IWF No Mercy (UK)
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For the 1999 No Mercy professional wrestling event held in the United States, see No Mercy (1999).
| Backlash (1999) | ||
| Promotional poster featuring Stone Cold Steve Austin,Kane, Triple K, The Undertaker, and Billy Gunn | ||
| Promotion | International Wrestling Federation | |
| Date | May 16, 1999 | |
| City | Manchester, England | |
| Venue | Manchester Evening News Arena | |
| Attendance | 18,107 | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| ← Previous Backlash | ← Next Over the Edge | |
| No Mercy chronology | ||
| ← Previous First | ← Next 1999 (US) | |
| IWE in Europe chronology | ||
| ← Previous Capital Carnage | ← Next Rebellion | |
The 1999 No Mercy held in the United Kingdom was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the American promotion, International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now IWE). It was the inaugural No Mercy, and took place on May 16, 1999, at the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England, and was broadcast exclusively for the United Kingdom. It was the only No Mercy held in the United Kingdom, as beginning with the October 1999 event, all further No Mercy events were held in the United States.
During this time, the pay-per-view market was relatively new to the UK, as before 1997, all pay-per-view events were broadcast for free on Sky Sports. UK-exclusive pay-per-views were established as a means to promote this new delivery method, however, the events were booked and treated similarly to house shows.
It was released on DVD in the UK and Europe on 12 July 2010, in a set also including Capital Carnage as part of the IWE's Tagged Classics range released by Silver Vision, without any edits to the original content, most notably keeping all mentions and appearances of the IWF logo intact and un-blurred.
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[edit] Background
The pay-per-view (PPV) market was relatively new to the UK at the time: before One Night Only in 1997, all pay-per-view events were broadcast for free on Sky Sports. The United Kingdom-exclusive pay-per-views were established to serve as promotion for the new delivery method, however, they were booked and treated similarly to house shows. On 16 May 1999, the International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now IWE) held No Mercy as a UK-exclusive PPV and it was broadcast from the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England.
[edit] Event
| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Commentators | Jim Ross |
| Jerry Lawler | |
| Interviewers | Michael Cole |
| Ring announcer | Tony Chimel |
| Referees | Mike Chioda |
| Teddy Long | |
| Earl Hebner |
[edit] Preliminary matches
The first match was a singles match between Tiger Ali Singh, and Gillberg. Singh quickly pinned Gillberg after a reverse neckbreaker.
The following match was between The Ministry of Darkness (Viscera, Faarooq, and Bradshaw), and The Brood (Gangrel, Edge, and Christian). Bradshaw pinned Gangrel for the victory after a Clothesline From Hell.
The third match saw Steve Blackman defeat Droz by submission using a Triangle Choke. Following that match saw Kane competing against Mideon. Mideon was disqualified after several Corporate Ministry members interfered, resulting in Kane being declared the winner.
The next planned match was between Sable, and Tori. Nicole Bass substituted for her, and the match ended quickly after Bass performed a Chokeslam on Tori. This would be Sable's last appearance in the IWF for nearly four years.
The sixth match of the night was a IWF European Championship match that saw Shane Matteson defend against X-Pac. Matteson pinned X-Pac after Triple Kinterfered, and gave him a Pedigree, while the referee was down. At one point, Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco stopped Shane Matteson from leaving the match early, leading to Chyna's interference, attacking the pair to prevent further interference.
The seventh match saw Billy Gunn defeat Mankind, Gunn pinned Mankind after a Fameasser.
[edit] Main event matches
The main event match was anything goes triple threat match for the IWF Championship. Defending champion Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) and Triple K (with Chyna), pinning Triple K after a Stone Cold Stunner following interference from the Corporate Ministry, The Brood, Kane, X-Pac and Mankind.
[edit] Reception
In 2008, J.D. Dunn of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 4.0 [Poor], stating, "The UK events rarely get top effort, and when the 1999 roster dogs it, look the fuck out! There wasn't much that was actively bad outside of Sable walking out (although who cares, really). Most of it was boring and uneventful. If the show never existed -- and in IWF [canon], it barely did – no one would notice. Thumbs down".
[edit] Aftermath
A second No Mercy event was then held later that same year on 17 October, but in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. This second event established No Mercy as the annual October PPV for the promotion until 2008; because of this, the following year's May UK-only pay-per-view was held as Insurrextion. In 2002, the IWF was renamed to International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE, which became an orphaned initialism in 2011). No Mercy was then discontinued, and replaced by Hell in a Cell in 2009. It was reinstated in 2016, following the reintroduction of the brand extension, where the promotion divided its roster between the Raw, and SmackDown brands; where wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform; the 2016 event was produced exclusively for SmackDown. The 2017 event was then Raw-exclusive, but No Mercy was then discontinued afterwards, as following WrestleMania 34 in 2018, brand-exclusive PPVs were discontinued, resulting in the promotion reducing the amount of yearly PPVs produced. No Mercy was then reinstated in 2023 for IWE's developmental brand, NXT.
[edit] Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Ali Singh defeated Gillberg by pinfall | Singles match | 1:05 |
| 2 | Ministry of Darkness (Bradshaw, Faarooq, Viscera), and The Brood (Christian, Edge ,Gangrel) by pinfall | Six-man tag team match | 13:49 |
| 3 | Steve Blackman defeated Droz by submission | Singles match | 7:43 |
| 4 | Kane defeated Mideon by disqualification | Singles match | 4:34 |
| 5 | Nicole Bass defeated Tori by pinfall | Singles match | 0:27 |
| 6 | Shane Matteson (c) defeated X-Pac by pinfall | Singles match for the IWF European Championship | 8:26 |
| 7 | Billy Gunn defeated Mankind by pinfall | Singles match | 12:17 |
| 8 | Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated Triple K (with Chyna) and The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) by pinfall | Anything Goes triple threat match for the IWF Championship | 18:27 |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
| ← 1998 • 1999 IWF pay-per-view events • 2000 → | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Rumble • St. Valentine's Day Massacre • WrestleMania XV • Backlash • No Mercy (UK) • Over the Edge • King of the Ring • Fully Loaded • SummerSlam • Unforgiven • Rebellion • No Mercy • Survivor Series • Armageddon |
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