WWF In Your House - Triple Header (September 1995)

What better way to follow up the 2^nd In Your House than with… the 3^rd In Your House. Actually, there are many better things, but you’ll take it, and you’ll like it – much like anyone who ordered this show back in 1995. 

From Saginaw, MI, your hosts are Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, and Jerry Lawler.


Waylon Mercy v Savio Vega: Mercy is Dan Spivey, doing a Cape Fear gimmick. The DeNiro version. Vega tries to impress him with some dance moves to start, perhaps hoping to get out of the match, and right into a nice prison bitch phase, but Mercy's having none of it. He wants blood. From Vega's ass. He slams Savio on the floor, and hits a sloppy looking stungun back inside. Mercy with a sidewalk slam, and a sleeper. Oh, he's fucked now. No one gets out of a sleeper. Somehow, Savio Vega summons the strength of a thousand putas, and side suplexes his way out, and hits a big boot - which is impressive, considering Mercy has a good half foot on him. Forward roll-up gets two, but he gets nailed on a backdrop attempt. Waylon with a hanging vertical suplex for two, and a side suplex for two, but he gets caught with Vega's spinheel kick, and it's over at 7:06. Match was a fine, well paced opener - but Spivey looked dilapidated at this point (he would, indeed end up retired by the years end), and dressing him literally head to toe in white wasn't doing him any favors. *.

Sid v Henry Godwinn: Slugfest to start (what, were you expecting them to trade ranas?), and Sid ends up on the floor to regroup with manager Ted DiBiase. Godwinn suplexes him back in, but gets dumped himself (ha, ha - he dumps himself), and Sid drops an axehandle off of the apron. Inside, Sid BRINGS THE OFFENSE! He hooks a resthold that looks like it can't decide if it's a camel clutch or a reverse chinlock, but misses a 2nd rope flying axehandle. Godwinn with a jumping shoulderblock, and the slopdrop (inverted DDT) looks to finish, but Ted DiBiase pulls him out during the count. That allows Sid to take over, and the powerbomb finishes at 7:23. People paid actual money for this! DUD.

Bam Bam Bigelow v Davey Boy Smith: This was right after Davey's weird heel turn. Luckily, the WWF was kind enough to give him a haircut when he turned, in case we'd look at him and forget to boo. Smith with a chinlock early on, and a suplex. He dumps Bam Bam off of a criss cross, and tries to suplex him back in, but Bigelow crotches him. Bam Bam with a flying headbutt for two, but gets caught in a leglock. Davey continues to work the leg hard, which he commonly does, but is psychology unsound, as his finisher is a running powerslam. He switches to a chinlock, as I guess he forgot which wrong part he was working. Or, like, ran out of leg holds to try, and, you know, also wanted to bore us some more. Whichever. Slam, but Bam Bam topples him for two. Butt splash, and a pair of falling headbutts. Moonsault misses, however, and Davey hits his own flying headbutt. Powerslam finishes at 12:00. Overlong, with really weird psychology - the match felt disjointed. As noted, Davey spent most of the match working the leg - which doesn't even factor into his finish - but they could have worked with it, say, by having Bam Bam try the moonsault, but have his knee give out, or something. Instead, he goes for it, and hits it just fine, and they finish with the usual. ¼*.

Razor Ramon v Dean Douglas: Dean is Shane Douglas, doing a college dean (of a pro-wrestling college!) gimmick, and getting something of a push - though he wasn't playing nice with The Kliq. Razor charges from the aisle, jumping him right away, and gets two off of a punch. Well, you don't see that every day. Hip toss over the top puts Douglas on the floor, and back inside, they fight over a hammerlock. Razor catches him with a blockbuster for two, and he works an armbar. See, this is more forgivable than when Bulldog did it, because he's working the shoulder, and the Razors Edge drops you right on the upper back/shoulder region. Dean dumps Razor, and follows out with a great looking slingshot axehandle. He posts him, and Nicholson hits another flying axehandle back inside for two. Shoulderblock for two, and he goes to work on the back. Springboard splash on the back gets two, and a reverse chinlock, which Razor sells by dozing off. Thanks for being with us here tonight, Raze. He powers out into a victory bomb, and gets an overhead suplex for two. Razor with a side superplex, but Douglas counters with a flying bodypress, which Ramon rolls though for two. Referee gets bumped, and Razor hits the Edge, but there's no one to count. The 1-2-3 Kid runs in and makes the count (which the crowd actually pops for, as if he's suddenly a sanctioned WWF Official), but, of course, it doesn't stick. Razor gets pissed at him for making him think he had it won, and they get into a shoving match, allowing Dean to roll him up for the pin at 14:53. Oh right, this was during the lame angle where Kid and Ramon's long standing domestic partnership was on the rocks (jealousy over Savio Vega?), leading to the epic diaper match in February. Match was solid enough, if a bit overlong for where they were going with it. ¾*.

