In Your House 17: Ground Zero - The Results

Brian Pillman beats Goldust when Goldust inadvertently knocks down the ref during the Curtain Call. As Goldust checks on the ref, Marlena tries to hit Pillman with her purse, but Pillman grabs it and uses it against Goldust. As per pre-match stipulations, Marlena must be Pillman's personal assistant for the next 30 days, and as Marlena checks on Goldust, Pillman forces Marlena to the back. Goldust goes after Pillman, who forces Marlena into a Lincoln Town Car, and Goldust runs after it but doesn't get very far. Jerry "The King" Lawler takes Marlena's purse and opens it up to reveal that half of a brick was inside. Goldust is then seen going ballistic over the loss of Marlena in his dressing room.

"Too Sexy" Brian Christopher beats Scott Putski in a Light Heavyweight Division match due to referee stoppage after Putski hurts his leg and cannot continue. Jerry "The King" Lawler celebrates with Christopher after the match and mocks Putski's injury, which appears to be a dislocated patella. Putski is placed on a gurney and is taken to the back.

Faarooq says he and The Nation of Domination (D'Lo Brown, Kama Mustafa, Rocky Maivia) are about the streets and that tonight is a street war. He will take out Savio Vega and Crush by any means necessary. Savio Vega says that he is prepared for Faarooq and Crush tonight. Crush tells Faarooq and Vega that he will beat the hell out of them and run his bike straight up their asses.

Savio Vega beats Faarooq and Crush after Crush hits Faarooq with the Heart Punch.

The USA boxing team, who is getting ready for the 1997 Ali Cup, is seen in the crowd.

Max Mini beats El Torito. (This El Torito is in no relation to El Torito from Los Matadores.) At one point, Max Mini bites the referee in the keister and gets the referee to chase him around the ring, then runs around ringside before sitting on Jerry "The King" Lawler's lap and wearing his crown.

Jim Ross is in the ring with WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaugher, who says that his job has not been easy, but he owes it to the fans to do it to the best of his ability each and every night he is Commissioner. Dude Love is then introduced to the ring, and says that he is usually a happy cat, but "joy has not come to Dudeville." He knows he could not defend the tag titles himself, but he knows that this all wouldn't be possible without "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, and relinquishes his half of the WWF Tag Team Championships. Austin is then introduced, and he flips off Jim Ross before staring down Sgt. Slaughter and telling Ross to blow it out his ass. He tells Vince McMahon to stop smiling before he stomps his ass into the ground, and says everyone's had enough of seeing the footage of him being dropped on his head, and that he's tired of being told what he can and can't do and that if he can wrestle, he can wrestle. He asks Slaughter if he wants his half of the tag titles, then throws it to Slaughter's feet and tells him "Why don't you drop and give me twenty, you big piece of trash?" He then gives him one chance to pick up the belt or he'll stomp a mudhole in him. Slaughter, still looking at Austin, picks it up. He tells Slaughter and Ross they make him sick, as does the whole WWF, then says to Ross "Say something if you wanna say it, fat ass." Ross says that he and everyone would love to see him compete tonight, but the WWF does not want him to risk permanent paralysis. Ross hopes he is 100% or more than 100% sooner rather than later, and wishes him a speedy recovery. Austin gives Jim Ross the Stone Cold Stunner, then flips Slaughter off before he leaves. Referees, officials, medical staff, Sgt. Slaugher and even Vince McMahon all check on J.R., and help him to the back as the crowd chants "Slaughter sucks!"

Dok Hendrix interviews Owen Hart and The British Bulldog. Hart says what "Stone Cold" Steve Austin did to Jim Ross is a load of crap and that J.R. didn't deserve it, but says the American wrestling fans are condoning and encouraging this kind of behavior. He wants to see Austin fined and suspended, but also jailed for assault and stripped of the Intercontinental title so it can be returned to him. He and The British Bulldog plan on taking the tag titles back. Even Bulldog agrees that J.R. did not deserve the Stone Cold Stunner, and will be 100% behind Owen Hart when he steps in the ring with him.

