In Your House 1

Infobox Wrestling event
name=In Your House 1


promotion=World Wrestling Federation
date=May 14, 1995
venue=Onondaga War Memorialcite web|first=Adam|last=Gutschmidt|title =In Your House #1 Re-Revued
url=http://www.oowrestling.com/columns/ooldtyme/20040901.shtml|publisher=OOWrestling.com|date=2004-09-01|accessdate= 2007-10-26]
city=Syracuse, New York
attendance=7,000cite web|first=Scott|last=Criscuolo|coauthors=Rozzero, Justin|title=In Your House 1 Review|url=http://www.angelfire.com/wrestling/cawthon777/IYH1review.htm|publisher=The History of WWE|date=2007-05-22| accessdate=2007-10-25]
lastevent=WrestleMania XI
nextevent=King of the Ring (1995)
event=In Your House
lastevent2="First"
nextevent2=

In Your House 1 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), which took place on May 14, 1995 at the Onondaga War Memorial in Syracuse, New York.It was the first pay-per-view of the In Your House series. Ten professional wrestling matches, performances, with pre-determined outcomes between wrestlers with fictional personalities that are portrayed as real, were featured on the event's card. The buildup to the matches and the scenarios that took place before, during, and after the event were planned by the WWF's script writers.

The main event that was shown on pay-per-view was a standard wrestling match. WWF Champion Diesel (Kevin Nash) defeated challenger Sycho Sid (Sid Eudy) to retain his title. Two of the most hyped matches on the undercard were standard matches both involving Bret Hart. He defeated Hakushi (Jinsei Shinzaki), but lost to Jerry Lawler. The other featured match on the undercard was a Handicap match, where one wrestler faces a combination of two or more wrestlers. Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) defeated Jeff Jarrett and The Roadie (Brian Gerard James).

The pay-per-view received a 0.83 buyrate, equivalent to approximately 332,000 buys.cite web|title=WWE Pay-Per-View Buyrates|url=http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/wwf/wwfppvbr.htm|publisher= Wrestling Information Archive|accessdate=2007-10-26|quote=The buyrate reflects the number of homes which purchased a pay-per-view broadcast; 1.0 roughly equates to 400,000 separate homes ordering the event.]

Background

The pay-per-view was the first ever under the In Your House banner, which signaled the beginning of the WWF's monthly pay-per-views. The In Your House pay-per-views were promoted at $14.95, which was cheaper than WWF's other pay-per-views, in an effort to garner mainstream exposure for the WWF after several years out of the spotlight. [cite web|first=J.D.|last=Dunn|title=Dark Pegasus Video Review: In Your House I|url= http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/video_reviews/55840/Dark-Pegasus-Video-Review:-In-Your-House-I.htm|date=2007-11-03| accessdate=2007-11-25|quote=The WWF was falling out of the public spot light in the early 1990s as evidenced by declining ratings for their Saturday Night's Main Event shows, which were getting closer to the "hundreds of thousands" territory than to the "tens of millions." First NBC cancelled the shows, and then Fox passed on them, leaving the WWF without network exposure. They tried to supplement that exposure by focusing on the home video market, but that just wasn't bringing in as much money, especially since many of them were priced for rental anyway. So, in 1995, they decided to go back to the one thing that always made them money – pay-per-view. If there were 100,000 people who would buy anything they put out, and they charged $15 a pay-per-view, then that would be.] cite web|first=Kevin|last=Podsiadlik|title=Monday Night Raw: April 24, 1995|publisher=The Other Arena|url= http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1995/raw042495| accessdate=2007-11-18]

