Una dura noticia recibieron los fanáticos de la lucha libre durante este lunes 1 de febrero tras enterarse de que una de sus máximas glorias, Bret Hart, padece cáncer de próstata.

La información fue dada a conocer por el propio luchador a través de su cuenta oficial en Instagram.

“He tenido un gran baile en la vida, y soy sobreviviente de muchas duras batallas. Ahora enfrento la más difícil de todas. Con vacilación y miedo digo abiertamente que me declaro en lucha contra el cáncer de próstata. En los próximos días me someteré a cirugía con la esperanza de derrotar a mi enemigo de una vez por todas”, señaló el luchador.

“El amor es mi arma y tengo mucho de ello a mi alrededor, todo el tiempo, por lo que estoy verdaderamente bendecido y agradecido”, añadió Bret.

It is with great remorse that I feel compelled to speak truthfully to my friends, family and my millions of fans around the world. In the past few years, I've spent more than enough time paying the price for all those years trying to be the best there ever was as a professional wrestler. I executed excellently and my proudest claim was that I never seriously hurt or injured another wrestler in my 23 year career. I've paid a price for all that "fake" wrestling … Mark Helprin wrote: "We are all perfect clocks that Divinity has set to ticking when, even before birth, the heart explodes into a lifelong dance." I've had a great lifelong dance and I'm a survivor of many hard battles. I now face my toughest battle. With hesitation and fear, I openly declare myself in my fight against prostate cancer. In the next few days, I will undergo surgery with the hope of defeating this nemesis once and for all. My fans have always looked upon me as a hero and I've always done my best to live up to that in and out of the ring. I beat the odds when I suffered my stroke in 2002, but it is now yet again, that I … stand unafraid and face the tough road ahead of me, I will march toward this destiny with his spirit chanting in my ear. I make a solemn vow to all of those that once believed in me, the dead and the living, that I will wage my fearsome fight against cancer with one shield and one sword carrying my determination and my fury for life, emboldened by all the love that's kept me going this long already. Love is my weapon and I've got much of it around me all the time, for which I'm truly blessed and eternally grateful. My children, grandchildren, and my loving wife Steph have been and will constantly be at my side. I refuse to lose, I will never give in or give up, and I will win this battle or die trying. Most important of all, I hope can take the fight to prostate cancer. To be a leader in awareness and to set the example for men everywhere who find themselves in my very same shoes, that prostate cancer can be beaten. B x

Una foto publicada por Bret (@brethitmanhart) el

En la imagen aparece la estrella de la WWE junto con dos de sus nietos. “Mis hijos, mis nietos y mi esposa Steph han estado y seguirán estando a mi lado. Me rehúso a perder, no me rendiré y ganaré esta batalla o moriré intentándolo”, agregó.

De inmediato la noticia generó un gran impacto en las redes sociales, de hecho el post de Hart ya tiene más de 20 mil “me gusta”