Vader
2/17 RAW – lost the WWE Championship to Sid
3/23 WrestleMania 13 – beat Steve Austin in a Submission Match
4/20 IYH: Revenge of the Taker – lost to Steve Austin by DQ
7/9 IYH: Canadian Stampede - The Hart Foundation beat Steve Austin, Goldust, Ken Shamrock & The Road Warriors
8/3 SummerSlam – beat the Undertaker to win the WWE Championship in a match that featured Shawn Michaels as the referee
9/7 IYH: Ground Zero – beat the Patriot
10/5 IYH: Bad Blood - Flag Match: Bret Hart & Davey Boy Smith beat Vader & The Patriot
11/9 Survivor Series – lost* the WWE Championship to Shawn Michaels
12/28 Starrcade - Larry Zbysko beat Eric Bischoff. Bret Hart was special guest referee.

1998
1/24 Souled Out – beat Ric Flair
3/15 Uncensored – beat Curt Hennig by DQ
5/17 Slamboree – beat Randy Savage by DQ
6/14 Great American Bash - Hollywood Hogan & Bret Hart beat Randy Savage & Roddy Piper
7/20 Nitro - won the vacant U.S. Title by beating Dallas Page
8/10 Nitro - lost the U.S. Title to Lex Luger
8/13 Thunder – regained the U.S. Title from Lex Luger
9/13 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 Sting
10/26 Nitro - lost the U.S. Title to Dallas Page
11/22 World War 3 – lost to U.S. Champion Dallas Page
11/30 Nitro – regained the U.S. Title from Dallas Page

1999
2/8 – lost the U.S. title to Roddy Piper
10/25 Nitro - won the U.S. Title from Goldberg
11/8 Nitro - Scott Hall won a ladder match against Champion Bret Hart, Sid, & Goldberg to win the U.S. Championship
11/21 Mayhem – beat Sting
11/21 Mayhem – beat Chris Benoit in a tournament final to win the vacant WCW Championship
12/9 Thunder - w/ Bill Goldberg won the WCW Tag Team Championship from Ron & Don Harris
12/16 Thunder - w/ Bill Goldberg lost the WCW Tag Team Championship to Scott Hall & Kevin Nash
12/19 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 Goldberg
12/20 Nitro - beat Goldberg to reclaim the WCW Championship

2000
1/16 Nitro - the WCW tile was declared vacant due to the career ending injury Bret suffered

2010
3/28 WrestleMania XXVI - beat Vince McMahon in a No Holds Barred Match
5/17 RAW - won the US Championship from the Miz in a No DQ/No Count Out Match
5/24 RAW - vacated the US Championship
8/9 RAW - tagged with John Cena in a draw against Chris Jericho & Edge. 
8/15 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
9/25 - partnered with David Hart Smith & Tyson Kidd to defeat Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, & Michael Tarver.

2011
9/12 RAW - partnered with John Cena to defeat Alberto Del Rio & Ricardo Rodriguez













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