The good old Montreal Screwjob, details as follows:
The Montreal Screwjob (a.k.a. the Montreal Incident, Montreal Finish, Survivor Series Screwjob, or The Double Cross) is professional wrestling parlance for a genuine incident that took place on November 9, 1997 during a match for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) Championship between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels at Survivor Series. The incident featured WWF Chairman Vince McMahon instructing referee Earl Hebner to prematurely end the match, legitimately cheating Hart out of the WWF Championship he held. The incident was featured in the 1998 movie Wrestling with Shadows, a documentary about Hart's life as a WWF wrestler. It was also featured in the McMahon DVD.
McMahon tentatively agreed to end the match in Montreal with a planned disqualification finish, which would involve various cohorts of both Hart and Michaels running in and disrupting the match. Hart said that he could make a live speech the next day on the November 10, 1997 edition of RAW and then hand the belt back or that he could lose the title to Ken Shamrock who had, in the weeks leading to Survivor Series, made both Hart and Michaels tap out to his Ankle Lock finisher.
After an arena-wide brawl before the match had even officially started, Hart allowed Michaels to place him in the Sharpshooter after accidentally knocking Hebner out, as per the planned finish. Michaels then gave Hart his foot to reverse the hold. Hebner, having come back up to his feet, then signalled to the timekeeper to ring the bell and end the match as if Hart had submitted to the hold; McMahon, seated at ringside, elbowed the timekeeper and screamed at him to "Ring the ******* bell!" Hebner then bolted backstage from the ring and left the Molson Centre in a waiting car. Just as Hart broke the hold and Michaels fell to the mat, the latter was quickly awarded the match and the title as his theme music began to play. All the while, Hart remained in the ring in shock.
Astounded by the unexpected turn of events, Hart was immediately outraged. Michaels showed no celebration whatsoever over the victory and even gave an expression of apparent anger and frustration. As Hart stood dazed in the ring, Triple H and Gerald Brisco came out to escort Michaels backstage as the fans threw garbage at him and relentlessly and loudly booed at him; one fan even went so far as to shove Michaels as he was passing him. Hart looked down at McMahon from the ring, spat right in his eye and, shortly after announcers Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler departed their position, Hart then destroyed several TV monitors at ringside before climbing the turnbuckles and signing the letters "wCw" in the air to the rabid crowd. Bret's younger brother Owen Hart and his brothers-in-law Jim Neidhart and Davey Boy Smith came down to the ring to try and calm him down.
To the last guy, did you even read the question? We all knew he was leaving, he asked why there was a problem between the two. Vince asked Bret to leave, not Bret wanted to leave. Bret had a 20 year contract with WWF (at the time). So he never would have been able to leave had Vince not given the go ahead.
2006-12-21 20:31:44
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answered by MoreCowBell 2
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In Bret's hometown Shawn put Bret in the sharpshooter. and the ref rang the bell even though Bret never gave up.
2006-12-24 17:59:54
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answered by KISS Fan 7
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WRONG! Bret was ALREADY on his way out of WWF , because he had accepted a contract with WCW for a lot of money. True, the "screw job" did happen and it tarnished Bret's career with WWF but he was already going to leave. It should not have happened that way but Vince was doing what he thought he had to do to protect his product. Many , many wrestlers had left with belt only to show up on the competition's show with the belt..trying to hurt them. I am SURE that the scum bucket that bischoff is ....he wanted Bret to bring the belt with him so he could trash it on WCW tv!!
2006-12-22 03:50:53
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answered by elvisdan77 4
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Check out the dude with the essay. HBK is and was very sexy. Bret Hart only was sexy.
2006-12-22 00:17:32
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answered by DARIA. - JOINED MAY 2006 7
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my friend ,you heard correction.
2006-12-21 19:36:43
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answered by The Rock 3
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