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Judgement Day: In Your House: 18/10/1998
WWF Judgement Day was live at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois. Before the broadcast began Steve Blackman pinned Bradshaw after a pump kick. Also The Oddities (Giant Silva, Kurrgan and Golga) defeated Los Boricuas (Jose Estrada, Miguel Pérez, Jr. and Jesus Castillo) by pinfall after Golga struck Castillo with the Avalanche Splash. The final two non-pay-per-view matches were The Godfather using a thrust kick on Faarooq before pinning him and Jeff Jarrett lost to Scorpio with a roll-up pin.
The actual pay-per-view started with Al Snow facing Marc Mero. Before the match, Jeff Jarrett came to the ring, trying to goad Snow into a fight. While Snow was distracted with Jarrett, Mero hit him from behind but it did little to help his plight, Snow slamming Mero from an Irish whip and landing him on the ground several times. Mero tried taunting Snow by attacking Head but Snow stopped him before he could manage it and later in the match, Snow moonsaulted onto Mero but rather than attempt a pin he was distracted by Jacqueline on the apron, allowing Mero to lowblow him.
Mero then replied with his own moonsault crossbody but could not secure a three count. Snow then gained momentum after his trademark series of headbutts, followed by an enziguiri. When he tried another moonsault, though, Jacqueline pulled Mero out of the way reversing the match briefly until Snow rolled out of a Wild Thing, only stopping a pin count with his foot on the bottom rope. In the ensuing struggle Mero set up the TKO but as he swung Snow round, the wrestler found his way back onto his feet and pinned Mero after a Snow Plow.
The six-man tag team match began with Animal being whipped around the ring by Skull but after clearing him from the ring, Hawk was tagged in and despite some reversal attempts on Skull, continued to dominate until he tagged in Droz who, after being distracted by 8-Ball on the ring apron, suffered at the hands of Disciples of Apocalypse who illegally choked him in the corner.
Eventually Paul Ellering made a brief appearance, kicking Droz before tagging back out. With a flukey DDT, Droz managed to pause the match, eventually making a tag to Hawk and as all of the six man fought, Droz took Ellering and 8-Ball out of the ring. Skull, meanwhile, was set up for the Doomsday Device after which Droz ran back in the ring and took the pin, despite not being the legal man, much to the chagrin of Hawk.
The first of five championship matches, for the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship, started with the champion Taka Michinoku kicking Christian out of the ring and flooring him with a suicide top rope crossbody. When Christian tried to reenter the ring, kicks to his midsection left him hanging on the rope and Taka flew a knee drop onto him. Christian managed to gain some momentum after kicking out of the turnbuckle, slowing Taka's dynamism with a falling reverse DDT and afterward delivering a succession of two suplexes and a facebuster.
With Taka thrown out of the ring, Christian mimicked the champion with a suicidal crossbody dive. The match was reset even after a big splash from Christian left him floored. Christian then became the recipient of a dropkick to the outside, then a baseball slide finished by an Asai Moonsault. His gesturing to the crowd allowed Christian some rest time though, and Taka could not pin Christian inside the ring, especially after he escaped a Michinoku Driver II. A second attempt at the driver was reversed into a cradle pin, allowing Christian to win the championship on his debut appearance, with Edge watching on from the back of the crowd.
Val Venis' traditional pre-match speech was interrupted when his mic cut out, with Goldust's voice coming over the tannoy saying, "Hello Val. I told you He was coming back." Goldust instantly attacked Venis as he climbed in the ring, kneeing him in the face but Venis replied with an elbow into the running Goldust. The match fell out of the ring, with Venis being thrown into the crowd barrier and then into the steel steps. Upon reentering the ring, though, Goldust took the brunt of Venis' rage and was thrown back out and jumped on.
