the montreal screwjob was an incident that happened on november 9, 1997, at the world wrestling federation (wwf)'s survivor series professional wrestling show. it happened in montreal, quebec, canada. it is called a screwjob, because in 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.