In Your House 8: Beware of Dodgy Weather
Free For All/Dark Match: The Smoking Gunns vs The Godwinns
Sunny is a manager of the Godwinns now. This is Phineas's doing. Hillbilly Jim and Henry not fans of this move.
Phineas is in the ring for a long time, the Gunns have so much better wrestling ability than him.
Sunny runs over to Billy Gunn and kisses him to distract the Gunns. But Phineas is more shocked than anyone and gets pinned. Did Henry ever enter the ring? Gunns are champs again.
Recap of recent events. Mankind attacked Undertaker, which means he's in the WWF now.
HHH vs Marc Mero
HHH is accompanied by a woman, we never hear her name. Action right from the start, HHH knocked out of the ring.
Marc Mero gets run shoulder-first into two ring posts. Vince already warns of potential difficulties due to the storms outside.
Mero struggling to do moves due to his shoulder soreness. Sable has ridiculous tan lines from a bikini. Armbars all over from HHH.
Marc Mero catches HHH in the corner, and frankensteiners him from the top rope! A hurricarana follows. HHH gets knocked out of the ring, and Mero misses a flip over the top rope.
HHH confronts Sable. "You watch this." He goes for the pedigree, but Mero reverses it into a slingshot and pins HHH.
We cut to after the storm, before the main event. Interview with Cornette group. Owen Hart looks like a Steiner brother wearing a University of Michigan outfit. Owen is gonna be ringside as manager for this match.
British Bulldog vs Shawn Michaels
Shawn's ready to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And he's already chewing gum.
Shawn gets Bulldog in an arm scissor, but Bulldog rolls himself over, stands up, and lifts up shawn with just the one arm he is holding on to. Nice.
There's a lot of holds in this match. It's really slow paced, with some short bursts of action between each hold. Finally Shawn gets knocked outside. Shawn rammed into the steel guards, then the ring apron.
Two double knockdowns, now three. But Shawn's in control again. Bulldog runs into the ref, ref flies outside the ring. Owen tries to sneak in the ring, but Shawn gives him a superkick.
Bulldog goes for a powerslam, Shawn revereses it, and does a bridge pin. Shawn retains.
Wait what Bulldog's music playing? Cornette celebrating? Oh my god, I didn't even catch it at first. Both men had their shoulders down.
This reminds me of some other similar controversial finish I saw once, where both guys had their shoulders down. My first thought was Honky Tonk/Ricky Steamboat, but that's not quite the same. Am I right in thinking there was another big match that ended like this anyone? Anybody know what it is?
There's a second ref, both say a man won. Gorilla Monsoon comes out, both were pinned, it's a draw, Shawn keeps the belt. It's the right decision, but not a satisfying one.
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ONLY FIVE CAN LADDER.
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