Unforgiven 1999 Unforgiven 1999 was the second Unforgiven professional wrestling pay - per - view ( PPV ) event produced by World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . The event took place on September 26 , 1999 at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte , North Carolina . The main event was a Six - Pack Challenge – a non - elimination match consisting of six wrestlers for the vacant WWF Championship . Stone Cold Steve Austin served as the Special Outside Enforcer for the match . The match included Triple H , The Rock , Mankind , Kane , Big Show and British Bulldog . Triple H pin ned Rock after a Pedigree to win the WWF Championship . The undercard featured X - Pac versus Chris Jericho , a Kennel from Hell match between champion Al Snow and challenger Big Boss Man for the WWF Hardcore Championship , New Age Outlaws ( Mr . Ass and Road Dogg ) versus Edge and Christian for the WWF Tag Team Championship , Ivory versus Luna Vachon in a Hardcore match for the WWF Women ' s Championship , The Acolytes ( Faarooq and Bradshaw ) versus Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray and D - Von ) , Jeff Jarrett versus Chyna for the WWF Intercontinental Championship , Mark Henry versus D ' Lo Brown for the WWF European Championship and Val Venis versus Steve Blackman . The matches of the event featured special guest referees due to the WWF officials being out on " strike " due to continuous assaults on them by wrestlers . However , only one WWF official Jim Korderas served as the referee of the event . He refereed Dudley Boyz vs . The Acolytes , the WWF Tag Team Championship match and the WWF Championship match . The previous event was held in April while the 1999 edition was moved to September as Backlash took Unforgiven ' s place . Unforgiven replaced that was held in September 1998 . Unforgiven continued to being used as a pay - per - view for the month of September until its final edition in 2008 as it was replaced by Breaking Point in 2009 . Background . Unforgiven featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre - existing feuds , plots , and storylines that were played out on " Raw is War " and " SmackDown " — World Wrestling Federation ' s ( WWF ) 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 main rivalry heading into the event was between Triple H , The Rock , Mankind , Kane , Big Show and The Undertaker over the vacant WWF Championship . At SummerSlam , Mankind defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H in a Triple Threat match for Austin ' s WWF title , only to lose it to Triple H , the following night on " Raw is War " . On September 13 edition of " Raw is War " , the WWF CEO Linda McMahon announced that Rock , Kane , Mankind , Big Show and Undertaker would compete in a 5 - Way match to determine the # 1 contender for the title at Unforgiven . However , the match resulted in a no contest after Mideon and Viscera attacked Mankind . As a result , all the five wrestlers attacked several WWF referees and many of the WWF wrestlers interfered in the brawl . As a result of the attack , the referees went on an on - screen strike and all the five competitors were named contenders for the title , making it a Six Pack Challenge for the title at Unforgiven , meaning that two wrestlers would begin the match and a wrestler could become legal if he was tagged in . On September 16 edition of " SmackDown " , the WWF Chairman Vince McMahon defeated Triple H for the WWF title , with the help of his son Shane who served as the special guest referee for the match . However , Vince vacated the title on September 20 edition of " Raw is War " and named Triple H as the sixth competitor in the Six Pack Challenge at Unforgiven . On September 23 edition of " SmackDown " , Undertaker was fired by Vince for refusing to wrestle Triple H in a Casket match and his spot in the Six - Pack Challenge at Unforgiven was vacated ( in reality , Undertaker had suffered a groin injury and needed time to recover ) . British Bulldog was named the official replacement for Undertaker in the WWF Championship match at Unforgiven . Another predominant rivalry heading into the event was between Al Snow and The Big Boss Man over the WWF Hardcore Championship . At SummerSlam , Snow defeated Boss Man to win the Hardcore Championship . The following night on " Raw is War " , Snow was attacked by Boss Man during a title defense against Road Dogg , who had left the match to brawl with Chris Jericho . Boss Man stole Snow ' s dog Pepper and escaped with it . On August 26 edition of " SmackDown " , Boss Man defeated Snow to win the title and escaped with Pepper . On September 2 edition of " SmackDown " , Snow ate some food until Boss Man told him that it was Pepper . On September 9 edition of " SmackDown " , British Bulldog defeated Boss Man for the title and awarded it to Snow . On September 13 edition of " Raw is War " , Snow challenged Boss Man to a Kennel from Hell match for the Hardcore Championship at Unforgiven , which Boss Man accepted . At SummerSlam , Mark Henry turn ed on his partner D ' Lo Brown by costing him the WWF Intercontinental Championship and the WWF European Championship against Jeff Jarrett . The next