10 Ultra-Rare Unreleased WWE Matches We’d Love To See
8. Number One Contender's Battle Royal (September 22nd, 1997)
Taped at the start of what would prove to be one of the most historic nights in company history, WWE staged a 20-man battle royal before television cameras rolled on a September 1997 Madison Square Garden edition of Monday Night Raw.
Remembered fondly for the white hot segment in which Stone Cold Steve Austin levelled Vince McMahon with the boss' first ever Stone Cold Stunner and an absorbing Falls Count Anywhere between Cactus Jack and Triple H, the live crowd had already seen a shocking development in the crowning of an unlikely Number One Contender for the WWE Title the next time the organisation were set to return to their home turf.
The over-the-top challenge was made up predominantly of tag teams, with The Headbangers, The Blackjacks, Los Boricuas, The Disciples of Apocalypse and the Truth Commission all filling the ring alongside resident chancers Scott Taylor and the Brooklyn Brawler.
Feeding the nostalgia of the New York faithful, the Brawler broke the habit of a lifetime and actually won the whole thing.
Amazingly, WWE also delivered on the stipulation, and his ten minute WWE title match against Shawn Michaels is available online thanks to handheld footage taken at the time.
Brawler's improbable battle royal victory sadly remains unseen.