@@HighFalutinTootin - oh BS. I could beat Shawn Michaels and I'm 54. The Rock would destroy Shawn. He was nothing more than a poser brown noser. Try thay sweet chin music on me and I'd go full Flair on his family jewels, 🤣🤣🤣
He’s way too full of himself and thought he was bigger than the business. He refused to do his job all because of a personal dispute. He 100% had the screwjob coming
He's a salty clown. Acting like he was bigger than the company, it's a business and the decision was made for him to drop the belt. He has no say in that.
He was an a hole no doubt. But I doubt this conversation ever happened. Makes zero sense that Bret would go ask him right after if he knew. And zero sense for Shawn to be fake about it if he just basically said he was out to hurt him.
Agreed. I dont think i believe that he would have willingly lost the belt that night to someone else though. Everything I've heard was he would drop the belt the next night just didn't want to in front of his home crowd for his last time in WWF
@@jerrygrenadier6067 this is so, so dimwitted. I'm far from an omega bucks fan you absolute bret d*ckrider. Are you serious? Stop riding his old jock for a moment and understand that Bret is a fantastic wrestler, but he's an eternally bitter tool like Ole Anderson. Bret had a lot of tragedy but that doesn't excuse being a dick always.
Undertaker even said he couldn't stand Shawn back then, it was once he got clean and found religion when he grew fond of him. But I get sad whenever I see a member of the hart foundation, such amazing talent treated like garbage...
@@pcharl01 Unfortunately, he's the last. Owen is gone, Brian Pillman is gone, Jim "anvil" Neidhar is gone, Davey boy Smith is gone... He's the last one standing. That's my childhood.... just gone. Absolutely heartbreaking to think about. When Bret finally leaves this life, I'll be crushed.
@@jamesdjl4359 Teddy Hart could've easily been Bret Hart's level but teddy wasn't the kiss ass they expected him to be and he still caught some flack over want happened in Montreal... You would think what happened to Owen would've wiped that slate clean and the wwe would've felt indebted to the Hart family but I guess it wasn't like that unfortunately and we never got to see a Teddy Hart Era in the WWE.
Bret Hart was like that one rare popular kid in school that was very nice to everyone else including the other popular kids that were just basically menaces, and Shawn at the time was that kid
Bret Hart is that one wrestler that everybody loves. If everybody had a favorite, be it Hulk Hogan, Macho Man, Ultimate Warrior, Rick Flair, Stone Cold, The Rock, Sting, whoever, if they’re someone’s #1, Bret is they’re #2 (if he isn’t already they’re favorite.) He was just that guy.
That kid always gets screwed in the end because he’s left with no friends. He grew away from the popular kids and the other kids don’t see him as a friend. Sad story
I have heard Bret say a few times he'd rather have wrestled Shawn in from the 90's than Goldberg or Vader (and some other names that escape me). Have to hand it to him with all that hate, he still knew he was safe with Shawn. Not boosting Shawn up but that still lets you know he hated him but still trusted the guy. Not sure I would be able to say those words in his place.
The Goldberg thing was a freak accident. He had to make his matches convincing to keep his apex-level character from losing believability. Bret was clearly not prepared for the kick which sucked but this has happened with several other wrestlers too (Christian, Stone Cold, etc) because there are risks
Yet he’s on tape from his own documentary talking to Vince saying he wants to retire the belt instead of putting anyone over in Montreal. Bret’s the biggest mark ever. First he says he would put Shawn over the next night on raw instead of ss , then he says he wouldn’t lose in Canada, then he says he wants to retire the belt , now he says he would put over anyone other than Shawn . He’s the biggest liar ever . Plus there is no one to confirm that story of Shawn saying he would never put him over. Vince made the right call
@@AD-ur1fkwhat I don't get is how big of a story this was... Did stuff like this happen all the time in WWE? Everybody gets screwed, they handle it... They protect Kayfabe... I still think it might have been a work... Or Vince was working... It benefited Vince's character, Bret should have used it to benefit his character... It would have been sweet if Bret came back a month later and did a storyline with Vince.
Bret and I are Canadians, and I started watching him in 1987. It saddens me to see him old. I remember him in his prime; he was something to behold. I call him: The Gentleman of Professional Wrestling.
Bret is my all time favorite and I understand the screwjob is always gonna be talked about but there is more to his career than that one night. I would love for someone to ask him about something else.
This destroyed his heart though. Ive been watch Ric Flair talk about Bret, and Flair has softened so much on the subject of Bret. When asked about Bret’s feelings on the Montreal Screwjob, Flair said he’d feel exactly as Bret feels to this day.
@@chadwillett619Yep. That's called brain damage. The thing about brain damage is that it gets worse over time. Ask Dave Duerson and Junior Seau....oh yeah, that's right.
@@chadwillett619 he clearly kicked Bret in the head and other wrestlers have said Goldberg is dangerous in the ring, a better defense of Goldberg would've been to just say it was an accident but you're pretending Bret is faking it
@@rossrobertson674 nobody's saying Brett didn't get kicked in the head but as far as it being the sole reason it ended his career that's not so cut and dry since he wrestled for two weeks with a severe concussion which all damage taken in that two weeks was also a major factor but it's not Goldberg's fault. If it was as severe as Brett said he should have been smart enough to say I'm hurt I can't go.
I’ve been binge watching 90’s wrestling as of late, and am two Raws past the screw job, and I can honestly say that Bret’s absence from WWE is palpable compared to before the screw job. Not just in the ring or the stories, but in the morale of the wrestlers and how they conduct themselves both in and out of kayfabe
Yeah he was too nice and scum like Vince and Shawn thought they were better than him. Well they helped kill wrestling while Brett just tried to survive in it
Cause certain moments in history have actual substance and are game changers or a big part in the culture. Not like these lame throwaway bullshit gimmicks
His injury was healed in 99. He found religion because nobody would call him or visit. Everyone in wwf despised Shawn. Then he returned and asked for forgiveness
@@TherealAk92 he was addicted to painkillers and was drugged up almost all the time. He was in a massive depressive funk, had alienated himself from the WWE as well as his closest friends and was slowly killing himself through his lifestyle.
@@daithiocinnsealach1982 Shawn needed god because he knew he was slowly killing himself, his wife saved him and his son that was born in 2000 saved him
@@hendrifai4223you do realize he can let the interviewer know he doesn’t want to talk about that before the interview takes place. Which he doesn’t do because he’s bitter and wants to talk about it. I could kinda understand if it was a legit sport with real record keeping but dude was rich and got played in a scripted sport get tf over it he’s so full of shit 😂
Bret started his career in a tag team with his older brother Keith in his Stampede days. The entire Hart family, even the lesser known or unknown members are wrestling royalty.
@@breazy832 I’d be interested to know more about the Dungeon, like did Stu stretch him and Owen because they were his kids and they had to be the best or did they get treated like anyone else? There are loads of things you could talk about with this guy and all his years there
@@Missminx01it wasn’t though, he got so many people over. Listen to XPac talk about Bret getting him over. British Bulldog at Wembley, he helped Austin get over big and even turned heel to help get Austin over as a face. Helped protect the Rock from the Kliq. It’s just untrue to say Bret was only about himself.
