Tuesday, December 10, 2024

In Your House 3: Triple Header Review

Sunday, September 24th, 1995
Saginaw Civic Center
Saginaw, Michigan

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We get the usual Todd Pettengill narrated intro and a quick In Your House music video. The fact that they did a pay per view in Saginaw is still kind of amazing to me. Jerry Lawler now says that Owen Hart is going to be the new Intercontinental Champion after yesterday predicting there would be new Tag Team Champions. Jim Ross thinks it will be Yokozuna walking away with the Intercontinental Championship.

Savio Vega vs. Waylon Mercy

If this match doesn't scream "In Your House", I don't know what does. Mercy hits a body slam outside the ring and throws Savio back in the ring. Mercy drops Savio's throat onto the top rope and we go to Dok Hendrix. He tells us that Owen Hart is not in the building and he has no idea what this means for the main event. Mercy slaps on the sleeper hold, but Savio comes back with a back suplex. Savio hits a big boot and a spin kick for a 2 count. Savio ducks too soon and gets a kick to the face and a brainbuster, but Savio kicks out at 2. Savio comes back with a German suplex into a bridge and gets another 2 count. He hits a running spin kick and that gets him for the "upset". I will say, Savio looked determined to pull a good match out of Mercy here. It was nothing special, but it was fun enough. 

Match Rating: *3/4

We go backstage to Gorilla Monsoon arguing with Jim Cornette. He says that Owen isn't here, but he's in Michigan. Gorilla says the match will go down tonight and the fans will not get ripped off. 

Sid vs. Henry Godwinn

Godwinn's music just doesn't work for a babyface. I probably like both of these guys more than most, so let's see what we get here. Godwinn gets dumped out of the ring and DiBiase gets in a few cheap shots. I do appreciate that there was more story to this one than I had remembered, even if it was a pretty big drop off for Sid after being in the main event. Sid slaps on the Camel Clutch. Godwinn eventually gets out and Sid misses a leap in the corner. He goes off the second rope and Godwinn hits him in the midsection. Godwinn hits a kick to the gut and the Slop Drop, but DiBiase interrupts the count. Godwinn goes after DiBiase and that allows Sid to regain momentum. Godwinn gets tripped running the ropes and Sid hits a leg drop to the back of the head. Sid hits the powerbomb and that's all. This may honestly be the most I've seen DiBiase get involved. After the match, Sid mocks Godwinn and does the thing where he shoves him out of the ring with his head. They grab the slop bucket, but out comes Bam Bam Bigelow to attack them. Kama is right behind him and makes the save. I'm glad to see Charles Wright didn't miss his cue for this much more important Sid match. Godwinn comes from behind and slops DiBiase to the crowd's delight. There was a little too much interference for this one to really get going. 

Match Rating: *

We go back to Jim Cornette and Gorilla Monsoon. He gives him two options. He can have Yokozuna defend the titles by himself or he can find a partner that Gorilla will sanction for tonight. 

British Bulldog vs. Bam Bam Bigelow

Bulldog is without Jim Cornette here. The eventual result of the main event would have been more effective if Bulldog didn't already have to wrestle. They let us know that Bulldog will face Undertaker tomorrow on Raw. Good thing Peacock is losing Raw from their library soon. They show Cornette talking to Sid backstage. Bulldog avoids a charging Bam Bam and he falls to the floor. Bulldog slows the match down and works on the legs of Bam Bam. Bulldog gets him up for a body slam, but Bam Bam wills his way on top for a 2 count. The crowd is more into this than I was expecting, but that is the nice thing of running smaller towns. This time Bulldog is able to hit a body slam and that is all. This was actually a little better than I remembered, even with Bulldog slowing the match down. They got a few more minutes, so that was necessary. 

Match Rating: **

Bob Backlund is out to kill some time. Oh, I guess it's to introduce Dean Douglas. Dean Douglas then introduces his opponent for some reason. 

Dean Douglas vs. Razor Ramon

Razor rushes to the ring and is right after Dean. Dean uses the ref to try and take advantage, but Razor just decides to hip toss him over the top rope. They then show Jim Cornette talking to King Mabel. Honestly from a kayfabe standpoint, that probably would have been the right choice. Razor hits the fall away slam and gets a 2 count. Douglas does finally get some offense in and sidesteps Razor to send him outside. He leaps over and hits a double ax handle on the back before driving him into the ring. Razor makes his comeback after Dean works on his back for a bit. Man, Tim Patrick is really slapping that mat here today. Dean hits a top rope reverse crossbody and gets reversed into a close call pin attempt. Dean throws Razor into the referee. Dean misses with a second rope leap and Razor puts him up for the Razor's Edge. Backlund is waking up the ref for some reason, but instead 1-2-3 Kid comes down to the ring and counts to 3. Razor thinks he won, but sees that it was Kid. He shoves Kid out of the ring and Dean rolls up Razor for the victory. That was kind of a fun screwy ending. Dean had to pick up a win here. They then show the replay and Dean pulled the tights. Razor seemed disinterested in making Dean look good here. Razor throws Kid in the ring and slaps him in the face. Officials and referees are out to break it up and Jim Ross thinks it's all Dean Douglas' fault. That's a stretch. 

