Earl Hebner was the referee for the infamous Montreal Screwjob incident and the veteran official is now making some bold claims about the whole incident.
The former WWE employee recently had an interview with the VOC Nation podcast and during the talk, he claimed that he now thinks that the whole incident was a work:
“At that time, I really didn’t think it was a work; today, I think it was, somebody had to be the gopher, somebody had to ring the bell, and to make it look official, it was me.”
Continuing on the topic, Hebner said that it has bothered him for a long time and after talking to Bret Hart, he is now sure that both Hart and Shawn Michaels knew that it was a work:
“It’s bothered me for a long time. Now that I’ve been with Bret, talked to Bret, been on some indie shows with him, we’re great friends now, believe me.” said Earl Hebner. “I’m pretty sure that both of them knew it was a work … the only one that didn’t know at the time was me … I know I (got screwed), but I don’t know if they did.”
