instead, earl hebner, the referee, called for the match to end. he acted like bret hart had given up in the hold, even though he had not. the bell rang and the match ended. this meant that shawn michaels was the new wwf champion. hart was angry because this was not what had been planned. he spat at mcmahon, who had planned this. the fans were also angry, and booed mcmahon and michaels while cheering hart.