Girl Watches WWE - The Complete Story Of The Montreal Screwjob
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Join me as I dive into the controversial and captivating story of the Montreal Screwjob. From the feud between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels to the infamous finish at Survivor Series. If you're a WWE fan, this is a must-watch video!
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The Montreal Screwjob ia the beginning of the Attitude Era. The Era that changed Wrestling forever.
I wouldn't say it was the beginning. They'd already started doing the raunchy stuff a year prior when DX formed. The screw job certainly escalated it, though.
@@TheNeonParadoxwasn't the beginning when Steve Austin won KOR and became stone cold
@@jjkm17No ECW started the attitude era most people just don’t give them the credit.
You could easily argue that the attitude era began when Hall and Nash debuted for WCW. Or just ECW being a thing, since WCW copied from them.
@@TheNeonParadox -WrestleMania 13: Bret vs Austin (Preview)
-August 11, 97: DX Formation (Catalyst)
-November 9: Survivor Series (Beginning)
-December 15: Official announcement.
There's a lot more to the Hart/WWE drama.
Bret's brother Owen died in the middle of a WWE PPV while performing a stunt. They were lowering him down from the ceiling and the faulty equipment caused him to fall to his death. It was a major event that never happened before.
Bret also was given a stiff kick by Goldberg which ended his career. Later on while riding his bike he had a stroke due to the concussion which made it hard for him to even walk again.
Part of the reason he forgave WWE was because he felt his anger over what happened to him was so crippling to him and he thought it might have led to his stroke.
The MADUSA ( like "made in USA") incident was talked about at the beginning of the video. Madusa was a famous female wrestler, she was in WWE for a couple of years, going by the name Alundra Blayze. She was the women's champion in 95 and she left the company before she could lose the title and she debuted in WCW using the name MADUSA again and putting the WWF women's championship literally in the trash. Vince McMahon was so mad that there was no actual women's division for 3 years in WWF. He didn't want Brett Hart to do the same thing as MADUSA. Ironically, when Ric Flair signed with WWE in1991 he was the NWA-WCW champion and he did appear with the belt on WWF TV. Double standard.
I doubt Vince actually cared about his titles appearing in another promotion...and more about people disrespecting said titles...like Madusa
Flair had the belt because WCW wouldn't return the deposit he had on the belt. Not to mention that the WWF did not disrespect the WCW Championship, instead using it to factor Flair into the main event scene while being billed as the "True World Champion".
She didn't leave, she was fired.
16:00 that was in Calgary, home of the 1988 Winter Olympics and also it is where Bret is from.
The ratings war between WWF and WCW were no joke. It was not just between two rival professional wrestling companies, but two competing cable television networks as well. WWF Raw was on the USA Network, owned by Viacom, while WCW Nitro was on TNT, owned by Time Warner, at the same time.
This is in the days before DVRs existed, and you could record what you wanted to watch later. The only method for doing anything close to that was by recording it on a VHS cassette with a VCR.
You'd have thought you'd just pick up what happened on the other channel, isn't problem missing just an hour, we never had socials so could never interactive because they next segment, maybe 1 with RAW on 1 room & WCW on in another way, paying gorgeous 2 subscriptions when you'll hear the news & I'm sure more than a few mates will have it recorded.😊
You should watch the Broken Skull Session with The Undertaker and the Brett Hart ones as well as the Undertaker last ride definitely a lot to watch, however it gives you more insight into the business and the era of the Screwjob
I have 2 parts already out on my Patreon for the Undertaker Last Ride docu. you can check it out
This was so huge.. Like imagine now if Roman Reings as champion would punch Triple H and leave for AEW
It all happened because Shawn disrespected Bret, so he refused to drop the belt TO SHAWN he offered to drop the belt to others from Mick " Mankind" Foley to jobber Steve Lumbardy. Instead McMahon chose to do this.
