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WrestleMania 13
WWF WrestleMania 13
March 23, 1997
Chicago, IL
Rosemont Horizon
The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: Psycho Sid (2/17/1997)
Intercontinental Champion: Rocky Maivia (2/13/1997)
European Champion: Davey Boy Smith (3/3/1997)
World Tag Team Champions: Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith (9/22/1996)
INTRO VIDEO: No one is smiling this year – specifically not Shawn Michaels.
Your hosts are Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, and Jerry Lawler. Read the rest of this entry
Raw is War Recap (03.17.97)
WWF Raw is War
March 17, 1997
Syracuse, NY
War Memorial Auditorium
LIVE!
The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: Psycho Sid (2/17/1997)
Intercontinental Champion: Rocky Maivia (2/13/1997)
European Champion: Davey Boy Smith (3/3/1997)
World Tag Team Champions: Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith (9/22/1996)
HOUR NUMBER ONE! Your hosts are Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, and Jerry Lawler. Read the rest of this entry
Raw is War (03.10.97)
WWF Raw is War
March 10, 1997
Worcester, MA
The Centrum
LIVE!
The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: Psycho Sid (2/17/1997)
Intercontinental Champion: Rocky Maivia (2/13/1997)
European Champion: Davey Boy Smith (3/3/1997)
World Tag Team Champions: Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith (9/22/1996)
Explosions are happening inside of a warehouse! Reflections of WWF superstars are seen on walls! People are fighting each other! IS THAT EVIL MARILYN MANSON MUSIC I HEAR? It must be the debut of RAW is WAR.
A tougher-looking show was just the thing the WWF needed at the time. We see pyro, we see the debut of the giant Titan Tron, and we see the steel rampway. All this change and yet we still have the same old red-white-blue colored ring. They may now have Attitude, but Vince is still totally 100% American. Those colors don’t run, ya know.
Your hosts are Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, and Jerry Lawler. Read the rest of this entry
Monday Night Raw (02.24.97)
Monday Night Raw
February 24, 1997
New York City
Manhattan Center
LIVE!
The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: Psycho Sid (2/17/1997)
Intercontinental Champion: Rocky Maivia (2/13/1997)
World Tag Team Champions: Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith (9/22/1996)
Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Jerry “The King” Lawler. JR has some time off to be with his family after his father passed away. Read the rest of this entry
Monday Night Raw (02.17.97)
Monday Night Raw
February 17, 1997
Nashville, TN
Nashville Arena
LIVE!
The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: Bret Hart (2/16/1997)
Intercontinental Champion: Rocky Maivia (2/13/1997)
World Tag Team Champions: Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith (9/22/1996)
Your hosts are Good Ol’ JR and Jerry “The King” Lawler. Read the rest of this entry
Thursday Raw Thursday (02.13.97)
Thursday Raw Thursday
February 13, 1997
Lowell, MA
Memorial Auditorium
LIVE!
The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: Shawn Michaels (1/19/1997)
Intercontinental Champion: Hunter Hearst Helmsley (10/21/1996)
World Tag Team Champions: Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith (9/22/1996)
Since the dog show interrupted Monday Night Raw’s regular timeslot and left WCW’s flagship program completely unopposed considering I highly doubt too many wrestling fans wanted to see which person’s dog took home the gold or whatever happens on those things, the WWF and the USA network fought back with a stacked card just three days before the next In Your House PPV with their own completely unopposed one-night-only wrestling program – THURSDAY RAW THURSDAY!
And they start us off with a bomb shell… “Tonight, the World Wrestling Federation Title will be declared vacant. Thus, this Sunday’s ‘Final Four’ winner will become the new World Wrestling Federation Champion. Tonight…live…Shawn Michaels will forfeit the World Wrestling Federation Championship.”
Your hosts are Vince McMahon, Good Ol’ JR, and Jerry “The King” Lawler. Read the rest of this entry
Monday Night Raw (02.03.97)
Monday Night Raw
February 3, 1997
Toronto, ON, CA
The Skydome
(Taped on 1/31/97)
The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: Shawn Michaels (1/19/1997)
Intercontinental Champion: Hunter Hearst Helmsley (10/21/1996)
World Tag Team Champions: Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith (9/22/1996)
So WCW does a Monday night dome show, now the WWF does one too? Vince wastes no time in taking a moment to brag that it’s the biggest live audience for a Monday night show that no one is watching.
Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Good Ol’ JR. Read the rest of this entry
Monday Night Raw (01.27.97)
Monday Night Raw
January 27, 1997
Beaumont, TX
Montagne Center
(Taped on 1/20/97)
The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: Shawn Michaels (1/19/1997)
Intercontinental Champion: Hunter Hearst Helmsley (10/21/1996)
World Tag Team Champions: Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith (9/22/1996)
Recap of last week is shown. All four individuals are here this week as well. That means it might get CRAZY!
Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler. Read the rest of this entry
IYH XII: It’s Time (12.96)
WWF In Your House: It’s Time
December 15, 1996
West Palm Beach, FL
Memorial Auditorium
The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: Psycho Sid (11/17/1996)
Intercontinental Champion: Hunter Hearst Helmsley (10/21/1996)
World Tag Team Champions: Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith (9/22/1996)
Your hosts are Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, and Jerry Lawler.
Free For All:
Earlier Today on Superstars, Bret and Sid got into a FIGHT outside the arena. What are Shawn’s thoughts on the matter? Whatever. Bret has told the world that if HBK ruins this match for him, that there will be HELL TO PAY! Shawn’s shaking in his boots over that one. He calls Bret stupid and obnoxious. Let’s get to some RASSLIN! Read the rest of this entry
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1997
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1997
August 17, 1997
War Memorial Auditorium
Fort Lauderdale, FL
The current ECW champions were as follows:
World Champion: Sabu (8/9/97)
Television Champion: Taz (6/7/97)
Tag Team Champions: The Gangstas (7/19/97)
Your host is Joey Styles.
Rick Rude interrupts Styles’ intro speech, and Styles gives him some grief over his soon-to-occur jump to WWF. Rude taunts the crowd a bit, then introduces Chris Candido. Candido is followed by Tod Gordon, who tells Rude to beat it since he’s not a licensed manager. Read the rest of this entry
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