This week's episode of WWF Raw features the infamous "Sunny Days" promo. While Bret Hart lays out a challenge for Shawn Michaels at the 1997 King of the Ring, HBK decides to take the low road with a comment that gets Bret a little heat at home. On WCW Nitro, Ric Flair is on form after his team won the Slamboree main event, but Syxx wants to face The Nature Boy in a singles match live on TNT.
WCW gears up for Slamboree 1997 where Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Syxx take on Ric Flair, Kevin Greene and Roddy Piper. On WWF Raw, Faarooq is named the number 1 contender for the WWF Championship, and he has some questions for Vince McMahon regarding the WWF and their lack of African American WWF champions.
The Raw before In Your House: A Cold Day in Hell. Stone Cold Steve Austin battles The British Bulldog in the main event while over on Nitro, the nWo launch an attack on WCW to close the show. Matches this week include Glacier vs Lizmark Jr, Rey Mysterio vs Syxx, Crush running the Gauntlet and The Legion of Doom vs Furnas & Lafon.
WCW Nitro goes back to a 60 minute format thanks to the NBA Playoffs, meaning WWF Raw has extra TV time for a few weeks in comparison to the wrestling on TNT. Ric Flair and Roddy Piper challenge the nWo to a fight on Monday Nitro while Chris Benoit goes to war with Steve Regal. Over on Raw, we have an important night for the Hart Foundation - Not only does a new member get revealed, but a big singles title comes to the Harts when Rocky Maivia loses the Intercontinental Championship.
Bret Hart and Steve Austin's rivalry continues the night after "Revenge of the Taker". A street fight between The Rattlesnake and The Hitman leads to Hart getting injured, but it's the Hart Foundation who have the last laugh
Raw is in South Africa this week and the show is headlined by Ahmed Johnson vs Crush, Nitro is live from Philidelphia and the WCW monday night show is headlined by Lex Luger vs Kevin Nash... guess which show is better! With the WWF mere days before their "Revenge of the Taker" PPV, the company manage to flush their momentum down the toilet with one of the worst episodes of Raw of 1997. The question is; can they recover next week?
It's the night after WCW Spring Stampede 1997 and Diamond Dallas Page makes it clear that his rivalry with Macho Man Randy Savage isn't over. Hollywood Hulk Hogan is at Nitro tonight and he confronts Kevin Nash about the recent problems Nash seems to have with the faction. Prince Iaukea defends the TV title against Ultimo Dragon, and the scheduled main event pits The Giant against Scotty Steiner. On WWF Raw, Shawn Michaels cuts a promo on Bret Hart while the Hitman is in South Africa. Stone Cold...
Episode 77 of Reliving The War features the Raw after WrestleMania 13. Bret Hart wants to address WWF fans tonight after his victory over Stone Cold Steve Austin at Mania, and Bret doesn't hold back. Hart's heel turn gets completely confirmed when The Hitman announces to American wrestling fans that he doesn't respect them anymore. Elsewhere on Raw, The Undertaker finds out who his first challenger is for the WWF Championship. On Nitro, the nWo decide to "cash in" on their Uncensored main event ...
It's the night after WrestleMania 13 and Bret Hart has a lot to say on WWF Raw is War. The Hitman tells fans exactly how he feels while solidifying himself as the WWF's new top heel. The Undertaker finds out who the number 1 contender is for his newly won WWF championship, and Raw also features appearances from Sycho Sid, Shawn Michaels and Rocky Maivia. On Nitro, the nWo use their Uncensored reward to book a title match, and the Macho Man Randy Savage aims to become a champion in the main event...
It's the night after WCW Uncensored 97 and the nWo are now calling the shots. The Outsiders decide they want to defend the tag titles on Nitro, so Nash and Hall are in action this week. Diamond Dallas Page vs Macho Man Randy Savage is made official this week, and the show is headlined by The Steiners vs Harlem Heat. It's also the Raw before WrestleMania 13 and a big steel cage match on Raw could potentially change the Mania main event. Bret Hart faces Sycho Sid, if Bret wins, the WWF Championshi...
This week, Monday Night Raw completely changes. "Raw is War" makes it's debut on Monday Nights and the WWF have done a lot of work rebranding their flagship show. Sycho Sid and The Undertaker have to join forces to take on Sycho Sid and Mankind in the main event. Elsewhere on the show, Ken Shamrock cuts his first in-ring WWF promo when he's announced as the special guest referee for the WrestleMania 13 submission match. WCW Monday Nitro is live from Panama City Beach for a special Spring Break e...
