1997 Survivor Series Review

Alright. HBK vs. Bret Hart. What could go wrong with that?

(4 on 4) Survivor Series match: Team Canada (The British Bulldog, Jim Neidhart, Doug Furnas and Phil Lafon) defeated Team USA (Vader, Goldust, Marc Mero and Steve Blackman) (17:47)
Elimination #
Wrestler
Team
Eliminated by
Elimination move
Time

1
Steve Blackman
Team USA
None
Count Out after brawling with Furnas and Lafon outside the ring
5:47

2
Jim Neidhart
Team Canada
Vader
Pinfall after a Big Splash
7:32

3
Phil Lafon
Team Canada
Vader
Pinfall after a middle rope Splash
9:07

4
Marc Mero
Team USA
Doug Furnas
Pinfall with a Roll-Up and handful of tights
11:59

5
Goldust
Team USA
None
Count Out after walking out on Vader
17:00

6
Doug Furnas
Team Canada
Vader
Pinfall after a Vader Bomb
17:35

7
Vader
Team USA
British Bulldog
Pinfall after striking Vader with the ring bell
17:47

Survivor:
British Bulldog (Team Canada)

Team USA came out to future WWF wrestler Kurt Angle's entrance music.
Goldust would turn heel during the match, coming out with "FU" (Forever Unchained) painted on his face, "FREEDOM" written on his cast, and "ALIVE AGAIN" painted on the back of his head. He then walked out on Vader refusing to be tagged in.
**1/2
Decent enough SS match.

Kane (w/Paul Bearer) defeated Mankind (9:29)
Kane pinned Mankind after a Tombstone Piledriver.
The entire match was wrestled under a red light, instead of the normal arena lights.
*1/2
The red light was really annoying. Like my reviews…but red…

(4 on 4) Survivor Series match: The Road Warriors (Hawk, Animal, Ahmed Johnson and Ken Shamrock) defeated The Nation of Domination (The Rock, Faarooq, Kama Mustafa & D'Lo Brown) (20:34)

Elimination #
Wrestler
Team
Eliminated by
Elimination move
Time

1
Hawk
Road Warriors
The Rock
Pinfall after a Rock Bottom
2:15

2
Faarooq
Nation of Domination
Ahmed Johnson
Pinfall after a Pearl River Plunge
4:39

3
Ahmed Johnson
Road Warriors
The Rock
Pinfall after Faarooq tripped and held Johnson's foot
6:19

4
Kama Mustafa
Nation of Domination
Animal
Pinfall by School Boy
10:53

5
Animal
Legion of Doom
None
Count Out (Chased after the New Age Outlaws, who were wearing the L.O.D. spikes)
15:22

6
D'Lo Brown
Nation of Domination
Ken Shamrock
Submission by Ankle Lock
17:11

7
The Rock
Nation of Domination
Ken Shamrock
Submission by Ankle Lock
20:34

Survivor:
Ken Shamrock (Legion Of Doom)
**1/4
It was what it was.

Steve Austin defeated Owen Hart to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship (4:04)
Austin pinned Owen after a Stone Cold Stunner.
¼*
Really short because Austin was still injured from a broken neck.

Shawn Michaels defeated Bret Hart to win the WWF Championship (12:11)
Michaels beat Hart when Michaels locked Bret in Bret's signature Sharpshooter and Vince McMahon had referee Earl Hebner call for the the bell.
This incident would later be referred to as the "Montreal screwjob".
**3/4
For all that happened in this match, it was pretty mediocre.

~ What I’ve seen of this show is not that good. The matches I missed were bad anyway so YAY!