Take a trip back to 1997 for the wild and crazy days of WWF Shotgun Saturday Night, from March 15, 1997.

- Background of the Shotgun show and stretching the credibility of calling something "New York" as in the city

- My love for Brian Pillman's entire career and regrets about what could have been

- A description of trying to follow wrestling in 1997 without cable TV and Shotgun's role in that

- The importance of Chyna in boosting the Hunter Hearst Helmsley act

- Furnas and Lafon: Why couldn't they just give them a manager?

- Bret Hart has some prescient things to say about Vince McMahon

- All you ever wanted to know about Lance Wright, the ring announcer on this show

- Finding a new gimmick for Flash Funk by looking at a piece of classic Mel Brooks cinema

- Memories of a gruesome Hector Garza injury

Plus: Commercials for stuff like NBA Shootout '97 and psychic hotlines, forming a wrestling fan club in college, and support your local indy promotion!