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* In the commercial for ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble'' 2006, the [=McMahon=] family were the Caesar family, rulers of Ancient Rome; in an arena, the crowd was shouting "YOU SCREWED BRETICUS!", which prompted Vince [=McMahon=] (as Vince Caesar) to shout, "[[BigShutUp SHUT UP!]]"
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* ''Breaking Point'' (held in 2009 oh so coincidentally in Montreal)[[note]]As Website/WrestleCrap pointed out, it was a ''submission-themed'' event held ''in Montreal'' the ''only time it was ever held''. It was basically an entire pay-per-view tailor-made to host a re-enactment of the Screwjob.[[/note]] had Wrestling/CMPunk lock The Undertaker in the Anaconda Vice. Despite Undertaker not only not tapping out to it but actually ''escaping the hold'', Theodore Long rang the bell and declared Punk the winner by submission. This match was actually a ''double'' screwjob. A few minutes earlier, Undertaker made Punk tap out with Hell's Gate, but Long declared that it didn't count and ordered the match to continue.
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* ''Breaking Point'' (held in 2009 oh so coincidentally in Montreal)[[note]]As Website/WrestleCrap pointed out, it was a ''submission-themed'' event held ''in Montreal'' the ''only time it was ever held''. It was basically an entire pay-per-view tailor-made to host a re-enactment of the Screwjob.[[/note]] had Wrestling/CMPunk lock The Undertaker in the Anaconda Vice. Despite Undertaker not only not tapping out to it but actually ''escaping the hold'', [[Wrestling/TeddyLong Theodore Long Long]] rang the bell and declared Punk the winner by submission. This match was actually a ''double'' screwjob. A few minutes earlier, Undertaker made Punk tap out with Hell's Gate, but Long declared that it didn't count and ordered the match to continue.
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** At ''#204'' in March 2012, in "Sing Along With Ex-Drew Gulak Fans", the CZW crowd really gives it to Drew with plenty of ShoutOut chants, one of which is "You screwed Bret".
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** At ''#204'' in March 2012, in "Sing Along With Ex-Drew Gulak Fans", the CZW Wrestling/{{CZW}} crowd really gives it to Drew with plenty of ShoutOut chants, one of which is "You screwed Bret".
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** Hebner made his Wrestling/{{TNA}} debut at ''Against All Odds 2006'', and was about to call for the bell when Wrestling/JeffJarrett had [[Wrestling/{{Christian}} Christian Cage]] in the Sharpshooter, but Cage stopped him and went on to win the match.
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* One of the endings of ''WebVideo/{{Botchamania}} #166'', released on April 2011, has audio clips of the announcer from NFL Blitz set to photos of wrestlers and the horrible angles they were involved in, one of which is the Montreal Screwjob.
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* One of the endings of ''WebVideo/{{Botchamania}} ''Website/{{Botchamania}} #166'', released on April 2011, has audio clips of the announcer from NFL Blitz set to photos of wrestlers and the horrible angles they were involved in, one of which is the Montreal Screwjob.
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* In ''Wrestling/{{WWE}} Wrestling/{{Backlash}} '04'', which took place in Canada, Wrestling/ChrisBenoit locked Wrestling/ShawnMichaels in the Sharpshooter in the middle of the ring, a reversal of what happened at ''Survivor Series '97'', and a symbolic apology to the Canadian crowd.
* One of the endings of ''WebVideo/{{Botchamania}} #166'' has audio clips of the announcer from NFL Blitz set to photos of wrestlers and the horrible angles they were involved in, one of which is the Montreal Screwjob.
** At ''#204'', in "Sing Along With Ex-Drew Gulak Fans", the CZW crowd really gives it to Drew with plenty of ShoutOut chants, one of which is "You screwed Bret".
* One of the endings of ''WebVideo/{{Botchamania}} #166'' has audio clips of the announcer from NFL Blitz set to photos of wrestlers and the horrible angles they were involved in, one of which is the Montreal Screwjob.
** At ''#204'', in "Sing Along With Ex-Drew Gulak Fans", the CZW crowd really gives it to Drew with plenty of ShoutOut chants, one of which is "You screwed Bret".
