WWE WrestleMania 13
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WrestleMania 13 was the thirteenth annual WrestleMania. The event was presented by PlayStation and held on March 23, 1997 at the Rosemont Horizon in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois. The main event was a no disqualification match between The Undertaker and Sycho Sid for the WWF Championship. The main matches on the undercard were Bret Hart versus Steve Austin in a submission match, Legion of Doom and Ahmed Johnson versus Nation of Domination in a Chicago Street Fight. | ||
| Title | : | WWE WrestleMania 13 |
| Release Date | : | March 23, 1997 |
| Runtime | : | |
| Genres | : | Action, Drama |
| Production Co. | : | World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) |
| Production Countries | : | United States of America |
| Casts | : | Mark Calaway, Sid Eudy, Bret Hart, Steve Austin, Joseph Michael Laurinaitis, Michael James Hegstrand, Tony Norris, Ron Simmons, Brian Adams, Juan Rivera, Owen Hart, Davey Boy Smith, Mick Foley, Leon White, William Moody, Paul Michael Lévesque, Chyna, Dustin Runnels, Dwayne Johnson, Solofa Fatu Jr., Bob Backlund, Hossein Kohsrow Ali Vaziri, Chaz Warrington, Glenn Ruth, Barry Windham, John Layfield, Mark Canterbury, Dennis Knight, Jim Morris, Doug Furnas, Phillip LaFon, Monty Sopp, Charles Scaggs |
| Plot Keywords | : | wrestling |
| Alternative Titles | : |
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WWE WrestleMania 13 Reviews
- In Your House: Wrestlemaniaby on 18 July 20091 out of 1 people found the following review useful:Wrestlemania 13 was a bit of a mess heading in. WWE Champion Shawn
Michaels had been injured in February and forced to forfeit the title
only days after winning it from Sycho Sid at the Royal Rumble. Bret
Hart had then won a four man battle royal, last eliminating the
Undertaker, to win the vacant title at In Your House 13: The Final Four
in February. One day later he lost that title to Sycho Sid after Steve
Austin knocked Hart out. The Undertaker was then installed as No.1
contender as he'd been the last man eliminated in the Battle Royal,
while Hart would get his chance for revenge on Austin in a submission
match. There was another chance for Hart though, six days before the
event as he faced Sid for the WWE Title in a steel cage match. If hart
won, he would defend the title in a submission match against Stone
Cold, while if Sid won, he would face the Undertaker (who he'd already
meant on RAW several times) for the title. Austin tried to aid Hart,
Undertaker tried to aid Sid, and Sid won.
And so, after a ridiculously complicated build up in which the title
had changed hands three times in two weeks and had been defended 5
times in a month, Wrestlemania 13, an unprecedented, and given the
build unsurprising, financial disaster for the WWE. Though it wasn't
all that bad a show and did include, IMO, the greatest match ever to
happen in the WWE.
The night started off with a fourway elimination tag team match with
the winner to be named No.1 contender for the WWE Tag Team
Championship. The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh) won an overly long
and not overly good match. Their opponents, in order of elimination,
were The New Blackjacks (Bradshaw and Barry Windham:Windham was DQ'd
for attacking the ref) Phil Lafon and Doug Furnas (Furnas was counted
out), and The Godwinns (Phineas and Henry: Phineas was pinned after a
senton cannonball from Thrasher).
The match saw Rocky Maivia (later known as The Rock) make his first
ever Wrestlemania appearance defeating the Sultan (later Rikishi) to
retain the Intercontinental Championship. Rocky not really a great
worker at this stage, passable match.
Next saw the continuation of the rivalry between Hunter Hearst Helmsley
and Goldust, with Helmsley getting the pin after his body guard Chyna,
distracted Goldust by attacking his wife Marlena at ring side. The
rivalry had been going on since the Royal Rumble. Ignore some of the
myths, Triple H was going nowhere fast until he joined DX.
