In Your Home 2 (retroactively titled In Your Home 2: The Lumberjacks ) is a professional wrestling-wrestling (PPV) wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF)). This is the second pay-per-view of the In Your House series. It happened on July 23, 1995, at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
Pay-per-view consists of six professional wrestling matches, while the other three games are only shown to the audience directly in the arena. In the main event, WWF World Champion Diesel beat Sid in a Lumberjack game. In the undercard, Shawn Michaels defeated Jeff Jarrett for Intercontinental Championship and The Roadie beat 1-2-3 Kid. Both Jarrett and Roadie legit stopped from WWF the next day.
Pay-per-view receives a 0.7 buyrate, equivalent to about 280,000 purchases.
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Storylines
The most prominent hostility towards pay-per-view was between then-WWF Champion Diesel and Sid. At WrestleMania XI, Diesel has defended the championship against his former counterpart, Shawn Michaels, partly because of a distraction by Michaels Sid's boomerang bodyguard. When Michaels says that for a potential rematch, he will give Sid a night off, he is attacked by his bodyguards and ultimately saved by Diesel. This changed Michaels, who had been heeled for over three years, became the face and arranged the title match between Diesel and Sid, now a member of Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Corporation. In your first In-House pay display. Diesel successfully defended the WWF World Championships, when a nuisance by fellow Tatanka Corporate members resulted in Sid being disqualified. At the King of the Ring in late June, Sid and Tantanka were defeated by Diesel and Bam Bam Bigelow in a tag team match. The re-battle between Diesel and Sid is scheduled for a second paycheck in your House in the form of a Lumberjack match. In the following weeks, the two rivals pick fourteen loggers, who will surround the ring during the game.
On the first paycheck at Your House, Razor Ramon and 1-2-3 Kid have been scheduled against the Inter Wontinental InterWelcome Jeff Jarrett and Roadie, but because Kid can not wrestle because Kid (legit) neck injury, the match is converted into a Handicap match, which was won by Ramon. After the match, an unknown man, later revealed as Savio Vega, attacked Jarrett and The Roadie before being escorted backstage. During the match between Vega and Jarrett at Raw, Roadie encouraged Vega to be guest commentator Shawn Michaels, who in turn pushed Roadie away and then attacked Roadie and Jarrett. At the same time, Jarrett also focuses on his musical career. On July 1, 1995 Superstars of Wrestling episode, Jarrett's music video, "With My Baby Tonight", aired for the first time. The music video was played again at the upcoming WWF event during July 1995.
In the King of the Ring, Mabel, one-half of the Men on a Mission tag team, won the eponymous tournament, beating Savio Vega in the finals. After the match Mabel and his partner Mo attacked Razor Ramon, who was in ringside supporting Vega during the game. The 1-2-3 boy also returns and tries to help Ramon, but Men on a Mission is in the wind. The attack on Ramon injured his ribs after suffering an injury on June 9, 1995. The attack led to a tag team match in your second In House payout, with Ramon and Vega teaming up to take the Man on Mission.
At Wrestlemania XI, Owen Hart and Yokozuna have joined forces to win the WWF Team Tag Championship from Gunn Smoking. The Allied Powers, which consists of Lex Luger and The British Bulldog, appears to be a clear contender. Luger fought with Yokozuna over the WWF World Championships between 1993 and 1994, while the Bulldog had supported his brother-in-law, Bret Hart, in a conspiracy against Bret's brother Owen. At Wrestlemania XI, Allied Powers proved themselves by beating Blu Brothers and being named titles on this show.
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Event
Dark match
Before the show was aired on pay-per-view, Skip, who was accompanied by a ring by his valet Sunny, defeated Aldo Montoya in a dark game.
Initial match
Pay-per-view starts with a Singles match between Roadie and 1-2-3 Kid. 1-2-3 Kid shocks Roadie with an attack outside the ring and has an early advantage, but Roadie immediately takes control, does the clothesline, grounded Kid. At some points during the game, Jeff Jarrett was shown preparing for his performance "With My Baby Tonight" in the locker room, ignoring Roadie's performances. At the end of the game, Kid missed a free kick from the second rope. Roadie uses ax and piledriver from the top rope, allowing him to pinch the Kid.
In the second pay-per-view match, Men on a Mission (King Mabel and Sir Mo) faces Razor Ramon and Savio Vega. Mabel and Mo were up in the wind for most of the game, with Mabel dominating Vega. Vega finally manages to tag Ramon, who controls and disables Mabel from the top rope. The benefits for Ramon and Vega were short-lived, when Mabel made an avalanche at Ramon around the corner, followed by an excited belly to gain victory.
After the second match, WWF Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett made his live singing debut, performing the song "With My Baby Tonight". In particular, Jarrett's personal enforcer, remained invisible during the show.