@@Missminx01cut the cap! Bret never made the business about himself, Bret always put guys over, and putting a guy over doesn't mean that guy has to win the match. But when you have to work with guys that want spotlight and glory, you get made out to be the salty one. Bret put all them guys on the map, Shawn, Hall, Nash, Hunter, and Waltman. They were all mid card guys before they wrestled Bret and after they were household names. The hitman wasn't cancer, Hall and Nash were Cancer.
Well, in Shawn's defense, that conversation him and Bret had was right after that backstage brawl they had. Where Bret pulled his hair out his head. So HBK probably did turn around and side eye him. And was like wtf you mean safe with me!?🤣😂😅😁
This isnt uncommon at all. When a guy dropped the belt in his territory it was usually a long match to make both opponents seem strong and still had the potential and skill to be on top even if he lost the belt. Not the finish for Montreal.
It’s crazy I watched the hbk documentary and they were saying how he was this humble kind kid. Never touched drugs and another wrestler introduced him to drugs 😂
Yep! It wasn’t until he started hanging out with Marty that he started partying. In Marty’s documentary they talked about how Shawn had to get away from him. Not only because he wanted to go singles, but because Marty was holding him back with his issues.
It’s like Bret Hart didn’t have a career pre-Montreal. Hopefully soon he’ll wake up and realise that he’s been going on about the screw job for nearly thirty years now and has grown old, then hopefully he’ll get on with living the rest of his life.
When I was a kid the Hart Foundation was my fave tag team with Brett and Jim The Anville and then Brett went onto to be one of the best ever individual wrestlers or as he would say "the best there is, there was, or ever will be" 😂
Brett is one of my Top 5 favorite and respected wrestlers but it’s well known that Vince McMahon, Vince Russo, Jim Cornette had tried to come up with every outcome or situation of Brett losing the title to Shawn Michaels that Brett would’ve liked. Brett didn’t want to lose the championship. Especially to Shawn Michaels since they were fierce rivals in the ring and out of the ring. But that’s like Shawn not wanting Stone Cold to win the championship in 97’ if Shawn was threatening to leave. Vince & company gave Bret every opportunity for him to choose the outcome of how he would give the belt up. No one is above the company except for Vince McMahon, not even Brett Hart. Hate to say it, but it needs to be said
Part of me wishes that Shawn chose a different option from the dialogue tree in that moment, but everything that happened also gave us a top 10 all-time rivalry.
And top twenty rivalries ever ...and I mean not just pro wrestling. This story is just nuts when you think about it. Owen dying later, Vince' resentment, everything. Just one of the craziest stories ever seen in the public eyes
It literally was, as it was outlined in the agreed upon legal terms of his contract that he limited creative control over his match finishes on his way out (specifically outcomes). There was plenty of time left in his contract to lose the belt at another time and place in December. He just didn’t want to put over Shawn because of his attitude. Shawn had a history of vacating belts and had been bragging publicly at the time that he jobs for no one. About a month earlier he screwed over Bret’s brother in law British Bulldog at a ppv called One Night Only in the UK. A match that BB dedicated to his dying sister. Shawn also successfully petitioned a change for the match finish of SS97 after being persuaded by HHH that the finish needed to change. Bret exercised contractual rights to fight back against Shawn. He even said that if Shawn put him over in November he would return the favour before leaving at the end of December.
@@cybrnathan there’s video with audio of those events with Brett saying he didn’t want to drop the belt at home in his last show there Then everything unfolds on film because there were cameras rolling
@@jrich436 There is also recent video of Brett saying he didn't have a problem losing in Canada, he just didn't want to lose to Sean because Sean was basically an a-hole --> th-cam.com/users/shortsGdlSrYNr3HM
@@cybrnathan Brett could tell me info that I know to be true and because of the source I would start to question it 😂 He legitimately has personality disorder(s). He is pathological and incapable of taking personal responsibility for ANYTHING. He can not take criticism. Turns out the narcissistic character thing was him just being him With the documentary about his nephew's antics we are seeing a pattern. While I don't think he killed the girl I think it gives us a clear picture of either learned behaviors coming out of the family or personality traits that are breeding true and not being addressed/controlled from the family line The man can wrestle, he works hard AND he looks out for his family... but he definitely has personality disorders. He's a liar that will say anything as not to have to take responsibility and try to get people to see him as a victim so he will not be criticized
So correct me if I'm wrong.. what Bret is saying here is that he wanted to win as he leaves the WWF and transfer to WCW without the belt, as he would give it to Shawn after the match? So what's the idea, that WCW has the 'real champion' while Shawn may have the belt being a loser? I think Vince McMahon was right with the idea that Shawn should win the match and also refuse to have Bret bring the belt to WCW.
Screwjob or not, if Bret really wanted to be savage, instead of immediately spitting on Vince, he should have went and got the belt. And then spit on him and left through the crowd.
Dude has said numerous times that he wouldn't drop the belt to Shawn in Montreal but wanted to do it the next night on RAW. He didn't want to lose the title to Shawn Michaels in Canada. He wouldn't do business, so McMahon got jumpy that he would do what Alundra did and trash the WWF title on Nitro.
That doesnt disagree with what Brett said. Brett likely said that after Shawn said the BS he did. Why would i want to lose the title to an asshole in my home town after he dissed me?
Niko did you not listen to the 1 min clip? This conversation between Brett and Shawn happened BEFORE Brett told Vince he would not lose in Canada. This was Brett explaining WHY the beef started in the first place. Christ dude it took you longer to write a post getting it wrong then Brett took to explain it clearly.
The Undertaker was the one who confirmed to Hart via phone that Michaels was in on the screwjob despite what Michaels claimed in Montréal after Survivor Series. Hart had to tell the guys who were still in the then-WWF after Survivor Series not to revolt because some wrestlers even threatened to no-show the next night's Raw in Kanata, Ont. (now part of the amalgamated Ottawa).
The thing is if i was in Shawn's position i would have screwed Bret. I get Shawn was a difficult person to deal with, but he was young and hungry trying to get to the top and be recognized as number 1. Would i have gone the route of being so abrasive and alienate everyone i worked with? Nope, but Bret should know you dont leave a company or territory with their belt. The only person who got away with doing that was Madusa going to WCW, but women were constantly dropped or their matches were cut from bookings.
The screwjob happened cause bret didn’t want to drop the belt in canada, he wanted to walk out the next night on RAW and give the title to Shawn but at that point he was going to be under contract with WCW and vince didn’t want to risk bret showing up to nitro with the WWF belt
YES This narrative makes NO sense based on his, Shawn, Vince and Brett’s wife’s reaction He DID NOT want to drop the belt at home at retirement Plain and simple
@@niklstaples89 maybe..... The point is Hart went on record saying he did not want to lose the belt at home on his last show since he was leaving for WCW in 4 months. So this "team player" concept is most definitely a lie As far as Vince he had 3 financial problems The bodybuilding league and all the money he put into Luger was a flop LUGER had shown up on WCW Nitro on its first episode THE DAY after he had taped for WWF. So that all had to be edited because WWF was pretaped The league was dead because he was going through the steroid trial and believed he may be going to jail Nitro was thoroughly kicking his butt in ratings and they really did not have much to compete with Medusa had previously shown up on Nitro with one of his belts and threw it in the trash (at the behest of Bischoff who was once again creatively destroying WWF and was pushing drama) Hall and Nash were already well into the nWo angle. Rude was working for both companies and may have been leaking info to Bischoff to exploit Vince didn't trust him and so he pulled the trigger. There is also the concept that this was a work....
