From The Shelf- WWF Unforgiven 1999

WWF Unforgiven 1999
Charlotte, NC
9/26/99

Key Points:
-Vince McMahon vacated his WWF Championship (Yes, he actually won the belt) and put it up for grabs in a Six Pack challenge with Stone Cold as the guest enforcer.
-Big Bossman made Al Snow eat his dog Pepper so these must settle their feud in the first ever Kennel from Hell Match.
-Jeff Jarrett has begun to wage a war against woman with Chyna at the forefront.

Your hosts are Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler.

We see the referees on strike in from of the arena and we learn there are going to be scab referees throughout the show. That’s actually a clever angle.

Val Venis vs. Steve Blackman
Steve Lombardi is the scab ref here. They’re fighting over Blackman’s martial arts bag. Welcome to WWF 1999 everyone. Blackman hammers away to start and Venis comes back with a clothesline. Venis stomps away in the corner and he chokes Blackman with his boot. Venis blocks the monkeyflip but he misses an elbow drop. Dropkick forces Venis to bail but Blackman follows out and they brawl at ringside. Back in, Blackman crotches Venis in the ropes and he hits a reverse atomic drop. Venis pulls Blackman to the floor and Venis follows out. Venis drops Blackman on the barricade but he gets reversed into the steps by Blackman. Blackman rams Venis into the post and they head back in where Blackman covers for 2. Blackman sends Venis hard into the corner but Venis comes back with forearms. Backbreaker by Blackman and he hits a snap suplex. Chinlock by Blackman but Venis fights out and hits a lariat. Rights by Venis and he hits a back elbow. Elbow drop by Venis and he hits some knees to the gut. Side Russian leg sweep by Venis gets 2. Venis hammers Blackman on the mat and he rolls through a Blackman crossbody attempt for 2. Spinebuster by Blackman gets 2. Corner clothesline into the bulldog by Venis and he hits a DDT. Venis goes up and hits the Money Shot for 3.
Winner- Val Venis ** ( Fine opening match. They kept it simple and Venis got a nice win to get the crowd going. Nothing wrong with any of this. )

After the match, Venis grabs the bag and pulls out a kendo stick but Blackman superkicks him in the back and he creams Venis with the kendo stick!!! Blackman gets into it with security and the EMTs coming to help Val so the security guy takes Blackman down!!! Blackman finally leaves as the EMTs attend to Val.

Big Show doesn’t care about what happened to the Undertaker and he guarentees he will walk out tonight with the WWF Title.

Video package for Mark Henry/D’Lo Brown airs.

Mark Henry whispers something to Lillian Garcia who proceeds to slap him.

WWF European Title- Mark Henry © vs. D’Lo Brown
Dr. Tom Pritchard is the scab ref. Before the match, Henry declares there won’t be a title match tonight due to an injury sustained by the slap from Lillian but D’Lo is having none of it. They fight in the aisle way and Henry sends Brown into the post. Back in, Brown hits some rights and hits the Sky High for 2!!! Second rope front elbow drop by Brown gets 2. Brown charges in the corner but Henry catches him with the snake eyes. Henry goes to jump on Brown in the ropes but misses and gets crotched. He goes to the floor and Brown follows with a suicide plancha to the floor!!! Back in, Brown goes up and hits a crossbody off the top for 2. Henry presses Brown into a powerslam for 2. Slam by Henry and he hits a clothesline. Chinlock by Henry but Brown fights out. Henry throws Brown back down into the mat and he jumps on Brown in the ropes with success this time around. Henry drops Brown on the steps and back in, Henry catches Brown with a clothesline. Crossbody by Brown gets 2 and Henry hits a slam. Legdrop by Henry gets 2. Whip to the corner and Henry follows with the Avalanche. He puts Brown on top and takes him off with a reverse scoop slam for 2. Brown comes back with a hurricanrana and both men are down. Rights by Brown and he hits a flying forearm. Leg lariat by Brown and he hits the Shaky legdrop for 2. Corner clothesline by Henry and he hits some punches in the corner. Brown takes him out of the corner with a sit-out powerbomb and Brown goes up. Lo’Down by Brown gets 3!!!
Winner and NEW European Champion- D’Lo Brown ** ( Crowd loved D’Lo but was killed dead by Henry’s boring offense. D’Lo did enough to keep things interesting and at least it had a clean finish. Its unfortunate the Droz incident happened soon after cause if you saw how the crowd reacted to him D’Lo was going to rise up the card eventually. )

The Acolytes promises to destroy the Dudley Boyz and send them packing. The camera then turns to the Hollys, Mean Street Posse, and Droz attacking Chaz who is accused of beating his girlfriend.

