WWF Royal Rumble 1997 - The "Reliving The War" PPV Review
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The 1997 WWF Royal Rumble was held in San Antonio, Texas inside the Alamodome. Fans attended the event to see hometown hero Shawn Michaels try to win the WWF Champioship back from Sycho Sid and fans would also witness the Royal Rumble match.
Bret Hart and Steve Austin's rivalry gets pushed to the next level during the Royal Rumble match. Stone Cold enters at number 5 and he dominates the Royal Rumble, Bret Hart enters at 21 to a great ovation, but the match ending leaves a lot of fans confused when Austin jumps back into the ring after getting eliminated by the Hitman. The ending to the Royal Rumble would become the main driving storyline on Raw the following night. Other competitors in the 1997 Royal Rumble include Mil Mascaras, The British Bulldog, Terry Funk, Owen Hart, Rocky Maivia and Mankind.
Other matches at the 1997 WWF Royal Rumble include Goldust vs Triple H, Ahmed Johnson vs Faarooq and The Undertaker vs Vader. The whole event is covered in this video.
00:00 - Royal Rumble 1997 in the Alamodome
01:53 - Intercontinental Championship: Triple H vs Goldust
06:27 - Ahmed Johnson vs Faarooq
10:34 - The Undertaker vs Vader
16:38 - The 1997 Royal Rumble Match
29:31 - WWF Championship: Sycho Sid vs Shawn Michaels
36:00 - Final Thoughts
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That smile on Michaels face (before and after the match), there's no way that's disappearing any time in the near future.....
He never actually lost his smile.
He just didn't realise he was wearing his face backwards...
I'd love to have seen Vader slap it off his face
NO. WAY. EVER. (...tm)
@Body Science 😂
Nah that's just when the pills kicked in
"Because I'm BIZZZZAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEE" RIP Davey, you absolute legend
How Bizarre...... (Spanish guitar plays)
I have to say this: Davey was sporting his finest Canadian tuxedo there.
That's gimmick infringement...
@@RazorChampion99 That song was popular around this time. Could that have been what inspired him to call himself that? 🤔
@@joedavidson6556 I agree. It's something that could have only been popular in the 90s lol
Austin's reaction sitting on the turnbuckle and then Bret's music hits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ikr yes indeed
Surprised this moment doesn't get talked about more, it's a perfect way of putting someone over with just a single expression.
I never liked it, especially in retrospect. Badass Stone Cold wasn't supposed to fear anyone, even as a heel.
It always seemed campy to me
This! This was my favorite part
WrestlingBios never misses. Let give a round of applause for them going through every Raw/Nitro and PPV for hours so that we don't have to. Brilliant stuff as always
Oh but you should definitely check out the years he's talking about yourself. To get the full experience and emotion. For example, I can talk to you about Dragonball Z, but you should definitely watch it for yourself completely to get the full feel.
I did though, and thoroughly enjoyed every week. That's why I'm loving this series and, well, reliving it.
You say “them” but I’m pretty sure it’s just “him” which is even more deserving if that’s correct.
Sometimes. His final thoughts are regularly shitty cynical opinions. The worst kind of wrestling fan.
The 2x4 that Ahmed Johnson came to the ring with makes me laugh til this day... Who just left lumber hanging around for this man to come to the ring with it? Gets me everytime
Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Lmao..
Ole Anderson
I was at this show live. Six years old. The pop of Michaels' win was the loudest thing I've ever heard in my life to this day
I was there too but I was 8. It was awesome!
I was there too, 10yo. Michaels pop was incredible
OMG Spoiler Alert!!!!
@@michael2244 spoiler alert. Swallow some buckshot
No body's has been louder than Austin's pop ever not here but sometime after this
1997 is gonna be awesome in reliving the war
@@tun-tunninc.6492 and 2001 should be fun (I was actually born the day of the final nitro)
@@tun-tunninc.6492 yea, and I've been a fan of wrestling my whole life, so there ya go, random fun fact from a fellow wrestling fan
Soooo pretty much every year
That's the great thing about this series. He hasn't even gotten to the good stuff.
"We had a show that needed a stadium rather than a stadium that needed a show." - Jim Cornette
Wow… I still never understood why they went there for a Rumble during that time period. I understand it was for Shawn but wow… seems like wasted money.
@@ricotheofficial They had to please their golden boy. This isn't exactly the first time WWE wasted money because of poor decisions
@@zemox2534 smh… no wonder their PPV quality looked so poor after this Rumble until SummerSlam that year.
