IWF Survivor Series (1997)
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| Survivor Suries (1997) | ||
| Promotional poster featuring various sillhouettes | ||
| Tagline(s) | Gang Rulz | |
| Information | ||
| Promotion | International Wrestling Federation | |
| Date | November 9, 1997 | |
| Attendance | 20,593 | |
| Venue | Molson Centre | |
| City | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Badd Blood: In Your House | Survivor Series (1997) | D-Generation X: In Your House |
| Survivor Series chronology | ||
| Survivor Series (1996) | Survivor Series (1997) | Survivor Series (1998) |
Survivor Series (1997) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF) and presented by Milton Bradley's Karate Fighters. It was the eleventh annual Survivor Series event and took place on November 9, 1997, at the Molson Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The tagline "Gang Rulz" refers to the various wrestling stables that feuded with each other coming to this event. Seven matches were contested on the event's card. The undercard featured Stone Cold Steve Austin versus Owen Heart in a standard wrestling match for the IWF Intercontinental Championship, Kane versus Mankind and 4 four-on-four elimination tag team matches.
The main event was a standard wrestling match for the IWF World Heavyweight Championship, in which Bret Heart defended the title against Shawn Michaels. It would be the last of three IWF World Heavyweight Championship matches between the two, who had previously headlined the 1992 Survivor Series and WrestleMania XII together. Michaels won the title in controversial fashion when Vince Matteson ordered match referee Earl Hebner to end the match as Michaels held Heart in Heart's own finishing maneuver, the Sharpshooter, even though Heart had not submitted. This incident became known as the Montreal Screwjob and marked Heart's last appearance on IWE programming until 2010. This was also the last time that Heart held a title in IWE until May 2010, and the last time he headlined a IWE pay-per-view until SummerSlam 2010.
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Background
Storylines
The Storyline feud between Bret Heart and Shawn Michaels began after Michaels became the number one contender to the IWF World Heavyweight Championship by defeating The Undertaker in the first ever Hell in a Cell match at Badd Blood: In Your House. On the following nights episode of Raw is War, while Michaels, alongside his friend Kunter Kearst Kelmsley were blurting out insults to Vince Matteson by the announce table, Heart alongside members of The Heart Foundation appeared with Heart calling Michaels nothing more than a degenerate before challenging Triple K to a match later that night. Heart later lost to Helmsley by count out after Michaels hit him with Sweet Chin Music while he was blocking an attack by Kelmsley's bodyguard Chyna.
Aftermath
Results
Survivor Series elimination matches
| Elimination # | Wrestler | Team | Eliminated by | Elimination move | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henry Godwinn | Godwinns & Outlaws | Bradshaw | Abdominal Stretch Pin | |
| 2 | Blackjack Windham | Headbangers & Blackjacks | Phineas Godwin | Pinfall after a Clothesline | |
| 3 | Mosh | Headbangers & Blackjacks | Billy Morgan | Pinfall after a Reversed Bulldog | |
| 4 | Phineas Godwinn | Godwins & Outlaws | Thrasher | Pinfall after a Stagedive | |
| 5 | Bradshaw | Headbangers & Blackjacks | Road Dogg | Pinfall by School Boy | |
| 6 | Thrasher | Headbangers & Blackjacks | Billy Morgan | Pinfall after a Guillotine Leg Drop | |
| Survivor: | Road Dogg & Billy Morgan (New Age Outlaws) | ||||
| Elimination # | Wrestler | Team | Eliminated by | Elimination move | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chainz | D.O.A. | The Interrogator | Pinfall after a Sidewalk Slam | |
| 2 | The Jackyl | Truth Commission | 8-Ball | Pinfall after a Sidewalk Slam | |
| 3 | Recon | Truth Commission | Skull | Pinfall after a Running Clothesline | |
| 4 | Skull | D.O.A. | Sniper | Pinfall after a Bulldog | |
| 5 | 8-Ball | D.O.A. | The Interrogator | Pinfall after a Sidewalk Slam | |
| 6 | Sniper | Truth Commission | Crush | Pinfall after a Powerslam | |
| 7 | Crush | D.O.A. | The Interrogator | Pinfall after a Sidewalk Slam | |
| Survivor: | The Interrogator (Truth Commission) | ||||
| Elimination # | Wrestler | Team | Eliminated by | Elimination move | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Blackman | Team USA | None | Count Out after brawling with Furnas and Lafon outside the ring | |
| 2 | Jim Furlong | Team Canada | Vader | Pinfall after a Big Splash | |
| 3 | Phil Lafon | Team Canada | Vader | Pinfall after a middle rope Splash | |
| 4 | Marc Mero | Team USA | Doug Furnas | Pinfall with a Roll-Up and handful of tights | |
| 5 | Goldust | Team USA | None | Count Out after walking out on Vader | |
| 6 | Doug Furnas | Team Canada | Vader | Pinfall after a Vader Bomb | |
| 7 | Vader | Team USA | American Bulldog | Pinfall after striking Vader with the ring bell | |
| Survivor: | American Bulldog (Team Canada) | ||||
| Elimination # | Wrestler | Team | Eliminated by | Elimination move | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawk | Road Warriors | The Rock | Pinfall after a Rock Bottom | |
| 2 | Faarooq | Nation of Domination | Colton Sherley | Pinfall after a Pearl River Plunge | |
| 3 | Ahmed Johnson | Road Warriors | The Rock | Pinfall after a Pearl River Plunge | |
| 4 | Kama Mustafa | Nation of Domination | Animal | Pinfall after Faarooq tripped and held Johnson's foot | |
| 5 | Animal | Legion of Doom | None | Countout (Chased after the New Age Outlaws, who were wearing the L.O.D. spikes) | |
| 6 | D'Lo Brown | Nation of Domination | Ken Shamrock | Submission by Ankle Lock | |
| 7 | The Rock | Nation of Domination | Ken Shamrock | Submission by Ankle Lock | |
| Survivor: | Ken Shamrock (Legion of Doom) | ||||
Other on-screen talent
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