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* In ''Wrestling/{{WWE}} Wrestling/{{Backlash}} '04'', which took place The main event of WCW's ''Starrcade 1997'', one month later - Wrestling/{{Sting}} was pinned by [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-h.html WCW World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Wrestling/HulkHogan "Hollywood" Hogan]] via a "fast" three-count, but before the bell could be rung, Hart (a special referee during an earlier match) stopped the timekeeper from ringing it, knocked out the ref, and tossed Hogan back into the ring, where he eventually tapped to the Scorpion Deathlock (which coincidentally is Sting's version of the Sharpshooter) while Bret acted as the ref (this was made worse by the fact that the "fast" three-count wasn't really "fast", and it's long rumored that Hogan called for the screwy finish so as not to lose clean to Sting).
* [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] vs. [[Wrestling/MickFoley Mankind]] at Survivor Series 1998 was the original Screwjob copycat inCanada, WWE, with Rock playing Michaels, Mankind playing Hart and [=McMahon=] betraying Mankind.
* The Screwjob became a running gag on parody wrestling news site [=ScoopThis=], as "Shootin' Vince [=McMahon=]" was said to call for screwy finishes at wildly inappropriate times; one such article had a submission victory due to a "devastating pre-match handshake", at [=McMahon=]'s behest.
* On the May 28, 2001 edition of ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Raw is War]]'' held in Calgary, Alberta (Hart's hometown), Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin (the then-WWF Champion) put Wrestling/ChrisBenoit (a long-time friend of the Hart family) in the Crippler Crossface, and [=McMahon=] ordered the bell rung. As if recreating the Screwjob in Hart's hometown wasn't bad enough, Hart's father Stu was sitting at ringside.
* During the first World Wrestling All-Stars show on October 26, 2001, Bret Hart, serving as the WWA Commissioner, refused to ring the bell with the referee down and one of the combatants lockedWrestling/ShawnMichaels in a Sharpshooter. In a subversion, however, the screwiness was Bret refusing to ring the bell, as both Road Dogg and Jeff Jarrett, who were competing, tapped with the referee down, and Bret not only refused to count either of them, but tried to walk out with the belt himself.
* ''Wrestling/{{Backlash}} 2004'' played with the Screwjob by having Michaels put fellow Hart's fellow Canadian (and then-[[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Champion]]) Chris Benoit in theSharpshooter in Sharpshooter, then having Earl Hebner rush down to the middle of ring to call the ring, a reversal of what happened at ''Survivor Series '97'', submission (the first ref had been knocked out). This time, Hebner plays the referee job straight, and Benoit never taps; in fact, he later wins by making Michaels tap out to the Sharpshooter, WWE offering up a symbolic apology to for the Canadian crowd.
Screwjob.
** Hebner made his Wrestling/{{TNA}} debut at ''Against All Odds 2006'', and was about to call for the bell when Wrestling/JeffJarrett had [[Wrestling/{{Christian}} Christian Cage]] in the Sharpshooter, but Cage stopped him and went on to win the match.
* Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon defeated Michaels on the March 18, 2006 ''Saturday Night's Main Event'' when he put an unconscious Michaels in the Sharpshooter, and Vince ordered the bell to be rung, and Shane to be announced as winner by submission.
* ''Breaking Point'' (held in 2009 oh so coincidentally in Montreal)[[note]]As Website/WrestleCrap pointed out, it was a ''submission-themed'' event held ''in Montreal'' the ''only time it was ever held''. It was basically an entire pay-per-view tailor-made to host a re-enactment of the Screwjob.[[/note]] had Wrestling/CMPunk lock The Undertaker in the Anaconda Vice. Despite Undertaker not only not tapping out to it but actually ''escaping the hold'', Theodore Long rang the bell and declared Punk the winner by submission. This match was actually a ''double'' screwjob. A few minutes earlier, Undertaker made Punk tap out with Hell's Gate, but Long declared that it didn't count and ordered the match to continue.
* The January 21, 2010 edition of ''Wrestling/{{TNA}} Impact'' featured a damn-near recreation of the Screwjob; this time, however, the screwjob was in favor of the [[http:/www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tna/tna-h.html TNA World Heavyweight Champion]] (Wrestling/AJStyles) rather than the challenger (Wrestling/KurtAngle).
* One of the endings of ''WebVideo/{{Botchamania}}#166'' #166'', released on April 2011, has audio clips of the announcer from NFL Blitz set to photos of wrestlers and the horrible angles they were involved in, one of which is the Montreal Screwjob.
