IWF Armageddon (1999)

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Armageddon (1999)
Promotional poster featuring The Undertaker
Tagline(s)	The End is Here
Imformation
Promotion	International Wrestling Federation
Sponsor	Microprose
Date	December 12, 1999
Attendance	17,054
Venue	National Car Rental Center
City	Sunrise, Florida
Pay-per-view chronology
Survivor Series (1999)	Armageddon (1999)	Royal Rumble (2000)
Armageddon chronology
First	Armageddon (1999)	Armageddon (1999)

Armageddon (1999) was the first Armageddon professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by International Wrestling Federation. It was presented by Microprose's MechWarrior 3 and took place on December 12, 1999 at the National Car Rental Center in the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Sunrise, Florida.

The main event was a No Holds Barred match between Triple K and Vince Woodward. Triple K won the match by pinning Vince after hitting him with a sledgehammer, when Vince's daughter and Triple K's (kayfabe) wife Dani Woodward turned on Vince by giving the sledgehammer to Triple K.

The undercard featured Big Show versus Big Boss Man for the IWF Championship, New Age Outlaws (Mr. Ass and Road Dogg) versus Rock 'n' Sock Connection (The Rock and Mankind) for the IWF Tag Team Championship, Chyna versus Khris Jericho for the IWF Intercontinental Championship, Kane versus X-Pac in a Steel Cage match, British Bulldog versus Val Venis and D'Lo Brown in a triple threat match for the IWF European Championship, The Murnion Cousins (Hardcore and Crash) versus Rikishi and Viscera, Ivory versus Miss Kitty, Jacqueline and B.B. in a Four Corners Evening Gown Pool match for the IWF Women's Championship, Matt Borske and Steve Blackman and a Tag team Battle Royal won by The Acolytes (Bradshaw and Faarooq).

Background

Armageddon featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds, plots, and [[narrative storylines that were played out on Raw is War and SmackDown—International Wrestling Federation's (IWF) television programs. Wrestlers portrayed a villain or a hero as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

The main rivalry heading into the event was between Triple K and the IWF Chairman Vince Woodward, his boss and father-in-law. At Survivor Series, Triple K was scheduled to defend the IWF Championship against Stone Cold Steve Johnson and The Rock in a Triple Threat match. During the event, he interrupted an interview of Rock, which resulted in a brawl between the two that was separated by several IWF referees. Later that event, Triple K did the same by interrupting an interview of Johnson. However, Johnson ran after Triple K throughout the backstage area of the arena until he was run down with a car in the parking lot of the arena. As a result, he was taken away at ambulance and was removed from the main event. Vince Woodward blamed Triple K and D-Generation X for the attack but Triple K denied doing so. Later that night, Big Show was added as the third competitor against Triple K and Rock. Vince interfered in the match and cost Triple K, the title against Big Show. On November 15 edition of Raw is War, Vince blamed Triple K and DX again for the attack but DX instead blamed the entire situation on Vince. On November 18 edition of SmackDown, DX assaulted Woodward's Corporate Stooges (Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco). Sgt. Slaughter informed Woodward of the attack and told Woodward that Triple K had invited him to DX locker room. Woodward went to the locker room, where Triple K warned Woodward, not to make this personal. Later that night, Triple K came down to the ring and blamed Woodward for his title loss at Survivor Series and then challenged Woodward to a match at Armageddon. Shortly after, a footage was shown of backstage where the Woodward family had fallen down the stairs. On November 22 edition of Raw is War, Vince destroyed a limousine carrying DX through his car. Although DX retreated, the limousine was destroyed. Later that night, the police officers arrested Vince for assaulting DX. Triple K attacked the handcuffed Vince. Later that night, Triple K came down to the ring and accused Vince for attacking Johnson at Survivor Series. However, Shane Woodward came out to defend his father and informed Triple K that Vince would accept Triple K's challenge at Armageddon. On November 29 edition of Raw is War, a storyline wedding was scheduled to occur between Vince's daughter Dani Woodward and Test. However, Triple K interrupted it by showing a video, in which he had married a drunk Dani in a wedding car. Test and Vince then ran after Triple K to attack him. On December 2 edition of SmackDown, Triple K announced that he would wrestle Vince in a No Holds Barred match. On December 6 edition of Raw is War, Triple K suggested a stipulation into the match that if Vince won the match, Triple K and Dani's marriage would be annulled but if Triple K won, he would be granted a IWF Championship match. Vince agreed to the stipulation.

Another predominant rivalry heading into the event was between Big Show and Big Boss Man. Their rivalry was stemming back from Survivor Series, when Big Show defeated Boss Man and his team of Prince Albert, Viscera and Mideon in a one-on-four Survivor Series elimination match. Later that night, Big Show replaced an injured Stone Cold Steve Johnson in a Triple Threat match for the IWF Championship against then champion Triple K and The Rock. Big Show defeated Triple K to win the title. On November 15 edition of Raw is War, Big Boss Man became the #1 contender for the IWF Championship at Armageddon, by defeating Rock in a Hardcore match.

