10 Wrestling Feuds Where The Bad Guy Won
1. Shawn Michaels Vs. Bret Hart
When Vince McMahon screwed Bret Hart at the 1997 Survivor Series, he didn't just take away the pretend prize 'The Hitman' genuinely held dear. He ripped away his love of a family trade.
'The Excellence Of Execution' was partially as good as he was because he respected the game to a fault. He wanted desperately to be the hero he was portrayed as, and upheld a similar reputation amongst his peers thanks to an almost impossible level of professionalism either side of the curtain. Matching his immaculate in-ring game, Shawn Michaels was no such soldier behind the scenes, infamously refusing to put Hart (or just about anybody else) over at a time when paranoia and politics were at an all time high.
Bret wasn't just exercising his contractually obligated right in Montreal - he was enforcing an ethical code, too. He was often prideful to a fault but this wasn't one of those times, nor was it one he was prepared to give Vince McMahon an easy answer for.
Shawn -the on and off screen heel - had been a piece of sh*t, but he was staying put along with the Championship belt. One of the hardest decisions the Chairman had to make was suddenly fairly easy.