WWE's 12 Fails Of Christmas

4. D-Generation-X: In Your House

Paul Heyman December to Dismember Facepalm
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A horrendous event that sat in the enormous shadow of Montreal's 1997 Survivor Series, the event exhibited all of Vince McMahon's worst habits one after another.

Though incredibly over, a still-injured Steve Austin dragged himself through spot-filled bait-and-switch with The Rock, Triple H & the aged and overweight Sgt Slaughter had a drawn-out Boot Camp match, Butterbean and Marc Mero assembled a useless 'toughman' match (worked boxing), a miscast Jeff Jarrett would score a cheap disqualification win over the The Undertaker, and Shawn Michaels got by Ken Shamrock with a pathetic disqualification finish in a Main Event title match.

A lone star in a gloomy sky, Taka Michinoku and Brian Christopher had a pleasing tournament finale to launch the WWF Light Heavyweight Title, but as the opener, that meant the show had unfortunately peaked after fifteen minutes.

In the wake of Bret Hart's November exit and Shawn's lone dominance atop the WWE mountain, the show paints a bleak picture of the company's future despite what would actually occur.

In fact, upon re-watching such a turgid show as this, 1998's turnaround looks all the more remarkable.

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