The Medusa incident was when Alundra Blaze came out on WCW and threw the WWE Women's Championship in the trash
Madusa*
Thank you for the correction
Great reaction bunny thank you for doing it if your interested in actually seeing him punch Vince it was featured in that documentary it’s called hitman wrestling with shadows it’s actually a really good documentary and a reaction would be awesome too keep up the great work
Bret Hart actually regret that he joined WCW
Vince didn't trust Bisoff, but he should have trusted Brett. Brett always kept his word and he said he would appear the next day on Raw and give up the belt. As for Shawn, yeah, he was wild and moody back then, with the pills, that happens. As for his tag partner Marty, Marty was actually a bit more wild than Shawn and he went too far and they let him go. Undertaker said he likes Shawn now after he straighten himself out, but back then, he didn't like him much but, he said in the ring, Shawn was was king. When Shawn lost the match to Austin for the title and left, during that match, his back was killing him bad, real bad, they all said they don't know how he got through the match the way he did. When Shawn came back after getting healthy in both body and mind, he apologized to many and everyone said what a turn around, he's a great guy now. Brett, he had the grudge for years, which I kind of understand that. Glad they made up.
also Vince thought it would be the end for WWF after all losing Bret to WCW. He didnt know Stone Cold, The Rock and DX will be bigger than everything six month later...
Imagine if Hart had taken the deal with WWF and not had his career ended by Goldberg...
Hour long video. And I am here for it!! If you want another long video to react to I have some suggestions. 2 Iceberg videos from Age of Wrestling "The Definitive Women's Wrestling Iceberg" or "The Definitive Japanese Wrestling Iceberg"
Nice love the video bunny girl Nation stay motivated dream big 1 mill on the way
Thank you so much 🤗
Shawn was on drugs but the best wrestler on the planet and if he did not Shawn would leave and Vince could not lose Shawn he is too valuable.
This is one of the most accurate descriptions of these events I've seen. Really the only thing they don't bring up is the colossal amounts of drugs Michaels was on at the time.
It was clear to me while watching this that you didn't understand a goddamn word of anything that was being said.
It’s a shame that Cultaholic left some very important informations off this video
At WM, Bret snubbed Shawn? We can clearly see on Shawn’s lips talking to the ref: ‘’Tell him to get the F out of my ring’’.
wich ones?
@@Bunnymon you need to watch the Dark Side of the Ring episode about this story, there you can hear more from the actual people who were backstage when the screwjob occured. its really interesting.
Like?
shawn michaels is the best
Always enjoy your reactions but this was super long.
In my opinion the subject its so extensive that its best to watch it as a whole and gather all the info u can than having to watch several videos bt thats just my opinion🤷🏼♀️
@albanogueiramiser I enjoy Sarah but sometimes viewers namely newer I've noticed imo won't want to watch for an hour typically unless it's a movie reaction at least from what Iunderstand from other reactors I watch with what reactors have said its why most tend to stay to half hour on average at most with shows, edits etc besides copyright issues of course.
You have to also remember the viewer's point of view some would rather watch 2 or 3 15 minute videos over one 45+ minute video straight.
@@MKF30 maybe some people do not my case 🤷🏼♀️
@@albanogueiramiser Yeah it depends on the person. I personally don't mind movies, tv shows though different story. Cool picture btw. ☺
@@MKF30 thanks
It is likely that Bret didn't sue WWE because he signed a new contract with WCW while still under contract with WWE, even though Vince basically told Bret to take the contract Bret was still the one who broke their contract. Rendering his 'creative control' obsolete.
Enter goldberg
Can you do a video on ECW or TNA?
wich one?
@@Bunnymon “the rise of ECW, what happened?” By Wrestle Pod
@@Bunnymon or “The rise and fall of TNA (extended cut)” by Grapplevision. That one’s pretty good
Yeahmad?
It’s wrong and sad but Vince own the company can do what he wants. Wwe would of won in law bc money and would the could afford.
