Has a wrestling show ever deviated from the script more than this? Bret Hart was the WWEs top star when WCW offered him ridiculous money to join them. He accepted the offer but was still the WWF Champion and refused to drop the belt to Shawn Michaels in his own backyard of Canada. Bret didn't want to lose in front of his own people, while numerous personal differences with Michaels meant a seamless switch wasn't on the cards. Vince McMahon, rightly, was worried Hart would do the same to him as Ric Flair had done to Jim Herd and WCW eight years prior, and take the top title to a rival promotion. Even though Bret had allegedly agreed to drop the belt on a subsequent Raw, Vince went against what had been previously agreed before the show. Match referee Earl Hebner, on direct order from McMahon, ended the match as Michaels held Hart in the Sharpshooter even though Hart had not submitted. Michaels was declared the victor and was crowned the new WWF Champion. Chaos ensued and the rest, as they say, is history.
