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WWE Bad Blood (originally Badd Blood) was a World Wrestling Entertainment professional wrestling pay-per-view event that was held in 1997, 2003, and 2004. Bad Blood 1997 was originally titled In Your House: Badd Blood and took place on October 5. In 2003 and 2004, it was an exclusive event for the Raw brand. The pay-per-view is known for introducing the Hell in a Cell match, which was the main event all three years the pay-per-view was held. In 2005, One Night Stand replaced Bad Blood when Vengeance moved to June and The Great American Bash moved to July.
Bad Blood dates and venues
Event | Date | City | Venue | Main event |
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Badd Blood: In Your House | October 5, 1997 | St. Louis, Missouri | Kiel Center | Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker in the first Hell in a Cell match for the number one contendership to the WWF Championship |
Bad Blood (2003) | June 15, 2003 | Houston, Texas | Compaq Center | Triple H (c) vs. Kevin Nash in a Hell in a Cell match for the World Heavyweight Championship |
Bad Blood (2004) | June 13, 2004 | Columbus, Ohio | Nationwide Arena | Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels in a Hell in a Cell match |
Results
1997
Badd Blood: In Your House | |||
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File:BadBlood.jpgPromotional poster featuring The Undertaker | |||
Promotion | World Wrestling Federation | ||
Date | October 5, 1997 | ||
City | St. Louis, Missouri | ||
Venue | Kiel Center | ||
Attendance | 21,151 | ||
Pay-per-view chronology | |||
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Bad Blood chronology | |||
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Badd Blood: In Your House took place on October 5, 1997 at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri. On the afternoon preceding this event, Brian Pillman, who was scheduled to face Dude Love on the show, was found dead in his hotel room. The announcement was made to fans during the half-hour "pregame show" prior to the PPV broadcast itself.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- Nation of Domination (Rocky Maivia, Kama Mustafa and D'Lo Brown) defeated The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) in a Handicap match (12:20)
- Maivia pinned Hawk after a Rock Bottom.
- Max Mini and Nova defeated Tarantula and Mosaic (6:43)
- Max pinned Tarantula.
- The Godwinns (Henry and Phineas) (with Uncle Cletus) defeated The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher) to win the WWF Tag Team Championship (12:17)
- Phineas pinned Mosh after a Powerbomb.
- Legends Ceremony hosted by Jim Ross; honoring some legends of St. Louis wrestling, including Harley Race, Jack Brisco, Dory Funk, Jr., Gene Kiniski, Terry Funk, Lou Thesz, and promoter Sam Muchnick.
- Owen Hart defeated Faarooq to win the vacant WWF Intercontinental Championship (7:12)
- Owen pinned Faarooq after Steve Austin hit Faarooq with the IC Title belt. This was the final of an eight-man Tournament.
- Disciples of Apocalypse (Crush, Chainz, 8-Ball and Skull) defeated Los Boricuas (Savio Vega, Jesus Castillo, Jose Estrada, Jr. and Miguel Pérez, Jr.) (9:11)
- Crush pinned Castillo after a Tilt-a-Whirl backbreaker.
- Bret Hart and The British Bulldog defeated Vader and The Patriot in a Flag Match (23:13)
- Hart pinned Patriot with a Roll-up.
- Shawn Michaels defeated The Undertaker in the first Hell in a Cell match (30:00)
- Michaels pinned Undertaker after Undertaker's younger half-brother Kane debuted and tombstoned Undertaker.
- Michaels became the number one contender for the WWF Championship.
The tournament was held between September 8 and October 5, 1997. The tournament brackets were:
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Brian Pillman | Pin | |||||||||||||
Dude Love | ||||||||||||||
Brian Pillman | ||||||||||||||
Owen Hart | Pin | |||||||||||||
Owen Hart | Pin | |||||||||||||
Goldust | ||||||||||||||
Owen Hart | Pin | |||||||||||||
Faarooq | ||||||||||||||
Faarooq | ||||||||||||||
Ken Shamrock | ||||||||||||||
Faarooq | Pin | |||||||||||||
Ahmed Johnson | ||||||||||||||
Ahmed Johnson | Pin | |||||||||||||
Rocky Maivia |
Notes:
Ken Shamrock initially won the match. But he was injured so Farooq advanced.