# The Montreal Screwjob: Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels and Vince McMahon - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2119770267324969414 - Source account: [@90sWWE](https://x.com/90sWWE) - Source language: English - Duration: 5:02 - Published: 2026-11-09 - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon) Tell me he wants to. I will fight him to the death. [0:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=3) Look out. And Shawn Michaels is in. If you watch that match, it's a great match. [0:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=9) It's just a down and dirty fight between two guys that hate each other's guts. [0:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=14) That sure is liver knocker. Eventually, Shawn puts me in the Sharpshooter, which is my finishing move. Oh, you're kidding me. [0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=20) And he in fact puts it on wrong. If you see it, sh- I correct Shawn while he's doing it, and he switches it and puts it on right, and then turns me over. [0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=29) And I can see the timekeeper, and I see Vince yell at him. [0:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=33) I'm yelling at the, uh, timekeeper, "Ring the bell. [0:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=36) Ring the bell," even though Bret never tapped out. [0:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=39) And he won't ring it. He's, like, stunned. He's like... [0:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=42) And then I see Vince snap at him. "Ring the fucking bell." [0:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=52) Ring the bell. Ring the bell. The bell rings, and I'm screaming on the headset, "Why'd you ring the bell?" [0:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=59) And I can f- feel it, like everything is coming to me now. [1:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=63) It's like, "They did it. They did screw you." [1:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=66) But I wanted to be out at ringside so that he would know what happened, and I took back what was mine. [1:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=74) Bret obviously didn't like that. When you have a match as hard as I was wrestling at the time, you get a fair bit of froth in your mouth. [1:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=81) I leaned over and I spit on his face. I got him bullseye. [1:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=87) Right into my eye. It was gross, but nonetheless I thought, "Damn, how'd he do that?" [1:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=95) And then I went out and broke all the monitors and smashed all them to pieces on the floor. [1:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=100) It was just chaos. Bret writes WCW in the air. [1:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=105) It's hard for people to imagine how mad you can get when you get betrayed like that on national television, and in a lot of ways, kinda made a fool of. [1:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=113) My brother Owen was very calming. He goes, "It wasn't right what they did. [1:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=118) That was wrong. You have all respect of everybody in the dressing room," and that kind of stuff. [2:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=123) He was very consoling to me at that time. [2:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=127) Damn. [2:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=133) 14 years I've given Vince McMahon 100% every night. [2:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=138) I bled for him. I've took front turnbuckles at 100 miles an hour. [2:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=143) I've given him Christmas mornings with my kids that never happened. [2:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=146) I've never missed a show. I've given this guy everything I got. [2:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=149) I couldn't have given a man more than what I gave Vince McMahon. [2:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=153) None of that meant anything when Vince screwed me that day in Montreal. [2:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=158) When I walk back to that dressing room, I'm ready to kill him. Like, kill him. [2:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=164) Like, beat him to death. Shawn, you were in on that? [2:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=167) Fucking idea. I didn't know, as God as my fucking witness. [2:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=171) Look, he came up immediately and said, "Did you know?" [2:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=174) I said, "Hand to God, did not." Vince was so adamant. [2:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=179) We had to absolutely swear that we knew nothing about this. [3:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=183) He was like, "I don't care who asks you. [3:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=185) You bold face lie right to them and say, 'I knew nothing about this.'" [3:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=188) This was a Vince McMahon call. I swear to God I knew nothing about this. [3:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=191) Yeah, well, swear to God all you want, but someday God is gonna strike you down. [3:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=196) There was chaos in the back, and people everywhere freaking out. [3:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=200) Just remember someday, Hunter, what goes around comes around. [3:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=204) I remember being just so pissed that they did things this way. [3:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=210) I think Vince is in a panic mode, and it's kinda, "What can I do to stop this rebellion right now?" [3:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=217) I felt like, in a strange sort of way, 'cause Bret and I had this relationship, I felt like I sort of owed Bret something, uh, because from his standpoint, I double-crossed him. [3:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=231) Vince said, "Look, he's gonna wanna hit me, and I, and I owe him that." [3:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=235) I can picture him walking in that locker room in Montreal, everybody else fired up, everybody else emotional. [4:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=242) I leave the room 'cause I don't wanna watch Vince get punched. [4:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=245) Finally Bret gets up, walks across the room. [4:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=248) They all kinda meet. I walk over to his locker room, head is down, and Bret hauls off and man, he hit me so hard, right in the temple. [4:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=258) It was no, like, Vince is gonna give me a shot. [4:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=261) Like, I don't know where they get that story, 'cause that is such a bo- bunch of bullshit. [4:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=266) It was Vince and me came at each other, and we actually tied up like a wrestling match. [4:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=271) Everybody's ready to pounce on me as soon as we grab each other. [4:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=274) And I remember going, "The only way I can get a shot in, one shot maybe, is, is an uppercut." [4:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=281) And I came right up between Vince's arms, and it was like, um, you know, when you hit the bell and the thing goes up. [4:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=289) To this day, I have no idea how the punch got through. [4:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=293) He was out cold like a starfish. Drilled him. [4:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tuSvoo5rrpN1/en/the-montreal-screwjob-bret-hart-shawn-michaels-and-vince-mcmahon?t=297) Drilled him as, as hard as I could. Knocked him right out.