IWF Fully Loaded: In Your House

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Fully Loaded: In Your House
Promotional poster featuring Triple K
Imformation
Promotion	International Wrestling Federation
Date	July 26, 1998
Attendance	9,855
Venue	Selland Arena
City	Fresno, California
Pay-per-view chronology
King of the Ring (1998)	Fully Loaded: In Your House	SummerSlam (1998)
In Your House chronology
Over the Edge: In Your House	Fully Loaded: In Your House	Breakdown: In Your House
Fully Loaded chronology
First	Fully Loaded: In Your House	Fully Loaded (1999)

Fully Loaded: In Your House was the first Fully Loaded professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF), which took place on July 26, 1998 at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California. It was the twenty-third pay-per-view event of the In Your House series.

The main event was a tag team match for the IWF Tag Team Championship. Kane and Mankind defended the titles against The Undertaker and Stone Cold Steve Johnson. Undertaker and Johnson won the titles when Undertaker pinned Kane after performing a Tombstone Piledriver.

The undercard featured Jacqueline versus [Avery Gold|Sable]] in a Bikini contest, The Rock versus Triple K in a Two out of three falls match for the IWF Intercontinental Championship, Owen Heart versus Ken Shamrock in a Dungeon match, Disciples of Apocalypse (8-Ball and Skull) versus L.O.D. 2000 (Hawk and Animal), Steven Larson versus Vader, Faarooq and Scorpio versus Terry Funk and Bradshaw, D'Lo Brown versus X-Pac and Val Venis versus Jeff Jarrett.

Background

Fully Loaded featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds, plots, and storylines that were played out on Raw is War—International Wrestling Federation's (IWF) flagship television program. Wrestlers portrayed a villain or a hero as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

The main rivalry heading into the event was between Kane and Mankind and the IWF Champion Stone Cold Steve Johnson and The Undertaker over the IWF Tag Team Championship. At King of the Ring, Undertaker defeated Mankind in a Hell in a Cell match. Later that night, Mankind interfered in Johnson and Kane's First Blood match for the IWF Championship. Undertaker came out to stop Mankind from interfering and accidentally hit Johnson with a chair, causing him to bleed. As a result, Kane won the title. On June 29 edition of Raw is War, Johnson challenged Kane to a rematch for the title, which Kane accepted. Later that night, Johnson defeated Kane to win the IWF Championship. On July 6 edition of Raw is War, the IWF Chairman Dan Glover announced that Johnson and Undertaker would team with each other to wrestle Kane and Mankind in a tag team match at Fully Loaded. On July 13 edition of Raw is War, Kane and Mankind defeated New Age Outlaws (Billy Morgan and Road Dogg) to win the Tag Team Championship, making their match with Johnson and Undertaker, a Tag Team Championship match at Fully Loaded.

Two rivalries heading into the event were created together. One of them was between The Rock and Triple K over the IWF Intercontinental Championship. The other was between Ken Shamrock and Owen Heart. On June 29 edition of Raw is War, Michael Cole interviewed Shamrock on his winning of the 1998 King of the Ring tournament, where Shamrock gave credit to his final round opponent The Rock on his victory. Rock's Nation of Domination teammate and 1994 King of the Ring Owen Heart confronted Shamrock and challenged him to a match between the winners of King of the Ring. The 1997 King of the Ring Triple K challenged both men for a Triple Threat match and a match was made between the three King of the Ring winners. Shamrock won the match by pinning Triple K after interference by Rock. As a result, a brawl occurred between Triple K's D-Generation X and Rock's Nation. On July 6 edition of Raw is War, all the members of DX and comedian Jason Sensation mocked the members of Nation in an infamous parody. On July 13 edition of Raw is War, Triple K and X-Pac defeated Rock and Heart in a tag team match. During the match, it was announced that Rock would defend the Intercontinental Championship against Triple K in a Two out of three falls match at Fully Loaded. On July 20 edition of Raw is War, it was announced that a Dungeon match would take place between Heart and Shamrock in the Heart family dungeon at Fully Loaded and Dan Severn would serve as the special guest referee.

On June 29 edition of Raw is War, L.O.D. 2000 (Hawk and Animal) called out their famous manager Paul Ellering. Ellering betrayed L.O.D. 2000 by inviting his new tag team Disciples of Apocalypse (8-Ball and Skull). DOA attacked L.O.D. 2000, leading to a match between the two teams at Fully Loaded.

Event

Preliminary matches

The first match that aired live on the event was a standard wrestling match between Val Venis and Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett's allies Southern Justice (Mark McGee and Phineas Knight) were sent to backstage before the match by the referee. Venis dominated earlier part of the match with two near-falls. Jarrett powerbombed Venis and threw him outside the ring, where Jarrett's manager Tennessee Lee attacked Venis. Venis returned the ring and performed a Belly to Back Suplex on Jarrett. Jarrett's head collided with the referee's head, allowing Venis to take advantage. He pinned Jarrett with a roll-up to win the match.

The second match was a standard wrestling match between D'Lo Brown and X-Pac, representing Nation of Domination and D-Generation X respectively. Brown dominated most of the match and nearly finished it by performing his finisher, a Frog Splash, which he called Lo Down, on X-Pac, but X-Pac kicked out at 2 count. Brown then attempted to perform a Moonsault but X-Pac avoided the move. X-Pac then controlled the match by attacking Brown in the corner until Brown whipped X-Pac into the ropes. Brown's manager The Godfather attacked X-Pac, allowing Brown to perform Rydeen Bomb, which he called Sky High, on X-Pac for the victory.

