Vince's Got A Shotgun - Shotgun Saturday Night recap for May 31, 1997

The Nation of Domination (Faarooq, Savio Vega, Crush) beats Mankind, Vader and The Undertaker after Faarooq gets Vader in a schoolboy pin. Before the match, Paul Bearer demands that The Undertaker hand him the WWF Championship, but The Undertaker hands it over to the timekeeper instead. Bearer takes it from the timekeeper and insists it is his belt now. During the match, The Undertaker makes it known that he wants no part in this match, staying far away from Mankind and Vader, hitting Vader with a cheap shot as both men are on the apron, and - at one point in the match - standing near the middle of the ring after the commercial break. After the match, Paul Bearer has to keep The Undertaker from choke slamming Vader, and The Undertaker leaves soon after before Mankind, Vader and Paul Bearer.

Blackjack Bradshaw vs. Phineas I. Godwinn ends in a double count-out after Blackjack Windham tries to drag Phineas out of the ring by his leg and Henry O. Godwinn gets physically involved.

Paul Bearer says he cannot believe that he just won a six-man tag with Mankind, Vader and The Undertaker together, and tells The Undertaker that the days of doing things are over and that he will doing things his way whether he likes it or not. The Undertaker leaves as Mankind and Vader laugh.

Vince McMahon interviews Brian Pillman. He is no stranger to "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, and as much as he hates announcers, he is glad that Vince is interviewing him as Vince knows how it feels to be stabbed in the back. Under the bright lights, cameras and hooplas of the big show, nothing masks the realities behind the scenes. He asks Austin to think back to their days in the bush leagues, when they wondered if they would ever be able to pay the note on their house. He says Austin left, shaved his hair and came back, and now the people believe in him, but he does not care. When Austin broke his ankle, it hurt a great deal and he took away the use of his left leg; however, he gave him the gift of revenge. When Austin broke into his home, he found out very quickly that he was willing to escalate the violence, and they could not even air it on television. He will do whatever it takes to Austin, saying it is what seperates him from Austin and what led Austin to the path that he has taken and believing he could erase everything they did. At King of the Ring, he says Austin had better hope that John 3:16 - and not Austin 3:16 - applies.

The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh) beat The Rock and Flash Funk by disqualification when Thrasher tries to use their stereo as a weapon only for Flash Funk to take it from him and hit him with it repeatedly. Referee Tim White catches Flash Funk in the act of using the stereo as a weapon, and the match is over. During the match, it is announced that "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels will defend the WWF Tag Team Championships against The Legion of Doom (Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk) this Monday night on Raw.

Faarooq says that there is a double standard in the WWF, as he has to constantly prove himself. He calls tonight's six-man tag match a small taste of what is going to happen to The Undertaker at King of the Ring, and says there is no problem with The Nation of Domination. Now that he is #1 contender for the WWF Championship, the whole world is shaking, as a Black man has never held the title. He says that even Vince McMahon is shaking, and that it is time. He says that The Undertaker is a dead man at King of the Ring.

Tony Williams beats Scott Taylor after reversing a roll-up from Taylor into one of his own.