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| - | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Professional Wrestling Promotion|Promotion]]'''
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| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |April 27, 2003
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| - | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''← Previous'''<br>[[IWF WrestleMania 15|WrestleMania XV]]
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| - | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Next →'''<br>[[IWF No Mercy (UK)|No Mercy]]
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| - | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''← Previous'''<br>''First''
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| - | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Next →'''<br>[[IWF Backlash (2000)|2000]]
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| - | '''Backlash''' (originally titled '''Backlash: [[IWF In Your House|In Your House]]''' on early promotional posters) was a [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling]] [[Pay-Per-View|pay-per-view]] (PPV) [[List of IWE pay-per-view events|event]] produced by the [[IWE|International Wrestling Federation]] (IWF) [[Professional Wrestling Promotion|promotion]] and [[Sponsor (Commercial)|presented]] by [[Castrol|Castrol GTX]], which took place on April 25, 1999, at the [[Providence Civic Center]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island]]. [[IWE Backlash|Backlash]] became the name for the post-[[IWE WrestleMania|WrestleMania]] pay-per-view beginning in 1999 and retained that name until 2009, before being resurrected in 2016 (albeit after SummerSlam) before getting back to the post-WrestleMania slot the following year.
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| - | The concept of the pay-per-view was based around the backlash from IWF's premiere pay-per-view event WrestleMania. As such, the [[Card (Sports)#Main event|main event]] was a rematch from WrestleMania between [[Stone Cold Steve Johnson|Stone Cold Steve Austin]] wrestling [[Jayme Johnson|The Rock]] for the [[IWE Championship|IWF Championship]] – this time with a [[Referee (professional wrestling)#Special referees|special guest referee]], [[Shane Matteson]]. Lower down on the [[Card (Sports)|card]], [[Marc Beltran|Paul Wight]] and [[Jon Foley|Mankind]] had a [[Professional wrestling match types#Boiler Room Brawl|Boiler Room Brawl]] to settle matters after their previous encounter, which decided who would referee the WrestleMania event. [[Triple K]] also wrestled [[Sean McCurry|X-Pac]] due to Triple K causing X-Pac to lose a match for the [[IWE European Championship|European Championship]] the previous month.
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| - | ==Storylines==
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| - | The event consisted of eight [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling matches]] with predetermined outcomes. The matches involved wrestlers portraying their characters (known as [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Gimmick|gimmicks]]) in planned storylines that took place before, during and after the event.
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| - | The main [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feud]] going into the event involved the [[IWE Championship|IWF Championship]], which [[Stone Cold Steve Johnson|Stone Cold Steve Austin]] had won from [[Jayme Johnson|The Rock]] at [[IWF WrestleMania 15|WrestleMania XV]]. The following night on ''[[IWE Raw|Raw is War]]'', however, Austin demanded the return of his [[IWE Championship#Custom belt designs|Smoking Skull belt]], a personalized championship belt that he had worn the previous year during his tenure as IWF Champion, which [[Heel (professional wrestling)|villainous]] IWF owner [[Vince Matteson|Mr. Matteson]] had stolen from him at [[IWF Breakdown: In Your House|Breakdown: In Your House]], after causing Austin to lose. Rather than oppose him as he usually would, Matteson acquiesced to the request as [[Martin McAlmond|The Undertaker]] had threatened his family. Mr. Matteson's son, [[Shane Matteson|Shane]], disagreed and went against his father's wishes, stealing the Smoking Skull belt and giving it to The Rock, who was part of the villainous alliance [[The Corporation (professional wrestling)|The Corporation]]. Shane then unceremoniously ejected his father from The Corporation while Austin and Rock continued to feud over ownership of Austin's personalized belt. This culminated with a fight between the two which ended with Rock throwing Austin, and then the belt, into a river from a bridge in [[Detroit]] which alluded to the events of December 1997 when Austin threw Rock's Intercontinental Championship into the Oyster river. The Rock held a mock funeral the following week for Austin, revealing he still had possession of the Smoking Skull belt; Austin crashed the funeral with a [[Monster Truck|monster truck]] and crushed Rock's [[Limousine|limousine]] and [[Hearse|hearse]]. During the ''[[IWE Heat|Sunday Night Heat]]'' that aired before the event, Shane declared that the match was to have a no disqualification stipulation and announced himself as the special guest referee.