The most prominent rivalry heading into the pay-per-view was between then-WWF Champion Diesel (Kevin Nash) and his storyline rival Sycho Sid (Sid Eudy). At the previous pay-per-view, WrestleMania XI, Diesel defeated Shawn Michaels (Michael Hickenbottom) to retain the WWF Championship,cite web|title=WrestleMania XI Results|publisher=WWE|url= http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/history/wm11/results/|accessdate=2007-11-18] and the WWF had planned to promote a rematch between the two for a later date. On "Raw", the WWF's primary television program, the night after WrestleMania XI, however, Michaels told Sycho Sid, his bodyguard, not to show up for the rematch as his services were no longer required. During a promotional interview with Vince McMahon, the WWF Chairman, Sid, in what was a work (a scripted moment made to look real), interrupted and turned on Michaels by lifting him and sitting him on his shoulders before slamming him down to the mat three times, a move dubbed the powerbomb. Diesel eventually came out to help Michaels.cite web|first=Kevin|last= Podsiadlik|title=Monday Night Raw: April 3, 1995|publisher=The Other Arena|url=http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1995/raw040395|accessdate=2007-11-18] Michaels, though, was legitimately injured,cite web|first= Ronnie|last=Sarnecky|title=The Piledriver Report 5.08.06: The History of Vince McMahon’s Wrestling Empire: Part Sixteen|url= http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/40565/The-Piledriver-Report-5.08.06:-The-History-of-Vince-McMahons-Wrestling-Empire:-Part-Sixteen.htm|publisher=411mania.com|date=2006-05-08|accessdate=2007-10-26] and this sidelined him for six weeks, effectively shelving plans for a rematch between Diesel and Michaels.cite web|first=Graham |last=Cawthon|title=WWF 1995 Results|url=http://www.angelfire.com/wrestling/cawthon777/95.htm|publisher=The History of WWE|date=1995-04-03|accessdate=2007-10-25] Diesel was then scheduled to defend his title against Bam Bam Bigelow (Scott Charles Bigelow), a member of the Million Dollar Corporation stable, a villainous group of wrestlers, after a staged confrontation between the two on the April 16, 1995 edition of "Action Zone", a secondary television program for the WWF.cite web|first=Graham|last=Cawthon|title= WWF 1995 Results|url=http://www.angelfire.com/wrestling/cawthon777/95.htm|publisher=The History of WWE|date=1995-04-05| accessdate=2007-10-25] On the same day, on "Wrestling Challenge", another secondary television program, in a segment featuring the Corporation, Bigelow was noticeably snubbed, signaling a turn. It was announced over the weekend of April 16 that Sid and Diesel would face each other at In Your House, where Sid could potentially face Diesel for the WWF Championship, depending on whether he retained or lost his title against Bigelow. On the April 24 edition of "Raw", Sid stated he was unhappy about this stipulation, as it meant that if Bigelow won, Sid would not get a shot at the title. Diesel retained the title when the Corporation turned on Bigelow, with Tatanka (Tatanka) tripping Bigelow as he ran off the ropes. Diesel hit Bigelow in the head with his foot and executed a powerbomb for the win.cite web|title=WWE Raw Results - 1995|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/1995.html|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|accessdate=2007-11-18] After the contest, Bigelow was insulted by Ted DiBiase and attacked by the Corporation. Diesel, who had gone back to the locker room, came to Bigelow's aid. [cite web|title=WrestleMania XI Results - Main Event|publisher=WWE|url= http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/history/wm11/mainevent/|accessdate=2007-11-18|quote=In fact, Bigelow was kicked out of Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Corporation soon after his WrestleMania XI loss.] In Sid's match with Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) on the May 1 episode of "Raw", Diesel approached the ring ready to fight Sid, who, along with the Corporation's manager DiBiase, left the arena abruptly.cite web|first=Graham|last= Cawthon|title=WWF 1995 Results|url=http://www.angelfire.com/wrestling/cawthon777/95.htm|publisher=The History of WWE|date=1995-04-24|accessdate=2007-10-25] cite web|first=Kevin|last=Podsiadlik|title=Monday Night Raw: May 1, 1995|publisher=The Other Arena|url= http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1995/raw050195|accessdate=2007-11-18] The following week on "Raw", DiBiase revealed that he and Sid had been working together for a while, admitting that it was him who told Shawn Michaels to get a bodyguard.cite web|first=Kevin|last=Podsiadlik|title=Monday Night Raw: May 8, 1995|publisher=The Other Arena|url= http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1995/raw050895| accessdate=2007-11-18]

