10 WWE Superstars who were involved in a heated argument outside the ring

#1 Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels’ argument becomes a fight

This feud really blurred the line between personal and professional

This is the single most notorious backstage argument in WWE history, and served as the catalyst for the bitter rivalry between Hart and Michaels going to never-before-reached levels of personal hostility.

Though Bret and Shawn disliked each other significantly, that mutual dislike reached a fever pitch following Shawn’s ‘Sunny Ways’ comment, which implied that Bret was having an affair with Tammy ‘Sunny’ Sytch (ironically, it was HBK who was doing so). This caused Bret real-life anguish in his personal life, which led him to confront Michaels in the locker room. Michaels was angry from the get-go, particularly since Bret hadn’t spoken to him backstage in three months.

Bret retorted that he was angry over Shawn messing with Bret’s private life for the sake of a storyline, and the two went at it. The scuffle lasted minutes, and concluded with Shawn Michaels leaving the arena (while screaming about a hostile work environment) and Bret managing to claim a chunk of Shawn’s hair.

Ultimately, this angry confrontation would later be underscored by the Montreal Screwjob, making 1997 arguably the worst year of Bret Hart’s life.