@@jrich436 Also heard Vince payed her debts and pulled her of living on the streets. Which probably made the whole Medusa situation a bigger pain point for him.
I still think Bret should have dropped the belt. Be the better man and say what you have to say in the locker room afterwards knowing you have the highground. That would be truly professional
Plain and simple: it's because Vince is an asshole. He wanted to "put Bret in his place." People argue against this all the time, but the fact of it is that they were just fine using Sid as a transitional champion earlier in the year. They could have done the same thing with the Undertaker after Montreal, but Vince had to be a prick.
Because Bret whines about being professional and all that. Put your ego aside and drop the belt. You are leaving a company. Why should one get to dictate the future of a company they are leaving? Doesn't make sense to me.
@@Thedearster Bret Hart: "I'll be safe with you in the ring." HBK: "I'm not gonna make the same promise to you!" I'm not gonna wrestle a guy after hearing that. 😄
Strange that about 6 months after the Screwjob now Vince had all the money in the role to give out like candy to guys like Taker, Austin, Rock, Foley, etc. Heck even HBK got paid for years on end and he wasn’t even wrestling. Yet he couldn’t honor his contract with Bret??
@@yahwilson2680 Bret signed a 20-year deal the year before which Vince later asked to renegotiate because he couldn’t afford it, and encouraged Bret to ask WCW if their better financial offer still stood … if your boss told you that, what would you do?
@@dukes1993724 Back then Vince did not do guaranteed contracts like WCW . The Monday night wars in the reason he started doing guaranteed contracts. WWE couldn't afford to lose anymore talent to WCW. At the time wcw had more money to offer he Basically had no choice.
Compare the people each guy has wrestled with and I guarantee almost all the people who have worked with Shawn will say he's a prick ass who they wished never got into the wrestling business. Shawn was a trash guy and even worse champion who just flatout thought he was the be all end all and he wasn't. Other folks he was in a fued with carried his ass pre attitude era. He was never a draw as champion honestly.
Bret is obviously a liar. He was jealous that Shawn Michaels was getting a push at the main event scene. Shawn Michaels was the guy who jobbed Bret hart since the Rocker days. Bret hart beat Shawn when he was the IC champion, WWF champion and even the tag champion. Yet Bret tells Vince that I will job Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 12 if he jobs me back at Wrestlemania 13. Hypocrisy at its finest by Bret. Not denying the fact that Shawn Michaels was no saint.
@@coolguy298 just curious how was Bret Hart jealous of Shawn Michaels getting the main event push when he openly dropped the belt to him at WrestleMania 12 took time off and allowed Sean Michaels to carry the company on his back which he failed miserably
@@plcbabalugats4537 yeah I don’t know how truthful Bret is being here…however, the main sticking point seems to be Shawn not showing Bret the proper respect (in Bret’s view at least)…losing in Montreal to Shawn was just adding insult to injury as far as the US vs Canada thing went
But I remember on a&e you said specifically in front of the camera bread that you didn't want to lose in Montreal you would rather lose a week or two later and some other event but not in your hometown or something of that nature and then eventually you agreed even though you didn't want to
I think the only person that really won because of the Montreal screw job was Vince McMahon. He used this event to create his own character of Mr. McMahon, which led to his feud with Steve Austin. Brett, who was departing anyway, lost out on so much more because as much as he earned a huge contract, an injury due to the recklessness of his opponent from an organization as loose as WCW, cost him millions of more dollars had he stayed in WWE. Michaels was still paid too low, was not allowed to leave WWE, and yet stayed on contract but stayed home. Eric Bischoff screwed up the NWO faction, which then led to Vince McMahon’s sabotage when he sent that idiot Russo over to WCW, where the moron in such a short period of time destroyed that company forever.
I heard differently I heard that it was supposed to end by disqualification because he DIDNT want to drop the belt in Canada instead opting to lose it on raw or forfeit.
I loved when you were still in action. To me you'll always be one of the greats and a legion. The name hit man will live on as long as professional wrestling is still going on!
One side liked that it happened because it was one great story full of real life rivalry. But also imagine if bret stayed till early 2000s and maybe hbk wouldn't face taker and get injured
I dont get it. If he was willing to drop the belt.. and that exact scenario happened, why is he calling it a screwjob if he was about to droo the belt anyway?
This is the same guy that said "If I had 3 bullets in a gun and you put me in a room with Goldberg, Hitler, and Stalin, I would shoot Goldberg 3 times"
I wish Bret would look back at his career and focus on all of the amazing things he could do in the ring. Instead he’s been dining out on this it’s sad to me
You couldn’t be more wrong. He gets asked this question every time, he doesn’t bring it up. Some people just can’t deal w the fact that hbk was a real piece of shit in the 90s
@@santiagogomez7356 he could Easly say sorry I've spoken about this a million times let's talk about something else. and you want to talk about hbk being a piece of shit in the 90's, hart was not all innocent either
He's lying, he wasnt going to drop the belt, and he was leaving the company after this. So vince made sure the belt changed so the WWF champion didnt leave and go to WCW, which Bret did. Its easy to find that out.
Bret's story has changed over the years. His reasons for not dropping the belt were well documented at the time as he had a literal documentary crew following him around. His reason, given at the time, was that he was granted creative control by his contract, and he didn't want to lose the belt in Canada. He said that he would turn the belt over on Raw (so that the would leave the WWF undefeated), but there was a real worry that he would conveniently 'forget' the belt at him, and show up with it at his premiere with WCW. His reasoning for not liking Shawn at the time wasn't that Shawn was a dick, but that he 'disapproved of his lifestyle' which was a homophobic dog whistle in the 90's.
Thank you for this comment. Many people say Bret is always right or that he never changes his story, but as shown here, he has changed it multiple times.
No one liked Shawn’s lifestyle because he was a pill addict and treated everyone like shit? Some of the creative guys thought he was gonna die young because he’d disappear and miss tapes doing drugs. Even undertaker mentions having issues with him around this, and you can probably find the story of when he was gonna knock Shawn out had he not done a finish correctly or dropped a title. Regardless of how you feel about Bret, saying Bret was using this as a homophobic dog whistle is just strange considering Shawn’s history of being a drug abusing asshole is really well known and self admitted by Shawn himself prior to him becoming a christian and achieving full sobriety.
@@fracturedfukd9629 No one used the word 'life style' to describe being an asshole in the 90's, or even to describe drug use. Heck, Dustin Rhodes was drug addicted too, yet Brett had nice things to say about him since because Goldust was nothing like his character. He did that in the same interview in the same documentary as the made the 'lifestyle comment.' That interview was immediately before the Montreal match, and given as his reason for not wanting to drop the belt to Shawn. Even if he wasn't a homophobe, he still had one damn job, refused to do it, and has been bitching about it ever since.