** At''#204'', ''#204'' in March 2012, in "Sing Along With Ex-Drew Gulak Fans", the CZW crowd really gives it to Drew with plenty of ShoutOut chants, one of which is "You screwed Bret".Bret".
* The July 17, 2011 match between Wrestling/CMPunk vs. Wrestling/JohnCena was eerily similar till Cena, who locked Punk in a STF, ''knocks out Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis, who was gonna ring the bell!'' Cena then tells [=McMahon=] that this match is his match and that he finishes it his way, comes back to the ring and gets hit with a GTS by Punk! CM Punk wins the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE Championship]] belt with the stipulation that he leaves WWE and Cena gets fired if he loses.
* On the July 18, 2011 edition of ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Raw]]'', Cena outright calls [=McMahon=] out on trying to recreate this incident and on what it had done to Michaels' career as part of TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
* [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] locked Wrestling/TheBigShow in the Yes Lock on the May 11, 2012 edition of ''[=SmackDown=]'' and John Laurinaitis immediately rang the bell and declared Bryan the winner by submission.
* In 2013, seconds after Daniel Bryan won the championship from Wrestling/JohnCena at [=SummerSlam=] 2013, special guest referee Wrestling/TripleH attacked Bryan with a Pedigree, and Wrestling/RandyOrton cashed in his Money in the Bank contract against Bryan, winning the WWE Championship. Bryan would be branded a "B-list wrestler" struggling to regain the championship as Orton joined forces with Wrestling/TheShield, and after regaining the belt at Night of Champions (2013), he was stripped of the belt a night later when referee Scott Armstrong was accused of making a fast count and conspiring with Bryan, and the feud with Orton would continue into 2014 at [=WrestleMania=], defeating Triple H to qualify for a triple threat match against Randy Orton and Batista, later forfeiting the championship after sustaining injuries at the hands of Wrestling/{{Kane}}.
* On ''Payback 2016'', Wrestling/{{Charlotte|Flair}} puts Natayla in the Sharpshooter and the referee immediately calls for the bell. Bonus point for Bret Hart being there for his niece that night.
* [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] vs. [[Wrestling/MickFoley Mankind]] at Survivor Series 1998 was the original Screwjob copycat in
* The Screwjob became a running gag on parody wrestling news site [=ScoopThis=], as "Shootin' Vince [=McMahon=]" was said to call for screwy finishes at wildly inappropriate times; one such article had a submission victory due to a "devastating pre-match handshake", at [=McMahon=]'s behest.
* On the May 28, 2001 edition of ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Raw is War]]'' held in Calgary, Alberta (Hart's hometown), Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin (the then-WWF Champion) put Wrestling/ChrisBenoit (a long-time friend of the Hart family) in the Crippler Crossface, and [=McMahon=] ordered the bell rung. As if recreating the Screwjob in Hart's hometown wasn't bad enough, Hart's father Stu was sitting at ringside.
* During the first World Wrestling All-Stars show on October 26, 2001, Bret Hart, serving as the WWA Commissioner, refused to ring the bell with the referee down and one of the combatants locked
* ''Wrestling/{{Backlash}} 2004'' played with the Screwjob by having Michaels put fellow Hart's fellow Canadian (and then-[[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Champion]]) Chris Benoit in the
** Hebner made his Wrestling/{{TNA}} debut at ''Against All Odds 2006'', and was about to call for the bell when Wrestling/JeffJarrett had [[Wrestling/{{Christian}} Christian Cage]] in the Sharpshooter, but Cage stopped him and went on to win the match.
* Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon defeated Michaels on the March 18, 2006 ''Saturday Night's Main Event'' when he put an unconscious Michaels in the Sharpshooter, and Vince ordered the bell to be rung, and Shane to be announced as winner by submission.
* ''Breaking Point'' (held in 2009 oh so coincidentally in Montreal)[[note]]As Website/WrestleCrap pointed out, it was a ''submission-themed'' event held ''in Montreal'' the ''only time it was ever held''. It was basically an entire pay-per-view tailor-made to host a re-enactment of the Screwjob.[[/note]] had Wrestling/CMPunk lock The Undertaker in the Anaconda Vice. Despite Undertaker not only not tapping out to it but actually ''escaping the hold'', Theodore Long rang the bell and declared Punk the winner by submission. This match was actually a ''double'' screwjob. A few minutes earlier, Undertaker made Punk tap out with Hell's Gate, but Long declared that it didn't count and ordered the match to continue.
