{"id":131199,"date":"2022-01-14T15:03:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T21:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/recovery\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=131199"},"modified":"2022-01-14T15:03:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T21:03:50","slug":"vip-audio-1-14-pro-wrestling-then-and-now-w-frank-peteani-kelly-wells-joins-frank-to-look-back-on-the-1997-wwf-royal-rumble-goldust-vs-helmsley-undertaker-vs-vader-michaels-vs-sid-30","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/podcast\/vip-audio-1-14-pro-wrestling-then-and-now-w-frank-peteani-kelly-wells-joins-frank-to-look-back-on-the-1997-wwf-royal-rumble-goldust-vs-helmsley-undertaker-vs-vader-michaels-vs-sid-30\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP AUDIO 1\/14 \u2013 Pro Wrestling Then and Now w\/Frank Peteani: Kelly Wells joins Frank to look back on the 1997 WWF Royal Rumble. Goldust vs. Helmsley, Undertaker vs. Vader, Michaels vs. Sid, 30-Man Royal Rumble, more (114 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-518109276\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>SHOW SUMMARY:\u00a0<\/strong>PWTorch.com contributor Kelly Wells from the \u201cPWT Talks NXT\u201d Dailycast and \u201cNXT Eight Years Back\u201d returns to \u201cPro Wrestling Then and Now\u201d to look back on the 1997 Royal Rumble event. Frank and Kelly discuss the entire card, which they agree is disappointing, but have a very interesting discussion on the historical nature of this event. It features Goldust vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley for the Intercontinental Championship, Ahmed Johnson vs. Farooq of the Nation of Domination, Undertaker vs. Vader, a six-man tag match featuring AAA wrestlers, Shawn Michaels challenging Sycho Sid for the WWF Championship, and the Royal Rumble itself won by \u201cStone Cold\u201d Steve Austin in controversial fashion. Topics of focus include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The characterization of Goldust and Hunter Hearst Helmsley (Triple H) at the time.\u00a0 Would Dustin Rhodes have been anything if not for the Goldust character?<\/li>\n<li>The potential and demise of Ahmed Johnson.<\/li>\n<li>The matchers that suited Undertaker and Vader best, just not with each other.<\/li>\n<li>How the AAA wrestlers appearing in WWF could have been handled better.<\/li>\n<li>Shawn Michaels\u2019 issues at the time and what got in the way for Sycho Sid.<\/li>\n<li>WWF \u201clucking\u201d themselves into big business with stars they may not have realized they had at the time including \u201cStone Cold\u201d and Rocky Maivia (the eventual Rock).<\/li>\n<li>The \u201cbutterfly effect\u201d of Shawn Michaels \u201closing his smile\u201d and relinquishing the WWF championship because (let\u2019s be honest) he didn\u2019t want to job to Bret \u201cHit Man\u201d Hart at WrestleMania 13.\u00a0 What if he did the right thing and jobbed to Bret?\u00a0 Would Bret and Stone Cold have ever had their historic match they had at that event?\u00a0 Would there have been a Montreal Screwjob?\u00a0 If there was no Montreal, would we have ever had a \u201cMr. McMahon?\u201d\u00a0 If there wasn\u2019t a Mr. McMahon would Stone Cold have ever been as big as he got (would there have even been a Stone Cold without the match with Bret)?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Warning: Some language on this show may be NSFW.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DIRECT LINK:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/android\/legacyuploads\/wp-media\/2022\/01\/20220114PWTAN.mp3\">VIP AUDIO LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOT VIP? 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