Watch the whole interview here - th-cam.com/video/OY0x3kKshMY/w-d-xo.html
Sam, did you have a hard-on the entire interview??
hitman is the man 💪
Fix the link
Could have been completely avoided
There is a reason why the rock refused to work with shawn michael ...
because he didn't want to get beat thats why sweet chin music
lol na coz shawn tried to ruin his career and failed lol rock surpassed alll the kliq
And LOOK where the Rock is RIGHT NOW. BIGGER and MUCH VERY WELL KNOWN than Shawn nor anybody on the Kliq.
bc Shawn was talking shit about Rocks grandma lmao
@@HighFalutinTootin - oh BS. I could beat Shawn Michaels and I'm 54. The Rock would destroy Shawn. He was nothing more than a poser brown noser. Try thay sweet chin music on me and I'd go full Flair on his family jewels, 🤣🤣🤣
That is the most sincere and mature response I have ever heard. Bret is the real thing. Major respect
He’s way too full of himself and thought he was bigger than the business. He refused to do his job all because of a personal dispute. He 100% had the screwjob coming
He's a salty clown. Acting like he was bigger than the company, it's a business and the decision was made for him to drop the belt. He has no say in that.
@@__D-B__He was the best in the business though… If you’re the best you can say whatever the fuck you want.
@@thefives7ar He was never the best in the business.
@@__D-B__keep telling yourself that
90s Shawn was crazy 💀
Ruthless
*JJJ voice*
"He's a menace!"
Prime hbk
...was a bad person. My hillbilly friends are crazy, but nicer then anyone.
He was an a hole no doubt. But I doubt this conversation ever happened. Makes zero sense that Bret would go ask him right after if he knew. And zero sense for Shawn to be fake about it if he just basically said he was out to hurt him.
I'm tired of people ragging on Brett. He's justified in being angry. He's a legend and had some of the greatest rivalries in wrestling history.
Agreed. I dont think i believe that he would have willingly lost the belt that night to someone else though. Everything I've heard was he would drop the belt the next night just didn't want to in front of his home crowd for his last time in WWF
He's not. Enough for fucks's sake. Get over it.
@@anish3183 Your name alone tells me that you're a noob fan who gets your information online. Keep cheering for omega and the bucks you incel
@@jerrygrenadier6067 this is so, so dimwitted. I'm far from an omega bucks fan you absolute bret d*ckrider. Are you serious? Stop riding his old jock for a moment and understand that Bret is a fantastic wrestler, but he's an eternally bitter tool like Ole Anderson. Bret had a lot of tragedy but that doesn't excuse being a dick always.
@@anish3183 You're definitely a noob fan. Kiss Tony Khan's picture tonight before you cry for being an incel who smells
Undertaker even said he couldn't stand Shawn back then, it was once he got clean and found religion when he grew fond of him. But I get sad whenever I see a member of the hart foundation, such amazing talent treated like garbage...
Yup had he's hands tapped and ready to go backstage at WM 14 just in case Shawn tried some shit which at this time he was known for doing.
Their family has been through the ringer
Is not Brett the only one left?
@@pcharl01 Unfortunately, he's the last. Owen is gone, Brian Pillman is gone, Jim "anvil" Neidhar is gone, Davey boy Smith is gone... He's the last one standing. That's my childhood.... just gone. Absolutely heartbreaking to think about.
When Bret finally leaves this life, I'll be crushed.
@@jamesdjl4359 Teddy Hart could've easily been Bret Hart's level but teddy wasn't the kiss ass they expected him to be and he still caught some flack over want happened in Montreal... You would think what happened to Owen would've wiped that slate clean and the wwe would've felt indebted to the Hart family but I guess it wasn't like that unfortunately and we never got to see a Teddy Hart Era in the WWE.
Bret Hart was like that one rare popular kid in school that was very nice to everyone else including the other popular kids that were just basically menaces, and Shawn at the time was that kid
Just call it what it is. Bullying. Doing as much harm as u can get away with
Nah bret was a whiney bitch. Cries ab literally everything that doesn't go his way
Bret Hart is that one wrestler that everybody loves. If everybody had a favorite, be it Hulk Hogan, Macho Man, Ultimate Warrior, Rick Flair, Stone Cold, The Rock, Sting, whoever, if they’re someone’s #1, Bret is they’re #2 (if he isn’t already they’re favorite.) He was just that guy.
@@bobbysealejunior6590*looks at the undertaker*
That kid always gets screwed in the end because he’s left with no friends. He grew away from the popular kids and the other kids don’t see him as a friend. Sad story
“I want you to know that if your ever in the ring with me youre safe, unlike if you were in the ring with Goldberg”
I have heard Bret say a few times he'd rather have wrestled Shawn in from the 90's than Goldberg or Vader (and some other names that escape me). Have to hand it to him with all that hate, he still knew he was safe with Shawn. Not boosting Shawn up but that still lets you know he hated him but still trusted the guy. Not sure I would be able to say those words in his place.
The Goldberg thing was a freak accident. He had to make his matches convincing to keep his apex-level character from losing believability. Bret was clearly not prepared for the kick which sucked but this has happened with several other wrestlers too (Christian, Stone Cold, etc) because there are risks
@@joeman5220 Yeah and even more risks when you're in there with Botchberg.
@@joeman5220 Goldberg was so technically imperfect that no one would risk his health and career working with him. The dude never cared about safety
Goldberg was dangerous in the ring…
Multiple people said it!!!
What happened to Bret was an accident, but Goldberg was an accident waiting to happen
Brett has never changed his story. He is… the best there is, the best there was, and the best that ever will be.
Bret
Boring Brent
Yet he’s on tape from his own documentary talking to Vince saying he wants to retire the belt instead of putting anyone over in Montreal. Bret’s the biggest mark ever. First he says he would put Shawn over the next night on raw instead of ss , then he says he wouldn’t lose in Canada, then he says he wants to retire the belt , now he says he would put over anyone other than Shawn . He’s the biggest liar ever . Plus there is no one to confirm that story of Shawn saying he would never put him over. Vince made the right call
@@AD-ur1fkwhat I don't get is how big of a story this was... Did stuff like this happen all the time in WWE? Everybody gets screwed, they handle it... They protect Kayfabe... I still think it might have been a work... Or Vince was working... It benefited Vince's character, Bret should have used it to benefit his character... It would have been sweet if Bret came back a month later and did a storyline with Vince.
@@darylmixan8170 not in a ring anyway
Bret and I are Canadians, and I started watching him in 1987. It saddens me to see him old. I remember him in his prime; he was something to behold. I call him: The Gentleman of Professional Wrestling.
Bret is my all time favorite and I understand the screwjob is always gonna be talked about but there is more to his career than that one night. I would love for someone to ask him about something else.
He did this to himself. You go out on your back. That's what you do when you leave a company. Bret is 100% wrong for not dropping the title.
Like his years in WCW
He's a mark for himself
This destroyed his heart though.
Ive been watch Ric Flair talk about Bret, and Flair has softened so much on the subject of Bret. When asked about Bret’s feelings on the Montreal Screwjob, Flair said he’d feel exactly as Bret feels to this day.
