Bret "The Hitman" Hart

[Xero]

Playing SmackDown! vs. RAW, it got me thinking, where did Bret Hart get the "Hitman" name? Was it just some random name, or does it have some meaning?

[DaveWadding]

Boxer Tommy "The Hitman" Hearns ;)

[Xero]

Oh, thanks. :y:

[Iceman90]

I don't think many guys have a RANDOM name.

Other wise we'd have a wrestler named Hunter Hear...sorry, bad example. Or Tara Ry..sorry, bad example again

We'd have a guy in WWE named Mike Rotch

[Sting Fan]

Excuse my ignorance but I thought he was named after an icehockey team, or perhaps the team was named after him could someone fill me in on this.

[McLegend]

Bret owns or at least one timed owned a candain hockey team called the Calgary Hitman. I don't know if he still owns them or not.

[Kapoutman]

Bret owns or at least one timed owned a candain hockey team called the Calgary Hitman. I don't know if he still owns them or not.
Last time I heard about it, he still owned them.

[Rob]

He doesn't own them. Sold his share in them years ago.

[Zen v.W.o.]

No, he gave up the ownership a while ago. They still have his colors and everything, and the logo Bret had used often..but that's it.
He still visits the team though, and greets the players etc.

[Sting Fan]

Ahh I see, I knew the Hitman thing had siginifigance to a Hockey team somehow.

[weather vane]

He used to be a hitman, seriously.

[BigDaddyCool]

He took the name "Hitman" so the Sharpshooter would make more since, duh.