@@ricotheofficial That, and I feel like Vince wanted to do it just to prove that he could. By hook or by crook it worked. Remember, Vince would much rather lose money doing something his way than make money another way.
@@justinshockley5252 true, but but the spotlight on your biggest event of the year. Waste money on that instead of throwing money on a Rumble. Feel like that’s what they’re doing these days during the Rumble in baseball stadiums.
Austin slowly got over with me when he was throwing all the shitty gimmicks out of the Rumble.
Also look at the final 8. Hart, Austin, Funk, Foley, Rock, Vader, Taker and Kane. Legends.
Yessir
I didn't see Kane and also you forgot Diesel
@@allenmynatt9571 the fake diesel was kane
@@allenmynatt9571 That's gotta be Kane.
5, of whom, are Hall Of Famers
At this point, I'd watch anything to do with Reliving The War all week long 😎😎
True man 💯
Same
Best wrestling show going right now. That includes AEW and WWE
it's the best wrestling series on UA-cam.
the commentary is usually priceless.
Bring what cha got. I'm watching.
34:12 Look how Sid protects Shawn on the powerbomb on the floor. I know Sid isn't known as the best worker, but the dude knew what he was doing. That ONE move says a LOT about the man's character. He's taking care of his opponent. Excellent stuff. (Love your channel buddy!)
I mean that's their job on this level
@@alexcorrea4828 Yeah, I know, but how often do you see recklessness, especially these days? I don't watch AEW 'cause I don't want to see someone DIE live on TV. (Which is a very real possibility over there...)
Props for giving Ahmed a fair shake here. The dude was over and for the type of matches he did they where decent.
@Black Boy King TV what do you mean he was an idiot? I don't know much about Johnson (besides all the stories) so I genuinely want to know what you mean
@Black Boy King TV Oh damn. I heard alot of those kinds of stories. They should've took the time to train him, help him learn the business, but as we know, Vince gets a hard-on anytime he sees a guy with a nice body. He would've been unstoppable if they had just been patient with Ahmed. Smh
He could have been Goldberg, before Goldberg.
Don't you love this internet generation society? They all act like they know everything just cause of the internet and "shoot videos" When none of them have actually known Ahmed, or actually have worked with him, have actually spoke to him, hung out with him... They just listen to wrestlers, which is no different than listening to actors. You never know when they're not getting paid to say stuff about someone or act a certain way. Most wrestlers will say anything about anyone for some extra cash, just like actors.
Rock, Austin, Glenn Jacobs and Foley. All in the Rumble at the same time at one point.. all future WWF Champions within the next two years. Awesome. Always liked this Rumble match for the foreshadowing of things to come.
4 corner stones of the attitude era.
Not really foreshadowing, but there was Terry Funk in there along with them too. That's a pretty impressive group of former/current/future stars
Not to mention established legends Bret Hart and The Undertaker, both of whom were former and future WWF champions.
So may champions and Scumbags. I love it.
Not really unique though. Many trash bags and champions.
Awesome and some all time favorite wrestlers and scumbags. M
I love Ron Simmon's spinebusters. This one wasn't pretty but looked chaotic and devastating
Surprisingly, Ahmed's was probably better here. That said, Arn and Ron's were probably the best two ever. Looked so real.
@@gst013 not a fan but I gotta say HHH little spinning spinebuster has to be the best of all time
The last time we'd see the fake Razor Ramon & the fake Diesel....oh, the memories.....
Hah, what a pittance
"Leave the memories alone..." :')
Who is the fake razor. I he gets outed quick
And Jose Lothario
When an imposter became a legend
Vader’s WWF run is a clear example of why booking matters. You can be an international star, but it means nothing if the booking isn’t right.
Everyone in roster was against a push for him
if he came a few years later during the attitude era his booking would have been so much better
It also was a painfully obvious case of "Vince hates successful WCW guys" in full swing.
@@R0ckmansVader wasn’t really that successful/known for being wcw, he was more popular in Japan and nwa
I absolutely loved Shawn MIchaels when i was a kid. When his music hit I would go absolutely crazy with excitement. I hated when he stopped being pushed after his Iron Man match with Brett Hart. That was hard to take for me, but he then reinvented himself with DX and was really popular again so that made me happy. But when i was a kid so many people hated Shawn MIchaels and I NEVER understood why. He was just so fking awesome and fun to root for. He was always the best for me and still all these years later his segments and matches are still better than anyone elses. HBK was the golden generation of wrestling and we will never see another thing like it. It was an amazing time to be a WWF fan. Thank you Shawn MIchaels for your amazing work, you are the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be. I hated Brett Hart when i was a kid but now that im older and loooking back and after watching wrestling with shadows I have a deep love for the guy. Him and Shawn were the best the WWE ever produced in my eyes. Even better than Stone Cold, Undertaker, and The Rock. Brett and SHawn are my kinda guys.
