SlyGuy21
1st Match: HHH vs Mankind. Following their super boring match from King of the Ring, we get this alright one. I remember them having a cage match at Summerslam, and it makes sense given how this one ends in a no contest. The crowd's more into the match, and there are some cool spots, so I guess it does a good job of starting the show. Rating: 3/52nd Match: Taka Michinoku vs The Great Sasuke. Part of WWF's Light Heavyweight division, or "Not Cruiserweight division". The match is entertaining enough, there are some good spots, but the crowd's kind of distant except for the end. I'd like to see more from Michinoku though, mostly because he has one of my favorite finishers. Rating: 3.5/53rd Match: Undertaker vs Vader, WWF Championship. This was supposed to be Taker vs Ahmed Johnson, but because of injury, Vader got the scraps. This is also the weird waiting period before Kane's debut at Badd Blood, so expect a lot of "Undertaker is a murderer!" lines. It's good for a big man match, but I'm guessing Ahmed would've gotten a bigger reaction. The match is alright though. Rating: 3/54th Match: The Hart Foundation vs Goldust, Ken Shamrock, The Road Warriors, and Stone Cold Steve Austin. This is the match everyone knows from this show, and given how loud the crowd is, it's not hard to see why. Granted, Austin appears to love the crowd hating his gets, and baits them like crazy to boo him. The usual chaos you'd expect from a match this size is here, only with the crowd cheering everything the Hart's do. Owen gets injured and taken out, then Austin gets injured and taken out, then both guys come back out. Weird booking, and the finish is super weak, with a roll-up defeating Austin's team, but it makes sense for the Harts to win on their home turf. It's an exciting match, the finish is just lackluster. Rating: 4.5/5Final Rating: 7 out of 10. This won "Best Major Show" from Dave Meltzer in 1997, and while I can see that, the show as a whole is mostly elevated by the main event. The other matches are good, but not the killers you'd expect.
amanwhorocks
1. The Godwinns Vs. The New BlackJacks - Average bout. 5/10 2. Hunter Hearst Helmsley Vs. Mankind - Mankind must hurt himself in every match. It isn't possible. He deserve great piece of respect. - Double Count out ending hurts me more than Mankind. 6.5/10 3. Taka Michinoku Vs. The Great Sasuke - Taka's PPV debut was fine. Nice moves. He lose either. 8/10 4. Vader Vs. The Undertaker - Rematch? I like that with Vader's victory better. 6.5/10 5. Steve Austin/Ken Shamrock/Goldust/Legion of Doom Vs. Hart Foundation/British Bulldog/Brian Pillman - That was best worked main event I've seen for a while. 9/10
William Walker
Before Brock Lesnar The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin Was Good their was HartBret Hartat the Time when WCW was winning the war With the WWF/Ethe Main Storyline was Austin vs Hart USA vs Cananda and Heading into this PPV a 10 man TagIt was not a long PPV Like the 4 Hours Wrestlemaina's like Today but the Wrestling Was Good 3 Undercard Maitches Dilever HHH vs Mankind Taka Michinoku vs Great Sasuke WWF Title Maitch Undertaker vs Vaderand the night Main Event Delever in a Big war Stone Cold Steve Austin Ken Shamrock Goldust and LOD vs Bret Hart Owen Hart Jim Nighthart The Bulldog and Brian PillmanOver all with a Hour 4 Maitch event it was one of the Top Events of 1997
Big Movie Fan
This wrestling event is still talked about today and many wrestling magazines over the world still rate this card as one of the best of the 1990's.It may have only had four matches but isn't it better to have four good matches on a card than dozens of meaningless and pointless matches?Rising star Hunter Hearst Helmsley had a wild brawl with the deranged Makind. Japanese stars Taka Michinoku and The Great Sasuke had a dazzling match. The Undertaker defended his WWF Title against Vader in a sensational match.The main event was fabulous. At the time the WWF were promoting a storyline featuring Canada VS The United States. On American soil the American wrestlers were the good guys (obviously) but this event took place in Calgary, Canada so paradoxically the good guys became the bad guys and vice versa. In Canada, Bret Hart and his team battled Steve Austin and his team in one of the best WWF matches ever. This match was amazing which was typical for the WWF of 1997.
