10 WWE PPVs That Were Doomed From The Start
6. D-Generation-X: In Your House
It took for Stone Cold Steve Austin to win the Royal Rumble then get into a transcendent shoving match with his former number one fan the next night for WWE to finally help fans forget the events of Montreal whilst still leaving behind Vince McMahon as the company's (and industry's) new super-villain.
D-Generation-X: In Your House was the company's first failed attempt to steer into the support they'd put behind Shawn Michaels and Triple H, but in actuality mirrored WCW's own stable-based effort nWo: Souled Out at the start of the year.
The prevailing theme of absolute b*stards dominating the company left something of a cloud hanging over the entire event, and none of the matches did much to reverse the perception that things were actually pretty f*cked. Shawn Michaels had an underwhelming main event against Ken Shamrock that frankly could well have been by design - he reportedly ribbed the former UFC star into yelling his spots nice and loud, so obviously wasn't too concerned with internal report cards.
Elsewhere, Triple H underwhelmed in a spotlighted role for the umpteenth time against Sgt Slaughter, whilst the smoke and (smashed) mirrors in the Stone Cold Steve Austin/Rock match struggled to obscure how little of the two burgeoning megastars the company were willing to present.