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Post by thegame415 on Aug 5, 2022 22:38:06 GMT -5
Fun show. Crowd was hot. It's totally a weird mix of Attitude Era and New Generation.
I feel like it has Russo and Cornette's fingerprints all over it.
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Post by jason1980s on Aug 5, 2022 22:39:25 GMT -5
I can't remember the exact reason why WWF PPVs were put on a few weeks earlier than normal. There was an explanation someone told but I can't remember it. Maybe it was to get the edge on WCW. Patriot was a bit too new to make the PPV and back then WWF seemed more focused on feuds than just adding a match that made no sense (like some previous Summer Slams). When he debuted I didn't even see much fan fare. I just saw him on a weekend show beating the Sultan. Though I do remember he came into the Bret feud very quickly but he was really out of place in 1997 WWF and it wouldn't have helped WWF to have him on the PPV I don't believe.
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Post by johncasey on Aug 6, 2022 9:10:59 GMT -5
Whilst I'm looking at this from a modern perspective but I'd be making sure that the challenger to The WWF Championship at the next PPV and someone who has been on WWE TV already, I'd be making sure that he's in this show especially as Summerslam had that Governor segment and that unlock the box with the key game or debut him on the Raw after Summerslam.
If he's not the guy, turn Vader face on that Raw instead of Ground Zero and have him challenge.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2022 15:01:17 GMT -5
Whilst I'm looking at this from a modern perspective but I'd be making sure that the challenger to The WWF Championship at the next PPV and someone who has been on WWE TV already, I'd be making sure that he's in this show especially as Summerslam had that Governor segment and that unlock the box with the key game or debut him on the Raw after Summerslam. If he's not the guy, turn Vader face on that Raw instead of Ground Zero and have him challenge. The Governor & Sweepstakes segments were way more important to wwf at the time than getting patriot on the show & they should have been as wwf was still struggling & the governor helped them out big time. As a struggling company having a big sponsored million dollar giveaway was big for them. The Patriot was a throw away challenger who got his job because he was friendly with a couple backstage stooges that’s the reality.
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