Bret Hart superfan petitions for wax sculpture of the Hitman at Madame Tussauds museum

It could end up beingthe best wax sculpture there is, the best waxsculpture there was, and the best waxsculpture there ever will be.

A lifelong fan of Bret(The Hitman)Hart is pushing forMadame Tussaudswax museum to add the iconic Calgary wrestler to itsline up of wax statues.

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CalifornianAngie Garcia says she's been a fan of The Hitmansince the '80sand has started a petition to persuade the museum to immortalize the Calgarian.

"He tells like a story every time he gets to go in the ring,"Garcia told theCalgaryEyeopener.

"Not only the look that he had, not only the persona that he had, but it's really just the person he was inside of the ringand outside of the ring as well."

Garcia saidHart deservesthe statue because he set the bar for pro-wrestlers who came after him and to give the wrestler who retired in 2000 the "recognitionthat he neverreceived"

'He's done a lot for his community"

A member of the Hart wrestling dynasty, TheHitmanrose to fame as a member of TheHart Foundation tag-teamalongside his brother-in-law,JimNeidhart.

The duo twice wontheWorld Wrestling FederationTag Team Championship, now known as World Wrestling Entertainment,before the team was reformed as the New Hart Foundation, replacing TheHitmanwith his youngerbrother Owen Hart.

Garcia said Hart should be recognized not only for his skills in the ring but also for his charitable work, including the Make-A-Wish Foundation andMarch of Dimes.

Hart also helped raise funds and awareness for prostate cancer research, a disease Hart fought and won back in 2016.

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"Well he's done a lot for his community.Not only his own community but other communities as well," Garcia said.

"What I really love about him is he really likes to interact with his fans. And he never says no to one autograph or a picture or anything like that. He's always loyal to them and he's always kind-hearted."

Calgary wrestling connections

If the petition is successful, Hart won't be the only MadameTussauds wax sculpture of a pro-wrestler with a Calgary connection.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who had a brief stint as a Calgary Stampeder in 1995, has his own wax sculpture at the Madame Tussauds museum in Las Vegas.

There are more than 20 differentMadameTussaudsmuseums on four continents, so it's possible the wax sculptures of thewrestlerscould square off in a match if the petition is successful.

As of Thursday, Garcia had 588 signatures andsaid she will need thousands more fans to lend their names to the petition if she is going to sway the museum to make a sculpture of TheHitman.

"I started this last year and I need between 9,000 to 10,000, so I know I have a long road ahead of me."

Garcia hopes Calgarians will will help boost the petition numbers.

Click hereto sign the petition.

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With files from the Calgary Eyeopner