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| - | The Undertaker, meanwhile, was involved in a storyline where he became the leader of a Satanic group of wrestlers called The [[Ministry of Darkness]]. During the beginning of the year he began to articulate a desire for [[Kalia Matteson]] leading to a [[Hell in a Cell Match|Hell in a Cell]] match at WrestleMania where Corporation member [[Brandon Traylor (<!--McDonald's-->wrestler)|The Big Boss Man]] was hanged from the ceiling. Undertaker then became more aggressive in his actions, demanding Kaila and offering 'sacrifices' when she was not given over to him. One woman he sacrificed, via crucifixion, was [[Jessica <!--Nicole--> Webb<!--ster-->|Ryan Shamrock]] who played the on-screen sister of [[Ken Sherman|Ken Shamrock]]. Fighting for family honor, Shamrock vowed to break Undertaker's leg.
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| - | Undertaker's obsession with Kaila led to another match being made at the event. During April Undertaker successfully managed to abduct Kaila, however Shamrock, looking for revenge, set about trying to find her and attacked various members of the Ministry for her whereabouts. Eventually [[Ryan <!--Barnhart--> Reso (wrestler)|Christian]] revealed where she was, forcing The Undertaker to reprimand him by whipping him and leading to a crucifixion. While he was in the Ministry along with [[Kevin Copeland (wrestler)|Edge]] and [[Wayne A. Waltz <!--Heath--> (wrestler)|Gangrel]], the three also made up a smaller group named [[The Brood (professional wrestling)|The Brood]] who chose Christian over the Ministry and saved him, leaving the Ministry. This led to Undertaker's minions being forced to wrestle the Brood.
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| - | Elsewhere on the card, [[Triple K]] fought [[Sean McCurry|X-Pac]] due to events that transpired at WrestleMania. During the event [[Maria Senden|Chyna]], who had been Triple K's [[Manager (professional wrestling)|valet]] and girlfriend but had since turned on him to ally with [[Glenn McAlmond (wrestler)|Kane]], reunited with Triple K. The two, who were in a wrestling group called [[D-Generation X]], came to ringside later in the match to ostensibly help fellow D-Generation X member X-Pac in his match against Shane Matteson. The two attacked X-Pac in order to ally with Matteson and The Corporation, however, and as a result, X-Pac lost the European Championship match.
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| - | Two [[Hardcore Wrestling|hardcore wrestling]] matches were scheduled for the card. The first was a specialty match, a Boiler Room Brawl based around wrestler [[Jon Foley|Mankind]] who was billed as being "from the boiler room". As a former member of The Corporation and challenger for The Rock's IWF Championship in December and January, Mankind found himself coming to blows with the Corporate [[Enforcer (professional wrestling)|enforcer]] [[Marc Beltran|Paul Wight]] especially when Wight caused Mankind to lose his belt in a [[Ladder Match|ladder match]], removing him from the main event of WrestleMania. Desperate to be part of WrestleMania's main event, Mankind staked a claim to be the special guest referee but Corporation leader Vince Matteson preferred Wight officiating to ensure The Rock remained champion. The two had a match at WrestleMania to determine who would referee the main event, which Mankind won by [[Professional Wrestling#Disqualification|disqualification]]. In the storyline, however, Mankind was hospitalized after the match, while Wight was arrested after he punched Matteson for slapping him. With this, Wight left The Corporation but maintained a desire to settle the score between the two in a hardcore match. Gradually the two came to respect each other, rescuing the other from Corporate assaults, but wanted to wrestle for pride. The other hardcore match on the card was for the [[IWE Hardcore Championship|IWF Hardcore Championship]]; [[Michael Haub|Bob Holly]] had wrestled [[Allen <!--Steve--> Spaulding|Al Snow]] on the banks of the [[Mississippi River]] two months prior and despite the latter being notorious for his hardcore prowess, Holly picked up the victory. The two fought at WrestleMania but the match also included [[Billy Morgan|Billy Gunn]] and a deciding bout was needed. For Backlash, [["Dr. Death" Kenneth Williams<!--(1969 pg. 146)--> (wrestler)|"Dr. Death" Steve Williams]] was scheduled to fight Snow and Holly, making the hardcore match a three-way for the IWF Hardcore Championship. However, Williams was taken off of television in mid-April for needing further time to rehab his injury and for refusing to work for [[Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling|FMW]]. He was released shortly afterwards. Williams had been being built as a midcarder at the time, feuding with Snow and Holly since March.
