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WWF Unforgiven '98: In Your House

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1998 Unforgiven
April 26, 1998
Greensboro Coliseum Complex
Greensboro, North Carolina

The Rock, D'Lo Brown, & Mark Henry
V.
Ken Shamrock, Faarooq, & Steve Blackman
Good opener with Shamrock's team winning. ***

WWF European Championship:
Triple H (Champion) V. Owen Hart
Very good match that had a very good ending. Triple H wins with X-Pac's help. ***1/2

NWA World Tag Team Championship:
Midnight Express (Champions) V. Rock & Roll Express
Good match that could have been better actually. The "New" Midnight Express wins. **3/4

Evening Gown Match:
Sable V. Luna
Let's go Luna!!, oh sorry, yes...Luna wins and I see two D's in the rating if you know what I mean...DUD...what did you guys think I meant?

WWF Tag Team Championship:
New Age Outlaws (Champions) V. LOD 2000
Good match that was about what I expected. Outlaws win. ***

Inferno Match:
Undertaker V. Kane
very good match that had fire everywhere. Taker makes Kane burn! ***3/4

WWF Championship:
Stoen Cold Steve Austin (Champion) V. Dude Love
Awesome match that saw Austin hit vince in the head with a chair! Did he mean it. Probably but Dide Love wins by DQ because of it. Cheap ending. ****1/4

Overall a very good show in my opinion with HHH/Owen having a good match again and the Inferno match was fun to watch and the WWF Championship was pretty cool.

Awesome. It doesn't surpass 1999's "Unforgiven", but this certainly was a treat. First up was the first-ever Inferno Match, in a ring surrounded by flames in which the object of the match is to get your opponent on fire (Kane vs. Undertaker); WWF Championship Match: "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (Champion) vs. Dude Love (w/Vince McMahon at ringside); European Championship Match: Triple-H (Champion) vs. Owen Hart, with Chyna suspended above the ring in a steel cage; first-ever Evening Gown match: Sable vs. Luna; Tag Team Championship Match: The New Age Outlaws (Champions) vs. L.O.D. 2000; Six-Man Tag Team War: Faarooq, Ken Shamrock, and Steve Blackman vs. the Nation of Domination; Double J (Jeff Jarrett) sings with country singer sensation Sawyer Brown. Awesome matches. The best is the Inferno Match, the Six-Man Tag Team War, and the Tag Team Championship match.

1.Rock,D-lo and Mark henry vs Farooq, shamrock and steve blackman.
This was a very good match high speed and very entertaining even though the peaple that won wasnt who I wanted to win. 5/5

2.European title match HHH vs Owen hart with chyna in a steel cage above the ring.
This match was also good and a very suprising ending I was glad It didnt have the same ending as the wrestlemania between the same two. 5/5

3.Midnight exspress vs rock and roll express
Funny at times but besides that very stupid. 1/5

4.Evening gown match sable vs luna
only good because of two reasons both sables puppies. 2/5

5.Intercontital title match New age outlaws vs roadwarriors with sunny
An exciting match but the end was very very wierd. 3/5

6.Inferno match undertaker vs kane
This was a very good match i whould have given it a 5/5 If the ending how kane caught on fire wasnt so fake. 4/5

7.WWF championship match stonecold vs dude love
This was a ok match but dude love just plain out stinks. you think they could have found somebody better than that. 4/5

The Official Card:
Ken Shamrock, Steve Blackman and Faarooq vs Rocky Maivia, Mark Henry and D-Lo Brown.
Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs Owen Hart
The new Midnight Express vs the Rock & Roll Express
Luna vs Sable
The New Age Outlaws vs LOD 2000
"Double J" Jeff Jarrett sings a song with Sawyer Brown
The Undertaker vs Kane (amazing Inferno Match)
Main Event WWF Title match Dude Love vs "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
A very cool event and worth getting just for the inferno match and Dude love vs Stone cold... for this low price it's worth adding to your wwf collection!

This began the trend set in future WWF PPVs. Solid main event, unbelivable surprises, T & A, and overall satisfaction upon seeing one. I recommend this to anyone who would like to see why the WWF is king of pay per view.

This is the first PPV of the "Stone Cold era", as Steve Austin makes his first PPV WWF title defense vs. Dude Love. This was a super match, with great brawling, great fan heat, and entertaining antics by Mr. McMahon outside the ring, that added to, rather than distracted from the title match. The other good match on the show was the Undertaker-Kane inferno match, which was better than their WrestleMania encounter. The undercard really dragged though, except for the evening gown match. Basically, a two match show.

