10 Biggest Megalomaniacs In WWE History

8. Bret Hart

Bret Hart WCW 1999
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As Scott Hall stated in a shoot interview in 2010, “Bret Hart’s house is a shrine to The Hitman.” Every room was filled with memorabilia and photos of himself, and above his own bed was a photo of him in his “Sgt. Pepper jacket”. It’s likely at some point Hart truly believed his “...best there is” catchphrase.

Hart wrote one of the best wrestling books ever written, but a good portion of it really is a bit of a shrine to himself, and how great he was in the ring, and how many children around the world looked up to him. If you watched his career, you could tell he was damn good, one of the best ever; but so were Ricky Steamboat and Daniel Bryan, and they didn't write 600 pages about it.

Years earlier, Bret was in a bit of a rough spot when he became the face of the WWF. Hulk Hogan was asked to become a legendary Babe Ruth-type figure in the early ‘90s, which meant he needed a successor. Vince’s first choice was Lex Luger. When that plan fell through, Hart was inserted into that role. But he never got to go over Ruth, as Hogan refused. Perhaps this is where much of his later frustrations came from.

Whatever it was, Hart has seemed to never truly get over Hart. Besides infamously refusing to lose in Canada in 1997, out of wrestling he's been highly critical of the current product and has taken aim at a variety of targets. It seems very few are able to please him. It's a bit of a shame, as Hart has a great mind for the business, and there's likely many talents he could help mature, but his mind mainly seems to be on himself.

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