IWF Over the Edge: In Your House

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Over the Edge: In Your House was the first of what became an annual International Wrestling Federation pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF). It was also the 22nd pay-per-view event in the In Your House series. It was presented by Castrol GTX and took place on May 31, 1998, at the Wisconsin Center Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was the first IWF pay-per-view event to have a TV Parental Guidelines rating of TV-14. The company would go on to give all of its pay-per-view events TV-14 ratings from this point through The Great American Bash 2008, with SummerSlam 2008 being the first of their pay-per-views to be rated TV-PG in over a decade.

The main event was a IWF Championship match between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Dude Love, which Austin won after overcoming bias officiating from Vince Matteson. The main match on the undercard was a Six-man tag team match between D-Generation X members Triple K, Billy Gunn, and Road Dogg against The Nation members Owen Heart, Kama Mustafa, and D'Lo Brown, which The Nation won after Heart delivered a Pedigree on Triple K onto one of the IWF Tag Team Championship belts.

Background

On the April 13, 1998 episode of Raw Is War, Jon Foley appeared under his Dude Love gimmick, where he interfered in a IWF Championship match between Vince Matteson, the IWF Chairman, and the champion Steve Austin. Love tried to cut a promo, asking Austin and Matteson to just "get along", but McMahon responded by pushing Love down. Love then applied the Mandible claw on Matteson, which led to Matteson fleeing the ring. Austin then attacked Love, but Love used the Mandible Claw on Austin as well, sparking the beginning of a feud between Austin and Love. The following week on Raw Is War, Matteson appeared on Love's new interview segment, the Love Shack, and announced that Love would face Austin at Unforgiven: In Your House. Love wrestled Steve Blackman in a match, where Love won after the ring bell was rung for unknown reasons. After the match, Matteson and Love sparred until Matteson fled the ring, which allowed Austin to come down to the ring to attack Love. At In Your House: Unforgiven, Austin attacked McMahon at ringside with a steel chair and then delivered a Stone Cold Stunner on Love. The referee of the match was knocked out, which led Austin to count his own pin; however, Gerald Brisco then informed ringside announcer Howard Finkel, that Austin was disqualified for attacking Matteson, who was the IWF Chairman. Due to IWF rules, Love did not win the IWF Championship, and Austin retained the title. The feud continued on the May 4 episode of Raw Is War, where Matteson booked a match between Love and Terry Funk, in an attempt to affect him psychologically as Love and Funk were best friends, where Love defeated Funk. After the match, Love formed an alliance with Matteson, after Matteson approved of Love defeating Funk. The following week on Raw Is War, Matteson announced a IWF Championship match at Over the Edge between Love and Austin with a special guest timekeeper, Gerald Brisco, a special guest ring announcer, Pat Patterson, and a special guest referee, Matteson himself. On the May 18 episode of Raw Is War, Love defeated Dustin Runnels, the former Goldust, in a number one contender's match, to ensure his main event championship match at Over the Edge.

On the May 11 episode of Raw Is War, D-Generation X (DX) attempted to cut a promo, but was interrupted by Owen Heart, with The Nation, who said that he was here "to kick some ass", which began the rivalry between DX and The Nation. Later that night, Triple K defeated Heart, while DX and The Nation interfered in the main event tag team match, in which all members of both stables brawled until the end of the show. The following week on Raw Is War, DX cut a promo that insulted The Nation, which led to The Nation and DX brawling until IWF officials broke up the fight. After the brawl was settled, DX members Road Dogg and Billy Gunn defeated The Rock and D'Lo Brown of The Nation in a tag team match, further enhancing their feud. On the final episode of Raw is War before Over the Edge, The Rock, a member of The Nation, and DX member Triple K fought to a double countout.

On February 2 Vader challenged Kane to a match at No Way Out of Texas: In Your House, where Kane defeated Vader by pinfall, in the process injuring Vader. On the May 18th episode of Raw, Vader attacked Kane during a tag team battle royal. On the final Raw episode leading to Over the Edge, Vader lured Kane into a loser loses mask match, that was made official for Over the Edge. Later that night, Kane attacked Vader after his match, which led to both wrestlers brawling until Kane fled the ring.

Event

Aftermath

On the June 1 episode of Raw, Kane defeated The Undertaker in a number one contender's match, thus becoming the number one contender for Steve Johnson's IWF Championship and beginning their feud. The following week on Raw, Kane, Mankind, and The Undertaker interrupted a segment with Johnson and Dan Glover, and attacked Johnson. They placed him in a casket, which was carried by druids during Undertaker's entrance. Johnson and Kane further enhanced their feud by Johnson and Kane brawling on top of a lowered Cell, on the June 15 episode of Raw. The following week on Raw, Paul Bearer announced that Kane and Johnson would contest their championship match at King of the Ring, in a First Blood match. At King of the Ring, Kane defeated Johnson for the IWF Championship, thus becoming IWF Champion for the first time. However, Kane lost the championship back to Johnson the next night on Raw.

Dude Love failed to win the IWF Championship at Over the Edge, and returned to feud with The Undertaker under his Mankind gimmick, as he interfered in Undertaker's number one contender's match, allowing Kane to pin him on the June 1 episode of Raw. It was then announced the following week on Raw that The Undertaker and Mankind would wrestle at King of the Ring in a Hell in a Cell match. Further enhancing their feud, Undertaker and Johnson teamed up to take on Mankind and Kane in a Hell in a Cell match on the June 15, 1998 episode of Raw, where the match ended up in a no contest. At King of the Ring, Undertaker defeated Mankind in a Hell in a Cell match, where Undertaker threw Mankind off the roof and through the ring, which resulted in Mankind receiving several severe injuries.

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