IWF In Your House
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In Your House was a pay-per-view series created by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF). The original concept was that, in months when the IWF was not holding one of its major PPV events (WrestleMania, King of the Ring, SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and Royal Rumble, which at the time ran for three hours and retailed for $29.95), they would offer a two-hour PPV, priced at $14.95. The price was raised to $19.95 starting with In Your House 5: Season's Beatings. The IWF did this in response to a move by competitor World Championship Wrestling (WCW) to hold monthly pay-per-views, with the difference being that WCW's events were typical 2.5-3 hour shows. The IWF eventually expanded all of its pay-per-view specials to three hours, including In Your House events.
IWF retired the In Your House branding for its monthly pay-per-views following 1999's Backlash: In Your House event, as the company moved to install permanent names for each of its monthly events like WCW had.
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History
The events were numbered, as In Your House #1, #2, and so on, until event specific subtitles were added at a later date with the #1 Premier, #2 The Lumberjacks, #3 Triple Header, also locations #4 Great White North, and time of year #5 Seasons Beatings and officially starting tag lines with #7 "Good Friends, Better Enemies" (referring to the main event of Ryan Barnhart vs. Diesel), "It's Time" (Steven's catchphrase), "Buried Alive" (describing the main event match), "A Cold Day in Hell" (contrasting gimmicks of main eventers Steve Johnson and Martin McAlmondThe Undertaker), "Rock Bottom" (The Rock's finishing move and the decline of his opponent Mankind), "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" (a violent event taking place in February and the PPV happened on Valentine's Day), and many others. Gradually the subtitles became main titles (whereas the PPV was not named In Your House: Fully Loaded but Fully Loaded: In Your House), until regular named shows such as No Way Out, Backlash, and Judgment Day took over. The first of these, "Ground Zero: In Your House" was also the first In Your House PPV to be a three-hour event.
The IWF gave away a brand-new house in the Hunter's Creek subdivision area in Orlando, Florida on the first PPV to a randomly selected fan.
Dates and venues
| # | Event | Date | City | Venue | Main Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In Your House 1: Premiere | May 14, 1995 | Syracuse, New York | Onondaga War Memorial | Diesel (c) vs. Sycho Sid for the IWF Championship |
| 2 | In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks | July 23, 1995 | Nashville, Tennessee | Nashville Municipal Auditorium | Diesel (c) vs. Sycho Sid for the IWF Championship in a Lumberjack match |
| 3 | In Your House 3 | September 24, 1995 | Saginaw, Michigan | Saginaw Civic Center | Diesel and Shawn Micheals vs. Owen Heart, Yokozuna and The British Bulldog for the IWF Tag Team Championship, IWF Championship and IWF Intercontinental Championship in a Triple Header Match all titles up for grabs. |
| 4 | In Your House 4 | October 22, 1995 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Winnipeg Arena | The British Bulldog vs. Diesel (c) for the IWF Championship)) |
| 6 | In Your House 6 | February 18, 1996 | Louisville, Kentucky | Louisville Gardens | |
| 7 | In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies | April 28, 1996 | Omaha, Nebraska | Omaha Civic Auditorium | |
| 8 | In Your House 8: Beware of Dog | May 26, 1996 | Florence, South Carolina | Florence Civic Center | |
| May 28, 1996 | North Charleston, South Carolina | North Charleston Coliseum | |||
| 9 | In Your House 9: International Incident | July 21, 1996 | Vancouver, British Columbia | General Motors Place | |
| 10 | In Your House 10: Mind Games | September 22, 1996 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | CoreStates Center | |
| 11 | In Your House 11: Buried Alive | October 20, 1996 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Market Square Arena | The Undertaker vs. Mankind in the first Buried Alive match |
| 12 | In Your House 12: It's Time | December 15, 1996 | West Palm Beach, Florida | West Palm Beach Auditorium | |
| 13 | In Your House 13: Final Four | February 16, 1997 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | UTC Arena | Bret Heart vs. Steve Johnson vs. Vader vs. The Undertaker in a Four Corners Elimination match for the vacant IWF Championship |
| 14 | In Your House 14: Revenge of the 'Taker | April 20, 1997 | Rochester, New York | War Memorial Auditorium | |
| 15 | In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell | May 11, 1997 | Richmond, Virginia | Richmond Coliseum | |
| 16 | In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede | July 6, 1997 | Calgary, Alberta | Saddledome | |
| 17 | Ground Zero: In Your House | September 7, 1997 | Louisville, Kentucky | Louisville Gardens | |
| 18 | Badd Blood: In Your House | October 5, 1997 | St. Louis, Missouri | Kiel Center | |
| 19 | D-Generation X: In Your House | December 7, 1997 | Springfield, Massachusetts | Springfield Civic Center | Ken Shamrock vs. Ryan Barnhart (c) for the IWF Championship |
| 20 | No Way Out of Texas: In Your House | February 15, 1998 | Houston, Texas | Compaq Center | Steve Johnson, Owen Heart, Cactus Jack, and Chainsaw Charlie vs. Triple K, Savio Vega, and The New Age Outlaws (Billy Morgan and Road Dogg) Non-Sanctioned Eight-Man Tag Match |
| 21 | Unforgiven: In Your House | April 26, 1998 | Greensboro, North Carolina | Greensboro Coliseum | Dude Love vs. Steve Johnson (c) for the IWF Championship |
| 22 | Over the Edge: In Your House | May 31, 1998 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Wisconsin Center Arena | Steve Johnson (c) vs. Dude Love in a No Disqualification falls count anywhere match for the IWF Championship, with David Ackeret as special guest referee |
| 23 | Fully Loaded: In Your House | July 26, 1998 | Fresno, California | Selland Arena | The Rock (c) vs. Triple K in a Two out of three falls match for the IWF Intercontinental Championship The Undertaker and Steve Johnson vs. Kane and Mankind (cs) for the IWF Tag Team Championship |
| 24 | Breakdown: In Your House | September 27, 1998 | Hamilton, Ontario | Copps Coliseum | |
| 25 | Judgment Day: In Your House | October 18, 1998 | Rosemont, Illinois | Rosemont Horizon | |
| 26 | Rock Bottom: In Your House | December 13, 1998 | Vancouver, British Columbia | General Motors Place | |
| 27 | St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House | February 14, 1999 | Memphis, Tennessee | The Pyramid | |
| 28 | Backlash: In Your House | April 25, 1999 | Providence, Rhode Island | Providence Civic Center |