Prior to the event, a feud also began to develop between Bret Hart and Hakushi (Jinsei Shinzaki). After Hart won the "WWF Magazine" "Award of the People" on the February 20, 1995 episode of "Raw", Jerry Lawler made mention of the award, stating the votes made by Japanese people were excluded and that Hart was a racist.cite web|first=Graham|last=Cawthon|title=WWF 1995 Results|url= http://www.angelfire.com/wrestling/cawthon777/95.htm|publisher=The History of WWE|date=1995-02-20|accessdate=2007-10-25|quote= featured footage from WWF Superstars in which Bret Hart won the WWF Magazine "Award of the People" and was awarded the distinction from the publisher and a fan by the name of Amy Stuart; moments later, during the opening of the King's Court, Jerry Lawler made mention of Hart's award and said he only won because WWF Magazine excluded the votes from the Japanese fans and that Hart is a racist] Lawler persuaded Hakushi that Hart was a racist, and on the March 25 episode of "Superstars of Wrestling", Hakushi attacked Bret after he received a separate award from the Japanese media.cite web|first=Graham| last=Cawthon|title=WWF 1995 Results|url= http://www.angelfire.com/wrestling/cawthon777/95.htm|publisher=The History of WWE|date=1995-02-21|accessdate=2007-10-25] On the April 10 episode of "Raw", Bret teamed up with the 1-2-3 Kid and Bob Holly to take on Hakushi and the WWF Tag Team Champions, Owen Hart and Yokozuna (Rodney Anoa'i). Bret's team won the match as Holly pinned Owen.cite web| first=Kevin|last=Podsiadlik|title=Monday Night Raw: April 10, 1995|publisher=The Other Arena|url= http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1995/raw041095|accessdate =2007-11-18] It was announced on the April 23 edition of "Wrestling Challenge" that Bret would face Hakushi at In Your House. On the same day, on "Action Zone", Bret teamed with Razor Ramon to take on WWF Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett (accompanied by The Roadie [The Roadie] ) and Hakushi. Bret and Ramon won the match, with Ramon pinning Jarrett. Hart's feud with Lawler dated back to King of the Ring 1993. [cite web|title=Jerry Lawler|publisher=SLAM! Wrestling|url= http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/lawler.html|accessdate=2007-11-06] On the May 1 edition of "Raw", Bret offered to face Lawler at In Your House after his scheduled match with Hakushi. Bret announced that he was dedicating his match with Lawler at In Your House to his mother, as the pay-per-view was going to take place on Mother's Day. Lawler also announced on the May 8 edition of "Raw" that his mother was going to be at ringside for their encounter.

The most prominent rivalry on the undercard written into the pay-per-view was for the WWF Intercontinental Championship. The feud took place between Razor Ramon, the 1-2-3 Kid, the Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett, and his personal enforcer, The Roadie. Ramon and Jarrett faced each other at WrestleMania XI, but Jarrett was disqualified.cite web|first=Graham|last=Cawthon|title =WWF 1995 Results|url= http://www.angelfire.com/wrestling/cawthon777/95.htm|publisher=The History of WWE|date=1995-04-02| accessdate=2007-10-25] Jarrett faced Aldo Montoya (Peter Polaco) on the April 8 episode of "Superstars of Wrestling" in a non-title bout, where Jarrett accidentally pinned himself (he never lifted his shoulder off the ground after being slammed to the mat by Montoya). Jarrett was initially announced the winner, but Montoya was later declared the winner.cite web|first=Graham|last=Cawthon|title=WWF 1995 Results|url= http://www.angelfire.com/wrestling/cawthon777/95.htm|publisher=The History of WWE|date=1995-04-04|accessdate=2007-10-25] Jarrett and Montoya faced each other again two weeks later, on the April 22 episode of "Superstars of Wrestling". During the match, Razor Ramon came to ringside and chased The Roadie backstage. Despite this, Jarrett managed to gain the victory, making Montoya submit to the figure four leglock. It was announced the next day on "Wrestling Challenge" that Ramon would team up with the 1-2-3 Kid to take on Jarrett and The Roadie at In Your House. The 1-2-3 Kid suffered a legitimate neck injury, however, and it was announced on the May 1 episode of "Raw" that he was unable to participate in the match. This changed the In Your House match to a Handicap match, a match where one wrestler faces a combination of two or more wrestlers, as Ramon would face both Jarrett and The Roadie by himself.

