WWF RAW Is WAR Review: March 10th, 1997

Ken Shamrock Makes A Big Announcement

Ken Shamrock has an announcement to make...

This truly defines the whole point of the show.

Steve Austin & Bret Hart's feud has consecutively delivered each & every week. This episode is no different. We also earlier noted that Bret Hart will be involved in a title rematch on the next episode.

Ken Shamrock arrives in the ring & explains how grateful he is to be part of the WWF. Shamrock will be the special guest referee for Bret Hart vs. Stone Cold at WrestleMania 13!

Shut Your Hole, Shamrock!

That is all good until we hear a very familiar voice interrupt him in between- "Shut your hole, Shamrock! Just shut your hole son!"

We can see Stone Cold on the TitanTron. Steve Austin says that he has no idea "what the hell Bret Hart's doing to get all these title shots" because it's a "complete buncha' BS" that Bret Hart gets a title shot six days before WrestleMania 13.

Interestingly, Stone Cold will be rooting for Bret Hart to win because ultimately, if Bret Hart wins the title next week, then their match at WrestleMania will involve the WWF Championship as well.

What happens next is probably one of the best moments of the entire show. Bret Hart interrupts Austin's ramblings, shows up in casual clothes with sunglasses on as if indicating that he doesn't even care about wrestling at this point. The Hitman completely ignores Stone Cold & Ken Shamrock & finally acknowledges the anti-Bret posters popping all over the arenas just after a fan audibly chants "SHUT UP!" in the background.

The tides are turning

Bret Hart gets too proud of himself. He even states that "nobody knows submission wrestling better than me", right in front of Ken Shamrock's face, as the latter can do nothing but smile at the irony of Bret's statement.

Bret goes on to say "I've been screwed" in about each & every sentence of that promo. The amount of whining gets too much, as Ken Shamrock adequately replies- "I'm not a marriage counselor. I'm not here to listen to your problems..."

The audience cheer for Shamrock because they agree with him 100%. Austin shows up on the ramp to a huge crowd reception & shows both of them the finger to end this segment.

People say it was WrestleMania 13 where it all changed, but I'd say that around 50% of the audience already turned on Bret Hart during this segment...