WWE Planning Montreal Screwjob DVD
Posted by Jeremy Thomas on 06.24.2011
Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart will be involved…
- WWE is reportedly planning a DVD on the Montreal Screwjob. Jim Ross announced that he did an interview with Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart for several hours today for a DVD set to be released in October. The DVD is said to focus on the Survivor Series '97 incident and the problems between the two Attitude-era stars.
I'd like to see Cornette and Sunny interviewed for this as well.
Posted By: Guest#4753 (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 12:10 AM
Already bought.
Posted By: neverAcquiesce (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 12:13 AM
That's going to be a classic DVD. You can go to the bank on that.
Posted By: TK03000 (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 12:14 AM
Alright, I thought everything was already out in the air. If there are new details, this may be interesting.
Posted By: wcwfan (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 12:24 AM
Sweet! So it's pretty much Wrestling With Shadows and Heartbreak & Triumph, plus a new interview with them. Whatever, I'll buy it.
Posted By: Outlaw (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 12:25 AM
They just can't let it go FFS. #WeWantWrestling
Posted By: Leon (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 12:37 AM
Maybe they will finally admit it was a work.
Posted By: Guest#3401 (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 12:39 AM
Shut up and take my money!
Posted By: Michael Melchor (Registered) on June 24, 2011 at 12:39 AM
I'd like to see Cornette and Sunny interviewed for this as well.
Posted By: Guest#4753 (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 12:10 AM
Them, and Undertaker.
Posted By: Guest#1234 (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 12:41 AM
I'm betting we learn that is was much more of a work than we were led to believe.
I struggle to think Bret was in on it...but I struggle just as much to think he would be so naive. Why did he agree to let Shawn (who had no submission moves) put him in the sharpshooter after Vader had warned him against allowing exactly that before the show?
Where I think the real work comes in is Vince McMahon. He helped create the shoot tension between the two, talking out of both sides of his mouth, soking the tension. He knew Bret was a mark and how to push his buttons.
Vince knew WWF was struggling financially and had to know much earlier in 1997 that he couldn't afford Bret's contract (although he did have quite a bit of cash for Tyson shortly thereafter).
Why did he put the belt on Bret a month before he helped him get the WCW deal?
When did Vince ever help one of his guys get a better deal with WCW and the minute he made the call to nudge Bret out wouldn't he have wanted the belt off him?
Why did it have to be Shawn that beat him? Why not have Undertaker take the belt in October and drop it to Shawn at Survivor Series or the Royal Rumble?
Why did the cameras shoot the aftermath like it was an angle?
Wouldn't Vince McMahon would have informed Kevin Dunn or somebody in the production truck what was about to happen and instructed them to shoot anything, as long as it wasn't Bret?
I think Vince was hoping something like this would happen. DX was pushing limits, the attitude era was under way, and Vince knew controversy and attention would help put eyes on his product.
Posted By: Ronnie (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 12:51 AM
there is no need to bring up the incident again and again....Shawn, Bret, and Vince are all on good terms with eachother.....just let this rest.
Posted By: Guest#2398 (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 12:54 AM
wasnt that dvd called Wrestling with Shadows?
Posted By: Guest#0986 (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 12:54 AM
didn't they do this DVD already during EVERY ANGLE EVER SINCE 1997.
here's my memory list:
Survivor 98, Unforgiven 1998, WM 17, Evil Heyman 2003, Hogan/Rock 2003, Series 2007, Breaking Point 2009,
WWE = 1997 rehash.
Posted By: alcoholic (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 12:58 AM
When I think of Attitude era, those are two guys I DONT think of.
Posted By: Guest#2808 (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 01:05 AM
I guess I'll be leaving.
Posted By: Kayfabe (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 01:05 AM
I'd like to see Cornette and Sunny interviewed for this as well.
Posted By: Guest#4753 (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 12:10 AM
That would be nice...But I really don't see that happening...
It sorta seems that the WWE is starting to run out of material if they're doing ANOTHER rehash of the Montreal Screwjob, don't it?
Posted By: Guest#5470 (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 01:22 AM
It's was freakin' WORK!!
I fucking CALLED THAT!!!
Posted By: Guest#5495 (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 01:29 AM
I think some people are missing the point. JR interviewed Bret and Shawn at the same time, which gives the potential for this to be a very candid and open discussion, something you won't always get out of a highly produced WWE DVD. I think this is a guaranteed pickup from my end.
Posted By: Guest#2021 (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 01:58 AM
Haven't the done this to death already? And we all know what is going to be
HBK: I'm sorry that I did it but at the time it was rigth thing to do.