Next match was the best one of the show so far as Own Hart and British
Bulldog put their WWE Tag Team Titles on the line against Mankind and
Vader. What you'd expect with a lot of brawling, the good guys Owen and
Bulldog were able to retain their belts despite cheating from the
villains, their rule breaking coming to nothing following a double
count out.
The next match was arguably the very best ever to happen in a WWE ring
as Bret Hart kicked Steve Austin's ass all over the arena in a
fantastic submission match. Hart turns heel inside the actual match,
while Steve Austin was cemented as the hottest star in the company. The
match was officiated by UFC star Ken Shamrock, who challenged Hart to a
fight after he beat into an already unconscious Austin. Shamrock was
not a bad wrestler, but never really reached great heights in the WWE
through a two year run, eventually ending up back in the octagon.
Next up saw the returning Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) teaming up
with Ahmed Johnson against the Nation of Domination (Farooq, Crush and
Savio Vega) to get a victory in a junk match. LOD, who were a great tag
team in the NWA and had a mildly successful run with the WWE in the
early 1990s, were well past their prime by this point. Hawk passed away
a few years later.
Brings us to our main event, which was six days in the making!
Undertaker capitalised on interference from recently turned bad guy
Bret Hart, to hit Sid with a tombstone and win the WWE Championship.
This was not a very good match, but was hardly the train wreck some
claimed, just a standard match with a muddled build.
So somehow Sycho Sid got himself on the list of people who've been in
the Main Event match at multiple Wrestlemania matches (He had wrestled
Hogan in a retirement match at WM8). Steve Austin had fully arrived as
a megastar, Bret Hart had gone to the dark side, and the Chicago crowd
had seen one of the greatest matches of all time. Not a great PPV,
certainly lacking in atmosphere, but hardly worthy of some of the
criticism it's received as being the worst Wrestlemania ever.
- 2 match cardby on 8 January 20041 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
This was a two match card. Fortunately one match changed the WWF which
turned the promotion into the most sucessful period in wrestling at that
time. Everything on the undercard barring the decent tag match between
Hart/Smith vs Vader/Foley was so/so. The submission match between
Hart-Austin is one of the greatest matches of all time. This was than
followed by the street fight between NOD and LOD/Ahmed. The main event Sid
Vs the Undertaker was alright, it wasn't the best and it shouldn't have
been
the main event. The main event should have been Austin & Hart, atleast
check
out Wrestlemania 13 for that submission match, you want be disappointed.
- Stone Coldby on 4 July 20001 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
This is where a lot of fans really started to like Stone Cold Steve
Austin,
he showed a lot of guts in his match with Bret Hart. Also Undertaker takes
on Sid Vicious for the WWF world title, this is a good one but the
previous
Wrestlemania was a bit better I think
- Second worst WrestleMania of all timeby on 24 May 20032 out of 3 people found the following review useful:
Gee, where do I start? The only two good matches were the Chicago Street
Fight and Bret/Austin. Everything else blew. Hell, The Free For All match
was better then most of the card! The Rock/Sultan match was so boring that
I would of rather had a root canal
NOT RECOMMENDED.
- Good Oneby on 14 February 2014from Czech Republic1. The GodWinns Vs. The Headbangers Vs. Doug Furnas/ Vs. The New
Blackjacks. - 4 Tag Team Match - Headbangers won in a good match. 7/10
2. Intercontinental Title Match: The Sultan Vs. Champ-Rocky Maivia -
Maivia retains, how ever - hate his ugly taunting. Rocky Johnson came
to save Rocky Maivia and ate beat, another feud? 6/10
3. Hunter Hearst Helmsley Vs. Goldust - Nice, HHH defeated that freaky
Rhodes. 7/10
4. Tag Team Title Match: Vader/Mankind Vs. Champs-Owen Hart/The British
Bulldog - Vader and Mankind is GR8t Team!! They deserved belts. 7/10
5. Bret Hart Vs. Stone Cold - Pretty exciting match. Poor Austin lost a
lot of blood. Bret hart won over him again. 9/10
6. WWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Champ-Psycho Sid Vs. The
Undertaker - 6.5/10
- A pretty boring experience, to be honest. This is when Austin 3:16. really took off, however.by on 11 February 201011 February 2010Wrestlemania 13 is a wrestlemania, I'm not too fond of, it's really
quite dull. WWE was showing glimpses of potential at this time, but it
was still in a transitional phase so to speak. Austin Vs Bret is indeed
great, and having Shawn Michaels on commentary was a nice touch, but
Sid Vs Taker, while decent, wasn't main event worthy. The crowd is
game, but I really questioned some of the decisions that went on here.
