On This Day: September 20, 1997 – Shotgun Saturday Night: The Saviors Of Tag Team Wrestling
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Saturday Night
Date: September 20, 1997
Location: Worthen Arena, Muncie, Indiana
Attendance: 3,329
Commentators: Michael Cole, Jim Cornette
The whole show is spent talking about the first MSG Raw which really was a huge deal. Link provided at the bottom.
This is also after the unique parts of the show have been eliminated, making it just another syndicated style show.
Owen Hart vs. Flash Funk
Back with Flash getting two off a spinning high cross body. Owen gets two off a swinging neckbreaker but Flash blocks a piledriver with a kick to the head. Flash drapes the Canadian flag over Owen and gets two off a middle rope flip legdrop but Owen hits the piledriver for the pin.
Ahmed Johnson is ready for a shot at The Rock in the last first round match.
Vader vs. The Sultan
Phineas Godwinn is looking forward to Being in MSG.
We get the Austin interview from Raw with Jerry Lawler laughing about Austin Stunning JR and Slaughter recently. Lawler wants to see it happen to Vince but Austin wants to talk about JR some more. JR was in the wrong place at the wrong time so just mind your business and no more Stunners.
Austin reads a fan letter and promises to go nuts in MSG this Monday.
Los Boricuas vs. Rockabilly/Jesse James
The other Boricuas come in to beat down Billy and James post match.
Shawn vs. Undertaker vs. Bret in a triple threat for the title is announced for Monday. You would have heard of that match if it ever happened, meaning it never occurred.
El Pantera vs. Super Loco
Super Loco is Super Crazy of course and the flips begin very quickly. Crazy flips Pantera over but misses an elbow drop. Pantera hooks a surfboard but has to let it go to avoid getting pinned. A slow motion Sin Cara style armdrag takes Crazy down and Pantera sends him to the floor for a dropkick and a suicide dive. Back in and Crazy crotches him on the ropes for a spinwheel kick to the back of the head and a dropkick to send Pantera to the floor.
Godwinns vs. Disciples of Apocalypse
Rating: D-. Filler and nothing more. The tag division sucked at this point.
Post match the rest of the DOA comes out for the save, sending the Godwinns running to end the show.
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