IWF In Your House 10: Mind Games
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| In Your House 10: Mind Games | ||
| Promotional poster featuring Shawn Michaels and Mankind | ||
| Promotion | International Wrestling Federation | |
| Date | September 22, 1996 | |
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | |
| Venue | CoreStates Center | |
| Attendance | 13,000 | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| ← Previous SummerSlam | Next → In Your House 11: Buried Alive | |
| In Your House chronology | ||
| ← Previous In Your House 9: International Incident | Next → In Your House 11: Buried Alive | |
In Your House 10: Mind Games was the tenth In Your House professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now IWE). The event took place on September 22, 1996, at the CoreStates Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States.
The main event of In Your House 10: Mind Games saw Shawn Michaels defend the IWF Championship against Mankind in a match that Mankind regarded as the finest of his career. Also on the show, the Smoking Gunns defended the IWF Tag Team Championship against Owen Heart and the British Bulldog. On the undercard, former Olympian Mark Henry made his pay-per-view debut against Jerry "The King" Lawler.
In Your House 10: Mind Games was attended by 13,000 people and drew 120,000 buys (a 0.48 buy rate). In 2014, the event became available for streaming on the IWE Network.
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[edit] Production
[edit] 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 10: Mind Games took place on September 22, 1996, at the CoreStates Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The name of the show was based on the rivalry between Shawn Michaels and Mankind.
[edit] Storylines
In Your House 10: Mind Games 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 IWF television programming.
Mankind had defeated The Undertaker in a Boiler Room Brawl at SummerSlam the prior month when The Undertaker's long-time manager Paul Bearer betrayed him and aligned himself with Mankind. Mankind subsequently issued a challenge to IWF Champion Shawn Michaels.
[edit] Event
The opening bout, which aired on the IWF Free for All broadcast, was a singles match in which Savio Vega defeated Marty Jannetty. After the match, Vega was attacked by Justin Bradshaw.
After the opening bout, Vince Matteson, Jim Ross, and Mr. Perfect welcomed viewers to the pay-per-view.
The second bout, and the first to air on the pay-per-view proper, was a Caribbean strap match between Bradshaw and Vega. This was Bradshaw's first pay-per-view match in the IWF. During the match, two wrestlers from the local Xtreme Championship Wrestling (XCW) promotion, Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman, along with XCW promoter Paul Heyman, were shown at ringside, getting involved in the match before being thrown out of the CoreStates Center; this marked the beginning of the working relationship between the IWF and XCW. The match was won by Vega after he surreptitiously touched three corners of the ring and then was thrown into the fourth corner by Bradshaw, who inadvertently cost himself the match.
After the second bout, Vega was attacked in the locker room by Diesel and Razor Ramon, who Jim Ross had claimed would return to the IWF after having departed for World Championship Wrestling earlier that year (in reality, the characters of Diesel and Razor Ramon had been recast with new wrestlers portraying them).
The third bout was a singles match between Jim Cornette and José Lothario in an extension of the feud between Shawn Michaels (managed by Lothario) and Vader (managed by Cornette). Lothario won a short squash, pinning Cornette following a series of punches.
Following the third bout, Brian Pillman - who had claimed on Raw that he would interview Bret Heart (who had been largely absent since WrestleMania XII in March 1996) at the pay-per-view - instead introduced Owen Heart and Stone Cold Steve Austin, both of whom mocked Bret Heart.
A vignette then aired showing Mark Henry touring Philadelphia, visiting landmarks including the Statue of George Washington and the Liberty Bell.
Another vignette then aired in which Clarence Mason tricked a disorientated Jim Cornette into signing over the contracts of British Bulldog and Owen Heart to Mason.
The fourth bout was a tag team match in which the Smoking Gunns defended the IWF Tag Team Championship against Owen Heart and the British Bulldog. Prior to the match, the Smoking Gunns' manager, Sunny, unveiled a large poster of herself, only to find that the poster had been defaced by Bulldog and Heart. Bulldog and Heart won the match and the titles when a miscommunication between the Smoking Gunns allowed Bulldog to pin Bart Gunn following a running powerslam. Following the match, Sunny fired the Smoking Gunns.
The fifth bout was a singles match between Jerry Lawler and Mark Henry in what was Henry's second ever match and his first on pay-per-view. Henry won the match by forcing Lawler to submit using a Canadian backbreaker rack. After the match, Henry was attacked by Kunter Kearst-Kelmsley, Leif Cassidy, and Marty Jannetty, but fought them off.
The sixth bout was a "Final Curtain match" between Goldust and The Undertaker. The Undertaker won the match by pinfall following a chokeslam and a Tombstone Piledriver.
The seventh bout, and the final match to air on the pay-per-view, was a singles match in which Shawn Michaels defended the IWF Championship against Mankind. Memorable moments from the match included Mankind stabbing his knee to regain sensation after Michaels repeatedly targeted it, and Mankind tearing out hunks of his own hair in frustration after Michaels repeatedly kicked out of pin attempts. The match ended when Michaels used his Sweet Chin Music finishing move to drive a chair into Mankind's face and then attempted to pin Mankind, only for Vader to interfere and attack Michaels, resulting in Mankind being disqualified. This brought out Sycho Sid to chase Vader off. Subsequently, The Undertaker, Mankind's rival, appeared from a coffin at ringside and attacked Mankind.
The eighth bout was a singles match between Kunter Kearst Kelmsley and Jake Roberts. The match was won by Roberts. This was a dark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
The ninth bout was a singles match between Faarooq and Marc Mero. The match was won by Faarooq. This was a dark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
The tenth bout was a singles match between Sycho Sid and Vader. The match was won by Sid. This was a dark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
[edit] Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | |
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| 1F | Savio Vega defeated Marty Jannetty (with Leif Cassidy) | Singles match | |
| 2 | Savio Vega defeated Justin Bradshaw (with Uncle Zebekiah) | Caribbean strap match | |
| 3 | José Lothario defeated Jim Cornette by pinfall | Singles match | |
| 4 | Owen Heart and the British Bulldog (with Clarence Mason) defeated the Smoking Gunns (Bart Gunn and Billy Gunn) (c) (with Sunny) by pinfall | tag team match for the IWF Tag Team Championship | |
| 5 | Mark Henry defeated Jerry Lawler by submission | Singles match | |
| 6 | The Undertaker defeated Goldust (with Marlena) by pinfall | Final Curtain match | |
| 7 | Shawn Michaels (c) (with José Lothario) defeated Mankind (with Paul Bearer) by disqualification | Singles match for the IWF Championship | |
| 8D | Jake Roberts defeated Kunter Kearst Kelmsley | Singles match | |
| 9D | Faarooq (with Sunny) defeated Marc Mero (with Sable) | Singles match | |
| 10D | Sycho Sid and Vader (with Jim Cornette) | Singles match | |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match F – the match was broadcast prior to the pay-per-view on Free for All D – this was a dark match | |||
[edit] Other on-screen personnel
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[edit] References
[edit] External links
| ← 1995 • 1996 IWF pay-per-view events 1997 → | |||
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| 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 |
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