SummerSlam took place on August 3, 1997 at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. One of the match in the pay-per-view was the Intercontinental Championship (IC) match between the champion Owen Hart and the challenger Stone Cold Steve Austin.
To me, this is very memorable match that I had ever watched. Why? It is because this match's ending confirmed that every wrestling matches were pre-planned. I used to think that they really fight to be the winner. I am not saying that wrestling is faked because you won't say so as well after you watch the video below:
Obviously Austin's neck was hurt by Owen Hart's sitting tombstone move. And when they realized Austin really get hurt, you can see Owen walking around taunting the fans, just to bought some times for Austin to recover. Then out of a sudden, a very weak Austin grabbed Owen from behind and pinned him!!! Austin is the new IC Champion!!!
To WWE (then still called WWF), Austin can't lose. Probably because
1) Prior to their SummerSlam match, Austin sweared to his fan that IF he lose, he will kiss Owen's butt, in Austin way of saying will be "kiss Owen's ass!". Austin just can't kiss Owen's butt because he is everyone's hero and he is the man on his word.
2) If Austin lost, it will be hard to push Austin to the higher level because he can't even beat The Nugget Owen Hart!! So how can he faces the guys like The Undertaker? Shawn Micheals? Austin was one of the most valuable item in WWE at that time!
OK, that are just my opinion only. From the match, I realized 2 things:
1) Wrestling is not faked. Look at Austin in the video and also the neck injury has caused him his short wrestling career. Austin was retired from full time wrestling action year 2004, if I not mistaken.
2) The match ending was planned rather than the actual situation. Owen could simply win the match if it was not planned beforehand.
Anyway, one is retired and another one had R.I.P! Just want to share with you guy!
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