The fateful day that changed Bret Hart's life forever transpired on November 9, 1997 in Montreal, Quebec.
Hart's WWE contract had been nearly up, and with WCW looming in his future, Vince McMahon decided to make a pivotal decision.
After swaggering toward the ring, McMahon ordered referee Earl Hebner, against script, to ring the bell the moment Shawn Michaels put Hart in his own hold, the sharpshooter.
Betrayed and heartbroken, Hart bore witness to a broken promise that lay before him. McMahon had unceremoniously turned his back on a man who labored for 14 years as a WWE employee.
The reason, which is ironically laughable now, was to pr...
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