Vince's Got A Shotgun - Shotgun Saturday Night recap for June 28, 1997

In memory of Stan "The Man" Stasiak, 1937-1997.

Owen Hart beats Goldust. During the match, Brian Pillman is worked up by the "Pillman sucks" signs and chants, and shortly afterwards, Bret "The Hit Man" Hart shows up and watches the match from ringside. The match ends when Bret distracts Goldust, allowing Owen to hit Goldust with a spinning heel kick to win the match. After the match, Bret says Goldust is the last one left after beating up the rest of The Hart Foundation's opponents for In Your House: Canadian Stampede, and says they might as well beat him up, too. After Owen takes the boots to Goldust, Bret puts Goldust in the Figure Four Leg Lock around the ring post before Owen tries to drape Goldust's head in the Canadian flag. Marlena takes the Canadian flag away from Owen as referees and officials try to break Bret's hold on Goldust. Bret event ually lets go and leaves with Owen.

The Disciples of Apocalypse (Crush and an unknown tag team partner) beat The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh) in their in-ring debut. Before the match, we see Thrasher and Mosh give a body slam and a elbow drop to a reporter during a local newscast on WABC-TV. During the match, Brian Pillman threatens to beat up a fan seated behind him due to his "Pillman sucks" chants. Later on in the match, Pillman confronts the fan again. The fan leads a "Pillman sucks" chant again.

Vince McMahon interviews Mankind, who shows up in an "Austin 3:16" T-shirt. Mankind says comparing himself to "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels is like comparing apples and applesauce, as he is the apple after it has been smashed. He says he and Shawn could pass as twins, as they both have long hair, Shawn has a belly button piercing where he has lint, they both have tattoos on their arms, and with the exception of him being the better kisser, they are exactly the same. As for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, he says Austin sees him as nothing but a homicidal freak, which may be true, but he sees Austin as a sociopathic loser. In the end, they are both people who need people, and people who need people are the luckiest people of them all. He says that Austin is drowning in a sea of despair, and wants to be his life preserver. He says Austin is sinking in the quicksand of distrust, and asks to be his tree branch. He also says Austin is boiling in a stew of doubt, and asks to be his carrot. As for his match with Hunter Hearst Helmsley at In Your House: Canadian Stampede, he says he could say Helmsley cheated with the help of Chyna to win, and then outright says it. He says he is guilty of taking Helmsley too lightly the last time they faced off, and believes that either he is not as good as Helmsley or Helmsley is better than he expected him to be, and concludes the latter is true. He then says Helmsley wounded his pride by putting him in a Pedigree through a table to give him a taste of his own medicine, of which he did not like the taste of. This time, he has something for Helmsley to snack on for a while, as the two fingers of the Mandible Claw will make him sick. He tells Helmsley to think about it for a while, and to try to have a nice day.

The Triple Threat Match: coming soon to an arena near you!

"Double J" Jesse James beats The Brooklyn Brawler. Brian Pillman confronts the fan behind yet again at the start of the match. After the match, Pillman finally snaps and beats the fan up, stabbing him with a pencil ripping his shirt off and hitting him with a steel chair as referees and officials try to pull Pillman off of him. Pillman is seen being threatening towards Jim Ross and verbally abusive to the fans (he is seen telling one person to "suck me") as he is escorted to the back by officials.

Jim Ross apologizes for Brian Pillman's actions from earlier. He reports that the fan is receiving medical attention, and that Brian Pillman has been escorted from the arena by the police.

The Truth Commission (Recon, Tank, The Interrogator) beat Al Brown, Gene Miller and Terry Richards. Before the match, we see pre-recorded comments from The Commandant, who says The Truth Commissioner have come to America to remind Ameria what a great country it once was before it turned that picture upside down and gave unlimited rights to everyone. He says they have come to remind everyone that nature has decreed that there will always be leaders and those who must be dominated, and that they will prove their superiority when they smash America's so-called athletes right before the people's very eyes.