at survivor series, the match between hart and michaels was the main event (final match) of the show. at the end of the match, michaels had put hart in a wrestling hold called the "sharpshooter". this was a hold that hart liked to use, and won a lot of matches with. the ending of the match was supposed to have d-generation x (a group of shawn michaels' on-screen friends) and the hart foundation (a group of bret hart's relatives and on-screen friends) run out to try and help. this meant the match would end without a winner. after that, hart would give up the belt.