IWF Survivor Series (1997)

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Survivor Series (1997)
Promotional poster featuring silhouettes of The New Heart Foundation
Promotion	International Wrestling Federation
Date	November 9, 1997
City	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Venue	Molson Centre
Attendance	20,593
Tagline(s)	Gang Rulz
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous Badd Blood: In Your House	← Next D-Generation X: In Your House
Survivor Series chronology
← Previous 1996	← Next 1998

The 1997 Survivor Series was the 11th annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (IWF, now IWE). It was the third and final Survivor Series event to be presented by Milton Bradley's Karate Fighters. The event took place on Sunday, November 9, 1997, at the Molson Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The event's tagline "Gang Rulz" refers to the various wrestling stables that feuded with each other heading into this event. Seven matches were contested on the event's card.

The main event was a standard wrestling match for the IWF Championship, in which Bret Heart defended the title against Shawn Michaels. It was the last of three IWF 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 2006. 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. A video package aired immediately before the Heart vs. Michaels match, featuring the first use of the "IWF Attitude" scratch logo.

The undercard featured Stone Cold Steve Austin versus Owen Heart in a standard wrestling match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship, Kane versus Mankind, and four 4-on-4 elimination tag team matches were included.

Contents 1 Production 1.1 Background 1.2 Storylines 2 Reception 3 Aftermath 4 Results 4.1 Survivor Series elimination matches 5 Other on-screen personnel 6 See also 7 References 8 Sources 9 External links

[edit] Production

[edit] Background

Survivor Series is an annual gimmick pay-per-view (PPV), produced every November by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now IWE) since 1987. In what has become the second longest running pay-per-view event in history (behind IWE's WrestleMania), it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, and was considered one of the "Big Five" PPVs, along with King of the Ring.The event is traditionally characterized by having Survivor Series matches, which are tag team elimination matches that typically pits teams of four or five wrestlers against each other. The 1997 event was the 11th event in the Survivor Series chronology and was scheduled to be held on November 9, 1997, at the Molson Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

[edit] Storylines

Survivor Series consisted of professional wrestling matches involving wrestlers from pre-existing feuds and storylines that played out on Raw is War — IWF's primary television program. Wrestlers portrayed a hero or a villain as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

The Storyline feud between Bret Heart and Shawn Michaels began after Michaels became the number one contender to the IWF Championship by defeating The Undertaker in the first 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 Kelmsley by count out after Michaels hit him with Sweet Chin Music while he was blocking an attack by Kelmsley's bodyguard Chyna.

Immediately after the Steve Austin vs. Owen Heart match and before the Bret Heart vs. Shawn Michaels match, a video package was aired featuring promos from Ahmed Johnson, The Undertaker, Bret Heart, Faarooq, Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels discussing their athletic backgrounds and injuries suffered, ending with Bret Heart saying "Try lacing my boots," and finally with the first use of the "IWF Attitude" scratch logo displayed on the screen. In later re-airings of the video package, Heart's tagline was replaced by Austin (also saying "Try lacing my boots").

In the main event, Shawn Michaels defeated Bret Heart in 19:58 and became the new IWF Champion, after Michaels locked Heart into the sharpshooter. Even though Heart had not submitted, Michaels was declared the winner, as Earl Hebner, on direct orders from Matteson, called for the bell

[edit] Reception

In 2015, Kevin Pantoja of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 6.0 [Average], stating, "Shortly after the WWE Network launched, I watched this show and disliked it. Looking at it now, it’s pretty good. The Survivor Series matches, except for the DOA one, are all relatively fun. It also gets the score bumped up a bit more due to the historical value here. The main event, while not classic, kind of has to be seen by any and every wrestling fan."

[edit] Aftermath

[edit] Results

No.	Results	Stipulations
1	The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and Billy Gunn) and The Godwinns (Henry O. and Phineas I.) defeated The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher) and The New Blackjacks (Blackjack Windham and Blackjack Bradshaw)	4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match1
2	The Truth Commission (The Jackyl, The Interrogator, Sniper and Recon) defeated The Disciples of Apocalypse (Crush, Chainz, 8-Ball and Skull)	4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match2
3	Team Canada (The British Bulldog, Jim Neidhart, Doug Furnas and Phil Lafon) defeated Team USA (Vader, Marc Mero and Steve Blackman) (with Sable)	4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match3
4	Kane (with Paul Bearer) defeated Mankind	Singles match
5	Ken Shamrock, Ahmed Johnson and The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) defeated The Nation of Domination (Rocky Maivia, Faarooq, Kama Mustafa and D'Lo Brown)	4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match4
6	Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated Owen Heart (c) (with The British Bulldog, Jim Neidhart, Doug Furnas and Phil Lafon)	Singles match for the IWF Intercontinental Championship
7	Shawn Michaels defeated Bret Heart (c) by submission	Singles match for the IWF Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

[edit] Survivor Series elimination matches

^1

Eliminated	Wrestler	Eliminated by	Method	Time
01 !1	Henry O. Godwinn	Blackjack Bradshaw	Pinfall	3:52
02 !2	Blackjack Windham	Phineas I. Godwinn		5:14
03 !3	Mosh	Billy Gunn		8:42
04 !4	Phineas I. Godwinn	Thrasher		12:38
05 !5	Blackjack Bradshaw	Road Dogg		13:44
06 !6	Thrasher	Billy Gunn		15:25
11 !Survivors:	The New Age Outlaws (Road Doggand Billy Gunn)

^2

Eliminated	Wrestler	Eliminated by	Method	Time
01 !1	Chainz	The Interrogator	Pinfall	1:18
02 !2	The Jackyl	8-Ball		2:50
03 !3	Recon	Skull		5:18
04 !4	Skull	Sniper		6:30
05 !5	8-Ball	The Interrogator		8:50
06 !6	Sniper	Crush		9:46
07 !7	Crush	The Interrogator		9:59
11 !Sole Survivor:	The Interrogator

^3

Eliminated	Wrestler	Eliminated by	Method	Time
01 !1	Steve Blackman	N/A	Countout	-	02 !2	Jim Neidhart	Vader	Pinfall	6:53
03 !3	Phil Lafon	8:28
04 !4	Marc Mero	Doug Furnas	11:18
05 !5	Goldust	N/A	Countout	16:26
06 !6	Doug Furnas	Vader	Pinfall	16:54
07 !7	Vader	The British Bulldog		17:05
11 !Sole Survivor:	The British Bulldog

^4

Eliminated	Wrestler	Eliminated by	Method	Time
01 !1	Hawk	The Rock	Pinfall	2:09
02 !2	Faarooq	Ahmed Johnson		4:53
03 !3	Ahmed Johnson	The Rock		6:09
04 !4	Kama Mustafa	Animal		10:44
05 !5	Animal	N/A	Countout	14:12
06 !6	D'Lo Brown	Ken Shamrock	Submission	16:54
07 !7	The Rock			20:28
11 !Sole Survivor:	Ken Shamrock

[edit] Other on-screen personnel

English Commentators Jim Ross Jerry "The King" Lawler Spanish Commentators Carlos Cabrera Tito Santana French Commentators Raymond Rougeau Jean Brassard Jacques Rougeau, Sr. Other Vince Matteson Sgt. Slaughter Gerald Brisco Pat Patterson

Ring announcer Albert DeFrusia Referees Mike Chioda Jack Doan Earl Hebner Jim Korderas Tim White Interviewers Michael Cole Kevin Kelly

[edit] See also

• Professional wrestling in Canada

[edit] References

[edit] Sources

[edit] External links

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