Matches.
Four-way tag team elimination match The Headbangers Vs The Godwins Vs
Doug Furnas&Phil Lafon Vs The Blackjacks. Rather average if you ask me,
nothing truly outstanding happens here. The Headbangers were always a
unique site though, and seeing them win pleased me.
2/5
WWF Intercontinental Championship.
Rocky Maivia|C| Vs The Sultan Honky Tonk Man is out for commentary.
This wasn't The Rock's heyday, so he gets very little crowd reaction.
Not bad actually, it had some pretty decent spots, with Rikishi, aka
The Sultan meshing well with Rocky. Crowd is completely against Rocky,
and often cheered for The Sultan. Rocky wins with a roll up. Afterwords
The Sheik and Sultan gang up on Rocky, with his father making the save,
in a cool moment.
2 1/2 /5
Triple H Vs Goldust. Solid to say the least, if nothing truly great. It
had a consistent flow, and made for a good match up. I liked the mind
games from Chyna that she was putting on Marlena. Triple H wins with
the pedigree, after Chyna interference.
3/5
WWF Tag Team Championship
Owen Hart&The British Bulldog Vs Mankind&Vader. Surprising face pop for
the Hart's. Another solid match here, but doing Heel Vs Heel matches,
if often risky. Thankfully it worked out well here. Mankind's
unorthodox style, and Owen and Bulldog's quickness all worked well.
Match ends in a lame double count out.
3/5
Chicago Street Fight Ahmed Johnson&L.O.D Vs N.O.D. Not bad for a
Hardcore match, with some pretty ugly spots happening. It had a hell of
a task, living up to Bret Vs Austin though, so it was kinda unfair.
L.O.D wins.
2 1/2 /5
No DQ match WWF Championship. Sycho Sid|C| Vs The Undertaker. HBK comes
out to a decent pop, for some commentary. Mixed reaction for Sid, Nice
pop for Taker. Bret is out and talks some trash, much to the chagrin of
HBK. Better than it has any right to be, for a big man vs big man
match, but it's not main event worthy. I love Sid, and respect The
Undertaker, but this is barely above average stuff. Taker wins the
title, when Bret screws Sid, and Taker hits the tombstone.
2 1/2 /5
Submission match. Special guest Ref. Ken Shamrock.
Bret Hart Vs Steve Austin. Big pop for Austin, which ultimately
resulted in his face turn. Mixed reaction for Bret, more cheers the
boo's though. The buildup for this match, is one of the best, very
chilling stuff. You want a classic brawl? look no further then this
one, this is as good as it gets. This match stole the show, and the two
went all out, to make a memorable one. Many memorable bumps, and having
Austin pass out, instead of tapping, was a nice touch. Double turn
results here, with Austin turning face, and Bret into a heel. LOUD
Austin chant, after the match.
5/5
Bottom line. Wrestlemania 13 is pretty boring for the most part, with
nothing that great, outside of the submission match. Things would
quickly get better after this though, and it's an important viewing for
wrestling fans, to see once, but that's it.