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| - | The final rivalry going into the evening saw [[Dustin Semmler|Goldust]] try to regain his [[IWE Intercontinental Championship|IWF Intercontinental Championship]]. On ''Raw is War'' Goldust was scheduled to defend against Big Boss Man but [[Charles Warren (wrestler)|The Godfather]], a wrestler whose gimmick involved being a [[Pimp|pimp]], offered Boss Man some prostitutes to take his place and won the title.
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| - | ===Sunday Night Heat===
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| - | Before the pay-per-view event went on air, the crowd was warmed up with the cable television program ''[[IWE Heat|Sunday Night Heat]]'' which consisted of four matches. In an [[Intergender Wrestling|intergender]] tag team contest, [[<!--Sean--> Eugene E. <!--Allen--> Morse|Val Venis]] and [[Mary Barr<!--(1972 pg. 152)-->|Nicole Bass]] defeated [[Roy <!--Julius--> Hoover|D'Lo Brown]] and [[Luci<!--lle--> McCarter (wrestler)|Ivory]] when [[Mary Barr<!--(1972 pg. 152)-->|Nicole Bass]] pinned [[Luci<!--lle--> McCarter (wrestler)|Ivory]]. Afterward Bass made sexual advances to Venis who quickly departed. In another tag team match, [[Darren <!--Ronnie--> Drude<!--zov--> (wrestler)|Droz]] and [[Matthew Adam Black|Prince Albert]] defeated Too Much ([[John LaBorde|Brian Christopher]] and [[Greg Gardner|Scott Taylor]]) when Albert pinned Scott Taylor. After this Kane pinned The Big Boss Man in a singles match. The final match of the show saw [[Nelson <!--Rodney--> Ferrant<!--,Jr.--> (wrestler)|Viscera]] pin [[Andrew Sekora|Test]] after Big Boss Man hit Test with a nightstick, pretending to be aiming for Viscera.
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| - | The first match on the pay-per-view was the six-man tag match between The Brood and The Ministry of Darkness. [[<!--Dennis--> Kermit Kraemer<!--Knight-->|Mideon]] began by placing an eyeball in a jar in the middle of the ring to scare his opponent Christian. During the match the Ministry would distract the referee to ambush the various Brood members while the Brood tended to use double team moves until Edge was isolated from tagging his partners. After Edge managed to tag in Christian the teams ignored the tag team rules and all wrestled in the ring, with Edge using a kneeling Christian to run and jump into the corner to attack Mideon and Christian then doing the same with Gangrel to jump onto [[John Goff|Bradshaw]] in the opposite corner. After this the teams began to brawl outside aside from Christian and Bradshaw. Christian almost won the match after a [[DDT (professional wrestling)#Tornado DDT|tornado DDT]] from the corner but Ministry member Viscera came to ringside and squashed Christian against the ring then threw him back in, allowing Bradshaw to use his [[Professional wrestling attacks#Lariat|Clothesline From Hell]] finisher and pin him.
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| - | The following match was for the Hardcore Championship, meaning there were few restrictions on the wrestlers who are allowed to use [[Foreign Object (professional wrestling)|weapons]] and pin their opponent anywhere. The match began abruptly when Hardcore Holly used his championship belt to hit Al Snow. The match quickly moved outside the ring and into the crowd on the concrete floor. Snow performed a [[Moonsault|moonsault]] from the crowd barrier but was unable to pin Holly. After returning to the ring and fighting with a [[Hockey Stick|hockey stick]], the two fought through to the backstage area and Holly tried to hit Snow with a [[Sink|kitchen sink]] but dropped it when he was sprayed with a hose. The two then moved through the parking lot and Holly threw Snow from the stairs into a [[Dumpster|dumpster]] where Holly tried to pin Snow on top of a [[Bin Bag|bin bag]]. Snow also tried to pin his opponent on top of a car after an [[Professional wrestling attacks#Elbow drop|elbow drop]]. The match returned to the ring and Snow hit Holly with a [[Frying Pan|frying pan]] but refused to pin him, opting instead to put him on a [[Table (Furniture)|table]] and climb to the top rope; Holly recovered and stopped Snow, then [[Suplex#Superplex|superplexed]] Snow through the table length ways. After both wrestlers recovered, Snow grabbed a [[Allen <!--Steve--> Spaulding#In wrestling|manikin head]] that he brought to ringside and hit Holly with it then pinned him to win the championship.
