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| + | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |IWE No Mercy logo used since 2016 | ||
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| + | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Professional Wrestling Promotion|Promotion]](s)''' | ||
| + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[IWE]] | ||
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| + | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[IWE Brand Extension|Brand]](s)''' | ||
| + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[IWE Raw|Raw]] (2002, 2007–2008, 2017)<br>[[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown]] (2002–2008, 2016)<br>[[XCW (IWE brand)|XCW]] (2007–2008) | ||
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| + | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''First event''' | ||
| + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[IWF No Mercy (UK)|No Mercy (UK)]] | ||
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| + | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Last event''' | ||
| + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[IWE No Mercy (2017)|2017]] | ||
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| + | '''IWE No Mercy''' was a [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling]] [[Pay-Per-View|pay-per-view]] (PPV) event that was produced by [[IWE]], a [[Professional Wrestling Promotion|professional wrestling promotion]] based in [[Connecticut]]. The first No Mercy was held on May 16, 1999, in [[Manchester, England]], and was the only No Mercy event produced in the [[United Kingdom]]. A second No Mercy was then held in October that year in [[Cleveland, Ohio]], [[United States]]. Beginning with this second event, No Mercy became the annual October PPV until 2008. The event was then discontinued and replaced by [[IWE Hell in a Cell|Hell in a Cell]] in 2009. After eight years, No Mercy was reinstated in October 2016. However, No Mercy was again discontinued after the September 2017 event, as IWE reduced the amount of yearly PPVs held after they had ended the production of brand-exclusive PPVs following [[IWE WrestleMania 34|WrestleMania 34]] in 2018. In addition to traditional PPV, the 2016 and 2017 events aired on the [[IWE Network]]. | ||
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| + | The first four events were held when the promotion was still called the International Wrestling Federation (IWF). In May 2002, the promotion was renamed to International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE), and in 2011, the "IWE" name became an [[Orphaned Initialism|orphaned initialism]] for the promotion. During the first [[IWE brand extension|brand extension]], No Mercy was held exclusively for the [[SmackDown (IWE brand)|SmackDown]] brand from 2003 to 2006. When the event was reinstated for the second brand extension in 2016, it was again SmackDown-exclusive and was then [[Raw (IWE brand)|Raw]]-exclusive for the final event in 2017. | ||
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| + | ==History== | ||
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| + | ==Theme song== | ||
| + | [[Jim Johnston (composer)|Jim Johnston]], who was a long-time music composer for the promotion, wrote a song titled "No Mercy", which was used as a regular theme song for the events in 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2007. For the 2016 and 2017 events, the theme song was by [[KIT Walters|KIT]] and was also titled "No Mercy." | ||
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| + | |[[Raw (IWE brand)|Raw]]-branded event | ||
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| + | |[[SmackDown (IWE brand)|SmackDown]]-branded event | ||
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| + | !style="background: #e3e3e3;" width="5%"|Event | ||
| + | !style="background: #e3e3e3;" width="9%"|Date | ||
| + | !style="background: #e3e3e3;" width="12%"|City | ||
| + | !style="background: #e3e3e3;" width="13%"|Venue | ||
| + | !style="background: #e3e3e3;" width="50%"|Main event | ||
| + | !style="background: #e3e3e3;" width="1%"|Ref. | ||
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|[[IWF No Mercy (UK)|No Mercy (UK)]] | |[[IWF No Mercy (UK)|No Mercy (UK)]] | ||
|May 16, 1999 | |May 16, 1999 | ||
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| + | |[[Stone Cold Steve Johnson|Stone Cold Steve Austin]] (c) vs. [[Martin McAlmond|The Undertaker]] vs. [[Triple K]] in an [[Professional wrestling match types#Hardcore-based variations|Anything Goes]] [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Triple Threat match]] for the [[IWF Championship]] | ||
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|[[IWF No Mercy (1999)|No Mercy (1999)]] | |[[IWF No Mercy (1999)|No Mercy (1999)]] | ||
|October 17, 1999 | |October 17, 1999 | ||
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|Gund Arena | |Gund Arena | ||
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|[[IWF No Mercy (2000)|No Mercy (2000)]] | |[[IWF No Mercy (2000)|No Mercy (2000)]] | ||