His antics in the ring...like the dancing...prancing ECT had a lot of heterosexual homophobic guys HATED his schtick irregardless of his in ring genius and that's the best reason I heard plus the white meat presentation was already getting played out...
Vince was so damn behind the times with the cruiserweights. With a few exceptions, he was really still in that mindset of the old-school promoters with the only promoting the big, giant, slabs of meat, guys. For the most part, if you were a smaller, more agile worker, Vince and his writing team didn't give you the time of day, or anything really meaningful to do, other than job out for the big guys. He RARELY allowed these guys to showcase what they could do. This Royal Rumble was a prime example. He brought in all these great AAA guys, but didn't even give them enough respect to INTRODUCE THEM to the WWF audiences. No debut matched for them to show what they could do. They just appeared out of nowhere for the Rumble, with the Audiences not knowing who the hell they were, and they pretty much all jobbed out to the WWF guys. This was beyond "behind the curve", and was a definite sign that Vince was very behind the times as to where certain areas of wrestling were going at the time. Cruiserweigts were what MADE WCW. You rarely SAW a cruiserweight on a WWF show.
Austins face when hears Brets music is one of my all time favorite RR moments
Oh yeah, the "crossover" rumble! Also, I'm surprised at how much footage I recognized that ended up in the WWF Warzone intro.
Not to mention the Warzone theme playing during the first part of the Goldust/Triple H review
CLASSIC
The moment where Kane, Bret. Austin, Funk, Rock & Foley were all in there is awesome when viewed through the lens of modern knowledge.
24:29 when your side chick tells you she's pregnant and it's yours LMAO
Back in the day Sid was a beast, WWE never booked either Ron Simmons or Vader properly.
@Black Boy King TV I know, Red Rooster, Dusty Rhodes polka dots dancing gimmick it goes way back and it hasn't stopped happening
@Black Boy King TV the entire roster was against a push for vader as they said he is very stiff and could cause injuries.
Not gonna lie i was having a garbage day. Thanks for brightening it up man. 1997 is gonna be awesome on reliving the war!
Glad you chose not to lie 🌟better days are on their wayyyyyyyy
that Pearl River Plunge through the table is simply beautiful in every way
My uncle took me to this PPV when I was a little kid. I will never forget it. I took home a program from the show but sadly I lost it. What a great event it was..
Great to hear. Love such Stories
I love how jerry lawler had enough time to finish his sentence "It takes a king.....(gets eliminated)....to know a king" lol
...a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist.
I heard and saw some of Hulk Hogan back in the early 90s but didn’t have cable at the time. Finally got cable late 96, was flipping channels on a Monday night in 97, saw WWF, became hooked ever since
I have this Royal Rumble in the anthology collection. It's fun watching the old rumble events.
Collin Raye was quite popular at the time among Country artists. And Owen Hart was a big fan of his, and he played Owen's funeral.
I love this channel 🦾💕🦾 fantastic as always
That was one hell of a pearl river plunge through the table
This was where it all started to change and thank God they did. Bret really came into his own and Austin was on the rise
Brilliant times
The attitude era start right there
Hell yes, right when Vince Russo became head writer, WWE turned badass.
@@eddyval6882Goldust vs Razor Ramon feud. Hell, Goldust character, period.
26:25 Literally the top few stars of the Attitude Era in a single ring, if only Bret would have been in the WWF during 1998 and onwards. Good stuff, good year.
Blame Vince McMahon for letting him go.
@@The_Knight_Rider1980 Vince should’ve learned by letting Hall go in the first place. Lol he actually got lucky Stone Cold and Rock absolutely blew up and WCW had no idea what to do with all the talent they had. Having Bret around as a heel would’ve been great.
i'm loving this reliving the war ppv review side series thus far :)
Solid Rumble match, with well told stories.
I can’t believe Mill Mascaras eliminated himself in this rumble 😂
No yobs!!!
Even as a 9 year old, I was like “Wtf?”
