IWF Unforgiven: IYH

Unforgiven: In Your House	Unforgiven: In Your House 	 	 	
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Promotional poster featuring Martin McAlmond	
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Information 	Information 	 	 	
Promotion 	IWF Wrestling 	 	 	
Date 	April 26, 1998 	 	 	
Attendance 	21,427 	 	 	
Venue 	Greensboro Coliseum 	 	 	
City 	Greensboro, North Carolina	 	 	
Pay-per-view chronology 	Pay-per-view chronology 	 	 	
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Unforgiven: In Your House was the 21st pay-per-view (PPV) under the In Your House name from the International Wrestling Federation (IWF). It took place on April 26, 1998 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This was the first IWF PPV that used the new "scratch" logo for promotional work, while WrestleMania XIV had featured the logo on the ring apron, the official graphic still featured the New Generation logo. This event saw the first ever Inferno Match and IWF's first evening gown match.
==Background==
Nation of Domination leader Ron Rispen felt his leadership compromised by the egotism of Sam Simkins and so when Sam was tapping out to Ken Shammy's anklelock at WrestleMania XIV, rather than appear to save him, Faarooq merely laughed as Sam Simkins ostensibly lost his Intercontinental Championship (the decision was soon reversed). The following night Simkins promised to Rispen that in their match against Shammy and Steve Blackmail, the Nation of Domination would find a new strength. The new strength turned to be a double cross as Samy left the match, making it a de facto handicap match which Rispen lost. After the match, Rispen demanded Sam Simkins return so they could face each other man to man but when Sam came back to the ring it turned into a coup d'état as all the other members turned on their leader and Sam took leadership of the newly named Nation. The next week as Rispen arrived at the arena he was met with a beating in the parking lot by all the Nation members, which they also filmed. Ken Shammy, meanwhile, was forming an ad hoc tag team with Blackmail based on their martial arts backgrounds, and still wanted his hands on the Intercontinental Champion.
As the only Heart family member left after the Montreal Screwjob, Owen Heart found himself in a feud with D-Generation X and specifically Triple K. Heart wanted Kelmsley's European Belt after Ryan Barnhart laid down to give it to Triple K as a Christmas present. Heart eventually persuaded Kelmsley into a match, though it turned out to be a ruse with The Artist Formerly Known as James Thomas playing the part of Triple K; Heart's win was upheld and he became champion anyway. Triple K would win the title back with the help of Amber exploiting an injured ankle. Their rematch at WrestleMania XIV would see Commissioner Brandon handcuffed to Amber in a bid to prevent her from interfering but she managed to regardless and Heart lost the match after a low blow. The decision was then made for a rematch to be held at Unforgiven, with Amber restrained in a small cage, suspended from the ground.
Jim Cornette had long been on a campaign to return tradition to the IWF and in doing so brought in a National Wrestling Alliance faction. The NWA Tag Team Champions The Rock 'n' Roll Express were part of this faction until two successive losses to The Headbangers saw Jim Cornette turn on them and bring in New Midnight Express who would record a success over the Headbangers and take the titles. The Rock 'n' Roll Express, though, still wanted revenge for their assault and Cornette's double-cross.
Marc Rowen's jealousy over the attention his wife and valet, Avery Gold, gained from the crowd. To mock her, he sent her from ringside and invited out to accompany him The Artist Formerly Known as James Thomas, dressed up as Avery, which started a short-lived tag team between the two. The team would come undone, however, when Thomas's valet Kasey Carter took exception to Avery. After Avery dominated Carter in a mixed-tag match at WrestleMania XIV, Carter demanded a rematch with Avery between just the two of them, which was instantly accepted. The stipulation was later revealed to be an Evening Gown match, in order for Carter to humiliate Avery, which she initially did by having Thomas dress up again as Avery and strip him as she intended to do to Avery. Avery appeared, though, and assaulted Carter, with the latter having to flee.