Reliving The War takes a weekly look at the Monday Night Wars. Every week, we look at WWF Raw and WCW Nitro with the goal of watching EVERY episode to see who truly won the war. This week, the WWF are in Berlin, Germany. The company introduces a new title, The European Champion, and Davey Boy Smith vs Owen Hart will determine who becomes the inaugural Champion of Europe. Steve Austin cuts an excellent promo from WWE HQ, Bret Hart takes on Triple H, and the Sycho Sid defends the WWF title against...
ECW invades WWF Raw in the Manhattan Center this week as Paul E. Dangerously accepts Jerry Lawler's challenge. On Nitro, fans are left shocked when Sting picks a side in the WCW vs nWo war.
It's the night after WWF In Your House: 13 "Final Four" and there's a new WWF Champion in town. Bret Hart won the Final Four match and because Shawn Michaels forfeited the title, The Hitman is now the WWF Champion. Tonight on Raw, Bret has to defend the championship against Sycho Sid. The match gets restarted twice due to interference from Stone Cold Steve Austin. On Monday Nitro, Roddy Piper is getting prepared for Superbrawl by locking himself up in Alcatraz. Hulk Hogan is in the arena while P...
Reliving The War Episode 70 - February 10th 1997 Thursday Raw Thursday takes place this week while Nitro takes place on Monday as usual. Shawn Michaels loses his smile this week and the WWF main event picture is tuned upside down. Shawn decides to forfeit the WWF Championship, meaning the Final Four match later in the week will be for the title. Matches on Raw include Bret Hart vs Vader and Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Vader. On Nitro, Roddy Piper makes an appearance while Hulk Hogan addresses his...
WWF Raw goes to a 2 hour format tonight and so the format of Reliving The War also changes. Instead of scoring head to head matches, the whole shows are taken into consideration and the winner of each weekly battle will be whoever had the better overall Monday Night. The WWF presents "Royal Rumble Raw" from the Toronto Skydome. Last week, Vince McMahon promised the Royal Rumble match would be showin in it's entirety but this didn't happen... clips were shown instead. Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels...
WCW's Clash of the Champions and nWo Souled Out shows are in the books. Hollywood Hogan is still WCW Champion, but the Hulkster gets a surprise this week when the WCW Board of Directors send a message into Monday Nitro. Hulk's Superbrawl opponent gets announced, and his WCW title will be on the line at the Pay Per View. Elsewhere on Nitro, The Four Horsemen claim to be united once again but Chris Benoit & Woman have some issues with The Taskmaster towards the end of the show. On WWF Raw, Vin...
Reliving The War takes a look at the WWF vs WCW "Monday Night War" that took place from the mid-90s to early 2000s. Each and every segment of WWF Raw and WCW Nitro gets compared to find out which show was really the best. A great episode of Raw this week opens up with Bret Hart dropping a bombshell on Vince McMahon and the WWF; Bret is quitting the company. After what happened at the Royal Rumble, Bret feels he's getting screwed over by HBK, Stone Cold, Vince McMahon and the WWF itself. Gorilla ...
WCW presents a live show this week from the New Orleans Superdome while the WWF presents a taped broadcast from Albany, New York. On Nitro, Diamond Dallas Page makes his decision regarding the New World Order and the advances of Scott Hall and Kevin Nash. Hollywood Hulk Hogan has his first WCW Nitro match since April 1996, and the issues with the Four Horsemen reaches a boiling point. On WWF Raw, we're days away from the 1997 Royal Rumble. Shawn Michaels and Sycho Sid cut promos from San Antonio...
The first WWF Raw vs WCW Nitro battle of 1997! WCW Nitro features Harlem Heat vs The Amazing French Canadians, Psychosis vs Rey Mysterio Jr. and Arn Anderson vs Jeff Jarrett. On WWF Raw, Bret Hart faces Vader in the main event of the evening. Shawn Michaels provides commentary for Bret's match, and this gives Sid a chance to cause havoc backstage.
The final episodes of WWF Raw and WCW Nitro of 1996 get covered in this week's episode of Wrestling Bios' "Reliving The War". With WCW Nitro being a better show for the majority of the year, can Raw end on a high note with a win? Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels have a face to face in-ring confrontation for the first time since WrestleMania 12 on Raw. Triple H takes on Flash Funk, and the main event features Jerry "The King" Lawler doing battle with Goldust. Over on WCW Nitro, it seems like the Hulk...
