WWF No Mercy Report - May 16, 1999 [United Kingdom PPV]
Hosted by Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler
Live from Manchester, England
[Report courtesy of Blake Norton, Bagpipe Report]
• The card started at 7:00 pm UK time (2pm ES. Standard). Not much hype went into it; the WWF's third UK-only PPV after the terrific "One Night Only" in '97 and pretty sub-par "Capital Carnage" late last year. The card had few matches of interest.
• Shane McMahon Interview.
- Shane McMahon seemed reallyoff in this interview with The Corporate Ministry. As usual, he made lots of threats.
• Tiger Ali Singh defeated Gillberg with a Neckbreaker.
- Jim Ross said "Tiger will face Goldberg" - he paused for five seconds before correcting himself, with Lawler piping in, "There's not much difference, is there?" Tiger started with some good mike work, talking about how his culture provided so much to that of England. Gillberg, who has been fired from the WWF but is finishing up his duties, actually started off fast, and the fans popped big for him. Tiger got a press, but Gillberg came back with a slam and hit the spear. Gillberg started grunting as Tiger recovered and went up behind, kicking him in the shin; however, he didn't make contact, and Gillberg didn't know what to sell. They did it again. Tiger gives up and just slaps on a neck-breaker for the three count.
• The Acolytes and Viscera defeated The Brood via Pinfall.
- Viscera and Gangrel started off, with the latter trying to knock the 500lber off his feet. He took the advantage and hit a splash before failing a vertical suplex. Viscera went to counter, but messed it up the first time. Gangrel rallied and made a tag to Edge. Viscera tagged Bradshaw, who slammed Edge and hit a pair of stiff Dutch Mantel - like elbows. Christian distracted Bradshaw so Edge could hit a dropkick. Christian came in and hit a clothesline on Bradshaw as he resisted Edge's drop toe hold. Legal men were now Faarooq and Christian. Christian hit a reverse heel kick, tagged Edge. Double team, as Edge whipped Faarooq in and hit a springboard cross-body in the corner, but was quickly caught in a stiff spinebuster. Viscera came back in, hit a shoulder block, and an elbow drop for two. Faarooq was backin, and went for a back body but was drilled with a DDT. Christian tagged in and he hit a series of dropkicks on Bradshaw. Off the ropes, reversal, double duck down by Christian before he was caught in an attempted cross body and drilled with a Scott Hall like fallaway slam by Bradshaw. The big man hit two Irish whips and followed up on the back with a bear hug. Christian escaped, but caught a boot as he came off the ropes. Viscera tagged in and hit a nice walking side slam on the smallest man in the bout and went in for a choke. Christian went for a crucifix, but was drilled with a Samoan drop. Faarooq came back in and went for a headlock. Hot crowd, which pushed Christian into a fast comeback, and he hit a face slam. Hot tag buildup, Bradshaw tagged in and cut off his opponent before he could make the tag. Whip by Bradshaw, went for a splash but was met with two feet, and again. Christian charged but was planted with a big time powerslam. Edge again made the save. They continued to build Christian to the hot tag; he hit an inside cradle for two. Shane McMahon comes to the ring entrance with Midian. Christian was put on the top turnbuckle, but was again saved by his team mates. Gangrel came in and hit a tornado DDT on Bradhsaw, making the hot tag. Off the ropes, Gangrel went two drop downs and a cross body, but was caught before Edge helped him knock his man over. Christian hit a frog splash for a near fall on Bradshaw. Double DDT from the second rope by Edge and Christian doesn't get the three either. Midian ran down and DDT'd Christian on the floor, threw him in, hands his team the victory.
• Steve Blackman defeated Droz via Submission.
• Kane and Midian went to a No-Contest.
- Kane hit the Chokeslam before Shane McMahon came down with the rest of The Corporate Ministry to attack Kane. X-Pac eventually came in to make the save.
• Nicole Bass (w/Sable) defeated Tori with a Chokeslam.
