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10 Things You Didn't Know About WWE In 1997 - The End Of An Era! Rob Van Dam's Road Dogg Problem! The Truth Behind The Commission! The Return Of The Ultimate Warrior...AGAIN?!

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🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Fights, firsts, and not a single word about the Montreal Screwjob. Gareth Morgan presents 10 Things You Didn't Know About WWE In 1997...


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0:00.0

From Warrior returns to the backstage heat since a one-of-the-kind superstar's way.

0:05.1

These are all the fascinating things you likely didn't know about the world of sports entertainment

0:09.9

in the wacky year of 1997. And before you ask, no, Montreal will not be discussed here.

0:15.6

It's time we all moved on, yeah. So I am Gareth, this is what culture wrestling,

0:19.4

and here are 10 things you didn't know about WWE in 1997. Number 10, a UFC. 10 a

0:25.0

UFC finished FINny to a Wrestle-Mania main event.

0:27.0

A far more captivating storyline conclusion to a Brett Hart's

0:31.0

Sean Michael's match instead of the real life one everyone remembers.

0:34.3

Brett Hart revealed the violence he had in store for their WrestleMania 13 rematch before

0:38.8

it was canned after HB K lost his smile.

0:41.9

Speaking years after the events he said I had an idea where I was gonna if you could visualize

0:46.7

like it's like a 30 35 minute match me and Sean would have tore the house down with a really great

0:51.6

match and the places going crazy.

0:53.7

Basically a duplicate of the Iron Man match all over again, but we wouldn't go the full hour again.

0:58.8

I wanted to do a thing where Sean was stomping his foot, getting ready to give me the big kick, and I'm in trouble like I'm pulling myself up from the ropes on the other side of the ring, and Sean goes to give me that big kick as I stag it over to him, just like at the Iron Man match. Except this time I would take Sean's foot,

1:14.0

catch it in the air and get him to the ground,

1:16.0

and put some kind of shoot hold on his foot

1:18.0

and break his foot right in the middle of the ring.

1:21.0

I wanted Sean to tap out like they do in UFC. Where it's like when they break

1:24.8

somebody's arm they tap out pretty fast and everyone jumps in and it's a very serious kind of thing.

1:30.1

I wanted to break Sean's foot and then they hand me the belt and I would have gone over and stand over the top of him and go, F you.

1:36.0

A future friendly finish for the day, Brett's idea of a flash victory would still be a white-hot moment all these years later if it had happened.

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