WWF One Night Only (UK) - September 1997

WWF One Night Only (UK) - September 20th 1997 - Birmingham, England

Matches

Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated Dude Love (6/10)

Tiger Ali Singh defeated Leif Cassidy (4/10)

The Headbangers defeated Los Baricuas {WWF Tag Team Titles} (6/10)

The Patriot defeated Flash Funk (5/10)

The Legion of Doom defeated The Godwinns (6/10)

Vader defeated Owen Hart (7/10)

Bret Hart defeated The Undertaker {WWF World Heavyweight Title} (8/10)

Shawn Michaels defeated The British Bulldog {WWF European Title} (9/10)

Moments - Positives

This was the PPV during which Shawn Michaels not only became a grand slam winner by winning every WWF title there was to win but it was also the night when DX was truly formed as Rick Rude, HHH and Chyna helped HBK beat British Bulldog in the UK with a truly hostile British crowd. The main event was fantastic and well worth the watch. The Hart/Undertaker rematch from Summerslam was also very good and the fact that the UK crowd loved Hart and Undertaker made it all the better.

Moments - Negatives

A few matches just seemed to be thrown together (e.g. Patriot / Funk) and were not very entertaining at all. It was interesting to see a PPV without the involvement of Steve Austin. WWF was clearly missing him when he was not around. Tiger Ali Singh was also pretty poor during the show and had to be one of the worser jobbers in WWF history.

Overall Summary

Not often does a title change hands during an international PPV which made this PPV all the more important in WWF history. The main event and the World title match made the show and they were both very good matches with entertaining ending and great crowd reception. Its always a breath of fresh air to watch an International event and this one was clearly one of the better ones! Also watch this show to witness the important foundation of D-Generation X!

SCORE = 7.5