10 Hall Of Famers Who Fell Out With The WWE

6. Bret Hart

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This is one that has been played out time and time again, but Bret Hart had one of the more public bust-ups with the WWE.

Of course, the catalyst to all of this bad blood was the famed Montreal Screwjob.

Quicker than you could say "Bret screwed Bret", the then-WWF went about disregarding the career and accomplishments of The Hitman. Incessant mockery from D-Generation X and the sad passing of Owen Hart only further soured the situation between the two camps.

Hart and the WWE wouldn't speak for years, with the contribution of one of the greatest of all time being shunned time and time again. The Excellence of Execution painfully parted way with Vince's company in 1997 and the two parties didn't patch things up until 2005.

Bret Hart would take his rightful place in the Hall of Fame in 2006, but even then he'd skip the following night's traditional WrestleMania appearance, and the relationship between Bret and the WWE has at times been strained in the years since.

Yes, the two still have a working relationship, but you get the feeling that it isn't exactly all happiness and rainbows.

Authored by Andrew Pollard

Senior Writer

Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks/Saints, Jamie Hayter, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.

Posted On: 27th Jul 2015

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