In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede took place on July 6, 1997 at the Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta. The card of the event featured four matches. The main event was a ten-man tag team match featuring The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart, Jim Neidhart, Owen Hart, British Bulldog and Brian Pillman) against Steve Austin, Ken Shamrock, Goldust and the Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal). The featured matches on the undercard were The Undertaker versus Vader for the WWF Championship.
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1. The Godwinns Vs. The New BlackJacks - Average bout. 5/10 2. Hunter Hearst Helmsley Vs. Mankind - Mankind must hurt himself in every match. It isn't possible. He deserve great piece of respect. - Double Count out ending hurts me more than Mankind. 6.5/10 3. Taka Michinoku Vs. The Great Sasuke - Taka's PPV debut was fine. Nice moves. He lose either. 8/10 4. Vader Vs. The Undertaker - Rematch? I like that with Vader's victory better. 6.5/10 5. Steve Austin/Ken Shamrock/Goldust/Legion of Doom Vs. Hart Foundation/British Bulldog/Brian Pillman - That was best worked main event I've seen for a while. 9/10
WWE embraced the spirit of Canada in this satisfying PPV event, featuring Vader's final WWE Championship match, a very well done 10 man tag main event, and Mankind seeking revenge on recently crowned King of the Ring, Hunter Hearst Helmsley.The night began with the two men who had wrestled in the King of the Ring final a month earlier, Mankind and Hunter Hearst Helmsley, going at it in a spirited opener. Chyna accompanied Triple H to the ring and interjected herself several times, the match eventually ending in a double count out as both men brawled outside. A fun match to start the night.Next it was time for Taka Michinoku, who would be used to this by the time his WWE tenure came to an end a few years later, to get beaten, in a pretty long match for what it was, by The Great Sasuke. Fun in parts and certainly not awful, this was part of the WWE's attempts to compete with WCW's very strong cruiserweight division. It never really caught on, and although the WWE kept a small man's title of some sort until 2007, it was mainly used as a joke, unless Rey Mysterio was holding it.Next came the big WWE title match which saw the Undertaker successfully retain the title against Vader. Taker and Vader had been feuding on and off since Vader had arrived in the WWE a year and a half earlier. Both on their own were good wrestlers, but they had no chemistry together and put on a string of poor matches. This was no exception. Vader's loss here marked the end of his title aspirations in the WWE. Near the end of the year he'd make an unsuccessful transition to a fan favourite, lost a bunch of matches, and didn't see out 1998.Out comes the Farmer's Daughter to sing O Canada. I never could remember the words to that song.Now came a big time Main Event match with the beloved home town heroes (who were booed throughout America, but were fan favourites in Canada) The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart, Owen Hart, The British Bulldog, Brian Pillman and Jim Neidhart) taking on the arrogant, hated Americans (Steve Austin, Ken Shamrock, Hawk and Animal) in one of the best 10 man tag matches ever to happen in the WWE. The big rivalry throughout 1997 had been Bret Hart vs Steve Austin. Austin had cost Hart victory in the Royal Rumble, then cost him the WWE Title a month later. Fans had turned on Hart after he defeated Austin at Wrestlemania 13, so Hart re-established the Hart Foundation as an anti-American, and more to the point, anti-Austin group and they cost Austin the title at the "Cold Day in Hell" PPV in May. So here it was time to get it on, and they certainly did. Owen Hart eventually won the match by pinning Austin who was being distracted by some of the Hart brothers at ringside. Austin had only himself to blame: he'd tried to attack them in their seats.So there you have it. Canadian Stampede was a tremendous show, and a grand end to the two hour In Your House spectaculars. From here In Your House would be three hours in length. In May 1999, the final In Your House PPV was held, but the real ending was here, where the original two hour concept was abandoned. The two hour shows had produced some great cards, some horrendous cards and some in between, but had played their part in transitioning WWE into a monthly PPV schedule.
Before Brock Lesnar The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin Was Good their was HartBret Hartat the Time when WCW was winning the war With the WWF/Ethe Main Storyline was Austin vs Hart USA vs Cananda and Heading into this PPV a 10 man TagIt was not a long PPV Like the 4 Hours Wrestlemaina's like Today but the Wrestling Was Good 3 Undercard Maitches Dilever HHH vs Mankind Taka Michinoku vs Great Sasuke WWF Title Maitch Undertaker vs Vaderand the night Main Event Delever in a Big war Stone Cold Steve Austin Ken Shamrock Goldust and LOD vs Bret Hart Owen Hart Jim Nighthart The Bulldog and Brian PillmanOver all with a Hour 4 Maitch event it was one of the Top Events of 1997
This wrestling event is still talked about today and many wrestling magazines over the world still rate this card as one of the best of the 1990's.It may have only had four matches but isn't it better to have four good matches on a card than dozens of meaningless and pointless matches?Rising star Hunter Hearst Helmsley had a wild brawl with the deranged Makind. Japanese stars Taka Michinoku and The Great Sasuke had a dazzling match. The Undertaker defended his WWF Title against Vader in a sensational match.The main event was fabulous. At the time the WWF were promoting a storyline featuring Canada VS The United States. On American soil the American wrestlers were the good guys (obviously) but this event took place in Calgary, Canada so paradoxically the good guys became the bad guys and vice versa. In Canada, Bret Hart and his team battled Steve Austin and his team in one of the best WWF matches ever. This match was amazing which was typical for the WWF of 1997.