Ep. 48: 1997 Canadian Stampede
The Lapsed Fan returns with a deep dive into one of the true sleeper hits in WWF history \u2013 the 1997 Canadian Stampede: In Your House.
Join your co-chairman as they journey to the Calgary Stampede as the famed Hart Family take their greatest stand, as the Hart Foundation squad of Bret, Owen, Anvil, Bulldog and Pillman face ragtag group of Americans captained by the surging Stone Cold Steve Austin.
TLF assess it all, including:
- The surprising note on sadness that sets in today watching the show\u2019s closing scene, starring so many staples of the business we\u2019ve lost
- The WWF light heavyweight experiment \u2013 why it paled in comparison to WCW\u2019s cruiser weights and what it should have been
- The quantities that makes Stone Cold who he is come into stark relief in the way the main event is worked and booked.
- Bruce Hart almost ruins things (Bret agrees)
- Why there need to be more four-match pay-per-views
- Are Mankind and Triple H still brawling as we speak?
- The Harts are welcomed with massive autograph lines to the Stampede
\u2013 The hottest Bret Hart has ever been as a character in wrestling, as an uber baby in Canada and an uber heel in America
- The seeds are planted for the Undertaker/Kane/dead parents storyline, as Paul Bearer leads Vader in to challenge The Undertaker
- The last \u201cIn Your House\u201d style PPV before WWF switched to a three-hour, $30 monthly model that took off despite the steeper price
- WWF telegraphs where the product is headed by invoking \u201cshades of gray\u201d
All that and so much more as TLF delves into one of the most storied and unique nights in WWF history. Download here.