The WWE Championship: A Look Back at the Rich History of the WWE Championship by Sullivan Kevin

Author:Sullivan, Kevin [Sullivan, Kevin]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: World Wrestling Entertainment
Published: 2010-11-23T08:00:00+00:00

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Michaels also found his post–Survivor Series life to be difficult. Many of his colleagues disagreed with his actions in Montreal, leaving HBK to fear for his safety. So he and Triple H came up with hand signals to help protect themselves.

“If something broke down, we were going to jump on whoever we had to jump on, if we could take them. If not, we were going to get the heck out of there. It was a very tense and uncomfortable time. Life got a hell of a lot harder after Survivor Series.”

While Michaels feared for his life in WWE, Hart took his game to the rival organization. Following the events of Survivor Series, many believed WCW was getting sports-entertainment’s hottest commodity. Unfortunately for them, though, they failed to find a way to capitalize on Hart’s popularity.

HART ON HIS TIME WITH WCW: I never thought WCW and Eric Bischoff had any brains. Before I went there, I knew they were a bunch of mindless idiots who didn’t know a lot about wrestling, and that I would probably sit on the bench, spin my tires, and become disgruntled. I expected all those things, and they all happened. I think Vince was the one who told me that WCW wouldn’t know what to do with a Bret Hart. I remember thinking he was so right. I didn’t want to leave WWE. Not for the money, not for anything. I just wanted to stay. I always thought I would go back and work for Vince after the three years with WCW.

I wanted so much to make a difference in that company. I was ready to give everything I had. And for Bischoff to say otherwise is clueless. I only did what they told me to do. There was never a case of me not wanting to do something. If anything, I tried to take their lousy ideas and make them sellable. The fact that I didn’t go anywhere has to go back to them, not me.

Vince Russo was another clueless nonwrestler who never worked a match in his life. He didn’t know anything about wrestling psychology or how to build a match. He had no idea. Neither did Bischoff. The average wrestling fan has more scope and psychology than Russo and Bischoff ever had. They were just wrestling fans.

Despite his disdain for Bischoff and Russo, the Hit Man went on to become a two-time WCW Champion. To Hart, those championship reigns couldn’t compare to wearing the WWE Championship.

“Most of the time, I just threw the WCW belt in my bag and never thought twice about it. Those WCW title runs never really mattered to me. I had more important matches working for my dad. Even when I won it in Toronto, there was some stupid run-in with Dean Malenko and interference with about a half-dozen guys. It was such a convoluted ending that when I held the belt up, I almost rolled my eyes.”

More than a decade after Survivor Series, Hart and Michaels still think back to the infamous night.

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