[1997-09-08-WWF-Raw] The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Undertaker is not done with Shawn. Shawn interrupts him on the Titantron and they exchange words.

 

On a side note, I know Bret was around during this time, but they immediately pushed him to the back in favor of Shawn on top. I think Shawn was much more effective in this role than he had been all year, but Bret was much more effective as the top heel.

[Kevin Ridge]

Hell In a Cell has been announced for Badd Blood! Undertaker lets Michaels know there is no way out. Feels like for most of the year WWF Title has not been the main program.

[soup23]

Basic promo between the two to set up the announced Badd Blood match and to show these two still have unfinished business.

[PeteF3]

Effective stuff here, and the new gimmick match was immediately put over as a big deal--I also like how they took the time to explain that the ring would be inspected before the cage was lowered, meaning no one could hide and come up from underneath. Shawn is still paying lip service to putting over his programs and his opponents--he's been surprisingly tolerable since his backstage brush-up with Bret, actually. Speaking of Bret, where the fuck has he been?

[Exposer]

Hell in a Cell is announced & we get a condensed version of the great video package from Ground Zero to hype the match. Taker comes out & cuts a strong promo followed by Michaels coming on the tron & saying if Taker is going to put him in the coffin, he's taking him with him. Taker does the Rest in Peace bit to close. Strong build to Hell in a Cell. I liked the simplicity of this segment. Straight & to the point.