This comment sounds like a preschool kid typed it. My Lord
Montreal Screwjob is one of the most infamous stories in wrestling history and changed professional wrestling forever. But I’m glad that Shawn, Bret and Vince made up after all these years
Yeah, she seemed disheartened by Bret forgiving them. But in this particular instance, it was valid.
So many years had passed, and Bret legitimately had a grudge that was becoming kind of a problem for his public image -- as he was increasingly being known as "that bitter ex-wrestler". Which he still pretty much wears that image to this day regardless.
@@StarsDie88because, he still is lol but is understandable, his brother died on Vince circus after all...
@@CYB3R2K no for a different reason. He still can’t move past the Goldberg kick, and takes any opportunity to run Bill Goldberg into the ground, even though it was an accident, and Goldberg spent 20 years apologizing and felt terrible about it
Vince McMahon screwed Brett Hart out of the world heavyweight championship title at Survival Series in Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Shawn michaels eventually turned things around after he had to retire in 1997. He found God and became more likable backstage and more humble as well. He regrets many of his past so that counts for something
after he quit the drugs
28:50 bunny Shawn never lost his smile. It was the humor he put on that promo. He was having the best time of his life that time with all the limelight, backstage politics of kliq and screwing sunny.
53:31 also, for how was it possible. See, wrestling, at least for some, if its a family business, like Hart, they respect every notion of it. The time honor tradition in wrestling is if you leave a territory or a promotion, you lose all the way out. In McMahon's head, Bret was not doing that. So even if he screws Bret and any legal action would take place, Vince would come out as a hero coz he followed the "tradiotion of wrestling", while Bret disrespected it. Fans would come on his side, maybe even Bret's family would come on Vince' side, and Bret himself would be considered a money grabbing traitor who sold his art for money.
50:43 also, the madusa incident is the same alundra blayze incident mentioned before in the video where she left WWF as their women's champion, only to join WCW a week later as Madusa and threw the women's championship in a dustbin as a disrespect. McMahon was not at all ready to see Hart doing that to his most prized possession, the WWF championship. But if you ask me, Hart would have never done that if he left as WWF championship. I would only suggest Vince got paranoid.
This documentary was so much more than just Montreal. It is literally the most in depth showing of Pro Wrestling’s inner working during this industries defining moment The Monday Night War. Quoting Sting at the HOF induction: “All the stuff that happens backstage that’s where the money is”
My favourite moment in that documentary doesn't even have Bret, Vince or Shawn in the shot. It's when Bret's then-wife Julie absolutely BITCHED OUT Triple H, the man looking like any eleven year old boy would if their mom was telling them they were grounded. Legendary moment.
what is even more sad is that Bret's career was ended in wcw shortly after after he took a kick to the head by Goldberg, giving him severe concussion and sadly had to retire from wrestling, what a shame, what a great wrestler
How awesome his return in 2001 would have been. Maybe leader of invasion would have been amazing.
@@supergirlvideoclips894That would’ve been the best way for his career to end
I recommend watching Stevie Richards video on the head kick. It changed my mind on who's fault it was.
Bunny, I'll tell you again.... watch "Wrestling With Shadows".... it's a documentary from Bret's point of view, that details the events from 1 year prior to the Screwjob, through its completion. Bret had a film crew following him around for that year, and documented the whole thing. Even some stuff that was not meant to be made public.
12:30 - Also, this info is why I keep telling you to watch the "Reliving the War" series from "Wrestling Bios", because they cover this week by week, in a very in depth manner. You can see the trends of WHY each show wins that week, based on both matches and promos, who shows up, and who doesn't. The "Reliving the War" series goes from the first time WCW Monday Nitro debuts, and is scheduled to run until the WWE buys out WCW. Also, each PPV is covered in detail during that time period, as they are very relevant to the Monday Night War (PPVs at the time took place on Sunday nights, so the Monday night shows followed up 24 hours later).
