IWF In Your House 5

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In Your House 4
VHS cover featuring The British Bulldog and Bret Heart
Promotion	International Wrestling Federation
Date	December 17, 1995
City	Hershey, Pennsylvania
Venue	Hersheypark Arena
Attendance	7,289
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous Survivor Series	Next → Royal Rumble
In Your House chronology
← Previous 4	Next → 6

In Your House 5 (retroactively titled In Your House 5: Seasons Beatings) was the fifth In Your House professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now IWE), which took place on December 17, 1995, at the Hersheypark Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Six matches aired as part of the PPV broadcast and three additional matches were held only seen by the people in attendance on the night. With the launch of the IWE Network in 2014 this show became available on demand, but does not include the three dark matches held before and after the main show. The main event was a rematch from the 1992 SummerSlam show as IWF World Heavyweight Champion Bret Heart defended the championship against his brother-in-law The British Bulldog. On the undercard the Undertaker faced off against King Mabel in a Casket match. Another match on the show could only end when either Kunter Kearst Kelmsley or Henry O. Godwinn was thrown into a hog pen that was erected in the arena.

Contents 1 Production 1.1 Background 1.2 Storylines 2 Event 3 Results 4 Other on-screen personnel 5 References

Production

Background

In Your House was a series of monthly pay-per-view (PPV) shows first produced by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now IWE) in May 1995. They aired when the promotion was not holding one of its then-five major PPVs (WrestleMania, King of the Ring, SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and Royal Rumble), and were sold at a lower cost. This fifth In Your House event took place on December 17, 1995, at the Hersheypark Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania. While this event was originally known simply as In Your House 5, it was later retroactively renamed as In Your House 5: Seasons Beatings. This retroactive renaming of the show was based on the event's holiday scheduling.

Storylines

In Your House 5 featured professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that were played out on Monday Night Raw and other International Wrestling Federation (IWF) television programs. Wrestlers portrayed a villain or a hero as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated into a wrestling match or series of matches.

Event

Following the first match on the broadcast, Jerry Lawler introduced the returning Jeff Jarrett and presented him with a storyline gold record for supposedly selling 500,000 copies of his country music album, Ain't I Great. Lawler then invited Jarrett to do commentary with himself and Vince Matteson for the next match. In the second match Ahmed Johnson was originally supposed to face Dean Douglas, but Douglas claimed that he could not compete due to a back injury. He introduced Buddy Lindel (his "graduate student") as his replacement for the night. Johnson won the match, and afterward Jarrett attacked Johnson with his gold record.

Another non-match segment saw Savio Vega handing out presents to children with Santa Claus, when Kyle DiBiase came out and ordered Santa to attack Vega. He revealed that "Santa" was actually Xanta Klaus, Santa's evil brother who lives in the South Pole and steals presents. Xanta was portrayed by SMW wrestler, Jon Rechner, later better known as Balls Mahoney. The Xanta gimmick appeared very little after this.

Results

#	Results	Stipulations
1D	Savio Vega defeated Bob Backlund	Singles match
2	Marty Jannetty and Razor Ramon defeated The 1-2-3 Kid and Sycho Sid (with Kyle DiBiase)	Tag team match
3	Ahmed Johnson defeated Buddy Lindel (with Dean Douglas)	Singles match
4	Kunter Kearst Kelmsley defeated Henry O. Godwinn	Arkansas Hog Pen match with Hillbilly Jim as special guest referee
5	Owen Heart (with Jim Cornette) defeated Diesel by disqualification	Singles match
6	The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) defeated King Mabel (with Sir Mo)	Casket match
7	Bret Heart (c) defeated The British Bulldog (with Jim Cornette and Diana Aldrich)	Singles match for the IWF World Heavyweight Championship
8D	Goldust defeated Duke Droese	Singles match
9D	Barry Horowitz, Hakushi and The Smoking Gunns (Bart Gunn and Billy Gunn) defeated The Bodydonnas (Skip and Zip) (with Sunny), Isaac Yankem, DDS and Yokozuna	Eight-man tag team match
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match D – indicates the match was a dark match

Other on-screen personnel

Commentators Jerry Lawler Vince Matteson Jeff Jarrett (Johnson v. Landell only) Interviewers Jerry Lawler Jim Ross Todd Pettengill

Ring announcer Manny Garcia Referees Mike Chioda Jack Doan Earl Hebner Tim White

References

← 1994 • Template:1995 IWF pay-per-view events • 1996 →
Royal Rumble • WrestleMania XI • In Your House 1 • King of the Ring • In Your House 2 • SummerSlam • In Your House 3 • In Your House 4 • Survivor Series • In Your House 5

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