10 Craziest Things That Ever Happened After WWE Raw Went Off The Air
6. Late Flurry
Unable to find a perfect formula to channel the real-life hatred between Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart into a money-making programme in 1997, Vince McMahon instead often just elected to send them out to air their grievances together on air. A cathartic back-and-forth could at least keep the rivalry alive even if the overdue clash seemed snakebitten by injuries, insider references and insidious remarks.
'The Hitman' inadvertently poured fuel on the raging fire between them after the May 12th edition of Raw went off the air with another one of their tetchy tête-à-têtes. Literally.
Forgetting his big closing lines, Hart rambled on hoping he'd stumble back upon them, but went so long that WWE ran out of television time. Shouting up at a frozen Shawn from his wheelchair, Hart finally wrapped things up for the live crowd to witness Michaels nail him with Sweet Chin Music as he rose from his seat.
Temperamental on a good day at the time, the initially jubilant Michaels pitched a fit backstage when he realised his big return shot had been cut off. It reappeared in weekend highlight reels, but a paranoid 'HBK' genuinely felt as though Hart had sabotaged him with his overrun.