Jeff Jarrett confronts Debra and tells her to stay out of his business. He drags Miss Kitty with him.

WWF Intercontinental Championship- Jeff Jarrett w/ Miss Kitty © vs. Chyna
Harvey Whippleman is the scab ref. Jarrett attacks as Chyna enters the ring to start and he stomps on the back of Chyna. He chokes Chyna in the ropes and goes to jump on her but Chyna moves causing Jarrett to be crotched in the ropes. Clothesline by Chyna and she charges in the corner but eats elbow. Jarrett leaps off the second rope but Chyna catches him with a low blow. Chyna clotheslines Jarrett to the floor but Jarrett takes her down and crotches her against the post. Back in, Jarrett goes up and hits a crossbody off the top for 2. Dropkick by Jarrett and he sends Chyna to the corner. Chyna does the corner flip to the apron and she catches Jarrett with a clothesline. She goes up but Jarrett stops her and follows up. Superplex by Jarrett and he cradles Chyna for 2. Jarrett is sent to the corner and Chyna charges but misses. Tornado Divorce Court by Jarrett as we see Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young at ringside. Chyna catches Jarrett with the electric chair and they are both down. Sleeper by Jarrett but Chyna escapes and catches him with a suplex. Powerslam by Chyna gets 2 and Jarrett goes for a dropkick but Chyna catches him with a sit-out powerbomb for 2. Chyna goes for a hurricanrana but Jarrett blocks and hits a powerbomb. Jarrett goes for the Figure-4 but Chyna kicks him to the floor to block. Chyna follows and syhe nails Jarrett in the back with a chair. Chyna drops Jarrett face first onto the chair but Jarrett pokes the eye to come back. He charges but Chyna backdrops him onto the announce table. Back in, Chyna goes for the Pedigree but Jarrett blocks and catapults Chyna into Whippleman in the corner. Jarrett grabs the guitar but Moolah and Young stop him and they attack him!!!! DOUBLE SLAM BY MOOLAH AND YOUNG!!!! Jarrett comes back with a double clothesline to take them down for good. Debra comes out now and she shoves Miss Kitty to the ground. Jarrett goes for the Figure-4 on Chyna but Debra CREAMS him with the guitar!!! Chyna covers for 3!!! BUT WAIT!!!! Dr. Tom Pitchard comes out and shows Whippleman what occurred at the finish. Whippleman overturns the decision and Jarrett gets the DQ!!! Chyna attacks Pritchard and lays him out with the Pedigree.
Winner by DQ and Still Intercontinental Champion- Jeff Jarrett **1/4 ( Jarrett bumped his ass off to make Chyna’s crappy offense look realistic. Jarrett kept it together enough to make this at least a half way decent match but Chyna did not look like she deserved to be in that position at all. )

Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley) vs. The Acolytes (Faarooq and Bradshaw)
Jimme Korderas is the only ref that didn’t strike and he is refereeing here.They brawl to start and Faarooq hammers Bubba in the corner. Bubba comes back with an avalanche and he hits a suplex. Bubba goes for a big splash but eats knees and Bradshaw tags in. The Acolytes presses Bubba to the mat and Bradshaw hits a big boot. Elbow drop by Bradshaw gets 2. Whip to the corner and Bradshaw charges but eats elbow. Slam by Bubba and he hits a second rope senton for 2. Bubba goes up but Faarooq stops him, allowing Bradshaw to follow up with a superplex for 2 as D-Von saves. Bradshaw tackles Bubba taking them to the floor and Bubba is sent into the steps. Back in, Bradshaw covers for 2. Clothesline from Hell attempt misses and Bubba hits a belly to belly suplex for 2. Tag to D-Von and he hits a leaping shoulderblock. Swinging neckbreaker by D-Von gets 2. D-Von goes for a crossbody but Bradshaw catches him and hits the fall-a-way slam. Faarooq tags and he covers for 2. Powerslam by Faarooq gets 2. D-Von catches him with a DDT and Bradshaw tags in. Slam by Bradshaw but he misses an elbow drop and Bubba tags in. Back suplex/neckbreaker combo gets 2 on Bradshaw. Jackknife Powerbomb by Bubba followed by a diving headbutt by D-Von gets 2. D-Von goes up again but Faarooq crotches him, allowing Bradshaw to follow up. Back superplex by Bradshaw and both men are down. Bradshaw rolls into the cover for 2 and Bubba catches him with a bulldog, allowing D-Von to cover for 2. 3D to Faarooq but Bradshaw catches Bubba with the Clothesline from Hell. Stevie Richards comes out and lays out D-Von with the superkick, allowing Bradshaw to cover for 3.
Winners- The Acolytes ** ( Very slow match but it wasn’t bad. There was no heat for it as the Dudleyz were not over at that point. You could tell the Acolytes were being stiff during the match and testing the Dudleyz who held their own. Ending was stupid and I don’t think the Richards’ thing actually went anywhere. )

After the match, Stevie Richards tries to shake The Acolyte’s hands but Faarooq destroys him with the Dominator instead. They lay Richards out with a double powerbomb and then they shake Richards’ hand.