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| - | The third match was for the Intercontinental Championship and began with the challenger Goldust attacking The Godfather from behind as he checked on his prostitutes at ringside. After being thrown out the ring, Goldust went to leave the ring but was persuaded to return by [[Brian <!--Scott--> Hemphill|The Blue Meanie]]. Meanie also involved himself in the match by attacking Godfather when he was thrown out of the ring and choking him on the bottom rope he then gave Goldust a sack of [[Flour|flour]] but Godfather punched it into Goldust's eyes. The blinded Goldust then began to punch Meanie and perform the [[Dustin Semmler#In wrestling|Shattered Dreams]] ([[Professional wrestling attacks#Low blow|a kick to the crotch]]) on him. Godfather then kicked Goldust and pinned him but saw that Meanie was about to break up the pin and moved out of the way, leading to Goldust being headbutted in the groin. Godfather threw both men into the turnbuckle and performed the [[Professional wrestling attacks#Body avalanche|Ho Train]] move on them both before picking Goldust over his shoulders and driving his head down into the mat for the [[Professional wrestling throws#Death Valley driver|Pimp Drop]] to win and retain his title.
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| - | After this a tag team match took place between the New Age Outlaws, a team made of [[James Burdick|The Road Dogg]] and [[Billy Morgan|Billy Gunn]] and the team of [[Benjamin Moss|Jeff Jarrett]] and [[Owen Heart]]. The latter team's manager, [[Debra <!--Debbie (1972 pg. 118)--> Nigg|Debra]], wore a skimpy outfit and the Outlaws tried to make her strip, when she wouldn't Gunn offered to do so himself first, living up to his moniker Mr. Ass. This led to the Outlaws being attacked from behind. Road Dogg and Jarrett began wrestling until Heart took a blind tag in an attempt to take advantage, though Dogg ran the two partners into each other. During the match Dogg had Heart secured in a [[Pin (professional wrestling)#Back slide|back slide pin]] for more than three seconds but Jarrett distracted the referee from making the pin count. After Road Dogg was isolated for some time, Billy Gunn was tagged in and energetically took out both members before the two delivered a synchronized [[Professional wrestling attacks#Mounted punches|ten punch to their opponents in opposite corners]]. The match turned briefly and Heart and Jarrett tried to perform simultaneous submissions – the [[Sharpshooter (professional wrestling)|Sharpshooter]] and [[Professional wrestling holds#Figure four leglock|figure four leg lock]], respectively – but Jarrett could not lock in the move. With Gunn free, he jumped onto Heart and sat on his head to slam Heart's head into the mat for the [[Leg drop#Leg drop bulldog|Fameasser]], freeing Road Dogg of the Sharpshooter and allowing them to win the match. Afterward Gunn mooned the crowd.
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| - | The next contest was Mankind's specialty match – a violent and brutal Boiler Room Brawl, where a contestant must leave the arena's boiler room to win. Big Show entered and looked for Mankind who hit him from behind with a stick and then pushed him into the electricity cupboard. The two continued to throw the other into the walls of the room and Mankind then broke a pane of glass over Show's head, making both men bleed – Show's head and Mankind's hand which left bloody prints over the walls. Mankind then climbed a ladder but was [[Chokeslam|chokeslam]]med from it through a table. After being thrown into a ramp Mankind took advantage by spraying steam into Show's face, then unleashing suspended pipes from above onto him, burying Show. Mankind then escaped the room to win the match only to be assaulted by Big Boss Man and Test and driven back into the room. After Show escaped from the pipes and realized Mankind was being attacked, he slammed Test and chased Boss Man away while Mankind put on [[Jon Foley#In wrestling|Mr. Socko]] and using the [[Mandible Claw|mandible claw]] on Test.
