St. Valentine's Day Massacre was WWE's final pit stop on the road to WrestleMania 15. The event took place in the Pyramid in commentator Jerry Lawler's hometown of Memphis, Tennessee on February 14, 1999. There were eight matches on the card and four of those matches were championship bouts with two championships changing hands. The in-ring action wasn't the best on the card which was a surprise considering there was some quality on the card.
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The WWE Championship title picture heading into WrestleMania 15 wasn't finalized by any stretch of the imagination, but it altered drastically. There was a memorable debut in the main event with this debutant going on to have a successful WWE career. Nevertheless, there are a few tidbits that go over fans' heads when they think about St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
10 The Blue Meanie's Sole Singles WWE PPV Match
The Blue Meanie is best known for his time in ECW, but he featured on WWE programming in 1999. Before Meanie allied with Goldust, he clashed with Goldust in the curtain-raiser. Meanie came out to Goldust's theme song, and he was called Bluedust.
This was one of the worst pay-per-view matches in WWE history. It was also Meanie's only singles WWE pay-per-view match. Nevertheless, Goldust put fans out of his misery as he executed the Curtain Call to pick up the win.
9 The Ministry Abducted Big Boss Man
Big Boss Man represented The Corporation and Mideon was a member of the Ministry of Darkness. Both were heels so fans couldn't care less about who would prevail. However, fans chanted "Boring" which showed that they were unbothered about the match.
The in-ring action was underwhelming as it was a slow and methodical match. Boss Man got the bragging rights by putting Mideon away with the side-walk slam. The Ministry had the last laugh as the lights went out with Undertaker making his way down the aisle with Mideon, Viscera, the Acolytes, and the Brood attacking Boss Man like a pack of wolves. Afterward, they carried Boss Man away from the ring.
8 Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett Retained The WWE World Tag Team Championship
Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett won the WWE World Tag Team Championship on the Raw after the 1999 Royal Rumble. The close friends defended the titles at St. Valentine's Day Massacre against Mark Henry and D'Lo Brown. Debra accompanied Hart and Jarrett to the ring, and Ivory was in the corner of the challengers.
Henry was still incredibly green inside the squared circle. Moreover, this was an average match and Owen used Jarrett's signature guitar to hit Henry in the knee, and the World's Strongest Man submitted instantly to Jarrett's Figure Four Leglock with Hart and Jarrett retaining the Tag Team Titles in the process.
7 Bob Holly & Al Snow's Hardcore Championship Match Culminated In The Mississippi River
Bob Holly and Al Snow were both members of the J.O.B. Squad but that didn't stop the pair from having a physical Hardcore match for the vacant Hardcore Championship. This wasn't a technical masterclass, but it didn't need to be as they utilized their surroundings.
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Holly and Snow took their battle to the backstage area, but with the match being under anything-goes rules, they fought in the Mississippi River. Ultimately, Holly got the better of his stablemate, and he captured the Hardcore Championship which was his first singles title in WWE.
6 Billy Gunn Was The Special Referee In The Intercontinental Championship Match
Ken Shamrock defended the Intercontinental Championship with Val Venis seeking his first singles championship in WWE. There was a third man involved in the proceedings, and that was Billy Gunn undertaking the role of the special referee. Shamrock had tension with Val as Val was seeing Ken's sister Ryan, who was in Val's corner.
Despite Shamrock and Venis being two superb in-ring performers, it was a mediocre contest for their standards. Nonetheless, Gunn failed to show that he was impartial throughout as he fast counted Shamrock's shoulders down with Venis becoming the new Intercontinental Champion.
5 Chyna Squared Off With Triple H In A Tag Team Match
Chyna did the unthinkable by leaving D-Generation X to join The Corporation in January 1999. The Ninth Wonder of the World teamed up with Kane, and she faced off with her former stablemates Triple H and X-Pac in a tag team match.
This tag team match is overlooked, but it was a competitive contest. Chyna held her own against Triple H and X-Pac. The Big Red Machine chokeslammed Triple H, and he placed Chyna on top of Triple H with Chyna securing the win for the Corporation.
4 Mankind & The Rock Collided In A Last Man Standing Match
The rivalry between Mankind and The Rock dominated the early part of 1999 with the WWE Championship involved, and for the fourth North American pay-per-view in succession, they clashed in a WWE Championship match. This time it was a Last Man Standing match, and Mankind was the reigning WWE Champion.
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There's no surprise that Mankind and Rock produced a remarkable match with the fans heavily invested in their latest encounter. They couldn't be separated and both clocked the other with a steel chair, and the match was ruled as a draw with Mankind retaining the WWE Championship. Fans booed the decision as they wanted more action, and to have a clear-cut winner.
3 The Final In Your House Event For 21 Years
WWE revamped its pay-per-view calendar in 1995 with more pay-per-views to go alongside the Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, King of the Ring, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series. In the months without those events, In Your House was the pay-per-view event that bulked up the calendar.
St. Valentine's Day Massacre was the 27th and final In Your House event for 21 years. The In Your House series returned for NXT TakeOver: In Your House in June 2020. It has become a yearly NXT event in June, which is good to see considering the legacy of In Your House. No Way Out took the February slot for the remaining years of the 2000s before it was discontinued after the 2009 iteration of the event.
2 Steve Austin Headlines WrestleMania
Mr. McMahon shocked the world when he won the 1999 Royal Rumble match by eliminating his nemesis Steve Austin to win the match. McMahon's opportunity to challenge the WWE Champion at WrestleMania 15 was at stake, and he squared off with Steve Austin in a steel cage match.
The Texas Rattlesnake dominated the bout as expected, and McMahon took a brutal bump after Austin slammed his head into the top of the cage and he went through the broadcast table. Nonetheless, McMahon's worse nightmare came true as Austin was victorious and headlined WrestleMania 15.
1 Big Show's WWE Debut
Mr. McMahon shed a lot of blood in his steel cage match with Steve Austin, and the Texas Rattlesnake was in cruise control of proceedings. Big Show emerged through the ring, and he slammed Austin into the cage on several occasions.
The chairman of the board was smart as he said that no Corporation members were allowed to interfere, and he would fire them if they tried to help him. However, his plan backfired as Show slammed Austin into the cage which gave way, and Austin scaled the cage booking his spot in the WWE Championship match at WrestleMania 15.