Hardcore Match for the WWF Women’s Championship- Ivory © vs. Luna
Havey Whippleman is your scab ref. The match starts backstage as Ivory nails Luna from behind with a trash can. Luna tosses Ivory into the walls a few times and she puts Ivory’s head in a copy machine. Luna tosses anything in her path at Ivory and she sends Ivory into a steel wall. She dumps Luna onto some boxes and Luna climbs onto the top of a forklift. Splash off the forklift by Luna gets 2. Luna chokes Ivory with a shovel handle and Ivory goes to nail Luna with a pole but Tori stops her. Ivory knocks her down and nails Luna in the back with the pole for 3.
Winner and Still Women’s Champion- Ivory ¼* ( Too short, they basically walked around backstage and threw stuff at each other. The splash off the forklift got this a quarter of a star. )

Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young tell Jeff Jarrett to stay out of their way. Ivory gets into their faces so they beat the hell out of her!!!

WWF Tag Team Championship Match- New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg and Billy Gunn) © vs. Edge and Christian
Korderas is the ref. Edge and Gunn start. Feeling out process to start and Edge catches Gunn with a hiptoss. Arm drags by Edge and he goes to the side headlock. Gunn breaks with a back suplex and Dogg tags in. Roll-up by Dogg gets 2 and Christian gets the tag. Dropkicks by Christian and he goes to the arm bar. Dogg escpes and Gunn grabs Christian’s hair, allowing Dogg to hit a big boot. Tag to Gunn and the Outlaws double sledge the back of Christian. Gunn jumps onto the back of Christian and he tags Dogg. Gunn presses Christian into a gutbuster by Road Dogg for 2. Christian drives Dogg down to the mat and Edge tags in. Dropkick by Edge but Dogg comes back with Shake, Rattle, and Roll. Christian nails Dogg from behind and the challengers dump him to the floor. Christian sends Dogg into the steps and Edge works him over on the floor. Tag to Christian who leaps off Edge’s back into an Avalanche in the corner to the back of Dogg. Backbreaker by Christian gets 2. Chinlock by Christian but Dogg fights out and they collide mid-ring. Edge tags in and he prevents the Outlaws from making the tag. Edge and Christian double team Dogg in the corner and they hit a sidewalk slam/reverse DDT combo for 2. Edge sends Dogg hard into the corner and Christian leaps off Edge’s back but Dogg nails him in mid-air. Double DDT by Dogg and Gunn gets the tag. Gunn cleans house and catches Christian with a powerslam for 2 as Edge saves. Christian escapes the suplex attempt and he hits a reverse DDT. Christian escapes the Pumphandle Slam attempt but the New Brood comes out and takes Christian to the floor. Spear by Edge to Dogg but Jeff Hardy comes off the top with a missile dropkick to Edge. Fameasser by Gunn to Edge gets 3.
Winners and Still Tag Team Champions- New Age Outlaws **3/4 ( The wrestling itself was solid but the crowd cared more about the Outlaws’ opening act than anything they did during the match which defiantly hurt my enjoyment of it. Also, tack on another match with interference for the night. )

British Bulldog and Triple H say they will get the job done tonight regardless of their relationship and Triple H will walk out the WWF Champion.

Big Bossman says he spent his life around cages so it doesn’t matter if there are dogs in it for not. He promises a night Al Snow will never forget.

Al Snow says he’s going to be all over Bossman’s ass for the memory of his dog Pepper.