Better than what the great Khali did
This REALLY contradicts Randy Savage at Royal Rumble'92...😏
Did I just see a 6ft 2, 300lb Ahmed Johnson run in and dive from the floor, over the top rope and land a clothesline!! 🤯🤯
Thats 10,000 more in attendance than this years summerslam.
vince deicide to play covid game . his loss
Watching all of these old shows, the fans were rocking with Ahmed Johnson pretty tough. And it's interesting to see just how much WCW influenced WWF's transition into the Attitude era.
As someone who gets frustrated about Royal Rumble rules, and as a Bret fan, and as someone with no love for Stone Cold, I could not have been more *FURIOUS* about the way Austin won this Rumble, lol.
Ah the memories
26:11 "Diesel just stands there"
It's amazing how accurate Glenn Jacobs channeled Kevin Nash.
"You gotta kick or be kicking!"
-Sycho Sid
*Kicken
@@ignatiusjackson235 ah yea, youre right he did say KICKEN lol
"Thanks my dude!"
😂😂😂 greatest quote ever
"You gotta chick or be chicken!" - Colonel Sanders
The rise of Steve Austin going to the top
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1:17 Oh man, how I absolutely loved that font they used for "it's Vader Time"! I miss it, bring it back!
It's amazing how much better the WWF would do business wise by the end of the year.
Yes! Another Wrestling Bios video. Perfect for a nice evening.
as a kid i had a friend record this PPV on their VCR.... i mustve watched that VHS a thousand times as a kid. this was one of my alltime favorite PPV's ever, even still to this day.
Dude thank you so much for encapsulating this beautiful Era of wrestling, it’s alot of hard work that’s much appreciated. Keep up the amazing work!
Yep, this was the start of the turning point of the WWE taking the fight back to WCW....This was when things started getting SPICY. :D
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So at one point in this Rumble, we have:
Bret Hart
Steve Austin
Undertaker
Kane
Terry Funk
Mick Foley
Vader
Some guy named Dwayne
Amigo, you have and provide top-notch videos. I truly appreciate and enjoy your videos. Thank you for your time and work! Stay Kool 😎
Another awesome upload from the greatest wrestling channel on the net. I look forward to each and everyone of your videos, great work.
97 really was the true dawning of the Attitude Era. If you look at who was on the card, during this event, the main players of the Attitude Era are there. Things are turning round and looking much different for the WWF, compared to what they did a few months before. The 97 Royal Rumble is a great event and the first PPV in the greatest year for professional wrestling.
The rumble match itself was as good as I remembered, and had the key element to make the match work - the marathon man (Austin) who eliminates loads of wrestlers to elevate himself. Plenty of big hitters coming in towards the end, Bret, Foley, Vader, Taker as number 30 - and a unique finish for the time which helped keep Austin heel but also sow the seeds of Bret's turn.
I agree that the Survivor Series match between Shawn and Sid was better than the Rumble. I'm sure Shawn will have a big grin on his face leading into Wrestlemania 13.
Let's relive it up all over again!! I'll take this on a weekly basis than watching anything the WWE produces these days👍🏻🙏
Edit- at the 8:47 mark looks like Farooq's Nation Member is holding up Ahmeds leg 🤣😂 also during that match as a kid I was sold on it being real heat it was done so well especially the ending. I'm pretty sure when he gave the pearl river plunge to Farooqs lackey Ahmed cut his hand open pretty good. Also the Saltan was played by Rikishi:)
Ooooh yeah perfect, thank you Wrestling Bios
It's pretty crazy that the WWF's roster was so thin at this time that they needed to have everyone from the first three matches pull double duty AND include 4 AAA guys AND pull Jerry Lawler off the commentary desk to get up to 30 participants. Meanwhile WCW had a 60-man battle royal two months earlier
There where more wrestlers left out, hover they where mainly jobbers. Like Tracy Smothers and the Dirty White Boy etc. Despite that it is true the roster was thin.
They had Aldo Montoya, Barry Windham, Bradshaw, Bob Holly, Leif Cassidy, Alex Porteau, Salvatore Sincere etc they didn’t need the Lucha Libre wrestlers.
@@edwardellis3038 And the lucha libre wrestlers where there in the hope it would draw the Mexican American audience as they where not really drawing much themselves at the time. Roster was still on the thin side though.
@@edwardellis3038 I mean if you have to choose between Mil Mascaras and Alex Porteau to be in your Rumble....
YES!!! Been so looking forward to this!!