Next, Bam Bam Bigelow confronts Henry O. Godwinn. After several close falls from Bigelow and Godwinn, Godwinn missed a knee drop from the second rope. Bigelow leverage by rolling Godwinn to win. The end was hasty, unplanned, because Godwinn suffered a legitimate injury during a missed knee decline.
In the following game, Jeff Jarrett (accompanied by Roadie) defends his Intercontinental Championship against Shawn Michaels. The match first advanced and backed off, with Michaels and Jarrett taking control for a certain period. The first highspot occurred when Jarrett tilted Michaels past the top rope to the floor of the arena. Throughout the game, Roadie distracts the referee, allowing Jarrett to do illegal tactics to make a profit. Michaels managed to escape from sleep a few minutes later, getting his upper hand in the process. After several highspot moves by Michaels, The Roadie shook the ropes, while Michaels was on the top ropes, which grounded Michaels in the process. Jarrett attempted to regain the advantage by doing four leglocks, but Michaels reversed the hold to a near-fall. Jarrett leaves for surrender again, but Michaels pushes him to the referee, sending officials to the ground. Michaels tried to take advantage with Superkick, but Roadie grabbed Michaels. Jarrett did the Crossbody, approaching autumn in the process. The settlement occurred when Roadie accidentally tripped over Jarrett. Jarrett returns just walking into Michaels's Superkick. Michaels pinned him and became Intercontinental Champion. It was revealed later on the show that Jarrett and The Roadie were involved in a backstage confrontation with each other, signaling the end of friendship on their screen.
Furthermore, Owen Hart and Yokozuna, accompanied by Jim Cornette and Mr. Fuji, defend their WWF Tag Team Championship against Allied Powers (Lex Luger and The British Bulldog). The challengers got the advantage early on, with Luger putting out Yokozuna by crushing Yokozuna's head into a top turnbuckle. Yokozuna accidentally fell to Hart's feet, sparking a confrontation between the tag team partners. After a few minutes both of them settled their differences, the challengers retained the lead for most of the match. Done came after Allied Powers doubled the team at Yokozuna. Following the back back, the referee ordered the Bulldog, who was not a legal person, out of the ring. Hart hit Luger who interrupted with the double ax grip of the top rope, allowing Yokozuna to pin Luger with a drop of foot.
Main events
This was followed by a co-major event which was a Casket match between The Undertaker (accompanied by manager Paul Bearer) and Kama (accompanied by Ted DiBiase). Kama attempted to make the finishing of The Undertaker, Tombstone Piledriver, but The Undertaker turned it around, choking Kama. The Undertaker then boots over to Kama, who sends him to the coffin, which means The Undertaker wins the game.
In the main event, Diesel defended the WWF World Championships in the Lumberjack game. After the first few minutes of action, which includes every wrestler attacked by the opponent's woodcutter, Diesel makes a suicide dive on a rope to all Sid tree loggers. The champion continues to attack the Sid tree cutter, but the King Mabel intervenes, throwing Diesel to the steel ladder. Sid is trying to take advantage of it by doing his finishing step, Powerbomb. Instead of pinning his opponent, Sid rides his handler outside, giving Diesel time to recover and kick two counts. After trying the second Powerbomb by Sid reciprocated, the match spilled out of the ring: Sid broke into a fight with a Diesel cutter. Shawn Michaels, one of the Diesel fellers hit Sid with a double ax grip from the top rope. Some Sid loggers, including Tatanka and Irwin R. Schyster, attacked Diesel, who fought them. Diesel did a great boot, pinning Sid to defend the WWF Championship. Diesel celebrates with his tree cutter after the game ends.
Dark match
There is one more game in the arena after the pay-per-view show goes from the air. It was then part of the video In Your House 2 released by Coliseum Video: Bret Hart wrestled with Jean-Pierre Lafitte. Lafitte held the reins for most of the game, but Hart earned a near-end advantage as Lafitte missed a diving crossbody. Hart capitalized, pinning Lafitte through rolling.
Aftermath
Once In Your Home 2, Diesel and Sid move into new hostilities. Diesel entered the program with the King of the Ring winner, Mabel, who received encouragement at the time. Both face WWF Championships at SummerSlam; Diesel defended the title, pinning Mabel after the second rope line. The feud set to take shape after In Your House 2 between Jeff Jarrett and Roadie never started, as both came out of the WWF, with Jarrett leaving for "personal reasons". Jarrett took a leave of absence until December 1995, while Roadie returned in late 1996. The storyline was then written so that later it would be revealed that Jarrett lip-synced to The Roadie, which would start a feud between the two.
Reception
Pay-per-view generates 280,000 purchases, which is equivalent to 0.7 buyrate. Buyrate down from your In House Inauguration, which attracted 332,000 purchases. Buyrate is slightly better than the pay-per-view King of the Ring, which aired the previous month and attracted 260,000 purchases, equivalent to 0.65 buyrate.
Results
References
External links
- Results in World of Wrestling Online
- Results in Pro Wrestling History
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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