It being in Canada was secondary, the main reason Bret didn't want to do it was because it was to Shawn. Shawn who had vacated every title, who had also said to Bret that he wasn't willing to job to him. Shawn was the issue, not Canada.
BS. Mush-head Bret thinks he's a Canadian hero, whatever that is. Canadians have low standards for heroes if that's the case. Shawn was an egomaniac douche, but so was Bret. You do what the boss tells you to do. Bret didn't and he's been a crybaby about it ever since.
@@ef7558screwing one of the greatest and most loyal superstars your company has ever had was indeed shameful to say the least. They could have worked something out. They could have had Bret drop the belt to Taker. Bret would have had no issue with that.
@@GameTime-yj6qv Taker had mentioned this on a podcast he was on. Small problem there is the Bad Blood HIAC match was the #1 contender match with HBK. You'd have to have Taker go over for that. Plus that would've delayed the Kane angle ahead. My idea would've been to have Taker go over HBK, defeat Bret at SS 97, and then have him drop it to HBK at the Royal Rumble with the debut of Kane. At wrestlemania you'd have your Kane vs Taker and HBK vs Austin. The big issue with this whole drama was Bret HATED Shawn with a burning passion because Shawn was a total prick! I'm amazed HBK wasn't fired LONG before any of this!
Cornette thinks Shawn would have had a cow over that and never would have stopped complaining and I think that makes sense. Vince didn't want Bret telling him what to do but didn't mind Shawn telling him what to do. Not consistent, and it's not something that will garner respect from a consummate worker like Bret.
People are still wrong about the whole situation! The problem WASN´T about losing in Canada!!!!!!!!!!!! The whole thing started because Shawn told Bret he would NEVER return the favour from Mania 12!
Vince did not do what was best for the company , Vince did what he wanted to and was showing that no one would tell him what to do in his own company . Bret said he would drop the belt to ANYONE in the WWE other than Shawn and that is the end of any argument against what Russo or anyone else can try to come up with to defend Vince . Bret gave Vince a lot of options and Bret was under no legal obligation what so ever to do that . If Bret decided to sue and that had gone to court the WWE would have been found guilty . Vince is the same guy that exposed the business and let us all know it was FAKE during the steroid trials to save his own arse . Vince does what is best for Vince and no one else .
Vince should quit while he still can without getting backlash that will last for too many years. HHH once said Vince wouldnt go out an enjoy himself with his own fortune like he should. If Vince is lucky by the time he quits hardly anyone will notice all the dirty laundry over the years and the company will further prosper and shine like never before and everything including the shows will go on without him just fine and like nothing happened. Then he'll learn how a business can do well without the personal restraints of its own owner. But thats wishful thinking- this man for some reason wants to learn the very hard way of when to stop and retire gracefully.
You Bret marks make me laugh. He had NO chance at a lawsuit. You do what the boss tells you to do, end of discussion. Reasonable creative control doesn't mean you get to do whatever you want. It's Vince's company and he has the final say. He did what was best for his company and the other talent. How did WWE do after crybaby Bret left? THEY FLOURISHED WITHOUT HIM! Why don't you go into work (if you even have a real job) and when your boss wants you to do something, tell him/her that you don't want to and see what that gets you. Not that you'd be missed. Anyone can ask "Do you want fries with that?"
@@Kevinc2828 ROFLMAO, the truth hurts doesn't it? Bret was, and still is, a mark for himself. Still crying after all those years, too. Or maybe he's crying because he can't walk and chew gum at the same time without having a seizure anymore, since his brain got turned into oatmeal by Goldberg.
Dont listen to morons like TeddyKGB12 who will support those that apply rules to their company or business but will themselves break their own rules to get their way or spite someone for their own agenda or profit. We are stacked up with selfish marks like him already. Its just too important to focus on greed and control than to preserve good standards and ethics which were the building blocks of the business they are running to begin with. You can never work or convince a childish criminal power thug that will tear down the structures of capitalism that build the businesses and opportunities to run a business, because they themselves are incapable of being the hands that built American. They are parasites that will wait for good people to rebuild America only for them to spoil it all with their greed and evil and go back to bringing it all down again. Unappreciative charlatan arm experts with no love for his country or community. Just watch how this scum talks like its authority to be corrupt and unaccountable. Vince is his poster child.
Vince has always been an asshole. This wasn’t about protecting his company. Everybody knew Bret would drop the belt to anyone but Shawn. Vince could’ve easily cooked up a story to have Hitman dropping the belt to Taker or Austin or anyone else but HBK. The dude wanted to humiliate Bret.
