WWF LiveWire (December 7, 1996)

 

Original Airdate: December 7, 1996

Your Hosts are Todd Pettengill and Sunny from the control center

We start with clips from London England ten days ago, where Sycho Sid was wrestling Steve Austin, and things quickly broke down when Davey Boy Smith and Bret Hart got involved 

WWF Champion Sycho Sid calls in, promising to finish his deal with Bret Hart at In Your House. He stays on to take some questions from viewers 

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Chris calls from Florida, wondering if Sid will need to resort to tactics like he did at Survivor Series against Bret

Richard from Pennsylvania faxes in, wondering if Sid is more concerned about Bret coming up, or Shawn Michaels at the Royal Rumble

Tim calls in from Alabama, and thinks it’s great that someone from Alabama is finally WWF Champion. Sid is too kind to correct him (he’s from Arkansas)

Jamie calls in from Missouri, wondering how Sid will counter Hart’s speed

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Vic Venom swings by to stand up for New Yorkers everywhere

Chuck calls from Florida, and thinks whomever hits their finisher first is going to walk out of In Your House with the belt

Todd calls from Indiana, but he stutters, so Pettengill mocks him, and hangs up on him. Pettengill could be an asshole sometimes

Rod calls from Texas, and thankfully doesn’t stutter

The Footaction Slam of the Week is Marc Mero hitting a shooting star press on Hunter Hearst Helmsley

Bob Backlund storms into the studio, so Todd calms him down with some word association games 

Craig calls from Florida, warning Backlund not to trust Iron Sheik. Remember Pearl Harbor

Paul calls from Ohio, and thinks Backlund has been setting Sultan up in easy matches, and he wants to see him against some actual stars

Flash back to December 1983, when Sheik defeated Backlund for the WWF Title 

Chris calls from New York, and Backlund tells him to get a job

Brian calls from New Jersey, but he’s only in eleventh grade, and doesn’t have a job either

We take a look at the WWF’s Xpress tour

Todd brings a birthday cake out for Sunny (it’s her birthday, which was a running theme of the show, with practically every caller taking the time to wish her a happy birthday)

Jim Ross calls in, offering thoughts on the Undertaker/Mankind match scheduled for RAW

BUExperience: This was a bad episode of this show, but Backlund ranting was entertaining.