The other main rivalry on the undercard was for the WWF Tag Team Championship between the team of Owen Hart and Yokozuna and The Smoking Gunns (Billy [Monty Sopp] and Bart [Mike Plotcheck] ). The Smoking Gunns dropped their WWF Tag Team Championship to Hart and Yokozuna at WrestleMania XI, the previous pay-per-view event.cite web|title=Owen Hart & Yokozuna's first reign|publisher=WWE|url= http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/30445413212114|accessdate=2007-11-24] Their rivalry was reignited on the April 23 episode of "Action Zone", when the Blu Brothers (Don and Ron Harris) faced the New Headshrinkers (Sione Vailahi and Solofa Fatu). Hart and Yokozuna, in a worked storyline, interfered in the contest, attacking the New Headshrinkers, signaling a disqualification. The Smoking Gunns ran to the ring, attacking Hart and Yokozuna. The Headshrinkers posed with Hart and Yokozuna's tag belts and celebrated with the Smoking Gunns. The following night, on "Raw", it was announced The Smoking Gunns would get a rematch for the WWF Tag Team Championship at the In Your House pay-per-view. They made their intentions of winning the title clear by quickly defeating Barry Horowitz and the Brooklyn Brawler (Steve Lombardi). In their last encounter before the event, Bart defeated Hart via pinfall on the May 8 edition of "Raw".

Event

Before the event went live on pay-per-view, Jean-Pierre Lafitte (Carl Ouellet) defeated Bob Holly in a standard dark match, a non televised match.cite web|first=Dan|last=Clarke|title=Bob Holly: How Do You Like Him Now|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/columns/misc/danclark01.html|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|date= 2005-09-01|accessdate=2007-11-24|quote=It was becoming a screwy year for Holly. His next Pay-Per-View appearance was to job for Jean Pierre Laffite at In Your House #1 on a dark match.] Throughout the night, the WWF ran a competition to win a house in Orlando, Florida. Todd Pettengill and Stephanie Wiand showed footage of the home and later hand-picked one of the entries. They phoned Matt Pompacilli of Henderson, Nevada and told him that he and his family had won the vacant home. The home was officially presented to Pompacilli on the May 22 episode of "Raw".cite web|first=Graham |last=Cawthon|title=WWF 1995 Results|url=http://www.angelfire.com/wrestling/cawthon777/95.htm|publisher=The History of WWE|date=1995-05-15|accessdate=2007-10-25]

Preliminary matches

The first match that aired was a standard match between Bret Hart and Hakushi (managed by Shinja nw| [Akio Sato (wrestler)nw|] . Bret announced before the contest that he was dedicating his performances to his mother because it was Mother's Day. Jerry Lawler, who faced Bret later in the pay-per-view, watched the match backstage on a monitor. Bret won the contest,cite web|title=WWF In Your House 1 Results|url=http://www.hoffco-inc.com/wwe/ppv/ppv/iyh01.html|publisher=CompleteWWE.com|accessdate=2007-10-26] when he rolled Hakushi onto his shoulders to gain a pinfall and end Hakushi's six month long undefeated streak.cite web|first=Graham|last=Cawthon| title=WWF 1995 Results|url= http://www.angelfire.com/wrestling/cawthon777/95.htm|publisher=The History of WWE|date=1995-05-14|accessdate=2007-10-25] [cite video|people=Bret Hart|title=Bret "Hit Man" Hart: The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be|medium=DVD|publisher=WWE Home Video|location=Stamford, Connecticut|date=2005] As Hart jumped to the arena floor after the contest, he appeared to legitimately injure his knee. A 2-on-1 Handicap match was next as Razor Ramon faced Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett and The Roadie. During the match, Jarrett went to perform the figure four leglock submission hold, but Ramon blocked the maneuver, sending Jarrett to collide with his partner. Ramon performed his "Razor's Edge" finishing move, a variation of the powerbomb, and pinned Jarrett for the victory. After the contest, Ramon tried to perform the "Razor's Edge" on The Roadie, but Jarrett attacked him and applied the figure four leglock. Aldo Montoya went to ringside and attempted to help Ramon, but Jarrett and The Roadie threw him to the arena floor. An "unknown man" ran to the ring and attacked both Jarrett and The Roadie, and several people escorted the "unknown man" backstage. Later in the pay-per-view, Ramon introduced the "unknown man" as Savio Vega during an interview in the "WWF Hotline Room", a fictitious interview room for the WWF. A qualifying match for the 1995 King of the Ring tournament took place next as Mabel (Nelson Frazier, Jr.) faced Adam Bomb (Bryan Clark) in a standard match. The contest was one-sided and ended in two minutes when Mabel pinned Bomb after he fell down on Bomb while slamming him down to the mat. Mabel advanced to the next round of the tournament, beginning a push for the superstar, or being exposed to more opportunities.

