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The Most Famous ScrewJobs
Montreal is not the only time that a wrestler was screwed over by managment
In wrestling terminology, a "screw job" refers to a match that does not go as planned or scripted. It is usually done as a way to take the championship off of someone who does not want to give it up. Therefore, the promotion will figure a way to change the match, without one of the wrestlers knowing about it. While sometimes these events can be scripted and part of the show, there are some infamous occasions where things got very real.
When most wrestling fans hear the term "Screw Job", one event usually comes to mind. On November 9, 1997, Bret Hart faced Shawn Michaels for the WWF Championship at Survivor Series. Behind the scenes of this event, Hart was about to leave the company for WCW, but still held the championship. While Bret had stated he would drop the title, he refused to lose to Michaels, with whom he had a real-life issue.
McMahon was concerned that Hart would take the championship with him to WCW, as former Women's Champion Alundra Blayze, also known as Medusa, had done. She had taken the Women's Championship on WCW Nitro and dropped it in a trash can. McMahon was worried that Bret would do the same thing; what he didn't know was that Eric Bischoff had no intention of doing so. WCW had run into some legal…
