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 (February 1, 1997)

After a brief detour to watch a different WWF C-show from late January 1997 we’re back on the Shotgun Saturday Night train. Last week’s episode had a one off match between two all time greats that should have been better than it was, the last Jake Roberts match in the WWF, a Savio Vega heel turn, and a whole lot of Nation of Domination. Let’s see what we have going on this week!

WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (January 25, 1997)

I was planning on watching at least the entire run of live form a nightclub era Shotgun Saturday Night anyway but after last week’s surprisingly fun episode I’m now actually kind of looking forward to this. I hope that last week’s wild brawling and Terry Funk cussin’ up a storm extravaganza we get something similar this week and not a return to the boring “LOL!! PEE PEE!!!” bullshit we had in the first two weeks.

ECW Hardcore TV (November 29, 1994)

I guess because I watched a couple episodes of WWECW on YouTube, the ol’ YouTube algorithm has decided to start autoplaying other ECW stuff after videos I watch so today we’ve got a random-ass episode of ECW from back when it was an upstart wrestling promotion in Philadelphia or whatever euphamism WWF and WCW used to use when talking about it in the 90s. This is the November 29, 1994 installment of Hardcore TV (which the show might not even actually be called at this point). I’ve never seen this episode before since I didn’t start watching ECW until 1995 and only made it about halfway through 1994 the last time I got on an ECW kick so let’s see what sort of wildness we’ve got here.

WWE vs. ECW Head to Head (June 7, 2006)

Another day, another completely random wrestling show. Today we’re taking a look at WWE vs. ECW Head to Head, an event that served as a prelude to the 2006 edition of ECW One Night Stand and the revival of ECW as a brand under the stewardship of WWE.

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 14, 1998)

I’ve got two more of these fucking 1998 Raws left to review so let’s get on with it. This is the December 14, 1998 episode and it’s the Raw after Rock Bottom so let’s see what kind of fall out from that certainly all time great show we get on this here show…

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 23, 1998)

So last week’s episode of Raw Is War from the year 1998 sucked so much ass and the week before that wasn’t so great either. Will this week’s episode be any better? I doubt it but I’ve committed to getting through all the Raws from 1998 so let’s just get on with it.

WWF Raw Is War (November 16, 1998)

I’m getting really burned out on this ’98 WWF deep dive but we’re coming down the home stretch so I’m going to try and just muscle through. This is the Raw after Survivor Series and we’ve got a new champion in The Rock which might help liven things up a bit. Who knows?