Shotgun TV

[LucharesuFan619 0]

When did this show begin airing? I'm pretty sure it was airing at least back in '97 and I have somewhat of a recollection of it airing before that. I didn't really watch it that far back, but I remember JR always plugging the show on RAWs that were pre-1998. However, the Wrestling Information Archive web site only has results that go back to 1998. I'm seeking match listings for the older episodes, pre-'98. Anybody have any suggestions as to where to find such info? Thanks in advance.

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all I know is I didn't get shotgun and they had matches on there I never saw.

 

had to hear about some fricken Battle royal from one of the useless 1 hour morning shows.

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http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowM...Saturday_Night/

[LucharesuFan619 0]

First Airing: January 05, 1997

Final Airing: July 31, 1997

 

That can't be right...

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WWF @ New York City, NY - Mirage Nightclub - January 4, 1997

Shotgun Saturday Night - debut episode; hosted by Vince McMahon and Sunny; included Todd Pettingill visiting with Rocky Miavia, Goldust, and Marlena in the VIP area, with Bob Backlund taking offense to Marlena's cleavage; included Sunny announcing that the following week she would provide one of her own personal sex tapes to counter Marlena's flashing and to prove that Sunny was the sexiest woman in the WWF:

The Flying Nuns - Sister Angelica & Mother Smucker (the Headbangers) defeated Henry & Phinneas Godwinn (w/ Hillbilly Jim) at around the 12:30 mark when Angelica pinned Phinneas after Brother Love hit Phinneas in the head with his book of love; during the match, the crowd chanted "Holy shit" and "Go to Hell" towards the Nuns; at one point in the contest, Pettingeil interviewed Hillbilly at ringside about the Nuns; mid-way through the bout, Brother Love made a surprise appearance at ringside to manage the Nuns; after the bout, Todd Pettingiel interviewed Brother Love and the Flying Nuns in the ring, with Brother Love renaming them the Sisters of Love (Brother Love's first appearance in over a year)

Goldust (w/ Marlena) defeated the Sultan (w/ Bob Backlund) via count-out at 9:31 after Marlena climbed on the ring apron, as Goldust was about to be caught in the Camel Clutch, and flashed Goldust's opponent; following the incident, Backlund threw his jacket on Sultan so that he wouldn't see and the two left ringside; during the bout, Pettingill interviewed Backlund at ringside regarding his comments about Marlena's clevage earlier in the show; late in the contest, Backlund went to the commentary table and berated Vince McMahon, Sunny, and Pettingiel

Ahmed Johnson defeated Crush (w/ Clarence Mason, D-Lo Brown, and other members of the Nation) via disqualification when D-Lo interfered as Ahmed attempted the Pearl River Plunge; during the bout, Pettingiel interviewed Mason at ringside; after the bout, the Nation held Ahmed for Crush to hit him over the head with a steel chair; moments later; Goldust, the Godwinns, and Hillbilly cleared the ring and, after he regained his senses, Ahmed led the chase outside of the areana onto 56th St. where he eventually hit the Pearl River Plunge on D-Lo on the hood of a car

Mascarita Sagrada Jr. pinned Mini Vader at around the 6:30 mark with a missile dropkick; prior to the bout, footage was shown of Jim Cornette picking up Mini Vader at the Port Authority Bus Terminal after Mini Vader was driven in from Mexico; before the match, Sunny danced the Macarana as Pettingill sang "Mascarita" to the tune of the dance song; Jim Cornette did guest commentary for the bout before going ringside; after the match, Cornette verbally berated Mini Vader before both minis stripped Cornette of his pants

[tpww7 0]

The show started in Late 1996 and ran until 1999/2000 when it became Jakked/Metal. The first episode contained the debut of the Headbangers as the Flying Nuns and Marlena flashing the audience. The show had some good memories...such as HHH getting a tombstone on a escalator.

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

Cawthon's site has the final Shotgun taping taking place on January 11th 1999, for airing on the 23rd.

[GreatWhiteNope 0]

Cawthon's site has the final Shotgun taping taking place on January 11th 1999, for airing on the 23rd.

July 27, 1999:

 

Shotgun:

Joey Abs defeated Johnny Paradise

 

That was the last results for Shotgun I found.

 

By that point Shotgun was a recap show with only one original match.

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from searching, I believe this is the final Shotgun to air before the transformation to Jakked.

 

 

August 21, 1999: Billy Gunn defeated Chaz...Intercontinental and European Champion, D-Lo Brown, defeated Prince Albert...The Godfather defeated Scott Zappa...Mideon and Viscera defeated Derek Dukes and Dominick DeNucci.

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from Keller:

 

H-Bull asked today in the VIP Forum: I really miss being able to watch that show on Saturday nights. The old version where they were actually in nightclubs not when they were taping it before Raw. Am I the only one who actually thought they were on to something special with that show until they gave up on it?