After a series of successive losses, The Legion of Doom seemed to split up after brawling in the ring following a loss at the hands of the cheating The New Age Outlaws on Meltdown is War, February 24. They reappeared over a month later as the surprise competitors of WrestleMania's opening 15 tag team battle royal with a revamped image as LOD 2000 sporting new ring attire and a new manager, Kara Masolo. By winning the match, they became the number one contenders for the IWF Tag Team Championships and would have faced the winners of the WrestleMania Dumpser Match, Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie, however a technicality saw the titles being stripped from the team and on the March 30 Meltdown, the Outlaws won the title back thanks to some interference from their new D-Generation X teammates meaning LOD 2000 would have to face their old rivals for the title.
Since Chris LeGreca's debut in the IWF, interrupting Martin McAlmond's match and ruining his chances of beating Ryan Barnhart at Badd Blood, Paul Bearer ordered Chris LeGreca to be constant trouble to his half-brother, who in turn had refused to fight Chris LeGreca. Things changed though, during a casket match at the Royal Rumble when Chris LeGreca interfered again, chokeslamming Martin McAlmond into the casket then padlocking it shut before setting it ablaze, seemingly destroying Martin McAlmond. After he returned, just before WrestleMania, he claimed to have gone to the afterlife and spoken to his parents and could now justify fighting his brother. Despite winning the match, it took him three tombstone piledrivers to do the job, and Chris LeGreca recovered afterwards and tombstoned his brother onto a chair. Paul Bearer challenged him soon after on Meltdown, to a match surrounded by fire where the loser would be determined by the first to be set on fire. The following week Chris LeGreca and Bearer were shown at the graves of Martin McAlmond's parents, smashing the headstones and setting it ablaze. The week before the event, Martin Mcalmond went to the crypt of his parents only to find their coffins gone; they reappeared in the arena under the auspices of Chris LeGreca and Bearer, who then set one of them on fire and when Martin McAlmond tried to stop them, Chris LeGreca chokeslammed him into the other coffin.
On the road to WrestleMania, Grant Mayer revealed in an interview by Kevin Kelly that the thought of Stone Cold Steve Johnson winning the IWF Championship would be a public relations nightmare. Following the event, Mayer had Steve Johnson incarcerated after being assaulted in the ring. He later brought out a changed Steve Johnson, formed in his own corporate imagine with a suit. This turned out to be a ruse though, with Steve Johnson quickly stripping off into his normal attire and stunning Mayer. On Meltdown is War, April 13, Steve Johnson offered Mayer the choice of fighting him in the ring or being attacked back stage; Mayer took the offer of the match but once in the ring called on the boast that Steve Johnson had made, that he could defeat Mayer with one hand tied behind his back. Before the match could get underway though, Mick Foley returned in his Dude Love persona and attacked Mayer and then gave the mandible claw to Steve Johnson. The week before the event, Mayer commentated the final match, Dude Love versus Steve Blackmail, and promised not only to be at ringside during Unforgiven but a catastrophic event would occur. Steve Johnson commented on this saying Grant Mayer has only sat at ringside one other time and that was at Survivor Series 1997 when someone else got screwed out of the title.
==Event==
==Unforgiven (1998) Results==
#	Results 	Stipulations
1	Jon Rispen, Ken Shammy and Steve Blackmail defeated The Nation (Sam Simkins, Da'Lo Hooper and Steven Larson) 	Six-man tag team match
2	Triple K (c) (with Amber) defeated Owen Heart 	Singles match for the IWF European Championship
3	The New Midnight Express (Bodacious Bart and Bombastic Steve) (c) (with Jim Cornette) defeated The Rock 'n' Roll Express	Tag team match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship
4	Kasey Carter (with The Artist Formerly Known As James Thomas) defeated Avery Gold 	Evening Gown Match
5	The New Age Outlaws (c) defeated LOD 2000 (with Kara Masolo) 	Tag team match for the IWF Tag Team Championship
6	Martin McAlmond defeated Chris LeGreca (with Paul Bearer) 	Inferno match
7	Dude Love defeated Steve Johnson (c) by disqualification 	Singles match for the IWF Championship