WWE History Vol. 8: The Day that Kayfabe Died

#6. Reconciliation.

Bret Hart on Raw in 2010

In 2005, Bret Hart unexpectedly buried the hatchet with the WWE. He helped work on a DVD collection featuring his best matches. He then accepted an offer to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

In 2009, Bret returned to Raw, live, for the first time in over ten years. He buried the hatchet on screen with Michaels, and even became the Raw general manager for a time.

He also engaged in an on-screen feud with Mr. McMahon. This was a pure fabrication, however, as the two men had long since reconciled their differences.

Time heals all wounds, it seems, and the long, twisted relationship between Bret Hart and Vince McMahon came full circle, with the two being associates and even friends.

So many years after the Montreal Screwjob, the incident is still clouded with legend and mystery. It was the day that the curtain was pulled back on the wrestling industry. It was the day that kayfabe died.

The Montreal Screwjob became an incident that defined the era and it changed the face of the industry forever.

What do you think? Did the Montreal Screwjob really kill kayfabe, or does it still exist in some fashion? And if you were in Vince McMahon's shoes in 1997, would you have done the same thing or something different?

Please comment and let us know, and as always thanks for reading.