WWE’s Montreal Scrubjob officially turned 25 on Wednesday, and Bret Hart spoke to him Sports Illustrated about the infamous event. If you don’t know the backstory, then Survivor Series Pay-per-view On November 9, 1997, he was at the helm of a WWF Championship match between rivals Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels. Hart had already agreed to leave the WWF for a more lucrative contract with WCW but he was still the WWF Champion at the time. Because of the personal animosity between the two, Hart did not want to drop the title to Michaels in his native Canada, but Vince McMahon did not want to change the title any other night and did not want to take the risk of Hart appearing on WCW Monday Nitro with the address. Therefore, unbeknownst to Hart, the end of the match was changed to where Michaels would be declared the winner after Hart locked in the sniper, although “Killer” never clicked.
Hart revealed a little-known fact during the new interview – the match would have gone on for another 25 minutes had it gone down as originally planned. It was only recorded at just under 20 before Earl Hepner called the bell.
“We had another 25 minutes,” Hart said. “The match was really good, we didn’t even get to our stride.”
He then went into detail about his thoughts on the match – “Even when we didn’t get along, Sean and I always had great harmony together in the ring. When we worked together, we wanted to be flawless, we didn’t get along, and that only heightened….when I Tying Shawn to the clothes over the top rope and squabbling and fighting outside the ring, I could tell it was going to be a really special match. It was very competitive.”
“That match was just beginning,” he later added. “All the brawling was done just to prepare for the actual match. It was due to start after I reversed his sniper. We imagined the crowd standing up and going crazy. That was the moment I got off.”
Regarding his career as a whole, Hart said, “I’m proud that people still appreciate what I did. When you wrestled, I wanted to have the best match possible every night. I never believed in going to a particular city and enjoying it’s easy. I gave 100% every night.” When you work hard, you always wish someone would remember her. It’s good that people remember her.” Hart is a two-time WWE Hall of Fame inductee and seven-time world champion.
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