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| Promotion | World Wrestling Federation | ||
| Date | September 22, 1996[1] | ||
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | ||
| Venue | CoreStates Center[1] | ||
| Attendance | 13,000[1] | ||
| Buy rate | 131,000[2] | ||
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In Your House 10: Mind Games was the tenthIn Your Houseprofessional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV)event produced by theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). The event took place on September 22, 1996, at theCoreStates Center inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States.
The main event of In Your House 10: Mind Games sawShawn Michaels defend theWWF Championship againstMankind in a match that Mankind regarded as the finest of his career. Also on the show, theSmoking Gunns defended theWWF Tag Team Championship againstOwen Hart and the British Bulldog. On the undercard, formerOlympianMark Henry made his pay-per-view debut againstJerry "The King" Lawler.
In Your House 10: Mind Games was attended by 13,000 people[1] and drew 120,000 buys[3] (a 0.48 buy rate).[4] In 2014, the event became available for streaming on theWWE Network.
In Your House was a series of monthlyprofessional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV)events first produced by theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in May 1995. They aired when the promotion was not holding one of its then-five major PPVs (WrestleMania,King of the Ring,SummerSlam,Survivor Series, andRoyal Rumble), and were sold at a lower cost.[5] In Your House 10: Mind Games took place on September 22, 1996, at theCoreStates Center inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania. The name of the show was based on the rivalry betweenShawn Michaels andMankind.[1]
In Your House 10: Mind Games featuredprofessional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existingscripted feuds,plots, andstorylines that were played out onMonday Night Raw and other WWF television programming.[6]
Mankind had defeatedThe Undertaker in aBoiler Room Brawl atSummerSlam the prior month when The Undertaker's long-time managerPaul Bearer betrayed him and aligned himself with Mankind. Mankind subsequently issued a challenge toWWF ChampionShawn Michaels.[7]
The opening bout, which aired on theWWF Free for All broadcast, was asingles match in whichSavio Vega defeatedMarty Jannetty. After the match, Vega was attacked byJustin Bradshaw.[8][3]
After the opening bout,Vince McMahon,Jim Ross, andMr. Perfect welcomed viewers to the pay-per-view.[8][3]
The second bout, and the first to air on the pay-per-view proper, was aCaribbean strap match between Bradshaw and Vega. This was Bradshaw's first pay-per-view match in the WWF. During the match, two wrestlers from the localExtreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) promotion,Tommy Dreamer andThe Sandman, along with ECW promoterPaul Heyman, were shown at ringside, getting involved in the match before being thrown out of the CoreStates Center; this marked the beginning of the working relationship between the WWF and ECW. The match was won by Vega after he surreptitiously touched three corners of the ring and then was thrown into the fourth corner by Bradshaw, who inadvertently cost himself the match.[8][3][1][5]
After the second bout, Vega was attacked in the locker room byDiesel andRazor Ramon, who Jim Ross had claimed would return to the WWF after having departed forWorld Championship Wrestling earlier that year (in reality, the characters of Diesel and Razor Ramon had been recast with new wrestlers portraying them).[8][3]
The third bout was a singles match betweenJim Cornette andJosé Lothario in an extension of the feud betweenShawn Michaels (managed by Lothario) andVader (managed by Cornette). Lothario won a shortsquash, pinning Cornette following a series ofpunches.[8][3]
Following the third bout,Brian Pillman - who had claimed onRaw that he would interviewBret Hart (who had been largely absent sinceWrestleMania XII in March 1996) at the pay-per-view - instead introduced Owen Hart andStone Cold Steve Austin, both of whom mocked Bret Hart.[8][3]
A vignette then aired showingMark Henry touring Philadelphia, visiting landmarks including theStatue of George Washington and theLiberty Bell.[8][3]
Another vignette then aired in whichClarence Mason tricked a disorientated Jim Cornette into signing over the contracts ofBritish Bulldog andOwen Hart to Mason.
The fourth bout was atag team match in which theSmoking Gunns defended theWWF Tag Team Championship againstOwen Hart and the British Bulldog. Prior to the match, the Smoking Gunns' manager,Sunny, unveiled a large poster of herself, only to find that the poster had been defaced by Bulldog and Hart. Bulldog and Hart won the match and the titles when a miscommunication between the Smoking Gunns allowed Bulldog to pinBart Gunn following arunning powerslam. Following the match, Sunny fired the Smoking Gunns.[3][8]
The fifth bout was a singles match betweenJerry Lawler and Mark Henry in what was Henry's second ever match and his first on pay-per-view. Henry won the match by forcing Lawler to submit using aCanadian backbreaker rack. After the match, Henry was attacked byHunter Hearst-Helmsley,Leif Cassidy, andMarty Jannetty, but fought them off.[8][3][1][5]
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The sixth bout was a "Final Curtain match" betweenGoldust andThe Undertaker. The Undertaker won the match by pinfall following achokeslam and aTombstone Piledriver.[8][3]
The seventh bout, and the final match to air on the pay-per-view, was a singles match in whichShawn Michaels defended theWWF Championship againstMankind. Memorable moments from the match included Mankind stabbing his knee to regain sensation after Michaels repeatedly targeted it, and Mankind tearing out hunks of his own hair in frustration after Michaels repeatedly kicked out of pin attempts. The match ended when Michaels used hisSweet Chin Music finishing move to drive a chair into Mankind's face and then attempted to pin Mankind, only for Vader to interfere and attack Michaels, resulting in Mankind being disqualified. This brought outSycho Sid to chase Vader off. Subsequently, The Undertaker, Mankind's rival, appeared from a coffin at ringside and attacked Mankind.[1][3][5][8][7]
The eighth bout was a singles match betweenFaarooq andMarc Mero. The match was won by Faarooq. This was a dark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
The ninth bout was a singles match betweenSycho Sid andVader. The match was won by Sid. This was a dark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
The tenth bout and the final match was a singles match betweenHunter Hearst Helmsley andJake Roberts. The match was won by Roberts. This was adark match that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
| No. | Results[4] | Stipulations | Times | ||||||
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| 1F | Savio Vega defeatedMarty Jannetty (withLeif Cassidy) | Singles match | 05:22 | ||||||
| 2 | Savio Vega defeatedJustin Bradshaw (withUncle Zebekiah) | Caribbean strap match | 07:07 | ||||||
| 3 | José Lothario defeatedJim Cornette by pinfall | Singles match | 00:56 | ||||||
| 4 | Owen Hart and the British Bulldog (withClarence Mason) defeated theSmoking Gunns (Bart Gunn andBilly Gunn) (c) (withSunny) by pinfall | Tag team match for theWWF Tag Team Championship | 10:59 | ||||||
| 5 | Mark Henry defeatedJerry Lawler bysubmission | Singles match | 05:13 | ||||||
| 6 | The Undertaker defeatedGoldust (withMarlena) by pinfall | Final Curtain match | 10:23 | ||||||
| 7 | Shawn Michaels (c) (with José Lothario) defeatedMankind (withPaul Bearer) bydisqualification | Singles match for theWWF Championship | 26:25 | ||||||
| 8D | Faarooq (with Sunny) defeatedMarc Mero (withSable) | Singles match | 06:23 | ||||||
| 9D | Sycho Sid defeatedVader (with Jim Cornette) | Singles match | 09:10 | ||||||
| 10D | Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeatedJake Roberts | Singles match | 10:30 | ||||||
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