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CM Punk Makes a Bold Statement About WWE Legend Bret Hart on His Birthday

Published 07/03/2021, 12:53 PM EDT

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CM Punk believes that he is the Best in the World. However, in a surprising turn of events, Punk himself proclaimed another wrestler to be the ‘Best in the World’. And that wrestler is none other than the legendary WWE Hall of Famer, Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart.

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CM Punk wished Bret Hart on his 64th birthday with an interesting set of words. The Best in the World proclaimed that Bret Hart was the “Best ever”.

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It is genuinely rare for his fans to see him praise another wrestler as he does to Bret. Maybe, Punk connects with Bret on how WWE did both wrestlers wrong on so many levels.

On Hart’s birthday, Punk remembers that Bret indeed is “The Best there is, The Best there was and The Best there ever will be.” We don’t think the subject is even up for debate.

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Bret Hart had his struggles

Hart’s WCW run was awful, to say the least, and his career-ending injury was devastating for all. In an interview with “Inside the Ropes“, Bret Hart opened up about the same,

When Bill Goldberg kicked me in the head and ended my career, it was such a lousy way to go. I didn’t know my career was over and when I did go home — it took me a year to find out that my career was over.

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“Right around the time, I found out — my doctors told me that I could never wrestle again. Then the WCW fired me. From the day I got hurt, my million-dollar salary got cut every week. It got cut in half and got cut in half and got cut in half and cut in half till there was nothing left

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“He’s Never Thought of Me Once Since I Got Hurt” – Bret Hart Lashes Out on Goldberg for Ending His Career

The fans will never forget how WCW and WWF treated the best technical wrestler of all time. Hart’s contributions to the world of wrestling will forever be cherished and remembered.

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Now, other members of the Hart family have stepped up to drive the family name forward in wrestling. The fans are eager to see what’s in store for them next.

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Aditya Pran Mahanta is a WWE and AEW author for EssentiallySports, who is currently pursuing his Bachelor of Arts degree. Being a sports fanatic, he has played at the state level badminton in his younger years but his love for WWE overtook all other passions. Being a decade-long wrestling fan, he relishes the older wrestlers and wishes that the newer generation had the same Edge. He is a passionate fan of Rey Mysterio for his high flying style, Edge for being The Ultimate Opportunist, and Razor Ramon because nobody messes with the Bad Guy!
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