A second aerial maneuver saw Venis clotheslined though and at this point Goldust began to dominate the match proper, using a variety of throws to floor Venis and attacking him on the ground. Venis managed to side step a running shoulder barge, leaving Goldust floored outside the ring, something Venis instantly focused on as he dragged Goldust's shoulder into the ring post and back inside the ring dropping his elbow onto the injured shoulder, applying a short-arm scissor submission. When referee Jimmy Korderas checked Goldust's free arm to see if he was unconscious, Goldust refused to give up and after finding his way back to his feet launched a limited assault but Venis continued to target the shoulder, dragging it over the top rope and using a Russian leg sweep variant which extended the arm and shoulder.
Venis' attempts at a Money Shot were short lived though, as Goldust climbed the turnbuckle and pulled Venis over into a superplex, not quite managing a three count. The two exchanged sleeper holds and from this Goldust threw Venis into the corner, catching a bulldog on the staggering Venis. Terri Runnels tried to aid Venis by stepping onto the apron, shouting "you ruined my life" at her husband but Goldust ducked Venis' attempt at blindsiding him from behind and as the referee dispatched Terri, Goldust quickly struck Venis with Shattered Dreams to pin him.
D'Lo Brown started his title defence by throwing X-Pac to the ground and boasting to the crowd. The two competitors had a styles clash, Brown opting for arm orientated attacks, with X-Pac utilizing his catalog of kicks, though neither took a notable advantage early on. X-Pac's short run of offense was countered when, in attempting a bronco buster, Brown stuck his foot out causing his opponent to unwittingly low blow himself.
This allowed Brown to turn the match firmly in his favor, building momentum into a running powerbomb after which he made a cocky pin, lying backwards on X-Pac and thus not managing a three count. Brown then opted to lift X-Pac onto the turnbuckle and attempt a superplex, but was punched off the ropes and attacked with a flying crossbody, but rolled it into another failed pin attempt. X-Pac retained dominance, though, until he tried a seated senton into Brown's shoulders but was left hanging on the turnbuckle when Brown sidestepped it, almost taking out a cameraman.
With a diving knee drop not enough to subdue X-Pac, Brown tried to make him tap out with a cloverleaf but another aerial attack caused him to fall foul of X-Pac's kicks, eventually bucking the bronco successfully. Despite this, and a punch from Chyna, the champion still managed to kick out and in the ensuing brawl, referee Mike Chioda was knocked out, at which point Mark Henry appeared to further his romances on Chyna while Brown used his belt to attack X-Pac but by the time Chioda was back in the ring, X-Pac kicked out. When Brown tried to further his attack with a leaping shoulder block, X-Pac caught him in the X Factor and won the belt via pinfall.
The Headbangers interrupted The New Age Outlaws' pre-match speech and took a short advantage which was recovered when Thrasher made a blind tag to Mosh, allowing him to missile dropkick an unassuming Road Dogg. Headbangers then double teamed Road Dogg, making regular tags to isolate the Outlaw. Road Dogg eventually managed to throw Thrasher into the corner, catching him for a backdrop afterward that allowed both teams to make a tag. Billy Gunn, on the hot tag, took out both Headbangers, delivering clotheslines and a running jumping lariat until Thrasher pulled down the rop from the outside, causing Gunn to fall out onto the mat, before being thrown into the steel steps.
This allowed Headbangers to repeat their same tactic, isolating Gunn in their corner and making frequent tags and double team moves. Gunn almost managed to make a tag after a whirling hurricarana floored Mosh but could not make it to his corner in time, allowing Thrasher to catapult Gunn into the bottom rope. After considerable dominance, a double team went awry as Thrasher whipped Mosh into Gunn, but he was caught mid air and slammed into the mat, but Thrasher was successfully tagged in and instantly took out Road Dogg. Infuriated by the tactics, Road Dogg grabbed a boombox and broke it over Thrasher's head, in revenge for the same attack on the previous week's Raw. However, as the match ended in disqualification the championship did not change hands.
The next match was Ken Shamrock vs the Bladewolf in a singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship.
In the arena, Ken Shamrock's theme hits and out comes the former MMA fighter. The man who looks to beat the Bladewolf for the Intercontinental Championship. Shamrock enters the ring and paces back and fourth as he waits.
