In Your House 16 : Canadian Stampede In Your House 16 : Canadian Stampede was a professional wrestling pay - per - view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) , which took place on July 6 , 1997 at The Saddledome in Calgary , Alberta , Canada . The card of the event featured four matches . The main event was a ten - man tag team match featuring The Hart Foundation ( Bret Hart , Jim Neidhart , Owen Hart , British Bulldog and Brian Pillman ) against Stone Cold Steve Austin , Ken Shamrock , Goldust and the Legion of Doom ( Hawk and Animal ) . The featured matches on the undercard were The Undertaker versus Vader for the WWF Championship , The Great Sasuke versus Taka Michinoku , and Hunter Hearst Helmsley versus Mankind . Background . In Your House 16 : Canadian Stampede featured professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre - existing scripted feuds , plots and storylines that were played out on " WWF Monday Night Raw " and other World Wrestling Federation television programs . Wrestlers portrayed a villain or a hero as they followed a series of events that built tension , and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches . The featured rivalry heading into the event involved Steve Austin and Bret Hart . While being on hiatus from the WWF from April until October in 1996 , Bret Hart received challenges from Steve Austin . After he returned to the WWF , he feuded with Steve Austin , who cost him a victory at the Royal Rumble match , and the WWF Championship . After fighting with him on WrestleMania 13 , Austin became a fan favourite , while Hart became a villain , criticizing the American fans for cheering Austin . Hart recruited his brother Owen , his brothers - in - law The British Bulldog and Jim " The Anvil " Neidhart and Austin ' s former partner Brian Pillman , creating the Hart Foundation , to fight with Austin . At King of the Ring , Hart challenged the five best American wrestlers of the WWF to fight his team at the event . Austin entered himself into the match the next day on WWF Raw is War , prior to his match with Brian Pillman . Before the match , the Hart foundation attacked Austin , prompting Mankind to replace him in the match . After the match , Austin and Ken Shamrock cleared the ring of the Hart Foundation , and Austin gave the Stunner finisher on Shamrock . Next week , Austin and Pillman fought as the Hart Foundation members were handcuffed into the ring posts , but they managed to release themselves and to attack Austin , who was rescued by Shamrock , Mankind and Goldust . After a brief brawl between Austin and Shamrock , which was broken by the Legion of Doom , Goldust suggested that he , Shamrock and LOD will team up with Austin in the 5 on 5 match at the event , to which Austin agreed . In the June 23 edition of RAW , LOD fought The Godwinns , and after their victory , the Hart Foundation attacked them and Shamrock . Next week , while Austin fought Neidhart , Bret Hart ( Who attacked Shamrock during the match ) came and attacked Austin , putting the Figure - four leglock on Austin while on the ring post . A predominant feud entering the event featured the WWF champion The Undertaker and Vader . On the June 23 edition of RAW , Vader was announced as the # 1 contender for the title , as Undertaker had to team up with Vader in a tournament match for the Tag team titles against the Nation of Domination ' s team of D ' Lo Brown and Faarooq . Vader ' s manager , Paul Bearer , forced the Undertaker to do as he said or else he will tell a secret from the Undertaker ' s past . After the Undertaker attacked Vader in the match , Bearer told the secret next week : Throughout The Undertaker ' s childhood and teen years , he lived in a funeral home with his parents and half - brother . According to Paul Bearer , The Undertaker killed his parents and caused his half - brother ' s face to be bruised and scarred by setting the funeral home ablaze . The Undertaker denied it and said that Kane was the one that burnt the house . During an attack from the Undertaker after Vader ' s match with Rockabilly , Bearer said he heard that from Kane himself . Another rivalry heading into event was the continuation of battle between Mankind and Hunter Hearst Helmsley . At the King of the Ring event , Helmsley and Mankind fought at the finals of the King of the ring tournament as Helmsley won , and he kept attacking Mankind after the match . The day after that , Mankind requested a rematch , to which Helmsley agreed . At the June 30 edition of RAW , Mankind and Brian Pillman fought in a match , which Pillman won by a count - out after Helmsley interfered . Event . The first contest of the night featured the King of the Ring winner , Hunter Hearst Helmsley taking on Mankind . The match ended in a double count out after a brutal brawl that saw Triple H ' s bodyguard , Chyna getting involved a good bit . The two men didn ' t stop fighting though , brawling in the crowd some more before going backstage . The second match featured Japanese talents , Taka Michinoku taking on legend , The Great Sasuke . After some great back and forth action , featuring moves not seen in the United States much , The Great Sasuke gets the win after a Thunder Fire Powerbomb . After the bout , Mankind and Hunter Hearst Helmsley continued their brawl , stretching to the parking lot and in front of the arena . The two men were finally broken up , with Helmsley leaving bloodied . Prior to the main event Farmer ' s Daughter performed " O Canada " . Aftermath . Reception . This pay - per - view was awarded Best Major Show for 1997 by Dave Meltzer ' s Wrestling Observer Newsletter . The pay - per - view received a 0 . 59 buyrate , equivalent to approximately 236 , 000 buys .