10 Fascinating WWE SummerSlam 1997 Facts

[@thanksgivingmcdaniels3335]

Michaels swinging that chair and hitting Taker led directly to the formation of DX, the first Hell in a Cell match where Kane debuted, and the Montreal Screwjob. All in the following three months. Solid work.

[@jeremyordas7080]

WWF/WWE owes a lot of its success to Foley, the man gave everything, always risked his well being

[@alexcelticw]

So the Nation of Domination replaced one Johnson with another Johnson

[@Matt-eq3zw]

11: It was Todd Pettengill's last appearance on WWE TV. He would be replaced by Michael Cole. This was the last event in a pre-Michael Cole WWE

[@richardtheconquerer]

Matt Never knew that's who he replaced. Fitting I suppose since they're both annoying

[@BIGGPHILL]

Every graphic used to depict fact #8 was spot on and HILARIOUS! Good job, Mr. editor.

[@mrfoxissarcastic1084]

Owen 3:16 says "I JUST BROKE YOUR NECK"

[@ScionOfTheSeventhDawn]

McMahon 3:16 says "I just broke your harness system"

[@williamarchibald1378]

Tasteless

[@trevonburtch4014]

It was a storyline at the time.

[@trevonburtch4014]

Savage

[@jcam.hart8]

Blue Blazer 3:16 says I just fell to my death

[@moparkid440]

I was there. Remember it like it was yesterday. Sent chills down your spine when the UnderTaker made his entrance.

[@legendaryzack3061]

"which gave him...a concussion!" i laughed way harder than i should have

[@GNVS300]

LegendaryZack me too and ‘nearly fucking killed himself’ while smiling away

[@tylerclifford9436]

I have been anticipating this review for ever now. SS97' was the best summer slam ever. Good times.

[@MariBills]

"Foley tried to kill himself!!!!" *MICK FOLEY EATS DEATH*

[@b.b.1989]

Titæn 2005 for breakfast

[@qwilliams1539]

Without any milk.

[@chriskessaris8985]

hahaha, the dead crowd thing is funny because it's exactly how I felt at this year's WrestleMania. Spent Saturday night boozing it up at Beyond and CZW and then was hung over in the hot, humid Florida sun all day Sunday. If the Hardy's didn't come back I probably would have been asleep around then.

[@jetman80pops]

Was at the show and yeah the tailgate was awesome. The WWF also had a big fan section up outside that had the old Undertaker giant inflatable along with games and merch tent. Was in the first row of the upper level. Even from there you could see Austin's head sticking out from Owen's legs as he did the tombstone. Knew it was a huge botch right away.

[@MrJWTH]

Wow, Ahmed Johnson must be the black Kevin Nash.

[@autumnbrookew]

I laughed my ass off when that Tye Dillinger graphic came up. So thank you.

[@SolidSonicTH]

That blue cage always looked legitimately unpleasant to work in. I mean getting smashed with a chain link door isn't a picnic but that blue cage looks very heavy to take a bump with. At least the walls of the chain cages give a little when you bump against them (even if sliding down the walls probably tears up your skin).

[@thatdude4202]

Today it's exactly 20 years from that summerslam

[@kedardeodhar8938]

Austin 3:16 merch was selling like a God Church

[@justinhemopo7024]

kedar deodhar New England is my city

[@redhotbobmonkhouse9794]

Papa bless

[@jmnufc7629]

fuck you jake pauler

[@mussyeg]

kedar deodhar Austin got merch selling like a god church

[@kaqueburlington4278]

Austin should've stunned Jesus off his cross, but Christ would've kicked out on the third day

[@philboswaggins1]

Not gonna lie, I love this song you're using to promote the world cup. It's so chill.

[@JessicaChastainFan]

Bret Hart vs. Taker was awesome! Even Owen vs. Austin was great until that finish...

[@yungnoodlearm]

More of these please WHAT CULTURE they're great

[@TheKabeersheikh]

I love you work ❤️ Keep it up #whatculture

[@birdmantd]

I was at the show. And while I didn't partake yes I do recall quite a bit of tailgaiting. Much more than I expected for a wrestling show. There was a contingent of Los Baricuas fans in my section and I got a kick out of them celebrating when they won as seemingly no one else in the building carried. And Austin hurting his neck was just plain bizarre because it was obvious something wasn't quite right but hard to tell from a distance what it was.