Like the company would’ve went under if WCW would’ve announced that Bret was signed today when he was the champion. Oh no lmao The people in the business are the biggest marks of all.
understandable but ...... how would it have looked if jordan went to play and celebrate in UTAH after beating them for the nba champions the next day and then stay there and play with them ? it would make CHICAGO look bad forever ..... thats kinda what was goin on here during this time , vince (mcmahon) didnt want to risk that
I guess you don’t remember the whole Madusa situation when Bischoff forced her to throw the WWF women’s title in the trash on live tv on Nitro. Vince was not going to trust Bret to just bring the title on Raw the next night when he was no longer on contract with the company. Also remember that Flair went to the WWF back in the day with the NWA title in like 1990. You gotta get the title off of these people before they leave your company!
@@yugiblox3274 At the end of the day Bret just didn't want to drop the belt to Shawn because of their longtime beef. Bret forgot that wrestling is predetermined. This ain't real. He should've just dropped the title and moved on to WCW. It would've saved him from having decades worth of bitterness towards everyone!
Bret turned 10 ideas off and non of them was loose the titel on someone else then shawn? .......lol i bett he would of give the titel on someone like the undertaker but no, it must be shawn.....
The screwjob will probably be the closest to a 50/50 situation as Wrestling will ever have. Should Bret have done the job? Yes. But was Vince making a poor decision while proving he runs the company, not the talent? Yes. I think both of them had arguments for their respective sides, which led to the worst of both worlds happening, at least in the short term.
Saw a video that undertaker if he would have known he would have taken the belt brcause he knew brett would have said yes and the the undertaker would have dropped it shawn a few eeks later
Nobody else commenting on how he supposedly called the screw job ending and the finish. Not only did he say to take the belt but also called how Shawn should steal it?
Vince "Bro! I'm The One Who Told Noah The Flood Was Coming And I Swear I Just Told God He Needed 2 Of Each Animal And I'll Never Forget Bro....He Told Me To Tell Noah!" Russo
Vince Mcmaho was right though. Bret was leaving for WCW. You can't have someone take your title to another show. I would have done the same thing if I were a promoter. Gotta put the brand over an individual. That doesn't mean that I hate Bret. I actually respect him as a wrestler. One of the greatest that's ever lived. But you gotta keep code for the brand at the end of the day. That's what Vince did.
Except Bret was willing to drop it the following week or month before he left for WCW. Shawn insulted him and so he refused to do it unless Shawn lost first to show he was a team player. He was a real asshole back then.
Undertaker was the ultimate stooge. Refused to sue Vince or leave WWE even when a hazardous work environment caused him to be burned alive during his entrance.
@@jarrodgaston4593 There's a lot of backed up claims about Vince, Pat Patterson, and Taker basically getting a little to handsy with the boys but nobody ever says anything. Shawn Michaels was even a victim of it. It won't be an issue unless a mass outrage sparked like with Flair or Bill Demott
Really? If being stooge makes someone one of the greatest and most popular Wrestler in Pro Wrestling business and on the top of that, a millionaire then I guess being a stooge is smart thing to do.... Unemployed guys who relies on their parents income can only complain about others in jealousy...
@@part-timebrock1126 Undertaker is nowhere near the greatest, he was never even the top star any any of the countless eras he was part of. He was always a side show supernatural act.
It being in Canada was secondary, the main reason Bret didn't want to do it was because it was to Shawn. Shawn who had vacated every title, who had also said to Bret that he wasn't willing to job to him. Shawn was the issue, not Canada.
BS. Mush-head Bret thinks he's a Canadian hero, whatever that is. Canadians have low standards for heroes if that's the case. Shawn was an egomaniac douche, but so was Bret. You do what the boss tells you to do. Bret didn't and he's been a crybaby about it ever since.
If Mick Foley told me "shame on you" it would break my heart too
I would've said "You have no idea about the facts and circumstances. Until you do have that knowledge your comment is ignorance!".
@@ef7558screwing one of the greatest and most loyal superstars your company has ever had was indeed shameful to say the least. They could have worked something out. They could have had Bret drop the belt to Taker. Bret would have had no issue with that.
@@GameTime-yj6qv Taker had mentioned this on a podcast he was on. Small problem there is the Bad Blood HIAC match was the #1 contender match with HBK. You'd have to have Taker go over for that. Plus that would've delayed the Kane angle ahead. My idea would've been to have Taker go over HBK, defeat Bret at SS 97, and then have him drop it to HBK at the Royal Rumble with the debut of Kane. At wrestlemania you'd have your Kane vs Taker and HBK vs Austin. The big issue with this whole drama was Bret HATED Shawn with a burning passion because Shawn was a total prick! I'm amazed HBK wasn't fired LONG before any of this!
Imagine Russo and hogan in an interview,nothing but bros and brothers
They should've had Bret drop the belt to Undertaker and had Shawn beat Undertaker for the beat. I'm sure Bret respects Taker.