Exactly I would love to here someone ask him about the Anaheim Classic they had at WrestleMania in the IronMan Match.
Bret: “I just want you to know no matter what you’re safe with me in the ring”
Bill Goldberg: “So anyways I tried to kick Bret’s head off”
BRET: And I wrestled for the two weeks following that concussion but it's all Bill's fault.
@@chadwillett619Yep. That's called brain damage. The thing about brain damage is that it gets worse over time. Ask Dave Duerson and Junior Seau....oh yeah, that's right.
@@chadwillett619 he clearly kicked Bret in the head and other wrestlers have said Goldberg is dangerous in the ring, a better defense of Goldberg would've been to just say it was an accident but you're pretending Bret is faking it
Ryback looking confused in the corner
@@rossrobertson674 nobody's saying Brett didn't get kicked in the head but as far as it being the sole reason it ended his career that's not so cut and dry since he wrestled for two weeks with a severe concussion which all damage taken in that two weeks was also a major factor but it's not Goldberg's fault. If it was as severe as Brett said he should have been smart enough to say I'm hurt I can't go.
I’ve been binge watching 90’s wrestling as of late, and am two Raws past the screw job, and I can honestly say that Bret’s absence from WWE is palpable compared to before the screw job. Not just in the ring or the stories, but in the morale of the wrestlers and how they conduct themselves both in and out of kayfabe
This sound like young humble Bret and people wonder why he’s old and mean now he been cross to many times
He's been mean since he's been young
Yeah he was too nice and scum like Vince and Shawn thought they were better than him. Well they helped kill wrestling while Brett just tried to survive in it
Keep in mind Brett's side of events usually doesn't match everyone else's lol
@@0326Vet everyone else would lose their job if they said otherwise
@@aoisora1445 no even ones long retired or in different companies usually differ
Its amazing how the Screw Job is still talked about to this very day.
Cause certain moments in history have actual substance and are game changers or a big part in the culture. Not like these lame throwaway bullshit gimmicks
Was a work.
@@doyadirty3804 this very moment kick started the greatest era of wwe. Ofc ots gonna get talked bout
Winning or Losing world title , you cant forget that for any sport 😄
@@earzy9729 Bret himself has said if anyone thinks it’s a work they’re either an idiot or just wants a response 😂
I'm glad Shawn finally cleared up his act during that 4 year injury from 1998-2002
His injury was healed in 99.
He found religion because nobody would call him or visit. Everyone in wwf despised Shawn.
Then he returned and asked for forgiveness
@@SauceOnChickenBall Everyone except HHH of course
@@SauceOnChickenBallGod isn’t religion
I think even HHH had a fall out with him in the late 90s when Shawn was belligerent on drugs went off on Hunter about something.
Not according to Maven, he has outright stated he is still very much an asshole. Especially to the young up and coming Wrestlers
And it led to the greatest villian in wrestling history Mr. Mcmahon.
And the creation of DX
@@XxowendanxX DX Was already created b4 the MSJ
@@ArronSorrell83 true, I meant it was Bret Hart who started calling them degenerates and they ran with it
@@XxowendanxX nooo it was Shawn that came up with it gave the idea to Vince and he told the writers to put it into Hart's promo
@@XxowendanxX and the DX Intro debuted that Monday after Montreal
Shawn hit rock bottom hard... if not for his wife, he'd probably be another Wrestler that died young.
And his jumping to a religion like a convinct with nowhere else to run.
What do you mean when u say he hit rock bottom? I’m honestly curious to know
@@TherealAk92 he was addicted to painkillers and was drugged up almost all the time. He was in a massive depressive funk, had alienated himself from the WWE as well as his closest friends and was slowly killing himself through his lifestyle.
@@daithiocinnsealach1982 so what, if religion is what helped him fix his life, is that really bad at all
@@daithiocinnsealach1982 Shawn needed god because he knew he was slowly killing himself, his wife saved him and his son that was born in 2000 saved him
Bret Hart hasn't cleared his throat in 30 years.
WHAT
lol have you ever heard Shawn Michaels talk??
He’s saving it for Vince.
😂😂😂
😂
It's great to finally hear Bret talking about Montréal after all these years.
😂😂😂 love the sarcasm bro
He's never shut up about it😆😆
So then don't watch the video
🤣
@@juancarlosrivera5689 get a sense of humour pal
I can imagine being Bret and having to retell this story like every week
It's the only thing about his career that's remotely interesting. He only ever talks about Shawn and Goldberg. He's still bitter about both.
Jokerman0587 You do realise hes being asked to talk about it most of the time. Hes Not bringing it up by himself.
@@Jokerman0587tru at least Shawn had some other memorable moments in his career, not that I'm defending his behavior or anything.
@@hendrifai4223you do realize he can let the interviewer know he doesn’t want to talk about that before the interview takes place. Which he doesn’t do because he’s bitter and wants to talk about it. I could kinda understand if it was a legit sport with real record keeping but dude was rich and got played in a scripted sport get tf over it he’s so full of shit 😂
Brett is one of my all time favorites. The hart foundation was great. Brett, Owen, and Jim the anvil.
No the Hart Foundation was just a tag team of Bret and Jim.. Owen was never in it
But not The Bulldog? C'mon, man!
Bret started his career in a tag team with his older brother Keith in his Stampede days. The entire Hart family, even the lesser known or unknown members are wrestling royalty.
@@ponyboycurtis3795-It was those 3 & Brian Pillman before he died.
Hart Foundation was a faction in 1997.@@ponyboycurtis3795
People need to ask him other things. The screw job was 25 years ago and it’s far past time to move on. He and Shawn buried the hatchet and it’s over.
Its the last interesting thing that happened with him though. No one wants to talk about his time in WCW because it was a snoor fest
@@johnv6806 they could easily ask him about his best matches.
No one wants to hear the same answer to the same question for the millionth time
What else is there to ask him get real dude
@@breazy832 I’d be interested to know more about the Dungeon, like did Stu stretch him and Owen because they were his kids and they had to be the best or did they get treated like anyone else? There are loads of things you could talk about with this guy and all his years there
Y’all act like this ain’t his favorite thing to talk about
Shawn humping the canadian flag💀💀💀💀💀
💀💀
He was a real douche in his younger days. Pos
He is from my city and I find that very disrespectful to Canadians
Wild
Edge and Benoit got him back later on for that
I honestly believe Brett when he says things. Bitterness etc aside he just has always come off as legit & about his business.
"about his business" that's the problem it was all about HIM
@@Missminx01 Did you even hear what he said in the video?
@@Missminx01it wasn’t though, he got so many people over. Listen to XPac talk about Bret getting him over. British Bulldog at Wembley, he helped Austin get over big and even turned heel to help get Austin over as a face. Helped protect the Rock from the Kliq. It’s just untrue to say Bret was only about himself.
@@Missminx01cut the cap! Bret never made the business about himself, Bret always put guys over, and putting a guy over doesn't mean that guy has to win the match. But when you have to work with guys that want spotlight and glory, you get made out to be the salty one. Bret put all them guys on the map, Shawn, Hall, Nash, Hunter, and Waltman. They were all mid card guys before they wrestled Bret and after they were household names. The hitman wasn't cancer, Hall and Nash were Cancer.
