Ranking All 20 WWE September PPVs – From Worst To Best
17. In Your House: Ground Zero (1997)
Ground Zero was the first non-big-four Pay Per View to be three hours, but unfortunately, it didnt have the star power to justify the extra hour. The big star of the year, Stone Cold Steve Austin, wasnt cleared to wrestle yet following his neck injury in his match with Owen Hart at Summerslam. Austin was on the pay per view, forfeiting the tag team championship and then interfering in the four-way match to determine the new champions. The WWF Title match was the least hyped of the year, with Bret Hart facing the newcomer The Patriot. Other forgettable matches featured the Nation of Domination implosion as Faarooq faced Crush and Savio Vega in a triple threat, the Indecent Proposal match between Brian Pillman and Goldust, and a match between Max Mini and El Torito (no, not THAT El Torito). The main event was billed as the first time ever match on Pay Per View between two WWF mainstays, Shawn Michaels and the Undertaker, but it ended in a shmozz and was only designed to build toward the Hell in a Cell match. All in all, it was an uneventful Pay Per View.