Kennel from Hell Match for the Hardcore Championship- Al Snow © vs. Big Bossman
OK, so the match is a steel cage with the Hell in the Cell around it, and in between the two cages are ROTWEILLERS. Yes, real life dogs. You have to escape both cages and the dogs to win. Snow prevents Bossman from enter the cage to start and he hammers away on the floor. Bossman is trapped between the cages as the rotweillers are brought out to ringside. Bossman starts to climb the cage as apparently one of the dogs pissed on the floor. Yep. They slug it out on top of the cage and Bossman knocks Snow to the floor and Snow quickly runs away from the dogs. Snow starts climbing the cell and he jumps back onto the cage where Bossman hammers away. Bossman suplexes Snow back in and he sends Snow into the cage. Bossman creams Snow with a cookie sheet a few times and Snow is busted open. Bossman climbs the cage and he cuts a hole through the top of the cell. Snow nails Bossman a few times with a piece of wood but Bossman dives the pliers into the face of Snow. Snow throws powder into the eyes of Bossman and he nails Bossman in the head with the wood. Bossman is busted open as Snow drives the wood into the bloody head of Bossman. Snow nails Bossman in the back with a shovel and he sends Bossman into the cage. Snow tries to get the dog to bite the hand of Bossman but Bossman blocks and knocks Snow down. Bossman nails Snow with the shovel and he handcuffs Snow to the corner. Bossman climbs the cage and tries to go through the cell but Snow breaks the handcuffs and shakes the cage, causing Bossman to get crotched in the ropes. Snow grabs Head and he nails Bossman in the head with it. Snow climbs the cage and Bossman does the same. Snow climbs over onto the cell and Bossman is on top of the cell. Snow makes it through the door on the cell to win. Thank god.
Winner and Still Hardcore Champion- Al Snow DUD ( Both men looked totally lost out there. They didn’t know how to work around the stupid stipulations and it resulted in a god-awful match that should avoided at all costs. )

Mankind says he’ll know what to do if he confronts The Rock during the main event. Mankind steals some of the Rock’s catchphrases and then tells Michael Cole not to tell Rock in a funny moment.

Chris Jericho w/Mr. Hughes vs. X-Pac
It was originally going to be Ken Shamrock instead of X-Pac but he left the company. Jericho promises to save everyone from this boring, brutal PPV and promises to end the career of X-Pac like he did to Shamrock before the match. Tom Pritchard is your scab ref. Both men battle for control to start and they reach a standstill. They trade slaps and Jericho chops away. He ducks the spinkick attempt and catches X-Pac with a clothesline. Gordbuster into the ropes by Jericho and he charges in the corner but misses. X-Pac kicks away at Jericho and goes for the Bronco Buster but Jericho bails to the floor. X-Pac chases him back in and Jericho stomps away at the back of X-Pac. X-Pac goes for the X-Factor but Jericho blocks and goes for the Walls of Jericho but X-Pac blocks sending Jericho to the floor. X-Pac follows out with a springboard crossbody to the floor but Hughes catches X-Pac with a clothesline on the floor. Suplex on the floor by Jericho and back in, Jericho goes up. Missile dropkick off the top by Jericho gets 2. Surfboard by Jericho but X-Pac fights out. He goes for a crossbody but Jericho catches him and hits a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Kneedrop by Jericho and he slams X-Pac. Slingshot splash by Jericho gets 2. Chinlock by Jericho and the crowd is distracting with something in the crowd. X-Pac fights out but Jericho catches him with a back elbow. Lionsault by Jericho and he hammers X-Pac on the mat for 2. Rights by X-Pac and he charges but misses and lands on the apron. Springboard dropkick by Jericho sends X-Pac flying to the floor!!! Hughes gets a cheap shot on X-Pac and back in, Jericho sends X-Pac to the corner. He charges but eats boot and X-Pac hits a spin kick to come back. Another spin kick by X-Pac and he dives to the floor onto Hughes. Springboard clothesline by X-Pac gets 2. Kicks in the corner followed by a spin kick by X-Pac and he goes for the Bronco Buster but Jericho goes low to block. Second rope senton by Jericho gets 2. Butterfly backbreaker by Jericho and he goes up. X-Pac crotches him and follows up with a superplex off the top. X-Pac rolls into the cover for 2 and he goes for a hurricanrana but Jericho blocks with the double powerbomb for 2. Jericho charges but X-Pac moves and Jericho gets caught in the tree of woe. Bronco Buster by X-Pac and Hughes nails the ref before going after X-Pac. Jericho and Hughes beat on X-Pac as the ref calls for the bell. Road Dogg comes out and helps X-Pac fight off Jericho and Hughes.
Winner by DQ- X-Pac ***1/4 ( First really good match of the night mared by yet another bad finish. Crowd was distracted by something that happened in the crowd but got into the match in the last few minutes. Could’ve imagined how great this could have been with more time and a better crowd. )

Video package for the Six Pack Challenge airs.