Match Rating: **1/2

They announce next month's In Your House will be in Winnipeg with King Mabel vs. Undertaker and the debut of Goldust. Get ready for it!

Dok Hendrix is showing off the Shawn Michaels hat and glasses for only $25! Diesel and Shawn are here and they cut a terribly cheesy promo. 

Bret Hart decides to try and top their promo with another cheesefest. 

Jean Pierre Lafitte vs. Bret Hart

We get the famous Bret dive through the ropes that they used a lot in hype videos. Lafitte gets the better of Bret in the early going and Bret ends up getting his shoulder into the ring post. Lafitte then throws Bret into the steel steps for good measure. Lafitte hits a top rope leg drop and gets a 2 count. He misses with the top rope somersault though and Bret hits an inverted atomic drop followed by a clothesline. Lafitte then misses with a somersault over the top rope to the floor. Bret returns the favor and throws Lafitte into the steps. Bret goes off the second rope, but Lafitte gets his boot up. That move rarely gets countered, so that was good stuff. Bret goes for a crucifix, but Lafitte counters it and hits a rolling slam. Lafitte is killing it here and of course did nothing after this. Lafitte counters a bulldog and shoves Bret into the turnbuckle chest first. Lafitte misses with a top rope splash and then they collide when running the ropes. Bret puts on the Sharpshooter while they are lying down. He gets up and Lafitte submits. This was a really good match and one that you see on a lot of underrated lists. 

Match Rating: ****

Jim Cornette announces that he's decided on British Bulldog as Yokozuna's partner. Gorilla Monsoon allows it and reminds him that if Bulldog is pinned, they lose the tag titles. 

Vince goes live on the house mic and we get lots of feedback. He announces Alundra Blayze and she models the Triple Header t-shirt. Then they hype the free video you get with it and it's just a black cassette tape again with no box to let you know what it even is. 

Triple Header Tag Team Match For The WWF Championship, Intercontinental Championship & WWF Tag Team Championships
Yokozuna & British Bulldog vs. Diesel & Shawn Michaels

We get a fun, fast paced opening sequence between Shawn and Bulldog and then Diesel knocks Yokozuna out of the ring. Shawn tries to use his quickness to work on Yoko, but he runs into a back elbow. He's able to avoid an elbow drop and tags in Diesel, who then runs into a clothesline. Diesel comes back with a boot and knocks Yoko out of the ring. In comes Bulldog and he tries getting Diesel up for the delayed vertical suplex and loses hold of him. So he picks him up again and pulls it off. Bulldog gets Diesel up for the running powerslam, but Diesel slips out of it and pushes him into the corner. He hits some running clotheslines in the corner before tagging in Shawn. He hits a body slam and then Shawn hits a splash off the shoulders of Diesel for a 2 count. Bulldog comes right back and puts Shawn into a military press before crotching him on the top rope. Yoko then sends Shawn flying into the corner and Bulldog hits a body slam on the outside of the ring. Bulldog sends Michaels pretty high up there with a back body drop. Yoko goes for the splash in the corner, but Michaels is able to move out of the way. Both men crawl and make tags to their partners. Diesel hits snake eyes in the corner and then the splash with Bulldog draped on the middle rope. He hits the side suplex and then all four men are in the ring. Bulldog and Yoko are thrown into each other and then they toss Bulldog into Yoko. Yoko then falls on Bulldog and then Diesel hits the big boot on him. Diesel goes for the Jackknife, but Cornette distracts the ref and Yoko makes a save. Michaels hits Sweet Chin Music on Yoko. Bulldog hits the running powerslam, but Shawn leaps off the top rope for the save. Out comes Owen Hart and he goes off the top rope, but Diesel hits him in the midsection. We then get a stupid finish where Diesel hits the Jackknife on Owen and the referee allows the victory over the guy not in the match. In what world would that even make sense? It's a shame because other than that, this match was a blast. That may have been the best I've seen Yoko move around since he returned at WrestleMania also. 

Match Rating: ***1/2

Make fun of me all you want, but I enjoyed this show. The two main matches more than delivered what we were hoping for and the undercard was good enough. I'd gladly watch this one again. 

Overall Rating: 77%

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