Badd Blood (1997)

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Badd Blood was a professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Federation which took place on 7th December 1997

## Background

The main match heading into the show is Shawn Michaels vs The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match for NO1 Contendership to the WWF Championship. Shawn decided to vacate the title because he "lost his smile" and needed to take a break from WWF, that break was literally just 6 days as he returned during the Survivor Series tournament for the vacant WWF Championship and was made special guest ref in the finals between Bret Hart and Undertaker, Shawn obviously tried to get Bret to lose and decided to chairshot him but Bret ducked and Shawn accidentally hit Taker as he was forced to count the 1 2 3 and cause Taker's first loss since Summerslam. Shawn wanted his title back but Taker also wanted a fair match and to just get revenge on Shawn so Vince decided this would be settled in a hell in a cell match

Brian Pillman vs Stone Cold has been THE defining feud of both men's careers, starting on WCW with Hollywood Blondes and Pillman's eventual turn on Austin, they both went to WWF in 1996 with both men being part of the revamped Million Dollar Corporation but Austin couldn't handle being around Pillman so he attacked him constantly, they had a match at Summerslam 1996 where Pillman defeated Austin to retain the IC title and Austin was forced to shave his head but he punched Pillman before he could do it and shaved it himself as a badass. They continued to feud throught the year with Pillman growing more and more unstable until he joined Hart Foundation and it seemed like he was stable, they had one last match at In Your House 22 which Austin won. One year later, Pillman has exploded and become a loose cannon as he attacked all of Hart Foundation, he ended up winning the Survivor Series Briefcases match and get an Intercontinental Championship match which coincidentally, Austin had it so they would fight for the first time in a year. There was a controversial segment during this feud as Pillman held Austin's wife hostage in Pillman's home and when Austin broke into his house, Pillman pulled out a gun. Pillman ended up being arrested and the match tonight was cancelled but Austin said to Vince that if he didn't get his hands on Pillman tonight, he would take the IC title with him and leave to WCW and Nitro. Vince made a deal with the police to get this match going in a no DQ match as the defining chapter of Austin and Pillman's feud which has never been more heated

Due to the Survivor Series Briefcases, Terry Funk will get a WWF championship match against Bret Hart

Vader and Sid have been working together against Ministry of Darkness but always as a dysfunctional team, due to the Survivor Series Briefcases both men will get a tag title shot tonight against rookie team British Bulldog and Ken Shamrock who won the tag titles just because Bret didn't wanna hold them anymore and left Neidhart

At the RAW before Survivor Series, New Age Outlaws, Mark Henry and D'Lo Brown defeated Headbangers, Chyna and Barry Windham in the classic 4 on 4 Survivor Series tag team match. Tonight, they face each other with the winner getting a world tag title match at Wrestlemania

## Results

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## Details

* British Bulldog turns on Shamrock after their loss
* The third match is THE match that makes the careers of both Austin and Pillman, police surround the area and enter with Pillman to see if he doesn't go full mental while Austin comes out with a cart of weapons. There's a spot during this as Pillman puts Austin on the top rope, goes to the other side's top rope and jumps with a missile dropkick as Austin falls outside of the ring through 2 tables. Pillman hits his finisher a 3rd time on Austin but he still kicks out so Pillman grabs a gun from his pants, security immediatly throw him down and start throwing him out of the arena but Austin says this isn't ending like this, Pillman better enter the ring without a gun, make himself a man and they end their war for good. Vince shows up on the stage and pays off police to leave, Pillman runs to the ring and Austin and him brawl. We get 5 more minutes and Pillman is chairshotting Austin for a 9th time but Austin grabs brass knuckles and hits Pillman on the face as he constantly punches him now, Austin hits his 2nd stunner and has retained the title, Vince stared at these last 5 minutes in disbelief
* In the main event, Taker's going for a chokeslam when lights go out, a strange theme starts and fire hits the stage, a huge masked man comes out with Paul Bearer "THAT'S GOTTA BE KANE, THAT'S GOTTA BE KANE" Kane rips the door of the cell open and has a staredown with Taker, Kane tombstones him and lits the ring posts on fire with his hands, Shawn proceeds to pin Taker and defeat him