8 Things Everybody Gets Wrong About The Montreal Screwjob
3. Pat Patterson And Jim Ross Had Advance Knowledge Of It
Patterson was the agent for the match, and Ross was obviously the commentator. In Patterson's case, he approved of the spot where Michaels snared Hart in the Sharpshooter before Hart's planned reversal, but that's been chalked up to a coincidence.
Ross' reiterations that the match was likely the last time one would ever see Hart and Michaels face off was simply because he knew Hart was leaving.
In reality, McMahon intentionally kept both men out of the loop. Fearing a locker room mutiny in the aftermath, he didn't want the wrestlers to be unable to trust the head road agent and the head of talent relations, respectively. There needed to be elder statesmen with clean souls.
Among the few office personnel clued in the night before were Kevin Dunn, Gerald Brisco, and Bruce Prichard.