Zachary FenellMontreal Screw Job: A Look Back
November 5th 2011 03:58
Last week in effort to help promote their new DVD Shawn vs. Bret: WWE’s Greatest Rivalries WWE posted two articles online reflecting back on Survivor Series 1997 and the Montreal Screw Job. One article supported Bret Hart and one Shawn Michaels. Both share excellent insight, allowing fans to better understand the situation which led to the Montreal Screw Job.
After reading both articles I believe Bret Hart’s actions, or unwillingness to act, makes him the one at fault. As WWE.com writer Craig Tello notes in his piece supporting Bret Hart, “The Hitman” offered to lose the WWE Title to other superstars. He refused to drop the championship to HBK however in an effort to teach the cocky “Heartbreak Kid” respect.
While noble reasons fueled the pink and black attack’s rejection to lose to Michaels at Survivor Series ’97, Hart overstepped his boundaries. Ultimately WWE Chairman Vince McMahon employed both Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels. Therefore the two wrestlers’ statuses stood as WWE employees and as WWE employees the two held obligations to follow orders from their boss, Vince McMahon. If you directly disobeyed your boss due to disliking a co-worker, you more than likely will face consequences. The same holds true with the Montreal Screw Job. McMahon wanted Bret Hart to lose to Shawn Michaels, not someone else and ultimately that’s why the controversial incident at Survivor Series 1997 proves justifiable.
After reading both articles I believe Bret Hart’s actions, or unwillingness to act, makes him the one at fault. As WWE.com writer Craig Tello notes in his piece supporting Bret Hart, “The Hitman” offered to lose the WWE Title to other superstars. He refused to drop the championship to HBK however in an effort to teach the cocky “Heartbreak Kid” respect.
The Montreal Screw Job really plagued Bret Hart's career. Photo: GaryColemanFan at en.wikipedia
While noble reasons fueled the pink and black attack’s rejection to lose to Michaels at Survivor Series ’97, Hart overstepped his boundaries. Ultimately WWE Chairman Vince McMahon employed both Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels. Therefore the two wrestlers’ statuses stood as WWE employees and as WWE employees the two held obligations to follow orders from their boss, Vince McMahon. If you directly disobeyed your boss due to disliking a co-worker, you more than likely will face consequences. The same holds true with the Montreal Screw Job. McMahon wanted Bret Hart to lose to Shawn Michaels, not someone else and ultimately that’s why the controversial incident at Survivor Series 1997 proves justifiable.
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