10 Wrestlers Who Went To War With Vince McMahon
2. Bret Hart
Vince McMahon screwed Vince McMahon by inserting a clause into Bret Hart's WWF contract allowing him "reasonable" creative control over his character for the last 30 days of his tenure.
Vince McMahon as booker and boss also held creative control, obviously, and so an impasse was inevitable. He screwed himself, and he was pushing rope. Bret had the contractual right to exit WWF storylines on his own terms, which Vince attempted to balance with time-honoured traditions of doing business. These two opposing forces erupted into final battle ahead of Survivor Series 1997, an infamous event that saw the culmination of Hart's WWF career and a long, internecine conflict fought between Hart - and, sadly, by the end, almost every power player in the company. Even Jim Cornette, aligned with Hart in the definitive battle for the company's soul, of pro wrestling versus sports entertainment, pitched the screwjob out of pure exasperation over a spat that had consumed the company entirely.
Vince screwed Vince, Vince screwed Bret, everything was screwed until Steve Austin saved it.
Who won?
Vince. The divergent fortunes of Hart and the WWF subsequently could not have indicted the concept of karma more.