[@benconley612]

Nice vid Adam

[@henryhigginsiii6427]

"When Hulk Hogan reached his fifth time, it was head-turning as no-one had even won three championships before that time." - If Hogan had won five, then surely he had reached three (and four) before that time?

[@hwlhellbent7850]

Henry Higgins Other wrestlers..

[@henryhigginsiii6427]

I'm just being pedantic because that's not what Plumpy said.

[@dorkfish1275]

@@henryhigginsiii6427 nothing wrong with being pedantic

[@jasminekeeling4789]

Adam. I been thinking you're saying "I'm blumpy". Not "im Blampied" lol makes so much more sense

[@stingrey1571]

owen obviously changed how he did the piledriver probably due to the undertaker's growing popularity. dropping to the knees is how taker does his.

[@only1icon]

Hit man vs taker was an absolute classic, great PPV

[@andersonscott8000]

I would love to see Owen Hart in the wwe hall of fame, sadly that will probably never happen....

[@wtf3r]

Anderson scott Owen who?

[@stevencampbell2018]

If I was in Owens position I would have been too terrified to apologise to Austin. So I get why he didn't but it was the right thing to do.

[@me865]

Steven Campbell i would be too

[@IntentChief]

Summerslams 2015-17 where supposed to take place in New Jersey rather than Brooklyn but the izod center was demolished so the venue was changed

[@hhhhjay5837]

Welcome back to the Adam show- 90% of What culture fans hear on the intro

[@DragoEpyon]

Worth mentioning I think that Austin was one of the few, if only one, that wasn't wearing an OH armband on Owen's tribute show

[@DestinyZX1]

TheDragonEpyon he was a bit bitter due to the botched piledriver. Personally I think Austin regretted burying the hatchet with Owen before his passing

[@DragoEpyon]

I don't blame him for being bitter, it was a botch no denying that. He was respectful during the show, that's all you could really ask for.

[@calamaty9963]

Haven't seen this yet but fun fact this Summerslam was 20 years ago to the day. I also recall entering that contest where u choose a key. My phone rang while taking a big wwe & I never answered. Hopefully it wasn't me they called.

[@QuasarasauQ]

The editor also broke Austin's right arm at 4:43

[@GNVS300]

I lost it when I saw 'Taxes are worse than the Miz' =D

[@sproy1]

So after you're done with Summerslam, why not do In Your House? That used to be WWF's monthly PPV before they switched up to having unique names for each monthly PPV!

[@LuchaGangsta]

dstebbin I think they'll do survivor series then royal rumble then probably in your house.

[@tripplyons9599]

whatculture please post a link for the twitch stream for WCPPW tomorrow

[@DeboSanity]

What is the name of that song atbthe end? The pro wrestling world cup preview song

[@stingrey1571]

brian pillman was an official member of the hart foundation.

[@christopherfouche6735]

Wait, say "boricuas" again?

[@redhotbobmonkhouse9794]

Christopher Fouche glad I'm not the only one

[@LuckyDT]

Christopher Fouche This was before Plumpy even started watching wrestling, so give him a pass...along with a stare-down since he only started watching wrestling a bit after this.

[@marcus813]

Have him say "los", too!

[@evilwayz702]

That's shit killed me

[@Rykoshet]

It took me a solid 15 seconds to realize what he meant.

[@DJDoubleCee]

Surprised today's been exactly 20 years since that PPV happened.

[@ThatBowlerDude]

I can honestly say I was there, and bought an Austin 3:16 shirt that I still have to this day albeit faded. I remember a few of us were waiting for Kane to show up. lol

[@britneysuicyde1890]

Fact:I was there.

[@me865]

Lilah Suicyde Fact: you are lucky

[@Schu1tzeyGaming]

Was it any better live or no?

[@southbeachtalent]

I was there for Raw the next night in Bethlehem, Pa!

[@kjuergens1985]

I love these.

[@turbogeek.421]

As I've always known: Bret Hart > Brock Lesner

[@zahid131]

Can't wait for them to do Summerslam 2005 !!

[@thetruecish]

I want Plumpy to talk to me when I'm trying to sleep. His voice is so soothing.

[@MA-vd3ln]

The thing that stood out after Stone Cold and the Owen Hart pile driver was that Austin and Owen was never put in a storyline again with Owen Hart after all that happened

[@thegreatjenova]

Not true, Austin would interfere in all of Owen's Intercontinental title matches against other WWF Superstars, ensuring that Owen wouldn't lose the title to any of them, and then Austin defeated Owen for the Intercontinental Title at Survivor Series 1997.

