The 1997 King of the Ring pay per view goes through major changes when the Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels match gets cancelled. Stone Cold Steve Austin's match with Brian Pillman also gets cancelled and instead, it's decided that the WWF Tag Team Champions (HBK & Austin) will face eachother at the PPV. On Raw, the tag team have to defend their titles against The Legion of Doom.

On Monday Nitro, Scott Hall faces Ric Flair in the main event. Randy Savage decides he wants to cut a promo and things quickly turn violent when The Macho Man attacks J.J. Dillon.