Bret
Well, in Shawn's defense, that conversation him and Bret had was right after that backstage brawl they had. Where Bret pulled his hair out his head. So HBK probably did turn around and side eye him. And was like wtf you mean safe with me!?🤣😂😅😁
Good point
There's always 2 sides
@MikeyJMJ 3 sides* Bret's side Shawn's side and the truth.
Not entirely true he didn’t want to lose in Montreal because he is a “Canadian hero” 😂
This isnt uncommon at all. When a guy dropped the belt in his territory it was usually a long match to make both opponents seem strong and still had the potential and skill to be on top even if he lost the belt. Not the finish for Montreal.
It’s crazy I watched the hbk documentary and they were saying how he was this humble kind kid. Never touched drugs and another wrestler introduced him to drugs 😂
Yep! It wasn’t until he started hanging out with Marty that he started partying. In Marty’s documentary they talked about how Shawn had to get away from him. Not only because he wanted to go singles, but because Marty was holding him back with his issues.
This story never dies
Sure as hell gets boring though
Apparently...🤦 Let it die
Never dies and always changes lmao
It’s like Bret Hart didn’t have a career pre-Montreal. Hopefully soon he’ll wake up and realise that he’s been going on about the screw job for nearly thirty years now and has grown old, then hopefully he’ll get on with living the rest of his life.
I Never liked Brett Hart as a singles wrestler, but I really respect him from all I’ve read about him. Top notch
Nah Shawn was an absolute menace back then 😂
90's Shawn was definitely a menace but I just also don't believe that Brett would have dropped the title in Montreal
Trusting another human being out there in the ring with your safety is something that takes great amount of willingness .. hats off to these wrestlers
When I was a kid the Hart Foundation was my fave tag team with Brett and Jim The Anville and then Brett went onto to be one of the best ever individual wrestlers or as he would say "the best there is, there was, or ever will be" 😂
Brett is one of my Top 5 favorite and respected wrestlers but it’s well known that Vince McMahon, Vince Russo, Jim Cornette had tried to come up with every outcome or situation of Brett losing the title to Shawn Michaels that Brett would’ve liked. Brett didn’t want to lose the championship. Especially to Shawn Michaels since they were fierce rivals in the ring and out of the ring. But that’s like Shawn not wanting Stone Cold to win the championship in 97’ if Shawn was threatening to leave. Vince & company gave Bret every opportunity for him to choose the outcome of how he would give the belt up. No one is above the company except for Vince McMahon, not even Brett Hart. Hate to say it, but it needs to be said
Part of me wishes that Shawn chose a different option from the dialogue tree in that moment, but everything that happened also gave us a top 10 all-time rivalry.
And top twenty rivalries ever ...and I mean not just pro wrestling. This story is just nuts when you think about it. Owen dying later, Vince' resentment, everything. Just one of the craziest stories ever seen in the public eyes
-5 Karma
Bret will remember that.
@@spaceghost8886 Don’t make me call Greenberg.
And you lost Bret behind it. What are you talking about Rivalry.
@SpaceGhost88 I see you bro 😄
Hearing the complete turn around with Shawn Michaels is incredible
Amen.. the Lord works in mysterious ways..praise Jesus
Fake as hell
Yeah why don't you ask the young blood what they think of Shawn, I promise you none of it will be positive.
@@jackwhitbread4583 by that logic tho I don't know if it'd be negative either
It wasn’t Bret’s place to decide who he would drop the belt to!!!
It literally was, as it was outlined in the agreed upon legal terms of his contract that he limited creative control over his match finishes on his way out (specifically outcomes). There was plenty of time left in his contract to lose the belt at another time and place in December. He just didn’t want to put over Shawn because of his attitude. Shawn had a history of vacating belts and had been bragging publicly at the time that he jobs for no one. About a month earlier he screwed over Bret’s brother in law British Bulldog at a ppv called One Night Only in the UK. A match that BB dedicated to his dying sister. Shawn also successfully petitioned a change for the match finish of SS97 after being persuaded by HHH that the finish needed to change. Bret exercised contractual rights to fight back against Shawn. He even said that if Shawn put him over in November he would return the favour before leaving at the end of December.
At 90 years old bret will still be crying over this
We'll find out who really shot Kennedy before we know the true details of the Screw Job, but that's why it's such an interesting topic
Brett didn’t want to drop at home
Vince made it happen
Brett threw a fit back stage
Time went buy and Brett wants a different narrative
The end
@@jrich436 I tend to believe your narrative. I've heard a couple of people who were "involved" say this, but you never know.
@@cybrnathan there’s video with audio of those events with Brett saying he didn’t want to drop the belt at home in his last show there
Then everything unfolds on film because there were cameras rolling
@@jrich436 There is also recent video of Brett saying he didn't have a problem losing in Canada, he just didn't want to lose to Sean because Sean was basically an a-hole --> th-cam.com/users/shortsGdlSrYNr3HM
@@cybrnathan Brett could tell me info that I know to be true and because of the source I would start to question it 😂
He legitimately has personality disorder(s). He is pathological and incapable of taking personal responsibility for ANYTHING. He can not take criticism. Turns out the narcissistic character thing was him just being him
With the documentary about his nephew's antics we are seeing a pattern. While I don't think he killed the girl I think it gives us a clear picture of either learned behaviors coming out of the family or personality traits that are breeding true and not being addressed/controlled from the family line
The man can wrestle, he works hard AND he looks out for his family... but he definitely has personality disorders. He's a liar that will say anything as not to have to take responsibility and try to get people to see him as a victim so he will not be criticized
They say Brett was really upset that night that he didn't flush the toilet after using it.
Should’ve dropped it to Taker then had Shawn and Taker meet up at the Royal Rumble
Why doesn’t Bret get over it losing a championship on a fake sport, damn it happened in 1997
I'm more interested in Bret Hart & Goldberg story.
So correct me if I'm wrong.. what Bret is saying here is that he wanted to win as he leaves the WWF and transfer to WCW without the belt, as he would give it to Shawn after the match? So what's the idea, that WCW has the 'real champion' while Shawn may have the belt being a loser? I think Vince McMahon was right with the idea that Shawn should win the match and also refuse to have Bret bring the belt to WCW.
Bret was scheduled to drop the belt at survivor series but refused its been stated he had a big ego but there's alota talk about this screw job
I was happy and pleased that they buried the hatchet,because life is too short to be rivals with someone and have animosity towards each other ❤❤❤❤
Screwjob or not, if Bret really wanted to be savage, instead of immediately spitting on Vince, he should have went and got the belt. And then spit on him and left through the crowd.
Dude has said numerous times that he wouldn't drop the belt to Shawn in Montreal but wanted to do it the next night on RAW. He didn't want to lose the title to Shawn Michaels in Canada. He wouldn't do business, so McMahon got jumpy that he would do what Alundra did and trash the WWF title on Nitro.
Got any evidence?
That doesnt disagree with what Brett said. Brett likely said that after Shawn said the BS he did. Why would i want to lose the title to an asshole in my home town after he dissed me?
