20 Years Later... 10 Reasons Vince McMahon Was STILL RIGHT To Screw Bret Hart

4. Town On Fire

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Beating a babyface in their hometown has become an unwelcome cliché in recent years, no longer even quantifiably improving ticket sales in towns where fans may wish to see their local hero gain redemption.

For a number of years, it was occurring with increasingly regularity and force, with Jim Ross, Edge and Booker T all swallowing high profile humiliations for the supposed greater good. Montreal, as evidenced by live crowds robustly unwilling to let go of past discrepancies though, will always be enemy territory for a select few.

Screwing Bret Hart earned Vince McMahon, Shawn Michaels and even Triple H a lifetime of hatred from fans north of the border. Michaels even played upon it masterfully during a glorious takedown of a Raw crowd during his brief 2005 heel run. The night of Survivor Series 1997 may have broken local hearts, but they've been willingly returning to heal wounds ever since.

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