night on " Raw is War " , Jarrett awarded the European Championship to Henry . Henry and Brown wrestled each other in several tag team matches and attacked each other on many occasions , leading to a European Championship match at Unforgiven . Following his WWF Intercontinental Championship victory at SummerSlam , Jeff Jarrett offered an open contract to any WWF wrestler for an Intercontinental Championship match at Unforgiven . Chyna signed the contract but Mr . Ass offered Chyna to hand him over the contract for the title shot but Chyna refused . On August 30 edition of " Raw is War " , Chyna was announced as the # 1 contender for the Intercontinental Championship at Unforgiven . On September 2 edition of " SmackDown " , Chyna defeated Mr . Ass to retain her status as the # 1 contender for the Intercontinental Championship . On September 2 edition of " SmackDown " , a Tag Team Turmoil match was held to determine the # 1 contenders for the WWF Tag Team Championship . The Acolytes ( Faarooq and Bradshaw ) and Edge and Christian were the remaining two teams in the match and were attacked by the debuting Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray and D - Von ) , who recently wrestled in Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) . As a result , the match resulted in a no contest . On September 6 edition of " Raw is War " , Edge and Christian defeated Acolytes to become the # 1 contenders for the Tag Team Championship , after another interference by Dudley Boyz . As a result , a match was made between Dudley Boyz and Acolytes at Unforgiven . The Tag Team Championship changed hands many times after Edge and Christian were made the contenders . On September 23 edition of " SmackDown " , the final title change before Unforgiven occurred when New Age Outlaws ( Mr . Ass and Road Dogg ) defeated Rock ' n ' Sock Connection ( The Rock and Mankind ) for the Tag Team Championship . On August 26 edition of " SmackDown " , Luna Vachon involved herself in the WWF Women ' s Champion Ivory ' s Evening Gown match against Tori . On September 6 edition of " Raw is War " , Luna got involved in a brawl between Ivory and Tori . A week later on " Raw is War " , Luna was attacked by Ivory during her match with Jeff Jarrett . This led to a match between Ivory and Luna for the Women ' s Championship at Unforgiven . On September 23 edition of " SmackDown " , Luna offered to make their Women ' s Championship , a Hardcore match which Ivory accepted . At SummerSlam , Ken Shamrock defeated Steve Blackman in a Lion ' s Den match . On September 2 edition of " SmackDown " , Blackman tried to attack Shamrock after Shamrock ' s match with Val Venis but Shamrock attacked Blackman . When Blackman recovered , he put out his anger on Venis by attacking him . On September 6 edition of " Raw is War " , Blackman attacked Venis again after Venis ' match against Big Show . Venis took his revenge by costing Blackman , a WWF European Championship match against Mark Henry and a standard match against Shawn Stasiak , leading to a match between Venis and Blackman at Unforgiven . At SummerSlam , Road Dogg announced that he would challenge the winner of the WWF Hardcore Championship match between Al Snow and Big Boss Man on the following night on " Raw is War " . However , Road Dogg was interrupted by Chris Jericho and as a result , Jericho and Road Dogg began feuding with each other . During Road Dogg ' s scheduled Hardcore Championship match against Al Snow on " Raw is War " , Jericho began brawling with Road Dogg . As a result , the match resulted in a no contest . On August 26 edition of " SmackDown " , Jericho powerbomb ed Road Dogg through a table during a match between the two . Jericho continued to assault Road Dogg after the match by applying Walls of Jericho . On September 2 edition of " SmackDown " , Road Dogg ' s D - Generation X ( DX ) teammate X - Pac wrestled Jericho as he attempted to avenge Jericho ' s assault on Road Dogg but the match resulted in a no contest after interference by Unholy Alliance ( The Undertaker and Big Show ) . Jericho was also feuding with Ken Shamrock at the time due to attacking him with a chair prior to Shamrock ' s scheduled match with Val Venis . It would lead to a match between the two at Unforgiven . However , on September 23 edition of " SmackDown " , Shamrock was badly injured after losing a First Blood match to Jericho and left WWF . As a result , X - Pac replaced Shamrock as Jericho ' s opponent at Unforgiven . Event . Preliminary matches . As the event concluded , the first match took place between Val Venis and Steve Blackman . The Brooklyn Brawler referee d the match . Venis stole Blackman ' s bag of weapon s and brought it to the ring . Blackman looked to regain his weapons , so he started attacking Venis in the corner . Blackman dominated most of the match and attacked Venis outside the ring . Blackman rammed Venis ' back with the ringpost and returned to the ring . Blackman whip ped Venis on numerous occasions . Venis recovered and clothesline d Blackman . After a series of Knee Lift s , Venis hit Blackman a Russian Legsweep . Blackman punch ed Venis and tried to whip Venis but was whipped instead . Blackman hit a