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Austin was thrown out of the 1997 Rumble by Bret Hart but the referees didn't see it. Austin jumped back in the ring and threw out Bret, Taker, and Vader and won the Rumble. The next night, because of Austin's cheating, they announced that there'd be a 4-way match at the February PPV with the winner facing the Champion (winner of HBK vs. Sid at the Feb PPV) at WrestleMania.
A few days before the February PPV, HBK cut the famous "lost my smile" promo and vacated the title to avoid putting Bret Hart over at WrestleMania. So they made the 4-way match for the title and Bret won. The next night Sid beat Bret for the title and they announced Undertaker as the #1 Contender for WrestleMania for some reason. One of the worst built WrestleMania mania events ever (Triple H vs. Jericho in 2002 is the worst IMO).
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