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In Your House was a pay-per-view series created by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now IWE) that aired from May 1995 to April 1999.
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 US$14.95. The price was raised to $19.95 starting in December 1995 with In Your House 5. The IWF did this in response to a move by competitor World Championship Wrestling (WCW) to increase their annual pay-per-view events (in 1995, WCW held 9 PPV events; in 1996, 10 and finally started airing monthly events in 1997). Notwithstanding the addition of more IWF events, WCW's events regularly ran between 2.5–3 hours. Starting in September 1997, the IWF expanded all of its In Your House events to three hours, thus matching the runtime of its major PPV events.
The IWF retired the In Your House branding for its monthly pay-per-views following April 1999's Backlash: In Your House event, as the company moved to install permanent names for each of its monthly events. The similar branding of this series was then used for the NXT TakeOver series in 2014.
The IWF Championship would never change hands at any event in the In Your House series. A new champion was crowned only once, in a four corners elimination match for the vacant title at February 1997's In Your House 13: Final Four; Shawn Michaels was forced to relinquish the championship due to injury three days earlier, turning what was originally a number one contender's match into a title match.
[edit] History
The first 6 In Your House events were not promoted with subtitles, although they were retroactively added years later, most notably on the IWE 24/7 Classics On Demand channel. The retroactive subtitles were "In Your House: Premiere", "In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks", "In Your House 3: Triple Header", "In Your House 4: Great White North", "In Your House 5: Seasons Beatings" and "In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage". The actual first event to officially start using a subtitle was the seventh event, "In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies". In September 1997 the subtitles became main titles (whereas the PPV was not named In Your House: Ground Zero but Ground Zero: In Your House), until regular named shows such as Fully Loaded and Unforgiven took over in 1999. "Ground Zero: In Your House" was 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 viewer.
[edit] 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
"Triple Header"
| September 24, 1995
| Saginaw, Michigan
| Saginaw Civic Center
| Diesel and Shawn Micheals vs. Yokozuna and The British Bulldog for the IWF Tag Team Championship, IWF Championship and IWF Intercontinental Championship
|
| 4
| In Your House 4
"Great White North"
| October 22, 1995
| Winnipeg, Manitoba
| Winnipeg Arena
| The British Bulldog vs. Diesel (c) for the IWF Championship
|
| 5
| In Your House 5
"Seasons Beatings"
| December 17, 1995
| Hershey, Pennsylvania
| Hersheypark Arena
| Bret Heart (c) vs. The British Bulldog for the IWF Championship
|
| 6
| In Your House 6
"Rage in the Cage"
| February 18, 1996
| Louisville, Kentucky
| Louisville Gardens
| Bret Heart (c) vs. Diesel in a Steel Cage match for the IWF World Heavyweight Championship
|
| 7
| In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies
| April 28, 1996
| Omaha, Nebraska
| Omaha Civic Auditorium
| Shawn Michaels (c) vs. Diesel in a No Holds Barred match for the IWF World Heavyweight Championship
|
| 8
| In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
| May 26, 1996
| Florence, South Carolina
| Florence Civic Center
| Shawn Michaels vs. The British Bulldog for the IWF World Heavyweight Championship
|
| May 28, 1996
| North Charleston, South Carolina
| North Charleston Coliseum
| Goldust (c) vs. The Undertaker in a Casket match for the IWF Intercontinental Championship
|
| 9
| In Your House 9: International Incident
| July 21, 1996
| Vancouver
| General Motors Place
| Camp Cornette (Vader, Owen Heart, and The British Bulldog) vs. The People's Posse (Shawn Michaels, Sycho Sid, and Ahmed Johnson)
|
| 10
| In Your House 10: Mind Games
| September 22, 1996
| Philadelphia
| CoreStates Center
| Shawn Michaels (c) vs. Mankind for the IWF World Heavyweight Championship
|
| 11
| In Your House 11: Buried Alive
| October 20, 1996
| Indianapolis
| 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
| Sycho Sid (c) vs. Bret Heart for the IWF World Heavyweight Championship
|
| 13
| In Your House 13: Final Four
| February 16, 1997
| Chattanooga, Tennessee
| UTC Arena
| Bret Heart vs. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs. Vader vs. The Undertaker in a Four Corners Elimination match for the vacant IWF World Heavyweight Championship
|
| 14
| In Your House 14: Revenge of the 'Taker
| April 20, 1997
| Rochester, New York
| War Memorial Auditorium
| Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart
|
| 15
| In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell
| May 11, 1997
| Richmond, Virginia
| Richmond Coliseum
| The Undertaker vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin for the IWF World Heavyweight Championship
|
| 16
| In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
| July 6, 1997
| Calgary, Alberta
| Saddledome
| The Heart Foundation (Bret Heart, Jim Furlong, Owen Heart, The British Bulldog, and Brian Pillman) vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin, Ken Shamrock, Goldust, and The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal)
|
| 17
| Ground Zero: In Your House
| September 7, 1997
| Louisville, Kentucky
| Louisville Gardens
| Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker
|
| 18
| Badd Blood: In Your House
| October 5, 1997
| St. Louis, Missouri
| Kiel Center
| Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker in the first Hell in a Cell match to earn a IWF World Heavyweight Championship match at Survivor Series
|
| 19
| D-Generation X: In Your House
| December 7, 1997
| Springfield, Massachusetts
| Springfield Civic Center
| Ken Shamrock vs. Shawn Michaels (c) for the IWF World Heavyweight Championship
|
| 20
| No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
| February 15, 1998
| Houston, Texas
| Compaq Center
| Stone Cold Steve Austin, Owen Hart, Cactus Jack, and Chainsaw Charlie vs. Triple K, Savio Vega, and The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn 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. Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) for the IWF Championship
|
| 22
| Over the Edge: In Your House
| May 31, 1998
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin
| Wisconsin Center Arena
| Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) vs. Dude Love in a No Disqualification falls count anywhere match for the IWF Championship, with Vince Matteson as special guest referee
|
| 23
| Fully Loaded: In Your House
| July 26, 1998
| Fresno, California
| Selland Arena
| The Undertaker and Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Kane and Mankind (c) for the IWF Tag Team Championship
|
| 24
| Breakdown: In Your House
| September 27, 1998
| Hamilton, Ontario
| Copps Coliseum
| The Undertaker vs. Kane vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) in a Triple Threat match for the IWF Championship where Undertaker and Kane cannot pin each other
|
| 25
| Judgment Day: In Your House
| October 18, 1998
| Rosemont, Illinois
| Rosemont Horizon
| Kane vs. The Undertaker (with Stone Cold Steve Austin as special guest referee) for the vacant IWF Championship; if Austin does not decide a winner, he is fired
|
| 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
|
|
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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