In Your House 15 : A Cold Day in Hell In Your House 15 : A Cold Day in Hell was the fifteenth In Your House professional wrestling pay - per - view ( PPV ) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) , which took place on May 11 , 1997 , at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond , Virginia . The main event of the show featured The Undertaker defending the WWF World Heavyweight Championship against Stone Cold Steve Austin . The show also featured the in ring debut of former Mixed martial arts champion Ken Shamrock as he took on Vader on the under card . The pay - per - view portion of the show featured five matches , plus a match on the Free For All pre - PPV show and an untelevised dark match after the Undertaker / Steve Austin match . With the launch of the WWE Network in 2014 this show became available on demand , but does not include the Free For All pre - show nor the dark match held after the main show . Background . In Your House 15 : A Cold Day in Hell 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 . During the Free For All pre - show Bret Hart , Jim Neidhart , Owen Hart , the British Bulldog and Brian Pillman were interviewed backstage , claiming they bought tickets for the show to watch the Stone Cold Steve Austin match later in the night . During the PPV Ahmed Johnson faced off against all three members of the Nation of Domination in a Gauntlet match . Before the match begun WWF president Gorilla Monsoon came to ringside and ejected any member of the Nation of Domination that was not wrestling , forcing manager Clarence Mason , D - Lo Brown and others to leave ringside . Johnson pinned Crush in the first match in just over five minutes . The second match ended in a disqualification when Savio Vega hit Johnson with a chair repeatedly . The deliberate disqualification was to set Johnson up as an easy victim for NOD leader Faarooq . Faarooq faked an arm injury and then quickly attacked Johnson ' s knee gaining a fast victory . The match between former Ultimate Fighting Championship champion Ken Shamrock and Vader featured mixed rules as a hybrid between wrestling and MMA that would only allow someone to win by submission or knock out . During the match Shamrock accidentally broke Vader ' s nose with a series of knee strikes to Vader ' s face . In the end Shamrock forced Vader to submit to an Ankle lock submission hold . The Hart Foundation made their presence known during the main event between The Undertaker and Steve Austin . At one point , when it looked like Austin was about to win , Pillman reached over and rang the bell prematurely , causing a distraction . In the end the Undertaker pinned Steve Austin , followed moments later by Neidhart , Owen Hart , Bulldog and Pillman attacking both wrestlers . Moments later Steve Austin knocked Bret Hart out of his wheel chair and then used one of Hart ' s crutches as a weapon to chase all the members of the Hart Foundation off .