Survivor Series 1997

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, Canada. The "Montreal Screwjob" occurred at this event.
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, the 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 as a WWE employee until 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,
== Background ==
The Storyline feud between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels began after Michaels became the number one contender to the WWF Championship by defeating The Undertaker in the first ever Hell in a Cell match at Badd Blood: In Your House. On the following nights episode of Raw is War, while Michaels, alongside his friend Hunter Hearst Helmsley were blurting out insults to Vince McMahon by the announce table, Hart alongside members of The Hart Foundation appeared with Hart calling Michaels nothing more than a degenerate before challenging Triple H to a match later that night. Hart later lost to Helmsley by count out after Michaels hit him with Sweet Chin Music while he was blocking an attack by Helmsley's bodyguard Chyna.
==Results==
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*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) (15:27)
*The Truth Commission (The Jackyl, The Interrogator, Sniper, and Recon) defeated The Disciples of Apocalypse (Crush, Chainz, 8-Ball, and Skull) (09:59)
*Team Canada (The British Bulldog, Jim Neidhart, Doug Furnas and Phil Lafon) defeated Team USA (Vader, Goldust, Marc Mero and Steve Blackman) (w/ Sable) (17:47)
*Kane (w/ Paul Bearer) defeated Mankind (09:29)
*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) (20:34)
*Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated Owen Hart (c) (w/ The British Bulldog, Jim Neidhart, Doug Furnas and Phil Lafon) to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship (04:04)
*Shawn Michaels defeated Bret Hart (c) to win 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)	Road Dogg & Billy Gunn (New Age Outlaws)	Road Dogg & Billy Gunn (New Age Outlaws)	Road Dogg & Billy Gunn (New Age Outlaws)	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)	The Interrogator (Truth Commission)	The Interrogator (Truth Commission)	The Interrogator (Truth Commission)	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 Big 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)	British Bulldog (Team Canada)	British Bulldog (Team Canada)	British Bulldog (Team Canada) 	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 The Rock'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)	Ken Shamrock (Legion of Doom)	Ken Shamrock (Legion of Doom)	Ken Shamrock (Legion of Doom) 	Ken Shamrock (Legion of Doom)
==Other on-screen talent==
;Commentators
*Jim Ross
*Jerry "The King" Lawler
;Interviewers
*Michael Cole
*Dok Hendrix	
;Ring announcer
*Albert DeFrusia
;Referees
*Jack Doan
*Mike Chioda
*Tim White
*Jimmy Korderas
*Earl Hebner
==See also==
*List of WWE pay-per-view events
*WWE Event History
*Survivor Series
==DVD & Video Releases==
* Survivor Series 1997 on DVD
==External links==
* Survivor Series 1997 Official Website
* on WWE Network
* Survivor Series 1997 at CAGEMATCH.net
* Survivor Series 1997 at Online World of Wrestling
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