10 Wrestlers Who Knew They Were On The Way Out
3. Bret Hart (WWE Survivor Series 1997)
Bret Hart put both the "professional" and "wrestling" into "professional wrestling" to such an extent that you'd never know Survivor Series 1997 was going to be his last match as he entered. Sadly, thanks to the unscrupulous unprofessionalism of his boss, you f*cking knew by the time he'd left.
Hart and bitter rival Shawn Michaels had a somewhat underrated brawl before all the sh*t you've read about a million times kicked off. A literal title fight, 'The Hitman' and 'The Heartbreak Kid' had never meshed as well as when they were scrapping wildly through the Montreal crowd ahead of a mini-match that obviously reached its conclusion quicker than 'The Excellence Of Execution' was ready for.
Unable to do anything unless it was absolutely perfect, Hart clocked his situation quick enough to land a loogie right on Vince McMahon's face before the cameras cut. Whatever rumours had circled about his move to WCW were confirmed in that moment, even if the pay-per-view was off the air by the time he was signalling for it with his finger.