Bunny, I know you want to "fast track" your knowledge of this era... but there really is no way to do that without missing a LOT of what caused it all to happen the way it did. So, do yourself a favor.... take your time about it. You'll learn a lot more about not only THAT era, but why so many fans want to see a return of that era today. Not to mention how the WWE is trying to give fans that, while not "crossing the line" into what is considered distasteful by today's standards.
It's not an easy line to walk. But I do think they are starting to figure it out. At least you don't really need to go back to the late 1970s and go forward from there, in order to catch up. So there IS that.
its already on my watch list but other videos are infront it will come :D
28:55 - You're 100% right about being happy where you work. BUT... that interview with Michaels just seemed so contrived, so.... FAKE..... that fans could see right through it. That wasn't Shawn Michaels saying he had "lost his smile", that was Michael Hickenbottom (Shawn's real name) declaring that he wasn't happy with what was planned for him, so he was going to "take his ball and go home". I'll grant you, it's always best to be happy where you work, but it's another to act like a toddler because you aren't happy with your job. Especially when you're "in front of the world" and making such a declaration without even discussing it with your boss ahead of time.
I've quit jobs I was unhappy with before.... but I always tried to hash things out first, and in private. There was no real reason to go on TV and make the boss look bad, just because he could. Especially when the same employer had already bent over backwards to make him happy before this. But even Shawn admits, now, that he was wrong for his attitude problems at the time.
32:10 - Also, this Bret vs Austin match is a MUST watch! I know you hate seeing blood, but do yourself a favor and watch that match, even though you already know the outcome.
52:15 - Shawn was Vince's "future". His "Top Draw" as far as the box office goes. With Shawn, he could literally "print money", and have "Sold Out" signs at every event. Bret was on his way out, but had that pesky "Creative Control" clause in his contract. Without that, Bret would have been completely screwed over by the WWE. So.... "Money talks, Bret Hart walks"...
53:00 - Like him, love him, or hate him, Jim Cornette is a "Pro-Wrestling Historian". Such a thing had happened before, many, many moons ago. All Cornette did was to suggest that history repeats by screwing over the reigning champion to get the belt off of him. (Cornette actually talks about this on one of his podcasts, and he cites people and dates)
52:15 - Oh, yeah... I had forgotten about the Wendy Richter mess.....
53:50 - Vince was willing to take ALL of the blame, pay whatever fines he had to, including "breach of contract" fines, just to ensure that Bret did NOT show up on Nitro with the WWF Championship belt. What he had forgotten, is that such a thing couldn't happen, given the debacle nearly a decade before with Ric Flair, AND the Medusa incident (which was mentioned earlier in the video). Bischoff even admitted that he wouldn't have dared to ask Hart to bring the belt to Nitro, given what had happened in the past regarding Championships popping up on the competition's shows. Plus, Bret had more integrity than to do something like that.
1:00:30 - As much as I hate to say it, you can't really be mad at Shawn, Earl, or any of the other "low level" employees involved. They had no choice but to do what they were told. Vince, Cornette, and the other "Management" people who knew.... fine. Be mad at them. After all, THEY had the choice about what happened. But there's a lot more involved than just "boss vs employee" at play here. Naturally, none of the "employees" wanted to lose their job, so they went along with it. Undertaker, by now the "Locker Room Leader", was absolutely LIVID over what happened. Mick Foley refused to show up the following night for Raw. Undertaker forced Vince to go talk to Hart, and even told him that he had to "Give Bret 'One'"..... meaning, he had to allow Bret to punch him one time. Which, of course, he did. Taker also made Vince justify the Screw Job to the other "boys in the locker room", in a meeting the next night before Raw. Undertaker is the only wrestler who could hold Vince accountable to his employees. Because at THIS point, none of them would ever trust Vince again, without an explanation.