Main event matches

Next, Jerry Lawler went to the ring to give a promotional interview before his scheduled match with Bret Hart, declaring that he wanted his match with Bret to take place despite Bret's injury. Lawler was then sent backstage by Tony Garea (Anthony Garcia) and Rene Goulet (Robert Bedard), and Bret was shown icing down his knee. Next was a tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship match, where the team of Owen Hart and Yokozuna (managed by Jim Cornette and Mr. Fuji nw| [Harry Fujiwaranw|] ) defended their titles against The Smoking Gunns (Bart and Billy Gunn). Owen pinned Bart for the victory after Yokozuna dropped his legs onto Bart's chest, therefore retaining the championship. Before his standard bout with Bret Hart, Lawler introduced his mother, who was actually an actress playing the part of his mother, and wished her a happy Mother's Day. Moments before the contest, Hart revealed that his knee injury was fake. During the contest, referee Earl Hebner became tied upside down in the ropes after being distracted by Shinja. While Hebner was tied upside down, Hakushi interfered and dove onto Hart, hitting him with his head. Lawler won the match when he rolled Hart onto his shoulders for the pinfall.

The pay-per-view's main event was a standard match for the WWF Championship, where the champion Diesel defended the title against Sycho Sid (managed by Ted DiBiase). Late in the contest, Diesel performed a powerbomb on Sid and went for the pinfall. Tatanka came out and attacked Diesel, which resulted in Diesel retaining the championship via disqualification. Tatanka, along with DiBiase, attacked Diesel. Sid attempted to perform a powerbomb, but Bam Bam Bigelow ran to the ring, forcing the villains to go to the outside. This led to a standard dark match between Bigelow and Tatanka, which Bigelow won after performing a a variation of a powerbomb. The second dark match of the night was between The Undertaker and Kama (Charles Wright (wrestler)) in a standard match, which The Undertaker won after lifting Kama upside down and kneeling to drop his head to the mat. The third and final dark match was a qualifier for the King of the Ring tournament between Davey Boy Smith and Owen Hart (managed by Jim Cornette). Unlike the other two standard dark matches, this was taped for the June 6 episode of "Raw". The match went to a fifteen-minute time-limit draw.

Aftermath

The pay-per-view garnered 332,000 buys, which is equivalent to a 0.83 buyrate, a large number that generally surprised many pay-per-view providers.cite web|first=Umstead R.|last=Thomas|title= WWF's 'House' surprises, Holyfield fight disappoints|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4895/is_199505/ai_n17992971| publisher=Multichannel News|date=May 1995|accessdate= 2007-11-24] It had more buys than all the other In Your House pay-per-views, with receiving the second highest buyrate of 324,000 buys.

At the following pay-per-view, King of the Ring, Diesel teamed up with Bam Bam Bigelow to defeat Sycho Sid and Tatanka.cite web|title=King of the Ring 1995 results|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/wweppv/kingofthering95.html|publisher=Online World of Wrestling| accessdate=2007-10-26] Sid faced Diesel in a rematch for the WWF Championship at pay-per-view in a Lumberjack match, a standard match where the ring is surrounded by a number of wrestlers that are allowed to interfere in the match. Diesel retained the title after hitting Bigelow with his boot.cite web |title=In Your House 2 results| url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/wweppv/inyourhouse2.html|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|accessdate= 2007-11-23] Mabel's push culminated in him winning the King of the Ring tournament by defeating Savio Vega in the finals. With this, Mabel went on to face Diesel at SummerSlam for the WWF Championship, where Diesel retained the title. [cite web|title=SummerSlam 1995 Results - Main Event|publisher= WWE|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/summerslam07/history/1995/mainevent/|accessdate=2007-11-18] The rivalry between Bret Hart and Jerry Lawler also continued into King of the Ring, with the two facing each other at the event in a "Kiss My Foot" match. Hart won the match despite outside interference from Hakushi, making Lawler submit to the Sharpshooter hold. After the match, Hart forced Lawler to kiss his feet.

Results

References

External links

* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/wweppv/inyourhouse1.html Results at Online World of Wrestling]
* [http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/iyh.html Results at prowrestlinghistory.com]