Wrestlemania XIII: "Heat"
Date: March 23, 1997
Location: Rosemont, Illinois
Arena: The Horizon
Attendence: 18,197
- Free For All -
Flash Funk vs. Billy Gunn
Flash Funk is on his way to the ring with the Funkettes, and he is set for action! Billy Gunn is going against Flash Funk in this match up, and the last time we saw Billy Gunn, he was getting his ass kicked by Ken Shamrock. Billy Gunn gives Flash Funk a swinging DDT from the ropes for the win, and that was an impressive win for Billy Gunn.
Winner - Billy Gunn
Todd Pettengill is with Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Austin says that 13 is going to be an unlucky number for Bret Hart. Austin says a submission match isn't his type of match, and he says he doesn't know a lot of wrestling holds, but he will beat the hell out of Bret until he gives up. Austin says Bret complains about being screwed, and Austin says he isn't bringing a condom to the ring, he's bringing a can of whoop ass!
Dok Hendrix is with the fans, and he is showing off some Wrestlemania 13 merchandise. History between Ahmed Johnson and the Nation Of Domination is shown. The Nation Of Domination will be going against the Legion of Doom and Ahmed Johnson in a Chicago Street Fight tonight! The Legion of Doom just recently made their return to the WWE, and Ahmed says he went out and found the baddest men he could find to go against the Nation. Todd Pettengill talks to Faarooq and the Nation, and Faarooq says his foot is going to have Ahmed Johnson's back tonight, and he is going to take a rope and put it around Ahmed, and he is going to put an end to him. The Undertaker and Sycho Sid are going to be going at it in singles action tonight, and it will be for World Wrestling Entertainment Championship as Sid is the WWE Champion. The Undertaker is ready to join Todd Pettengill and his music comes on. The Undertaker says welcome to Wrestlemania the 13th, the final resting place for Sycho Sid. The Undertaker says tonight we will move back in time so we can move forward toward the new millennium of darkness. The Undertaker says the end is at and hand and World Wrestling Entertainment enters the darkness. Once you enter, there is no escape!
- Free For All -
Four Team Elimination Match
The Godwinns vs. The Headbangers vs. Doug Furnas and Philip LaFon vs. The Blackjacks
The Godwinns are on their way to the ring, and they are going to be involved in a Four Team Elimination match! The Godwinns are managed by Hillbilly Jim, and they are going to be going against the Headbangers, the Blackjacks and Doug Furnas and Philip LaFon. The rules of this match is that you can tag anyone you want, and when your partner is eliminated, you must leave the match up. The winners will get a shot at World Wrestling Entertainment Championship in the near future. Back in time to 1975 and the Original Blackjacks are shown, and it was Blackjack Lanza and Blackjack Mulligan. Todd is with the Blackjacks, and they claim they are going to win this match up. The Blackjacks are eliminated when Bradshaw throws the referee that got in his face, they just eliminated themselves by disqualification. Doug Furnas and Philip LaFon were also eliminated as they were disqualified as well. The Headbangers grab the win when Mosh gives Phineas a move from the top rope!
Winners - The Headbangers
World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Championship Match
The Sultan vs. Rocky Maivia (c)
The Honky Tonk Man is on his way to the ring, and he is going to join the commentators for a bit! The Sultan's music is on, and he's heading towards the ring for an Intercontinental Championship against Rocky Maivia. Rocky Maivia rolled up the Sultan for the win after a hard fought match. The match was close back and forth, but Rocky Maivia came out on top retaining the Intercontinental championship. Jim Ross talks to Rocky after the match, and the Sultan attacks him before Rocky can say anything. Bob Backlund and the Iron Sheik tell him what to do and they attack Rocky as well. The Iron Sheik puts Rocky in the camel clutch and Rocky Johnson comes out of the crowd and helps his son!
Winner and still WWE Intercontinental Champion, Rocky Maivia
Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Goldust
Todd Pettengill is with Ken Shamrock, and he is going to be the special referee for the Bret Hart/Stone Cold Steve Austin match. On RAW is WAR this past Monday, Ken Shamrock found himself attacking Billy Gunn and Ken said that he was trying to let Billy Gunn know who he was. Ken says he was hired here to ref the match because he knows submission, and he is here to be a referee, and he will raise the winner's hands and not be intimidated. Dok Hendrix is with Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Chyna, and we are unsure of HHH's relationship with Chyna. Triple H says this is Wrestlemania 13, and this is the Grand-daddy of them all. Triple H says we don't need to know anything about Chyna. Triple H says he can take Goldust any way he wants, and today he is going to take him straight up, one on one. Triple H says the big loser will be Marlena, because she had her chance. Triple H's music is playing, and he is heading towards the ring ready for action against Goldust. Chyna gets a hold of Marlena during the match, and Triple H gets the Pedigree on Goldust for the win while Chyna handles Marlena as if she were a rag doll!