That bret and austin match was so good and they talk about the insides of that match amongst other interesting things in the uncensored broken skull sessions with bret that it is on the wwe network
Bret didn't sue because he was already out of his WWF contract, they let him go so he could make a contract with WCW, he was basically a free agent with WWF during those last few weeks then if he had sued then it would most likely be a very long court case, Bret broke tv equipment after the screw job and punched his former boss in the face. Basically both Bret and WWF decided it was just best if both walked away from everything. Bret made millions in WCW while WWF would eventually beat WCW with them being eventually shut down and all WCW assets being bought by WWE in 2001.
The Monday Night Wars was something special where two top tier wrestling companies went head to head on Mondays to see who were get the bigger crowd, revenue and ratings.
Most everybody seems to do agree that Bret Hart was/is/every will be a man of his word.
My girlfriend around the early 90s. Didn't like wrestling per say, but she loved watching Bret Hart.
The Hart Family did sue vince for the death of Owen Hart in 1999.
It’s sad that 99’ was the same year of Owen’s death as well as the year Bret was forced to retire
My respect for the Undertaker grows everytime I hear a story when he used his power to make something right.
Facts
What a great long reaction to this infamous incident! Thank you so much for doing this, Bunny!
thank you guys!!!!
@@Bunnymon As a lifelong WWE fan, here is some truth about Shawn Michaels. He was a much better person when he returned in 2002. He found God as a born-again Christian, got married and had children, and had cleaned up his drug and alcohol abuse and treated people a whole lot better. There are basically 2 versions of Shawn. You have Shawn Michaels, and you have “1990’s Shawn Michaels.” NO ONE, not even his fellow wrestlers backstage other than his few close friends liked Shawn back then. He was difficult to work with, on a power trip using his influence to mess with other people’s careers, thought he was untouchable, and was just an absolute dickhead. Shawn from 2002 onwards is a version of The Heartbreak Kid you could be proud to be a fan of.
@@BunnymonPlease react to the Vice Dark Side Of The Ring Version of this documentary please because that documentary on the Montreal screw job has interviews with people involved and actually has audio/video footage from the night it happened its better
Even to the people who were working there at the time, it was puzzling why Vince let Shawn Michaels get away with so much. Vince gets oddly fixated on certain things and one of them was pampering Michaels and treating more like a son than he did Shane.
Bret is Punks favorite wrestler, and Im pretty sure the Young Bucks favorite wrestler is Shawn Michaels. Food for thought.
Curious since Punk is the one that acts like 90s HBK
@@Mr_Leo_DS Nope. Bucks vision for wrestling beat the likes of Punk and Cody in the political game. They wanted AEW to be a more old school wrestling based product. Whereas the Bucks wanted modern indie wrestling. The Cody and Punk guys will be the ones to disproportionately leave AEW.
She throw the wwf woman title in trash cans in WCW live TV
Shawn was hard to work with in his first run
But after longtime injury Shawn pay back the industry big time push every one put them over
With comeback which-was second to none
And he apologize from each and every one
Ego was his own enemy
This wasn't the first time Vince McMahon did this. They pulled a very similar tactic on the WWF Women's Champion Wendi Richter in the 80s. They also eventually mended that relationship and inducted Richter in the WWE Hall of Fame.
Bret started the attitude era
Absolutely great call watching this video, the best there is to hear all the details around maybe the biggest piece of wrestling lore. We're lucky Shawn isn't this kinda guy anymore.
Fingers crossed she eventually reacts to "The Unreality of Pro Wrestling" by Super Eye patch Wolf. It's such a good watch.
YESS
That and The Undertaker one
Super Eyepatch Wolf's storytelling when it comes to his wrestling content is frankly second to none, he has such a natural ability for it.
1:10:03 imagine how i feel about it bc bret and shawn are my 2 favorites.😅
As of now they’re are on good terms.
