[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Originally Posted by The CyNick Bret losing to Shawn in Montreal would have kick started HBK as a heel champ, and would have set the stage for Austin to beat him Austin losing to Brock would have set the stage for Brock taking over as the top guy And on it goes

Bret would have done the job outside of Montreal and would have done it the next night (whether or not he should have done it in Montreal is another conversation). And losing to Michaels in Montreal could conceivably hurt Bret, especially having been made to look like such chump change in the lead up, and WCW apparently had brought him in especially for the Canadian marquee. Plus, Michaels had his part in Bret not wanting to do business.

Austin had no problem losing to Brock (so he claims) if it wasn't just a one off match on RAW with no real build and Brock did not need Austin's scalp because he was on a tear as it was. Such rushed booking would make seem Austin look like an afterthought and therefore hurt him.

I don't think those examples hold much weight.

Hogan not jobbing to Bret really could have aided the transition into the new generation and it wouldn't have hurt hogan a bit. He was on his way out and he went into business for himself 100 per cent. It was straight up vindictive nonsense.