Bret Hart 1997 "Getting Screwed"

Ya know, you're not far off from what I always thought. But with the DVD on Shawn and Bret's feud coming out and the fact that nearly 15 years have passed and somebody somehow in that time would've come out said this was a work, I believe nowadays it was real.

I dunno, part of me still thinks it was the greatest work in wrestling history. Due to Bret being 'screwed' it enabled Vince to be the number one heel as the evil Mr. McMahon character, it helped make HBK a great heel cause he was the one who was in the match with Bret, and it helped make Steve Austin the main attraction for the WWE.

Just it seems so ironic that the entire time since he came back at Survivor Series 96 that he complained about being 'screwed' by the WWE when it came to matches, the WWE Title and his career.

I still think it was real.

I have seen a lot of shoots where this comes up........and guys that were there that night too.

Vader says when he heard about the finish he warned Bret(something I THINK Bret says it too)to watch his back because he had seen this happen in Japan.

too much genuine drama I think for it to be a work.plus was said to have freaked to out when he heard about Harts contract because he was there all summer 96 fighting against WCW while Bret had time off.

The only thing that makes me think that it could've been a work, is the fact that there's a lot of footage from it, take for example the Wrestling with Shadows DVD, but then, I question myself, there's no way the WWE knew how well this would work in the future for Vince McMahon's character, so why would they let Bret leave with such a fan support?

I think if it was a work, it would have already been leaked or told in some form. I can't wait to see the Hart/Shawn DVD due out today. But I mean truthfully, I just feel that someone would have slipped by now if it was all a work so to speak.

100% a work. Owen dying was not expected and screwed up the whole thing.

No way it was a work for the simple fact that it took 13 friggin years for Bret to finally come back to WWE TV. Its no secret that Hart and HBK had a real life hatred for eachother, and no way Bret would have ever gone to WCW if he didn't have to because he knew how bad they were. He even states it in his book and he doesn't seem like a guy to sacrifice his career for more money. Bret simply wasn't going to work w/ the Attitude Era, and Vince decided to start the era at the expense of Hart. Had Owen never died, I think Bret would have come back sooner than he did, but Owen's death probably just added to Bret's hatred for Vince.

I don't see how Owen dying messed things up. He died 2 years later..... They also let the rest of the Hart family out of their contracts...

If it was a work, we would have found out by now. As everyone else said, it created the Vince Character and spawned a whole bunch of secondary effects which were positive. Whoever came up with the supposed work would have taken credit for it, as it rose the WWF at the time to enormous heights.

Okay, regarding the Bulldog. His contract expired in October 1996, and he could have either signed with WCW (which he was going to, cause he was supposed to be a NWO member) for 2 million a year, or sign with WWE for 1 million a year plus a title belt. He opted to stay with the WWE for the year. He left cause his contract expired.

I just find it funny that too because Jim Neidhart was on Raw weeks after the Survivor Series incident. He even was in DX for one night with HBK and Triple H. So if it really was real, wouldn't Neidhart not do those story lines and angles, WEEKS after the Survivor Series??

Come on people, for you people thinking you are such smart marks, you are sure fooled by this.


Also, I know a pro wrestler who trained with Davey Boy Smith back in 1999 when he was getting ready for his WWE return, and he stated to my friend, and others there that the Montreal Screw Job was a work.

I just don't get how anyone could think of this as a real story line.