February 17, 1997 Monday Night RAW results

The February 17, 1997 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWF's RAW brand, which took place on February 17, 1997 in Nashville, Tennessee.
==Results==
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*Marc Mero (w/ Sable) defeated Savio Vega (w/The Nation) via disqualification when the Nation chased Sable into the ring; moments thereafter, Ahmed Johnson made the save by clearing the ring with a 2x4.
*WWF IC Champion Rocky Maivia defeated Leif Cassidy with the shoulder breaker.
*The Headbangers defeated Matt & Jeff Hardy when Thrasher defeated Jeff following the Stage Dive; during the bout, Farooq and the Nation were shown backstage with Jim Ross interviewing Farooq from the commentary table about his feud with Ahmed Johnson; during the promo, Farooq said he wanted his match with Ahmed at WrestleMania to be a Chicago Streetfight.
*WWF Tag Team Champion Owen Hart defeated Flash Funk (w/ the Funkettes) with a leg lariat and having Davey Boy Smith hold down Funk's leg from the outside after Smith, who came ringside midway through the bout and ordered Clarence Mason backstage, hit Funk with Owen's Slammy; during the bout, Jerry Lawler spoke to Paul Heyman on the phone - who called in to accept Lawler's offer of having ECW wrestlers onhand for the following week's edition of Raw.
*Bart Gunn defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley via count-out when Goldust chased Helmsley into the crowd; during the bout, the Honkytonk Man did guest commentary.
*Psycho Sid defeated WWF World Champion Bret Hart with the powerbomb to win the title after Steve Austin interfered and hit the champion with a chair as Hart had the Sharpshooter applied. The bout was to have taken place earlier in the show on two separate occasions but was postponed due to interference by Steve Austin both in the ring and backstage; during the bout, Hart used the ringpost figure-4 for the first time on TV; after the bout, The Undertaker - who had been named earlier in the broadcast as the #1 contender - came to the ring to confront the man he would face for the title at WrestleMania
==Other Segments==
*Kevin Kelly conducted an in-ring interview with Goldust, with Marlena, in which Goldust said his feud with Hunter Hearst Helmsley was now personal; moments later, Marlena said Goldust was more man than Helmsley could ever be; Helmsley then appeared ringside, threw a cup of water into Goldust's face, attacked him, and hit the Pedigree; Marlena then slapped Helmsley, with Helmsley's mystery woman then coming in the ring and violently shaking Marlena until security pulled her away and escorted her from ringside.
===Commentators===
*Jim Ross
*Jerry Lawler
===Ring Announcer===
* Howard Finkel
==Image Gallery==
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==External links==
* RAW #197 results
* Raw #197 on WWE Network
Category:1997 television events