10 Biggest Mistakes WWE Made In 1997

By Jamie Kennedy / November 11, 2015

1997 was a strange year to be a fan of the then-World Wrestling Federation. The previous 12 months hadn't exactly been a rip-roaring success, although it's safe to say that 1996 was vastly superior to an often-horrendous 1995. Even so, there was still relative unease over exactly which direction Vince McMahon would choose to take his promotion in 1997. World Championship Wrestling were looking ominously strong, and they'd seize a tighter grip on the North American market share by the end of the year. Things didn't look as desperate for the WWF as they had done in prior years, but the top of the card was still thin in terms of bankable stars. Throughout the year, that was something McMahon and his cronies backstage would try to address. There are loads of awesome moments from 1997 that have been explored at length by fans over the years. Bizarrely, one of the most distasteful would wind up helping the company in the long run. On the surface, the 'Montreal Screwjob' should have hurt the WWF, but it helped give the new 'Attitude Era' some serious momentum. This article explores 10 of the biggest mistakes the WWF made in 1997. From booking out cavernous arenas they had no hope of filling, to green lighting a supremely dangerous move that injured a fledgling main event star. There were a lot of errors, and they're examined here.