PWTorch TV Report Flashback - 15 years ago
WWF Shotgun Saturday Night
February 8, 1997
Originally Published: PWTorch Newsletter #427 (available for VIP members)
Report by Wade Keller, PWTorch editor

Feb. 8 in New York City at Penn Station, Shotgun Saturday Night aired live from a ring set up in the passenger lobby. The lighting was better than past Nitros and the action and fans were not crammed such as at the nightclubs.

The show opened with video of an Amtrak train pulling in to the terminal. The camera went inside the locomotive and the conductor was Undertaker. He turned to the camera and said, "Welcome to Amtrak's night train to hell."

(1) In the opener, Faarooq & Crush beat The Godwinns when Savio Vega interfered. Clarence Mason did color commentary during the match. Fans chanted "Mason sucks" throughout the match. Savio interfered throughout the match never giving Henry a chance to gain the advantage. When Phinneous attempted to come in for the save, all he did was distract the referee allowing Faarooq & Crush to double-team Henry. Crush held Henry and Faarooq clotheslined him behind the ref's back leading to the pin. A promo aired for Thursday Raw Thursday.

(2) Hunter Hearst Helmsley beat Undertaker via DQ. Hunter arrived in a limo. Early in the match there was a ref bump. While the ref was out, Hunter used the IC Title belt on Undertaker. When the ref revived, Undertaker got the belt and used it on Hunter. The ref saw that infraction and DQ'd Undertaker. Afterward the crowd chanted for Undertaker to use the tombstone on Hunter. He hit Hunter with a chokeslam, but before he could do the tombstone, Hunter managed to stagger out of the ring and to the upper level of the station. Undertaker went after him and caught him and gave him the tombstone piledriver right at the top of the escalator and the prone Hunter rode unconscious down the escalator to the bottom where he was finally revived by several referees.

(3) Savio Vega beat Aldo Montoya. Mason did color again. A few minutes into the match Faarooq and Crush came out. The Godwinns came out to even the sides. They wound up all brawling around the ring. Finally, they all agreed to make it a six-man match. When the other four joined in, the action slowed considerably with the heels triple-teaming Montoya. The fans chanted "boring" loudly. In the end, Vega pinned Montoya after a spin kick. After the pin, The Godwinns got their slop bucket and began chasing the Nation of Domination members around the building. Pat Patterson accidentally got slopped when one of the Godwinns tried to slop an NOD member, but missed and hit Patterson.

Sunny mentioned she is now the most downloaded celebrity on the internet. She also said she would be in the upcoming issue of There was a crew from Entertainment Tonight on hand doing some filming. During slow spots in the match Tod Pettengill interviewed fans in the crowd. He also interviewed the president of the Guardian Angels.

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