26 Times Wrestling Titles Have Been Disrespected

Everybody who's got any slight knowledge of wrestling history knows all about the Montreal Screwjob. Bret Hart, leaving the WWF for WCW, had agreed to have a no contest finish with Shawn Michaels in his last ever WWF match. Of course, Bret was unaware that the very real fix was in for Earl Hebner to award Shawn a submission victory that would get the WWF Championship off the Hitman.

The whole incident left a bad taste in the mouth of many, and this is arguably the moment where the notion of kayfabe was firmly blown out of the water, changing the wrestling industry forever more.

What is most disrespectful about the Montreal Screwjob is how it saw one wrester knowingly mislead one of his "brothers", as Shawn screwed over Bret Hart. This spat on Hart, the trust and respect that so many wrestlers had worked hard to create over decades prior, and essentially made the WWF Championship look like an afterthought in an environment of school yard backstabbing and politics.

Sure, Vince McMahon couldn't afford to take the risk of Bret walking over to WCW with the belt, but that was never, ever really going to happen.