Armageddon 1999 Armageddon 1999 was the first Armageddon professional wrestling pay - per - view ( PPV ) event produced by World Wrestling Federation . It took place on December 12 , 1999 at the National Car Rental Center in the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Sunrise , Florida . The main event was a No Holds Barred match between Triple H and Vince McMahon . Triple H won the match by pin ning Vince after hitting him with a sledgehammer , when Vince ' s daughter and Triple H ' s ( kayfabe ) wife Stephanie McMahon turn ed on Vince by giving the sledgehammer to Triple H . The undercard featured Big Show versus Big Boss Man for the WWF Championship , New Age Outlaws ( Mr . Ass and Road Dogg ) versus Rock ' n ' Sock Connection ( The Rock and Mankind ) for the WWF Tag Team Championship , Chyna versus Chris Jericho for the WWF Intercontinental Championship , Kane versus X - Pac in a Steel Cage match , British Bulldog versus Val Venis and D ' Lo Brown in a triple threat match for the WWF European Championship , The Holly Cousins ( Hardcore and Crash ) versus Rikishi and Viscera , Ivory versus Miss Kitty , Jacqueline and B . B . in a Four Corners Evening Gown Pool match for the WWF Women ' s Championship , Kurt Angle and Steve Blackman and a Tag team Battle Royal won by The Acolytes ( Bradshaw and Faarooq ) . Background . Armageddon 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 and the WWF Chairman Vince McMahon , his boss and father - in - law . At Survivor Series , Triple H was scheduled to defend the WWF Championship against Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock in a Triple Threat match . During the event , he interrupted an interview of Rock , which resulted in a brawl between the two that was separated by several WWF referee s . Later that event , Triple H did the same by interrupting an interview of Austin . However , Austin ran after Triple H throughout the backstage area of the arena until he was run down with a car in the parking lot of the arena . As a result , he was taken away at ambulance and was removed from the main event . Vince McMahon blamed Triple H and D - Generation X for the attack but Triple H denied doing so . Later that night , Big Show was added as the third competitor against Triple H and Rock . Vince interfered in the match and cost Triple H , the title against Big Show . On November 15 edition of " Raw is War " , Vince blamed Triple H and DX again for the attack but DX instead blamed the entire situation on Vince . On November 18 edition of " SmackDown " , DX assaulted McMahon ' s Corporate Stooges ( Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco ) . Sgt . Slaughter informed McMahon of the attack and told McMahon that Triple H had invited him to DX locker room . McMahon went to the locker room , where Triple H warned McMahon , not to make this personal . Later that night , Triple H came down to the ring and blamed McMahon for his title loss at Survivor Series and then challenged McMahon to a match at Armageddon . Shortly after , a footage was shown of backstage where the McMahon family had fallen down the stairs . On November 22 edition of " Raw is War " , Vince destroyed a limousine carrying DX through his car . Although DX retreated , the limousine was destroyed . Later that night , the police officers arrested Vince for assaulting DX . Triple H attacked the handcuffed Vince . Later that night , Triple H came down to the ring and accused Vince for attacking Austin at Survivor Series . However , Shane McMahon came out to defend his father and informed Triple H that Vince would accept Triple H ' s challenge at Armageddon . On November 29 edition of " Raw is War " , a storyline wedding was scheduled to occur between Vince ' s daughter Stephanie McMahon and Test . However , Triple H interrupted it by showing a video , in which he had married a drunk Stephanie in a wedding car . Test and Vince then ran after Triple H to attack him . On December 2 edition of " SmackDown " , Triple H announced that he would wrestle Vince in a No Holds Barred match . On December 6 edition of " Raw is War " , Triple H suggested a stipulation into the match that if Vince won the match , Triple H and Stephanie ' s marriage would be annulled but if Triple H won , he would be granted a WWF Championship match . Vince agreed to the stipulation . Another predominant rivalry heading into the event was between Big Show and Big Boss Man . Their rivalry was stemming back from Survivor Series , when Big Show defeated Boss Man and his team of Prince Albert , Viscera and Mideon in a one - on - four Survivor Series elimination match . Later that night , Big Show replaced an injured Stone Cold Steve Austin in a Triple Threat match for the WWF Championship against then champion Triple H and The Rock . Big Show defeated Triple H to win the title . On November 15 edition of " Raw is War " , Big Boss Man became the # 1 contender for the WWF Championship at Armageddon , by defeating Rock in a Hardcore match . On November 22 edition of " Raw is War " , Rock was scheduled to wrestle Big Boss Man and Prince Albert in a tag team match with a partner of his choosing . He chose the audience to be his partner , making it a Handicap match . He was dominated throughout the match until Rock ' s former Rock ' n ' Sock Connection partner Mankind came out to help him as his partner , reuniting Rock ' n ' Sock Connection . The reunited team defeated Boss Man and Albert . On November 25 edition of " SmackDown " , Rock ' n ' Sock Connection defeated The Holly Cousins ( Hardcore and Crash ) to become the # 1 contenders for the WWF Tag Team Championship , being held by New Age Outlaws ( Mr . Ass and Road Dogg ) at Armageddon . At Survivor Series , Chyna defeated Chris Jericho to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship . On November 15 edition of " Raw is War " , Chyna and her manager Miss Kitty distracted Jericho during a match against Gangrel , allowing Gangrel to win the match . On November 25 edition of " SmackDown " , Chyna and Kitty cost Jericho another match , this time against Big Show for the WWF Championship . On November 29 edition of " Raw is War " , a match was made between the two for the Intercontinental Championship when Jericho challenged Chyna for the title at Armageddon . On November 20 edition of " Jakked " , the recently debuted Rikishi defeated Crash Holly in a standard wrestling match , starting a rivalry between Rikishi and Holly Cousins . On December 12 edition of " Sunday Night Heat " , Viscera became Rikishi ' s partner after aiding him in his brawl with Holly Cousins , leading to a tag team match between Holly Cousins and the makeshift team of Rikishi and Viscera . At Survivor Series , Kane defeated X - Pac by disqualification after X - Pac ' s D - Generation X teammates interfered in the match and attacked Kane . On November 29 edition of " Raw is War " , X - Pac interfered in a tag team match pitting Kane and Big Show against Big Boss Man and Viscera . X - Pac cost Kane , the match by attacking him with a Chair Shot . After the match , X - Pac also attacked Kane ' s manager Tori . Later that night , X - Pac teamed up with New Age Outlaws to wrestle Rock ' n ' Sock Connection and their mystery partner in a six - man tag team match . Kane was revealed to be their partner . The match ended when Al Snow interfered and attacked DX , getting Rock ' n ' Sock and Kane disqualified . On December 2 edition of " SmackDown " , Kane lost to Viscera by count - out after being distracted by X - Pac . This led to a Steel Cage match between Kane and X - Pac at Armageddon . At Survivor Series , Val Venis and his team of Steve Blackman , Gangrel and Mark Henry defeated British Bulldog and his team of Mean Street Posse ( Pete Gas , Joey Abs and Rodney ) in a Survivor Series elimination match . On November 25 edition of " SmackDown " , Bulldog defended the WWF European Championship against Venis and retained the title by getting disqualified . On November 29 edition of " Raw is War " , Bulldog interfered in a match between Venis and Kurt Angle , costing Venis , the match . On December 2 edition of " SmackDown " , Bulldog defended the European Championship against D ' Lo Brown . During the match , it was announced that Bulldog would defend the title against Venis at Armageddon . Venis interfered in the match and attacked Bulldog , prompting Brown to attack Venis . As a result , all the three wrestlers began attacking each other . As a result , on December 6 edition of " Raw is War " , Venis wrestled Brown to determine the # 1 contender for the title at Armageddon . However , the match resulted in a no contest after Bulldog and Mean Street Posse attacked both Venis and Brown . As a result , Venis and Brown were both made the contenders for the European Championship at Armageddon , making it a Triple Threat match . At Survivor Series , Kurt Angle made his WWF in - ring debut with a victory against Shawn Stasiak . Angle began an undefeated streak by continuing to win matches against opponents including The Godfather , Gangrel , Mark Henry , D ' Lo Brown and Val Venis . On December 2 edition of " SmackDown " , it was announced that Angle would wrestle Steve Blackman in a standard wrestling match at Armageddon . At Survivor Series , The Fabulous Moolah , Mae Young , Debra and Tori defeated Ivory , Luna , Jacqueline and Terri Runnels in an eight - woman tag team match . On November 18 edition of " SmackDown " , Ivory defeated Jacqueline and Luna in a Triple Threat Hardcore match to retain the WWF Women ' s Championship . On November 25 edition of " SmackDown " , Jacqueline defeated Ivory in a non - title first - ever Gravy Bowl match , with Miss Kitty serving as the special guest referee . As a result of winning , Jacqueline won the Golden Ladle Trophy . This angered Ivory and she attacked Kitty . An EMT came out to help Kitty but was attacked by Ivory too . On November 29 edition of " Raw is War " , the EMT was introduced by Michael Cole as Barbara Bush ( B . B ) . She challenged Ivory to an Evening Gown match for the Women ' s Championship at Armageddon . Ivory responded by ripping off B . B ' s shirt . On December 6 edition of " Raw is War " , it was announced that Ivory would defend the Women ' s Championship against BB , Jacqueline and Miss Kitty in a Four Corners Evening Gown Pool match at Armageddon . Event . Before the event aired live on pay - per - view , Al Snow defeated Test by pin ning him in a match that aired live on " Sunday Night Heat " . Preliminary matches . As the event concluded , the first match that aired was a tag team battle royal , with the winning team earning a WWF Tag Team Championship match at Royal Rumble . The participating