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Originally Posted by The MAC
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People seem to think that Bret refused to lose because he was in Canada and it was his final night in WWE. Neither are true.
Bret refused to job to Shawn Michaels after Bret,as the champion, said to Shawn : I am willing to put your over clean, Shawn replied : I'm not willing to do the same for you.
Bret told this to Vince and then said I won't lose to the little fucker until he shows me some respect and puts me over first! - it had nothing to do with the home country thing. People are blurring the Hart Foundation storyline into the real reason.
Also, Bret still had about a month more left in his contract before he left. He was not leaving the same night - he was booked on raw and then all the way until 4th December. Montreal happened November 9th I believe.
This wasn't a case of politics (getting an unfair advantage or burying someone).
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Why does Shawn have to show him respect?
Bret was leaving the company. The normal thing you do on your way out of a territory is you put over some guys who will be left to carry the ball. Bret decided he was going to pick and choose. To me thats not right. Its not like Vince asked him to put over Savio Vega or Doink, it was HBK.
Nash for all his criticism when he was leaving put over Taker and HBK strong. No fuss, and he still went on to be a bigger star in WCW than Bret was.
The whole thing about losing another night in another town makes no sense. The big match was built for Survivor Series, you cant have the guy who is leaving the territory go over on the big PPV match. It was a outrageous demand by Bret, and Vince was backed in a corned because of it.