7 amazing WWE Survivor Series moments

#2 The Montreal Screwjob (Survivor Series 1997)

If you don't know what the "Montreal Screwjob" is by now, you either stumbled onto an online wrestling article by accident or you just learned about pro wrestling yesterday. So, let's see if we can do this as concisely as we can.

Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels - arguably the WWF's two biggest stars at the time - hated each other. WWF culdn't afford to pay Bret HHart's contract any longer, because WCW is eating away at their business, so they allowed him to leave. But, Bret is also their champion. And they need to get the belt off him before he goes.

A former WWE writer just went after JBL for his comments HERE

However, the Hitman refused to lose to Shawn (not in his home country of Canada, anyway), and it's a mess and then this happens:

This may be the most talked-about live moment in pro wrestling history. It blurs the lines between the story being told in the ring and what's going on backstage that it's rife with conspiracy theories.

So, it's not a great Survivor Series moment but, it's certainly amazing, and it changed the wrestling business permanently going forward.

Now, on a list like this, the Montreal Screwjob would normally be No. 1. But, we honestly think that our final entry was not only the most amazing at the time it happened but had as much impact on WWE as this entry did.

Edited by Alan John