Days before WCW Starrcade 1996, Hollywood Hogan is in the arena and he calls out Roddy Piper. Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan try to have a little fun at Piper's expense, but a surprise at the end of Nitro sends the crowd into a frenzy. We also find out who will wrestle at Starrcade for the vacant US Championship when the last semi final match opens up Nitro. Over on WWF Raw, Bret Hart main events the show when he does battle with the fake Razor Ramon. Elsewhere on the show, Triple H defends his in...
It's the night after WWF In Your House: It's Time and Bret Hart isn't too happy about the outcome of his WWF title match. The Hitman kicks Raw off with a message to Shawn Michaels, Steve Austin and Sycho Sid. Matches this week include Vader vs Steve Austin and Billy Gunn vs Bart Gunn. Over on WCW Nitro, Eric Bischoff and Ted Dibiase take over commentary duties for the first hour. Sting is in the building, and an Outsiders vs Faces of Fear match ends with a new member being added to the nWo....
It's the week of the WWF's In Your House "It's Time" event and the company are gearing up for their final PPV of the year. On this week's episode of Raw, number 1 contender Bret Hart sends a message to Sycho Sid during an in-ring promo. We also have a big main event this week; Mankind vs The Undertaker in a no holds barred showdown. On WCW Nitro, Roddy Piper is in attendance and he makes a few in-ring appearances. Piper wants Hollywood Hulk Hogan, the Hot Rod has turned down help from The Four H...
Reliving The War takes a close look at the fabled WWF vs WCW Monday Night Wars by looking at EVERY match, promo and segment that aired on WWF Monday Night Raw and WCW Monday Nitro. The date is 12.2.96 and the WWF are headed towards In Your House : It's Time. WCW will put on their annual Starrcade event at the end of the year, and both promotions are giving fans some big names in their scheduled pay per view main events. Bret Hart vs Sycho Sid will headline In Your House 12, while Roddy Piper vs ...
WCW World War 3 1996 just took place and The Giant earned himself a WCW World Heavyweight Championship match in the future. The US Title is also now up for grabs as a tournament begins in WCW to crown a new US Champion, and the first tournament matches begin this week on WCW Monday Nitro. Elsewhere, Harlem Heat vs The Faces of Fear takes place, and Eric Bischoff announces to the WCW locker room that all competitors have 30 days to change their WCW contracts to nWo contracts. On WWF Raw, a classi...
It's the night after WWF Survivor Series 1996 and there's a new WWF Champion; Sycho Sid. Sid defeated Shawn Michaels in Madison Square Garden, and the Michaels' "Boyhood Dream" is over (for now). This week's Raw opens up with a Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Mankind match, one of the best opening matches of the series so far. Eric Bischoff tells us all night that Roddy Piper has been rumored to be in the area, but he likely won't show up. Bischoff gets a surprise towards the end of the show, and a b...
The WWF are preparing for their Survivor Series 1996 event this week where Shawn Michaels defends his WWF championship against Sycho Sid. Sid and Shawn team up this week to do battle with Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith, and the friendship HBK had with Sid gets completely destroyed at the end of this very match. Elsewhere, Stone Cold Steve Austin battles Bob Holly while Bret "Hitman" Hart watches the match from his locker room. Over on WCW Nitro, a mysterious VHS tape gets left at the commentary...
Another WWF Raw vs WCW Nitro battle! The WWF are heading towards Survivor Series 1996 where Shawn Michaels defends his WWF Championship against Sycho Sid, while Bret Hart makes his in-ring return against Stone Cold Steve Austin. This episode of Raw features the infamous "Pillman's Got A Gun" segments where Steve Austin tries to break into Pillman's home. Over on Nitro, Eric Bischoff is on the road trying to sign a match between Roddy Piper and Hulk Hogan. Sting is in the rafters for Nitro, and h...
Another weekly episode of Wrestling Bios "Reliving The War", the show where we take a look at the WCW vs WWF Monday Night Wars. This episode features all the results from Halloween Havoc 1996. An old rival of Hulk Hogan has made his way to WCW, and he wants to have a few words with the leader of the nWo. Over on WWF Raw, Bret Hart and Steve Austin get interviewed about their upcoming match at WWF Survivor Series 1996, and in the main event, Shawn Michaels battles The British Bulldog....
