The Montreal Screwjob - 20 Years Later

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2018

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

It's been 20 years since the Montreal Screwjob, and pro-wrestling is still feeling the effects of that fateful night! It completely changed how wrestling was presented on TV. Dave Meltzer from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter joins TIJ to break down one of wrestling's most historic moments – from the 12 months that that led up to it to the night-of to the aftermath. Dave's got stories from the locker room, and details from conversations he had with both Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels. Dave & Y2J also discuss all of the "what-ifs"… like how WWE might not have risen to its extraordinary heights in the late 90s, early 2000s with the Attitude Era; how the villainous Mr. McMahon character may never have happened; and how WCW may have won the Monday Night Wars! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	TALKY'S Cherico Baby, TALKY'S Cherico
0:07.0	TALKY'S Cherico Mama, TALKY'S B
0:13.0	AYEAH, WELCOME TO TALKY'S Cherico, it's the part of Thunder and Rock n' Roll, and it's Friday, and that means we got another Duff Machagan joke of the week here for ya!
0:24.0	Hey, Chris Cherico, you know what a dyed blonde and a airplane having common?
0:32.0	No, I don't. Duff what? They both have a black box.
0:36.0	Uh, okay. Like I said, the jokes are kind of taking invocation. We'll be back with you soon.
0:44.0	Thank you. Bye. Yeah, we appreciate all the bad jokes from Duff. The bigger the grown, the better.
0:51.0	And that's our friend Duff Machagan calling in from around the globe to give us the absolute worst pieces of shit jokes you can think of.
0:59.0	What a great guy. Of course, from a great rock and roll band called Guns and Roses.
1:03.0	And thanks to Duff for checking in every Friday with Duff Machagan's joke of the week.
1:07.0	And thanks again to Dave Meltzer for checking in because there's nothing funny about today's guest and topic.
1:13.0	We're gonna do the Montreal Screwjob 20 years later.
1:17.0	It's been two decades since the famous Double Cross finish between Bret Hart and Sean Michaels went down.
1:23.0	But the impact that Adam Pro Wrestling is still being felt today.
1:27.0	It upended the biz, especially the WWE, which may not have risen to its extraordinary heights in the late 90s and early 2000s.
1:33.0	With the rise of the attitude era, there may not have been the villainous Mr. McMahon character, which took business through the roof and provided the breakout star,
1:41.0	Stone Cold Steve Austin with his best rival. You saw that this past Monday on Raw.
1:45.0	And I'm sure also if it wouldn't have been so successful, they might not have ever been able to become a publicly traded company.
1:51.0	Maybe WCW would have won the Monday Night War or so many what ifs if the events in Montreal had not happened.
1:58.0	It's changed the way Wrestling was presented on TV then and is now Dave Meltzer and I talk about it all.
2:04.0	All the details and events in the 12 months leading up to Montreal.
2:09.0	All the details from what happened in the ring and the locker room afterwards.
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