 

WK answered: The concept behind Shotgun was that it would be a weekly Saturday night PPV for $9.95. The idea was to make it gritty and ECW-like, run it at nightclubs, use a core group of talent that wasn't regularly at house shows across the country each Saturday night so they could be live for Shotgun, bring in a couple new bigger names every few weeks and pull them from that night's house show, and run episodic TV that had a totally different feel from the other shows. McMahon approved the weekly PPV concept and then it was pitched to cable companies, who it turned out weren't receptive to it. With no cable support, they just turned it into a weekly TV series. Once the reality struck that it wasn't going to make enough ad revenue to be worth having a separate core roster and flying big names cross country to work between the Friday and Sunday big arena house shows, it basically quickly became just another weekly show without anything different about i

[JoeDirt 0]

In a somewhat related note, is there anywhere that lists all the WWF syndicated programs and when they aired? I always mix all the morning ones that weren't Superstars.

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Off topic, but strummer's sig owns me.

[CanadianGuitarist 0]

I think it stopped being Shotgun Saturday Night from a nightclub and became

Shotgun around July. I vividly remember watching Shotgun the day after the Winter Olympics began.

[cawthon777 0]

The nightclub episodes only ran 6 weeks. After that, they started taping it at the Raw venues.

[JJMc 0]

Re: syndicated shows:

 

When they aired is impossible since it was different in every market, so I'll just list the times for where I live.

 

These times begin in '93, when I started watching, so anyone from the Boston area can feel free to correct me.

 

Superstars-Saturday 12 PM (until mid '93, then 1 PM until mid '96 when it kept getting bumped until it switched to USA) on WFXT (Fox 25) Boston

Challenge-right after Superstars, same channel until late '95. Switched to a recap show in '96 and moved to 2 or 3 AM. (Cancelled in 2/97 when Superstars became a recap show)

Spotlight- 8 AM Saturday on some channel that escapes me. (cancelled in June '95 when Challenge became a recap show.)

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

I remember seeing the first few episodes of Shotgun Saturday Night...It came on right before (not the same channel) as ECW's weekly show on America 1.

[Some Guy 0]

Shotgun was on Fox here in Boston. I rememer they did a show in a subway in NYC adn Taker tombstoned HHH at the top of an escalater and HHH went down the whoel thing on his back. I also remember thinking that it would suck for him if his hair got stuck in the thing.

 

Terry Funk called Vince a "Yankee bastard" and JR an "Oklahoma asshole" on the show before RR 97 and wrestled Austin on that show.

[CBright7831 0]

The show had some good memories...such as HHH getting a tombstone on a escalator.

I thought that happened on RAW the week before Hell in a Cell.

[Art Sandusky 0]

DeNucci was in a match on WWF TV in 1999? Wow.

[Some Guy 0]

The show had some good memories...such as HHH getting a tombstone on a escalator.

I thought that happened on RAW the week before Hell in a Cell.

From Cawthon:

 

WWF @ New York City, NY - Penn Station - February 8, 1997

The Headbangers defeated Alex Porteau & Nick Barberry

Shotgun Saturday Night - included an opening segment in which the Undertaker was seen driving an Amtrack train into the station Saturday Night; featured Todd Pettingill interviewing the founder of the Guardian Angels:

Farooq & Crush (w/ Clarence Mason, D-Lo Brown, and the Nation) defeated Henry & Phinneas Godwinn at around the 11:30 mark when Crush pinned Phinneas after Farooq interfered behind the referee's back and hit a clothesline as Phinneas attempted the Slop Drop; during the bout, Mason did guest commentary; mid-way through the contest, Savio Vega came ringside

WWF IC Champion Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated the Undertaker via disqualification at around the 10-minute mark when the challenger stole the title belt away from Helmsley, who tried using it as a weapon, and hit it against the title holder's head; prior to the bout, the champion arrived to Penn Station in a limo and was interviewed on his way into the building by Pettingill; during his entrance, Helmsley did a short soundbyte for Entertainment Tonight, who was on hand doing a piece on Sunny; after the bout, Taker hit a chokeslam on Helmsley, chased the champion up the stairs, and hit the tombstone on the top of the escalator, with Helmsley going all the way down until he was assisted from the area by referees

Savio Vega, Farooq, & Crush (w/ Clarence Mason, D-Lo Brown, & the Nation) defeated Aldo Montoya, Henry & Pinneas Godwinn at around the 9:30 mark when Savio pinned Montoya with a spin kick; the match was originally Savio vs. Aldo but turned into a 6-man tag when the Godwinns appeared at ringside at around the 10-minute mark; during the bout, Mason did guest commentary; as the show came to a close, Phinneas attempted to slop D-Lo in the production area but accidentally slopped Pat Patterson instead

 

This would be the match you were thinking of:

 

Raw is War - 9/29/97:

The Undertaker defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley (w/ Shawn Michaels & Chyna) via disqualification at 2:03 when Rick Rude came ringside and hit the Undertaker with the steel briefcase as Taker attempted the tombstone; prior to the contest, Bret Hart and Davey Boy Smith attacked the Undertaker until the Patriot and Vader made the save; after the bout, the Undertaker broke free of a bodybag, stalked Michaels and Helmsley up the stage, and hit the tombstone on Helmsley onto the stage as Michaels climbed the Titantron to escape

 

I can see the confusion considering that HHH took the Tombstone out of the ring in both cases.