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 sunny, a woman wrestler, the two had a fight backstage. michaels said that if he were champion, he would not agree to lose to hart, even though hart had agreed to lose to michaels on any occasion except survivor series. the survivor series show took place in canada, which is hart's home country. hart did not want to lose the championship to someone he disliked in his own home country. bret also did not like how his character had changed in the wwf. he was being told to act like he hated america.