In Your House 1 In Your House 1 was a professional wrestling pay - per - view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) , which took place on May 14 , 1995 at the Onondaga War Memorial Coliseum in Syracuse , New York . It was the first pay - per - view of the In Your House series . Ten professional wrestling matches , performances , with pre - determined outcomes between wrestlers with fictional personalities that are portrayed as real , were featured on the event ' s card . The buildup to the matches and the scenarios that took place before , during , and after the event were planned by the WWF ' s script writers . The main event that was shown on pay - per - view was a standard wrestling match . WWF Champion Diesel ( Kevin Nash ) defeated challenger Sycho Sid ( Sid Eudy ) to retain his title . Two of the most hyped matches on the undercard were standard matches both involving Bret Hart . He defeated Hakushi ( Jinsei Shinzaki ) , but lost to Jerry Lawler . The other featured match on the undercard was a Handicap match , where one wrestler faces a combination of two or more wrestlers . Razor Ramon ( Scott Hall ) defeated Jeff Jarrett and The Roadie ( Brian Gerard James ) . The pay - per - view received a 0 . 83 buyrate , equivalent to approximately 332 , 000 buys Background . The pay - per - view was the first ever under the In Your House banner , which signaled the beginning of the WWF ' s monthly pay - per - views . The In Your House pay - per - views were promoted at $ 14 . 95 , which was cheaper than WWF ' s other pay - per - views , in an effort to garner mainstream exposure for the WWF after several years out of the spotlight . The most prominent rivalry heading into the pay - per - view was between then - WWF Champion Diesel and his storyline rival Sycho Sid . At the previous pay - per - view , WrestleMania XI , Diesel defeated Shawn Michaels to retain the WWF Championship ; the WWF had planned to promote a rematch between the two for a later date . On " Raw " , the WWF ' s primary television program , the night after WrestleMania XI , however , Michaels told Sycho Sid , his bodyguard , not to show up for the rematch as his services were no longer required . During a promotional interview with Vince McMahon , Sid , in what was a work , interrupted and turned on Michaels by powerbombing him three times . Diesel eventually came out to help Michaels . Michaels , though , was legitimately injured , and this sidelined him for six weeks , effectively shelving plans for a rematch between Diesel and Michaels . Diesel was then scheduled to defend his title against Bam Bam Bigelow , a member of the Million Dollar Corporation stable , after a staged confrontation between the two on the April 16 , 1995 edition of " Action Zone " , a secondary television program for the WWF . On the same day , on " Wrestling Challenge " , another secondary television program , in a segment featuring the Corporation , Bigelow was noticeably snubbed , signaling a turn . It was announced over the weekend of April 16 that Sid and Diesel would face each other at In Your House , where Sid could potentially face Diesel for the WWF Championship , depending on whether he retained or lost his title against Bigelow . On the April 24 edition of " Raw " , Sid stated he was unhappy about this stipulation , as it meant that if Bigelow won , Sid would not get a shot at the title . Diesel retained the title when the Corporation turned on Bigelow , with Tatanka tripping Bigelow as he ran off the ropes . Diesel hit Bigelow with a big boot and executed a powerbomb for the win . After the contest , Bigelow was insulted by Ted DiBiase and attacked by the Corporation . Diesel , who had gone back to the locker room , came to Bigelow ' s aid . In Sid ' s match with Razor Ramon on the May 1 episode of " Raw " , Diesel approached the ring ready to fight Sid , who , along with the Corporation ' s manager DiBiase , left the arena abruptly . The following week on " Raw " , DiBiase revealed that he and Sid had been working together for a while , admitting that it was him who told Shawn Michaels to get a bodyguard . Prior to the event , a feud also began to develop between Bret Hart and Hakushi . After Hart won the " WWF Magazine " " Award of the People " on the February 20 , 1995 episode of " Raw " , Jerry Lawler made mention of the award , stating the votes made by Japanese people were excluded and that Hart was a racist . Lawler persuaded Hakushi that Hart was a racist , and on the March 25 episode of " Superstars of Wrestling " , Hakushi attacked Bret after he received a separate award from the Japanese media . On the April 10 episode of " Raw " , Bret teamed up with the 1 - 2 - 3 Kid and Bob Holly to take on Hakushi and the WWF Tag Team Champions , Owen Hart and Yokozuna . Bret ' s team won the match as Holly pinned Owen . It was announced on the April 23 edition of " Wrestling Challenge " that Bret would face Hakushi at In Your House . On the same day , on " Action Zone " , Bret teamed with Razor Ramon to take on WWF Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett ( accompanied by The Roadie ) and Hakushi . Bret and Ramon won the match , with Ramon pinning Jarrett . Hart ' s feud with Lawler dated back to King of the Ring 1993 . On the May 1 edition of " Raw " , Bret offered