10 Wrestling Documentaries That Accidentally Uncovered Major Scoops

4. Wrestling With Shadows Makes The Truth Plain For All To See

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Triple H has since, freely admitted that he was an architect of the Montreal Screwjob.

Independent of Jim Cornette, who pitched the fateful finish out of exasperation at the complex booking negotiations, Triple H held a different motivation: screwing Bret out of the WWF removed a political obstacle from the top of the card. Vince was eventually convinced, and the events unfolded as you've read about several thousand times. Dave Meltzer also reported in his best non-obituary work the full story, which was circulated to a smaller audience than the riveting Wrestling With Shadows documentary, but the 1998 film removed any doubt from the story told by someone who - sigh - "wasn't there".

Bret's then-wife Julie is captured seething by the documentary crew. She is no idiot. She knew precisely what had happened and identified with one guilty expression who engineered it.

"Don't give me that sh*t," she said backstage in the rawness of the moment. Triple H protested. She was having none of it.

"I swear to God, I knew nothing about this," Triple said, eyes to the floor, unable to direct them in Julie's face.

He couldn't have looked more guilty-uh.

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