Bret Hart Falls Victim to ... THE MONTREAL SCREWJOB! | WWE Survivor Series 1997 Review

[@RoyStantz]

This PPV marked the *TRUE* end of the New Generation Era.

[@williamerazo3921]

Start of the. Attitude Era

[@KingKhanate1997]

I would argue that’s the 1997 Royal Rumble.

[@bunda713]

Should've been Bret vs Taker at HIAC. Drop it to Taker.

[@JDotWill]

I still think Owen vs. Shawn was the feud that should've happened following the Screwjob

[@BigMonke69420]

100%. Have him go through DX one by one until he gets to Shawn, eventually getting some form of revenge for his brother. The two could've had an amazing series of matches.

[@metalabsynth]

AHorizontallyChallengedOrangutan and have Owen win the belt, even if for a short period of time, the man deserved a run

[@jamesbarnes1322]

I like it... might have been a bit close to home I guess

[@TheJL555]

agree

[@briancrocker3377]

They shit all over Owen the next night, and that's where the "nugget" stuff started. I wondered why he statyed around to take it. The disrespect he faced, and undervaluing of him as a worker, is what led to him having to take up the Blue Blazer gimmick again, and eventually led to his death. Owen could have gotten so over, and been so hot afterwards.

[@JeffreyJFerguson]

I was there. In the crowd. Still mindblowing to think about it. After he destroyed the monitors, Bret went into the ring to say goodbye to the fans up on the turnbuckles. Kevin Dunn was cool enough to play his music. I dunno how many people know that.

[@emanueltejeda9131]

...Wow, I didn't even know that. That's a pretty sweet fact.

[@EmergencyChannel]

Because it was a work.

[@vince8520]

I was there to. For sure to me : The greatest PPV ever

[@thatdude-xj4qe]

@@EmergencyChannel agree

[@southbeachtalent]

I know it's been about 21 years, but what exactly did he say on the mic? Paraphrasing is fine by me!

[@lerobshow6300]

This was the last wrestling event that i went with my father (R.I.P Pop). I was 9 years old at that time. Before the event started, we went to a restaurant inside the building called 'La Cage au Sports' which mean Cage of Sports. When i went to the bathroom with my father, we ran across Owen Hart and one of the Godwins (i forgot which one). I was so excited, afraid at the same time that i went to hide behind my father. Since we are french canadians i wasn't really used to speak, write english considering how young i was lol. I was so shy. Owen hart started to talk to me and said some word in french. He then hugged me and took a picture with me in the bathroom. I will never ever forget the whole experience. It was like meeting your superhero in real life. Well it wasnt like it, it was literally that lol. Unfortunately i was too young to understand what was going on Between Brett and Shawns but my father seemed pissed off and was talking to some people in our row. I'll never forget that night and how Owen Hart and how the Godwins were so nice. R.I.P both my pop and Owen. Golden era of wrestling.

[@ryanpetty8843]

Vader was a fantastic and terribly underrated worker. To be that size and to have that amount of athleticism and dedication to the business he was one in a million. RIP Leon

[@yankees29]

Too bad he smelled like garbage 😂

[@MrFnPink420]

Ok did anyone notice that Bossman & Bull basically gave the SHIELD their look??

[@AllHailKingKurt]

Chops The Clown doa basically gave aces and eights their look too

[@numa2k147]

Chops The Clown nothin is new, everything is reused

[@totallynotalpharius2283]

Bossman is kayfabe their dad

[@Thebossstage1]

If he was around today he would have made a great manager for the group

[@dannyhipolito817]

@@Thebossstage1 I can see The Big Bossman as a manager/wrestler like Gedo (maybe a bad example but you get the point)

[@ala1223]

7:07 Brian saying “blah” Lol

[@jcace13]

In one match Foley drops an elbow onto the concrete, takes a biel off the top rope to the floor and a chokeslam off the apron through the announcers table. How is he even alive let alone able to walk 20 years later?

[@walcodebruyn2135]

JC Holmanation yeah. And 'Wrestling is fake' SMH. If that was the case there would never be any injuries.

[@testshietchannel]

It´s fake in a sense, that it is more a glorified stunt-show than actual competion, let alone real fights. As to the injuries: Even pro´s fuck up once or twice... that´s just the nature of the game, I guess. And no - I´m not bashing wrestling. But neither do I make more of it than it is...

