Kammala wannan jumla: A matsayin mai masaukin baki na Janairu 4 episode na "Raw", Bret Hart ya yi ya koma ga show. A karo na farko Hart ya bayyana tun da Montreal Screwjob lamarin a
1997 Survivor Series inda Vince McMahon ya shiga cikin halal biyu-cin Hart daga WWF Championship. A kan "Raw", Hart ya yi ƙoƙari ya sanya duk tashin hankali a gefe kuma ya yi zaman lafiya tare da McMahon, amma McMahon ya sake cin amanar Hart kuma ya buge shi a cikin kashinsa. Rashin jituwa ya kara tsananta yayin bayyanar Hart ta biyu wata daya bayan haka, inda McMahon ya ki amincewa da mahaifin Hart, Stu Hart, a cikin WWE Hall of Fame. A ranar 8 ga watan Fabrairu na "Raw", John Cena ya kira McMahon ya gaya masa cewa Hart yana so ya fuskanta a WrestleMania, wanda McMahon ya yarda. Hart, wanda aka dakatar daga fagen, ya bayyana kuma ya kai hari ga McMahon. Da yake ɓoyewa a bayan masu tsaron, McMahon ya canza tunaninsa kuma ya soke wasan. Ba zai iya samun wasan nasa ba, Hart ya yi magana da magoya bayan mako guda kuma ya yanke shawarar yin ban kwana, yana gode musu. Daga baya a wannan daren, Hart ya shiga cikin hadarin mota lokacin da wata motar da ke juyawa ta fasa kofar buɗe daga motar motar Hart a kafafunsa, ta aika Hart zuwa asibiti nan da nan. McMahon ya yarda da "albarka mai kyau" daga Hart a ranar 1 ga Maris na "Raw", amma ɓangaren ya ƙare a matsayin ƙalubale daga McMahon don wasan WrestleMania. Duk da rashin yarda da farko daga Hart saboda ƙafarsa, an shawo kan Hart ya karɓa bayan McMahon ya ce ba shi da zuciya, ya kira shi mai tsoro kuma ya harbe shi daga ƙarƙashinsa. An gudanar da yarjejeniyar kwangila makonni biyu bayan haka, wanda mai ba da izinin Stone Cold Steve Austin ya jagoranci, wanda ya juya shawarar McMahon game da shigar Stu Hart cikin Hall of Fame. Kafin a sanya hannu kan kwangilar, Hart ya nemi wasan ya zama wasan da ba a hana shi ba, wanda McMahon ya amince da shi. Bayan haka, Hart ya bayyana cewa ƙafarsa tana da kyau sosai kuma cewa haɗarin motar da ya yi shi ne saitin da Cena da kansa suka ƙirƙira don tilasta wasa daga McMahon.