Vince and Shawn, no doubt. Vince shouldn't have offered a contract he could never honour. He totally overlooked Bret's creative control. Shawn, I think he's one of the best ever, but he was a prick, and it was HE who refused to job to Bret in the first place...so what, Bret is meant to bend over and take it in the arse from a guy like Shawn? Fuck no, Bret did what he felt was right, he stuck to his principles and was a hero for it. Sure it's all blown over now, 14 years on, but at the time Bret was and will always be right.
Bret Hart was a paid employee, ordered to do something, and he refused. The entire mess would have never happened, had he just agreed to drop his fake championship belt in a fake match against his suitor, HBK.
Vince owned his company, gave Bret a platform to rise, and made him what he is.
The WWF title is a title that cannot be won, but is given to you by the owner who do give it so the one he thinks he can make the most money with. Bret Hard was an employer, and should have done what was told, and put personal feelings aside.
Vince was desperate in the war with WCW, and feared Bret going to that company with his belt. Also Vince need to step up and show and show everyone who runs the company and who the boss is. Not like WCW where Hogan, Flair, Nash, Hall etc ran around and dictated stuff.
Sure it was not a nice wthing to do to Bret. But hey, by allowing Bret to go to WCW, he allowed Bret to earn more money than he did in his entire life, and be financial set for life. Bret should've taken the offer and do what was best for his family and not to do what was best for his so called reputaion, just because he believed in his own hype, in a sport that is fake...
Bret Hart revealed himself for what he is. He spat at McMahon before a huge PPV audience because he thought it was untenable for him, a Canadian, to lose the WWF title in Canada. When someone who's champ is about to leave the fed, he drops the title. But Hart wanted to drop it on Raw, the coming Monday. When he was tricked, he lost composure. After he'd gone, McMahon adopted a faux image of himself as "Mr McMahon", made up story lines between himself and Micheals, The Rock and Austin, while Hart got lost in the sea of talent at WCW. It was one of the best moves McMahon has made. He won the Monday Night Wars, Hart got injured and had to retire, the WWE bought WCW for 25 thousand dollars and owns the catalogue of video from the NWA, WCW, to the present.
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Savage. SAVAGE! That title shot was mine. London, England, was waiting 4 the Nature Boy, NOT the Ultimate Warrior. And why? Because millions of little kids all over the world go, "Aww! It's the Ultimate Warrior!" WARRIOR! When the time is right, you'll pay the price. I've been beating up boys with paint on their face my whole life -- I specialize in it! And Savage, I promise you this: whichever of you limps out Summerslam alive, I will be the World Wrestling Federation Champion again. Wooo!
Did everyone in this topic forget that Vince not only couldn't afford Bret's contract anymore, but that he also gave him creative control? That's...kind of big deal because it's not as simple as "Herp derp Vince wunted bret 2 job, but he sed no so Vince sed fuk u and did it neways."
So not only does Bret let Vince off the hook with his contract. Not only do they have a mutual agreement about him going to WCW because Vince couldn't pay him. And not only does he have creative control and had an agreement with his boss, and friend of 15 years..but fuck all of that, let's screw Bret and then wonder why he's pissed and blame it on him.
Could Bret have been more professional? Sure. But the fact is, he didn't have to and had no reason to given the situation and the people involved.
The Montreal Incident
Re: The Montreal Screwjob.. Who acted worse?
Re: The Montreal Screwjob.. Who acted worse?