[@Djarra]

Bash at the Beach no DQ against Sting. In that match Sting also threw Foley onto the concrete and a railing from the top rope at one point plus a missed elbow drop onto the concrete from the apron as Sting got out of the way of it. That match really was the first time the brutal Foley was really seen, and it's surprising that the then pretty boy face Sting went right along with him, and took his own set of bumps to the floor.

[@snoopyfod1807]

Piet de Vries it's akin to Olympic figure skating!

[@bernadettejohnstone4529]

Foley has mentioned many times over the years about mobility issues. He has done a lot of things over the years to get by. Hip replacement surgery this year (in March) helped a LOT

[@starrsmith3810]

Sad thing other than Bret getting screwed is the fact that an otherwise pretty damn good match got overshadowed by the screwjob

[@walcodebruyn2135]

As a South African i really appreciate that you did so much research on South African wrestlers i never really even knew about them!

[@MasteroftheDDT]

You should look up Col. Debeers. Classic character.

[@Alsebra]

Most of the members of the Truth Commission weren't actually South African (the only member that was actually South African was their manager, The Commandant (Robin Smith))...even Col. DeBeers (who actually was one of Brian's wrestling trainers) wasn't actually South African. The stable was based on (as Brian has stated occasionally) the Truth and Reconciliation Committee. From what I've found, the most well-known South African wrestlers (well-known to the world at large, that is) are Justin Gabriel/P.J. Black and Adam Rose/Leo Krueger. For a time, there was a faux South African tag team, consisting of Sergeant Krueger (Ray Apollo, who portrayed Doink the Clown after Matt Bourne left the role) and Colonel DeKlerk (friggin' Rocco Rock of Public Enemy).

[@JiMMyCalrissian]

I’m going through this playlist. And found that your Survivor Series 1990 video is blocked 😭. But good videos man

[@gusbaker4u]

13:35 I want more info on the Super Supper results! Stone Cold has a podcast, please someone tell me he's been asked about his lovely dinner with the Cook family of South Carolina.

[@cheddarthedog9172]

During the promo of the British bulldog the Kurt angle theme was playing in the background Brian Zane

[@commissarklink]

Drug Crimes Slime is my new faction name.

[@jcgl4life402]

Thaddeus Urban what about the blob squad

[@HornyStewie_69]

I'm going for Tree-Generation X - it's and eco-warior faction

[@TeemoQuinton]

Necropost - Drug Slime Crimes

[@testshietchannel]

Just call yourself New Jersey, then

[@BrettStormXWP]

@@HornyStewie_69 Why Daniel Bryan didn't use that name I won't have any idea. Tree-Generation X. Amazing. lol

[@neilgoldring4832]

Vince should have got Col.Debeers for the Truth Commission. The Jackel is from Winnipeg. He's Don Callis (ECW, Impact. New Japan). He was a in ring worker called The Natural in a local Winnipeg federation in the early 90's( Jericho, Lance Storm, Edge) all started there.WFWA was its name😀 Hell their tv might even be on KZbin. It was on local channels for years. Bulldog Bob brown did color. Yes it is just checked.

[@The_Natural_Man]

The Jackal aka Cyrus aka Don Callis was a wrestler for like 8 years before going to the WWF, teamed with Rick Martel in Canadian indies.

[@slyfox2022]

Don Phallus

[@kylemartin5764]

Dude Love actually debuted on Raw 7/14/97 when he showed up to be Austin's tag team partner. I think the red mark on his chest wasn't exactly a heart but actually just a red mark from a hit

[@notyoursavior78]

I was a Blackman fan. Head Chesse 4 Life!

[@kenrickeason]

I liked Blackman back in the day..

[@zeoalexo]

His promos weren't the greatest, but he put on some good matches. Especially during his hardcore title reigns. Loved whenever his brought the escrima sticks out ("It's party time!!")

[@AuroDHikoshi]

@@zeoalexo He was probably better keeping quiet.

[@zeoalexo]

@@AuroDHikoshi he probably could've worked on the delivery of his in ring promos more.

[@Demiglitch]

👨‍🦲🧀

[@ricstormwolf]

Hawk would have no sold a gunshot to the face 🤦‍♂️

[@thescott7539]

Just to clarify, this is not Steve Blackman's debut. It's his debut in this era. Blackman first wrestled for the WWF in 1988, when he beat David Sammartino in his first match. He would appear on Superstars and Prime time, basically as a jobber, but he was working his way up. Then he went to South Africa, caught malaria and dysentery, and proceeded to lose the next 6 years of his life to fighting this diseases and recovering. It was during this recovery he began studying martial arts, which is how it became his gimmick (his first run was a much more typical wrestler).

