10 Times WWE Had A BLACKOUT

10. WWE's Beware Of Dog Disaster

An unmitigated disaster for WWE when they needed it least, May 1996's In Your House: Beware Of Dog was blighted by weather, power, and rotten luck.

Conditions in the local area caused havoc with the feed and the building's lights, resulting in the live Sunday showing of the event only broadcasting the opener between Marc Mero and Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Shawn Michaels' WWE Championship match against The British Bulldog at the end of the night.

For their part, WWE were quick to act, offering the remainder of the show on a special "Beware Of Dog 2" telecast the following Tuesday. Interestingly, these were all rematches of the original contests that had actually taken place for the benefit of the Sunday live crowd that could squint hardest.

The above image is of Stone Cold Steve Austin and Savio Vega working a Caribbean Strap Match in almost complete darkness, ahead of the banger rematch they'd have 48 hours later. This was perhaps the most significant outcome from the whole debacle - Austin's loss on Sunday resulted in Ted Dibiase raising the stakes for Tuesday and offering to leave the company if he failed again. By Wednesday, Stone Cold was all alone and soon to cut the promo that changed his life.