teams in the match were The Acolytes ( Bradshaw and Faarooq ) , The Godfather and Mark Henry , The Headbangers ( Mosh and Thrasher ) , Edge and Christian , Hardy Boyz ( Matt and Jeff ) , Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray and D - Von ) , Mean Street Posse ( Pete Gas and Rodney ) , and Too Cool ( Grand Master Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty ) . Before the match started , Dudley Boyz briefly brawled with Edge and Christian . As the match started , Mean Street Posse ' s third member Joey Abs interfered in the match to help his teammates , but Rodney and Abs were eliminated but the referee did not notice it . However , despite that , Mean Street Posse was the first team to get eliminated when Faarooq tossed Pete Gas over the top rope . The Headbangers were next to be eliminated when Godfather backdrop ped Mosh over the top rope . Acolytes then eliminated Mark Henry , causing Godfather and Henry to get eliminated from the match . Christian went on to eliminate both members of Too Cool . Edge and Christian were the next team eliminated when D - Von pulled Edge from the apron . Dudley Boyz were next to be eliminated when Matt eliminated D - Von . The match continued until Matt and Bradshaw eliminated each other . However , the match continued as Jeff eliminated Faarooq by performing a Headscissor Throw but the referee did not notice it . As a result , the match continued . Faarooq took advantage and eliminated Jeff . As a result , APA won the battle royal and would earn the title shot at Royal Rumble . The second match was between Kurt Angle and Steve Blackman . After a back and forth action , Angle won the match by pinning Blackman after avoiding an Enzuigiri by Blackman and performing a Bridging Belly to Back Suplex . However , after the match , Blackman attacked Angle with his kendo sticks . The third match was a Four corners evening gown pool match for the WWF Women ' s Championship . Ivory defended the title against Miss Kitty , Jacqueline and B . B . . The Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young served as the special guest referees . Jacqueline was the first participant to be eliminated when Ivory stripped her . B . B . was next to be eliminated when Ivory and Kitty both stripped her . Kitty then stripped Ivory to win the match and thus became the new Women ' s Champion . After the match , Kitty took off her dress and flashed the crowd in celebration . The fourth match was a tag team match pitting The Holly Cousins ( Hardcore and Crash ) against Rikishi and Viscera . After a back and forth action , Viscera accidentally performed a Spinning Heel Kick on Rikishi . Hardcore took advantage and pinned Rikishi to win the match . After the match ended , Rikishi argued with Viscera and confronted him for costing him the match . Rikishi proceeded to perform a Savate Kick on Viscera . As a result , both of them brawled with each other until being broken apart by several WWF referees . The fifth match was a Triple Threat match for the WWF European Championship . British Bulldog defended the title against Val Venis and D ' Lo Brown . Before the match started , Bulldog was escorted to the ring by Mean Street Posse but the referee Teddy Long removed them from ringside and sent them backstage . All the three men battled each other throughout the match performing several maneuvers on each other . In the end , Brown performed a Frog Splash , which he calls " Lo Down " , on Bulldog and attempted to pin him . Venis climbed to the top rope and performed a Diving Splash , which he called " Money Shot " , on both Brown and Bulldog . Venis then pinned Bulldog to win the match and thus became the new European Champion . The sixth match was a Steel Cage match between Kane and X - Pac . X - Pac could win the match by pinfall or submission or escaping the cage , with both feet touching the floor . However , Kane could only win by pinfall or submission . X - Pac ' s D - Generation X teammates New Age Outlaws ( Mr . Ass and Road Dogg ) interfered in the match on X - Pac ' s behalf and tossed chair s into the ring for X - Pac to use it . X - Pac took advantage and dominated the match with this advantage . This caused Kane ' s valet Tori to interfere in the match . X - Pac performed a Sitout Facebuster , which he called " X - Factor " , on Tori . Kane eventually won the match by performing a Reverse Belly to Belly Piledriver , which he calls " Tombstone Piledriver " , on X - Pac . Main event matches . The seventh match of the event was a standard wrestling match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship . Chyna defended the title against Chris Jericho . After a back and forth match , Jericho defeated Chyna by forcing her to submit to his submission maneuver , an Elevated Boston Crab , which he calls " Walls of Jericho " . As a result , Jericho became the new Intercontinental Champion . After the match , Jericho was interviewed by Michael Cole backstage where Chyna showed her respect to Jericho by shaking his hand and called him the better wrestler for that night . The eighth match was a tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship . New Age Outlaws defended the titles against Rock ' n ' Sock Connection ( The Rock and Mankind ) . In the earlier portion of the match , Al Snow interfered and attacked Mankind until Rock assaulted Snow . After