10 WWE PPVs That Were Doomed From The Start
9. Breakdown: In Your House
WWE was hot sh*t in August of 1998, but was rapidly reduced to just the latter after some clunky schedule changes for Monday Night Raw and a couple of injuries to key players rendered September a little less than Stone Cold.
A slew of card changes were required for the cobbled-together Breakdown: In Your House, and though a triple threat steel cage match between The Rock, Mankind and Ken Shamrock went down a storm, a main event pitting Steve Austin against an uneasily aligned Undertaker and Kane rather tragically drew a line under 'The Rattlesnake's white hot programme with a babyface 'Deadman'.
Outside of the aforementioned cage clash, fans hadn't been fed enough before the headliner stuttered and stumbled to a finish-free finale. Without injured leader Triple H, DX were a little rudderless in their battle against Jeff Jarrett and Southern Justice, whilst Vince Russo's scripting of the Val Venis/Goldust and Owen Hart/Edge programmes left fans completely confused as to who they should even be cheering.
The last thing the event needed was evil Mr McMahon darting off with the belt after both Undertaker and Kane registered the fall on the Champion. Had Austin not torn Monday Night Raw up in a Zamboni the next night, the company may have found themselves back on thin ice.