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Release Date:
20 September 1997 (UK) more
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Cast

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Mark Calaway ... The Undertaker
Mark Canterbury ... Henry O. Godwinn
Jesus Castillo ... Himself

Chyna ... Herself
Jose Estrada Jr. ... Himself
Mick Foley ... Dude Love
Bret Hart ... Himself

Owen Hart ... Himself
Michael Hegstrand ... Road Warrior Hawk
Dennis Knight ... Phineas I. Godwinn
Joe Laurinaitis ... Road Warrior Animal
Jerry Lawler ... Himself
Paul Levesque ... Hunter Hearst Helmsley
Vince McMahon ... Himself
Shawn Michaels ... Himself
Miguel Perez ... Himself
Juan Rivera ... Savio Vega
Jim Ross ... Himself
Rick Rude ... Himself
Glenn Ruth ... Thrasher
Charles Scaggs ... Flash Funk
Gurjit Singh Hans ... Tiger Ali Singh
Tiger Jeet Singh ... Himself
Davey Boy Smith ... Himself (as British Bulldog)
Tammy Sytch ... Sunny
Chaz Warrington ... Mosh

Leon White ... Vader
Dale Wilkes ... The Patriot
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Country:
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Language:
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Filming Locations:
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK

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According to some, in the main event Davey Boy Smith, "The British Bulldog" was originally supposed to win as agreed by the bookers and Vince McMahon, so Smith could devote his win to his sister. However, the original ending of the match was changed to give Shawn Michaels a controversial win instead, to further the angle between Shawn Michaels and the Hart Family. Some Internet critics, and a bitter Bret Hart, the brother-in-law of Davey Boy claim that Michaels used his backstage clout to veto the original ending of the match so that he would win and thus become the WWF's first wrestler to hold every major championship. This accusation added more fuel to Bret Hart and Shawn Michael's real-life feud, which would come full-circle mere months later at Survivor Series '97. more

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The British PPV Vince McMahon Has Never Been Able to Follow, 15 April 2006
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Author: Izzit249 from London, England

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

This is without a doubt the British ppv the wwf/wwe has/was never able to follow.

This is the PPV which saw some fine wrestling matches to end all fine wrestling matches, but also saw the conflict begin between the Hart Foundation and the official birth of Degeneration-X that the USA at the time envied beyond belief.

Seeing fantastic wrestling from Vader, Owen Hart, The Undertaker, Bret Hart, Triple H and Mick Foley + others, the main event seeing the European title exchange hands from the British Bulldog to Shawn Michaels left British fans and European fans seething anger and hatred towards the WWE and DX. They were absolutely livid, (you have to watch it to understand why).

Having seen the build up inc. a story which saw Davey Boy Smith (Bulldog) claim he was going to win this match for his cancer aided sister + other family and his country, the shocking outcome saw the referee end the match due to a supposed knee injury that was causing Smith serious harm, + the birth of DX. DX started by humiliating and assaulting Diana Smith, but saw the Hart Foundation rush to the rescue, but the fans were too livid to see anything good of the h.foundation given the hatred of the world outside Canada their storyline portrayed at this time.

Although this provided a confusing situation for Bret Hart to be in for the rest of the year, which saw McMahon the same month ask for Bret's resignation from the wwf, a highly entertaining recommended to all the world.

A PPV that Vince has never been able to follow!

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