Six Pack Challenge for the WWF Championship- Big Show vs. British Bulldog vs. Mankind vs. Kane vs. Triple H vs. The Rock
Stone Cold Steve Austin is the guest ringside enforcer and Jimmy Korderas is the ref. Undertaker was supposed to be in the match but he took time off with injuries so Bulldog replaces him. Rock and Bulldog start. Rights by Rock and he sends Bulldog to the corner. Clothesline by Rock and but Bulldog comes back with one of his own. Tag to Triple H and he stomps away on Rock. Rock comes back with a clothesline and he hot shots Triple H into the ropes for 2. Rights by Rock and Kane blind tags in. Uppercuts by Kane and he hits the Tree Slam. Slam by Kane but he misses an elbow drop. Powerslam by Kane and he goes up but Show shoves him off the top. Tag to Mankind and he hammers away on Triple H in the corner. Corner kneestrike to Triple H but Kane catches him with a clothesline for 2. Rights by Kane but Mankind comes back with some of his own. Show tags in and he hammers away on Kane. Backbreaker by Show and he stretches Kane across his knee. Kane fights out and he hits an enzuigiri. He dropkicks Show out of the ring but Bulldog tags in and he hammers away on Kane. Big boot by Kane and Show comes back in and superkicks Kane. Mankind tags in and he hammers away on Show. Rock and Bulldog tag in and he hammers away on Bulldog in the corner. Bulldog goes low and he hits a delayed vertical suplex. Bulldog tags Mankind but he doesn’t want to fight Rock so he tags Kane. Rights by Rock and he counters a Tombstone attempt into a Side Russian leg sweep for 2. Sidewalk slam by Kane and Mankind tags in. Kane goes for the Chokeslam but Mankind goes low and hits the piledriver for 2. Triple H tags in and he knocks Mankind to the floor. Mankind pulls him out and he slams Triple H’s face off the steps. They fight in the entrance way and Mankind goes for a suplex but HHH reverses to his own on the floor. Rock knocks him down with a clothesline and he goes low on Triple H. Everyone brawls on the floor and Mankind sends HHH into the steps. He drops the steps onto the back of Triple H and he piledrives HHH onto the steps!!!! Back in, Mankind sends Bulldog into the corner hard and he tags Rock who knocks Bulldog down. Mankind celebrates their teamwork as Rock looks on. He stomps away on Bulldog and he tags Show while taunting him in a funny moment. Big boot by Show to Kane as the striking refs come out. Kane hammers away on Show in the corner and Mankind tags in. Show shoves him away and he hits a back elbow. Headbutt by Show and he slams Mankind. Elbow drop by Show gets 2 as Rock saves. Rights by Rock and he knocks Show down with a clothesline for 2 as Triple H saves. Triple H knocks Rock out of the ring and he follows out. Rock spits water into the face of Triple H and they slug it out. Back in, Kane hammers away on Mankind but Mankind catches him with a DDT. Mankind climbs on Kane’s back but Kane catches him with the Tombstone. He covers but Show tagged in and he dumps Kane to the floor. Show goes for the Chokeslam but Kane breaks it up with a flying clothesline. Bulldog comes in and hits the powerslam on Kane. Pedigree by Triple H to Bulldog. Rights by Rock to Triple H and he knocks him to the floor. Double Arm DDT by Mankind to Rock!!!! MR. SOCKO~!!! Mandible Claw on Rock but Rock breaks with the Rock Bottom for 2 as Triple H saves!!! Show cleans house and he slams the Bulldog. Chokeslam to Mankind gets 2 as the striking refs pull Korderas out of the ring. They beat down Korderas and Stone Cold cleans house on the striking refs!!!! In the right, Rock hits Triple H with a DDT and covers for 2 as Austin made the count!!! High knee by Triple H and he stomps away on Rock in the corner. Rock Bottom by Rock to Triple H and he hits the People’s Elbow for 2 as Show pulls Austin out of the ring. Austin goes low on Show as Bulldog nails Rock with a chair. Austin nails Bulldog with the chair as Triple H Pedigrees Rock. Triple H covers Rock and Austin makes the reluctant count for 3!!!
Winner and NEW WWF Champion- Triple H ***3/4 ( A wild and fun main event. Rock and Mankind’s antics during the match were very entertaining and even Kane and Big Show gave a damn good effort. Yet another bad finish and the chaotic nature of the match prevents it from being something great but it was still quite a fun match. )

After the match, Triple H mocks Austin with the WWF Title so Austin lays him out with the Stunner.

The 411: This was the final PPV in the Vince Russo era in the WWF and as you can see he didn't go out with a bang. Bad finishes combined with a crowd who could have cared less for the in ring product made this a mediocre at best show. Thankfully after this show we would start to see fans once again become interested in the actual in ring product and we also never had to endure the Kennel from Hell match ever again. The last two matches are fun to watch but it's not enough to warrant a recommendation here.

Final Score:  5.0   [ Not So Good ]