[@stephenlovejoy5377]

Legendary

[@JohnRitchiejd23]

Honestly, if the Truth Commission was a South African White Separatist gimmick, why didn't WWF ring up Colonel DeBeers to be their manager? I think it would have been perfect.

[@bradleyjohnson1702]

I think vader gets a bad rap because of the backstage politics of the 90s. One of my all time favorites, a big man that can move. When he was on he was amazing to watch. A 300+ lb guy that can pull off a sick moonsault? Yes please.

[@Njbear7453]

Bradley Johnson bam bam was just as athletic

[@bradleyjohnson1702]

Breen Machine I completely agree

[@bradleyjohnson1702]

Chris Iverson yeah had the mini movie feud with sting

[@spankyblu]

@@Njbear7453 bam bam was, but Vader was a beast

[@amysmileyreid95]

Vader was 450lbs and moved like a cruiserweight

[@jerransperarman9411]

Good review

[@guylants6531]

Bret was inducted to the WWE Hall if fame in 2006, way before he made his comeback in 2010

[@aaronscott4984]

And now he's in it twice

[@Tri-StarTN]

You could’ve just had a ref bump and a member of DX hit Bret with the title belt or a weapon to cost him the title.

[@louthegiantcookie]

I still wish the Jackal had been revealed as the Higher Power.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@Kelltron You're not wrong, but you are an asshole. lol

[@mediocremadman8168]

You mean the hower power?

[@TeemoQuinton]

@Kelltron Imagine being this salty about a pretty damn good mic-worker.

[@JokerzGallery]

WWF did make Owen 3:16 shirts. Austin talks about being pissed about Owen making money from the shirt in his book

[@apocrypha5363]

The Bradshaw pinned-but-not-really thing was indeed planned. In the 1996 Survivor Series, Bradshaw had been booked to be his team's sole survivor, but he was taken the mat and while his shoulders weren't down, the ref counted a pin on Bradshaw, Bradshaw didn't kick out and the ref eliminated him from a match he was set to win, the WWF had to scramble to put together a new finish on the fly and communicate it to the guys in the ring, and even though it was realistically the ref's fault, it killed what little momentum Bradshaw had in late 1996 (hence him wallowing as one part of the going-nowhere 'new' tag team a year later) his being eliminated without really being pinned here is a bit of an inside joke referencing the previous year.

[@drumrocka]

Can *someone* please explain how in the FUCK individual wins and losses affect trajectories and momentum in pro wrestling? It’s literally scripted, they hand pick who they push and don’t. Even a fuck up like an accidental pin fall could be fixed real quick, like within a week or two. I’ve never understood the mindset that wins and losses really matter thaaaaat much in pro-wrestling.

[@420jamamaw]

@@drumrocka wrestling is about timing though. A loss in right during your "rise" could kill any interest in you.

[@Alsebra]

​@@drumrocka, also, "fixing an accidental pinfall" a week or two later basically shows fans that there was an unscripted error and challenges any sort of suspension of disbelief (just look at how people react when a title change is either nullified or reverted in a week's time). From a business perspective, your options are either futz about with flipping the decision or to just ride out the natural progression of the mishap (and throw away some of the planned arc)...neither of which are easily justified.

[@markboliek6130]

"Sniper" must have some Sylvester Stallone obsession..."Rocky Montana AKA Rambo"....AKA John Spartan AKA Get Carter AKA Guy From Cliffhanger

[@freakfoxvevo7915]

AKA Judge Dread (it's not copyright infringement if it's spelled different)

[@markboliek6130]

@@freakfoxvevo7915 forgot that one. AKA Judge Dread

[@markboliek6130]

@@freakfoxvevo7915 damn, good call. Judge Dread too.

[@jamiehoward6505]

I always thought vader was super underrated. Such a great big man

[@blacklite911]

James Howard yea, he was an athletic fat guy. Great in ring.

[@snoopyfod1807]

Agreed. I think Strowman has a chance at being one of the best super heavyweights to ever go to WWE, though.

[@briancrocker3377]

He was so criminally undervalued. Man could he work.

[@joeyzapata6786]

Vader was an international star before he went to WWF. Vince ruined him IMO.