@@aelechko all over the internet
That was after this exchange thay bret is talking about here.
Niko did you not listen to the 1 min clip? This conversation between Brett and Shawn happened BEFORE Brett told Vince he would not lose in Canada. This was Brett explaining WHY the beef started in the first place. Christ dude it took you longer to write a post getting it wrong then Brett took to explain it clearly.
The Undertaker was the one who confirmed to Hart via phone that Michaels was in on the screwjob despite what Michaels claimed in Montréal after Survivor Series. Hart had to tell the guys who were still in the then-WWF after Survivor Series not to revolt because some wrestlers even threatened to no-show the next night's Raw in Kanata, Ont. (now part of the amalgamated Ottawa).
The Screwjob is what happens when ego is put in front of professionalism
Im just glad they eventually buried the hatchet
The thing is if i was in Shawn's position i would have screwed Bret. I get Shawn was a difficult person to deal with, but he was young and hungry trying to get to the top and be recognized as number 1. Would i have gone the route of being so abrasive and alienate everyone i worked with? Nope, but Bret should know you dont leave a company or territory with their belt. The only person who got away with doing that was Madusa going to WCW, but women were constantly dropped or their matches were cut from bookings.
Lmao I 100% confidence that Shawn did indeed respond that way 🤣😂
Shawn in the 90s was an anima
He put his glasses on me at the Murphy Center in Murfreesboro TN , vs the Warlord , Was Awesome
That’s awesome
I got them when i was 12 at a house show in Philadelphia at the old Philadelphia spectrum. It was really cool and i wish i still had them.
You are a so lucky!!?
@@damiencross7334 why didn’t you keep them
??
@@Bonescratcher it was almost 30 years ago. Just got lost in the shuffle i guess.
He was going to take the tittle to WCW that’s why Vince screw him up
Shawn kept it 💯😂
I fuckin love sams wrestling content… I’ll just leave it at that
I always liked Bret Hart, lots of respect for him, he was a great wrestler.
Pretty sure I've heard that he didn't want to drop the title to Shawn
No it wasn't that he didn't want to drop it to Shawn he just didn't want to drop it to him in Canada
yeah because of what shawn said
After HBK disrespected him, he didn't want to
Bret's pretty much like his dad Stu hart at this point
His tombstone will say something about the screw job on it 😂😂😂
Shawn humping the Canadian flag was funny af😂😂😂
The screwjob happened cause bret didn’t want to drop the belt in canada, he wanted to walk out the next night on RAW and give the title to Shawn but at that point he was going to be under contract with WCW and vince didn’t want to risk bret showing up to nitro with the WWF belt
YES
This narrative makes NO sense based on his, Shawn, Vince and Brett’s wife’s reaction
He DID NOT want to drop the belt at home at retirement
Plain and simple
Well well well
he literally was gonna drop it to him the next night on raw…
@@niklstaples89 maybe.....
The point is Hart went on record saying he did not want to lose the belt at home on his last show since he was leaving for WCW in 4 months. So this "team player" concept is most definitely a lie
As far as Vince he had 3 financial problems
The bodybuilding league and all the money he put into Luger was a flop
LUGER had shown up on WCW Nitro on its first episode THE DAY after he had taped for WWF. So that all had to be edited because WWF was pretaped
The league was dead because he was going through the steroid trial and believed he may be going to jail
Nitro was thoroughly kicking his butt in ratings and they really did not have much to compete with
Medusa had previously shown up on Nitro with one of his belts and threw it in the trash (at the behest of Bischoff who was once again creatively destroying WWF and was pushing drama)
Hall and Nash were already well into the nWo angle. Rude was working for both companies and may have been leaking info to Bischoff to exploit
Vince didn't trust him and so he pulled the trigger.
There is also the concept that this was a work....
@@jrich436 Also heard Vince payed her debts and pulled her of living on the streets. Which probably made the whole Medusa situation a bigger pain point for him.
I still think Bret should have dropped the belt. Be the better man and say what you have to say in the locker room afterwards knowing you have the highground. That would be truly professional
The better man honors the contract he gave talent
I’ll never understand why they didn’t just make the match Bret Vs Undertaker and then have Undertaker drop it to HBK right after.
Plain and simple: it's because Vince is an asshole. He wanted to "put Bret in his place."
People argue against this all the time, but the fact of it is that they were just fine using Sid as a transitional champion earlier in the year. They could have done the same thing with the Undertaker after Montreal, but Vince had to be a prick.
@@GeoGuy388
Don't forget, Jim Cornette was also an asshole too. He suggested this finish to Vince McMahon as Cornette admitted.
Because Bret whines about being professional and all that. Put your ego aside and drop the belt. You are leaving a company. Why should one get to dictate the future of a company they are leaving? Doesn't make sense to me.
@@Thedearster Bret Hart: "I'll be safe with you in the ring."
HBK: "I'm not gonna make the same promise to you!"
I'm not gonna wrestle a guy after hearing that. 😄
@@thebasketballhistorian3291 That's not what he said. HBK said he wouldn't put Bret over if he were in the same position.
That night was more about poor financial planning. WWF should have had the financial resources to pay Bret and shawn with long term contracts.
Bret was offered a 10 year contract he denied it for wcw because they offered more money guarantee with also a lighter work schedule
Strange that about 6 months after the Screwjob now Vince had all the money in the role to give out like candy to guys like Taker, Austin, Rock, Foley, etc. Heck even HBK got paid for years on end and he wasn’t even wrestling. Yet he couldn’t honor his contract with Bret??
@@yahwilson2680 Bret signed a 20-year deal the year before which Vince later asked to renegotiate because he couldn’t afford it, and encouraged Bret to ask WCW if their better financial offer still stood … if your boss told you that, what would you do?
@@dukes1993724 Back then Vince did not do guaranteed contracts like WCW . The Monday night wars in the reason he started doing guaranteed contracts. WWE couldn't afford to lose anymore talent to WCW. At the time wcw had more money to offer he Basically had no choice.
At least shawn was upfront abt it
So was Osama
Blame that on courage derived from substances. Drugs, booze. A sober 90s HBK would have lied on some coward shit.
What? He lied to Brets face when he asked after the match!
Hitman still the best there is the best there was and the best there ever will be
Put An S in front of Hitman
@@markymark718 real original stone cold.
@@joshuaa1605 I love me Some Bret Hart WM 12 Classic WM13 Classic and Surgery Series 96 Da Man
I have a hard time believing that bret would willingly loose that night in whatever way shawn wanted him to.
Compare the people each guy has wrestled with and I guarantee almost all the people who have worked with Shawn will say he's a prick ass who they wished never got into the wrestling business. Shawn was a trash guy and even worse champion who just flatout thought he was the be all end all and he wasn't. Other folks he was in a fued with carried his ass pre attitude era. He was never a draw as champion honestly.
Bret is obviously a liar. He was jealous that Shawn Michaels was getting a push at the main event scene.
Shawn Michaels was the guy who jobbed Bret hart since the Rocker days. Bret hart beat Shawn when he was the IC champion, WWF champion and even the tag champion.
Yet Bret tells Vince that I will job Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 12 if he jobs me back at Wrestlemania 13.