Bret Hart v Jean-Pierre Lafitte: This is the blow off to the rather infamous angle where the WWF's resident wrestling pirate stole Bret Hart's leather jacket (which his MOTHER made for him!), and Bret wanted revenge. Translation: Vince McMahon didn't know what the fuck to do with Bret Hart during this period. Jean wears the jacket to the ring (if only the jacket were a made of denim, so then I could write things like 'Jean wears the jean jacket,' and amuse myself with this bullshit feud), so Bret dives through the ropes during the entrances to attack. Inside, Bret with a crucifix for two, but Lafitte PIRATES UP!! and clotheslines him. He then does literally nothing to follow up, though, instead choosing to jaw with the crowd, and Bret rolls him up for two. Hart gets posted off of a blind charge, and then takes the chest first corner bump for two. Sloppy looking spinebuster slam gets two, and Lafitte hits the chinlock. Sidewalk slam, and Jean hits an impressive flying legdrop for two. He looks to finish, but the Cannonball (an impressive senton bomb) misses, and Bret catches him with an atomic drop. Sharpshooter, but Lafitte shoves him off, and out of the ring. He follows, with a gorgeous senton over the top, but misses. Inside, Hart with a Russian legsweep for two. Small package for two. Backbreaker, but the 2^nd rope elbow meets boot. They fight in the corner, and Lafitte gets a rope assisted two count. He argues with the referee, allowing Hart to dropkick him. Bulldog, but Jean counters with another chest first corner bump. Hart tries a bodypress, but Lafitte moves, and Bret gets crotched in the ropes. Flying splash by Jean misses, however, and we have a double knockout. Bret gets the Sharpshooter off of the mat, and it's goodbye pirate at 16:37. Jacket – secure! Match really heated up at the end, but Bret was in full house show mode with this feud, while it was Lafitte who seemed to be angling for a push, busting out some really neat offense - especially for a guy his size. * ¼.

Main Event: Triple Header WWF Title, WWF Intercontinental Title v WWF Tag Team Title Match: Diesel and Shawn Michaels v Yokozuna and Davey Boy Smith: All the titles are on the line here, and if Diesel & Shawn win, they become tag team champions, while if the heels win, whoever gets the fall wins the WWF Title, and the other man becomes Intercontinental champion. It was a neat gimmick, back when the titles actually meant something, but it pretty much guaranteed a screw job ending to anyone who wasn't ten. Like I was - and I was fully hoping to walk into school the next day to find out that the Dudes with Attitudes held all the titles. Of course, they start working the screw job before the match even starts, as at the beginning of the show, they had a 'shocking announcement' that tag team champion Owen Hart would be unable to make it to the building, and that Davey Boy Smith would be taking his place in the match. Davey and Shawn start, and work a fast paced criss cross, ending in a Michaels backdrop, and a Cactus clothesline. Great sequence. Tag out to Yokozuna, and Shawn challenges him to a sumo match. Shawn was so much fun during this period. You know, if you weren't, like, working with him. Yoko charges, but Shawn baseball slides underneath his legs, only to get caught with a slam. Tag to Diesel, and he hits a jumping clothesline, and a big boot to put Yoko down. Davey in with a series of headbutts, and he tries the hanging vertical suplex, but botches it when Diesel is too heavy. He hits it on a second try, but gets cornered when he tries the running powerslam. Tag to Shawn, and he hits a flying splash off of Diesel's shoulders for two. Smith crotches him on the top rope, and Shawn takes the Flair flip to the outside. Backdrop back inside for two, and Yoko comes in to grab the nervehold. Banzai Drop, but Shawn moves, and both guys get the tag. Backdrop for Davey, and the snake eyes. Sidewalk slam, and it breaks down into a four way brawl, with Davey taking a neat Flair flip spot into YOKO as opposed to the corner. Davey with the powerslam on Diesel, but Shawn saves with a flying elbow. Owen Hart suddenly runs in, and Diesel powerbombs him for the pin, and the tag titles, at 15:42. It would be overturned the next night, however, as Owen was 'not the legal man,' which is sort of a ridiculous argument as he had more of a right and commitment than Davey Boy Smith to the match and the title, but whatever. The match itself – booking mess aside – was completely decent. * ¾.

BUExperience: Oh, so, yeah, this is a piece of shit. Bad booking up and down the card, no historical value to speak of whatsoever – not even one standout match. Pretty much the pay per view equivalent of two hours of anal rape. Which, hey, if that’s your thing – go for it! DUD.