[@dkres82]

Only in WWF, in WCW he was used amazingly, till Hogan and The Giant got there.

[@JohnnyScumbagg]

Why is Kurt Angles music playing 9:53

[@e93sports80]

For Sergeant Slaughter.

[@northcaladonia687]

Hawk never sold piledrivers going back to the 1980s. it was like headbutting a samoan.

[@siranthony3711]

To give them more heat and credibility in Memphis Lawler told them to no sell his big moves and the piledriver spot got over so well it became one of his signature spots.

[@TheWinstonSlip]

Of all the moves to not sell... wtf?

[@codywillhite1318]

Wish the WWF would’ve pushed Ken Shamrock to the main event picture

[@TheJustin905]

They did turn owen 3:16 shirt into merchandise....i had that shirt i got from a wwf/e event as a kid

[@TheTruth61989]

fucking awesome

[@Alsebra]

I'm still boggled by the fact that the Headbangers (who were a little too weird for most of the locker room) were paired with The New Blackjacks (Blackjacks Windham (Barry Windham) and Bradshaw (yeah, a pre-APA JBL))...two of the more serious competitors in the company.

[@joker167able]

25:22 Shawn Michaels vs Who? Would have been interesting because Who? of course is Jim Niedhart

[@TheBuddha337]

Nasty Nate Owen maybe?

[@yallevereatenbeans2723]

I’m sure they did Shawn Michaels vs Neidhart about 2 weeks later on raw

[@xIcOnx89]

RIP sweet prince

[@braddockakalatis2]

RIP Who!

[@xIcOnx89]

braddockakalatis2 Jim The Anvil Neidhart

[@cambellfan22]

you should do a list of controversial wrestlers

[@GamersHolyArmy]

I love Vader's thousand yard stare after Cole's question like he's thinking "shit, he's right"

[@coltsfan69]

Vince fears of Brett taking the belt to WCW, was understandable. Brian you're wrong about Brett Hart going in the WWE HOF in 2010. He was actually put in the HOF in 2006

[@shawdawg3675]

Kurrgan was also in Pacific Rim as the male Russian pilot.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

A Kurgan is a traditional burial mound native to Eastern Europe and Central Asia, iirc.

[@JM1993951]

He was also in the BBC show Merlin as a giant a warrior that King Arthur has to defeat in battle. Hes typecast as fuck, but he's in a lot of cool shows and movies.

[@darbisonsrus8072]

You mention that few people knew, apparently Taker knew and gave Vince and Shawn the ok…

[@thetruecish]

Actually, we would see Shawn Michaels sporadically between 1998 and 2002. Let us not forget his run as WWF Commissioner.

[@theluckiesteh9058]

Oh, Shit.... December To Dismember is Next.... GOD HELP US ALL.

[@harleybuffington7493]

9:51 is that Kurt Angles theme?

[@christophernicholson20]

Yeah this is Kurt Angle theme song but this was before Kurt Angle. This was the Patriot theme song

[@princeofstrongstyle6683]

4:09 I bet if you were watching on Scrambled PPV, Billy's overshoot wouldn't have been noticable.

[@duaneflint11]

Vader doing all that work doesn't surprise me at all. I know his prime was a bit before you started watching wrestling, but Vader has always been a beast and great for wrestling. I loved his around 1990ish feud with Sting.

[@CryingLord]

People who say this started the ATTITUDE era is WROOOOOONG....... The CURTAIN CALL did

[@samichopthechimrea8477]

13:40 Stone Cold Steve Austin what about me?😧😟😦 Jerry Lawler, 1997

[@titmaus7732]

The oddities as a kid was so cool

[@ScottyMacBeats]

Rewatching all of the attitude era and making my way back into the ruthless aggression era really showed me how tame of a heel Vince was in the late 90s compared to the utter lunatic he became 2002 onwards

[@richardturbeville6590]

Btw Cyrus is co-EVP of Impact

[@ultimategamingchannel3800]

Video idea: review Hulk Hogans 2002-2003 run (with 2005 and 2006 if you want)

[@BostonsF1nest]

Hulk hogan is a bitch

[@marcohavokkhaos]

I didn't know when Mideon joined the Godwin's. I just know Henry, was there by himself for a bit. Cuz he faced Hunter in that hogpen match. Eventually, Hillbilly Jim joined.

[@VOAN]

The only WWF Pay-Per-View where both Kane and Bret Hart participated in, this would be Bret Hart's last PPV and Kane's first PPV.

