What is Montreal Screwjob?
The '''Montreal Screwjob''' was an incident that happened on November 9, 1997, at the [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF)'s{{Efn|The WWF is now called WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment)}} [[Survivor Series (1997)|Survivor Series]] [[professional wrestling]] show. It happened in [[Montreal, Quebec]], [[Canada]]. It is called a [[List of professional wrestling terms#Screwjob|screwjob]], because in [[Shoot (professional wrestling)|real life]], the way the match would end was changed without one of the wrestlers knowing about it. The wrestler who was screwed was [[Bret Hart]]. The people who took part in the screwjob were Hart's opponent [[Shawn Michaels]], WWF's owner [[Vince McMahon]], and referee [[Earl Hebner]]. == Why the screwjob happened == Bret Hart had wrestled in the WWF for 14 years, since 1983. He was popular, wrestling alone or as part of a [[tag team]]. He became [[WWE Championship|WWF Champion]] five times. He was WWF Champion when the screwjob happened. In 1996, he signed a contract that lasted 20 years. The contract was meant to last until he retired as a wrestler, and let him be part of WWF's backstage plans. This meant he would be paid a lot of money. At the same time [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW), another professional wrestling company, was getting more popular. WCW had become popular using wrestlers who left WWF, like [[Hulk Hogan]], [[Scott Hall]], and [[Kevin Nash]]. They were now more popular than WWF. This meant WWF could not make as much money. WWF had signed a 20-year contract with Hart because they did not want him to leave, go to WCW, and make them even more popular. But now they found it hard to pay Hart, so they had to promise to pay him later because they were in danger of running out of money. Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels did not like each other. Hart took professional wrestling very seriously, whilst Michaels liked to party. This meant they would argue a lot. One time, when Michaels said that Hart was cheating on his wife with [[Tammy Lynn Sytch|Sunny]], a woman wr