That being said Shawn turned his live around and made sure he said sorry to most if not all of the guys he had wronged in the past when he returned from his back injury, so he’s one of my favorites bc of his in-ring abilities, charisma and all of his accomplishments, in the other hand i love bret for his in-ring abilities and his in-ring psychology about the business among other things, even though I dont always agree with what he has to say in some interviews
Thank you so much for reacting to this video. What a video and masterfully told story. I love bret, he is a true life hero to millions and is a great inspiration. Your reaction is very genuine and very much appreciated. Please react more to bret hart, you will find that he has been a great servant to this industry and there is so much to be learned from him. Love your videos and keep up the good work. Much love xxx
Please react on shawn michaels life story you will love him alot and sympathise with him its amazing🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
You should watch wrestling with Shadows which is a documentary in which the camera crew filmed Bret Hart behind the scenes during last year with company. And they managed to capture what happened the night of Montreal and everything in between.
Karma definitely hit Michaels
After Bret The Hitman Hart and Shawn Michaels left WWF, it was time for Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock.
You should look at some of the Bret hart interviews aswell, the guy seems like one of the most down to earth people
I'm fairly certain that Vince in the locker room intentionally tried to provoke Brett into hitting him to prevent him from suing by having the ability to counter sue or file a follow up lawsuit against Brett for assaulting him. It really is a shame that one of the greatest (if not THEE greatest) technical wrestlers of all-time had his wrestling career with WWE marred by exec's who took his humble hardworking attitude for granted, but I will say I'm glad they reconciled and I'm pretty sure that altercation eventually led to Shawn getting his act straight and becoming a better version of himself after.
I remember that entire period, I was a Brett Hart fan even when he was a heel, he was "The Hitman"
Wrestling with Shadows is even better! Now you can watch Bret’s top matches, has really good ones 🔥🔥🔥
Bret “The Hitman” Hart was The Best There Is, The Best There Was and The Best There Ever Well Be
All Time .. ALL TIME GREAT ... ALL TIME... All TIME TIME GRREEEAAAATTTTT!!!!!!😊😮
Hey Bunny, you should check out that Bret Hart doc. It’s a phenomenal doc. “Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows”
I've heard Scott Hall in a shoot say that he believes the screw job was still a work. He said that vince wouldn't let anyone write W C W on wwf tv
🐇 could you react to "the best body guys in pro wrestling" by wrestling with wregret? The guy does the best videos about wrestling on RUclips! Thx
I’m really liking liking these complete story videos they are so interesting and informational thank bunbun I appreciate you❤400k👀
Bret Hart didnt sue Vince because he knocked him out backstage.
With other words: If Bret sued Vince, Vince would have sued Bret for the punch (and the other way around)
makes sense
And there's the story of the Screwjob.
SHE DID IT!
You should do a video on the NWO
Has something happened to the BunnymonTV channel? No videos uploaded in 4 days just feels odd. :P
Watch “the story of the first hell in a cell match” its around the same time as these events. And showcases Shawn’s (and undertakers) insanely good story telling and why Shawn despite being a bad person backstage always had Vince on his side.
React Bret Hart 2010 WWE return. He went face to face with Shawn Michaels and Vince Mcmahon
There’s a small detail about the meeting that ends with Bret knocking Vince out that this video doesn’t mention, but gets revealed by Undertaker himself in an interview about what went down on this night from his POV. Taker said “I was suspicious that something might happen that night, but I ended up letting my guard down when I really shouldn’t have.” And the detail that this video leaves out is that, after Undertaker brought Vince down to the locker room to explain his actions, he actually pulled Shawn Michaels off to the other side of the locker room AWAY from where Bret and Vince were talking because, “I knew that at some point, Shawn was gonna try and get involved in this discussion, and he REALLY didn’t need to do that, because this situation was already volatile enough.”
As talented as Shawn was, he was an indisputable jerk for many years. And Vince is, well... A monster. It's not shocking how it all went down
It should be noted that the Shawn Michaels of 1997 was a very different person from the Shawn of 2002-Today. Also, Shawn and Bret have privately and publicly buried the hatchet between them.