[@ajk]

Not true if you count Mania 26. Granted it was WWE by then.....but still, he and Kane worked on that one too, and this PPV wasn't Bret's full last.

[@100mythfreak]

Ok, so I was wondering why Kurrgan looks familiar. Turns out he played Dredger, the big French guy in the Sherlock Holmes movie.

[@stncldrwg]

Mick was Dude Love before Summerslam 97. He debuted the gimmick as Austin’s mystery partner when they won the tag belts earlier that summer.

[@Alsebra]

The Jackyl didn't "drop off the radar" in '98...after leaving the fed in '99, he went to ECW (as Cyrus/Cyrus the Virus) for a while, then popped up in TNA two years after he left ECW. After "retiring" in 2004, he returned to roles in both Impact and NJPW in 2017; his work with Impact then gave him exposure in AEW, where he has been since 2020 (managing names like Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay). Aside from his managerial roles, he was trained to wrestle...he won the WFWA championship 4 times and the IWA championship twice. He was actually brought into the WWF to be a tag team partner for Rick "The Model" Martel, but Martel left before the team could debut and Callis was stuck without a gimmick or a story.

[@JackGeezy]

The DX vs Nation of Domination rivalry was good shit, miss 90s WWF so much.

[@Isaac-cm7zg]

Fun fact. Kane actually was the undertaker. Undertaker debuted as "Cain" the undertaker

[@monosaturated]

I know he was "weaker" in comparison to the Undertaker, but I always thought the Higher Power should have been The Jackyl. When Kurrgan left the Truth Commission, he took on a much darker look with Jackyl, who began proclaiming himself a "prophet" and claimed there was more to come. After Kurrgan and Jackyl left TV for a hot minute, he comes back with the Acolytes. He proclaimed them to be a part of a larger plan that Jackyl has prophesied. Not too long after that, the Acolytes kidnapped Dennis Knight (Mideon) and the rest is history. When Taker began talking about the Higher Power, he hit a lot of the same notes as The Jackyl. Sure, you could claim that that's not that surprising considering how vague "prophecy rambling" can be, but still. I know many wanted Jake Roberts, and that would have been awesome (considering their history), but in the immediate era, Jackyl made more sense (to me).

[@diablosportscreme]

What a Mark

[@GorditoCrunch343]

I still say they should have booked Bret with Shamrock. He'd be dropping that belt like a bad habit in 2 minutes. Letting him hold onto the title at the eleventh hour before leaving, what a fucking joke...

[@stefanboshoff11]

Thanx for the South Africa mention. As a South African wrestling fan, its awesome to see that someone mentioned us Keep up the good work Brian, loving your work

[@elizabethmackay2360]

9:50 Kurt Angle theme?

[@andresscott9448]

The bald guy in the pink shirt on the front row! I swear I've seen him in so many legendary moments!

[@billyclick2002]

that dude used to run an independent company called the IWA (international wrestling alliance) here in Columbus Ohio, I actually worked for them for a few months, his wife was always at wwf shows with him all the time, she always wore a neon green jacket, an they always got front row seats an shit an got backstage vip type treatment, I remember in the main office of the iwa wrestling school, there was personalized 8x10 autographs from literally almost every fuckin wrestler u could think of from the 80s an 90s..but I do wonder what became of this guy after iwa folded

[@munchmahquchi4050]

I always remembered them because I had WM23 on DVD and they were center view front row of the hard cam. Bright pink and neon yellow jackets

[@chrysrhykyscalhoun9812]

@@munchmahquchi4050 Let's not forget No Mercy 99, but also in WCW GAB 95.

[@Robert-ey9xh]

This thing with Bret reminds me how nice they were to that bimbo Stratus years later.She wins it a 7th time despite retiring afterwards which was really stupid,having her win it again prior to retirement.This is also how Hogan almost won the title a fifth time in 1992 despite the fact he was fixing to quit the company.

[@damightybenstein]

3:16 The Montreal crowd predicted the Billy and Chuck tag team 5 years before it happened.

[@stormwater6580]

I miss the USWA. It used to air on our local channel that aired church services and high school football.

[@HeinerGunnar]

From a 2021 perspective, it's funny hearing Zane talk about Don Callis, without once referring to him by name

[@kenmograd2009]

24:54 *Referring to when Madusa (a.k.a. Alundra Blaze) showed up on Monday Nitro and threw the WWF Women’s Championship belt in a trash can.