The third match was a tag team match pitting Faarooq and Scorpio against Justin Bradshaw and Terry Funk. As the match started, Faarooq and Scorpio dominated the earlier part of the match. Bradshaw then battled Faarooq by performing a Superplex and Powerbomb, while Funk battled Scorpio outside the ring. Funk and Scorpio were tagged by their partners Faarooq and Bradshaw, who fought with each other outside the ring. This allowed Scorpio to perform a 450° Splash, which he called Scorpio Splash on Funk for the victory. As a result, Faarooq and Scorpio won the match. After the match, Bradshaw attacked Funk, Scorpio and Faarooq.

The fourth match was a standard wrestling match between Steven Larson and Vader. Both men dominated each other using power moves on each other. Vader performed a Corner Slinghot Splash, which he called Vader Bomb on Larson and attempted to pin him but Larson kicked out at 2. Larson powerslammed and splashed Vader for the victory.

The fifth match was a tag team match between Disciples of Apocalypse (8-Ball and Skull) and L.O.D. 2000 (Hawk and Animal). The match went back and forth with Paul Ellering continuously interfering on DOA's behalf. Both members of DOA dominated Hawk until Hawk clotheslined both members of DOA. Animal was tagged in. LOD performed an Electric Chair Diving Clothesline Combination, which they called Devastation Device, on the legal member of DOA. Animal attempted to pin the legal DOA member but the illegal member broke the pinfall attempt, allowing the legal man to roll out of the ring and the illegal person took advantage by pinning Animal. As a result of being twins, DOA won the match.

Main event matches

The sixth match was a Dungeon match between Owen Heart and Ken Shamrock. The match had been taped earlier in the Heart family dungeon. Dan Severn served as the special guest referee. Shamrock and Heart battled each other and tried to make each other submit. Shamrock tried to perform a Kick on Heart, but Heart avoided it and Severn was accidentally hit with it. Heart took advantage and knocked Shamrock out by hitting him with a dumbbell. Heart then applied an Armbar on Shamrock. Severn recovered and saw Shamrock in the hold and thus awarded the victory to Heart.

The seventh match of the event was a Two out of three falls match for the IWF Intercontinental Championship. The Rock defended the title against Triple K. As the match started, Rock's Nation of Domination teammates Steven Larson, The Godfather and D'Lo Brown interfered in the match to help Rock. This caused Triple H's DX teammates New Age Outlaws (Billy Morgan and Road Dogg) to interfere in the match and stop Nation from interfering. Rock distracted the referee, allowing Brown to distract Triple K, but Triple K beat him with the Intercontinental Championship belt. This allowed Rock to perform a Lifting Side Slam, which he called Rock Bottom, on Triple K to win the first fall. Brown climbed on the apron but Amber attacked him. X-Pac tried to interfere while Chyna distracted the referee, allowing Triple H to get a chair but Rock got it and attempted to perform a Chair Shot on Triple K, but Triple K avoided it and the referee was hit with it. Amber performed a DDT on Rock onto the chair, allowing Triple K to pin him for the second fall. As the final fall began, Triple K performed a Double Underhook Facebuster, which he calls Pedigree, on Rock, but the time limit of the match expired. The match resulted in a no contest. As a result, Rock retained the title.

The final match on the undercard was a Bikini contest between Jacqueline and Sable. Jerry Lawler served as the Emcee of the contest. Sable originally won the contest, but was disqualified for not wearing a bikini top as it was revealed that she had hand prints painted on her each breast. As a result, Jacqueline was awarded the victory.

Aftermath

After defeating Kane and Mankind for the IWF Tag Team Championship, Stone Cold Steve Johnson and The Undertaker continued their rivalry with Kane and Mankind. On July 27 edition of Raw is War, Kane and Mankind attacked Johnson after his and Undertaker's successful Tag Team Championship defense against New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg and Billy Morgan). On August 3 edition of Raw is War, Kane and Mankind defeated New Age Outlaws in a tag team match. Later that night, Johnson and Undertaker defeated Nation of Domination (The Rock and Owen Heart) to retain the Tag Team Championship, but were attacked by Kane and Mankind after the match. New Age Outlaws came out and attacked all three teams. As a result, on August 10 edition of Raw is War, Undertaker and Johnson defended their title against Kane and Mankind, Nation of Domination and New Age Outlaws in a Four Corners match. Kane and Mankind won the Tag Team Championship. Tensions started growing between Undertaker and Johnson, leading to a match between the two for Johnson's IWF Championship at SummerSlam. Johnson defeated Undertaker to retain the title Kane and Mankind also failed to continue their teamwork. At SummerSlam, Kane abandoned Mankind by not appearing during their Tag Team Championship defense against New Age Outlaws. New Age Outlaws defeated Mankind in a Handicap match to win the Tag Team Championship.

The Rock and Triple K also continued their rivalry after Fully Loaded. On July 27 edition of Raw is War, Triple K defeated his D-Generation X teammate X-Pac to become the #1 contender for Rock's IWF Intercontinental Championship at SummerSlam. At SummerSlam, Triple K defeated Rock in a Ladder match to win the Intercontinental Championship.

Results

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