Solomonster Reacts To A&E Rewriting History On Bret Hart Leaving WWE 

I still maintain that if Bret didn't leave wwf that Owen would most likely still be alive today. Just one of those butterfly effect things.

Everyone knows that Bret left because Vince promised to pay him a lifetime contract, realized that he didn’t have enough money to do it, and he literally told Bret to negotiate with WCW. I was born in 1998 and even I know that. This revisionist history BS needs to stop.

This A&E episode was skipable for me simply on the grounds of revisionist history or not, I just DO NOT feel like hearing the Montreal screw job for the 856 thousandth time

The Shawn vs Bret sit-down interview they did on that DVD was when this whole issue was put to bed this special was unnecessary.

It's amazing how Bret and to a certain degree Shawn (I think he feels more religious shame/guilt for his conduct back then, hence his questionable memory...or it's his drug abuse then) are more truthfully honest about that whole fiasco with Montreal, yet WWE just refuses to tell the truth. Pritchard's blatant lie was F'N annoying. With that said, I believe the reason for this interesting take on history is that someone is under investigation and they need to paint him in as good a light as possible. Because if you were to really look at the events of Montreal objectively, you see that the Blame lies squarely on Vince McMahon shoulders. All that turmoil because he couldn't keep his precious BoyToy under control or put him in his place when he got out of line, to say nothing of his blatant violations of Bret's contract.

It’s funny how Bruce makes fun of Johnny Ace on his podcast, basically calling him a Vince suck up, yet he is the exact same way. POT … KETTLE

Vince had shown time and time again that he can never just acknowledge that maybe HE was the one in the wrong. Maybe HE messed up, he never wants to be the bad guy “in real life.” It’s always someone else’s fault. He was the poor victim who had to do what he did, etc. So it’s not surprised WWE is STILL lying about Montreal. Bret and even Shawn to a degree can own it at this point. But not Vince.

If you're a wrestling fan and you know the whole story about the Montreal Screw Job and the relationship between Bret and Shawn I can't for the life of me understand how anyone would be on anyone's side other than Bret. Bret was the ultimate performer and worked his ass of in his craft. He also respected the hell out of the business and just the thought that Bret wouldn't have dropped the belt to Shawn and ended up walking into WCW with the WWE championship is utterly ludicrous. Bret grew up in the business and he had too much respect for Vince and the WWE that he wouldn't have burned bridges just for a shock moment. A performer of his stature doesn't need to do that shit to get over and he didn't want to leave anyways.

Kayfabe is long dead but it was replaced by Vincefabe.

I think Shawn being an out of control drug addict might have hurt their relationship as well...the Kliq was creating dissension and misery all over the Fed at that time.

Bruce Prichard is the biggest Clown in all of Wrestling.

People keep disrespecting Bret Hart, shit is making me mad. Lying on his name. Get the FULL story before making this type of shit. Stop false narratives!

Bret Hart needs to sue A&E And I know one man who can help him and that Man's name is Stephen P Stephen P New if you need to sue an outlaw mudshow or two those are the rest lol that Jingle on jim Cornette's podcast is Absolutely Hilarious and it's also catchy 🤣🤣🤣🤣

HBK always comes across as the worst type of person

The matches we could have got between these two will always be one of the biggest "what ifs" from a pure wrestling perspective.

They booked Bret horribly in WCW. At least he made a lot of money from them, $2.5 million per year is an enormous amount.

They did the same thing on wwe confidential in 2002 try to make it all Bret fault

Something else Jason forgot to mention... If Bret never got hurt... We could've gotten Bret Hart vs Kurt Angle... Think on that for a second.

The only way I could see Bret "The Hitman" Hart show up to WCW in the way The Solomonster described around 16:35-16:44 was on 'WWE 2K17'. I put the WWF title on Bret "The Hitman" Hart, select the 'WCW Monday Nitro' arena, leave the entrances on & play as him in exhibition mode. It's simple...

