5 WWE Superstars who were away from the company for a very long time

#3 Bret Hart

Bret Hart

If there is one man on this list that fans never thought they would see back in a WWE ring it was Bret Hart. The Montreal Screwjob that took place on the night The Hitman left WWE in 1997 is perhaps the most infamous moment in the company's entire history.

On his way out the door, Bret spat in the face of Vince McMahon as well as giving his former boss a black eye. That alone would be enough to keep you out of most former workplaces for life. As you well know by now, however, everybody comes back in the end.

Bret was inducted into the Hall of Fame, but even that didn't rebuild the bridge between him and Vince. It took another few years on top of that for Hart to return completely. In 2009, so a whole 12 years after the controversy of that night in Montreal.