On October 6, 1997 live on the USA Network on WWF Monday Night Raw from the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, the WWF paid tribute to the legendary Brian Pillman with a 10 bell salute. Pillman was found dead at a Budgetel Motel in Bloomington, Minnesota on October 5th. Pillman was scheduled to wrestle with Dude Love at the WWF pay-per-view In Your House 18: Badd Blood that night. Steve Austin relayed that Jim Cornette was instructed to find the whereabouts of Pillman and that’s when he foun

On October 6, 1997 live on WWF Monday Night Raw from the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, the WWF paid tribute to the legendary Brian Pillman with a 10 bell salute. Pillman was found dead at a Budgetel Motel in Bloomington, Minnesota on October 5th. Pillman was scheduled to wrestle with Dude Love at the WWF pay-per-view In Your House 18: Badd Blood that night. Steve Austin relayed that Jim Cornette was instructed to find the whereabouts of Pillman and that’s when he found out the news from

On October 6, 1997 on WWF RAW Is WAR live from the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, the feud between WWF Champion Bret Hart and number 1 contender Shawn Michaels begins to heat up. Hart calls Michaels a “degenerate” and accuses Michaels of “barebacking” his way to the WWF Championship match. In the following weeks the group of Michaels, Triple H, Chyna and Rick Rude would come to be known as “D-Generation X“ and their signature catchphrase of “Suck It” and their “Crotch Chop” would catch o