5/10
- Injuries Hurt This Maniaby on 30 December 2006from United StatesI was at this Wrestlemania live in Chicago. As most wrestling fans know
this was set to be the long awaited rematch between Bret Hart & Shawn
Michaels from the previous years Wrestlemania. Shawn pulled out of the
match some time earlier claiming a "career ending" knee injury. This
may have been some kind of "blessing in disguise" as in it's place we
had Steve Austin taking the place of Michaels,and one of the greatest
matches in Wrestlemania history (if not THE greatest)ensued in a
Austin/Hart submission match,with UFC veteran Ken Shamrock as special
guest referee.
What was most interesting about this match was the infamous "double
turn" of both participants. Hart was the baby face,or good guy heading
into this bout,with Austin as heel,or bad guy. By the end of this match
the roles had been reversed which is something not easily done over the
course of one match.
While Austin's popularity was on the rise prior to this match,it was
this night that he really cemented himself as a big time,main event
guy.
Aside from this match there wasn't a whole lot else going on here,at
least nothing of note,other than The Undertaker winning his second WWF
title from Sid Vicious,with some assistance from Bret Hart.
Definitely worth viewing strictly for the Austin/Hart match,which
really is one of the greatest matches in this events history.
- Hart v.s Austinby on 1 July 2006from United StatesThe submission match between Stone Cold "Steve Austin" and Bret The
"Hit Man" Hart was the best match of Wrestlemania 13. It put the high
standards of all Wrestlemania's forever. The match involved a special
referree Ken Shamrock, who is a submission fighter. Wrestlemania 13
produced a "double turn" as Bret Hart turned "heel" and Stone Cold
turned "face" in the same match. Bret Hart rendered Austin unconscious
using the Sharpshooter, while Austin was a bloody mess. We now get the
famous close up of Austin bleeding while trying to power out. Austin
trys to get out, but Bret refuses and locks it back on. Shamrock asking
Austin if he gives up, but recognizing that Austin does not respond and
suddenly with loss of blood, passes out from the pain. The famous
picture of Austin being put in the Sharpshooter and with a bloody face,
will forever be remembered as one of the greatest moments in
Wrestlemania History.
- GREAT EVENT FROM A TIME WHEN THE WWF WAS AT IT'S BESTby on 1 May 2002from England
In my opinion 1997 was one of the WWF's best years. So much happened
during
1997. The Undertaker had some great matches. Ditto Bret Hart and Shawn
Michaels. The New Hart Foundation feuded with Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Stars
such as Mankind and Ahmed Johnson improved throughout the year and the tag
team scene was phenomenal.
In the main event Sycho Sid battled the Undertaker. These two had wrestled
in mediocre matches during late 1991/early 1992 but this match was
brilliant
and exceeded my expectations.
Bret Hart had an entertaining scrap with Stone Cold Steve Austin in a
match
refereed by Ken Shamrock. Great match but I've never understood why Bret
was
booed after the match.
Goldust and Hunter Hearst Helmsley had a good match too and performed
above
their usual standards.
There were many other great matches as well. One of my favourites pitted
Davey Boy Smith and the late Owen Hart VS Vader and Mankind in a mega
match.
This was a great event. For some reason even the mediocre wrestlers gave
110% and put on a good show for the fans. This event was the way things
should be all the time.
- a Great Event on it ownby on 26 January 20043 out of 7 people found the following review useful:
I Don't What to Bash the Effort that the Wrestler Put in the 13th Wrestle
Maina
but if you Comapre it to the Wrestle Maina XII the Year Before and Wrestle
Maina XIV the Year After but Wrestlemania XIII not the Greatness that a
Wrestlemaina is
Like i said I Don't What to Bash the Effort that the Wrestler
Put
one of my Fav was the Austin/Hart Maitch the Sycho Sid/Undertaker WWF Title
Mitch was a Great one
but Dispit those Great Maitch
it was not a Great Wrestlemaina like ones in the Past and
Todays
it Sorry Effort of a Wrestlemaina Event but on it own it a Great
Event
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