In Your House 8 : Beware of Dog In Your House 8 : Beware of Dog was a professional wrestling pay - per - view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) , that originally took place on May 26 , 1996 from the Florence Civic Center in Florence , South Carolina . Due to a severe thunderstorm , the power went out during the event , resulting in only two matches being shown on pay - per - view ( PPV ) . The televised event was rescheduled as " Beware of Dog 2 " and took place on May 28 , 1996 at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston , South Carolina . The two matches televised from the May 26 event were shown again at the beginning of the rescheduled pay - per - view . To date , this is the only WWE pay - per - view event to ever be held in the state of South Carolina . Background . In Your House 8 : Beware of Dog 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 into a wrestling match or series of matches . Event . May 26 . Before the event aired live on pay - per - view ( PPV ) , a match for the WWF Tag Team Championship between the challengers , The Smoking Gunns ( Bart and Billy ) , and the champions , The Godwinns ( Henry and Phineas ) , was broadcast live on Free for All . The Godwinns were accompanied by Hillbilly Jim and Sunny . Several minutes into the match , Sunny appeared on the ring apron and approached Billy Gunn while Phineas and Bart wrestled inside the ring . Billy then grabbed Sunny and kissed her , causing Phineas to become distracted which allowed Bart to perform a German suplex and make the pinfall to win the WWF Tag Team Championship . The first match to air live on pay - per - view was a standard match between " Wildman " Marc Mero ( with Sable ) and Hunter Hearst Helmsley . Helmsley attempted to perform his finishing move , the Pedigree , when Mero countered by grabbing Helmsley ' s legs out from under him and performed a slingshot catapult , sending Helmsley head - first into the top of the ring post . Mero covered a " knocked - out " Helmsley for the pinfall . The next scheduled match was a Caribbean Strap match between Steve Austin and Savio Vega . At the beginning of the match , power to the arena and WWF satellite TV trucks went out and the PPV feed cut out due to a severe thunderstorm . This match , along with the other scheduled matches , still took place but with little light in the arena and not broadcast on PPV . The power and PPV feed were restored just before the ring entrances for the main event match . The main event of the night featured WWF Champion Shawn Michaels defending the title against the British Bulldog . Just before the match began , as scripted , Michaels was served a summons from Bulldog ' s storyline attorney Clarence Mason . It stated that Michaels was a defendant with the charge of " attempted alienation of affection " due to the allegation of him making advances towards Bulldog ' s wife ( storyline and real life ) Diana Smith , therefore causing strain in their marriage . The timing of the subpoena by Bulldog ' s camp was an attempt to throw Michaels off his game , giving Bulldog a better chance of winning the championship . During the match , as part of the script , Bulldog accidentally ran into referee Earl Hebner , knocking him out for a period of time . A replacement referee ( Mike Chioda ) continued the match . Shawn Michaels performed a German suplex into a pinfall combination on Bulldog . By this time , the original referee had regained his senses , and both referees counted the pinfall . Both wrestlers had their shoulders on the mat as Chioda counted Michaels ' shoulders down , while Hebner counted Bulldog ' s down . Due to both wrestlers being pinned simultaneously , the match was ruled a draw and Michaels retained the WWF Championship .