King Of The Ring 1997: Something To Wrestle

On this episode of Something To Wrestle, Bruce and Conrad take us back to 1997 and the crowning of our King Of The Ring! The guess discuss the brilliance and transformation of Mankind into the beloved Mick Foley, the building drama between Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart, and the troubled storyline of Dustin Rhode. This is a jammed packed episode that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
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[@chrisortiz8072]

Bruce made me want to see an Ivan Putski promo and hit someone with the Polish Hammer

[@chico1680]

Oh fuck Kermit the 🐸. That tag match with Shawn and Austin vs Owen and Bulldog was great.

[@reallyretro]

The Bret/Shawn feud around this time was at its zenith. Both guys did whatever they could to get the upper hand on one another. All leading up to the infamous locker room brawl the night after this show, in which Bret ripped out clumps of Shawn’s hair.

[@newageassholes]

97 was such a good year in the WWF.

[@jasonwhitman94]

NS

[@shaneclancy4083]

It was gonna be HBK vs Pillman that raw after this show. What could have been…..

[@iLLBiLLsRoastBeats]

@@shaneclancy4083have you read the Titan Trilogy books?

[@st8teofmind93]

Love these full episodes good to see video ever now and then

[@lead.astray1279]

Always wondered, how many knees did Ahmed Johnson think he had?

[@nichhodge8503]

39:25 WWE were playing the race card with Thurman ‘Sparky’ Plugg too!

[@kevinsmith8988]

Had the injury at Royal Rumble 98 not happened Austin/Michaels here at King of the Ring 97 is the match we could have had and honestly should have had at Wrestlemania 14

[@josephross7936]

Worst injury time was post King of the Ring 2001. Triple H injured his quad. Chris B. broke his neck. Austin & Angle both bang up but good enough to act, so they had that 3-4 week spand trying to cheer up Vince McMahon without taking a bump.

[@dakliq420]

And then you didn't have Rock for months. Granted that wasn't a injury,but it definitely didn't help with the injuries to top guys happening.

[@MW-cx3sb]

Why do people speak the name of that maggot dog for

[@InstagramAWrestlingHistorian]

Behold the King The King of Kings On your knees dog Ahahah All hail 🎵Bow down to the-, bow down to the King🎵

[@A..D..D]

Bruce will defend shit ideas with his life , he’ll go down with the ship .

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

"The Red Rooster would have gotten over if Terry embraced it." 🤣

[@micahbrannan9799]

Snowball Derby is in Pensacola. Been to Mobile speed way many times to watch a fight and a race would break out.

[@wrestlingwithhistory]

First! Glad to see Bruce!

[@joedavidson6556]

And Tom

[@antonycadogan2018]

Rip to the Shiek , what a personality. Only appreciated him as an adult .

[@dannystaton5386]

Bruce 🎉

[@jpd632]

That totally looks like Mick Foley. I think it is.

[@LinusKnight]

First “golddust” now “LIV Cassidy” who’s typing y’all’s stuff ?

[@jasonwhitman94]

New name for people who are a pain in the A** SUPER FAN 😉

[@StarMakerBolin]

A Kenny Bolin Mention at the 19 Min Mark talking about The Legendary Kroger Meat Oppurtunity. Kenny tried to teach this craft to Bruce one night at an OVW TV taping at Bruces request. We need to hear what Bruce tried and failed at Walmart. LOL

[@josephross7936]

Why didn't Dustin & Cody get a run as normal rather then Goldust & Stardust?

[@BdamanDjalou]

They did

[@poisonious_cactus9402]

Why does KZbin give me adds in Spanish I'm like wtf lol

[@willymassey8273]

This is America!

[@bryanmack4054]

1:00:32 lol the fans booed that?? Bret hart was right all along

[@Slechy_Lesh]

36:48

[@RowlexEnterprise]

On the Hitman HBK rival sit down interview with Jim Ross….it’s apparent that Bret wasn’t being truthful claiming he honestly forgot his line. In the actual clip….you can see two WWF officials in suits outside the ring right in front of Bret telling him to wrap it up.

[@JosephYT13]

Yeah! I call bullshit on Bret “not seeing” the go home signal

[@chico1680]

Could be that. Or it could be Bret wasn't wrapping it up because like he said, he couldn't remember the closing line that would que Shawn superkicking him.

[@RowlexEnterprise]

@@chico1680 but Bret as a professional should’ve improvised and thought of something else to wrap up his segment for the sake of the show/ business

[@ShadowAngel-lt8nw]

@@chico1680 Doubtful, it was Bret doing what he does best: Acting completely unprofessional.

[@ReesarteYT]

@@ShadowAngel-lt8nwjust pretend I had the promo of Shawn calling out Taker knowing he wasn’t in the building or crotch chopping in JRs face in biker shorts. Both guys at the time had unprofessional moments.

[@murraysaucedo897]

Why did the KOTR PPV get cancelled?

[@GorditoCrunch343]

KOTR 2002 did a low buyrate so Vince put a stop to it.

[@chrisorlando6162]

They ran out of capes and scepters.

[@Bloodth3Butcher]

This is my exact problem with wrestling now......I'm in my late 20s and grew up with the end of the attitude Era, etc.....the fact that the Lawler promo on the Rhodes family is considered "offensive" and is looked down upon is absolute bullshit to me. As a wrestling fan, Ik wrestling has always poked the bear at current politics, gone after people with shooting promos like Bret/Shawn or Piper, Slaughter,etc.....those guys were all HOF talent......I literally can't watch wrestling now because of the tip-toeing on eggshells on promos or angles.....it's just absolute nonsense. I understand why they do it because it's a public company and also making $ globally, but I just wish that wrestling never lost its roots of being an art like comedy. Touching all subjects of life and not caring who got offended, pushing the envelope, etc.....sorry for the rant, but damn man.....I miss the way wrestling used to be.

[@eddie9244]

Im in my late 30s , best years were 1996-2006

[@Bloodth3Butcher]

@Eddie Looking back, I would agree especially with that being the year the NWO started too haha.

[@Bloodth3Butcher]

@veganhigler6541 Sad but true

[@Bloodth3Butcher]

@@eddie9244 Agreed

[@JC-mi8fw]

The fact that conrad can't bring himself to talk about the promo without a cowardly disclaimer is a damn shame.

[@oddrknot4]

The Katie Vick mention was total LOW BROW and the WWE should have scrubbed that trash from television

[@iLLBiLLsRoastBeats]

Cuck

[@JC-mi8fw]

Jeez Conrad. You can talk about the Jerry Lawler promo without being so apologetic and terrified that the cancel culture mob are going to come out and get you. Have a little bit of courage. You also quoted it wrong. Do your research.

[@chrisorlando6162]

Ron Simmons was amazing. Farooq was not.

[@andrewmann4067]

NOBODY CARED ABOUT GOLDUST!!!!!

[@dharleyv]

Once again Connie with this Leaf Cassidy/ Al Snow bullshit of them being the same person.......LOL

[@ReanimatorsMutilations]

What

[@thomaswillingham4084]

Lawler proved what weak tr*sh we've all become since then