The funny thing about this situation is that they ended up going with Stone Cold, so they were essentially haggling over the number two position (who was probably Undertaker anyway.) I don't think Bret would've minded being second banana to Austin but Shawn apparently threw such a bitch fit Taker was ready to slap some sense into him.

I imagine if Bret wasn't injured he would have faced Kurt Angle at WrestleMania 18, HBK at 19 and finally Vince at 20.

Bret was screwed. Period. I’m glad we got guys today like Solomon telling the truth. The wwe will never admit they were wrong in this Montreal topic. And I don’t believe Vince couldn’t afford to pay Bret’s contract. Just 4 months later he paid Tyson 3 million for one night at wrestlemania. Bret would have never showed up at wcw with the championship belt. Now way. I don’t care what nobody says.

Now you know how WCW/NWA fans feel about the rise and fall of WCW. That was about 70% true. The Goldbergs episode of A&E kind of left out a lot of things too. Pretty much anything about southern wrestling when it comes to documentaries that WWE is bullshit. I remember their documentary about the big gold belt, the world title. At that time Sting had not signed with the WWE yet and came on to face triple H at wrestlemania so they made it sound like Sting was the worst champion ever and he was just some guy they put the championship on as a placeholder. The only people that were good champions in their book were guys that came from WCW and had a successful WWE run or guys like hulk hogan and Randy savage who came from WWE but all the WCW originals, will they just sucked according to WWE documentaries.

Spot on. Ty for doing this video. Told you you'd find it interesting to say the least.

Honest to God WWE needs to stop doing this revisionist history, if this rivalry was too controversial for them to cover for an episode then pick a different feud without as much negative publicity behind it to cover if they’re so worried about bad publicity case closed. I’m pretty sure anybody that had or still has the WWE Network watched this feud covered if they didn’t happen to watch it when it went down live at the time back in the day. Also it was covered on Dark Side Of The Ring where the actual facts were covered & not revised. WWE is the only professional sport/sports company that will rewrite its own history just to try & save face from public criticism even though they create more for themselves just by doing that. Honest to God if you’re unsure if WWE is telling truth about something historical, just ask Solomonster & he’ll tell you the actual facts of what really went down since he’s been covering the sport for almost 2 full decades now via podcasts & RU-vid.

Loved watching season one last year. Can’t watch any material for this year cause I no longer have the A&E channel due to downgrading a subscription 😔.

That's typical MO for WWE when it comes to rewriting history. No matter how many times they change their own history of moments, the fans know the truth especially those who grew up during that Era.

Can't take Bruce seriously, dude is such a company man even when he wasn't employed by them he still sucked up to vince

WWE loves revisionist history...HBK words in the 90s..was full of shxx!..Selfish As Hell!..And Pritchard lies as much every time he's in front of a camera...Cornette already said Bret had creative control of his contract..in the last 30 days.

The only thing I got out of this is that I got cheated out of Bret winning clean at Wrestlemania lol

I didn't know even about this documentary til recently

I feel like Triple H and The Rock is a feud that gets underlooked. Considering how hot Austin and Rock was I understand why but Triple H and Rock were also hot, especially their IC feud with their factions warring.

Getting Stone Cold vs Mr. McMahon was the best possible outcome. Ha.

I don’t get it why would Shawn have a problem with Brett wanting to do a deal with WCW but he’s ok with Hall and Nash working there? 🤦🏻‍♂️

6:50 not to mention that 3 of his best friends negotiated and left to work for the “enemy”

Of course, I'm not watching this A&E Biography at all.

Too bad we can’t get a doc on the craziest rivalry in all of pro wrestling- Russo vs. Cornette

This story needs to be left alone. It is always told over and over and over. Wwe loves the rewind button especially with Raw and Smackdown.

I'm very shocked wwe would do this. Can't believe it.

