Survivor Series (1997)

Survivor Series (1997)
Promotional poster featuring various sillhouettes
Tagline(s)	Gang Rulz
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	November 9, 1997
Attendance	20,593
Venue	Molson Centre
City	Montreal, Quebec
Pay-per-view chronology
Badd Blood: In Your House Survivor Series (1997) D-Generation X: In Your House
Survivor Series chronology
Survivor Series (1996) Survivor Series (1997) Survivor Series (1998)

Survivor Series (1997) was the eleventh annual Survivor Series pay-per-view professional wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on November 9, 1997 at the Molson Centre in Montreal, Quebec.

The main event was a standard wrestling match for the WWF Championship, in which Bret Hart defended the title against Shawn Michaels. It would be the last of three WWF Championship matches between the two, having previously headlined the 1992 Survivor Series and WrestleMania XII together. Michaels won the title by controversially defeating Hart when he had applied Hart's own finishing maneuver, Sharpshooter on Hart, and Vince McMahon ordered the referee Earl Hebner to ring the bell and awarded the match to Michaels, without Hart even submitting to the move. This controversial incident became known as the Montreal Screwjob and marked Hart's last appearance on WWE programming until 2005, and his last in-ring appearance until 2010. This was also the last time that Hart held a title in WWE until May of 2010.

The undercard featured Stone Cold Steve Austin versus Owen Hart in a standard wrestling match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship, Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal), Ahmed Johnson and Ken Shamrock versus Nation of Domination (The Rock, Faarooq, Kama Mustafa and D'Lo Brown) in a four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match, Kane versus Mankind in a standard wrestling match, Team Canada (The British Bulldog, Jim Neidhart, Doug Furnas and Phil Lafon) versus Team USA (Vader, Goldust, Marc Mero and Steve Blackman) in a four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match, Truth Commission (The Jackyl, The Interrogator, Sniper, and Recon) versus Disciples of Apocalypse (Crush, Chainz, 8-Ball and Skull) in a four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match and New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg) and The Godwinns (Henry and Phineas) versus The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher) and The New Blackjacks (Blackjack Windham and Blackjack Bradshaw) in a four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match.

The event has been cited by WWE as one of the starting points of the Attitude Era.

Results

#	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg) and The Godwinns (Henry and Phineas) defeated The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher) and The New Blackjacks (Blackjack Windham and Blackjack Bradshaw)	Four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match1	15:27
2	The Truth Commission (The Jackyl, The Interrogator, Sniper, and Recon) defeated The Disciples of Apocalypse (Crush, Chainz, 8-Ball, and Skull)	Four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match2	09:59
3	Team Canada (The British Bulldog, Jim Neidhart, Doug Furnas and Phil Lafon) defeated Team USA (Vader, Goldust, Marc Mero and Steve Blackman) (with Sable)	Four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match3	17:47
4	Kane (with Paul Bearer) defeated Mankind.	Singles match	09:29
5	The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal), Ahmed Johnson and Ken Shamrock defeated The Nation of Domination (The Rock, Faarooq, Kama Mustafa and D'Lo Brown)	Four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match4	20:34
6	Steve Austin defeated Owen Hart (c) (with The British Bulldog, Jim Neidhart, Doug Furnas and Phil Lafon)	Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship	04:04
7	Shawn Michaels defeated Bret Hart (c)	Singles match for the WWF Championship	12:11

Survivor Series elimination matches

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Elimination #	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Elimination move	Time
1	Henry Godwinn	Godwinns & Outlaws	Bradshaw	Abdominal Stretch Pin	3:58
2	Barry Windham	Headbangers & Blackjacks	Phineas Godwinn	Pinfall after a Clothesline	5:16
3	Mosh	Headbangers & Blackjacks	Billy Gunn	Pinfall after a Reversed Bulldog	8:43
4	Phineas Godwinn	Godwinns & Outlaws	Thrasher	Pinfall after a Stagedive	12:39
5	Bradshaw	Headbangers & Blackjacks	Road Dogg	Pinfall by School Boy	13:46
6	Thrasher	Headbangers & Blackjacks	Billy Gunn	Pinfall after a Guillotine Leg Drop	15:27
Survivor:	Road Dogg & Billy Gunn (New Age Outlaws)

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Elimination #	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Elimination move	Time
1	Chainz	D.O.A.	The Interrogator	Pinfall after a Sidewalk Slam	1:18
2	The Jackyl	Truth Commission	8-Ball	Pinfall after a Sidewalk Slam	2:52
3	Recon	Truth Commission	Skull	Pinfall after a Running Clothesline	5:20
4	Skull	D.O.A.	Sniper	Pinfall after a Bulldog	6:30
5	8-Ball	D.O.A.	The Interrogator	Pinfall after a Sidewalk Slam	8:51
6	Sniper	Truth Commission	Crush	Pinfall after a Powerslam	9:47
7	Crush	D.O.A.	The Interrogator	Pinfall after a Sidewalk Slam	9:59
Survivor:	The Interrogator (Truth Commission)

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Elimination #	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Elimination move	Time
1	Steve Blackman	Team USA	None	Count Out after brawling with Furnas and Lafon outside the ring	5:47
2	Jim Neidhart	Team Canada	Vader	Pinfall after a Big Splash	7:32
3	Phil Lafon	Team Canada	Vader	Pinfall after a middle rope Splash	9:07
4	Marc Mero	Team USA	Doug Furnas	Pinfall with a Roll-Up and handful of tights	11:59
5	Goldust	Team USA	None	Count Out after walking out on Vader	17:00
6	Doug Furnas	Team Canada	Vader	Pinfall after a Vader Bomb	17:35
7	Vader	Team USA	British Bulldog	Pinfall after striking Vader with the ring bell	17:47
Survivor:	British Bulldog (Team Canada)

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Elimination #	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Elimination move	Time
1	Hawk	Road Warriors	The Rock	Pinfall after a Rock Bottom	2:15
2	Faarooq	Nation of Domination	Ahmed Johnson	Pinfall after a Pearl River Plunge	4:39
3	Ahmed Johnson	Road Warriors	The Rock	Pinfall after Faarooq tripped and held Ahmed Johnson's foot	6:19
4	Kama Mustafa	Nation of Domination	Animal	Pinfall by School Boy	10:53
5	Animal	Legion of Doom	None	Count Out (Chased after the New Age Outlaws, who were wearing the L.O.D. spikes)	15:22
6	D'Lo Brown	Nation of Domination	Ken Shamrock	Submission by Ankle Lock	17:11
7	The Rock	Nation of Domination	Ken Shamrock	Submission by Ankle Lock	20:34
Survivor:	Ken Shamrock (Legion of Doom)

Other on-screen talent

Commentators Jerry "The King" Lawler Jim Ross Spanish Commentators Carlos Cabrera Tito Santana French Commentators Raymond Rougeau Jean Brassard Jacques Rougeau, Sr. Other Albert DeFrusia - ring announcer Vince McMahon Sgt. Slaughter Gerald Brisco Pat Patterson

Referees Mike Chioda Jack Doan Earl Hebner Jim Korderas Tim White Interviewers Michael Cole Kevin Kelly

See also

• Montreal Screwjob

References

• "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts". Wrestling’s Historical Cards (Kappa Publishing): pp. 99. 2007. 
• hoffco-inc.com - Survivor Series '97 review
• 1997 Survivor Series Results

External links

• Official 1997 Survivor Series site