OOOOOOWHOOOOOO!
A bell begins tolling after the wolf howl as Jim Johnston's Dark Side starts up. Fire goes off at the entrance and the lights change to dark red and dark blue as the Bladewolf walks out to a loud pop from the fans, the Intercontinental Championship around his waist.
"And from Death Valley, weighing 310 lbs, he is the World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental Champion...THE BLADEWOLF!" Howard Finkel announced before leaving the ring.
"140 days. That's how long Bladewolf has held the Intercontinental title for." JR said. "He won it from the Rock at Over the Edge earlier this year back in May, and has held it since then. If he wins tonight and is champion come Survivor Series, he will have held that title for 168 days. If he can hold the title to the first RAW of 1999, he will have been champion for 218 days."
"Impressive." Jerry nods.
Bladewolf takes his coat off and enters the ring, never once taking his dark hellfire eyes off Shamrock who stared back coldly, showing no fear. Bladewolf hands his title to the referee who holds it up as Bladewolf's theme dies down. The referee hands the title to someone at ringside before calling for the bell.
'Ding! Ding! Ding!'
Bladewolf and Shamrock walk forward and get in each other's faces, going eye to eye with the height difference being noticed. Bladewolf was bigger than Shamrock. Bladewolf makes the first strike with a right hand, then Shamrock retaliates with one of his own that Bladewolf barely flinched at. They go back and fourth, trading right hands right off the bat before Bladewolf ducks a right and then decks Shamrock with an uppercut.
Bladewolf stomps away on Shamrock a few times before picking him up and tosses him right out of the ring where Bladewolf follows, flipping his hair back as he did so. Bladewolf walks towards Shamrock who gets to a knee but Bladewolf knees him in the ribs, causing Shamrock to groan in pain before he was picked up and about to be Irish whipped into the steel steps but Shamrock reverses and sends Bladewolf into the steel steps instead.
Shamrock goes to work on the Intercontinental Champion, punching and stomping on him. Shamrock grabs Bladewolf and bounces his masked face off the ring apron before tossing him back into the ring where Shamrock rolls back in. Bladewolf gets to his feet and turns around to see Shamrock coming for a clothesline, which Bladewolf ducks in time and grabbed Shamrock's right leg, yanking on it which tripped Shamrock up. Bladewolf targets the right leg, kicking and stomping on it, causing Shamrock to yell in pain.
Bladewolf drags Shamrock over to the corner and gets out, grabbing his right leg before he slams it right into the steel ring post which causes Shamrock to grip his right leg in pain. Bladewolf slides back into the ring, watching Shamrock wither in pain before he continues his attack on the leg then backs off.
Bladewolf flips his hair back before he goes to grab Shamrock who punches Bladewolf, causing the big man to back off a step. Shamrock gets to his feet, wobbling and limping due to the pain his right knee was in. Shamrock throws lightning fury fists at Bladewolf before kicking him in the right leg, causing Bladewolf to fall down. He grabs the right leg, intending to go for the ankle lock but Bladewolf pushes him off with his legs.
Shamrock stumbles back straight into the ropes as Bladewolf jumps to his feet quickly but Shamrock boots Bladewolf in the stomach...AND HITS A DDT! Shamrock gets to his feet and drops elbow after elbow on Bladewolf before he goes to the top rope...AND JUMPS OFF WITH AN ELBOW DROP! HE HOOKS THE LEG! ONE! TWO! THREE! WE HAVE A NEW INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION!
'Ding! Ding! Ding!'
Shamrock's theme played as Shamrock celebrated his victory while Bladewolf held his chest in pain and rolled out the ring, disappointed at his loss but shook it off as he heads to the back...
Yeah, I don't know if Shamrock has a powerful finisher instead of a Submission finisher, so I had him hit a DDT to make Bladewolf dizzy, then add in a couple elbow drops before finishing it off with one from the top rope. Some wrestlers have been pinned from that, just look at Randy Savage.