For those who don’t know, Shawn Michaels faced Bret Hart at Survivor Series in 1997 for the WWE Championship. The Hitman, who was the WWE Champion t the time, had refused to drop the belt to Shawn Michaels despite his contract with the company nearing the end.
As a result, Vince McMahon took the call to ‘screw’ Bret Hart and have him lose the match by deceit, making Shawn Michaels the WWE Champion.
Tyson Kidd comments on Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart in Montreal
Talking about the storyline on The Angle Podcast, former Tag Team Champion Tyson Kidd spoke about how he came to understand the severity of what had happened. (H/T: WrestlingInc)
Tyson Kidd also revealed that he didn’t think much of the match until his friend Davey Boy Smith told him that it wasn’t supposed to happen and how there was a backstage fight that had erupted as a result.
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