![]() ![]() Hughes was only with Hunter for about one week. Pre-match notes: Hunter was the heel champion while Goldust turned face a few months prior to this. Intercontinental Championship: Hunter Hearst Helmsley (w/Mr. Hunter Hearst Helmsley entered with the Intercontinental Championship and he was joined by Mr. A brief video package aired to set up the match. Was it cold in there? Let’s just say she had a very tight gold dress on. Goldust made his entrance with the lovely Marlena by his side. There were also Spanish and French announce teams at ringside. ![]() This would be the last Rumble where Vince was announcing the show because this was the last year where Vince was a regular announcer. The announcers were Vince McMahon, Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler. They had plenty of other events there too. They had an impressive pyro display to start the show in the Alamadome, which is where the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs played basketball in this era. The opening video package focused on Shawn Michaels coming home to San Antonio to get a rematch for the WWF Title against Sycho Sid. My additional thoughts are in blue font as well because there’s always more to say. This show was used to set up WrestleMania 13 (read my review here) although there were a few bumps and lost smiles along the way including what happened at the Final Four PPV in February 1997 as well. It was an impressive looking crowd, that’s for sure. In the Wrestling Observer Newsletter at the time, it was noted by Dave Meltzer that “in the final few days they sold 20,000 tickets, mainly at $5 and $7 with discount coupons from Taco Bell that according to locals were being picked up as fast as they were printed.” That makes sense because on Bruce Prichard’s “Something to Wrestle” podcast about this show, he talked about how WWE tried really hard to get as many people in the building as they could to make it feel like a big-time show. The final numbers saw 48,014 paid attendance, so a lot of tickets were given away. announced attendance for this show at the Alamodome was an impressive number of 60,525 fans.WWWF United States Championship (1970-1975).WWF North American Heavyweight Championship (1979-1981).WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship (1978-1985).WWF International Tag Team Championship (1969-1985).WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship (1967-1985).WWF Women's Tag Team Championship (1983-1989).WWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (1991). ![]()
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