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'''No Mercy''' was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by [[International Wrestling Entertainment]] (IWE). The first No Mercy was held on May 16, 1999 in Manchester, England. No Mercy was held every year in October and from 2003 to 2006 the event was exclusive to the [[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown!]] [[IWE Brand Extension|brand]]. Although IWE is known to pick mainstream music for their PPV theme songs, No Mercy sometimes features its own IWE-produced theme song, also named "No Mercy". This song was composed by IWE's music producer, Jim Johnston. The song debuted at No Mercy 2002 and was featured in full on that event's DVD. The song was later remixed and used again for No Mercy 2004 and again in 2006, also being featured on the event's DVD. The lyrics vary slightly between the two versions. In 2007 the song was remade with different sounding instruments and a different vocalist.
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In 2009, the event's pay-per-view slot was replaced by [[IWE Hell in a Cell|Hell in a Cell]].
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Professional Wrestling Promotion|Promotion]](s)'''
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| 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'''
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| 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'''
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| 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==
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[[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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|[[IWF No Mercy (UK)|No Mercy (UK)]]
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|May 16, 1999
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|<small>[[Stone Cold Steve Johnson|Steve Johnson]] (c) vs. [[Martin McAlmond|The Undertaker]] vs. [[Triple K]] in a [[Basic Non-Elimination Matches|Triple Threat match]] for the [[IWE Championship|IWF Championship]] </small>
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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 (2000)|No Mercy (2000)]]
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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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{{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.

Contents

[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.
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

[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.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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