[@SurgeonVault]

I'll tell you what those 45 people who disliked this video are about, they are about drug, crimes, and slime!?

[@LordLoss888]

Um isn't that kurgan guy from the Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes movie?

[@thepassingstatic6268]

The real Montreal Screwjob was the friends we made along the way

[@rossmcmichan3086]

Bret Hart actually returned to wwe at the Hall of Fame 2006 but wasn't seen again until 2010

[@jackji2325]

'97 WWF Tag Champ titles = 2000 WCW World Heavyweight Champ Title

[@jackji2325]

chet michael all the title changes

[@kingragnar8023]

Look at the SIZE of Kurgan

[@freack3333]

Jeez no wonder Mick Foley's body is so messed up.

[@thekidfromiowa]

freack3333 My thoughts exactly

[@nujabeez6573]

Easy solution, have the DQ ending like it was originally planned, the next night have Bret Hart drop the title to Ken Shamrock via submission, and have Ken Shamrock drop the title to HBK at DX-In Your House which was the next PPV.

[@pjabrony8280]

25:20 "If Bret Hart dropped the belt to Shawn Michaels before Survivor Series and then he left, then you have Shawn Michaels taking on Who." I dunno, even though Jim Neidhart was in that faction, it wouldn't have been a good match.

[@vinnyreed723]

You’re right about it not being good It would have been a classic

[@maxdecphoenix]

uuugggggh... well... since we saw Shawn go on to do work with Stone Cold, and it ushered in one of the biggest boom periods for the company.... i'm going to go ahead and say Stone Cold.

[@MrPicklecopter]

The sign you were asking about was clearly Jesse Ventura.

[@TheRealRollerCodster]

That debut match for kane was such a great match. Prefect opponent to put kane over as a bad ass. What bumps Foley always took, hes a nut. Two great legends!

[@WCWThunderRosa]

Road Warrior Hawk: wouldn't sell a piledriver for 25 years but he'll sure as shit get pinned by one Rock Bottom

[@norbertop.niebres6320]

This begins the "Mr. McMahon" character.

[@sullygroot924]

I don't think it's a character

[@robertwetmore7655]

I know everyone wants to crap on today’s creative and ratings but let’s take into account that so much has changed since the days of the attitude era. For one, Nielsen ratings aren’t as important now than they used to be. With the introduction of streaming, the network, dvr, and KZbin, the ratings system has been completely reworked. Just because viewers aren’t showing up at 8pm on Monday night doesn’t mean the wwe isn’t killing it in every other way that their product can be viewed. Don’t believe me? Go on KZbin and look up the views on their KZbin page from this week alone. The numbers are in the high six figures to low 7 figures and it’s only Tuesday. Never mind Hulu, sling, and the USA app as well as cable. Secondly, no one is taking into account how much the advertisers and sponsors are paying the wwe based on their social media traffic. That means that everyone that posts all their opinions and hate and vitriol on KZbin, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram... etc, are positively contributing to the wwe’s bottom line. It doesn’t matter what the content of a comment is, the comment matters because it adds to the traffic. The old saying is as true 100 years ago as it is today “there’s no such thing as bad press” it means people are watching and paying attention. So to sum it up, the haters are shooting them selves in the foot with every comment and reply. They’ll attack me, and question me, and tell me their thoughts on how I might be wrong. They fail to realize I don’t care what they have to say. I’ve warned them and given them cold hard facts. And yet they won’t learn a damn thing. They never do. And then they wonder why the world looks down on wrestling and it’s fans. Maybe someday I’ll get my point across to just one of them, but I’ve been repeating this message for the past two years and I have never run across someone who got the hint.

[@daniellehinton463]

A very good thought out comment that looks at the bigger picture

[@juliooquendo220]

Damm 20 years seems so fast

[@tomwalker389]

11:17 Rams vs. Raiders

[@TheBuddha337]

" That Billy Gunn leg drop" Lmao

[@1991ltd]

Wasn’t Blackman’s debut, he wrestled in WWF in the late 80’s

[@JamesJones-yl2cx]

Zane tackles the Big One.

