10 Things You Need To Know About WWE Bad Blood

by Jamie Kennedy

1. First Show Was Vince McMahon's Last As Lead Announcer

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The first ever Bad(d) Blood show was Bret Hart's penultimate WWF pay-per-view match before departing the company and joining WCW following the 1997 Survivor Series, but he wasn't the only one who was about to kiss goodbye to a long-established role in the promotion.

Sitting alongside Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross to narrate the action fans would see at home, then-babyface announcer Vince McMahon was working his last ever pay-per-view broadcast as a fully-fledged commentator.

Infamously conspiring to take the WWF Title from Hart the following month, McMahon subsequently removed himself from the announce position and readied the brand new 'Mr. McMahon' heel character that would become red hot in early-1998.

Adding to the list of reasons why the first event in the Bad Blood timeline is so important to WWE history, the fact that McMahon announced his last ever full pay-per-view during the 1997 show feels weighty to look back on even now.

Are you looking forward to WWE bringing back Bad Blood as a Raw-exclusive pay-per-view event later this year? Let us know your thoughts down in the comments section below!

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.