In Your House #21: Unforgiven: It’s Getting Hot In Here
Unforgiven: In Your House #21
Date: April 26, 1998
Location: Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina
Attendance: 21,427
Commentators: Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler
The opening video focuses on Undertaker vs. Kane which is the bigger story coming into this show.
Nation of Domination vs. Faarooq/Ken Shamrock/Steve Blackman
Henry comes back in and drops some elbows for a somewhat delayed two count, allowing Faarooq to pound away and make a tag off to Blackman. Henry runs Steve over but takes his time covering again. Back to Brown for a middle rope elbow and a standing one to the jaw for two. Rock comes in and stomps away in the corner while talking a lot of trash.
European Title: Owen Hart vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley
HHH gets his leg caught in the ropes for a bit as Owen goes over to look at Chyna. That gets boring though so Hart DDTs HHH and puts on the Sharpshooter. The cage is lowered though and Chyna gets to the ground so Owen breaks the hold. Slaughter holds Chyna back as X-Pac (new DX member) comes in to blast Owen with a fire extinguisher to keep the title on HHH.
Post match Owen says enough is enough, which meant a heel turn for him.
NWA World Tag Team Titles: Rock N Roll Express vs. New Midnight Express
Sable vs. Luna Vachon
Tag Titles: New Age Outlaws vs. LOD 2000
Lawler gets out some marshmallows and hot dogs to roast during the inferno match.
Kane vs. Undertaker
With little else to do to each other in the ring, Undertaker throws Kane over the top rope and over the flames. Kane tries to walk out so Bearer bullies the guy in charge of the flames into turning them up even higher. Before Kane can get away though, Vader returns to fight Kane back to ringside. Undertaker dives over the top rope to take them both out in a great visual.
WWF World Title: Steve Austin vs. Dude Love
Dude jumps Austin from behind but Austin pounds away on him in the corner to take over. An elbow sends Dude to the floor before a Thesz Press takes Love down back inside. Austin hits a snapless spinebuster and an elbow drop for two before having to chase Dude up the aisle. They head back to the music stage with Austin slamming Foley down and hiptossing him off the stage and down onto the floor in a big crash.
Back and ringside and a clothesline puts Love down again before they get back in the ring. Love avoids a running hip attack to the ropes and bulldogs Austin down for two. Steve explodes out of the corner with a clothesline but Dude gets in a shot to the ribs to put him down again. Dude puts on a bodyscissors with a choke as Vince and the Stooges come out to watch. Austin fights out of the hold with a bunch of elbows to the face but stops to look at Vince, giving Dude a rollup for two.
Steve wraps both legs around the post and does the same to the arm for good measure. They head back to the floor with Love backdropping out of a piledriver attempt on the concrete. Austin is sent into the barricade so Vince can go laugh at him like the evil monster he is. Steve gets up but Dude saves his boss from probably death. Dude knocks Austin off the apron and Vince tells Austin to be a man and get back in.
A long stretcher job by Vince ends the show.
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