CC,
I thought we would continue our discussion about the screwjob here, instead of the entertainment thread. I read your rebuttal to my last point, and there are still a few things that don't ring true for me about the whole thing:
Bret's refusal to lose to Michaels. As you say, Bret was a traditionalist and he couldn't seriously have expected that he could leave the promotion by just handing the belt over without being beaten, or that he could choose the next champion? Yeah he hated Michaels but he lost to him before. You have to believe guys are losing to guys they hate every night of the year. And he was leaving the promotion. And not wanting to lose in Canada? Seems thin to me.
As you pointed out, the documentary had started filming months earlier. But IIRC they thought they it was done until Bret called them back, as he thought something might be going on in Montreal. Suddenly they are backstage and I don't recall that kind of access in other parts of the documentary during actual PPV's. And of course Bret punching out Vince happens off camera. At a minimum Vince knew #### was going on and he didn't have an issue with cameras backstage that night?
This certainly handed WCW a hot commodity. But if Bret was being difficult this was better than the champ not losing the belt. And who knew how big a deal this would become.
Lots of people have definitely come out and said how real this was. People in the wrestling business so I take it with a grain of salt. I mean I'm probably wrong but as I said, it has never really had the ring of truth for me. At the end of the day, Bret wasn't "screwed" out of anything.
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