I've always thought this.
Cornette thinks Shawn would have had a cow over that and never would have stopped complaining and I think that makes sense. Vince didn't want Bret telling him what to do but didn't mind Shawn telling him what to do. Not consistent, and it's not something that will garner respect from a consummate worker like Bret.
Bret Hart loved working with Undertaker they have a ton of respect for eachother
Bret said that in his book that he would have drop the belt to undertaker or stone cold
I came here for the mick Foley part of the story
Me too, me too
Vince Russo is a clown
People are still wrong about the whole situation! The problem WASN´T about losing in Canada!!!!!!!!!!!! The whole thing started because Shawn told Bret he would NEVER return the favour from Mania 12!
Vince did not do what was best for the company , Vince did what he wanted to and was showing that no one would tell him what to do in his own company . Bret said he would drop the belt to ANYONE in the WWE other than Shawn and that is the end of any argument against what Russo or anyone else can try to come up with to defend Vince . Bret gave Vince a lot of options and Bret was under no legal obligation what so ever to do that . If Bret decided to sue and that had gone to court the WWE would have been found guilty . Vince is the same guy that exposed the business and let us all know it was FAKE during the steroid trials to save his own arse . Vince does what is best for Vince and no one else .
Vince should quit while he still can without getting backlash that will last for too many years. HHH once said Vince wouldnt go out an enjoy himself with his own fortune like he should. If Vince is lucky by the time he quits hardly anyone will notice all the dirty laundry over the years and the company will further prosper and shine like never before and everything including the shows will go on without him just fine and like nothing happened. Then he'll learn how a business can do well without the personal restraints of its own owner. But thats wishful thinking- this man for some reason wants to learn the very hard way of when to stop and retire gracefully.
You Bret marks make me laugh. He had NO chance at a lawsuit. You do what the boss tells you to do, end of discussion. Reasonable creative control doesn't mean you get to do whatever you want. It's Vince's company and he has the final say. He did what was best for his company and the other talent. How did WWE do after crybaby Bret left? THEY FLOURISHED WITHOUT HIM! Why don't you go into work (if you even have a real job) and when your boss wants you to do something, tell him/her that you don't want to and see what that gets you. Not that you'd be missed. Anyone can ask "Do you want fries with that?"
@@TeddyKGB12 All you just proved is you have ZERO understanding of anything that happened .
@@Kevinc2828 ROFLMAO, the truth hurts doesn't it? Bret was, and still is, a mark for himself. Still crying after all those years, too. Or maybe he's crying because he can't walk and chew gum at the same time without having a seizure anymore, since his brain got turned into oatmeal by Goldberg.
Dont listen to morons like TeddyKGB12 who will support those that apply rules to their company or business but will themselves break their own rules to get their way or spite someone for their own agenda or profit. We are stacked up with selfish marks like him already. Its just too important to focus on greed and control than to preserve good standards and ethics which were the building blocks of the business they are running to begin with. You can never work or convince a childish criminal power thug that will tear down the structures of capitalism that build the businesses and opportunities to run a business, because they themselves are incapable of being the hands that built American. They are parasites that will wait for good people to rebuild America only for them to spoil it all with their greed and evil and go back to bringing it all down again. Unappreciative charlatan arm experts with no love for his country or community. Just watch how this scum talks like its authority to be corrupt and unaccountable. Vince is his poster child.
Vince has always been an asshole. This wasn’t about protecting his company. Everybody knew Bret would drop the belt to anyone but Shawn. Vince could’ve easily cooked up a story to have Hitman dropping the belt to Taker or Austin or anyone else but HBK. The dude wanted to humiliate Bret.
such a clickbait ass title, he talked about undertaker being mad for like 10 seconds out of the 11 minute video
It was Shawn who had the affair with sonny not Brett it is well documented
Like the company would’ve went under if WCW would’ve announced that Bret was signed today when he was the champion. Oh no lmao The people in the business are the biggest marks of all.
Yea, but they say Bret took himself to seriously
understandable but ...... how would it have looked if jordan went to play and celebrate in UTAH after beating them for the nba champions the next day and then stay there and play with them ? it would make CHICAGO look bad forever ..... thats kinda what was goin on here during this time , vince (mcmahon) didnt want to risk that
I guess you don’t remember the whole Madusa situation when Bischoff forced her to throw the WWF women’s title in the trash on live tv on Nitro. Vince was not going to trust Bret to just bring the title on Raw the next night when he was no longer on contract with the company. Also remember that Flair went to the WWF back in the day with the NWA title in like 1990. You gotta get the title off of these people before they leave your company!
@@aarong3000he did trust Bret. Bischoff was the problem.