[@LuchaGangsta]

in mood to watch an old summerslam on wwe network. i've seen the entire summerslams of 2000-2007, & 2014-2016. i want to watch one I haven't seen. any recommendations? :)

[@thanksgivingmcdaniels3335]

LuchaKing 1992

[@filiplazic9970]

1995 is best

[@miserlou7232]

Nice

[@BabyKnukleDustr]

It seems like every time there's a 10 Fascinating Facts including Stone Cold, he gets injured somehow.

[@AnvilPro100]

Wow, I live in New Jersey and didn't know that fact about Whitman. As someone who knows nothing about politics she is now instantly my favorite governor ever

[@RNC200711]

It was actually 20 years ago to the day that 1997 SummerSlam aired. August 3rd, 1997

[@nathandermond3337]

This is a very underrated SummerSlam

[@williamarchibald1378]

This was 20 years ago today!

[@Ryusuta]

"Boozing it up..." *Shows decidedly non-alcoholic Dad's Root Beer.* Nice one, guys.

[@thewackness4395]

Ahh new Jersey... my home ... my sweet , polluted , corrupt , expensive home .

[@omarshehadeh7937]

a top 10 list of the best mike talkers pleasee

[@michaelgorilla9910]

I mean I would feel pretty bad too, and unable to call the person and apologize. What do you say "sorry I that I got to cocky and broke their neck, put their career and life in sever danger". Just feel like a sorry and get well soon card would not do the trick.

[@purplesauce2262]

Hey guys your WCPW add after the video could you tone down the volume its blasts out so much louder then the actual content.

[@wawaelias8842]

Foley ripped his shirt to reveal a heart ❤️ and he was supposed to be dude love , but the sweat cleared it off hahahahaha

[@like2seeit86]

20 years ago today of this event.

[@johnjandoh6732]

If ahmed johnson did not get injured we would not have gotten the rock

[@nujerusalemtv809]

I was there it was awesome.

[@skyhero752]

holy shit this is posted for the year i was born ON my birthday... thats kinda cool

[@rowangalloway9643]

More Forget lists plz

[@edwardellis3038]

Vader vs Sid was supposed to happen on this show

[@alexh8613]

$202,500 on a 20,000 crowd is nothing. I used to be in charge of merchandise for concert/family shows at a major arena and we would do that on house shows. I want to say that our best night was a Raw where we did $13 per cap. Unless the $202,500 was the number that the WWF did, after the building took their 25% - 30%. Then I completely retract my statement. As that would be around $290,000 on a 20,000 crowd which would be about a $14.50 per cap. Which is good.

[@rooneye]

I dont know why people make a bigger deal about how many times someone won a title rather than how may days they kept it or how many times the defended it. Winning the title 5 times also means you lost it 4 times...

[@Dailyfootballbytes]

If not for Austin's infamous broken neck we could of seen matches against John Cena Randy Orton or CM Punk or Roman Reigns

[@ColeVecsion]

As noted in previous episodes, Austin's neck was already at "you need to consider retiring" injury levals BEFORE the tombstone botch, sadly Austin's carear was always going to be too short

[@rebal180]

Great list Adam. Yes I called him Adam because that's his name and I'm not calling him anything else.

[@antsman88]

rebal180 Damn you so ice cold.

[@jimspence882]

My fav summer slam next

[@jonboybelton1076]

When are you guys coming to Louisiana? WCPW?

[@tristenfrohaug3008]

Jonboy Belton never it's a British promotion

[@LuchaGangsta]

Tristen Frohaug weren't they in Orlando for state of emergency? 0.0

[@tristenfrohaug3008]

LuchaKing idk I was just trying to low key be a dick

[@MainForcePatrolKZ]

No one at whatculture actually watched these summerslam's because they were all pokemon card playin' kids at the time. You can't judge a show held 20 years ago and put your modern ideals on it. Everyone loved it at the time, some were disappointed but most people didn't give a shit either way because they had a laugh watching it.

[@trevonburtch4014]

I'm going to let you in on a secret, kids love wrestling.

[@residentelect]

I think Simon is the only one whom watched during the New Generation, and most of the Attitude era? You're right about the others though. Hence why I can't stand listening to Jack the Nobber prattle on about anything pre Ruthless Aggression era!

[@LestatSkysGuitar]

Jim Lahey mr lahey !! Are you still the liquor ?

