A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 51

A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 53

After seven years of carefully dissecting the year that was 1997 in the WWF, Tom and Kellen and ready to make their proclamations of the very best, worst, and most interesting wrestlers, matches, and promos of the year. Following that they announce their next, much shorter wrestling review project.

A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 52

The final week of 1997 shows why Faarooq's grip on The Nation of Domination is weakening thanks to The Rock (and his own questionable management). Meanwhile, mystery boxes abound, and Owen Hart tries to get his revenge on D-Generation X!

A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 51

Doug Furnas and Phil LaFon's run on Shtogun continues in a match that the ring simply could not contain. Meanwhile, on Monday Night Raw, there's a special Christmas episode, and Shawn Michaels is in a very giving mood as he is forced to defend the European Championship against HHH. Kellen and Tom review Shawn's championship history in despair.

A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 50

After taking some time to discuss the then-current passing of Hana Kimura, Kellen and Tom review an interesting week of programming, featuring Doug Furnas and Phil LaFon vs Jeff and Matt Hardy on Shotgun in the dream match you never realized you wanted. On Raw, Vince McMahon explains why Kellen and Tom named the podcast as they did, and Steve Austin encourages The Rock to take up a new hobby.

A Cure for the Common Podcast: A WWF 1997 Retrospective - Week 49

Bow bow, are you ready? It’s the final PPV of the year, D-Generation X, and that means we have Shawn vs Shamrock, Austin vs Rock, the real Vince McMahon, The Blackheart, The Bootcamp, Butterbean, and blue-eyed Babyface Jim Cornette. Also Jeff Jarretts new music, a 20-minute detour into the history of TNA, and Don Callis giving some really bad advice. And if you think that description was all over the place, just wait until you hear about this week with New York, Free for All, the PPV, and Raw.