Bret: I was loyal for 20 years. And I could not lose in Canada.
Vince: I didn't want to do it but Bret forced me to.
Random Superstar: At the end of the day Bret was leaving. Vince did what he had to do.
Posted By: Nick (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 02:09 AM
Let it go already, ffs!
Posted By: Mig (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 04:31 AM
Attitude Era? Weren't they more The New Generation? Bret left before Attitude really went into full gear and Michaels hung around only as Commish.
Posted By: Historian (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 04:37 AM
Immense. I hope they focus on the wider rivalry, from after the WM12 match onwards, rather than just SS97.
The Bret/Shawn 'shades of grey' interviews that lead up to the SS match were amazing, and are among the most viewed wrestling clips on YouTube. Think Hitman's epic post-WM13 Heel Turn, and the start of the Hart Foundation & DX. Would love to see that on the DVD.
Posted By: Probes (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 04:45 AM
It wasn't a work you idiots
Posted By: Jimbo Slice (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 06:26 AM
I hope they add every match in their archive between Bret and Shawn as well. :)
Posted By: R.J. Lewis (Registered) on June 24, 2011 at 06:34 AM
*sigh* let it go!
All this risks is openining up wounds that seem to have been closed. We've already heard both sides of the story
Posted By: Rocker Dropper (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 06:40 AM
You damn know well this was not a work. This is going to be great, it will also be the first time that Shawn & Bret can speak about it while being on the same terms.
So we've got a retrospective on these two, The Rock & Austin, who else do we need? I'm thinking Foley-Undertaker, Cena-Edge, Sunny-Sable, Trish-Lita, Austin-Vince due to recent events Hogan-Warrior (highly unlikely, I know), wish it were possible to get E&C-The Hardys-The Dudleys & Hogan-Andre.
What other WWE-centric rivalries do you think deserve the DVD treatment?
Posted By: Tim (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 07:01 AM
The self destruction of Earl Hebner.
No Earl = no buys.
Posted By: Guest#0861 (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 07:13 AM
This actually leads me to believe that it all may have been a work too. I can't imagine Bret would agree to this DVD if it wasn't. Especially after FINALLY putting closure on the whole thing at WrestleMania last year.
Posted By: Mongo (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 07:28 AM
All JR said was that he interviewed Shawn and Bret for a DVD. Where does he say it's a screwjob DVD? The original DVD scheduled for October was "Rock vs. Austin Rivalry", and Shawn and Bret have had way more matches together than Rock & Austin. Clearly it's a rivalry DVD.
Posted By: Guest#2432 (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 07:42 AM
Wrestling's biggest work finally gets a blow off.
Posted By: PDM (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 08:23 AM
So this little-known incident about some shenanigans that transpired in Montreal gets the DVD treatment but not the epic works of fake Razor and fake Diesel?! For shame!
Posted By: Zingy (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 08:53 AM
"Where I think the real work comes in is Vince McMahon. He helped create the shoot tension between the two, talking out of both sides of his mouth, soking the tension. He knew Bret was a mark and how to push his buttons."
Bret already conceded as much in his book.
While this topic has been discussed to death, we've never seen Bret and Shawn talk together. This should be incredibly fascinating, especially if it touches on their whole rivalry, both work and shoot, from Hart Foundation/Rockers to Montreal and everything in between. Throw in every Bret/Shawn match (seriously, what more is there but Survivor Series '92, the ladder match, WrestleMania XII, Montreal, and a few tag bouts?) and you potentially have a DVD to take over The Rise & Fall of ECW.
Posted By: neverAcquiesce (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 09:35 AM
The only way to make this complete is to reuse that footage of Triple H saying "f*ck him" moments after Shawn talks about feeling guilty for screwing Bret. That was golden.
Posted By: Guest#4560 (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 09:58 AM
Put some classic Bret vs. Shawn/Rockers vs. Foundation matches on that and I'd so buy it.
Posted By: Guest#6612 (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 10:18 AM
Who cares? The whole thing was a work anyway, marks will buy anything these days.
Posted By: Guest#0436 (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 01:00 PM
Are there really still people out there who think Montreal was a work? As the Wendy Richter issue proved, Vince had plenty of form as regards this kind of thing.
Posted By: Guest#0405 (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 01:52 PM
And it was on this blessed, majestic day that Whoopedy met Shit.
Posted By: Nate (Guest) on June 24, 2011 at 02:00 PM
No Comment
Posted By: Guest#5767 (Guest) on June 25, 2011 at 12:11 PM
Eddie Guerrero > both of these clowns
Posted By: RealityCheck (Guest) on June 25, 2011 at 12:12 PM
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