BRM Reviews WWF In Your House: Canadian Stampede (GREAT!)

[Big Red Machine]

WWF In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede (7/6/1997) Calgary, (Dramatic Pause) Alberta, Canada

Free-For-All Match:
THE NEW BLACKJACKS vs. THE GODWINNS- 2/10

MANKIND vs. HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY (w/Chyna)- 7/10

TAKA MICHINOKU vs. THE GREAT SASUKE- 8/10
Standard awesomeness from these guys

PAUL BEARER PROMO- good

WWF TITLE MATCH: The Undertaker(c) vs. Vader (w/Paul Bearer)- 6.5/10

“STONE COLD” STEVE AUSTIN, KEN SHAMROCK, GOLDUST, & THE LEGION OF DOOM vs. THE HART FOUNDATION (Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Jim Neidhart, The British Bulldog, & Brian Pillman)- 9.5/10
Amazing match and UNBELIEVABLE atmosphere. Everything they did here was gold, aside from Owen not selling his leg as he ran down to ringside to make the save, and the ref not calling for a DQ when the various Hart family members from ringside started pummeling Austin.

Overall, a great PPV from the WWF.

AWESOME COMMENTARY MOMENT:
Lawler (about Mankind)- “Most of these Canadians; they love him because they can relate to him. Most of them look like him. Most of the women, at least.”

[NWK2000]

Brian and Vinny are doing retro reviews of Raw and are at this point in their timeline. Brian noticed that Jimmy Korderas, a Canadian, deliberately made calls that benefited the Hart Foundation (not counting them out, relaxing the rules) was the ref Korderas for the 5-on-5? That might explain the relaxed rules.

[Big Red Machine]

Brian and Vinny are doing retro reviews of Raw and are at this point in their timeline. Brian noticed that Jimmy Korderas, a Canadian, deliberately made calls that benefited the Hart Foundation (not counting them out, relaxing the rules) was the ref Korderas for the 5-on-5? That might explain the relaxed rules.

No idea. If that was the case, I don't think it was ever brought up later, either, so giving them credit for it being part of the storyline seems dubious, IMO.