Bret's a good actor, but not good enough to pull this off for 30 years. It changed him

It was a work, it's just nobody told Bret

If it was fake Bret deserves an Oscar or 5.

If Vince was ever behind something so perfect there's no way he couldn't admit it

You can tell Bret still hasn’t let it go completely

It wasn't staged. Too many real life issues were created for it to be staged.

It was staged, it's just no one told Bret.

I just recently re-watched their Ironman match at WM12, and forgot about Shawn not accepting the belt until Bret got out of the ring. It really made that whole ending awkward. Bret was trying to sell to put over Shawn's finisher, and Shawn made a scene, with Hebner not knowing what to do, walking around the ring aimlessly with the belt. Just really childish stuff. Shawn was insufferable back then, glad he found humility in his second run/ rest of his life.

Vince being the owner was always an open secret. We may not have had the internet but everyone knew his dad was Vince McMahon Snr, everyone knew about the steroids trial, and everyone knew how he had bought out the old territories.

If it was scripted Vince’s ego would’ve taken the fame for writing it

Bret Hart had creative control. This was his idea, therefore it was ultimately staged.

I think it was a mutual decision by Brett and Shawn and Vince knowing he was on his way to WCW. they kept everyone else out of the loop i think they all took a major risk to leave everyone on the edge of their seats. It certainly helped WWF back then pushed themselves ahead of WCW.

You put this together very well brother. Very entertaining. I didn't know about the Moolah story prior. Great work

The real screwjob was how hogan repeatedly screwed over Bret every chance he got

This is a remarkable piece of work. Well done, sir.

Something I rarely see people point out is Bret having, in my opinion, a Freudian slip in one of the plethora of interviews about Montreal. I can't remember verbatim what set it up, but he was being asked about people thinking it was a work and his response was something like "I wish it was a work, I wish we came up with something like that and kept it going then I come back 15 years later as an old man and we(Bret and Vince) have a match".

As I said, I don't remember his exact words but that was the gist of his response. And what was Bret doing around 2010(12 years later as an old man)? Oh, he came back to WWE, buried the hatchet with Shawn and entered a program with Vince culminating in a match where he beats Vince with the assistance of a ton of his family at ringside? Huh, that's weird.

After Owen died, McMahon threw shade on Bret saying that all Bret was complaining about was the Screwjob, and barely brought up Owen. Bret would not go along with that narrative involving the lack of interest in his own brother's death.

I believe that Bret knew his wcw run would be creatively unsatisfying so he along with Shawn michaels and Vince McMahon came up with the screw job scenario. Bret believed that leaving the wwf under such circumstances would send him to wcw with so much momentum it would be impossible for them to screw things up. Unfortunately for Bret that's exactly what happened.

I don't believe it was a work simply because of how things went for Bret following his departure.  Screw job, concussion, Father's death, Owen's death, stroke, etc.  While some incidents were not related to the screw job, I believe Bret genuinely became disillusioned by the business and the direction it was heading in as indicated by his dislike for Vince Russo's and WCW's more grittier direction.  I believe that he entered a spiral of depression, which affected his performance in WCW.  And more importantly his relationship with Vince and WWE was so damaged that he would not appear on WWE tv until 10 years after the screw job.  If this were a work I would have expected Bret to have returned to WWE much sooner as a return feud with Shawn Michaels would likely have drawn tons of money.

Here is some facts about Pro Wrestling/Sports Entertainment.  
1- In a fude the writers, bookers and owners pick a point they want to reach and work backwards in planning out the fude.  
2 There is always a back up plans in place incase something happens or like injury,  illness,   etc.  Point There where multiple back ups if Hogan didn't pull the trigger on being The 3rd man reportedly Sting was at the fore front for that one.  
3 None disclosure agreements.  If the Montréal Screw Job was a work each party probably would have had to sign said agreements and keep their mouth shut or be financially ruined.
4. Kafabe was slowly becoming more open with the internet picking up steam and a documentary called Card Subject to change being one of the 1st if not the 1st behind the scenes documentary.
5. This was not fully brought up in the video. Bret Hart had Creative Control the last 30 days. The screw job wasn't a work why didn't Hart sue the pants off the WWF and Vince McMahon for breach of contract.

From this video point 1 is majorly in play and adds to the work theory.  As for the last few months there was The everyone's Screwing me from Bret Hart.

Also in this video The pivot comes up throughout.  Some times they do pivot sometimes they don't.  Just look at John Cena,  Roman Reigns as major examples.