chasing away Snow , Rock ' n ' Sock continued to fight Outlaws . Rock had nearly the match won when he performed a Lifting Side Slam , which he called " Rock Bottom " , on Mr . Ass . Rock attempted to pin Mr . Ass after the move but Snow interfered and broke the pinfall attempt . As a result , Outlaws were disqualified and Rock ' n ' Sock won the match , but since a title could only change hands by pinfall or submission , Outlaws retained the Tag Team Championship . After the match , an enraged Rock performed a Rock Bottom on Road Dogg and then hit Snow with a Rock Bottom and followed it by performing an Elbow Drop , which he called " People ' s Elbow " , on Snow . The final match on the undercard was a standard wrestling match for the WWF Championship . Big Show defended the title against Big Boss Man . Boss Man ' s enforcer Prince Albert continuously interfered on his behalf throughout the match , prompting Big Show to perform a Chokeslam on Albert through the Spanish announce table . Big Show defeated Boss Man to retain the WWF Championship title by pinning Boss Man after chokeslamming him . The main event was a No Holds Barred match between Triple H and Vince McMahon . Vince ' s legit imate daughter and Triple H ' s on - screen wife Stephanie McMahon was in the front row in the audience to see the match . The match stipulated that if Vince won , Triple H and Stephanie ' s marriage would be annulled but if Triple H won , he would receive a title shot at the WWF Championship . Mankind interfered in the match and helped Vince by appearing in the ringside area with a shopping cart full of weapons for Vince to use . This allowed Vince to dominate much of the match . In the closing moments of the match , Vince tried to assault Triple H with Triple H ' s own weapon , sledgehammer but Stephanie came out and stopped Vince from doing so . She decided to hit Triple H herself but she lost her courage to attack him . This allowed Triple H to grab the weapon and he attacked Vince with it to win the match . After the match , Triple H tried to attack Stephanie with it but then dropped the weapon and the two embraced in the ring , revealing that it was an entire plan by both of them to take over WWF . Aftermath . On December 13 edition of " Raw is War " , Triple H and Stephanie McMahon took over the show after Vince McMahon and his son Shane McMahon left the arena in their limousine and Triple H made all the matches of that night . As a result of Triple H and Stephanie ' s takeover , McMahon - Helmsley Era was born . Triple H and Stephanie continued to make matches of their own choice that were usually in favor of D - Generation X . This continued on December 16 edition of " SmackDown " and on December 20 edition of " Raw is War " . On December 23 edition of " SmackDown " , one of the victims of Triple H ' s match makings , Mick Foley ' s alter ego Mankind protested on these match makings and Stephanie decided that DX would not interfere in any match and only fair matches would be made and Triple H was suspended in a cage above the ring during the WWF Championship match between Big Show and Mankind . Triple H ' s cage was lowered down and along with his DX teammates , New Age Outlaws ( Mr . Ass and Road Dogg ) , Triple H attacked Mankind . It was revealed to be a plan by Stephanie to punish Mankind on protesting . On December 27 edition of " Raw is War " , Triple H forced Mankind to wrestle his Rock ' n ' Sock Connection partner The Rock in a match , where the loser must leave WWF . Rock won the match . As a result , Mankind was fired from WWF in the storyline . On January 3 edition of " Raw is War " , Triple H announced that he would wrestle Big Show for the WWF Championship . Later that night , Triple H defeated Big Show via interference by his DX teammate X - Pac for the title . On January 10 edition of " Raw is War " , Rock and the entire WWF roster threatened to leave WWF if Mick Foley was not reinstated in WWF . As a result , Triple H was forced to reinstate Foley . On January 13 edition of " SmackDown " , Triple H announced that he would defend the WWF Championship against Foley at Royal Rumble . At Royal Rumble , Triple H defeated Foley ' s alter ego , Cactus Jack in a Street Fight to retain the title . After defeating Chyna for the WWF Intercontinental Championship at Armageddon , Chris Jericho defended the title against her in a rematch on December 30 edition of " SmackDown " . Both competitors ' shoulders were down to the mat . As a result , both of them were pinned . On January 3 edition of " Raw is War " , Stephanie McMahon ruled that both Jericho and Chyna were co - holders of the title and announced that only one of them could defend the title at a time but if anyone of them lost the title , both of them would lose it . Shortly after , Hardcore Holly began pursuing the Intercontinental Championship but was defeated by Chyna in a title match . He would then team with his Holly Cousins partner Crash Holly in matches against Chyna and Jericho . On January 20 edition of " SmackDown " , it was announced that Chyna , Jericho and Hardcore would wrestle in a Triple Threat match to determine the sole holder of the Intercontinental Championship . At Royal Rumble , Jericho defeated Chyna and Hardcore by pinning Chyna in a Triple Threat match to become the sole holder of the Intercontinental Championship .