|October 22, 2000 | |October 22, 2000 | ||
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|Pepsi Arena | |Pepsi Arena | ||
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|[[IWF No Mercy (2001)|No Mercy (2001)]] | |[[IWF No Mercy (2001)|No Mercy (2001)]] | ||
|October 21, 2001 | |October 21, 2001 | ||
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|Savvis Center | |Savvis Center | ||
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|[[IWE No Mercy (2002)|No Mercy (2002)]] | |[[IWE No Mercy (2002)|No Mercy (2002)]] | ||
|October 20, 2002 | |October 20, 2002 | ||
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|Alltel Arena | |Alltel Arena | ||
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|[[IWE No Mercy (2003)|No Mercy (2003)]] | |[[IWE No Mercy (2003)|No Mercy (2003)]] | ||
|October 19, 2003 | |October 19, 2003 | ||
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|1st Mariner Arena | |1st Mariner Arena | ||
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|[[IWE No Mercy (2004)|No Mercy (2004)]] | |[[IWE No Mercy (2004)|No Mercy (2004)]] | ||
|October 3, 2004 | |October 3, 2004 | ||
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|Continental Airlines Arena | |Continental Airlines Arena | ||
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|[[IWE No Mercy (2005)|No Mercy (2005)]] | |[[IWE No Mercy (2005)|No Mercy (2005)]] | ||
|October 9, 2005 | |October 9, 2005 | ||
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|Toyota Center | |Toyota Center | ||
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|[[IWE No Mercy (2006)|No Mercy (2006)]] | |[[IWE No Mercy (2006)|No Mercy (2006)]] | ||
|October 8, 2006 | |October 8, 2006 | ||
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|RBC Center | |RBC Center | ||
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|[[IWE No Mercy (2007)|No Mercy (2007)]] | |[[IWE No Mercy (2007)|No Mercy (2007)]] | ||
|October 7, 2007 | |October 7, 2007 | ||
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|Allstate Arena | |Allstate Arena | ||
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|[[IWE No Mercy (2008)|No Mercy (2008)]] | |[[IWE No Mercy (2008)|No Mercy (2008)]] | ||
|October 5, 2008 | |October 5, 2008 | ||
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|Rose Garden | |Rose Garden | ||
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| + | |[[IWE No Mercy (2016)|No Mercy (2016)]] | ||
| + | |October 9, 2016 | ||
| + | |[[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]], [[California]] | ||
| + | |[[Golden 1 Center]] | ||
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| + | |[[IWE No Mercy (2017)|No Mercy (2017)]] | ||
| + | |September 24, 2017 | ||
| + | |[[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]] | ||
| + | |[[Staples Center]] | ||
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| + | |colspan="10"|{{center|(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match}} | ||
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| + | ==Notes== | ||
| + | a. {{note|2016MainEvent}} The main event was advertised to be a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|triple threat match]] in which [[KJ Styles]] was to defend the [[IWE World Championship]] against [[Jonathon Mahrt|Dean Ambrose]] and [[Dustin Simpson]], but on the day of the event, the order of the match card changed due to the [[2016 United States Presidential Debates|second United States presidential debate]]. This triple threat match, which was still advertised as the main event, instead opened the PPV so that it would not air at the same time as the debate. As a result, the [[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|Singles match]] between [[Weston Hellbusch|Bray Wyatt]] and [[Kevin Orton]] became the final match on the card. | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | ==External links== | ||
| + | {{IWE}} | ||
| + | {{IWEPPV|No Mercy}} | ||
Current revision as of 15:01, 10 August 2022
| No Mercy (2016) | ||
| IWE No Mercy logo used since 2016 | ||
| Promotion(s) | IWE | |
| Brand(s) | Raw (2002, 2007–2008, 2017) SmackDown (2002–2008, 2016) XCW (2007–2008) | |
| First event | No Mercy (UK) | |
| Last event | 2017 | |
IWE No Mercy was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event that was produced by IWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut. The first No Mercy was held on May 16, 1999, in Manchester, England, and was the only No Mercy event produced in the United Kingdom. A second No Mercy was then held in October that year in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Beginning with this second event, No Mercy became the annual October PPV until 2008. The event was then discontinued and replaced by Hell in a Cell in 2009. After eight years, No Mercy was reinstated in October 2016. However, No Mercy was again discontinued after the September 2017 event, as IWE reduced the amount of yearly PPVs held after they had ended the production of brand-exclusive PPVs following WrestleMania 34 in 2018. In addition to traditional PPV, the 2016 and 2017 events aired on the IWE Network.