Running Crossbody on Venis for a near - fall . Venis ran through the ropes but received a Spinebuster by Blackman . Blackman tried to whip Venis into the corner but Venis reversed it and hit a Corner Clothesline . Venis hit Blackman a Diving Splash , which he called " Money Shot " for the victory . After the match , Venis tried to hit Blackman with Blackman ' s own kendo stick but Blackman reversed and knocked out Venis by hitting the kendo stick on Venis . The second match was between Mark Henry and D ' Lo Brown for the WWF European Championship . Henry refused to defend the title as he was slapped by Lilian Garcia in a pre - match interview segment . However , Brown attacked Henry in the aisle . Henry attacked Brown with the ringpost and then both men entered the ring to start the match . Brown ducked a clothesline and hit a series of punches . Henry tried to whip Brown but Brown reversed and whipped Henry instead and caught a running Henry by hitting him a Spinebuster Pin , which he called " Sky High " . Brown followed by hitting a Diving Axe Handle Elbow Drop for a near - fall . Henry began attacking Brown until Brown hit a Crossbody to get a near - fall . Brown tried to whip Henry but Henry held on and hit a Military Press Slam . Henry followed with a Scoop Powerslam , a Clothesline and a Chinlock . The action spilled to the outside until they returned to the ring and Henry clotheslined Brown . Brown hit a Crossbody but Henry kicked out . Brown tried to hit another Crossbody but Henry caught him and dropped him with a High - Angle Falling Slam . Brown connected with a Spinning Wheel Kick followed by a Legdrop . Brown clotheslined Henry into the corner . Henry tried to hit Brown Mounted Punch es but Brown hit a Sitout Powerbomb followed by a Frog Splash , which he called " Lo Down " to win the European Championship . The third match featured Jeff Jarrett defending the WWF Intercontinental Championship against Chyna . Harvey Wippleman refereed the match . As Chyna entered the ring , Jarrett began attacking her . Chyna countered by clotheslining Jarrett . Jarrett climbed the top rope but Chyna low blowed Jarrett , sending him outside to the ring . Jarrett applied a Sleeper Hold on Chyna and tried to hit a Hurricanrana but was powerbomb ed by Chyna . Chyna tried to hit a Hurricanrana of her own but Jarrett powerbombed her . The action spilled to the outside of the ring where Chyna hit Jarrett with a chair . However , Wippleman did not disqualify her and the match continued . Chyna hit Jarrett with the chair again before attempting a Double Underhook Facebuster which she called " Pedigree " . However , Jarrett reversed the move and Chyna accidentally knocked out Wippleman . Jarrett took advantage and tried to hit Chyna with his guitar , a move which he calls " The Stroke " . However , Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young , who were standing at ringside prevented Jarrett from hitting The Stroke . As a result , Jarrett attacked both of them . Debra made a run - in and attacked Jarrett ' s valet Miss Kitty and hit Jarrett with his own guitar . Chyna took advantage and pin ned Jarrett to win the Intercontinental Championship . However , the head referee Tom Prichard counseled with the match ' s official Harvey Wippleman to change his ruling . Wippleman was forced to reverse the decision and he disqualified Chyna . As a result , Jarrett won the match and retained the title by disqualification . Chyna put out her anger on Prichard by hitting him a Pedigree . The fourth match was between The Acolytes ( Faarooq and Bradshaw ) and Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray and D - Von ) . The only non - striking WWF official Jim Korderas refereed the match . As they entered the ring , Acolytes quickly began attacking Dudley Boyz . Bradshaw and Bubba Ray started the match as the legal participants . Faarooq was thrown out of the ring and D - Von interfered in the match , and along with Bubba Ray hit Bradshaw a Death Drop , which they call " 3D " . Dudley Boyz continued to double team Bradshaw until Faarooq was tagged in the legal man . Faarooq was also hit with a 3D . However , Bradshaw recovered and hit Bubba Ray a Running Lariat , which he called " Clothesline from Hell " . Stevie Richards interfered in the match as an Acolyte and hit D - Von , a Superkick , which he called " Stevie Kick " , allowing Faarooq to pin D - Von for the victory . The next match was a Hardcore match for the WWF Women ' s Championship , as Ivory defended the title against Luna Vachon . Harvey Wippleman refereed the match . The match started in the backstage area . Ivory and Luna continued to brawl with each other and hit each other with several weapons present in the area . Tori interfered in the match and tried to hit Ivory but Ivory attacked her and hit Luna with a wooden pole to pin her and retain the Women ' s Championship . Main event matches . The sixth match was between New Age Outlaws ( Mr . Ass and Road Dogg ) and the team of Edge and Christian for the WWF Tag Team Championship . Jim Korderas refereed the match . Edge and Christian double - teamed Mr . Ass and Road Dogg throughout the match until Outlaws began attacking Edge and