* The January 21, 2010 edition of ''Wrestling/{{TNA}} Impact'' featured a damn-near recreation of the Screwjob; this time, however, the screwjob was in favor of the [[http:/www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tna/tna-h.html TNA World Heavyweight Champion]] (Wrestling/AJStyles) rather than the challenger (Wrestling/KurtAngle).
* One of the endings of ''WebVideo/{{Botchamania}}
** At
* The July 17, 2011 match between Wrestling/CMPunk vs. Wrestling/JohnCena was eerily similar till Cena, who locked Punk in a STF, ''knocks out Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis, who was gonna ring the bell!'' Cena then tells [=McMahon=] that this match is his match and that he finishes it his way, comes back to the ring and gets hit with a GTS by Punk! CM Punk wins the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE Championship]] belt with the stipulation that he leaves WWE and Cena gets fired if he loses.
* On the July 18, 2011 edition of ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Raw]]'', Cena outright calls [=McMahon=] out on trying to recreate this incident and on what it had done to Michaels' career as part of TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
* [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] locked Wrestling/TheBigShow in the Yes Lock on the May 11, 2012 edition of ''[=SmackDown=]'' and John Laurinaitis immediately rang the bell and declared Bryan the winner by submission.
* In 2013, seconds after Daniel Bryan won the championship from Wrestling/JohnCena at [=SummerSlam=] 2013, special guest referee Wrestling/TripleH attacked Bryan with a Pedigree, and Wrestling/RandyOrton cashed in his Money in the Bank contract against Bryan, winning the WWE Championship. Bryan would be branded a "B-list wrestler" struggling to regain the championship as Orton joined forces with Wrestling/TheShield, and after regaining the belt at Night of Champions (2013), he was stripped of the belt a night later when referee Scott Armstrong was accused of making a fast count and conspiring with Bryan, and the feud with Orton would continue into 2014 at [=WrestleMania=], defeating Triple H to qualify for a triple threat match against Randy Orton and Batista, later forfeiting the championship after sustaining injuries at the hands of Wrestling/{{Kane}}.
* On ''Payback 2016'', Wrestling/{{Charlotte|Flair}} puts Natayla in the Sharpshooter and the referee immediately calls for the bell. Bonus point for Bret Hart being there for his niece that night.
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* At ''Wrestling/{{ECW}} November to Remember 97'', November 30th, a mere three weeks after the event, Wrestling/AlSnow cut this promo:
--> ''"I didn't screw the Head. THE HEAD SCREWED THE HEAD!"''
* In ''Wrestling/{{WWE}} Wrestling/{{Backlash}} '04'', which took place in Canada, Wrestling/ChrisBenoit locked Wrestling/ShawnMichaels in the Sharpshooter in the middle of the ring, a reversal of what happened at ''Survivor Series '97'', and a symbolic apology to the Canadian crowd.
* One of the endings of ''WebVideo/{{Botchamania}} #166'' has audio clips of the announcer from NFL Blitz set to photos of wrestlers and the horrible angles they were involved in, one of which is the Montreal Screwjob.
** At ''#204'', in "Sing Along With Ex-Drew Gulak Fans", the CZW crowd really gives it to Drew with plenty of ShoutOut chants, one of which is "You screwed Bret".
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* At ''Wrestling/{{ECW}} November to Remember 97'', November 30th, a mere three weeks after the event, Wrestling/AlSnow cut this promo:
--> ''"I didn't screw the Head. THE HEAD SCREWED THE HEAD!"''
* In ''Wrestling/{{WWE}} Wrestling/{{Backlash}} '04'', which took place in Canada, Wrestling/ChrisBenoit locked Wrestling/ShawnMichaels in the Sharpshooter in the middle of the ring, a reversal of what happened at ''Survivor Series '97'', and a symbolic apology to the Canadian crowd.
* One of the endings of ''WebVideo/{{Botchamania}} #166'' has audio clips of the announcer from NFL Blitz set to photos of wrestlers and the horrible angles they were involved in, one of which is the Montreal Screwjob.
** At ''#204'', in "Sing Along With Ex-Drew Gulak Fans", the CZW crowd really gives it to Drew with plenty of ShoutOut chants, one of which is "You screwed Bret".
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