The third bout was a " toughman match" between Marc Mero and professional boxer Butterbean. Los Boricuas won the bout by pinfall following a leg drop by Miguel Pérez Jr. The second bout was a six-man tag team match pitting the Disciples of Apocalypse against Los Boricuas. The match ended when Christopher attempted to give Michinoku a Tennessee Jam and missed, enabling Michinoku to give Christopher a Michinoku Driver and then pin him to win the title. The opening bout was the final match in a tournament to determine the inaugural WWF Light Heavyweight Championship, with Brian Christopher facing Taka Michinoku. In the weeks preceding D-Generation X: In Your House, The Rock taunted Austin, declaring himself the "best damn Intercontinental Champion there ever was". On the November 17 episode of Raw is War, The Rock stole Austin's Intercontinental Championship after Austin took a beating at the hands of The Rock's Nation of Domination stablemates. Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock feuded over the WWF Intercontinental Championship. Slaughter then challenged Triple H to a Boot Camp match, which he accepted. Slaughter locking the Cobra Clutch on Triple H. Slaughter saved Neidhart, with Shamrock locking in the Ankle Lock on Michaels and Sgt. Later on that night, Michaels and his D-Generation X teammates, Chyna and Triple H, humiliated and assaulted Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, until Shamrock and WWF commissioner Sgt. On the December 1 episode of Raw is War, Michaels taunted Shamrock, saying that he would not be able to break Michaels' ankle (a reference to Shamrock's signature ankle lock). Shamrock, who returned from an injury, which had been caused by the Nation of Domination in September, was the number one contender for Michaels' WWF Championship. The feud started after Bret Hart left the WWF to join rival company World Championship Wrestling (WCW) after the infamous " Montreal Screwjob" at Survivor Series. The main feud heading into D-Generation X: In Your House was between Shawn Michaels and Ken Shamrock over the WWF Championship. The name of the show was based on the more prominent matches featuring members of D-Generation X. D-Generation X: In Your House (also spelled as Degeneration X: In Your House) was the 19th In Your House event and took place on December 7, 1997, at the Springfield Civic Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. They aired when the promotion was not holding one of its then-five major PPVs ( WrestleMania, King of the Ring, SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and Royal Rumble), and were sold at a lower cost. In Your House was a series of monthly pay-per-view (PPV) shows first produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in May 1995. Although the In Your House name would be used for various pay-per-views into 1999 this would be the last such event where it would be recognized as a show in the original In Your House series according to the WWE Network. Slaughter coming out of retirement to lose a Boot Camp match to Triple H. Notable matches on the undercard included Stone Cold Steve Austin defeating The Rock to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship, The New Age Outlaws defeating the Legion of Doom by disqualification to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship, and WWF Commissioner Sgt. In the main event, Ken Shamrock defeated Shawn Michaels by disqualification in a match for the WWF Championship Michaels thus retained his title. Eight matches were contested at the event. It took place on December 7, 1997, at the Springfield Civic Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. Promotional poster featuring Shawn Michaelsĭ-Generation X: In Your House (also spelled as Degeneration X: In Your House) was the 19th In Your House professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE).
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