5 Pro Wrestlers Who Beat Cancer

#2) Bret Hart

The Hitman made cancer tap out to his

patended

sharpshooter nearly three years ago

In February 2016, Canadian native Bret "The Hitman" Hart, one of the most respected and successful WWE Superstars of all time, announced via social media that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and his upcoming battle with the disease would be one of the toughest periods in his life.

The five-time WWF champion and multi-time Intercontinental and tag team champion (as well as Royal Rumble and King of the Ring winner) was already all too familiar with tragedy, having lost his Hart Foundaton stablemate Brian Pillman, both of his parents (including his dad, legendary Stampede Wrestling founder Stu Hart), his brother Owen and his brother-in-law Davey Boy Smith aka the British Bulldog, in back-to-back successive deaths between 1997 and 2003, on top of having his career prematurely ended in 2000 due to an injury, his first wife divorcing him in 1998 and his suffering from a stroke shortly thereafter, and another after a bicycle accident in 2002.

Still, the pink-and-black clad icon caught the disease early, undergoing successful treatment and making a seemingly full recovery. He has been remarried since 2010 and remains a WWE Hall of Famer and sole survivor of the 5-man 1997 version of the Hart Foundation stable.