I recommend you watch "Cody Rhodes' Most Savage and Heel Moments (Out Of The WWE)" by Neemias Taboza. Cody is a great face but it's worth seeing how great heel is as well
Thank you for the recommendation! Cody Rhodes is a versatile performer indeed.
You should be able to watch it on here, but they did an actual documentary live while this all happened called: 'Wrestling With Shadows'. Seriously, well worth watching. One of the best Wrestling documentaries. It shows Bret final days and the anguish he battled to leave WWF and wCw offering the money.
I missed out on most of the Monday Night War and most of the Attitude Era. But I started watching at the tail end of them both in mid to late 2000 when I was turning nine years old. Since then, I've watched WWE on and off over the decades. I am really impressed on how quickly engaged you are to WWE and wrestling in as a whole. As far as the Montreal Screwjob goes, this is the story to be engaged to.
Honestly as an international viewer the concept of Hart being a heel in the US but a face everywhere else sounds like a fantastic idea to me. Ever since being a kid I've been a wrestling fan and even as that little kid I would always roll my eyes at the endless amount of storylines that were little more than "American man is the good guy, foreign people are evil". From Hogan to Cena, the gimmick of just being the human embodiment of the American flag made me cringe.
This is why I didn't like so much Triple H and Shawn Michaels, and I sided with Bret Hart, I'll always recognize the talent of Shawn Michaels, but the opportunism, betrayal, backstage politics, corruption of Shawn Michaels, Triple H, in association with Vince, it was disgusting, and now is coming out in recent lawsuits what happened. I like Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, and Undertaker, because they never participated in that corruption, they become top stars on their own.
Screwing over Bret like that was a violation of Bret's contract but Bret didn't pursue legal action because he punched Vince in the face backstage right after the screwjob
What wasn't included as much as it should be, young Shawn Michaels was just not a very pleasant person to be around in general, as a lot of people are. When the drugs came into play it was like gasoline on the fire. In 1997, Shawn Michaels was in a complete nosedive. His private life was falling apart and his addiction was at its absolute worst. He was as close to rock bottom as one could get and still be functional. And he was barely functioning. I only bring it up because you're seeing the Shawn Michaels that you know as the guy being talked about in this story. Two absolutely different guys. Guys who were around then and now, like Undertaker for one, have said that by November of 1997, with the condition Shawn was in, no one would be shocked in the least if Shawn was dead by November 1998. Shawn Michaels breaking his back in December and having to take those 4 years off probably saved his life. He got married, he got off drugs and got himself sober and found religion. I'm not a religious guy, but more power to anyone who uses whatever means they can to get their lives in order and maintain.
I feel You getting emotional…Bret Hart was my childhood hero… and its tough to watch even after so many years… especially to know what tragic events took place in Brets life the following years…greetings from Germany… 😊
There was a mixed family reaction to Shawn's Sunny Days remark. 😅
Putting Michaels and Bret on different brands wouldn’t really change much. Tony did that with Punk and Elite and guess what happened
50:38 I was a bit disappointed that you asked what the Medusa incident was given that it was explained earlier in the video :X (the WWF women's champion going over to WCW and dumping the WWF women's belt in the trash can).
Bunny, can you eventually please react to dark side of the ring videos? I think you will like them. Dark and crazy stories about wrestlers and mick foley and chris jericho narrates them.
Shawn Michaels has grown up and gotten off the drugs and is a much better person that has helped create so many stars, every addict has to get to rock bottom before they change and losing his career seems to be the best thing for Shawn look at the return after the retirement, 2 Wrestlemanias with The Undertaker and a lot of other stuff including the public apology to Brett Hart on RAW, I was not a fan of Shawn Michaels until he took over NXT. However if he didn't have the stories he would just be another small guy in the world of big men
Think it is important to point out that Bret and Shawn were great friends for a long time I mean Bret's son has said Shawn is/was his Favorite Wrestler and Bret and Shawn have both said They were very close friends until late 1996 and all of 1997 basically they were both competitive and wanted each other's respect. Glad to Know that they have made up because they were a huge part of each other's career and it's nice to know they get along like they did in the early 90's
It's heartwarming to see their friendship endure over the years.
