by 1997
Winner – Stone Cold Steve Austin
Who should have won – Bret Hart
Reason – The plan all along was to have Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels II at WrestleMania 13. This botched finish of Austin winning instead, really complicated things and made everything else look awkward. HBK eventually refused to put Hart over at WrestleMania, instead opting to opt out of the match by claiming he had “lost his smile”, which made everything even worse.
The bottom line, Bret Hart should have won cleanly and then went on to defeat Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania.
