IWF Over the Edge: In Your House

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Unforgiven: In Your House
Promotional poster featuring Ken Shamrock
Imformation
Promotion	International Wrestling Federation
Date	May 31, 1998
Attendance	9,822
Venue	Wisconsin Center Arena
City	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Pay-per-view chronology
Unforgiven: In Your House	Over the Edge: In Your House	King of the Ring (1998)
In Your House chronology
Unforgiven: In Your House	Over the Edge: In Your House	Fully Loaded: In Your House
Over the Edge chronology
First	Over the Edge: In Your House	Over the Edge (1999)

Over the Edge: In Your House was the first of what was to be an annual World Wrestling Federation pay-per-view event produced by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF). It was also the 22nd pay-per-view event in the In Your House series It took place on May 31, 1998 at the Wisconsin Center Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The main event was a IWF Championship match between Steve Johnson and Dude Love, which Johnson won after overcoming bias officiating from Dan Glover. The main match on the undercard was a Six-man tag team match between D-Generation X members Triple K, Billy Morgan, 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, Mick Foley appeared under his Dude Love gimmick, where he interfered in a IWF Championship match between Dan Glover, the IWF Chairman, and the champion Steve Johnson. Love tried to cut a promo, asking Johnson and Glover to just "get along", but Glover responded by pushing Love down. Love then applied the Mandible claw on Glover, which led to Glover fleeing the ring. Johnson then attacked Love, but Love used the Mandible Claw on Johnson as well, sparking the beginning of a feud between Johnson and Love. The following week on Raw, Glover appeared on Love's new interview segment, the Love Shack, and announced that Love would face Johnson 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, Glover and Love sparred until Glover fled the ring, which allowed Johnson to come down to the ring to attack Love. At In Your House: Unforgiven, Johnson attacked Glover 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 Johnson to count his own pin; however, Gerald Brisco then informed ringside announcer Howard Finkel, that Johnson was disqualified for attacking Glover, who was the IWF Chairman. Due to IWF rules, Love did not win the IWF Championship, and Johnson retained the title. The feud continued on the May 4 episode of RAW, where Glover 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 Glover, after Glover approved of Love defeating Funk. The following week on Raw, Glover announced a IWF Championship match at Over the Edge between Love and Johnson with a special guest timekeeper, Gerald Brisco, a special guest ring announcer, Pat Patterson, and a special guest referee, Glover himself. On the May 18, 1998 episode of Raw, Love defeated James 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, 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, 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 Morgan 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 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

The first match that aired was the tag team encounter of L.O.D. 2000 and the Disciples of Apocalypse (D.O.A). Control of the match went back and forth between the two teams throughout, until 8-Ball attempted to switch places with Skull. Droz, who was at ringside in L.O.D's corner, interfered by clotheslining 8-Ball, leaving Skull to receive a powerslam and be pinned by Animal, thus L.O.D 2000 won the match. After that match, The Rock came out to insult the Milwaukee audience, but Faarooq came out and attacked The Rock with a steel chair, and finished off the attack with a piledriver onto the chair. Commissioner Slaughter then announced that The Rock had to compete in his match later in the event, despite any injury he may have suffered.

The next match was the encounter of Steve Blackman and Jeff Jarrett. The two superstars fought back and forth exchanging control of the match, however, Jarrett would grab one of Blackman's arnis sticks and attempted to hit Blackman with it, however, Blackman countered and retrieved the stick and hit Jarrett with it. Blackman then went to the top rope to attempt an aerial technique, but Jarrett retaliated by hitting him with the arnis stick, leading to Jarrett pinning Blackman for the win. The third match was the encounter of Marc Mero against a mystery opponent chosen by Sable, where if Sable's representative lost, she would have to leave the IWF. After Mero was introduced, Sable came out and told Mero that she did not need a man to fight for her, insisting she would fight Mero. Mero then allowed Sable to pin him, however he broke the pin at a two count and rolled Sable into a Small package, winning the match via pinfall. This forced Sable to leave the IWF.

The fourth match was a Handicap Match between the team of Bradshaw and Park Michinoku against Kaientai members Dick Togo, Men's Teioh, and Sho Funaki. This match was a "bonus" match for the event, as it was previously unannounced. Bradshaw dominated the match by squashing all Kaientai members, however Michinoku was chokeslammed and pinned by Togo, which meant that Kaientai won. The next match was an Intercontinental Championship match between Faarooq and the champion, The Rock. After Faarooq made his entrance, Howard Finkel announced The Rock's entrance; however, he did not come out and after a second announcement, Commissioner Slaughter came out and gave The Rock ten seconds to come out. If The Rock failed to come out, he would be stripped of the championship. After Slaughter counted to two, The Rock came out wearing a neck brace, from the earlier attack, and before he was able to get into the ring, Faarooq attacked The Rock in the aisle. After they entered the ring, the two wrestlers fought back and forth until Faarooq Spinebustered The Rock, and attempted to pin him, but The Rock broke the pin at a two count after he placed his foot on the bottom ring rope. As Faarooq argued with the referee, The Rock retaliated by rolling up Faarooq into a pinfall to retain the Intercontinental Championship.

The sixth match was a Mask vs. Mask match between Kane and Vader, where the loser would have to be unmasked. The two wrestlers fought back and forth throughout the match until Vader gained control after he hit Kane with a wrench; however, Kane retaliated by countering a moonsault attempt into a Tombstone Piledriver. Kane would then gain the pinfall to win the match and was able keep his mask. After the match, Kane pulled Vader's mask off, revealing his face. The next match, and final match on the undercard, was a Six-man tag team match between D-Generation X members, Triple K, Billy Morgan, and Road Dogg and Nation members, Owen Heart, Kama Mustafa, and D'Lo Brown. After back and forth action with frequent tags, DX gained control after Amber and Steven Larson, who were at ringside and respectively were in DX and The Nation's corner, attacked one another. This caused the referee to become distracted, allowing Triple K and Morgan to deliver a Spike piledriver on Brown; however, Heart came into the ring and attacked Morgan and Triple K. Hart performed a Pedigree on Triple K, and covered him for a successful pinfall.

The main event was a IWF Championship match between Dude Love and the champion, Steve Johnson, with Dan Glover as the special guest referee. The two wrestlers fought back and forth into the beginning of the match, and took the fight to ringside, where Pat Patterson announced that the match would be contested under No Disqualification rules. The two wrestlers continue to brawl at ringside, where they took the fight into the aisle, where Patterson then announced that the match would be contested under Falls Count Anywhere rules, where afterwards Johnson and Love continued to brawl all over the arena. As the fight returned to the ring, Patterson handed Love a steel chair, which Love and Johnson used to attack each other, however, Dude Love accidentally hit Glover with the steel chair. Johnson then delivered a Stone Cold Stunner on Love, and a second referee attempted to count Johnson's pin attempt. Patterson attacked the second referee, however, allowing Love to perform the Mandible claw on Johnson. Both Patterson and Gerald Brisco attempted to count the pinfall, but The Undertaker, who was at ringside, chokeslammed them both through the announcer's tables. Johnson then miraculously delivered another Stone Cold Stunner on Love, which proceeded to Johnson dragging Glover to where Johnson would pin Love, by using Glover's hand to count the pinfall.

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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