Christian . Christian hit Mr . Ass an Inverted Double Underhook Facebuster , which he called " Unprettier " . Road Dogg attempted to hit Christian a Pumphandle Slam but Christian slipped out of the move and Edge spear ed Road Dogg . New Brood ( Matt and Jeff Hardy ) interfered in the match and started attacking Edge and Christian behind the referee ' s back . Mr . Ass took advantage and hit Edge a Legdrop Bulldog , which he called " Fameasser " to win the match and as a result , New Age Outlaws retained the Tag Team Championship . Next was a Kennel from Hell match for the WWF Hardcore Championship between Al Snow and The Big Boss Man . The match consisted of a steel cage surrounded by a cell and dogs were around the ring within the cell . The first competitor to escape the steel cage and the cell would be declared the winner . Snow tried to keep Boss Man outside of the ring but after several attempts , Boss Man finally entered the ring and attacked Snow . Boss Man handcuffed Snow to the top turnbuckle and tried to climb out of the cell . However , Snow unlocked himself and knocked out Boss Man with Head and escaped both cages to retain the Hardcore Championship . The final match on the undercard was Chris Jericho versus X - Pac . Tom Prichard refereed the match . X - Pac dominated earlier part of the match until Jericho ' s bodyguard Mr . Hughes interfered in the match and leveled X - Pac . Jericho began attacking X - Pac . Jericho attempted to hit X - Pac a Diving Splash but X - Pac hit a Spinning Wheel Kick . X - Pac attacked Jericho in the corner and tried to hit a Bronco Buster but Jericho avoided the move and hit a Double Underhook Backbreaker . X - Pac tried to hit a Hurricanrana but Jericho countered it into a Double Powerbomb . Jericho climbed the top rope but X - Pac hit a top - rope Bronco Buster . Mr . Hughes attacked the referee Tom Prichard to get Jericho disqualified . Jericho and Hughes tried to attack X - Pac until Road Dogg came out to rescue X - Pac from the two . The main event was a Six - Pack Challenge for the vacated WWF Championship . The match was contested between Triple H , The Rock , Mankind , Kane , Big Show and British Bulldog . Jim Korderas refereed the match . Stone Cold Steve Austin served as the Special Outside Enforcer . Rock and Bulldog started the match as the legal men . The match went back and forth with all six competitors being tagged into the match throughout the match . In the midst of the match , all the striking referees interfered in the match and insulted Jim Korderas . All the wrestlers hit their finishing moves on each other until Big Show removed Triple H , Rock , Bulldog and Kane out of the ring and chokeslam med Mankind . Big Show had nearly won the match as Korderas counted to 2 , until the striking referees pulled out Korderas and attacked him outside the ring . Stone Cold Steve Austin joined the ring and took over Korderas ' position to officiate the match . Rock hit Triple H with a Lifting Side Slam , which he called " Rock Bottom " and an Elbow Drop , which he called " People ' s Elbow " to pin Triple H . However , as Austin counted to 2 , Big Show pulled him outside the ring . Bulldog hit Rock with a chair , allowing Triple H to hit Rock a Pedigree . Austin attacked Bulldog with the chair and counted 3 for Triple H to make him the new WWF Champion . After the match , Triple H taunted Austin with the WWF Championship belt , causing Austin to hit Triple H a Sitout Three - Quarter Facelock Jawbreaker , which he calls " Stone Cold Stunner " . Aftermath . After Triple H won the Six - Pack Challenge for the vacant WWF Championship at Unforgiven , The Rock wrestled Triple H in a match for the title on September 27 edition of " Raw is War " . However , the match ended in a no contest after interference by British Bulldog . This earned Bulldog a title match with Triple H on September 30 edition of " SmackDown " , but the special guest referee Rock left the match . Bulldog began his villainous turn by costing Rock , a title match against Triple H in a Steel Cage match at Rebellion . This led to a match between Rock and Bulldog at No Mercy , which Rock won . On the other hand , Stone Cold Steve Austin was made the # 1 contender for the WWF Championship . At No Mercy , Triple H defeated Austin in an Anything Goes match to retain the WWF Championship . After getting disqualified in her WWF Intercontinental Championship match against Jeff Jarrett at Unforgiven , Chyna continued to pursue the Intercontinental Championship . On September 27 edition of " Raw is War " , Chyna pin ned Jarrett in a Battle of the Sexes pitting Chyna and Debra against Jarrett and Tom Prichard . The pre - match stipulation was that Chyna would earn another Intercontinental Championship opportunity if she pinned Jarrett , and as a result , earned the opportunity . On September 30 edition of " SmackDown " , their match was made a Good Housekeeping match . At No Mercy , Chyna defeated Jarrett in a Good Housekeeping match to become the first and only female Intercontinental Champion in WWF . This match would turn out to be Jarrett ' s last match in WWF as he left the promotion and joined rival promotion World Championship Wrestling .