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| - | A standard singles match followed this between rivals Triple K and X-Pac. During the match Chyna, who was supporting Triple K, tried to attack X-Pac but he made it clear he would not refrain from attacking her. With Triple K sitting in the corner, X-Pac tried to perform the [[Professional wrestling attacks#Bronco buster|bronco buster]] – riding an opponent's shoulders – but after Chyna distracted X-Pac, Triple K was able to escape the move and force X-Pac into the turnbuckle, which played up to a genuine neck injury X-Pac suffered the previous year. Triple K then focused on his attack on the neck, particularly keeping him in a neck hold for a number of minutes and then a similar [[Professional wrestling holds#Dragon sleeper|dragon sleeper]]. X-Pac fought back but was thrown out of the ring where Chyna attacked him. After suffering more assault to his neck, X-Pac evened the match with a sleeper hold and then built a fast momentum of kicks and tosses, almost winning the match after a tornado DDT from the top rope. Triple K escaped the ring but when X-Pac attempted a [[Slide (Baseball)|baseball slide]] he knocked out referee Mike Chioda. Chyna then interfered, knocking out X-Pac but suddenly the lights went out, signaling the entrance of Kane. He chokeslammed Triple K, then Chyna and put them in the corner and left the arena so X-Pac could perform a bronco buster on both but while he was attacking Chyna, Triple K recovered and used [[Facebuster#Double underhook facebuster|The Pedigree]] on X-Pac to win the match.
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| - | The penultimate match was between The Undertaker and Ken Shamrock. Undertaker had control of the match early on, using wrestling throws and punches while Shamrock countered by using submission holds to keep Undertaker down. Undertaker began to dominate the match so much so that the referee tried to reprimand him, but his stare scared the referee out of the ring. Undertaker then put Shamrock in a [[Professional wrestling holds#Bow and arrow hold|bow and arrow submission]]. Undertaker then tried to perform a [[Leg Drop#Guillotine leg drop|standing leg drop]] but as his leg landed on Shamrock's neck, Shamrock rolled it round into a submission hold. Shamrock later had Undertaker in his [[Professional wrestling holds#Ankle lock|ankle lock]] but had to break it when Bradshaw came to the ring, though he was quickly knocked down. Shamrock picked Undertaker up but Undertaker floated over him so that Shamrock was being held and was then had his head driven to the mat with a [[Piledriver (professional wrestling)#Tombstone piledriver|Tombstone Piledriver]] which ended the match. After this, Bradshaw assaulted Shamrock with a baseball bat and strangled him with it.
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| - | The final match saw Stone Cold Steve Austin defend his IWF Championship against The Rock with Shane Matteson as the referee. Austin ran into the ring without gesturing to the crowd and the two began striking each other. The two then fought up the entrance way with Rock using a fire extinguisher as a weapon. Austin tried to Irish whip Rock but it was reversed and he himself was sent into the [[Girder|steel girders]] and [[Chain-Link Fencing|fencing]] that set the entrance way; as he fell into it, most of it tumbled down. After more brawling between the two, Austin then threw Rock into the other side and the entrance way completely collapsed. The two continued to throw one another into various walls, barriers and technical boxes until they returned to the ring. After kicking Rock in the corner, Matteson tried to admonish him allowing Rock to make a running attack but Austin saw and threw him to the outside. While out the ring, Austin tried to put his opponent through the Spanish announcers' table but it was reversed into a [[Powerslam#Side slam|Rock Bottom]]; Rock then stole a Spanish [[Headset (Audio)|headset]] and insulted one of the Spanish announcers and Austin. Rock also took a camera from the production crew and stood on the remaining table above Austin and pointed the camera over him to mock him. After this he showed the crowd, declaring himself to be their champion but as he turned back the camera was confronted with Austin giving him the finger; Austin then delivered a [[Stunner (professional wrestling)|Stone Cold Stunner]] by grabbing Rock round the neck (and camera) and pulling downwards collapsing the table. The two made it back to the ring and Matteson also came into the ring with the title belt. He ran at Austin who ducked, meaning the belt knocked Rock down. Austin pinned him but Matteson, in an allusion to the previous year's [[IWE Survivor Series|Survivor Series]], counted two before physically swearing at Austin and fleeing from the ring. As Shane retreated his father Vince came down to ringside with a referee and the Smoking Skull Belt; he then hit Shane with it. While the other ref was in the ring, Austin inadvertently hit the referee thanks to a shove from The Rock and then stumbled into Rock, who nailed him with the [[Powerslam#Side slam|Rock Bottom]]. After Shane was hit outside, Rock then hit Austin with the proper championship belt but Austin kicked out of the pin, and immediately retaliated with a Stone Cold Stunner and then hit Rock with the belt, covering him for the pinfall to win the match and retain the IWF title.
