5 most memorable moments in Survivor Series history

#1 The Montreal Screwjob

The Montreal screwjob took place at the main event of the 1997 Survivor Series match between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels. Bret Hart, one of the most popular performers of all time, was on his way out of the company to join WCW, a rival company at the time. He was the WWE champion and was scheduled to defend it for the last time at the event which was to be held in his home country of Canada.

The "Hitman" was pencilled to successfully defend his title on his final night before vacating it to join WCW. However, The WWE Chairman had other plans in mind. Vince McMahon did not want Bret to leave the company as champion. The "Hitman", on the other hand, was not willing to drop the title to Michaels in his home country. So the agreement was for the match to end in a disqualification and thus Bret would retain his title.

However, this plan was not implemented as Bret was betrayed. Vince schemed a plan to have Shawn Michaels declared as a winner of this high tension contest. The plan was executed when referee Earl Hebner, on direct order from Vince, stopped the match when Shawn put Bret on the sharpshooter submission hold to give Michaels the win. This would go down as arguably the most talked about match in history.