I was shocked more by the fact that he looked back favorably on a match in which he had to lose to HBK even though he didn't hate him at that point.....as much.
Plus he seemed really pissed off at the end of it. Did anyone ever notice that Earl Hebner waits until he's sure Bret is looking before handing the title to HBK? It's like he went out of his way to do it in front of Bret at the end of the Iron Man match. Not sure why he did that, but it always seemed odd to me that you can actually see Earl just standing there holding the title for a good minute before reaching down and handing it to HBK and the look on Bret's face makes him look pissed.