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Of all the punches Bret (The Hitman) Hart threw in his professional wrestling career, the one that really sticks out left his boss unconscious on the floor in 1997.

“It was only one punch but it was such a beautiful punch,” Hart said of knocking out WWE chairman Vince McMahon. “Of all the things I’ve ever done in my life, it was the sweetest, most beautiful punch anyone could ever throw. It was just amazing. The whole memory of it brings a smile to my face.

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“I just maybe wish that I’d mopped the floor with (wrestlers) Triple H and Shawn Michaels both at the same time right after. That would have been ideal.”

The episode with McMahon was the capper to the so-called “Montreal Screwjob,” which the WWE (then called the World Wrestling Federation) has called the “most infamous moment” in the company’s history.

In the main event of the ’97 Survivor Series pay-per-view card, Hart lost the heavyweight title when the bell rang as Michaels had him in a submission move.