Bret Hart Has Prostate Cancer

[RGM81]

I'm sure most people have heard this awful news already.

https://www.facebook.com/hitmanbrethart

It is with great remorse that I feel compelled to speak truthfully to my friends, family and my millions of fans around the world. In the past few years, I've spent more than enough time paying the price for all those years trying to be the best there ever was as a professional wrestler. I executed excellently and my proudest claim was that I never seriously hurt or injured another wrestler in my 23 year career. I've paid a price for all that "fake" wrestling. Aside from a devastating career-ending concussion and numerous surgeries when I was younger, in recent years I've had two knee replacements, two hernia operations, surgery on my right elbow, and, just a few months ago, I underwent a four-corner fusion of my right wrist that even now makes it most difficult to write or type.
Mark Helprin wrote: "We are all perfect clocks that Divinity has set to ticking when, even before birth, the heart explodes into a lifelong dance." I've had a great lifelong dance and I'm a survivor of many hard battles. I now face my toughest battle. With hesitation and fear, I openly declare myself in my fight against prostate cancer. In the next few days, I will undergo surgery with the hope of defeating this nemesis once and for all.
My fans have always looked upon me as a hero and I've always done my best to live up to that in and out of the ring. I beat the odds when I suffered my stroke in 2002, but it is now yet again, that I draw upon the many adults and young children I've met throughout my life who courageously fought and usually lost in their battles against this deadly disease. One year ago, I watched a brave young man named Whesley fight brain cancer to the end. If I can find even an ounce of his courage to stand unafraid and face the tough road ahead of me, I will march toward this destiny with his spirit chanting in my ear.
I make a solemn vow to all of those that once believed in me, the dead and the living, that I will wage my fearsome fight against cancer with one shield and one sword carrying my determination and my fury for life, emboldened by all the love that's kept me going this long already. Love is my weapon and I've got much of it around me all the time, for which I'm truly blessed and eternally grateful. My children, grandchildren, and my loving wife Steph have been and will constantly be at my side. I refuse to lose, I will never give in or give up, and I will win this battle or die trying.
Most important of all, I hope I can take the fight to prostate cancer. To be a leader in awareness and to set the example for men everywhere who find themselves in my very same shoes, that prostate cancer can be beaten.
B x

[Trevor44]

That's a shame, wish him best of luck recovering.

[RGM81]

This is such devastating news. I grew up a huge Bret Hart fan, he was my favourite wrestler and like so many, my hero.

So I am definitely in his corner for this fight and supporting him.

[Zeppelin1985]

Here's a way of putting it: Most kids in the early 90s wanted Hulk Hogan on their birthday cake. Who did I want? Bret "The Hitman" Hart.

He was my hero growing up and my all-time favorite wrestler, then, now, forever.

Get ready cancer because you done messed with the wrong guy. Prepare to feel the wrath of The Sharpshooter and be excellently executed by The Best There Is, The Best There Was, and The Best That There Ever Will Be!

And if all else fails, I KNOW there's a certain Angel in Heaven that goes by "The Rocket" and will help guide his brother to victory.

God Speed Hitman, your fans are always behind you. You got this.

[Greengoblin782]

Very sad news. Hopefully he can beat and overcome the cancer.

[dgb2u]

Keep fighting Hitman you can take cancer to the dungeon and teach it a lesson. Good luck in your fight.

[pwaldo]

This is very sad news. Bret Hart has really gone through a lot in the ring and out of it. Almost like he and his family were cursed.

[texansrangerfan73]

Very sad news indeed. I remembering watching the Hart Foundation wrestle when I was younger & Brett was the man with the Sharp Shooter. Could he put em away boy. Hope he beats this terrible disease & my prayers go out to him & his family.

[Greengoblin782]

Very sad news indeed. I remembering watching the Hart Foundation wrestle when I was younger & Brett was the man with the Sharp Shooter. Could he put em away boy. Hope he beats this terrible disease & my prayers go out to him & his family.

I thought he had surgery and he is cancer free now.

[Zeppelin1985]

Last I read is that Bret's surgery was successful but J.R. kinda jumped the gun and said that Bret was "cancer free" and "in the clear". I think it was still too early to say those things.