1997 is The offical Dawning of The Attitude Era .. ♡
Montreal Screwjob and Vince McMahon Attitude Era declaration
@@timbartschwolfman The Attitude era didn't start till Austin won the title at Mania 14
@@lutherheggs451 Mmm. I'd have to disagree.. but i see where ur. Coming from
@@timbartschwolfman you're right tim
I was there! With my family! It was so much fun
I really enjoy these videos reviewing the pay per views for reliving the war. Gets me more sucked in to the war. I hope u can do this every time it’s a pay per view in place of the one of the other two videos u do during the week for that week.
my parents ordered this for me as a kid. good times
I like how Sids version of calming down is just one wild kick at Pat Patterson 😂 that kick from Sid made me lol
This was the first pay per view I ever saw. Will always be my favourite royal rumble because of that.
Keep these videos up! I love them!
Crazy how austin was in the beginning phase of getting over huge.
He was on a roll
I wish Brett had stayed. They could've done great work
@@anjetto1 Well you have to blame michaels for that in 97.
Aaaaannnnd We are Baaack with another episode from Wrestling Bios!!!!
Great analysis, loved the video.
Honestly this Royal Rumble review was great !!!!! Couldn’t have imagined it any better
The seeds were planted here for everything that was to come in 97; such an incredible year for the WWE.
Awesome review buddy 💯 ... I loved this Royal Rumble it's fun to look back at where the WWF was in 1997
Awesome content, as always Wrestling Bios! ! 😎 👍 👍! !
Great review 1997 was huge step forward for the WWF a lot of changes and stables and debuts happend that year.
You say that Glen Jacobs "Diesel" is a waste of a spot in the Royal Rumble...but to be fair all the AAA guys are waste of spots on the Royal Rumble as well.
Wasn't company's roster at the time so very thin that their choice was either do a 20 man rumble or pad it out?
Mil got a legends pop, and Latin Lover showed some personality.
I wouldn't call either of them a waste.
I think I’ve watched every single video on this page lol I NEED MOREEEEE
The Royal Rumble match, Vader vs. The undertaker and Sycho Sid vs. HBK are all on youtube for free.
Love your channel. Please keep the videos coming.
Always look forward to your vids mate. Keep it up, top stuff ❤️
I always felt the 97 Rumble match to be the most underrated Rumble of all time.
I was there and was an awesome experience. My older brother and I had our own tickets and the “dads” around that section took care of us because our dad gave them some beer money, we where in the floor and he was with my sister in the second rise. Great work Wrestling Bios love your stuff.
Hell yeah I love your royal rumble videos the most! Best wrestling content on UA-cam brother! Can you please do a video on royal rumble 2000, where too cool busted a dance in the middle of MSQ! Anyways! Quality stuff again
Fun Fact: The real Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) has never competed in any Royal Rumble match in the span of his wrestling career. What a shame.
He was busy either winning or defending the intercontinental title from 1994 to 1996, with the exception of 1993 where he challenged Bret Hart for the WWF title. But I never understood why he never entered the Royal Rumble.
Never missed a episode. U da man wrestling bios
Keep up the great work mate
love how you tell a whole 3 hour episode in 30 mins
Yes I've been waiting you to do an episode on the 1997 royal rumble
Ahmed Johnson may have sub par promos, but he can put on some good matches
Only at the intro now, but kudos for using the (superior imo) original version of Austin's theme as the sample.
I miss classic WWE/F. . .I don't know what the future holds but The Attitude Era and The Ruthless Aggression Era were the best days in WWE history.
rumble 1997 is a classic. excellent storytelling and pacing.
This rumble started something great. 97 was a great yr for wwf
Love the HBK outro 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Ahmed Johnson had his moments, but he didn't last. I remember seeing him slam Yoko and then he went nowhere. Back then slamming Yoko meant you were the strongest.
I was 12 years old when I went to this show with my family. So many memories.
The crowd was hot and Stone Cold won a bunch of us over with his Rumble performance. I being a huge Bret Hart fan was angry when he eliminated him!
Can we have a moment of silence, for the work rate of Wrestling Bios...!! Second to none.!!!
Reliving of in this case getting a detailed account of the royal rumble like this is super informative and just a real joy to watch every week!
Also looking forward to the highs and lows of having Chyna as HHH's heater will be super fun to relive.
Wow, even back in the day... Triple H was putting on long matches that fans can't get into... he's consistent!
He's playing the game, on us.