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Calgary wrestling icon Bret (The Hitman) Hart has been left without the use of his right index finger and thumb due to botched wrist surgery, a $1-million lawsuit claims.

In a statement of claim filed on behalf of the former professional wrestler, Hart says he underwent surgery two years ago to deal with a decades-old injury.

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“In 1981, while performing as a professional wrestler, Mr. Hart injured his right wrist by chipping his scaphoid,” one of eight small bones in the wrist, the document says.

In 2015, Hart visited plastic surgeon Dr. Justin Yeung.

“Dr. Yeung advised Mr. Hart that he could perform surgery to repair his right wrist by a partial fusion of the wrist bones,” the lawsuit says.

On Nov. 23, 2015, Hart underwent surgery at the Peter Lougheed Centre.

About six weeks later, Hart returned to Yeung to have three pins removed and complained about ongoing swelling and pain, as well as the fact his index finger and thumb “did not function.”