Britain 300 years, America 200 years, Russia 400 years where was karma, why did karma never happen to these countries?
Vince shld have sued Bret for assault for punching him backstage. At the end of the day there is a time honor tradition in the business to put someone else over on your way out, but Bret refused to do so showing his lack of professionalism. Since Bret did not want to do business, business had to be done for him. At the end of the day the referee did not screw Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels did not screw Bret Hart, Vince did not screw Bret Hart, it was Bret hart that screwed Bret Hart. And Bret can look into the mirror and know that.
I do feel sorry for Bret, not for the 'Screwjob' but for the BS Vince did with his contract in the lead up. Bret deserved the Screwjob to happen, because both he and Shawn acted like petulant children over the last couple years leading up to that match, he had been selfish (although most wrestlers at that time were) and worst of all he attacked Michaels in the locker room. Provoked or not, it was unprofessional and you lose a lot of respect and the moral high ground with actions like that. There is also the old unwritten rule that use to be 'You go out on your back' meaning if you leave or retire you should take the lose and 'put over' other talent on the way out. I am surprised that a traditionalist like Bret would not adhere to that.
Of those 4 left in 1997 roster, only 2 retired from the WWE, Michaels and Undertaker.
Wrestling wasnts created in america, it goes as far back becore there was an amersica, rhey did it throughout from africa, Asia, Australia europe & native american, maybe Antarctica but no one lived there, not on purpuse anyway.
Shawn is not at all the same man now that he was then. I have thought that since most of these videos are meant for people who already know the reality of current day wrestling, they don’t usually explain that Shawn is a changed man because most of us already know that. I have thought though that you might come away with a tainted opinion of him because most of the videos only mention it in passing and don’t go into the story of him turning his life completely around and becoming from most accounts a completely different person. I should make clear that the videos you have watched don’t go into that because usually Michaels is just a side character in those videos, but if you found one that focused on him and his life story, it would talk about his conversion to Christianity and then subsequent attitude change. In his second run, he was known as a much more patient and kind wrestler, but even Shawn has talked ad nauseam about how awful a person he was at this point in his life. Hopefully you see this comment so you understand the full context.
28:04 Undertaker is that dude. At WrestleMania 14 Shawn Michaels was scheduled to drop the title to Stone Cold Steve Austin but Shawn’s back was in bad shape and he decided he wasn’t gonna do business. Undertaker caught wind of this and taped up his fists and went to find Shawn. Once he did he walked up to him and told him he will go out there and do his job and put on a hood show or else they’re gonna go right there. He backed down and went on to do his job. Undertaker is well respected and someone you don’t wanna cross.
To against the whole country was a good idea by Vince Bunny because Vince was leading him to be a hated figure who will eventually be screwed. Vince wanted to reduce the empathy
I think the fact that he punched Vince was really bad for suing him for breach of contract since now he had ammunition for an assault lawsuit and let's face it Vince would have been able to get an army of lawyers to obliterate Bret.
Bunny, it's hard to sue a guy after you physically assault him no matter how badly he screwed you over.
You should react to Bret hart and Shawn Michaels promo when bret returned in 2009
I think this WWE documentary about Montreal Screwjob and this is the one feels more important and show this wrestler the most popular wrestler. Bunny this is most interesting video to watch and do more WWE documentary's and started to understand of wrestlers documentary careers.
This incident shifted the wrestling world of its axis. It's still talked about to this day.
Bunny Earl wasn’t mean, he was to either do his job or lose it. Vince was the pos here and Shawn to a lesser extent.
You need to watch wrestling with shadows which is the documentary around Bret Hart at this time