World Wrestling Federation presents Shotgun Saturday Night
Date: 5/3/1997
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Matches:
1.) WWF Tag Team Champions British Bulldog & Owen Hart defeated The New Blackjacks (Bradshaw & Windham) by disqualification to retain the titles
2.) Vader defeated Willie Choke
3.) Ahmed Johnson defeated Mike DeCero
4.) Savio Vega & Crush defeated Derek Stone & Neil Haley
Angle Developments/Notes:
1.) Windham and Bulldog kickoff the match with Windham taking Bulldog down with an arm drag, but Bulldog complains of a hair pull. Bulldog works over Windham with a strike and a powerslam for a two count as Bradshaw breaks the cover. Windham plants Bulldog with a back suplex for a two count due to Owen getting involved. Bradshaw tags into the match and kicks Bulldog, but Owen tags into the match. Owen kicks Bradshaw and ducks a clothesline, but is nailed by a big boot. Bradshaw runs the ropes and Owen hits a spinning heel kick for a two count. Owen is sent to the floor and Bradshaw rams Owen onto the announcers table. Bradshaw dumps Bulldog to the floor. Owen hits Bradshaw with the tag championship a couple of times, but the referee didn’t see it. Owen covers, but Windham makes the save. Bradshaw is double teamed in the corner by the champs while the referee is distracted. Bradshaw is met with a double clothesline. Owen drives Bradshaw down with a neckbreaker, but Windham makes the save on the cover attempt. Bradshaw fights out of the corner and drops Bulldog with a strike. Bulldog stomps on Bradshaw’s left knee several times to maintain the advantage. Owen tags into the match and tries for a suplex, but Bradshaw counters with a suplex of his own for a two count. Owen nails Bradshaw with a kick to the head for a near fall. Bulldog returns to the match and elbow drops Bradshaw on the knee and puts a submission on, but doesn’t get a submission. Bulldog tries for a powerslam, but Windham pulls Bradshaw off and Bradshaw nails Bulldog with a lariat. All four men are in the ring brawling until Bradshaw grabs a tag title and whacks Owen over the back a couple of times to cause a disqualification. (*1/2. It’s a lame finish, but I guess they don’t want the New Blackjacks doing a job on Shotgun to the champs. Blackjacks don’t seem to align as either a face or heel duo, but rather whatever suits them for a given matchup. They are effectively a tweener tag team, I suppose.)
2.) Shawn Michaels makes his way down to the ring to cut a promo. Kevin Kelly is in the ring to conduct the interview. Kelly brings up the latest WWF Magazine where Vic Venom wrote an article about Michaels having a near nervous breakdown. Michaels promises that he wasn’t having a nervous breakdown. Michaels says there’s been a lot of negativity and admits that a lot of it has come from him. Michaels has been sitting at home and thinking. Michaels thinks things are getting wacky in the WWF these days. Michaels isn’t going to get upset about it like he has in the past. There’s nothing that’s going to stop him from being in a good mood these days. Michaels leaves the ring and sits on the railing. Michaels will be shaking his booty and slapping hands when he returns to the ring. He’s going to have fun when he wrestles as he has for the past thirteen years. Michaels says that he’s the guy who sets what is cool and what’s not. So, being cool with the fans is deemed cool now.
3.) Vader dominated his squash match winning with a middle rope splash.
4.) Ahmed Johnson cuts a promo before his match and goes his opponent a “milk dud boy” and suggests he leaves the ring because he’s in a bad mood. Ahmed didn’t take his Prozac. DeCero didn’t to not leave and instead slapped Ahmed. So, we know how that ends up. Ahmed takes his anger out on the poor guy and hits the Pearl River Plunge off the middle rope to win the match easily.
5.) Vega and Crush dominate their tag squash winning after a backbreaker/middle rope elbow drop combo. After the match, Faarooq whipped one of the guys with a strap.
6.) Sunny Undercover is next. Sunny asks who wants to get under the covers with her, as she has a bed on the top the aisle. Sunny brings up Henry Godwinn breaking his neck against LOD. Sunny says that Phineas will be looking for a new hillbilly to replace Henry. Sunny teases that it’s one of her former tag champs. She also talks about Furnas and LaFon getting mad about not getting the proper support from the fans. Sunny thinks the fans have been brainwashed by the costumes and the flashing lights. Sunny says that LaFon and Furnas have been a top team for eight years and thinks she needs to manage them. Sunny brings up the Hart Foundation becoming a dynasty in the WWF as they have all the singles gold except for the WWF World Championship. Sunny thinks that another member other than Bret wants the World Championship. Sunny says he’s animal enough to please her as a hint. Sunny plugs her recent photoshoot that she’s completed. Sunny reveals we’ll see it next month in the RAW magazine.
Final Thoughts:
Not too bad of a show this week as the enhancement matches were enjoyable. I wish the Blackjacks would get some kind of proper direction. I think fans would support them if given the opportunity to do so.
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