WWF In Your House 17: Ground Zero - September 7th 1997 - Louisville, Kentucky
Matches
Brian Pillman defeated Goldust (6/10)
Brian Christopher defeated Scott Putski (4/10)
Savio Vega defeated Crush and Farrooq {Triple Threat Match} (6/10)
Max Mini defeated El Torito (3/10)
The Headbangers defeated Legion of Doom, Godwinns and Owen Hart / British Bulldog {WWF Tag Team Titles Fatal Four Way Match} (7/10)
Bret Hart defeated The Patriot {WWF World Heavyweight Title} (7/10)
Shawn Michaels fought The Undertaker to a no contest (8/10)
Moments - Positives
Despite not being on the card due to an injury this whole PPV centred around Steve Austin who got involved in a lot of the matches to the crowds delite. It was clear that Austin was WWFs biggest star already and it took no brains at all to centre the company around him. Its also hard to believe that since 1991, Undertaker had never wrestled Shawn Michaels in a singles match until this event. Both men truly delivered a great performance. At the end of the match HHH and Chyna interfered to help HBK as well as a few other individuals. It was almost the unofficial start of D-Generation X. HBK truly turned heel at this event.
Moments - Negatives
The midget wrestling match was awful and I have no time for this on a PPV card. The Lightheavyweight match was also poor and was in no comparison to the Cruiserweight division in wCw. I also found The Patriot both weak as a character and a wrestler and there were other talented wrestlers who should have got a push to face Hart.
Overall Summary
This was a very frustrating PPV card. It had a cracking main event, a good opener, a solid WWF tag team title match and some classic Austin moment however it had some truly awful moments and very average bouts too. Its an up and down card and if you are not that bothered about the Austin pieces of the card, I say skip straight to the main event and watch a classic match between HBK and Undertaker.
SCORE = 6.5
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