5 reasons why the Montreal Screwjob was not real

The history of professional wrestling wouldn’t be complete without the infamous Montreal Screwjob and it’s been 17 years since that night in Montreal happened.There wouldn’t be many wrestling fans that are not aware of the incident but just for the sake of the minority, here goes: Montreal Screwjob happened at the 1997 edition of Survivor Series which took place at Montreal (Duh!). The main event had Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart fighting it out for the WWE championship with Bret being the champion.Now, the plan was to let Bret win against Michaels and retain the title in his home country. However, as the match neared its end, Michaels put Bret into a sharpshooter and McMahon ordered to ring the bell even though Bret didn’t tap out.The incident sparked worldwide rage against Vince as everyone realized that Vince really screwed Bret. Well, though we still believe that everything happened for real, here are some reasons why Montreal Screwjob might’ve been the biggest work in wrestling history.

#5 Nothing negative came out

A majority of the professional wrestling fans sees Montreal Screwjob as this negative mark in the course of history. However, it’s hard to find even a glimpse of bad business in the whole incident.

Yes, the promoter screwing a wrestler was not a good thing for all the superstars on the roster but that’s because they weren’t in on the whole scam.

Names like Mick Foley, Undertaker threatened to walk out of the company after what happened, but they didn’t. Even Bret’s brother Owen stayed put for some reason. (will get to that soon)

Now, apart from that it’s was all good for business. Vince McMahon produced his evil character, Bret Hart got the sympathy from everyone, Shawn Michaels was the champion, Steve Austin became WWE’s face, WCW got what they wanted, the business boomed and most importantly the lines between reality and kayfabe was blurred which is always good for business.