Wargames 97 warrants another look

By Scott Keith on July 10, 2013

Hello Me. Keith.

I just watched the Wargames Set, start-to-finish, and I gotta say watching them in order like that, I really grew a new appreciation for Fall Brawl 97's Wargames of The Horsemen v.s. NWO. 93 was garbage, 94 did have some good Southern Brawling, 95 lets never talk about, 96 was a-ok, but re-watching it it certainly didn't have as much of a spark as you would think considering it was WCW's big stand against the NWO, although points for the beginning of the Sting booking. And I watched it without thinking of whatever happened the days, weeks, months afterwards, I just really god damn enjoyed it for what it was. I'd say atleast a **** affair. Besides the lack of blood, Some key arguments:
1. Benoits total intensity and ass-kicking he gave to the "nWo B-Team" throughout
2. Many cage bumps and cage-spots that I am surprised didn't draw some blood
3. It felt like it went by QUICK
4. Proper booking as Mongo, Konnan & Bagwell didn't really slow the pace down, everyone who entered turned it back into a fresh brawl
5. The Heels using Heel tactics instead of the usual NWO "we are just cooler than them, they don't matter" personality
6. Horsemen's out-heeling them to pop the crowd and Benoits spit and "bite me" to the mic
And finally, I remember as a Kid i didn't seen the Henning turn coming, and was equally heartbroken. But they pulled it off well, right up until he punched Mongo, and I would totally have backed it all except…who the fuck booked the remaining crap angles after that? a fucking 5-year old knows you leave Flair off tv till Starrcade where he returns and beats the living shit out of Henning for turning not only on him, but The Horsemen. So like I said, on its own, I really friggin dug Wargames 97, and I can't be the only one. Thoughts?
Thank you and keep up the good work

I'm not sure why it wasn't included in the Wargames retrospective on WWE 24/7 (oh wait, actually now I know, never mind…) but I remember it being pretty OK with some bitterness on my part possibly weighting it down. I'd be open to checking it out again, although the Hennig turn did not take me by surprise in the least. It was the stupidest thing WCW could have done with the match so I knew that was exactly what they'd do and I was right. I honestly don't recall it being a great match, though, and although it was a long time ago I haven't heard many people bitching about my rating of it so it must be reasonable. Meltzer gave it something like **1/2 so I'm not the only one who wasn't blown away by it.

But hey, as always, I'm never one to argue against someone enjoying a match I didn't.

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