On This Day (Second Post): September 22, 1997 – Monday Night Raw: The First Shot Is Fired

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Date: September 22, 1997
Location: Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
Attendance: 14,615
Commentators: Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler, Vince McMahon

Intercontinental Title Tournament First Round: Rocky Maivia vs. Ahmed Johnson

We get a stupid commercial for a lazer tag thing with Sable on a secret mission or something.

Floyd Patterson is here. Look him up rookies.

Sunny comes out to be ring announcer.

Legion of Doom vs. Farrooq/Kama Mustafa

Johnson tries to make the save but the Nation is too big so the referees have to break it up.

Intercontinental Title Tournament Semi-Finals: Owen Hart vs. Brian Pillman

Bulldog Bob Brower, a legendary wrestler in Kansas City, died over the weekend.

Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Dude Love

Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Cactus Jack

HHH rams Cactus into a wall for two and heads back into the arena, but Cactus pulls out a fire extinguisher and blasts HHH into the barricade. The railing is broken down and they head into the ring only to send HHH over the corner and back out to the floor. Cactus tries the elbow off the apron but hits the trashcan from the beginning. Chyna sends him into the steps and we take a break.

Video on some sweepstakes.

Andre the Giant slammed Big John Studd at the first Wrestlemania.

More stills from One Night Only with Shawn beating Bulldog.

Bret Hart vs. Goldust

They slug it out (Bret and Goldust, not Shawn and the fans) but Bret goes right back to the leg and cannonballs down onto it. Goldie kicks Bret over the top and we head to the floor for more brawling. Bret gets sent into the steps and back inside the bulldog gets two, but Goldust charges into a knee in the corner. The Sharpshooter ends this quick.