8 Reasons Bret Hart Deserved To Be Screwed At Survivor Series 1997

5. Tension Between Bret And Vince

In case you're new to the world of WWE, Vince McMahon used to be the voice of Monday Night Raw. Every week, Vince would sit alongside a variety of broadcast partners to bring you his unique form of play-by-play. There were multiple instances where Bret Hart showed his frustration with his creative direction in front of Vince McMahon on Raw. One particular instance was when Bret, along with The Hart Foundation, approached the announce table during a match with Bret berating Vince for allowing Shawn Michaels to be the Special Guest Referee in Bret's WWE Title match against The Undertaker at SummerSlam 1997. After a verbal exchange, Bret attacked Vince and then two locked on to each other over the announce table! It was a frantic scene and was a great moment of controlled chaos. If you watch closely, you can see that there was real life tension between the two. The tension continued backstage leading up to Survivor Series 1997. The main event of Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels was set, but Bret absolutely refused to "do the job" for Shawn Michaels regardless of the finish or if the WWE Championship was even involved. Vince wasted hours upon hours coming up with different scenarios to try and make the situation benefit all involved, but Bret rejected every single one aside from the final scenario of a disqualification finish where Bret is victorious.