Diesel defends the WWE Championship against "Sycho" Sid Vicious in a Lumberjack Match. Shawn Michaels has his eyes set on the WWE Intercontinental Championship as he battles hometown boy "Double J" Jeff Jarrett. Bam Bam Bigelow faces Henry O. Godwinn. Men on a Mission battle Razor Ramon & Savio Vega in tag team action and much more!
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1st Match: 1-2-3 Kid vs The Roadie. A really good match to start the show. Good back and forth action, and Roadie winning was a surprise. That piledriver from the second rope was pretty cool, too. Rating: 3.5/5 2nd Match: Men on a Mission vs Savio Vega and Razor Ramon. With Mabel still being pushed, it's kind of obvious he would win this. Just a stepping stone on his way to his match with Diesel at Summerslam, unimpressive, but still necessary. Rating: 2.5/5 3rd Match: Bam Bam Bigelow vs Henry Godwinn. I saw this match two days ago and completely forgot about it. It's only 5 minutes, and there's nothing really wrong with it, I just blocked it out for some reason. Rating: 2.5/5 4th Match: Shawn Michaels vs Jeff Jarrett, WWF Intercontinental Championship. This match is great, even with the interference this is a serious contender for Match of the Year. Great back and forth action, Michaels is on fire, and Jarrett does a great job of making the crowd hate his guts. I'm so glad this didn't end in a DQ or a count-out, easily the match of the night. Rating: 4.5/5 5th Match: Owen Hart and Yokozuna vs The Allied Powers, WWF Tag Team Championships. The match is OK, no real story going into it, but it's short and everyone gets some action. Rating: 3/5 6th Match: Diesel vs Sid Vicious, Lumberjack match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. Again, kind of obvious that Diesel would win this, I mean he's already beaten Sid like 3 times before this. The match is short, but there's some good action and it's cool to see HHH in his first WWE PPV appearance. Rating: 3/5 Final Rating: 6 out of 10. An OK show, but leaps and bounds about WCW's PPV before it. The show's only 2 hours also, so it's a quick watch. If anything, watch it for Shawn's match.
Live from Nashville, TNAttendance: 6,482Your hosts are Vince McMahon & Jerry LawlerThe 1-2-3 Kid Vs The RoadieThe Roadie wins with a piledriver from the second turnbuckle. This match was actually pretty decent. It started off a bit sloppy, but they managed to redeem themselves and produce a decent match. The Roadie's piledriver finish at the end was pretty cool too. **1/2King Mabel & Sir Mo Vs Razor Ramon & Savio VegaMabel and Mo win after Mabel pins Razor with a belly to belly suplex. This is a decent match, but I hated that Mabel got the win here. Mabel shouldn't have gotten the push that he did. There were more deserving people. **1/4Jeff Jarrett sings a song called "With My Baby Tonight. The real singer is actually The Roadie. It's a pretty catchy tune, believe it or not.Bam Bam Bigelow Vs Henry O. GodwinBam Bam wins. This was a hard-hitting match that turned out to be pretty mediocre. There were some big manuevers, it just lacked excitement. This was during Bam Bam's failed face run. *1/2Intercontinental ChampionshipJeff Jarrett (C) (W/The Roadie) Vs Shawn MichaelsShawn wins with the superkick. This is one of the greatest intercontinental title matches you'll ever see. Not only that, but it's extremely underrated. It's filled with great drama, suspense, and non-stop action. It's one of those matches that goes unnoticed by a lot of wrestling fans. If they do a list of top intercontinental title matches, this match deserves to be on it. Shawn was over like rover with the fans here.****1/2Dok Hendrix who sounds like he's on crack, claims Jeff Jarrett and The Roadie have had a falling out. Jeff Jarrett left the WWF for a while after this.Tag Team ChampionshipYokozuna & Owen Hart (C) (W/Jim Cornette & Mr. Fuji) Vs The Allied Powers (Lex Luger & The British Bulldog)Yokozuna and Owen retain after Yokozuna legdrops Luger. This match was average. With all due respect to Yokozuna, the pace quickened when he wasn't in the ring. Luger's star had fallen mightily in the WWF at this juncture. **WWF Championship (Lumberjack Match)Diesel (C) Vs Sycho Sid (W/Ted Dibiase)Diesel wins with a boot to the face. Well, at least this match was better than there first one at In Your House. That's not exactly a compliment. This match was still fairly ugly to watch. Sid was booked like a total idiot in this match. It would get worse because Diesel would feud with Mabel after this.*1/2 This PPV was barely above average. It featured some okay matches, including a dynamite match between Michaels and Jarrett. Like the first In Your House, the main event is pretty crappy, though. 5.3/10
