If there is one event in WWE’s history that Canadians still despise, it’s the Montreal Screwjob. It was the night when Vince McMahon screwed WWE Hall of Famer Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart and gave Shawn Michaels the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Recently, former MMA fighter turned pro wrestler, Ken Shamrock shared his thoughts on the Montreal Screwjob.
While speaking to Chris Van Vliet on his Insight Podcast, Ken Shamrock shared his thoughts on the Montreal Screwjob. Shamrock mentioned that it was an uncomfortable moment because McMahon was the one who gave him an opportunity in the company. In addition, it was Bret Hart who taught him how to develop his wrestling character.
“That was one of those times where it was uncomfortable, because I was so close to Bret. He helped break me into the business. I went up, trained with him, worked with them, and then that happened. Again, I wasn’t in the conversations with Vince and Bret and wasn’t on the inside. So I don’t know what happened. I don’t know who was right and wrong, but I know who helped me. I know who worked with me and helped me understand the character that I needed to be.
“Then, of course, getting the opportunity to wrestle in the WWF, Vince gave me an opportunity. Bret helped me develop my character. It was a very uncomfortable spot for me. Then moving on past that it just felt like in that, in that moment, it felt like I had no identity, like I wasn’t going anywhere. There was no program.”
Ken Shamrock on not being happy with some WWE Storylines
Following the Screwjob, Ken Shamrock mentioned that he was also unhappy with a few storylines that led to him choosing to leave the company.
“I was being asked to do other things that just weren’t comfortable. I’m not saying anybody was trying to hurt me or anything, but it’s just some stuff that I just didn’t feel comfortable doing [The Ryan Shamrock angle?] Yeah that and then, you know, my own personal thing was I just didn’t want to get in the ring with Chyna.
“I taught my children at a young age and they were at the time, eight, seven and five, young kids going to school. One of the things that I drilled into their head was that you respect women and that you don’t lay your hands on them. Then I was asked to do that, and I get it, this is entertainment. I get all that. But again, we talked about this earlier where my family comes first, and if I’m doing something that’s going to possibly, might not, but possibly confuse them, I’m not doing it. And it was not like WWE had it in for me, it wasn’t it. It was just things that I believed in, and it just felt like I was constantly going in a direction that had no end to it,” Ken Shamrock said.
What are your thoughts on the Montreal Screwjob?
