at the start of november, hart agreed to leave wwf and sign a new contract with wcw. his time in the wwf would end after survivor series. because he was still wwf champion, and he did not want to lose it in his final appearance, vince mcmahon was worried that hart would bring the championship belt to wcw. this had happened before, when debra miceli, a wrestler who appeared as alundra blayze in wwf and madusa in wcw, left wwf as wwf women's champion. she brought the belt on to wcw's tv show, "wcw monday nitro", and dropped the belt in a trash can. the wwf championship was the most important belt in wwf, so it would be even worse if hart did something like that.