In Your House
From Pro Wrestling
In Your House was a pay-per-view series created by the World Wrestling Federation. The original concept was that, in months when the WWF was not running one of its major PPV events (WrestleMania, King of the Ring, SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and Royal Rumble, which at the time ran for three hours and retailed for $29.95), they would offer a two-hour PPV, priced at $19.95. This concept was somewhat abandoned when World Championship Wrestling (WCW) began offering three-hour PPV events on a monthly basis, forcing the WWF to do the same.
The events were numbered, as In Your House #1, #2, and so on, until event specific subtitles were added, such as "It's Time" (Vader's catchphrase), "Buried Alive" (describing the main event match), "A Cold Day In Hell" (contrasting gimmicks of main eventers Steve Austin and The Undertaker), "Rock Bottom" (The Rock's finishing move and the decline of his opponent Mankind), "In Your House St. Valentine's Day Massacre" (a violent event taking place in February and the PPV happened on Valentine's Day), and many others. Gradually the subtitles became main titles (whereas the PPV was not named In Your House: Fully Loaded but Fully Loaded: In Your House), until the regular named shows took over, with the current No Way Out, Backlash, Judgment Day and Unforgiven stemming from them.
The WWF gave away a brand-new house in the Hunter's Creek subdivision area in Orlando, Florida on the first PPV to a randomly selected fan. Newsboards reported the teenager and his family sold the house a few years later to pay for college and because taxes were too high.
In Your House dates and venues
| Event | Date | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Your House 1: Premiere | May 14, 1995 | Syracuse, New York | Onondaga War Memorial |
| In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks | July 23, 1995 | Nashville, Tennessee | Nashville Municipal Auditorium |
| In Your House 3: Triple Header | September 24, 1995 | Saginaw, Michigan | Saginaw Civic Center |
| In Your House 4: Great White North | October 22, 1995 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Winnipeg Arena |
| In Your House 5: Season's Beatings | December 17, 1995 | Hershey, Pennsylvania | Hersheypark Arena |
| In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage | February 18, 1996 | Louisville, Kentucky | Louisville Gardens |
| In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies | April 28, 1996 | Omaha, Nebraska | Omaha Civic Auditorium |
| In Your House 8: Beware of Dog | May 26, 1996 | Florence, South Carolina | Florence Civic Center |
| In Your House 8: Beware of Dog 2 | May 28, 1996 | North Charleston, South Carolina | North Charleston Coliseum |
| In Your House 9: International Incident | July 21, 1996 | Vancouver, British Columbia | General Motors Place |
| In Your House 10: Mind Games | September 22, 1996 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | CoreStates Center |
| In Your House 11: Buried Alive | October 20, 1996 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Market Square Arena |
| In Your House 12: It's Time | December 15, 1996 | West Palm Beach, Florida | West Palm Beach Auditorium |
| In Your House 13: The Final Four | February 16, 1997 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | UTC Arena |
| In Your House 14: Revenge of the 'Taker | April 20, 1997 | Rochester, New York | War Memorial Auditorium |
| In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell | May 11, 1997 | Richmond, Virginia | Richmond Coliseum] |
| In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede | July 6, 1997 | Calgary, Alberta | Saddledome |
| In Your House 17: Ground Zero | September 7, 1997 | [Louisville, Kentucky | Louisville Gardens |
| In Your House 18: Badd Blood | October 5, 1997 | St. Louis, Missouri | Kiel Center |
| In Your House 19: D-Generation X | December 7, 1997 | Springfield, Massachusetts | Springfield Civic Center |
| In Your House 20: No Way Out of Texas | February 15, 1998 | Houston, Texas | Compaq Center |
| In Your House 21: Unforgiven | April 26, 1998 | Greensboro, North Carolina | Greensboro Coliseum |
| In Your House 22: Over the Edge | May 31, 1998 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Wisconsin Center Arena |
| In Your House 23: Fully Loaded | July 26, 1998 | Fresno, California | Selland Arena |
| In Your House 24: Breakdown | September 27, 1998 | Hamilton, Ontario | Copps Coliseum |
| In Your House 25: Judgment Day | October 18, 1998 | Rosemont, Illinois | Rosemont Horizon |
| In Your House 26: Rock Bottom | December 13, 1998 | Vancouver, British Columbia | General Motors Place |
| In Your House 27: St. Valentine's Day Massacre | February 14, 1999 | Memphis, Tennessee | The Pyramid |
| In Your House 28: Backlash | April 25, 1999 | Providence, Rhode Island | Providence Civic Center |
