Wrestlemania XIII战报
1997-03-23, Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Four team tag elimination match:
Headbangers def. Godwinns, New Blackjacks, Doug Furnas / Phil LaFon
As always with matches with more than two teams, it was a bit messed up at times, but even with that, the Furnas/LaFon team could Show off their good wrestling technique. First elimination was a double countout of the New Blackjacks and the Furnas/LaFon team after some brawling outside the ring. The match ended when Headbanger Mosh pinned Phileas Godwinn after a frog splash.
- Intercontinental championship:
Rocky Maivia (ch) def. Sultan
This match contained of mostly boring power wrestling, where Sultan dominated most of the match. Rocky managed to get a pinfall over Sultan nevertheless. After the match, Rocky was interviewed, when the Sultan attacked him from behind. Rocky Johnson, the father of Rocky Maivia, entered the ring and defended Rocky.
- Hunter Hearst Helmsley def. Goldust
It was an even match with a certain amount of foul play in it. The audience was clearly on Goldust's side. Hunter Hearst Helmsley won the match after a pedigree on Goldust, when he tried to protect Marlena from Helmsley's "manager" Chyna.
- Tagteam championship:
Owen Hart & British Bulldog (ch) vs. Vader & Mankind (2xCO)
Owen and Bulldog seemed to have gotten past their personal differences they had after their match for the European Championship. There was a lot of action outside the ring, where, for example, Vader attacked Bulldog with the urn. The match ended in a double countout after Mankind and Bulldog jumped out of the ring while Mankind had a mandible claw applied.
- Submission match:
Guest referee: Ken Shamrock (of UFC "shooting")
Bret "Hit Man" Hart def. Stonecold Stone Cold
This match was at top speed from the beginning, but it was more a brawl than a wrestling match, with both wrestling resorting to ugly tactics. At some times they were even wrestling out among the audience... Bret Hard worked much on Austin's bad leg, but Austin didn't submit even though he was in pain. The match ended after Bret hitting Austin with the ring gong, after Austin tried to choke him with the microphone cables. Bret got Austin into a sharpshooter, which rendered Austin unconcious. Even though him winning the match, Bret continued attacking Austin, but referee Shamrock stopped him with a belly-to-belly. After waking up, Austin applied a stone-cold stunner to Shamrock.
- Chicago street fight:
Legion of Doom & Ahmed Johnson def. Nation of Domination (Farooq, Crush & Savio Vega)
Since this was a Chicago street fight, foreign objects were allowed inside the ring (and outside), and much was used, like, for instance, the french-canadian commentators' table. Crush covered Hawk for the win, after hitting him with a piece of plank.
- Championship match:
Undertaker def. Sycho Sid (ch)
Bret Hart came into the ring and started humiliating the injured Shawn Michaels who was a commentator, and then continued with Undertaker and Sycho Sid. He said that the title should be his. Sid powerbombed him and called him a cry-baby, and then Undertaker started the real match by attacking Sid from behind.
Much action took place outside the ring, for example when the Undertaker was slammed against the mexican commentators' table. Both wrestlers tried to get a quick victory, but none succeeded. Sid almost won the match with a tombstone(!) on Undertaker. Hart once again entered the ring, fighting Sid, which made it possible for Undertaker to win the match.
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