[@MainForcePatrolKZ]

Shit winds Ethan, the shit storm is a coming and only the liquor knows what to do my boy.

[@T.Maximus]

Jim Lahey I did both watched wrestling and was into Pokemon lol, I didn't get out of wrestling until around 2002 when I started smoking pot more..

[@zachkuvinka2968]

Should make a video top 10 most over superstars on the roster

[@Alexander.73]

*WHAT IS THE MUSIC IN THE END????*

[@Echo-us1yl]

Joe > Roman

[@cole003f]

Cody Couch this has nothing to do with either you idiot

[@alldough6760]

this has nothing to do with the video but I never really watch GFW or TNA or Impact or whatever but I am starting to really like the the current LAX's run they are so entertaining.

[@alldough6760]

Nvm Low-Ki just joined the group are you fucking kidding me?!

[@discoron77]

1:52 Top ten facts about Vladimir!

[@jacobwatts5582]

It's not a god damn tombstone, it's an inverted piledriver.

[@furiousd36]

Wasn't this the last time the blue bar steel cage was used as well?

[@antsman88]

furiousd36 No it got used a year later at Breakdown: In your house for the triple threat with Mankind, Rock and Shamrock.

[@WhiskeyBrewer]

Didn't Austin injure his neck before Summerslam 97? but the Owen incident exacerbated the injury

[@TheEneg]

Meadowlands Arena was 1 of the best wwe arena of all time

[@markryan5104]

Austin broke Masa Chono's neck whilst doing the exact same tombstone piledriver move that Owen used to break Austin's neck.......karma can be a very nasty thing!!!!!!...why did'nt anyone moan about Austin breaking Chono's neck?

[@thegreatjenova]

Very True.

[@mandatorymist7792]

Austin was the future of WWE, so his injury was taken much more seriously

[@tinotica]

This venue is cursed!! Stone cold has had two severe injuries that resulted from something breaking and both times happened in this building. First in 1997 and the other in 2001.

[@ColeVecsion]

Well, it is jersey, the garbage state was always cursed

[@jokercell682]

2:20 boozing it up with Dad's Root Beer

[@michaelgorilla9910]

Fun fact* As a child I though mick foley was a crackhead and all his spots were fake, because I thought their is no way someone can take that much pain. Then I grew up and realized it was all real and foley barley ever needed anything for the pain, yes, foley is God.

[@gregmatic2861]

The fact that the 6 guys mentioned have held the title more than Bret but guys like Piper never held it once is bullshit. Nobody should be a world champion more than 5 times.

[@galandrius]

Anyone notice they use that picture of hart at 6:04 alot in this series?

[@droshow]

You could of mentioned that was the last appearance by hit man in a summerslam

[@1000herecomesthepain]

ii DjDro ii nope that would SummerSlam 2010 when he was on Team WWE to go against the Nexus

[@antsman88]

1000herecomesthepain Lol let's not remind people of that sad sad moment.

[@Nobody-br1rq]

97 was great Shawn was a great heel as well as bret

[@CJKeene-zz2kw]

WhatCulture showing the Adam Blampied name?? Teasing a name change??

[@user-gp7ru8dt1b]

3:16 "are you alright"

[@JuanVilorio]

Hey I'm from New Jersey

[@diamondstudd]

Also with fact number 10. The reason why those taxes were in place is because New Jersey (IN 1997) classed professional wrestling as a legitimate sport (IN 1997) by where there is a real element of competition. Vince basically had to break kayfabe (IN 1997) and admit that it was staged showmanship with pre-determined results. . . like nobody knew that . . . . . IN 1997!!

[@JeffreyJFerguson]

Remember when Pillman wore a dress on Raw ever day for a month afterward, but then beat Goldust at the September In Your House and Marlena became his slave? Yeah... 1997.

[@aaronwhalen6433]

Pillman wasn't unofficial! He was a member of the Hart Foundation!

[@izodblackcrime]

Man imagine if WWE went back to an attitude era rating. Its all a fantasy tho. Vince is too stubborn

[@Noah20340]

Adam should do the best wrestlers of the last 25 years

[@redhotbobmonkhouse9794]

Noah Lerum he's not been a fan long enough to have a realistic opinion over a 25 year period, Adam pacitti is one of the only guys with the knowledge to even attempt such a list at whatculture since Kenny has left and James doesn't do lists

[@me865]

Let's talk Wrestling or Simon. I think he started watching in like 1990

[@romanfaiola440]

I'm from New Jersey