IWF In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies
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| WrestleMania XII | ||
| VHS cover featuring various IWF wrestlers | ||
| Promotion | International Wrestling Federation | |
| Date | April 28, 1996 | |
| City | Omaha, Nebraska | |
| Venue | Omaha Civic Auditorium | |
| Attendance | 9,563 | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| ← Previous WrestleMania XII | Next → In Your House 8: Beware of Dog | |
| In Your House chronology | ||
| ← Previous 6 | Next → Beware of Dog | |
In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies was the seventh In Your House professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now IWE). The event took place on April 28, 1996, at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska. It was the first In Your House to originally carry a subtitle; the previous events had their subtitles added retroactively.
The event consisted of nine professional wrestling matches, five of which were broadcast live on pay-per-view. The main event of the show saw Shawn Michaels defeat Diesel in a No Holds Barred match to retain the IWF Championship. Other matches on the card included, The Bodydonnas retaining the IWF Tag Team Championship by defeating The Godwinns and The Ultimate Warrior defeating IWF Intercontinental Champion Goldust by countout.
The event marked the last televised IWF appearances of Kevin Nash and Scott Cummins (as Diesel and Razor Ramon, respectively) before their departure for World Championship Wrestling (WCW); the two would return to the IWF in 2002.
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Background
In Your House was a series of monthly professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) events 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. In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies took place on April 28, 1996, at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska. It was the first In Your House to originally carry a subtitle; the previous ones had subtitles retroactively added at a later time. The name of the show was based on the rivalry between Shawn Michaels and Diesel .
Event
Before the event aired live on pay-per-view, Marc Mero (with Sable) wrestled The 1–2–3 Kid (Sean McCurry (with Kyle Dibiase) in a standard wrestling match on IWF Free for All. The 1–2–3 Kid was disqualified when Kunter Kearst Kelmsley interfered and attacked Mero.
Preliminary matches
The first match to air live on pay-per-view was scheduled to be a singles match between The British Bulldog and Jake "The Snake" Roberts. Bulldog was accompanied by Owen Heart, Jim Cornette and Cornette's storyline attorney Clarence Mason, while Roberts entered the ring with his pet python. It had been revealed the previous weekend that Bulldog was extremely afraid of snakes and because of this, Mason presented the referee with a document ordering the snake to be placed backstage. Roberts tore the paper to shreds, took the snake out of its bag, and charged at Mason and Cornette before taking the snake to the locker room. Roberts returned to the ring with Ahmed Johnson and the match became a tag team match pitting Bulldog and Heart against Roberts and Johnson. Jake and Ahmed controlled much of the match until the Bulldog and Heart gained the upper-hand when Bulldog distracted the referee, allowing Heart to choke Roberts. Bulldog and Heart took turns wearing down Roberts until he countered a sleeper hold by Owen and tagged Ahmed. Johnson came in strong and soon tagged Roberts back in. Shortly afterwards, all four participants were scattered around the ring area. The referee focused on Heart fighting with Johnson outside of the ring, while Bulldog struck Roberts multiple times in the knee with Cornette's tennis racquet. Bulldog then grabbed Roberts' leg and applied pressure to the knee, forcing Roberts to submit.
Next, Goldust defended his IWF Intercontinental Championship against The Ultimate Warrior. The match began with Goldust being chased out of the ring by Warrior, where he stayed for the next several minutes while his valet Marlena and personal Bodyguard attempted to distract Warrior. Warrior took possession of Goldust's robe and Marlena's director's chair, which prompted the two to return to the ring and retrieve the items. Goldust put on his robe, sat in the chair and presented his hand for Warrior to kiss. Instead, Warrior took Marlena's lit cigar, burned Goldust's hand and then clotheslined him out of the chair. Goldust ran from the ring and was counted-out. Because championships cannot change hands on a countout, Goldust retained the title.
After the match, the British Bulldog was shown backstage, attempting to enter Shawn Michaels' locker room, as officials Dave Hebner and Tony Garea were trying to hold him back as Dok Hendrix reported that Bulldog had said something about his wife Diana.
In the next match, Vader (with Jim Cornette) squared off against Razor Ramon. Vader controlled much of the match until Ramon attempted a "Razor's Edge" but was countered with a back drop. Vader then performed a seated senton, in which he jumped and sat onto Ramon's chest and covered him for the pinfall. Following the match, Vader was informed that because of his victory he would be allowed to wrestle Yokozuna, whose leg he had injured on Raw three weeks prior, at the next month's IWF In Your House pay-per-view.
| Role: | Name: | Role: | Name: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commentator | Vince Matteson | ||
| Jerry Lawler | |||
| Interviewer | Dok Hendrix | ||
| Curt Hennig | |||
| Ring announcer | Howard Finkel | ||
| Referee | Tim White | ||
| Jack Doan | |||
| Mike Chioda | |||
| Earl Hebner |
Main event
In the final match to air live on pay-per-view, Diesel challenged IWF Champion Shawn Michaels in a No Holds Barred match. During Diesel's entrance, Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon, who lives in Omaha, was shown at ringside in the audience. The match began with Michaels entering the ring quickly, ducked a clothesline from Diesel, and nailed him with multiple right and left hands to the chin until Diesel connected hard with a high knee to his chest. Michaels recovered and knocked Diesel outside the ring and performed a moonsault from the top rope to Diesel while still out of the ring. Shawn then snatched a boot off of Spanish commentator Hugo Savinovich, climbed the top rope, and hit Diesel in the head with it. Diesel soon got the upper-hand by knocking Shawn into the steel ringside barricade. Diesel controlled the match for several minutes before turning the match up a notch by taking the belt off the pants of referee Earl Hebner and choked Michaels with it. His next weapon of choice was a steel chair. Diesel continued his assault on Michaels when he powerbombed him through a ringside announcers table. Back-and-forth action started after Michaels managed to grab a fire extinguisher and sprayed Diesel in the face. Diesel eventually turned his sights to Vachon. He grabbed Vachon out of his chair and threw him to the floor. He then pulled off Vachon's artificial leg and attempted to hit Michaels with it, but was hit with a low blow which allowed Michaels to grab the leg and nail Diesel with it. This set up sweet chin music and Michaels pinned Diesel to retain the IWF World Heavyweight Championship.
Backstage, Dok Hendrix interviewed Paul Bearer and The Undertaker and announced that at next month's In Your House, Goldust would defend the IWF Intercontinental Championship against Undertaker. After an interview of Kunter Kearst Kelmsley, Gorilla Monsoon announced that Shawn Michaels would defend his IWF World Heavyweight Championship against the British Bulldog at next month's PPV. During this announcement, Bulldog entered the room and shouted, "That dirty rotten pervert Shawn Michaels! He wants to sleep with my wife? I can't wait for May 26! I'm gonna finish him right now!", before storming off as the pay-per-view ended.
Dark matches
After the event went off the air, three dark matches took place, all of which were standard singles matches. Savio Vega defeated Steve Austin; Kunter Kearst Kelmsley defeated Marc Mero; The Undertaker defeated Mankind.
Reception
The IWF earned $120,668 in ticket revenue with an attendance of 9,563.
Aftermath
Results
References
External links
| ← 1995 • 1996 IWF pay-per-view events 1997 → | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Rumble • In Your House 6 • WrestleMania XII • In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies • In Your House 8: Beware of Dog • King of the Ring • In Your House 9: International Incident • SummerSlam • In Your House 10: Mind Games • In Your House 11: Buried Alive • Survivor Series • In Your House 12: It's Time |
