Chattanooga, Tennessee

Sadly Seth did suffer a concussion from Vader. He ended up missing all the Raw's before In Your House. Fortunately he was able to compete at the event.

On the final Raw before In Your House, WWF Champion Shawn Michaels had vacated the title due to a knee injury. Thus the match at IYH had become a title match. Seth was psyched for this. If he could win the WWF title in just over a month of being hired, Hardy could literally become the fastest rising star in the company's history.

Hardy had watched his opponent's very carefully. Hunter Hearst Helmsley had tried to win back the IC Championship this past Raw. He failed to beat his opponent and Rocky Maivia is now Intercontinental Champion.

All he had to do was either pin or throw Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Vader, Undertaker and Bret Hart over the top rope and have their feet hit the floor.

Easier said than done, Hardy thought.

…

Hardy, Hunter, Vader and Stone Cold were in the ring waiting for their final two opponent's. As Stone Cold and Vader flipped each other off, Graveyard Symphony hit and Undertaker slowly walked to the ring. Hardy showed no fear when Taker glared at him when he entered.

Hart Attack hit and the Hitman came out. Hardy watched Hart closely as he finished his entrance.

As soon as the bell rang Helmsley went right after Seth, beating him to the mat while Vader and Taker went at it as did Hart and Austin. Hunter rolled under the bottom rope and grabbed a chair. He waited for Hardy to get up and turn around. When he did, Hunter threw a massive chair shot.

But Seth had ducked out of the way and the chair had hit Vader instead. While Vader went after Helmsley, Austin rolled Hardy up. Seth kicked out at two. Immediately Hart grabbed Seth's legs and attempted to lock in the Sharpshooter. Clearly they wanted to get rid of the new kid quickly. Seth countered by kicking Hart off of him. Seth got and went after Taker. He threw the Phenom into a corner and started pounding on him. Taker pushed Seth back and when he tried to continue the beatdown, Undertaker grabbed Seth by the throat and hit a Chokeslam.

Vader went after Taker again as Hunter crawled to cover Hardy. Seth kicked out at two. Helmsley picked Hardy up and rested him against the ropes. As he went for a clothesline, Seth pulled the rope down causing Hunter to fall out of the ring. Hunter looked back at Hardy in wide eyed disbelief. He had just been eliminated by a kid!

As Seth smirked at Hunter he was turned around by Austin who hit a Stunner. Austin went for a cover. Hardy kicked out causing a massive uproar from the crowd. The other competitors had saw it and couldn't believe it themselves. Taker stepped forward and picked Hardy up. He then hit a Tombstone Piledriver. He covered Hardy and was shocked again when Seth kicked out again. Another uproar from the crowd.

Vader dragged Seth's unconscious body to the corner. He climbed the top rope and hit a Vadersault like he had done weeks before.

This time, Hardy was unable to kick out.

…

Seth watched the rest of the match backstage. Bret Hart clotheslined the Undertaker out of the ring winning the match and the title.

Hardy didn't have time to feel sorry for himself. He had to get even with one man.

And that was the man they called Vader.

Results

Dark Match: The Godwinns (Henry O Godwinn and Phineas I Goodwin) defeated The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher). Tag team match.

1. Marc Mero (with Sable) defeated Leif Cassidy. Singles match.

2. The Nation of Domination (Faarooq, Crush and Savio Vega) (with Clarence Mason) defeated Bart Gunn, Goldust and Flash Funk. Six man tag team match.

3. Doug Furnas and Phil Lefon defeated Owen Hart and the British Bulldog (c) (with Clarence Mason) by disqualification. Tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship.

4. Bret Hart defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Seth Hardy, Steve Austin, Vader (with Paul Bearer) and The Undertaker. Six man elimination match for the vacant WWF Championship.