[@MacStoker]

sounds like one direction fan fiction lol

[@Ryusuta]

It's like Cornette said about the Screwjob: it was a heel program. There was no good guy there. They were all just a bunch of spoiled children. But as insufferable as Micheals ostensibly was backstage, I'm going to have to reluctantly side with the "Bret screwed Bret" camp. Not only was he not willing to do his fucking job (you don't need to LIKE someone to work with them), he later shows his true colors by whining to every single news outlet that would listen about how he got screwed out of a fake wrestling title on a fake wrestling show. I know this is a controversial opinion, but I think that behavior from Bret was his own personal Curtain Call.

[@SlasherLink119]

Jackal also introduced the Oddities!!!...

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

Kurrigan is also the uber immortal from 300.

[@KalHimself]

Did not know that, but it makes sense. That's definitely his neck.

[@MidwestMachete]

Honestly, I feel like Bret should have faced someone other than Shawn. I know the two can put on one hell of a match, but, they had too much heat together. I would say Austin, but, that would ruin the Wrestlemania spot, so, I feel like Bret should have faced either Shamrock, Mankind or Undertaker and then, have either one of the two drop the title to Shawn at the IYH DX PPV and then, they could have the rematch at the Rumble, have HBK go over and then, have Austin win the title at Wrestlemania.

[@Djarra]

Taker was inactive due to his ankle. Paul Bearer apparently suggested that Kane burn Shawn the week before and declare himself the number one contender, dominate Bret then get taken out by Mankind. With Kane winning a rematch on Raw and Bret going out in a blazing coffin.

[@brianhurley2194]

There wouldn't have been any build to it though and it would have ruined the buzz for the pay-per-view.

[@futuregohan4837]

@@Djarra Or Undertaker Returns And Burns Kane Alive As The Deadman Returns From The Grave

[@futuregohan4837]

@@Djarra Or Undertaker Returns And Burns Kane Alive As The Deadman Returns From The Grave

[@futuregohan4837]

@@Djarra Or Undertaker Returns And Burns Kane Alive As The Deadman Returns From The Grave

[@Josh_J91]

Man Shawn and bret just looked like absoulte stars

[@Its2D4Life]

Damn that Bulldog/Vader suplex was awesome.

[@marcohavokkhaos]

That's ok. I had a crowd sign that said Punk would beat Johnny Nitro. But he just changed his name, to John Morrison.

[@icantbeafraidofyou]

In my opinion Vince was beyond paranoid for taking the title off of Bret. Bret was loyal for 20 years. He didn't even want to leave for WCW.

[@thomasjenkins7506]

bret should have dropped the belt when he was told to. he was leaving for WCW, so what does he care when he drops the belt?

[@danielmoore8695]

Eric Bischoff would have said on Nitro that the WWF Champion was now leaving to come to WCW. Vince couldn't let that happen

[@burntvirtue]

Daniel Moore Vince still let that happen anyway though. Screwing Bret out of the title on TV means Bret never actually lost the title, so now Bischoff can say the "rightful" WWF champion is coming to their show as he still left without losing.

[@danielmoore8695]

nah guys get screwed outta the title all the time, that's not a thing. Shawn was now the champion so Bischoff couldn't really say anything that would get over with the fans. Had to take the title off Baby Bret the night before though

[@Halloweenman33]

How would Bret have even been able to take the belt with him? Didn't the company own the belt, not Bret?

[@ninjaworshipper]

In regards to the screwjob, Bret proposed dropping the title at the next PPV on december 8th to Shawn as he was going to call Bischoff and tell him to postpone his first appearance by a week (he was supposed to debut on the 1st). but unfortunately Bischoff was hunting in Wyoming so Bret couldn't reach him. So basically, we gotta blame Wyoming for the screwjob.

[@gman9203]

TBH Bret putting over UnderTaker would’ve made sense. They’d had a classic match at One Night Only in the UK and it would’ve been a good blow off for it. Shawn was could’ve got the belt of Taker afterwards

[@LucasIsHereYT]

SCREW YOU WYOMING

[@1krani]

I have an idea to fix the Montreal Screwjob. Put the belt on a transitional champion, who then drops it to Michaels. Michaels goes into Survivor Series as champion, wrestles Bret, loses by DQ to Bret when he gets himself disqualified to avoid losing the belt. Bret doesn't have to do the job, MEGA heat on Michaels from both the Canadian crowd and the fact it would be Bret's last match, and Bret's relationship doesn't sour with Vince and everyone else, hopefully leading to a more enthusiastic WCW run.

[@alexhennigh5242]

Haven't heard TNN in a long time. Anyone remember Roller Jam? That shit was fire