1. 1-2-3 Kid vs. The Roadie - Nice finishing piledriver from turnbuckle by Roadie. 7/102. Razor Ramon/Savio Vega Vs. Mabel/Mo - Wow Mabel got a clear victory over Razor Ramon! Surprising for me. 6.5/103. Henry O. Godwinn Vs. Bam Bam Bigelow - 5.5/104. Intercontinental Title Match: Champ-Jeff Jarrett Vs. Shawn Michaels - After long great match Shawn won the Belt. 8/105. WWF Tag Team Title Match: Champs-Yokozuna/Owen Hart Vs. The Allied Powers - Ordinary tag team match. Champs retained. 6/106. Lumberjack WWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Champ-Diesel Vs. Psycho Sid - Punch/Kick match with some choking. Terrible performance. 4/107. Bret Hart Vs. Jean-Pierre Lafitte 6/108. Kama Vs. The Undertaker 6/10
In Your House continued its winning streak, with the second edition being another solid wrestling show, following a rather lackluster King of the Ring PPV. This was an entertaining card, rounded off with Diesel winning what may well be the only lumberjack match ever to close a PPV, closing out his rivalry with Psycho Sid and retaining the WWE Title.But first things first as The Roadie, long time friend of Jeff Jarrett took on the 1-2-3 Kid. They had a decent little opener, but of more interest to the fans was the disinterest being shown by Jarrett backstage. Jeff would be singing his new hit single later in the night and was busy preparing. The Roadie wrapped things up with a powerbomb and then a pretty funky looking pile driver to get the three.The next match came about as a result of the King of the Ring Final. Mabel had defeated Savio Vega in the final of the event. Vega had only gained entry into the tournament due to an injury to his good friend Razor Ramon. Ramon was now fit and healthy and teamed with Vega to take on the newly crowned King Mabel and his long time tag partner Sir Mo (Men on a Mission). Mabel won a forgettable match for his team by destroying Razor Ramon with an avalanche press followed by a belly to back suplex.Jeff Jarrett now made his way out to the ring to sing his hit single. But where was the Roadie? Singing the song while Jarrett Lip synced as it turned out.The next match between Henry O Godwinn and Bam Bam Bigelow was unlikely to rise to great heights, but had no chance after Henry blew out his knee attempting a knee drop from the second rope. The veteran Bigelow, who'd recently become a good guy after being assaulted by his former faction, the Million Dollar Corporation, capitalised on the injury to score a quick pin. Not an auspicious maiden PPV appearance for Henry O Godwinn.Here comes Jarrett again! This time he has the Roadie with him and is defending the Intercontinental Championship against Shawn Michaels. These two could both go (and arguably still can) and this is a good match, won by Michaels after the Roadie inadvertently tripped Jarrett into some Sweet Chin Music. Before the night was out Jarrett and the Roadie turned their backs on each other, ending their long time friendship. NOt exactly the end of an era, but a notable moment.Owen Hart and Yokozuna successfully defended the Tag Team Titles against the Allied Powers (Lex Luger and the British Bulldog) in the next match. Owen and Yokozuna were a fun heel tag team and they heeled their way to a win here in a good match. In the end Owen takes advantage of a referee distraction to hit Luger with a double axe handle from the top rope, knocking him out and getting the three count.The Main Event, as was probably always inevitable in a lumberjack match, was chaotic fun. And it was Diesel who triumphed over Psycho Sid to retain his WWE Title. King Mabel, who was scheduled to wrestle the winner at Summerslam, got involved, throwing Diesel into the steps. Both guys were beaten up by their opponent's lumberjacks. The turning point came when Sid hit a powerbomb, but elected to give high fives to his lumberjacks instead of going for the pin. Diesel kicked out and went on to win the match, thanks in no small way to his former friend Shawn Micheals, who hit a double axe handle off the top rope.This was a fun night with a satisfying finish. Diesel had won his feud with Sid and would now be moving onto Mabel, while, with Roadiue and Jarrett disintegrating, Shawn Micheals would have a new batch of enemies gunning for his IC Title.