WWF Shotgun Saturday Night: The Forgotten Show

[wrestlingrecap]

WWF Shotgun Saturday Night: the Forgotten Show Part One

Recently, I took a look at WWF Shotgun Saturday Night from 1997 and found several interesting matches. In part one of the series, there are matches involving Bret Hart, Rocky Maivia, Steve Austin, Goldust and Mankind.

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[CeilingFan]

I remember the show where Terry Funk got into Steve Austin's face and they ended up fighting!

[Citizen Snips Has Left]

Undertaker tombstoning Triple H on top of an escalator and having Hunter's body ride it all the way down is one of the most underrated spots in wrestling history.

[fuzzywarble, squat cobbler]

Jan 21, 2018 12:15:55 GMT -5 CeilingFan said:

I remember the show where Terry Funk got into Steve Austin's face and they ended up fighting!

That was at Denim & Diamonds here in San Antonio. I was there

[johnnyk9]

Shotgun featured the only 2 appearances of Tank the forgotten 4th Truth Commission member

[nickcave]

Jan 21, 2018 16:21:39 GMT -5 johnnyk9 said:

Shotgun featured the only 2 appearances of Tank the forgotten 4th Truth Commission member

Imagine being so forgettable that you're the forgotten member of the most forgettable stable in WWF/E history.

[Rave]

It's a shame they gave up on it and made it a bland C-show, the early episodes were masterpieces of crazy. Bet a DVD would sell pretty well.

[TGM]

I'd love for these to be on the Network.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

I only remember a drunk Terry Funk yelling at Todd Pettingik that his mother was a whore.

[BlackoutCreature]

Jan 21, 2018 12:17:34 GMT -5 Citizen Snips Has Left said:

Undertaker tombstoning Triple H on top of an escalator and having Hunter's body ride it all the way down is one of the most underrated spots in wrestling history.

With the horror stories my parents used to tell me about escalators as a kid I kept waiting for Triple H's long hair to get stuck in the escalators spokes and his head to get ripped off.

[Brandon Walsh is Insane.]

I loved the nicknames and facts they had under guys names. Good show, was sad when it turned into just another Jakked/Metal type show

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HHH: "(the WWF) Where the big boys don't have time to play".
Vince: "HA HA HA HA HAAAA".

I don't know why I remember that specific line by HHH when he was on commentary with Vince, but always stood out to me for some reason. The brown nosing seeds were planted a while ago.

[agent817]

Later on, Shotgun became a B-show that was taped before or after Raw. I might have to find some episodes on YouTube that had the original concept.

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Jan 21, 2018 19:11:17 GMT -5 BlackoutCreature said:

Jan 21, 2018 12:17:34 GMT -5 Citizen Snips Has Left said:

Undertaker tombstoning Triple H on top of an escalator and having Hunter's body ride it all the way down is one of the most underrated spots in wrestling history.

With the horror stories my parents used to tell me about escalators as a kid I kept waiting for Triple H's long hair to get stuck in the escalators spokes and his head to get ripped off.

.............I know for the most part we've probably had varying degrees of HHHate for Hunter, but I'd truly be mourning the poor bastard if that had ever happened to him at any point in his life.

[DSR]

Jan 21, 2018 19:11:17 GMT -5 BlackoutCreature said:

Jan 21, 2018 12:17:34 GMT -5 Citizen Snips Has Left said:

Undertaker tombstoning Triple H on top of an escalator and having Hunter's body ride it all the way down is one of the most underrated spots in wrestling history.

With the horror stories my parents used to tell me about escalators as a kid I kept waiting for Triple H's long hair to get stuck in the escalators spokes and his head to get ripped off.

Brodie?

[James Fabiano]

For those who mourn never seeing Tank, don't worry. You got plenty of him as Mantaur.

Great site, BTW.

[fuzzywarble, squat cobbler]

Jan 23, 2018 16:18:06 GMT -5 James Fabiano said:

For those who mourn never seeing Tank, don't worry. You got plenty of him as Mantaur.

Great site, BTW.

Mantaur was one of the great underrated gimmicks in WWF history. How he never at least got an IC Title run, I have no idea

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it looked cool in the smaller venues

[wrestlingrecap]

For those who mourn never seeing Tank, don't worry. You got plenty of him as Mantaur.

Great site, BTW.

Thanks, James! I appreciate that.

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Jan 21, 2018 19:18:05 GMT -5 Brandon Walsh is Insane. said:

I loved the nicknames and facts they had under guys names. Good show, was sad when it turned into just another Jakked/Metal type show

OP, read your article - really enjoyed it and will read in the future!

They did those nicknames on Metal too - one of my most random, but vivid, childhood memories is of Droz and Key coming out for a tag team match and their nickname being "Pierced Pals". I've looked all over the internet for footage of that match, but, not shockingly, I've never been able to find it.