Episode 267: King Of The Ring 1997 REMIX

Grilling JR

Podcast Heat

Sports, Wrestling

4.7 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2024

⏱️ 139 minutes

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On this week's Grilling JR with The Voice Of Wrestling, Jim Ross & Conrad Thompson, the guys talk AEW Double Or Nothing, before getting into this week's main course, King Of The Ring '97! It was an interesting time in WWE. WCW was handily winning the ratings war week after week, Bret Hart and The Hart Foundation were the top heels in the company, and Bret and Shawn Michaels were certainly having their issues. The Undertaker was WWE Champion, Steve Austin's star was continuing to rise, and guys like Mankind, Goldust, and HHH were solidifying their characters and their spots for the upcoming Attitude Era. Plus, The Nation Of Domination, Ahmed Johnson, The Headbangers, The Legion Of Doom, Sid, Crush and more were on the card! MANSCAPED - Give your dad a Father's Day gift he will be using for years to come. Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code JIMROSS at https://www.manscaped.com/ BUSINESS IS ABOUT TO PICK UP - Make sure you get your hands on the most anticipated books coming out this year, "Business Is About To Pick Up: 50 years in wrestling in 50 unforgettable calls" available now to ORDER at https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739380/business-is-about-to-pick-up-by-jim-ross-with-paul-obrien/ SAVE WITH CONRAD - Start 2024 saving money with some help from our friends at https://www.savewithconrad.com/ ADVERTISE WITH GRILLING JR - If your business targets 25-54 year old men, there's no better place to advertise than right here with us on Grilling JR. You've heard us do ads for some of the same companies for years...why? Because it works! And with our super targeted audience, there's very little waste. Go to https://www.podcastheat.com/advertise now and find out more about advertising with Grilling JR. Get all of your Grilling JR merchandise at https://boxofgimmicks.com/collections/grilling-jr On AdFreeShows.com, you get early, ad-free access to more than a dozen of your favorite wrestling podcasts, starting at just $9! And now, you can enjoy the first week...completely FREE! Sign up for a free trial - and get a taste of what Ad Free Shows is all about. Start your free trial today at https://www.patreon.com/adfreeshows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:25.8	Hey folks is Dave Soba and you're listening to Gilling JR without the voice of
0:39.0	wrestling Jim Ross and Conrad Thompson. Now folks we've had a case of the perfect storm.
0:45.0	Jim is under the weather and isn't feeling well today so we want to say a prayer and send good thoughts to him that he's feeling a lot better and gets better
0:53.9	before double or nothing this weekend in Las Vegas and Conrad well he's just
0:59.0	having rig issues he cannot get his rig working we've've unplugged, plugged, turned on, turned off, checked batteries.
1:07.2	We've done everything we possibly could, and for some reason his rig's not working.
1:11.7	So today we are going to take a look back at King of the
1:16.2	Ring 1997. Now this is the time in the W. W.C. W. W. W. was winning the
1:22.1	ratings and they are hot. Week after week
1:24.6	W.C. W. W. is dominating the ratings. And Brett Hart and the Hart
1:29.0	Foundation are the lead heels in the company. Brett's disagreements with Sean Michaels
1:35.2	are really stirring up and getting hot.
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