The WWE Championship by Kevin Sullivan

Author:Kevin Sullivan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: World Wrestling Entertainment
Published: 2010-10-10T16:00:00+00:00

Bret Hart stares in disbelief at Vince McMahon.

But the Hit Man regained his composure and headed back toward the locker room. As he walked past his puzzled family, he began to think that all his previous success had been for naught. Instead of remembering his five WWE Championship reigns, Bret Hart believed fans would now remember him for losing in Montreal.

“That was a bitter pill for me to swallow. It was a sad feeling for me to know that everything I had ever done meant so little to Vince. All my loyalty was for nothing.”

Once in the back, Hart took a quick shower in an attempt to cool his mind. It didn’t help. When McMahon arrived in Hart’s locker room, the two engaged in a verbal altercation. After a few minutes, Hart grew tired of the words coming from his former employer’s mouth, so he punched him in the face. To this day, the incident remains one of wrestling’s most notorious moments, despite never being caught on camera.

“I think it was the perfect thing to do. It was fair, from my standpoint. I had been so misled and maliciously wounded in the ring. I felt so betrayed, like I had let the whole country down. I don’t think people sensed how important it was for me to win that match. I still think people underestimated how proud Canada was of me at the time. So I think that dustup with Vince was the perfect response. If I had to do it all over again, I don’t think I would’ve done anything differently. It was pretty sweet decking Vince.”

McMAHON ON WWE TV, SEVEN DAYS AFTER BEING PUNCHED: I was disappointed in Bret when he hit me, very disappointed. I sustained a concussion as a result of it, with vision problems to this day. I’ll get over it. I didn’t think it was the right thing to do. Bret seems to be crowing about that; that I’ve read. He feels proud of striking me. It wasn’t a question of a confrontation, because even at fifty-two years old, I dare say that perhaps things would have been a little different if there were a confrontation. I allowed Bret to strike me. I had hoped that he wouldn’t. I had hoped that we could sit down and try to work things out as gentlemen. That’s what I had really hoped for. But that’s not what happened.

Immediately following Survivor Series, angered Hart fans started to point their frustration toward McMahon, claiming that “Vince screwed Bret.” The WWE owner, however, saw things much differently.

McMAHON REFLECTS ON SURVIVOR SERIES, SEVEN DAYS LATER: Some would say I screwed Bret Hart. Bret Hart would definitely tell you I screwed him. I look at it from a different standpoint. I look at it from the standpoint of the referee did not screw Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels certainly did not screw Bret Hart, nor did Vince McMahon screw Bret Hart. I truly believe that Bret Hart screwed Bret Hart. And he can look in the mirror and know that.

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