Shawn wasn't back wrestling in WWE till 2002 so I doubt he and Bret wouldn't happen at mania x8

good video

This rivalry and Austin vs Rock are my top 2 favorite rivalries. Bret vs Shawn Austin vs Rock Cena vs Orton Rock vs Triple h Austin vs Undertaker

Wow I never knew this! Thx Solomonster!

I wasn't aware of HBK's 750k contract, and his demand that nobody (other than Taker) was to be paid higher than him. Of course money had to play a role in souring their relationship.

I'll give Shawn credit in knowing Taker was the bigger name. I'm sure even back then, Taker probably was the locker room leader, and much like Andre before, Taker was a special attraction, in that you could put him in the Marquee, even if no title in his match, and he'll sell tickets. As far as A&E's retelling of Montreal, I'm just picturing Obi Wan using his "from a certain point of view" line. 😉😂🤣

When I hear about Bret's reaction to Shawn not "returning the favour" in 1997, I just think... how many jobs did Shawn do for Bret earlier in the decade? You could argue it _was_ Bret's turn to put him over more than once or twice. Did he think _WrestleMania XII_ made up for all the times Shawn lost to him beforehand? Did he think only the IC ladder match and _Survivor Series 1992_ counted? Or am I wrong, and _did_ they only have those two matches prior to WM XII, with no houseshow bouts? Surely not. Frankly, perhaps Bret had his own "That don't work for me, brother" moment in '97.

Best Coulda Shoulda Woulda: Shawn vs Bret @ WM18 in Toronto huh? Damn, good "what if". Pure pro

Please I'm begging you, no more documentaries about the Montreal screw job.

Always love WWE trying to rewrite history. Whether it was their idea or A&E doesn’t matter. People know the actual truth of their relationship and the fallout. If they didn’t want to cover all the dirt then don’t do a special called “Rivals” of Shawn/Bret.

I’ve always wished Bret would have stayed I mean shit we could have got the bret and Austin rematch at wm 14 and the matches with the rock and Kurt angle

Most of what happened is documented on video!!!

Kenny Bolin must be A&E’s fact checker.

i don't know about the rest of your guys, but i enjoy listening to stories about montreal, even if they are outright blatant corporate lies, it's fascinating how bret and shawn have obviously gotten over the entire situation and have moved on but wwe and for some reason a & e want to continue to keep the propaganda machine going like they are at war with the hitman fans of the 90's, but i have news for you wwe, those people stopped spending money on your product decades ago

TAMINA, dude? Yknow? The topic is in Maine , tamina is in Southern California.

The revisionist history is just unnecessary. The story is so compelling, albeit a bit stale at this point. At the time, though- it was an amazing time to be a wrestling fan.

Ah, no recollection of that. Good Christians tend to omit previous wrong doings, much easier than owning up to it.

Funny how they do a revisionist storytelling when the same company that aired “Wrestling with Shadows”.😂

I will never support a company who partakes in historical revisionism.

And so it begins...

If bret stayed he would have been buried as well as wcw. Shawn was now the top guy with austin and dx on the rise. I dont think bret would have stayed in the main event picture. After those two losses they would have broken up the hart foundation and he would have been wrestling for ic belt

Damn this how they got down back then jeez😬😬😬

Don't blame them this story's been told so much over 25 years it needs a twist, or else who would watch it. Beating a dead horse is an understatement

Bret jumping to wcw was such a mistake of his. he was just being hogans lacky there and if you have someone like Bret after the screwjob out of all the things they could have done for his wcw debut he is just a ref?? that was bs. Honestly HBK vs Bret at wm 18 would have never happened anway you really think Bret was willing to do business with Vince around that time.

If I never hear about the screwjob again,it would not be a day too soon.But we still got the 25th Anniversary November 9 😡

At this point WWE should make a live action movie called Screwed in Montreal. 🤣🤣🤣

It's as simple as this and I don't care if anyone doesn't agree with me Vince shit all over bret for no reason what so ever Vince didn't want bret anymore that's fine but Bret had 30 days control in his contract and Bret would have lost to shawn but shawn said he would never lose to him so why would Bret put hbk over in his own country and lower his stock

I still believe all sides were at fault and share equal blame for the events that led to that moment, but the question that's always been on my mind: Why didn't Vince think to take the belt off Bret before he freed him up to talk to Bischoff?

