To put it simply, at the end of 1997, WWF champion BRET HART decided to jump ship to WCW. VINCE ostensibly blessed his departure, but in his heart he was afraid that the last WWF women's champion ALUNDRABLAYZE would jump ship again. After that scene in WCW, if BRET really entered WCW with the WWE championship belt, it would mean that the most perfect champion of WWF at that time would enter the enemy's camp, and the blow to WWF would be devastating, so he personally He directed the biggest betrayal incident in the history of Canada's Montero SURVIVOR SERIES. What happened was like this. Not long after January 1997, an article suddenly appeared on the American Internet saying "The contract with WCW has been signed. BRET is about to bid farewell to WWF!" breaking news. Since WWF's "SURRIVOR SERIES 1997" conference is about to start, American reporters have asked BRET for his opinion on this news. RET said: "Since my speech may have an impact on the two major groups, please forgive me that I cannot express any opinions now." There is no doubt that BRET's speech is equivalent to an indirect admission that he will join WCW.

On October 31, 1997, BRET and Bischoff met. Bischoff offered an "unprecedented" sky-high price to win over BRET. After many talks, the two sides finally reached an agreement on November 3 The knowledge of "immigrating to WCW". On the other hand, VINCE, who learned that BRET was about to switch to the enemy, immediately held talks with BRET. At first, VINCE asked BRET to hand over the belt if he lost the match in the SURRIVOR SERIES, but BRET firmly refused to lose the match in his home country of Canada. In the end, it was agreed that BRET would keep the belt on the PPV and then hand it over on the RAW show the next day.

Going back to the game at that time, when HBK used the scorpion tail lock on BRET at the end of the game, referee Earl Hebner directly ruled that HBK won, but BRET did not show any surrender. what is going on? Just when everyone was puzzled, as for HBK, who still didn't know how he won, he was forcibly taken away surrounded by WWF members (it was later proven that HBK was aware of it at the time). BRET found out that he had been betrayed by the conspiracy. He was furious. He first rushed to the broadcast booth to talk to Vince VICNE (and even spat at Vince). Then he started going crazy in the ring and smashed the TV monitor that had not been removed. Owen Hart, Davey and Jim Neidhart came to calm him down. The four people were having a heated discussion in the ring, and they all looked very upset. Finally, Bret Hart thanked the audience who had left most of the people, and made a speech to the audience. "I love you" gestures and "WCW" gestures at the four corners of the ring. After receiving unexpected cheers, he walked back to the locker room. All the players backstage glared at VINCE, especially Undertaker. He rushed directly into VINCE's office and demanded that he apologize to BRET. VINCE had to go to the locker room to find BRET, but BRET couldn't listen to VINCE's explanation in the locker room. Within a few words, BRET took action. , VINCE's jaw was almost shattered, and his ankle was also injured when he was dragged out of the locker room (so he walks like this now). Afterwards, VINCE was distrusted by almost all players in the WWF, and he fell Fans also sneered at his approach. Almost all the audience he worked hard to maintain left him in an instant. He had a serious crisis of trust backstage. Players felt that if someone like Bret Hart had worked for the company for 14 years, he would never People who have missed games due to injuries and brought millions of profits to Vince are treated like this. Who among them can believe Vince's words and deeds? Although in the end the matter did not lead to a general strike. But the impact is indeed too bad.

What I have to say is that VINCE’s handling of this matter is indeed too unethical from a moral perspective, and the consequences are extremely serious, losing the support of the audience and players. But what I have to think about is that once BRET did not lose the belt at that time, if he did not hand over the belt in the next RAW show, even though BRET said that he would hand over the belt in RAW, this is a story for another day. , as the head of WWF, VINCE has to consider the consequences if unexpected happens, because according to the contract, the relationship between BRET and WWF ended after the SURRIVOR SERIES. According to the regulations of maintaining the belt, if BRET really takes the belt to join WCW If so, then the blow to the WWF would indeed be devastating, not to mention that VINCE has already experienced this situation once, so it is inevitable that there will be scruples, and BRET's WWF championship belt is the most important belt in the WWF, and it cannot be lost. In addition, experience Due to this incident, although VINCE lost trust, he gained attention. The ratings of RAW the next day reached a climax since its inception: 3.39 ratings and 5.16 TV index, and he put an imperfect BRET Sent to WCW, so from his perspective and from the perspective of WWF, what VINCE did was right and not wrong, but as a person with conscience, I do feel sorry for what he did. I disagree, but I have to admit that if I were put in his situation at that time, I am not sure whether I would do the same thing to BRET. After all, on one hand, the survival of the entire company is at stake, and on the other hand, it is against a person. The risk to the player's credit is indeed too great. (Comments on the appeal matter only represent personal opinions. Everyone has their own opinions, and it is not required that everyone can reach a consensus. In fact, the issue of who is right and who is wrong has not yet been debated to a conclusion. All of us can only Speaking as a bystander can't change anything).

The history of the Montreal incident repeats itself

In the latest PPV Breaking Point in 2009, CM Punk accepted The Undertaker's World Heavyweight Championship challenge. This was a Submission Match, and the only rule was to make the opponent surrender. , to win the game. At the last moment, Undertaker locked CM Punk with a Hell's Gate. CM Punk parried Undertaker for a record-breaking 9 seconds before surrendering. Undertaker won the championship. At this time, SmackDown GM Theodore Long appeared and announced that the result of the match was invalid because Undertaker used the Hell’s Gate move banned by former SmackDown GM Vickie Guerrero to win the match, so the match continued. The bell continued to ring. When Undertaker wanted to use the Last Ride powerbomb, CM Punk broke free and locked Undertaker with Anaconda Vice. At this time, something that shocked the whole audience happened again. Also before everyone could react, the referee Scott Armstrong instructed the sidelines to ring the bell to end the game, and CM Punk's music rang. Scott Armstrong handed the world heavyweight championship belt to CM PUNK, and then ran to the entrance in embarrassment with CM PUNK. Undertaker looked confused, and then realized that he had also been involved in the "Montreal Incident". As Punk's music circled the stadium, the commentator JR repeated and clearly said: "The Undertaker did NOT submit" (The Undertaker did not surrender).