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| - | [[Canadian Online Explorer]]'s professional wrestling section rated the entire event 8 out of 10, declaring "the World Wrestling Federation had something to prove and prove it they did" in reference to a lackluster WrestleMania. Both the main event and the Boiler Room Brawl received a full 10 with reviewer John Powell declaring the main event had "enough imagination in it" to top their previous encounter. While most matches had strong ratings, the Intercontinental Championship match was given a lowly 4 out of 10. The most criticized match was the penultimate contest between The Undertaker and Ken Shamrock which was given only 3 out of 10 and described as an "unbearably boring, 18 minute-plus submission hold extravaganza".
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| - | |[[Darren <!--Ronnie--> Drude<!--zov--> (wrestler)|Droz]] and [[Matthew Adam Black|Prince Albert]] defeated [[Too Cool|Too Much]] ([[John LaBorde|Brian Christopher]] and [[Greg Gardner|Scott Taylor]])
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| - | |[[Professional wrestling tag team match types|Tag team match]]
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| - | !3{{small|<sup>H</sup>}}
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| - | |[[Glenn McAlmond (wrestler)|Kane]] defeated [[Brandon Traylor (<!--McDonald's-->wrestler)|The Big Boss Man]]
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| - | |[[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|Singles match]]
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| - | !4{{small|<sup>H</sup>}}
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| - | |[[Nelson <!--Rodney--> Ferrant<!--,Jr.--> (wrestler)|Viscera]] defeated [[Andrew Sekora|Test]]
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| - | |Singles match
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| - | |[[The Ministry of Darkness]] ([[John Goff|Bradshaw]], [[Jon Rispen|Faarooq]] and [[<!--Dennis--> Kermit Kraemer<!--Knight-->|Mideon]]) defeated [[The Brood (professional wrestling)|The Brood]] ([[Kevin Copeland (wrestler)|Edge]], [[Ryan <!--Barnhart--> Reso (wrestler)|Christian]] and [[Wayne A. Waltz <!--Heath--> (wrestler)|Gangrel]])
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| - | |[[Professional wrestling tag team match types#Multiple man teamed matches|Six-man tag team match]]
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| - | |[[Allen <!--Steve--> Spaulding|Al Snow]] (with [[Mannequin|Head]]) defeated [[Michael Haub|Hardcore Holly]] (c)
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| - | |[[Professional wrestling match types#Hardcore-based variations|Hardcore match]] for the [[IWE Hardcore Championship|IWF Hardcore Championship]]
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| - | !7
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| - | |[[Charles Warren (wrestler)|The Godfather]] (c) defeated [[Dustin Semmler|Goldust]] (with [[Brian <!--Scott--> Hemphill|The Blue Meanie]])
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| - | |Singles match for the [[IWE Intercontinental Championship|IWF Intercontinental Championship]]
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| - | !8
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| - | |[[The New Age Outlaws]] ([[James Burdick|Road Dogg]] and [[Billy Morgan|Billy Gunn]]) defeated [[Owen Heart]] and [[Benjamin Moss|Jeff Jarrett]] (with [[Debra <!--Debbie--> Nigg|Debra]])
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| - | |Tag team match to determine #1 contenders to the [[World Tag Team Championship (IWE)|IWF Tag Team Championship]]
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| - | !9
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| - | |[[Jon Foley|Mankind]] defeated [[Marc Beltran|Big Show]]
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| - | |[[Professional wrestling match types#Boiler Room Brawl|Boiler Room Brawl]]
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| - | !10
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| - | |[[Triple K]] (with [[Maria Senden|Chyna]]) defeated [[Sean McCurry|X-Pac]]
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| - | |Singles match
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| - | !11
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| - | |[[Martin McAlmond|The Undertaker]] (with [[Paul Bearer]]) defeated [[Ken Sherman|Ken Shamrock]]
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| - | |Singles match
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| - | !12
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| - | |[[Stone Cold Steve Johnson|Stone Cold Steve Austin]] (c) defeated [[Jamye Johnson|The Rock]]
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| - | |[[Professional wrestling match types#No Holds Barred match|No Holds Barred match]] for the [[IWE Championship|IWF Championship]] with [[Shane Matteson]] as [[Professional wrestling match types#Special referee|special guest referee]]
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| - | |colspan="4" align=center| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match<br>{{small|'''H'''}} – indicates the match was broadcast prior to the pay-per-view on ''[[IWE Heat|Sunday Night Heat]]''
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