RESULTS: Monday Night Raw Mar 17, 1997

WRESTLEMANIA REPORT

(Jim Ross is in the Event Center.)

JR: Howdy, folks! It's me, Jim Ross... for your next installment of your WrestleMania report. This card is ready to ERUPT! It is now official that the Dream and Valetia Von Strahden will meet... IN THE SEWERS! The pinfalls will count ANYWHERE... and they'll start it out in the SEWERS!!! That will be a lethal match! Will VVS get revenge on her former employer... or will the Dream bring the vampire back to the Dream Team... or simply destroy her in the process?

(The Giant's face appears on the screen.... it pulls back and slides up next to an image of Diesel. The two appear to be staring each other down.)

JR: The World Title bout has taken on a whole new meaning now! With Big Daddy Cool in the Network, the entire stable hopes to exact their revenge on the Giant for all the trouble he's caused! He's assaulted Luxury and Wild Chylde, injured Mr.Perfect's leg... choke slammed Slick and tombstoned Sid! The Giant has been bent on destroying the Network. But now... Diesel is here to put an end to that! Will the Giant's rampage end... or will the truck stop there? The World Belt IS on the line in this one.... and there have been TWO added stipulations agreed upon by both the Sensei AND Eddie Gilbert. First, Piper has stated that he will not tolerate attacks on either the Giant OR Diesel before the match. The exact penalty for doing so will NOT be told! And second, Bam Bam Bigelow will serve as an outside the ring official for the match, to keep the WWF rulebook's integrity. I think that these two rules will allow the better man to win.

(Savage and Flair appear on the screen. A graphic of a stretcher comes down between them.)

JR: Well, here during the report, I'll keep my opinions to myself. But I CAN talk about this match. There's been so much between these two since earlier this year. Flair stole Savage's wife, Elizabeth... then used her to get a victory over the Macho Man, who was champion at the time. Since then, Flair has antagonized Savage, costing him a match at the Countdown to Sting... as well as... well... his SANITY. I don't think anyone can argue that Savage has been out of control! He demolished an already injured Vader at the Royal Rumble, yelling for Flair the entire time. Savage has challenged Flair to come down for a fight, but Flair didn't bite, driving Savage even wilder! At the King's Court last week, they finally went at it! The Officials broke it up, but not before both men were bleeding badly! At WrestleMania... the officials will stay out of it! The loser will be carried out on a stretcher... and folks... it's for GOOD! Career ENDING!

(Vader and the Undertaker appear on the screen, in front of a blackened backdrop. A casket appears as well.)

JR: The Prince of Power will meet the Prince of the Darkside in a CASKET match! Both men are still in the I/C tournament, so there's a good possibility that THIS could also be your FINAL MATCH! This all started back at the Survivor Series last year. Vader was really tearing into the Undertaker on behalf of the Titan Tower team... but the creatures of the night called out to the Undertaker... and he rose up and rallied! The Undertaker managed to hit Vader... with a Tombstone!!!! But instead of trying for the pin... the man from the DarkSide left... taking a Countout loss so that Titan Tower could take a one fall lead on the Empire. The next encounter came at the Royal Rumble when the Undertaker brutally assaulted Vader, choke-slamming him through a table and costing him his health for going into the World Title match later that evening. Vader was out for over a month... and during his rehabilitation in the Rocky Mountains, Vader verbally attacked the Undertaker, demanding some form of retribution. Folks, VADER asked for this match! If Vader can defeat the Undertaker at his own match, that retribution will be realized! Two PRINCES collide at WrestleMania!

(The Women's belt appears on the screen... with two images of Shi and Wild Chylde DiBiase.)

JR: Well, a WrestleMania can't go by without all the titles on the line. And the Women's Title is a part of that! Shi has defended her title against everybody... and actually ASKED for this match against Wild Chylde at WrestleMania. Standing by in the ring, is Dok Hendriks... he's going to get a word with the Women's Champion in just a moment or two.

(Jim Ross comes back on.)

JR: Folks... it's just 13 days away! WrestleMania IV! LIVE from the sold-out Rosemont Horizon in Chicago, Ill! March 30, 1997! Check out the WrestleMania WebSite for all the late breaking news! There's a lot of good information in there! And a lot of suprises that we haven't broke yet here on the WWF TV network! Alright! I hear that Dok is ready... let's go out to him.... as he interviews... Women's Champion SHI!