Category: 1997

December 1997

1/6/2018

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Bob Bamber is joined by Rory McNamara and Jeff Parker to review WCW Starrcade, Hogan vs Sting, the 90 minutes of Nitro that were so bad and turned so many people off it forced people to change course and much more in perhaps the most significant month in WCW history.

Chris White is joined by Rory McNamara and Craig Wilson reviewing the latest change in attitude for the WWF, as Vince formally ushers in a change of creative approach, Steve Austin and the Rock's feud keeps going, and Owen Hart cuts the promo that might finally make him a main event act.

Erick Landstrom is joined by Chris Lacey reviewing the latest action in ECW for December 1997.

Chris White is joined by Bob Bamber reviewing UFC Ultimate Japan from December 1997. A quiet show by UFC standards, but still a noteworthy one including Randy Couture winning his first UFC title, Kazushi Sakuraba's only UFC appearance and a fight that had the decision changed and then was rematched later in the same show.

We see in the end of 1997 with contributions from Bob Bamber, Chris White, Erick Landstrom, Rory McNamara, Dan Welling, Craig Wilson and Chris Lacey reviewing WCW, the WWF and ECW in 1997 and looking ahead to 1998.

Bob Bamber is joined by Rory McNamara, Erick Landstrom and Dan Welling for the all important end of year awards. The same 15 awards as last year, just as much controversy as normal and, much like last year, Scott Hall is a hot topic.

November 1997

12/3/2017

The moment Bret realised

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Bob Bamber is joined by Rory McNamara and Erick Landstrom reviewing Survivor Series 1997, the "Montreal Screwjob" - including whether Vince could've done more to stop it, the idea that history seems to have forgotten that might have placated everyone and a story that everyone seems to come out looking bad on.

Bob Bamber is joined by Dan Welling and Craig Wilson reviewing the WCW action for November 1997. A quiet month, underscored by an unusually bad WCW pay-per-view and the bizarre way Eric Bischoff decided to announce Bret Hart's soon-to-be-arrival in Atlanta.

Bob Bamber is joined by Chris Lacey and Peter Kimber, reviewing ECW's third ever pay-per-view November to Remember - including an absolutely barmy Sabu/Sandman match and possibly the first ECW PPV match worthy of the name.

October 1997

10/30/2017

At the conclusion of one of the great main events, Kane debuted

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Bob Bamber is joined by Rory McNamara and Craig Wilson reviewing a big month of WWF action. After the first ever Hell in a Cell match and the debut of Kane, we look at a barmy first Raw of the month, the debut of "Degenaration X", Jim Cornette and his "opinion", the return of Jeff Jarrett and the overtly racist overtones of the latest angles involving Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart and the Nation of Domination.

At the conclusion of the show, we take a look back at the life and career of Brian Pillman 20 years on from his death.

Bob Bamber is joined by Tom Martyn and Rory McNamara reviewing an absolutely mental Halloween Havoc pay per view - where the match of the year candidate may not have even cracked the top 5 moments on the show. We also look at the return of Ric Flair, an avalanche of Sting's and the rapid ascent of Bill Goldberg.

Erick Landstrom is joined by Chris Lacey reviewing all of the ECW action for October. It might have only been two weeks of "new TV" but does feature an ECW Heavyweight Title change.

Chris White is joined by Tom Martyn and Bob Bamber reviewing the latest UFC action as Vitor Belfort takes on Randy Couture and Tank Abbot subs in for Dan Severn in the main event in an all-heavyweight UFC 15: Collision Course.

Chris White is joined by Bob Bamber reviewing the first ever Pride Fighting Championship show from Japan. Featuring a 30-minute snoozer between Dan Severn and Kimo Leopaldo, a brutal knockout by Gary Goodridge, a fighter escaping a chokehold by falling out the ring, a kickboxing bout that ends in a no-contest and much more!

The Bloody Elbow piece on the pro-wrestling background that lead to the formation of Pride FC

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