20 years later: 5 reasons why some believe the Montreal Screwjob was a work

#2 The finish of the match was far too smooth

Why was the production so smooth?

The official screwjob story states that there were very few people who knew what was going to happen that night. It appears as though a small, intimate team, including Vince, Shawn, Hebner and a few of McMahon's associates were the only ones privy to the situation. If this is to be believed, then why did the match end in such a smooth, ordered fashion?

When Shawn applies the Sharpshooter on Bret and the referee rings for the bell, Shawn's music instantly plays, the cameras focus in on Bret and manage to capture the moment where the Hitman chooses to spit on his boss out of sheer disgust.

At the very least, this suggests that more people were involved in the planning of the screwjob than originally thought. If this was such a secretive operation, the guys in the production truck would not have known they needed to hit Shawn Michael's music so quickly, and the cameramen wouldn't have thought to have focused in on Bret rather than the man who had just become WWF Champion.

The production on that night makes the whole thing look too much like ordered chaos. Yes, we saw Bret's confusion and Shawn choosing to run for the hills, but the point is we saw it all too easily, like the whole of the WWF production team knew exactly what was going to happen beforehand.