10 Most Heartbreaking WWE Moments Ever

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Bret Hart was robbed blind by a half-blind Hulk Hogan when he lost his first WWE Championship at WrestleMania IX, but the surrender of his second stint with the title was arguably even more upsetting.

Hart had pledged not to give up no matter how contorted his body became in Bob Backlund's devastating Crossface Chickenwing. The match stipulated that each man's corner representative had to throw the towel in, and with Bret's brother-in-law British Bulldog on that duty, a trade looked near-impossible.

Owen Hart - at this point at his devious best as a intolerable heel - had a plan. With Bulldog decked following a chase-gone-wrong, the youngest of the siblings coerced mother Helen to lob the towel in to save her son from further brutal punishment in the devastating hold.

He faked the tears she genuinely shed, before darting off to the back in celebration immediately after the bell sounded to the shock of thousands in attendance and the Hart devotees watching on pay-per-view. Viewers tuning into the next Raw weren't even permitted to consider 'The Hitman's potential redemption - Diesel swooped in and squashed the Champion before the next episode aired.