In Your House

[tiger_rick]

12 hours ago, SuperBacon said:

I assume this is all about the short lived "heel JR" gimmick as he's just thrown a mic at Vince and sodded off. Whatever it is, it's bloody awful.

That JR "heel" promo, that the crowd fucking love, is so good. That it sets up the debut of a fake Razor Ramon is one of wrestling's biggest dichotomy's. 

[SuperBacon]

OK, actually put on IYH 6 this time @The Gaffer you are right, it looks dreadful!

I can't remember if I've ever seen Yokozuna cut a promo (I must've done) but that was pretty good.

Bulldog being given a jobbers entrance, sad for old Davey. His tights are awful as well.

[davertfnewman]

It's definitely an event where you get the feeling the party is ending. Lots of guys who wouldn't be around much longer.

Davey's tights, sans frills, look like they're from the same design of those workout singlets guys were wearing at the time.

[gmoney]

Doesn't that have the crybaby match on it which helped push Razor into deciding to fuck off? 

[The Gaffer]

31 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

OK, actually put on IYH 6 this time @The Gaffer you are right, it looks dreadful!

Aha, that's the one!

11 looks fine but the JR angle absolutely pisses all over what should be a neat little historical first PPV encounter between Austin and Triple H in one of those dull men's 'fundamentally sound, no flashy shit' matches that I really like. 

[SuperBacon]

16 minutes ago, gmoney said:

Doesn't that have the crybaby match on it which helped push Razor into deciding to fuck off? 

Indeed. 

Seeing Kid do his karate poses 'blind' was fun though. He looked ridiculous. 

[wandshogun09]

22 minutes ago, gmoney said:

Doesn't that have the crybaby match on it which helped push Razor into deciding to fuck off? 

And the Diesel vs Bret cage match which Nash says led to him making the decision to leave as well, because Bret didn’t wanna take the Jackknife and appear to be a beaten man before Taker interfered or some shite.

I watched a clip of Nash on his podcast the other day where he was on about how him and Hall left. Think he said him and Hall’s WWF contracts were up within six days of each other, which is mad to think about really. Nash himself said that if it wasn’t for that, them both being free to go to WCW within a week of each other, the Outsiders couldn’t have been a thing and who knows how that would’ve effected everything else. Just one of those coincidental things that would’ve seemed insignificant at the time that they signed those WWF contracts in 93/94 or whenever, but became a massive piece of the puzzle in 96. 

Edited August 15, 2025 by wandshogun09

[davertfnewman]

The Kid was off to join them as well as Ted Dibiase. Tatanka was brought back to do some jobs and was soon done. Yoko was pretty much sacrificed to get Vader over, while battling with his weight. Bret himself was about to take a sabbatical.

[SuperBacon]

I'll be honest, as someone who has never liked Diesel, I cannot wait for him to sod off. He's the main focus of pretty much every IYH until he leaves. It seems like it's his show.

Him choking Hebner at 7 was fantastic though. Should've done it for longer in my opinion. Very decent match as well, but wrestlers putting on belts/holding them up when they're not the champ is such small dick energy.

[gmoney]

7 has one of the all-time worst segments on a PPV, the Warrior vs Goldust 'match'. Put me off cigars for life. 

[SuperBacon]

13 minutes ago, gmoney said:

7 has one of the all-time worst segments on a PPV, the Warrior vs Goldust 'match'. Put me off cigars for life. 

I've always wondered if Marlenas cigars were real. I assume they are.

[air_raid]

4 hours ago, wandshogun09 said:

And the Diesel vs Bret cage match which Nash says led to him making the decision to leave as well, because Bret didn’t wanna take the Jackknife and appear to be a beaten man before Taker interfered or some shite.

Bret couldn’t get his head round two finishes in consecutive PPVs where he’d have lost the title because he took either man’s finish but the other interfered, when he was meant to be champion. Shawn says Kev’s exact words when Bret asked to change the finish was “Motherfucker, not everything is about you!” Personally, I take Bret’s side. The whole promotion from Survivors onwards was about making it all about HBK and making Bret look a lame duck.

The Crybaby match is one of the reasons I considered Kid for the “disappointing heel run” thread. Turned heel on the Intercontinental champion, a major babyface player. Was supposed to be tag champions again before Sid lay down for Bob Holly in New Haven then decided to just go home, covered in talc a month later, wrestling his last matches in the WWF two month after that. Unbelievable downturn.

[davertfnewman]

I think it's actually Nash who attributes those words to Undertaker. Nevertheless, they're still wrong.

[air_raid]

16 hours ago, davertfnewman said:

I think it's actually Nash who attributes those words to Undertaker. Nevertheless, they're still wrong.

You’re right.

[wordsfromlee]

I think my favourite bit of watching these In Your House shows is the bit where Todd Pettengill advertises the merch. I'd kill for some of it.