Mr. In Your House
It’s not like he shouldn’t have another nickname.
So a few years ago, Mick Foley did a stand-up comedy special for the Network where he jokingly said that he was Mr. In Your House. Since a few years had passed, that popped into my head and I started to wonder who that would be. As it turns out, this isn’t really up for debate and, again, it’s another item on someone’s long list of incredible accomplishments.
As you might have guessed, it’s Shawn Michaels, by a pretty wide margin. Think about what he did at that show alone.
In Your House II – Jeff Jarrett. Great match.
In Your House VII – Diesel. One of the best brawls ever in the WWF.
In Your House X – Mankind. Instant classic, still praised today.
In Your House XVII – Undertaker. Incredible brawl that felt like it was a war.
In Your House XVIII – Undertaker. Inside the Cell, absolute masterpiece.
That’s a rather nice DVD on its own and you could add a few more matches to the list. Maybe Foley is up there with him, but for overall match quality it’s pretty easily Shawn’s show, again, which tends to be the case more often than not.
In terms of match quality I don’t think anybody touches him, he could do it all, heel/face, fighting giants, fighting ‘smaller’ wrestlers. Telling stories and was one of the very few who had the ability to be the main talking point even if he didn’t win the match.
Maybe just maybe flair and Bret could come close??