Season 3, Episode 11 ☀️ WWF SummerSlam 1996
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Season 3, Episode 11 ☀️ WWF SummerSlam 1996
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This week, And Then The Bell Rang heads back to August 18th, 1996, as around 17,000 fans pack Cleveland’s Gund Arena for WWF SummerSlam 1996 — a show headlined by Shawn Michaels defending the WWF Championship against the monstrous Vader, plus one of the strangest and most brutal matches WWF had attempted up to that point.
And as always, we’re going through the history, the matches and the moments from the biggest party of the summer.
We kick things off with Owen Hart vs Savio Vega, before the WWF Tag Team Championships are defended in a four-way elimination match as The Smoking Gunns take on The Godwinns, The New Rockers and The Bodydonnas. There's also Sycho Sid vs British Bulldog, while Goldust battles “Wildman” Marc Mero.
Then things get personal as Jerry “The King” Lawler takes on Jake “The Snake” Roberts, continuing Lawler's attacks on Jake over his past struggles with alcohol. It's uncomfortable, very 1996 WWF, and certainly gives us plenty to talk about.
But then SummerSlam takes a trip somewhere completely different...
🔥 THE BOILER ROOM BRAWL!
The Undertaker vs Mankind.
Forget wrestling holds. Forget the ring. These two start inside the bowels of the Gund Arena in the WWF's first Boiler Room Brawl, fighting among pipes, ladders, bins and machinery before eventually battling their way toward the arena.
The objective is to reach the ring and take the urn from Paul Bearer.
After months of Mankind seemingly having Undertaker's number, it looks like the Deadman is finally going to get his revenge.
Then comes the shock.
Paul Bearer turns his back on The Undertaker.
Bearer refuses to hand him the urn, joins forces with Mankind and ultimately helps Undertaker's tormentor win the match. After years together, one of the WWF's most recognisable partnerships is suddenly over.
And then it's time for the main event.
🏆 SHAWN MICHAELS vs VADER
The WWF Championship is on the line as HBK faces perhaps his most physically intimidating challenger yet.
Vader seemingly wins the match by count-out — but Jim Cornette isn't satisfied because that won't win him the championship.
Restart it!
Vader then wins by disqualification after Michaels uses Cornette's tennis racket.
Still not good enough.
Restart it AGAIN!
Finally, after one of the more unusual main-event structures you'll see, Michaels survives Vader and retains the WWF Championship.
Was Vader the right man to take the championship from Shawn? Did the multiple restarts help or hurt the match? Was the Boiler Room Brawl ahead of its time? And where does SummerSlam 1996 sit in the strange transitional period between the New Generation and what was about to become the Attitude Era?
We'll break down the entire card, revisit the stories surrounding the show and decide which moments still stand out 30 years later.
🔥 Undertaker vs Mankind in the Boiler Room
⚱️ Paul Bearer's shocking betrayal
🏆 HBK vs Vader
💛 Goldust vs Marc Mero
🔥 Owen Hart, Sid, British Bulldog and more!
1996 WWF is changing — and you can almost feel what's coming.
🔔 And Then The Bell Rang – Season 3, Episode 11: WWF SummerSlam 1996
The History. The Matches. The Moments.
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