WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (March 22, 1997)

After a bit of a hiatus from most wrestling I’ve slowly gotten back into the swing of things with my random-ass Watch WWF ’97 But Only Shotgun and PPVs project that I was working on last year. Today we’re taking a look at the March 22, 1997 episode of Shotgun. This is the WrestleMania “go home show” so I honestly don’t expect much here beyond a bunch of video packages to give me the hard sell on Mania one last time.

WWF on MSG Network (March 16, 1997)

Dok Hendrix’s constant hyping of the March 16th return to Madison Square Garden during episodes of Shotgun Saturday Night got to me and I have decided to go ahead and watch that show. I have, in the past, watched and reviewed “fan cam” footage of a wrestling show on this here website, but that is not what is going on here today. From the mid-70s through early 1997 the MSG Network would occasionally air WWF cards from Madison Square Garden. The show I’m reviewing today was (at the time of my writing this) the last of these broadcasts. So let’s see how things were on a quasi-house show from this time.

WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (March 1, 1997)

It’s time for another look at what WWF was up to over on their B-Show, Shotgun Saturday Night in the year of 1997. On Raw and the PPVs things are honestly getting interesting as the world title scene is heating up and ECW is invading and there’s a new title being introduced for the first time in 20 years, but that’s stuff for Raw and the PPVs. This is Shotgun Saturday Night where you ask yourself, “That guy was still with the company in 1997?” on a weekly basis. So let’s check it out!

WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (February 22, 1997)

After a bit of a detour to watch some WWF wrestling shows from 1997 that actually mattered I’m back to on my bullshit as we press on with my march through Shotgun Saturday Night. This is the first episode of the revamped Shotgun. The show is no longer coming to us from various dive bars in New York City but instead just whatever arena or civic center Raw broadcast from that week since the show the show would be taped prior to Raw going forward.

Also all the matches on this episode were also featured on Superstars the following morning, albeit in a slightly different order making it a bit of a Metal / Jakked situation. This apparently only lasts until March at which point Superstars transitions into a recap show if memory serves correctly.

WWF Raw Is War (December 28, 1998)

Since I already reviewed the December 21, 1998 episode of Raw prior to starting this 1998 deep dive we’re moving on the December 28th episode. It might have taken three months longer than I had originally intended but this is the final episode of this project so let’s get to it.

WWF Raw Is War (December 7, 1998)

Time to get back on track and finish up my Raw ’98 deep dive. The previous week’s episode kind of sucked ass as it leaned WAAAAY too hard into the sports entertainment Vince Russo bullshit. This week’s episode is pre-taped so maybe it will feature a bit more actual wrestling but it’s also the go home show for Rock Bottom so who the fuck knows. Let’s just get this over with…

WWF Raw Is War (November 30, 1998)

Well, it’s 2022 now and I didn’t quite finish rewatching Raw ’98 in its entirety like I planned to last year. I ended up, through no fault of my own, falling about a month behind but I’m not about to abandon the project now. So today we’re pressing on with the November 30, 1998 episode of Raw is War.

WWF Raw Is War (September 12, 1998)

So last week’s Raw was very likely the worst Raw I saw since I started this stupid project. There might have been other individual segments that were worse and/or more offensive than anything that appeared on last week’s show and stand alone matches that I hated more than any of the matches we got last week but the overarching storyline of Kane and Undertaker murdering everyone coupled with the fact that it was a Raw that was preempted due to the US Open and therefore airing at 11:00pm on a Saturday Night meant there wasn’t anything worth watching happening.

Unfortunately for me this is another Raw that is airing on Saturday night because of the US Open so I’m not really expecting anything here and will count myself lucky if I get a five minute D’Lo Brown or X-Pac match that doesn’t end in a DQ. So let’s get down to business.

WWF Raw Is War (August 17, 1998)

Last week’s episode was utter trash outside of the main event but here I am once again watching another episode of Raw Is War from the year 1998 and writing words about it on the internet. I’m a bit worried that the style of last week’s episode is going to become the norm from here on out but I set out to review the entire year of 1998 this year so I’ll be damned if I give up the ghost now.

WWF Raw Is War (August 10, 1998)

With the Summer Olympics done I’m back to watching random wrestling bullshit after dinner more specifically each and every Raw Is War episode from the year 1998. Today we’re going to take a look at the August 10, 1998 episode so let’s get back to giant undead wizards being in cahoots, juvenile ideas about sex, rampant misogyny, and Stone Cold Steve Austin being an anti-capitalist icon!