- Sable didn't get as big a pop. She did the Grind. She pulled out of the match, stating she had a cold, and put Nicole Bass in her place. Bass choke slammed Tori and pinned her
• Mankind got on the microphone, talking about his upcoming match. He was original and hilarious as always. He mentioned Manchester's football team Manchester United, who today won the English premier league title (very important title in England). He mentioned that he'd talked to Davey Boy Smith earlier in the day, saying that Smith told him to go away and let him get back to sleep, as he'd forgotten about the time difference (England is five hours ahead of eastern time). Pretty entertaining.
• Shane McMahon defeated X-Pac via Pinfall, to retain the European Title.
- Shane McMahon apparently brought the European Title out of retirement. He charged and was side-stepped out of the ring. X-Pac caught him a second time as he came in as he took a pretty good bump over the top rope to the outside again. There were four screwjobs in a row before X-Pac finally lost the match via pinfall, thanks to The Corporate Ministry who came in to interfere.
• Billy Gunn defeated Mankind with the Fame-Asser.
- Billy Gunn dominated the opening minutes of the bout with brawling, and a really low workrate. Foley kept the crowd in it, as the English mob were solidly behind him. He got into the match about eight minutes in, hit a running knee and got a chair from outside. Referee Teddy Long stopped him from using it, which gave Gunn the opportunity to take the advantage again before his opponent turned a back body drop attempt into a double underhook DDT. After the bell rang for a two count (no idea why), Mankind was drilled on the chair with the "Fame Asser."
• They had a brief tribute to Davey Boy Smith which is very strange - they showed some clips of him, mentioned his back injury and wished him the best.
• Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated The Undertaker (w/Paul Bearer) and Triple H (w/Chyna) with the Stunner.
- Hunter charged at Austin in the isle, only to be clotheslined. They fought back to the rampway, where Austin slammed Hunter, before the Taker took him out from behind. For some obscure reason, a fan in the audience had a sign saying "Yes, I am a Model." Hunter and The Undertaker began teaming on Austin, choking him with microphone wires and brawling nonsensically. They eventually fought back to the ring, where Austin hit a Thez Press on Triple H and then "The Phenom" again blindsided him. Theybrawled around again for a while. Austin hit a vertical suplex on Hunter on the concrete. He went to Powerbomb The Undertaker, but was backdropped. Brawling. Austin hit both guys with a chair, got a two on Hunter. Brawling. Austin was being stomped, but Hunter got in The Undertaker's face about sharing him (or something). The Undertaker chokeslammed him, but Austin grabbed The Undertaker's legs and wishboned him off the ring post. He then took Helmsley and brawled around ringside with him too. He rammed Hunter's head into the steps, but he didn't come close to hitting them. A few minutes later, Hunter broke up The Undertaker's figure four leglock, which caused a brawl between the two on the outside (which The Undertaker dominated). Paul Bearer threatened Chyna. Austin went after The Undertaker again, as does Hunter. It basically turned into a three way. Jim Ross continued to have to explain to Lawler why they broke up each others' pins. Austin countered the Pedigree into a catapult, which The Undertaker caught to drill Hunter with achokeslam. Austin broke up the pin. A few stunners later, Austin went for the pin. The referee then stalled. as they waited for re-enforcements in the form of The Corporate Ministry to come down. They were too slow, and The Undertaker just "recovered" and broke the pin on Hunter himself. The Corporate Ministry hit the ring to beat up Austin. "Shane McMahon had it all figured out!" screams Jim Ross, talking about how the match was made no-holds barred. "It's no DQ! The ref can't do anything!" X-Pac, Kane, The Brood and Mankind soon run down and turn the match into a major brawl. Hunter held Austin for Chyna; she does a cool back-flip, forward cartwheel into a splash only to have Austin kick her in the gut. He hit the Stunner while Hunter was sleeping, then hit Triple H himself with it for the win. After the match, X-Pac and Austin beat up Chyna, Shane and Hunter, and gave all three the Bronco Buster and had some beers.