With Shawn Michaels out of the picture, this has given other "superstars" the chance to showcase their ability and maybe enter the main event spotlight. Mick Foley aka Dude Love, was given this chance against Steve Austin and produced a surprisingly enjoyable main event. Other notable highlights included an "inferno" match, an "evening gown" match, and "Chyna in a steel cage" match. Capitalising on their superb Wrestlemania effort, the WWF continued its momentum by screening an above average card, which had its moments. A good, solid undercard, with two exciting main event matches. END

Unforgiven'98 is a great PPV. With that said the dvd is lacking. There are no extras,so it's just the ppv. That doesn't bother me though. However,there is also no menu and you can't pick a match to watch by itself. There are two chapters. The second one starts about half-way through the event. But who cares? It's WWF nostalgia at its best. Just watch and enjoy because it is a really good PPV.

The NWA World tag team title match between The New Midnight Express(Bodacious Bart & Bombastic Bob) against The Rock "n" Roll Express(Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) while not a bad match,I still think of it as a mindless filler. The Evening Gown match between Luna Vachon & Sable was nothing more then a lousy try to get men to watch their shows. The Inferno match between Kane & The Undertaker was a scary,heart-stopping,nail-biting showstealer. The world title match between Steve Austin & Dude Love(Mick Foley) was great hard-hitting brawl ruined by a DQ ending. The rest were not great but pretty good. I give this PPV a 8 and a half out of 10.

To start off, the DVD production quality of this potentially amazing DVD release is very poor. Mirroring the comments of other reviewers, I add my own assessment and confirm theirs---this DVD, released in 2002!!! as part of the "Attitude" collection, has no special features, no chapters, not even a main menu. The only "chapter" is mid-way point in the DVD which features the end-point of the New Age Outlaws vs L.O.D. 2000 match, the rest you have to fast forward or rewind to as if they just ripped the VHS onto DVD and released it.


The matches, meanwhile, were a shining example of WWF at its greatest point in time.


Faarooq, Ken Shamrock, and Steve Blackman vs The Nation of Domination
This was a somewhat dull one, without much excitement attached to it from the crowd or the wrestlers. It was something of a "just there" match just to further the story of Faarooq getting vengeance on The Rock and The Nation who betrayed him. Steve Blackman was pretty much the only member of his team in the ring most of the time. (4/10)


WWF European Championship
Triple H (C) vs Owen Hart
This match was something of a good one, without being a spectacle of wrestling or charisma. The special stipulation of this had Chyna hanging in a small cage over the ring to prevent her interference, which she promptly broke out of and escaped after the Road Dogg lowered the cage via the controls in the back. (7/10)


NWA World Tag Team Championship
The Midnight Express (with Jim Cornette) (C) vs The Rock & Roll Express
I sort of shudder and look upon the two WWF stars, Bart Gunn and "Hardcore" Bob Holly, seeing them with the ridiculous names of "Bodacious Bart" and "Bombastic Bob", and then I see these Rock & Roll Express people I've never heard of, and then I was surprised by a very good match, with even some entertainment as Jim Cornette got involved and challenged the referee to a fist fight! (8/10)


Evening Gown Match
Sable vs Luna
One of those... you know... (1/10)


WWF Tag Team Championship
The New Age Outlaws (C) vs L.O.D. 2000
The Road Dogg is great with riling up the crowd, and the New Age Outlaws are a greatly charismatic group. This match, while not the greatest, was a good one, with a very... confusing ending, which didn't really make sense until several minutes after with an explanation regarding camera angles and viewing and such. (6/10)


Inferno Match
The Undertaker vs Kane (with Paul Bearer)
This sort of match is what the Attitude era is all about. While the wrestling wasn't at its best, the action was nonstop, and the charisma and energy these two gave off was incredible. The ring was surrounded by metal exhausts which kept the firing going, and with ever big bump taken or at random intervals, the gas was turned up and the flames jumped as high as a man! The match got taken to the outside and to an amazing finish. (9/10)



WWF Championship
Stone Cold Steve Austin (C) vs Dude Love
This match is a classic. That's pretty much as much as can be said. There wasn't too much wrestling or technical usage, but the energy and the action of these two was astounding, and this match is simply a classic because of it. (10/10)


If it weren't for the shoddy DVD production quality, this would be a great release and I'd've encouraged further releases (before the WWE change)