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If not for a last-minute decision by a pal, Bret Hart is confident he may very well have been able to live out his dream of being a filmmaker.

As it turned out, he settled for being the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be.

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At least that’s how he was so famously dubbed while performing as one of the greatest entertainers in pro wrestling history.

On Friday the 60-year-old Calgary wrestling icon will be handed an honorary degree from Mount Royal University — an institution he dropped out of 40 years ago when a well-thought-out plan for his life was derailed.

“I had taken two years off from high school and was working at a Balzac petro chemical plant to make some money to go back to school,” said the former Ernest Manning amateur wrestling star.

“My friend from high school was going to go with me and get into film — we had the dream of making big movies and getting into the film business. I don’t know how many Saturday nights we spent drinking and talking about this plan. We made a couple 8 mm films for friends and stuff.