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The incident can be seen as the moment WWF won it's war with WCW. Bret was let go because WWF had no money, 1 year later WWF had won the Monday night wars

vince saved his company and made bret a legend, bret wasn't screwed - he was imortalised, and made alot of money from it all

it was a dishonest thing to do - but didn't hurt vince, the wwf or bret

No the moment they won the Monday night wars was when Austin beat HBK and started his title reign as well as the "Attitide Era" IMO. And i think it had less to do with WWE and more to do with WCW blowing out their own brains.

I see no link between screwing Bret and Winning the Monday Night Wars. The only way WWF was better off with Bret leaving was finiancial becase once again Vince promised something he couldn't deliver on. And Bret could have said no screw you i'm staying and you can pay me.... But he didn't he did what was best for WWF out of respect for vince.

Bret was already a Legend and didn't get the send off he deserved for his years of Service. Maybe he got more column inches but it wasn't like this incident put Bret on the map.

And i disagree about not hurting Bret.... it did. It hurt his dad and all his Family. Owen wanted out coz of the incident and Vince refused (probally still be alive if Vince said yes). Bret said he never felt the same in a Wrestling arena after the incident. So to say that it didn't hurt anyone is BS really.

Maybe he lied to protect himself from getting beaten up by Bret (again).

Again? do tell! Never heard this.

I guess it was "Shitty" but I can't blame Vince for protecting his business either.

I can. Be a man! Tell Bret.... look you have been brilliant for me but i need you to lose the title before you go. Say drop it on RAW before montreal and the SS match will be the re-match... where HBK gets himself DQ'ed and everyone goes home happy. I don't buy into all this BS of "Vince had to do it for the business" thats crap... you can do what you want in life and he made a scummy, selfish and horrible decsion and didn't have the bollocks to tell someone who had made him millions.

Bret said he'd never go to WCW with the WWF belt and i'm pretty sure Bishoff even gave his word too... and Vince still screwed him and then made it into a angle to add insult to injury.

The business changed too much for Bret and it made him feel unconfortable. The bad guys like Austin started getting cheered and the really good guys like Bret were kinda left behind but to do it in that way can destroy a person and their family. But Vince carries on with no accountability.... **** him.

Shawn lied to protect himself in my opinion. He didn't want to lose the respect of the locker room.

Are you kidding? HBK is hated by many. Rock, Austin, Orton, Beniot, Hogan, Bret, Shamrock, Taker & even Foley have all made the same "He's so talented but......" comment over the years. I remember Booker T calling him a little girl after an argument over the Batista situation. He has respect for the quality of his work but very few respect him as a person.... Pretty much coz he's a selfish, lying prick (or at least was).

He is no more or less to blame than Vince. He was a star and he knew and then like the little **** he is, couldn't admit to it. He is a shitty person (or at least was) and has always been out for himself. The problem is that the guy is immesnly talented and thats why people put up with his ****.

People forget about Hebner too..... dick! Before the match he was telling Bret's wife he'd miss her and all that ****. But at least he admitted that he knew about it.