to face Lawler at In Your House after his scheduled match with Hakushi . Bret announced that he was dedicating his match with Lawler at In Your House to his mother , as the pay - per - view was going to take place on Mother ' s Day . Lawler also announced on the May 8 edition of " Raw " that his mother was going to be at ringside for their encounter . The most prominent rivalry on the undercard , written into the pay - per - view , was for the WWF Intercontinental Championship . The feud took place between Razor Ramon , the 1 - 2 - 3 Kid , the Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett , and his personal enforcer , The Roadie . Ramon and Jarrett faced each other at WrestleMania XI , but Jarrett was disqualified . Jarrett faced Aldo Montoya on the April 8 episode of " Superstars of Wrestling " in a non - title bout , where Jarrett accidentally pinned himself ( he never lifted his shoulder off the ground after being slammed to the mat by Montoya ) . Jarrett was initially announced the winner , but Montoya was later declared the winner . Jarrett and Montoya faced each other again two weeks later , on the April 22 episode of " Superstars of Wrestling " . During the match , Razor Ramon came to ringside and chased The Roadie backstage . Despite this , Jarrett managed to gain the victory , making Montoya submit to the figure four leglock . It was announced the next day on " Wrestling Challenge " that Ramon would team up with the 1 - 2 - 3 Kid to take on Jarrett and The Roadie at In Your House . The 1 - 2 - 3 Kid suffered a legitimate neck injury , however , and it was announced on the May 1 episode of " Raw " that he was unable to participate in the match . This changed the In Your House match to a Handicap match as Ramon would face both Jarrett and The Roadie by himself . The other main rivalry on the undercard was for the WWF Tag Team Championship between the team of Owen Hart and Yokozuna and The Smoking Gunns ( Billy and Bart ) . The Smoking Gunns dropped their WWF Tag Team Championship to Hart and Yokozuna at WrestleMania XI , the previous pay - per - view event . Their rivalry was reignited on the April 23 episode of " Action Zone " , when the Blu Brothers ( Don and Ron Harris ) faced the New Headshrinkers ( Sione Vailahi and Solofa Fatu ) . Hart and Yokozuna interfered in the contest , attacking the New Headshrinkers , causing a disqualification . The Smoking Gunns ran to the ring , attacking Hart and Yokozuna . The Headshrinkers posed with Hart and Yokozuna ' s tag team belts and celebrated with the Smoking Gunns . The following night , on " Raw " , it was announced The Smoking Gunns would get a rematch for the WWF Tag Team Championship at the In Your House pay - per - view . They made their intentions of winning the title clear by quickly defeating Barry Horowitz and the Brooklyn Brawler . In their last encounter before the event , Bart defeated Hart via pinfall on the May 8 edition of " Raw " . Event . Before the event went live on pay - per - view , Jean - Pierre Lafitte defeated Bob Holly in a standard dark match . Throughout the night , the WWF ran a competition to win a house in Orlando , Florida . Todd Pettengill and Stephanie Wiand showed footage of the home and later hand - picked one of the entries . They phoned Matt Pomposelli of Henderson , Nevada and told him that he and his family had won the vacant home . The home was officially presented to Pomposelli on the May 22 episode of " Raw " . Preliminary matches . The first match that aired was a standard match between Bret Hart and Hakushi ( managed by Shinja ) . Bret announced before the contest that he was dedicating his performances to his mother because it was Mother ' s Day . Jerry Lawler , who faced Bret later in the pay - per - view , watched the match backstage on a monitor . Bret won the contest , when he rolled - up Hakushi to gain a pinfall and end Hakushi ' s six month long undefeated streak . As Hart jumped to the arena floor after the contest , he appeared to legitimately injure his knee . A two - on - one Handicap match was next as Razor Ramon faced Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett and The Roadie . During the match , Jarrett went to perform the figure four leglock submission hold , but Ramon blocked the maneuver , sending Jarrett to collide with his partner . Ramon performed his " Razor ' s Edge " finishing move and pinned Jarrett for the victory . After the contest , Ramon tried to perform the " Razor ' s Edge " on The Roadie , but Jarrett attacked him and applied the figure four leglock . Aldo Montoya went to ringside and attempted to help Ramon , but Jarrett and The Roadie threw him to the arena floor . An " unknown man " ran to the ring and attacked both Jarrett and The Roadie , and several people escorted the " unknown man " backstage . Later in the pay - per - view , Ramon introduced the " unknown man " as Savio Vega during an interview in the " WWF Hotline Room " , a fictitious interview room for the WWF . A qualifying match for the 1995 King of the Ring tournament took place next as Mabel faced Adam Bomb in a standard match . The contest was one - sided and ended in two minutes when Mabel pinned Bomb after he powerslam ed him down to the mat . Mabel advanced to the next round of the tournament , beginning a push for the superstar .