10 Most Impactful WWE Superstars Of All Time

#6: BRET HART

Bret Hart was the popular member of the vaunted Hart Family.

THE BEST THERE IS, THE BEST THERE WAS, THE BEST THERE EVER WILL BE. Iconic words.

How many times have we heard a particular wrestler was a graduate of the Hart Dungeon? It meant that the wrestler in question was tough as nails and went through hell to graduate from Stu Hart's dungeon.

Some might disagree with Hart's impact, but his role was great nonetheless.

Hart started out as a tag-team specialist with Jim Neidhardt in the Hart Foundation. He ventured into singles' action in the early 90s, becoming a fixture in the mid-card.

When the dark cloud of the steroids' scandal took over the wrestling landscape in those early 90s, Vince McMahon needed a smaller, less muscle-bound wrestler on which to re-build the WWF's success.

Bret Hart was exactly that man and from 1992-1996, the in-ring maestro was WWF Champion five times. After that, his feud with 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin helped usher in the Attitude Era when Hart submitted a bloody Austin.

But Hart was also influential for an entirely different reason - the Montreal Screwjob.

Hart was supposed to retain his WWF Title in a match with Shawn Michaels, but Vince had the ring-keeper ring the bell after a fast count.

What really happened blurred the line between real and kayfabe. Hart spat in McMahon's direction and didn't reconcile with McMahon and Michaels until the mid-2000s.

From then on, the lines of kayfabe would forever be changed.