Shawn Michaels lost his smile, and hurt his knee, in February 1997.
Stone Cold Steve Austin illegally eliminated three guys in the 1997 Royal Rumble at the Alamodome.
All of this led to WWF In Your House: Final Four as Austin, Bret Hart, Undertaker, and Vader faced off in a four-way elimination match for the WWF Championship. Bret Hart actually quit the company but came back conveniently at the end of an episode of Monday Night Raw to unquit. He originally agreed to this match when the championship wasn’t even on the line, so Hart had to be pretty down bad to just unquit an hour after he quit.
We talk about it all on this week’s episode of the podcast.
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Nick Piccone has covered Philly sports and events for over 14 years. He founded Bleeding Brotherly Love in April 2011, and renamed it Bleed Philly in 2013. In 2015, he joined Sean Brace in launching Philly Influencer, which quickly became a top Philly sports and culture website. He covered professional wrestling for PhillyVoice from 2015-2021, and co-launched The Straight Shooters podcast in 2015, covering the entire pro wrestling industry. He also produces content for Fox Sports Radio Philadelphia and the Villanova Sports Radio Network. He grew up in South Philadelphia and South Jersey, and is a graduate of Neumann University.
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