DDP v Macho Man II headlines! ..a great match that really brings DDP into the Main Event picture for good.
Hall/Nash take on Piper/Flair - Flair abandoned Piper early on setting up their brief rivalry.
Kevin Greene is back in a surprisingly good match v Mongo McMichael.
Another questionable Glacier match haha
Meng and Benoit chop the living hell out of each other in a return Death Match.
And UItimate Dragon starts off the PPV AGAIN!!

Hunter Hearst-Helmsley is finally crowned the King of the Ring! He defeated Mankind in a classic Finals match..this is shortly after Mankind's "Mrs Foleys Little Boy" series of tell-all interviews with Jim Ross.
Mankind starts his night with a very entertaining match against Jerry Lawler.
HHH starts his night with Ahmed Johnson, in a serviceable match that starts Ahmed's descent.
Steve Austin faces his tag partner  (and fellow tag champion) Shawn Michaels in a classic - right before Michaels walks out on the company and abandons a championship for the 2nd time of 1997.
Bret Hart challenges any 5 Americans to the next PPV in Calgary.
Farooq battles Undertaker in the Main Event for the Championship.
Great PPV!

A fairly heavy NFL presence on this show - Kevin Greene and Reggie White both show up tonight.
It is also the homecoming for Ric Flair, as the show takes place in Charolette, NC !
Reggie White takes on Mongo McMichael, Jeff Jarrett takes on Dean Malenko, Meng takes on Chris Benoit...Ultimo Dragon takes on Steven Regal..
and the Main Event sees Nash, Hall and Syxx take on Greene, Piper and Flair.
..also DDP takes down Macho Man in a great interview segment.
Hogan is conspicuous by his absence for the 2nd PPV in a row...

Stone Cold Steve Austin main-events his 2nd straight PPV as an emerging "character babyface" antihero - facing The Undertaker for the coveted WWF Heavyweight Championship.
Bret Hart and his fully formed Hart Foundation all set up in the front row for the match to heckle and interfere with Austin's attempt to win championship gold.
Also on the card : Ahmed Johnson attempts to run the gauntlet of the Nation of Domination, Hunter Hearst-Helmsley (with his new bodyguard Chyna) take on Flash Funk, Mankind battles rookie Rocky Miavia in an interesting early match between what would become a classic 90s rivalry.
Ken Shamrock enters his "zone" and debuts tonight in a UFC style match against Vader.

This is a bit of a sleeper PPV to follow up Wrestlemania 13.
It contains the 'forgotten' Bret Hart v Steve Austin match that would complete their trilogy of matches.
It also saw Mankind challenge the newly championed Undertaker for his belt in what would seem to be their 8th PPV match of the past 13 months! There is a crazy table spot where Mankind goes through the table headfirst from off the ring apron..there is flash paper, a burnt up Taker, and a bad Jerry Lawler joke where Paul Bearer hits Taker with the urn and Jerry says "Well...he urned it.."
Also Rocky Miavia takes on Savio Vega and the NoD.
Bulldog/Owen ALMOST drop their titles to the Legion of Doom, but get bailed out by a technicality - following by their loving brother Bret.

A 41 year old Diamond Dallas Page finally takes his spot as a main eventer in this PPV as he takes on Macho Man!!
...strangely neither Scott Hall or Hollywood Hogan are on the card...
Beniot v Malenko in a surprisingly conservative match, Giant gives up a change at a title match to allow Luger to take his spot, Rey opens yet another PPV against Ultimate Dragon, and some teasing of discontent in the nWo as Nash ruffles some feathers!
Not bad, not great either...

The first ECW PPV and, as a result, the first ECW PPV of our 1 Year in Wrestling Podcast!
Lots of great angles in this one - Terry Funk as the unlikely champion - going through 2 matches to win the belt..Douglas with all the 'grab him by the halo' heat in what leads to an absolutely awful match v Pitbull#2...RVD was off the card initially - but ends up filling in for an injured Candido v Lance Storm..and, of course, Taz v Sabu!!
The Dudleys v The Eliminators is tremendous, as well, as the opener.

Wrestlemania 37 is in the books and what a spectacle it was! The first ever rain delay in WM history, but also 25k strong each night..great to see fans back!

The Ultimate Challenge!!

An absolute wrestling classic - WM6 from Skydome in Toronto, Canada - in front of 67,678 strong!
The Hogan/Warrior belt v belt Main Event, that was surprisingly good...Rick Rude v Snuka...Andre turns on Heenan...Piper paints himself half black in his prep for his match against Bad News Brown...Jake Roberts v DiBease in a classic...Brutus hands Mr.Perfect his first loss...
and if you look closely you can see a 12 year old Edge and a 12 year old Christian in the audience!
Awesome entrance music throughout, nostalgia for days on this one.
HAPPY WRESTLEMANIA SEASON!

This Wrestlemania has long since been referred to as a "one match show" but looking back - this was a great PPV!
The tremendous fire-extinguisher-laden Chicago Street Fight that resulted in yet another Ahmed Johnson wedgie...Goldust v Hunter Hearst Helmsley in a great story-telling match up...Owen Hart, coming off his 2 Slammy evening the night before - teaming with the Bulldog v Vader and Mankind...Undertaker finally gets recognized as the Man, defeating Sid in the Main Event that saw HBK join on commentary and Bret Hart interfere literally 3 times...
And, of course - arguably the greatest match in the history of Wrestlemania : Steve Austin v Bret Hart in a Submissions Match w Ken Shamrock as the referee. What a classic.