On November 22 edition of Raw is War, Rock was scheduled to wrestle Big Boss Man and Prince Albert in a tag team match with a partner of his choosing. He chose the audience to be his partner, making it a Handicap match. He was dominated throughout the match until Rock's former Rock 'n' Sock Connection partner Mankind came out to help him as his partner, reuniting Rock 'n' Sock Connection. The reunited team defeated Boss Man and Albert. On November 25 edition of SmackDown, Rock 'n' Sock Connection defeated The Murnion Cousins (Hardcore and Crash) to become the #1 contenders for the IWF Tag Team Championship, being held by New Age Outlaws (Mr. Ass and Road Dogg) at Armageddon.

At Survivor Series, Chyna defeated Khris Jericho to retain the IWF Intercontinental Championship. On November 15 edition of Raw is War, Chyna and her manager Miss Kitty distracted Jericho during a match against Gangrel, allowing Gangrel to win the match. On November 25 edition of SmackDown, Chyna and Kitty cost Jericho another match, this time against Big Show for the IWF Championship. On November 29 edition of Raw is War, a match was made between the two for the Intercontinental Championship when Jericho challenged Chyna for the title at Armageddon.

On November 20 edition of Jakked, the recently debuted Rikishi defeated Crash Murnion in a standard wrestling match, starting a rivalry between Rikishi and Murnion Cousins. On December 12 edition of Sunday Night Heat, Viscera became Rikishi's partner after aiding him in his brawl with Murnion Cousins, leading to a tag team match between Murnion Cousins and the makeshift team of Rikishi and Viscera.

At Survivor Series, Kane defeated X-Pac by disqualification after X-Pac's D-Generation X teammates interfered in the match and attacked Kane. On November 29 edition of Raw is War, X-Pac interfered in a tag team match pitting Kane and Big Show against Big Boss Man and Viscera. X-Pac cost Kane, the match by attacking him with a Chair Shot. After the match, X-Pac also attacked Kane's manager Tori. Later that night, X-Pac teamed up with New Age Outlaws to wrestle Rock 'n' Sock Connection and their mystery partner in a six-man tag team match. Kane was revealed to be their partner. The match ended when Al Snow interfered and attacked DX, getting Rock 'n' Sock and Kane disqualified. On December 2 edition of SmackDown, Kane lost to Viscera by count-out after being distracted by X-Pac. This led to a Steel Cage match between Kane and X-Pac at Armageddon.

At Survivor Series, Val Venis and his team of Steve Blackman, Gangrel and Steven Larson defeated British Bulldog and his team of Mean Street Posse (Pete Gas, Joey Abs and Rodney) in a Survivor Series elimination match. On November 25 edition of SmackDown, Bulldog defended the IWF European Championship against Venis and retained the title by getting disqualified. On November 29 edition of Raw is War, Bulldog interfered in a match between Venis and Matt Borske, costing Venis, the match. On December 2 edition of SmackDown, Bulldog defended the European Championship against D'Lo Brown. During the match, it was announced that Bulldog would defend the title against Venis at Armageddon. Venis interfered in the match and attacked Bulldog, prompting Brown to attack Venis. As a result, all the three wrestlers began attacking each other. As a result, on December 6 edition of Raw is War, Venis wrestled Brown to determine the #1 contender for the title at Armageddon. However, the match resulted in a no contest after Bulldog and Mean Street Posse attacked both Venis and Brown. As a result, Venis and Brown were both made the contenders for the European Championship at Armageddon, making it a Triple Threat match.

At Survivor Series, Matt Borske made his IWF in-ring debut with a victory against Shawn Stasiak. Borske began an undefeated streak by continuing to win matches against opponents including The Godfather, Gangrel, Steven Larson, D'Lo Brown and Val Venis. On December 2 edition of SmackDown, it was announced that Borske would wrestle Steve Blackman in a standard wrestling match at Armageddon.

At Survivor Series, The Fabulous Moolah, Mae Young, Debra and Tori defeated Ivory, Luna, Jacqueline and Terri Thomas in an eight-woman tag team match. On November 18 edition of SmackDown, Ivory defeated Jacqueline and Luna in a Triple Threat Hardcore match to retain the IWF Women's Championship. On November 25 edition of SmackDown, Jacqueline defeated Ivory in a non-title first-ever Gravy Bowl match, with Miss Kitty serving as the special guest referee. As a result of winning, Jacqueline won the Golden Ladle Trophy. This angered Ivory and she attacked Kitty. An EMT came out to help Kitty but was attacked by Ivory too. On November 29 edition of Raw is War, the EMT was introduced by Michael Cole as Barbara Bush (B.B). She challenged Ivory to an Evening Gown match for the Women's Championship at Armageddon. Ivory responded by ripping off B.B's shirt. On December 6 edition of Raw is War, it was announced that Ivory would defend the Women's Championship against BB, Jacqueline and Miss Kitty in a Four Corners Evening Gown Pool match at Armageddon.

Event

Before the event aired live on pay-per-view, Al Snow defeated Test by pinning him in a match that aired live on Sunday Night Heat.

Preliminary matches

Main event matches

Aftermath

Results

References

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