@@yugiblox3274 At the end of the day Bret just didn't want to drop the belt to Shawn because of their longtime beef. Bret forgot that wrestling is predetermined. This ain't real. He should've just dropped the title and moved on to WCW. It would've saved him from having decades worth of bitterness towards everyone!
YOU MISSED A BRO.
Definitely did
Which bro, bro?
Screwed Up , And Destroyed a Great Wrestler, Sad Descision.
Bret turned 10 ideas off and non of them was loose the titel on someone else then shawn? .......lol i bett he would of give the titel on someone like the undertaker but no, it must be shawn.....
This is my first time seeing the bro counter. Thats awesome. Every video he is in should have that
Give honestly everything to the "company" and the company screws you at the end.
You missed a bro at 1:28 lol
Russo tryin to take credit for cornettes idea.
The screwjob will probably be the closest to a 50/50 situation as Wrestling will ever have. Should Bret have done the job? Yes. But was Vince making a poor decision while proving he runs the company, not the talent? Yes. I think both of them had arguments for their respective sides, which led to the worst of both worlds happening, at least in the short term.
I think everyone was pissed except for the cilque that grop had no shame
Shawn realised that when he became the most hated man in the locker room. That’s when he started to change for the better.
Bro bro bro bro bro bro bro bro bro bro bro
Taker would've laid Russo out.
The sharpshooter added insult to energy
You missed one "Bro" (Bro #3).
I love how there is a bro counter
I WAS THERE!
Bromosapian
Mick Foley's too naive
And every one paints Russo as a bad guy he was literally drawn kicking and screaming in to the screw job he was pretty much forced in to it
Hes lying
He didn’t know about it apparently. Listen to Bruce Pritchard on this. Sounds more realistic
Saw a video that undertaker if he would have known he would have taken the belt brcause he knew brett would have said yes and the the undertaker would have dropped it shawn a few eeks later
What is the Disco Inferno Puppet doing with his right hand?
C'mon bro, hey bro, yeah bro, right bro, bro bro bro bro bro
he meant bro for all
Bro bro bro yea bro bro bro i bro bro
Nobody else commenting on how he supposedly called the screw job ending and the finish. Not only did he say to take the belt but also called how Shawn should steal it?
Bro counter lol
🤯 bro
I use the word "bro" daily....and bro......Russo is fucking USING it....
Dr Mark Featherstone
Waste of time. There's nothing in this interview that hasn't been told before.
Awwwwwww😮❤ 💔 well planned
didnt even talk about taker
YES HE DID
@@chessduncan1864yeah for like 10 seconds 😂
Bait and switch garbage
Bro!
is chris a real dr? or is it a gimmick like dr david schultz?
Russo is a liar.
Bro
Gruop
Vince "Bro! I'm The One Who Told Noah The Flood Was Coming And I Swear I Just Told God He Needed 2 Of Each Animal And I'll Never Forget Bro....He Told Me To Tell Noah!" Russo
Vince Mcmaho was right though. Bret was leaving for WCW. You can't have someone take your title to another show. I would have done the same thing if I were a promoter. Gotta put the brand over an individual. That doesn't mean that I hate Bret. I actually respect him as a wrestler. One of the greatest that's ever lived. But you gotta keep code for the brand at the end of the day. That's what Vince did.
They should’ve either had him drop it to someone else or just not put the title on him in August.
Except Bret was willing to drop it the following week or month before he left for WCW. Shawn insulted him and so he refused to do it unless Shawn lost first to show he was a team player. He was a real asshole back then.
@MikeyXSkyline Undertaker says Vince probably would've let him drop it to him if he had asked but he didnt.
@@FernandoMartinez-pv1id It is what it is...
@Randomly Weird Jeff they've gotten past it but the city of Montreal hasn't. Still the most hostile WWE crowd in the world.
Undertaker was the ultimate stooge. Refused to sue Vince or leave WWE even when a hazardous work environment caused him to be burned alive during his entrance.
He’s the ultimate buffoon
Taker knew what he was doing Vince made him a millionaire and he helped to make Vince a billionaire supposedly
@@jarrodgaston4593 There's a lot of backed up claims about Vince, Pat Patterson, and Taker basically getting a little to handsy with the boys but nobody ever says anything. Shawn Michaels was even a victim of it. It won't be an issue unless a mass outrage sparked like with Flair or Bill Demott
Really? If being stooge makes someone one of the greatest and most popular Wrestler in Pro Wrestling business and on the top of that, a millionaire then I guess being a stooge is smart thing to do.... Unemployed guys who relies on their parents income can only complain about others in jealousy...
@@part-timebrock1126 Undertaker is nowhere near the greatest, he was never even the top star any any of the countless eras he was part of. He was always a side show supernatural act.
Good interview but please stop saying "Bro" every sentence will you? You're not black. lol
Bret screwed Bret plain & simple! 💯