One of the GOAT turns, certainly. It's one of those angles where you can look back and see years of shyt building to it unknowingly (as in, Vince didn't even realize it, but everything lines up), like Hogan and Lex stealing his shine in 1993, HBK's dikkery in general and specifically the Iron Man match going into overtime that Bret didn't agree to, Vince letting Austin shyt on Bret on his TV for months in an attempt to let Bret know WWE would move on without them if they had to, the Diesel/Taker pushes, the push to make the TV show edgier to compete with WCW, and general lack of respect shown to Bret for years on and off screen.
It finally culminated with the most logical and correct heel turn since Macho turned on Hogan for hotdogging and having lustful eyes. Everything Bret said was true.
1. Steve Austin was a scum bag piece of shyt, and the American public were scum bags for supporting him
2. Vince McMahon sold out the principles of his company (and Bret's company) for money
3. Vince McMahon had disrespected Bret for years
4. Canada takes care of the old and the sick. Canada has gun control. People don't shoot each other on the street. Canada isn't riddled with racial prejudice.
"Thank you for still letting me be your hero."
that line was kind of corny, but Bret wasn't gonna let Austin overtalking him stop him from getting it in
i don't remember them cursing like this
that son of a -
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