Winner - Hunter Hearst Helmsley
World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Championship Match
Mankind and Vader vs. The British Bulldog and Owen Hart (c)
Dok Hendrix is backstage with the Wildman and Sable, and they are wearing some Wrestlemania 13 merchandise. Vader and Mankind are on their way to the ring, and they have Paul Bearer in their corner. They are going against Owen Hart and the British Bulldog for World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Championship. Jim Ross tries to get a word with the Bulldog and Owen Hart before the match, and they claim he is trying to stur up some trouble between the two of them, and they didn't want to give many comments. The British Bulldog is the WWE European Champion, and he won it when he defeated Owen Hart in the finals of the European Championship tournament. Stu and Helen Hart are in the crowd and they are looking on to the event tonight. Mankind gets the mandible claw on the Bulldog, and Owen Hart isn't able to help. Owen was knocked into the Bulldog and Mankind by Vader, and the two fell to the outside of the ring and Mankind still had the claw on the Bulldog. Both men were counted out of the ring, and the Bulldog and Owen Hart will remain the WWE Tag Team Champions. The two teams continue to battle after the match has already ended.
Winners - Double count out, and still WWE Tag Team Champions, the British Bulldog and Owen Hart
Submission Match
Special Referee - Ken Shamrock
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Bret "the Hitman" Hart
History is shown between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Bret "the Hitman" Hart. Last year at Wrestlemania, Bret lost the WWE belt to Shawn Michaels, and he walked away from the WWE for a while, and when he came back, he had Stone Cold Steve Austin nipping at his heals because Austin felt that Bret was a pathetic piece of trash. They wrestled each other at the 1996 Survivor Series, and Bret Hart came out on top and that was not the end of their feud. With Bret and Austin still going at it weekly on RAW, a match has been set between the two and it's a submission match. This is Bret Hart's type of match, and Austin says that he isn't going to give up. Ken Shamrock is a submission specialist, and he is going to be the referee for this contest. Ken Shamrock is introduced to the ring, and ABC television said that Ken Shamrock is the most dangerous man in the world. Stone Cold Steve Austin is making his way to the ring, and he's ready to kick ass all over the arena! The match is one hell of a match as the two do anything they can to win it. Bret Hart eventually got the sharpshooter on a bloody Steve Austin, and Ken Shamrock asks him if he gives up, and he doesn't answer. Austin is trying to fight back as he is losing a lot of blood, but he just can't do it. Austin doesn't respond after a couple of minutes and the referee has no choice but to stop the match. After the match, Bret Hart continues to beat up on Austin in a heel like fashion and Ken Shamrock didn't like it. Ken Shamrock got Bret Hart off of Steve Austin with a waist lock take down, and that made Bret Hart back down. Stone Cold Steve Austin left the ring, and the fans seemed to have a new found respect for the Rattlesnake as the chanted for him.
Winner - Bret "the Hitman" Hart
Chicago Street Fight
The Nation of Domination vs. The Legion of Doom and Ahmed Johnson
A lot of blood was left in the ring from Stone Cold Steve Austin, and he lost tons of blood. Todd Pettengill is with the Nation of Domination, and Todd says they have everything but the kitchen sink. Faarooq says Ahmed Johnson and the Road Warriors are going to get what is coming to them, and Faarooq says that Todd should wait and see if he doesn't have the kitchen sink. The Nation of Domination are on their way to the ring in mass, and they've got a lot of objects with them, and it's all legal! Hawk comes to the ring with a kitchen sink, so you can throw that term they're hitting them with everything but the kitchen sink right out the window! Ahmed Johnson and Hawk clobber Crush with a two by four for the win after a hell-ish match. The match is over, but the fight isn't, because the two factions continue to battle in the ring. After the contest, Jerry Lawler couldn't find his crown! It looks like it got lost in the mess.
Winners - the Legion of Doom and Ahmed Johnson
World Wrestling Entertainment Championship Match
The Undertaker vs. Sycho Sid (c)
Shawn Michaels is on his way to the ring, and he is going to be joining the commentators for some commentary during the Main Event match up. Todd Pettengill is with Sid, the WWE Champion. Sid has defeated Shawn Michaels in the past, and Bret Hart. Sid says Wrestlemania is the biggest event in the world and it comes once a year. The Undertaker is on his way to the ring, and he is the challenger in this match up. The Undertaker is wearing the gray gloves that he wore when he first joined the Federation. Is that what the Undertaker meant when he said he would bring the past back to move forward? As the match starts, Bret Hart makes his way to the ring, and he gets in the ring and gets on the mic and says Shawn Michaels is faking an injury, and Bret tells him to go back and find his smile and stay out of this match. bret says that as for the Undertaker, when he slammed the door on his head, he slammed the door on their friendship, and it's a new set of rules. Bret says Sid knows, and everyone knows that the WWE belt belongs to Bret, and Sid is a fraud! Bret says he is the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be. Sid gives Bret Hart a power bomb in the ring, "..and now you're getting beat up because of your big mouth!" - Shawn Michaels. Sid tells Bret to take his whining ass out of here and the match is under way. The Undertaker goes to put the tombstone piledriver on Sid, but Sid reversed it into a tombstone of his own. Sid tried to pin the Undertaker after that, but he didn't get the win, because the Undertaker kicked out. Bret Hart shows back up during the match and he clobbers Sid with a chair as WWE officials get rid of him. The Undertaker gets Sid back in the ring and choke slams him and then pins him. Sid kicks out of that pin, and the match is still going! Sid gets ready to do the power bomb but Bret Hart comes back and attacks Sid from the outside of the ring. The Undertaker puts the tombstone piledriver on Sid for the win! We have a new WWE Champion, dark days are upon us in the WWE!
Winner and new WWE Champion, The Undertaker
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