The first four events were held when the promotion was still called the International Wrestling Federation (IWF). In May 2002, the promotion was renamed to International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE), and in 2011, the "IWE" name became an orphaned initialism for the promotion. During the first brand extension, No Mercy was held exclusively for the SmackDown brand from 2003 to 2006. When the event was reinstated for the second brand extension in 2016, it was again SmackDown-exclusive and was then Raw-exclusive for the final event in 2017.
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[edit] History
[edit] Theme song
Jim Johnston, who was a long-time music composer for the promotion, wrote a song titled "No Mercy", which was used as a regular theme song for the events in 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2007. For the 2016 and 2017 events, the theme song was by KIT and was also titled "No Mercy."
[edit] Events
| Raw-branded event | SmackDown-branded event |
| # | Event | Date | City | Venue | Main event | Ref. | |||
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| 1 | No Mercy (UK) | May 16, 1999 | Manchester, England | Manchester Evening News Arena | Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) vs. The Undertaker vs. Triple K in an Anything Goes Triple Threat match for the IWF Championship | ||||
| 2 | No Mercy (1999) | October 17, 1999 | Cleveland, Ohio | Gund Arena | |||||
| 3 | No Mercy (2000) | October 22, 2000 | Albany, New York | Pepsi Arena | |||||
| 4 | No Mercy (2001) | October 21, 2001 | St. Louis, Missouri | Savvis Center | |||||
| 5 | No Mercy (2002) | October 20, 2002 | North Little Rock, Arkansas | Alltel Arena | |||||
| 6 | No Mercy (2003) | October 19, 2003 | Baltimore, Maryland | 1st Mariner Arena | |||||
| 7 | No Mercy (2004) | October 3, 2004 | East Rutherford, New Jersey | Continental Airlines Arena | |||||
| 8 | No Mercy (2005) | October 9, 2005 | Houston, Texas | Toyota Center | |||||
| 9 | No Mercy (2006) | October 8, 2006 | Raleigh, North Carolina | RBC Center | |||||
| 10 | No Mercy (2007) | October 7, 2007 | Rosemont, Illinois | Allstate Arena | |||||
| 11 | No Mercy (2008) | October 5, 2008 | Portland, Oregon | Rose Garden | |||||
| 12 | No Mercy (2016) | October 9, 2016 | Sacramento, California | Golden 1 Center | |||||
| 13 | No Mercy (2017) | September 24, 2017 | Los Angeles, California | Staples Center | |||||
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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[edit] Notes
a. ^ The main event was advertised to be a triple threat match in which KJ Styles was to defend the IWE World Championship against Dean Ambrose and Dustin Simpson, but on the day of the event, the order of the match card changed due to the second United States presidential debate. This triple threat match, which was still advertised as the main event, instead opened the PPV so that it would not air at the same time as the debate. As a result, the Singles match between Bray Wyatt and Kevin Orton became the final match on the card.
