WWE Unforgiven
WWE Unforgiven logo (with current WWE logo)
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Brands	Raw (2002–2008) SmackDown (2002, 2007–2008) ECW (2007–2008)
Other name	Unforgiven: In Your House
First event	Unforgiven: In Your House
Last event	Unforgiven (2008)

WWE Unforgiven was an annualprofessional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV) event produced byWorld Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), aConnecticut-basedprofessional wrestling promotion. It was first held as the 21stIn Your House PPV in April 1998. Unforgiven returned as its own PPV in September 1999 and continued as the annual September PPV until the final event in 2008. From its first event up through the 2001 event, the PPV was held when the promotion was still called the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).

Unforgiven: In Your House was notable for featuring the firstInferno match, as well as the firstevening gown match. After WWE introduced thebrand extension in 2002, Unforgiven from 2003 to 2006 was held exclusively for theRaw brand. FollowingWrestleMania 23 in April 2007, brand-exclusive PPVs were discontinued, thus the 2007 and 2008 events also featured theSmackDown andECW brands. In 2009, Unforgiven was discontinued and replaced byBreaking Point.

Unforgiven was first held as anIn Your Housepay-per-view (PPV) event. In Your House was a series of monthly PPVs first produced by theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in May 1995. They aired when the promotion was not holding one of its major PPVs and were sold at a lower cost.Unforgiven: In Your House was the 21st In Your House event and took place on April 26, 1998, at theGreensboro Coliseum Complex inGreensboro, North Carolina. This inaugural Unforgiven event was notable for introducing theInferno match, as well as the firstevening gown match.^[1]

After the In Your House branding was retired following February 1999'sSt. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House, Unforgiven branched off as its own PPV that September.^[1] Unforgiven then continued as the promotion's annual September PPV until 2008.^[2] After the 2008 event, Unforgiven was discontinued and replaced byBreaking Point in 2009.^[3]

In May 2002, the WWF was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as a result of a lawsuit from theWorld Wildlife Fund over the "WWF" initialism.^[4] Also around this time, the promotion held adraft that split itsroster into two distinctivebrands of wrestling,Raw andSmackDown!, where wrestlers exclusively performed^[5]—a third brand,ECW, was added in 2006.^[6] To coincide with the brand extension, Unforgiven was held exclusively for wrestlers of the Raw brand from 2003 to 2006.^{[7][8][9][10]} FollowingWrestleMania 23 in April 2007, WWE discontinued brand-exclusive PPVs,^[11] thus the 2007 and 2008 events featured wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands.^[12][2]

The theme songs that were used in the event are "Beat Dream" by composer Dan Stein in 1998, "Terror Town" by composers Bruce Chianese and Geoff Levin in both 1999 and 2001, "Edgecrusher" byFear Factory and "Sugar" bySystem of a Down both in 1999, "Behind The Curtain" by composers Joseph Saba and Stewart Winter in 2000, "Adrenaline" byGavin Rossdale in 2002, "Enemy" bySevendust and "Suffocate" byCold ft.Sierra Swan both in 2003, "Survival of the Sickest" bySaliva in 2004, "Calling" byTaproot in 2005, "Run" byDay of Fire in 2006, "Rise Today" byAlter Bridge in 2007 and "Rock Out" byMotörhead in 2008.

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