Wrestling 20 Years Ago Podcast

1997 | End Of Year Awards

Bob Bamber is joined by Rory McNamara, Erick Landstrom and Dan Welling for the all important end of year awards. The same 15 awards as last year, just as much controversy as normal and, much like last year, Scott Hall is a hot topic.

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1997 | End Of Year Review

We see in the end of 1997 with contributions from Bob Bamber, Chris White, Erick Landstrom, Rory McNamara, Dan Welling, Craig Wilson and Chris Lacey reviewing WCW, the WWF and ECW in 1997 and looking ahead to 1998.

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December 1997 | Vol. IV | UFC: Ultimate Japan

Chris White is joined by Bob Bamber reviewing UFC Ultimate Japan from December 1997. A quiet show by UFC standards, but still a noteworthy one including Randy Couture winning his first UFC title, Kazushi Sakuraba's only UFC appearance and a fight that had the decision changed and then was rematched later in the same show.

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December 1997 | Vol. III | ECW

Erick Landstrom is joined by Chris Lacey reviewing the latest action in ECW for December 1997.

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December 1997 | Vol. II | WWF: Welcome to the Attitude Era

Chris White is joined by Rory McNamara and Craig Wilson reviewing the latest change in attitude for the WWF, as Vince formally ushers in a change of creative approach, Steve Austin and the Rock's feud keeps going, and Owen Hart cuts the promo that might finally make him a main event act.

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December 1997 | Vol. I | WCW: Hogan vs Sting

Bob Bamber is joined by Rory McNamara and Jeff Parker to review WCW Starrcade, Hogan vs Sting, the 90 minutes of Nitro that were so bad and turned so many people off it forced people to change course and much more in perhaps the most significant month in WCW history.

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November 1997 | Vol. III | ECW: November to Remember PPV

Bob Bamber is joined by Chris Lacey and Peter Kimber, reviewing ECW's third ever pay-per-view November to Remember - including an absolutely barmy Sabu/Sandman match and possibly the first ECW PPV match worthy of the name.

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November 1997 | Vol. II | WCW: World War 3

Bob Bamber is joined by Dan Welling and Craig Wilson reviewing the WCW action for November 1997. A quiet month, underscored by an usually bad WCW pay-per-view and the bizarre way Eric Bischoff decided to announce Bret Hart's soon-to-be-arrival in Atlanta.

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November 1997 | Vol. I | WWF: Montreal Screwjob

Bob Bamber is joined by Rory McNamara and Erick Landstrom reviewing Survivor Series 1997, the "Montreal Screwjob" - including whether Vince could've done more to stop it, the idea that history seems to have forgotten that might have placated everyone and a story that everyone seems to come out looking bad on.

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October 1997 | Vol. V | Pride

Chris White is joined by Bob Bamber reviewing the first ever Pride Fighting Championship show from Japan. Featuring a 30-minute snoozer between Dan Severn and Kimo Leopaldo, a brutal knockout by Gary Goodridge, a fighter escaping a chokehold by falling out the ring, a kickboxing bout that ends in a no-contest and much more!

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The Bloody Elbow piece on the pro-wrestling background that lead to the formation of Pride FC

October 1997 | Vol. IV | UFC: Collision Course

Chris White is joined by Tom Martyn and Bob Bamber reviewing the latest UFC action as Vitor Belfort takes on Randy Couture and Tank Abbot subs in for Dan Severn in the main event in an all-heavyweight UFC 15: Collision Course.

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October 1997 | Vol. III | ECW

Erick Landstrom is joined by Chris Lacey reviewing all of the ECW action for October. It might have only been two weeks of "new TV" but does feature an ECW Heavyweight Title change.

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October 1997 | Vol. II | WCW: Halloween Havoc, Goldberg on the rise

Bob Bamber is joined by Tom Martyn and Rory McNamara reviewing an absolutely mental Halloween Havoc pay per view - where the match of the year candidate may not have even cracked the top 5 moments on the show. We also look at the return of Ric Flair, an avalanche of Sting's and the rapid ascent of Bill Goldberg.

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October 1997 | Vol. I | WWF: Hell in a Cell

Bob Bamber is joined by Rory McNamara and Craig Wilson reviewing a big month of WWF action. After the first ever Hell in a Cell match and the debut of Kane, we look at a barmy first Raw of the month, the debut of "Degenaration X", Jim Cornette and his "opinion", the return of Jeff Jarrett and the overtly racist overtones of the latest angles involving Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart and the Nation of Domination.

At the conclusion of the show, we take a look back at the life and career of Brian Pillman 20 years on from his death.

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September 1997 | Vol. III | ECW: "As Good As It Gets", Tod Gordon is the "mole"

Bob Bamber is joined by Chris Lacey and Kieran Mitchell looking at the story of Tod Gordon being a mole for WCW as they attempted to expand their roster and ECW's "As Good As It Gets" show, with a renewing emphasis on in-ring action.

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September 1997 | Vol. II Part 2 | WWF: Austin stuns McMahon, One Night Only PPV

Rory McNamara is joined by Dan Welling reviewing the moment Steve Austin finally stunnered Vince McMahon, the third face of Mick Foley and the WWF's One Night Only pay-per-view from England.

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September 1997 | Vol. II Part 1 | WWF: Ground Zero, Pillman's "XXX Files"

Bob Bamber is joined by Rory McNamara and Peter Kimber reviewing WWF Ground Zero and Brian Pillman's "XXX Files".

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September 1997 | Vol. I | WCW: Fall Brawl

Bob Bamber is joined by Jeff Parker and Erick Landstrom reviewing Fall Brawl, along with the NWO parody of Arn Anderson's retirement, referee Mark Curtis being awesome, Ric Flair being given a wake-up call and Sting finally going after the NWO.

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August 1997 | Vol. III | ECW: Hardcore Heaven PPV

Bob Bamber is joined by Chris Lacey reviewing ECW's second pay per view - Hardcore Heaven, a month where the ECW title changed hands twice and Sandman hijacked an ambulance and ECW followed him around in a helicopter.

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August 1997 | Vol. II Part 2 | WCW: Final Clash, Arn retires

Bob Bamber is joined by Del Muir and Rory McNamara reviewing the final Clash Of The Champions - a show made great by a couple of fantastic segments. We also look at the final stand of Arn Anderson, as he offers "the only thing he has left" to Curt Hennig.

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August 1997 | Vol. II Part 1 | WCW: Luger wins the title, Nitro 100, Road Wild

Bob Bamber is joined by Del Muir and Erick Landstrom reviewing Nitro 100 and Lex Luger winning the WCW World Title, and Road Wild - and Lex Luger losing the WCW World Title.

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August 1997 | Vol. I | WWF: Summerslam, Austin injured

Rory McNamara is joined by Bob Bamber and Craig Wilson reviewing Summerslam - including just a great Todd Pettengil segment, the injury of Steve Austin and the turn of Shawn Michaels.

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July 1997 | Vol. IV | UFC: Showdown

Chris White is joined by Tom Martyn reviewing UFC 14: Showdown - looking at Mark Coleman's first ever defeat in MMA.

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July 1997 | Vol. III | ECW

Del Muir is joined by Chris Lacey reviewing all of the latest ECW action, as Rick Rude finally finds his voice and Shane Douglas bins off one title in favour of a greater goal.

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July 1997 | Vol. II | WCW: Bash At The Beach, Dennis Rodman

Bob Bamber is joined by Erick Landstrom and Wayne Lythgoe reviewing Dennis Rodman's wrestling debut at the Bash at the Beach pay per view, along with "La Parka" surprising Randy Savage and the debut of the Nitro Girls.

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