10 WWE Anomalies (That Were Super Weird)

10. Shotgun Saturday Night

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Starting off in relatively strange fashion, there was nothing especially wrong with the premise behind 'Shotgun Saturday Night', but it does stick out as an incredibly random idea from a company which was still largely gearing itself towards a younger audience. At the very least, the WWF of early-1997 was still quite cartoon-like in many ways, even if steps were being made to shake things up a little.

It's generally accepted that the 'Attitude Era' didn't start until much later, but Shotgun was one program - at least for a few weeks - that gave some indication over where Vince McMahon was interested in taking his product. Filmed in a nightclub, the program was initially a huge departure from everything else the promotion was presenting, and is thus a complete anomaly.

Eventually, Shotgun would become just another recap show with a few mid-card matches thrown in for good measure, but it was radical at first. There was far more of an adult theme to the program, something WWF fans had never seen in the promotion before.