Hypocrisy at its finest by Bret. Not denying the fact that Shawn Michaels was no saint.
@@coolguy298 stop this story has already been verified true he wasn’t mad at that he was mad it was at his expense
@@royjohnson9475 Bret hart had to leave WWF. He was a flop champion. He was no Hogan. He had to do the job. Bret is a hypocrite.
@@coolguy298 just curious how was Bret Hart jealous of Shawn Michaels getting the main event push when he openly dropped the belt to him at WrestleMania 12 took time off and allowed Sean Michaels to carry the company on his back which he failed miserably
I love you GOAT OF PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING!!!!!!!!
Bret ALSO said something completely different on a different paid shoot interview…
This was a part of the original Dave Meltzet Montreal Screwjob article.
Bro I thought it was just me I’ve heard him tell like 3 different versions of the story
did HE?!
What was different?
@@plcbabalugats4537 yeah I don’t know how truthful Bret is being here…however, the main sticking point seems to be Shawn not showing Bret the proper respect (in Bret’s view at least)…losing in Montreal to Shawn was just adding insult to injury as far as the US vs Canada thing went
He also said he didn't wanna give to Shawn from the get go. Always switching it up. Another reason I don't like Bret that much
Bullshit. He explained why
Shawn Michael's has came a long way
Bret - the consummate pro. One of the best
Geez Shawn was a wild guy when he was younger
I never saw that flag segment before 😭 Shawn a wild boy 🤣
But I remember on a&e you said specifically in front of the camera bread that you didn't want to lose in Montreal you would rather lose a week or two later and some other event but not in your hometown or something of that nature and then eventually you agreed even though you didn't want to
I think the only person that really won because of the Montreal screw job was Vince McMahon. He used this event to create his own character of Mr. McMahon, which led to his feud with Steve Austin. Brett, who was departing anyway, lost out on so much more because as much as he earned a huge contract, an injury due to the recklessness of his opponent from an organization as loose as WCW, cost him millions of more dollars had he stayed in WWE. Michaels was still paid too low, was not allowed to leave WWE, and yet stayed on contract but stayed home. Eric Bischoff screwed up the NWO faction, which then led to Vince McMahon’s sabotage when he sent that idiot Russo over to WCW, where the moron in such a short period of time destroyed that company forever.
90s shawn michaels was a wildcard before he went and found god
Its funny... The only guy whose story has remained the same has been Bret.. says a lot ot.
With the talent Brett Hart possessed as a Wrestler, it's sad he let two events overshadow everything else.
What’s the other event? You mean his brother’s accident ?
@@Bonescratcher 1. Goldberg 2. Screw job
How did HE do that? They both happened in his career. Neither was his fault.
HBK dry humping the the flag gets me hard af
I heard differently I heard that it was supposed to end by disqualification because he DIDNT want to drop the belt in Canada instead opting to lose it on raw or forfeit.
When I hear Bret speak all I hear is”wahhhhhhhhhhh wahhhhhhhhhhhhh 😪😪😪”
So basically he didn’t want to go by the script so Vince made it happen.
yep that what he said
I loved when you were still in action. To me you'll always be one of the greats and a legion. The name hit man will live on as long as professional wrestling is still going on!
Shawn was a menace i like it🔥🔥🔥☠️
Fr bret was a greedy prick as much as Shawn
It kinda sounds like Shawn was trying to let Bret know something sketchy was gonna go down that night but Bret missed the clue
Maybe, if Shawn already knew but couldn't tell Bret then it's one way to not appear two faced I suppose.
This isn’t a movie dawg😂
Except that Jim Cornette was the one who came up with the screw job 4 days before Survivor Series and this fight actually happened in June.
One side liked that it happened because it was one great story full of real life rivalry. But also imagine if bret stayed till early 2000s and maybe hbk wouldn't face taker and get injured
HBK was really a piece of work before the 2000s
Still is according to Maven
Maven don't know crap.Go ask all the NXT talent since about 2014 or 2015.
Now I don’t believe that Bret said that to Shawn, but I damn sure do believe Shawn said that to Bret 😂
I dont get it. If he was willing to drop the belt.. and that exact scenario happened, why is he calling it a screwjob if he was about to droo the belt anyway?
Why do I feel like this story changes everything its told by everyone evolved in it. Oh because it does.
Even Shawn himself says he was an absolute menace back then. 😂
I like how honest Bret is. He don't hold back.
This is the same guy that said "If I had 3 bullets in a gun and you put me in a room with Goldberg, Hitler, and Stalin, I would shoot Goldberg 3 times"
@@GameTesterDevFor me, it's Stalin with all three bullets.
@@GameTesterDevAnd I don’t doubt it
I wish Bret would look back at his career and focus on all of the amazing things he could do in the ring. Instead he’s been dining out on this it’s sad to me
You couldn’t be more wrong. He gets asked this question every time, he doesn’t bring it up. Some people just can’t deal w the fact that hbk was a real piece of shit in the 90s
He gets paid to answer these questions. Blame the interviewer.
@@santiagogomez7356 he could Easly say sorry I've spoken about this a million times let's talk about something else. and you want to talk about hbk being a piece of shit in the 90's, hart was not all innocent either
He's lying, he wasnt going to drop the belt, and he was leaving the company after this. So vince made sure the belt changed so the WWF champion didnt leave and go to WCW, which Bret did. Its easy to find that out.
Still crying 😢
Shawn Michaels' singles career took off after this.
Bret's story has changed over the years. His reasons for not dropping the belt were well documented at the time as he had a literal documentary crew following him around. His reason, given at the time, was that he was granted creative control by his contract, and he didn't want to lose the belt in Canada.
He said that he would turn the belt over on Raw (so that the would leave the WWF undefeated), but there was a real worry that he would conveniently 'forget' the belt at him, and show up with it at his premiere with WCW.
His reasoning for not liking Shawn at the time wasn't that Shawn was a dick, but that he 'disapproved of his lifestyle' which was a homophobic dog whistle in the 90's.
Thank you for this comment. Many people say Bret is always right or that he never changes his story, but as shown here, he has changed it multiple times.
No one liked Shawn’s lifestyle because he was a pill addict and treated everyone like shit? Some of the creative guys thought he was gonna die young because he’d disappear and miss tapes doing drugs. Even undertaker mentions having issues with him around this, and you can probably find the story of when he was gonna knock Shawn out had he not done a finish correctly or dropped a title. Regardless of how you feel about Bret, saying Bret was using this as a homophobic dog whistle is just strange considering Shawn’s history of being a drug abusing asshole is really well known and self admitted by Shawn himself prior to him becoming a christian and achieving full sobriety.
@@fracturedfukd9629 No one used the word 'life style' to describe being an asshole in the 90's, or even to describe drug use. Heck, Dustin Rhodes was drug addicted too, yet Brett had nice things to say about him since because Goldust was nothing like his character. He did that in the same interview in the same documentary as the made the 'lifestyle comment.' That interview was immediately before the Montreal match, and given as his reason for not wanting to drop the belt to Shawn.
Even if he wasn't a homophobe, he still had one damn job, refused to do it, and has been bitching about it ever since.