10 Excellent Reasons Why Bret "Hitman" Hart Is The Greatest Wrestler Of All-Time

10. He Achieved Success At Every Level

Bret began his journey to pro-wrestling immortality as part of his father Stu's Stampede Wrestling territory in Calgary, Alberta Canada. From there, Bret made a career in WWE that lasted over a decade before becoming one of the highest-paid wrestlers when he signed with WCW in 1997.

In all those companies, Bret found incredible success, making his way to world championships in each promotion.

During his peak run in WWE, Bret achieved major success at every level. Already a Tag Team and Intercontinental Champion on two separate occasions. The Hitman shocked the wrestling world in late 1992 by defeating Ric Flair for the WWF Championship.

Bret also shattered numerous glass ceilings in every division of WWE. The Hart Foundation were not meant to get over in the 80s, yet they became one of the greatest tag teams the promotion ever had. Bret wasn't supposed to succeed as a singles performer, having experienced multiple start-stop solo runs, but he elevated the Intercontinental Championship to the position where it could be defended in the main event of SummerSlam '92 (although Davey Boy Smith's popularity had something to do with it, too).

And he wasn't ever supposed to be on the level of the company's main event headliners before he wound up tying Hulk Hogan for the most reigns as WWF Champion (5) by 1997.

Nobody has that type of history, except for the Excellence of Execution.