I find it hilarious that Cornette kept the clump on hair for a visual aid of Bret whooping HBK

If Bret never left and went to wcw and get kicked in the head by goldberg....concussion, you know, we could have had Bret vs Angle, Bret vs eddie guerrero, Bret vs y2j, Bret vs the rock.

Its stupid of wwe to lie about monetral and get away with this. Its most discussed and write about event in wrestling history. Bret Hart was a great wrestler and he was willing to do business it was Shawn who was full of shit using his influence with vince to get his way. I totally agree Bret Hart could have more matches with Shawn which have been great. Even if Bret was healthy and could come to WWE in 2001-2 and have that run where he could have great fueds with Vince angle, jericho, rock, triple h, and even shawn. Its such a loss for fans.

'97 Bret Hart is where he became amazing in all ways, wrestling, promos...Anti-american Bret with his family couldn't be beat. DX with Michaels and HHH unfortunately were where the US was going in the late 90s (petty trolling) The biggest winner from Bret Hart going to WCW was Steve Austin, who probably wouldn't have won the world championship as soon as he did had Bret remained. It would be interesting to see Solomonster try to imagine what WWF would have been like had the Hart Foundation stuck around (I imagine Michaels and HHH would have rejoined the KLIQ in Atlanta...)

5:45 this why the undertaker the GOAT😂😂

I'll always be pro Bret in this argument. Yes, he wasn't perfect but god damn when you place him next to HBK, the dude was the closest to a Saint in the locker room. That and the whole thing would have ended will if Shawn had properly reciprocated that email that Bret had sent him. Thank you Solomonster for bringing a lot of this to light.

Yep, wwe are liars. Just awful people. It blows my mind how many people "stand up for wwe". It has to be kids that say this, it's the only thing that makes sense

what did you expect from wwe and A&E wwe lie wcw down fall

I like how Bret blames Goldberg for ending his career he didn't even kick him that hard and if he was fucked up he should have let the ref know but he didn't do he needs to accept some responsibility on that one

DX vs Hart foundation

What do you expect. Triple H who meddled and inflamed the situation runs the WWE

You gonna talk about the Aubrey Edwards situation? No other channels want to talk about it. Which is very suspicious

Bret > Shawn

WWE documentaries are pointless if you want the truth

Hbk was an great performer but his relationship with Vince and HHH over the year and the way Bret Hart left for WCW, they really buried Hart over the years and really Exaggerated HBK stardom which is ridiculous, Hart was and is the superior wrestler between the two. WWE will put their propaganda out their with making it seem HBK was so great because it undermines Hart.

This shit makes me so fucking angry

I love wwe propaganda

.....just can't sympathize with Bret at all. I'm not saying what Vince did was right or not, but it wasn't anyone else's decision to make in the first place. Bret is/was the classic example of the type of person who says he's doing what he's doing for you and others but is really about himself above anything else. Sorry brother, he's not much different from Hogan after all. Who has "creative control" and chooses to exercise it when they do and why? Yes, Vince McMahon is a narcissistic, egomaniacal, control freak, and ass-hole. Fuck Vince but that doesn't mean Bret deserves any sympathy either. I don't care what Shawn said, and I would say the same to him and any other wrestler who thinks they're above what's best for the company. It's not up to either of you to decide who wins or loses unless you're gonna settle it in a real fight on your own time and own dollar. If Bret could see past his own ego to realize that life has to go on after he leaves and if that means losing to someone he doesn't want to lose to, so be it. Somebody had to lose to him. Sure, there were probably many so many things Vince could have done to avoid this situation but at the end of the day, whether any of us likes it or not, it was HIS business, which means it was HIS decision to make PERIOD as he's the one writing the checks. The rest of us are just talking.