In Your House 9: International Incident

In Your House 9: International Incident

Promotional poster featuring The British Bulldog and Shawn Michaels
Information
Promotion World Wrestling Federation
Date July 21, 1996[1]
Attendance 14,804[1]
Venue General Motors Place[1]
City Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[1]
Pay-per-view chronology

King of the Ring (1996) In Your House 9: International Incident SummerSlam (1996)
In Your House chronology

In Your House 8: Beware of Dog In Your House 9: International Incident In Your House 10: Mind Games

In Your House 9: International Incident was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), that took place on July 21, 1996, at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was the ninth pay-per-view of the In Your House series. The main event of the show was a Six-man tag team match between the trio referred to as The People's Posse (WWF Champion Shawn Michaels, Sycho Sid, and WWF Intercontinental Champion Ahmed Johnson) against "Camp Cornette" (Vader, Owen Hart, and The British Bulldog). The PPV itself featured four additional matches and one match on the Free For All pre-show portion. With the launch of the WWE Network in 2014 this show became available on demand, except for the Free For All match.

Background

In Your House 9: International Incident featured professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that were played out on Monday Night Raw and other World Wrestling Federation's television programs. Wrestlers portrayed a heel (wrestling term for guys who portray the "bad guys" or a face (the "Good guy") as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated into a wrestling match or series of matches.[2]

The show was originally supposed to have The Ultimate Warrior team up with Shawn Michaels and Ahmed Johnson against the heel trio of Vader, Owen Hart, and The British Bulldog but in the weeks prior to the show the Ultimate Warrior and the WWF had a disagreement over booking and the Warrior left the company. The WWF brought Sycho Sid back after several months absence, turning his character face as he saved Michaels and Johnson from a three-on-two attack during an episode of Monday Night Raw. Leading up to the show manager Jim Cornette bragged that he was so sure of his team being victorious that he would give everyone who bought the Pay Per View their money back of they lost.[3]

Event

Mankind was originally scheduled to face Jake Roberts in the second match of the PPV but Roberts had to be replaced with Henry O. Godwinn on the night of the show. During the match commentator Jerry Lawler made several jokes at Jake Roberts' expense, stating that Roberts had fallen off the wagon, began drinking etc. referencing Roberts' troubled past that he had freely talked about after returning to the WWF. The commentary was meant to build tension between Roberts and Lawler for a future match, not a comment of Roberts' sobriety at the time.[3] During a subsequent bout between The Undertaker and Goldust, Mankind revealed that he had not gone to the back after his win over Henry Godwinn, but instead climbed under the ring while the arena was dark. During the match he emerged through the floor of the ring, grabbed the Undertaker by the foot and then drug him down under the ring with him. This led to a disqualification victory for the Undertaker after the interference. Later on, as Mankind was back in the ring, the Undertaker emerged through another hole in the floor and attacked Mankind. The two brawled all the way to the back of the arena, into the building's boiler room.[1][3][4] The main event saw the Camp Cornette team victorious as Vader pinned Shawn Michaels following interference from Jim Cornette himself.[1][3][4]

Aftermath

Shawn Michaels successfully defended the WWF Championship against Vader in the main event of the 1996 SummerSlam event just one month later.[3][5] At the same event Mankind defeated the Undertaker in a Boiler Room Brawl when the Undertaker's manager Paul Bearer sided with Mankind.[3][5]

Results

No. Results Stipulations Times
1F Justin Bradshaw defeated Savio Vega Singles match 04:44[1][3][4]
2 The Bodydonnas (Skip and Zip) defeated The Smoking Gunns (Billy and Bart Gunn) Tag team match 13:05[1][3][4]
3 Mankind defeated Henry O. Godwinn Singles match 06:54[1][3][4]
4 Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated Marc Mero (with Sable) Singles match 10:48[1][3][4]
5 The Undertaker defeated Goldust by disqualification Singles match 12:07[1][3][4]
6 Camp Cornette (Vader, Owen Hart, and The British Bulldog) (with Jim Cornette) defeated The People's Posse (Shawn Michaels, Sycho Sid, and Ahmed Johnson) (with Jose Lothario) Six-man tag team match 24:32[1][3][4]
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • F – indicates the match was broadcast prior to the pay-per-view on Free for All

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 Martin, Finn (1996-09-15). "Power Slam Magazine, issue 26". International Incident (In Your House 9) (SW Publishing). pp. 24–25.
  2. ↑ "Live & Televised Entertainment of World Wrestling Entertainment". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 Cawthorn, Graham (2013). the History of Professional Wrestling: WWF 1990 - 1999. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ASIN B00RWUNSRS.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 "Historical Cards: In Your House 9 (July 1, 1996. Vancouver, British Columbia)". PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanac and book of facts (Kappa Publications). p. 151. 2007 Edition.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Historical Cards: SummerSlam (July 1, 1996. Vancouver, British Columbia)". PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanac and book of facts (Kappa Publications). p. 151. 2007 Edition.