Michael Cole interviews The Legion of Doom (Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk) before the next match. Animal says it's been six long years since they held the WWF Tag Team Championships, and threatens to stick the slop bucket where the sun doesn't shine if The Godwinns (Henry O. and Phineas I. Godwinn) bring it to the ring. Hawk tells the Godwinns he will stick them in the bucket and make it a lifetime latrine.

The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh) beat The Legion of Doom (Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk), The Godwinns (Henry O. and Phineas I. Godwinn) and the team of Owen Hart and The British Bulldog to win the newly-vacant WWF Tag Team Championships after "Stone Cold" Steve Austin hits a Stone Cold Stunner on Owen Hart behind the referee's back as Owen puts Mosh in the Sharpshooter. The Legion of Doom are disqualified after using the Godwinns' bucket against them as a weapon, despite the fact that Phineas I. Godwinn brought the bucket in to begin with. The Headbangers celebrate their title win in the crowd after the match.

The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh) continue to celebrate at the concession stand with a free food giveaway of sorts.

Jim Ross and Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter are backstage. J.R. says "Stone Cold" Steve Austin is untrustworthy, and if he is attacked again, he will consider leaving the World Wrestling Federation.

Sunny interviews The Patriot. He's beaten Bret "The Hit Man" Hart once, but he can beat him again. He doesn't know what tricks he has up his sleeves, but if anyone sticks their nose in this match, he will flatten it.

Michael Cole interviews Bret "The Hit Man" Hart. Bret says he may not have any American fans anymore, but he says American fans don't know what a hero is. He is going against a man everyone loves, but that's fine, as everything he does in this match he does to the American wrestling fans who turned their backs on him a long time ago. Bret says he will kick the crap out of The Patriot and that he will enjoy it.

Bret "The Hit Man" Hart retains the WWF Championship in a close match against The Patriot after reversing The Patriot's Sharpshooter with one of his own and The Patriot passed out. During the match, The British Bulldog, who showed up in the middle of the match to stand in Bret's corner, pulls Bret out of the pinfall after an Uncle Slam from The Patriot. The Patriot confronts The British Bulldog, who is attacked from behind by Vader. The Patriot holds Bulldog down from behind as Vader punches Bulldog, and Vader and Bulldog are forced to return to the locker room. Bret continues to attack The Patriot after the match, then tears up The Patriot's American flag before choking him out with it. Referees and officials have to break it up, and Bret punches Pat Patterson before kicking The Patriot a few more times.

Michael Cole interviews Bret "The Hit Man" Hart, who says that America should get used to the fact that they're all losers, and that the World Wrestling Federation is full of losers and they are all Americans. The British Bulldog says the United Kingdom and Canada will win the war against America, and Bret says that at least the United Kingdom respects great wrestlers like them.

"The Heartbreak Kid' Shaw Michaels says he's too jacked up to rest, and that he hasn't rested in the 13 years he's been in the business. He tells The Undertaker he doesn't rest in peace for anybody, and that he will bring The Undertaker's legacy to an end tonight.

At the beginning of the next match, The Undertaker knocks out the ref, and "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels tries to get out of the match only to run into WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter The Undertaker tosses the referee into Shawn, then fights Shawn on the stage near the In Your House set until he punches him so hard that he tumbles down the entrance ramp. All the while, there is no official in the ring, and The Undertaker continues to beat up Shawn outside of the ring until Sgt. Slaughter sends out another match, who refuses to stop the match or disqualify The Undertaker. Shawn then hits The Undertaker with a chop block, and then the match officially begins.

"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker ends in a double disqualification.. During the match, Shawn drop kicks 'Taker into the referee as the referee keeps The Undertaker from using the steel chair that Shawn introduced into the match as a weapon. Shawn goes for a pinfall soon afterwards, but The Undertaker lifts Shawn off of him and into the ref. During the pinfall, "Ravishing" Rick Rude shows up, and hands Shawn some brass knuckles to punch out 'Taker. Another referee shows up, but he is soon punched out by Shawn as soon as Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Chyna arrive. Hunter and Chyna attack 'Taker, then Shawn helps the referee to his feet only to send him head-first into the top turnbuckle. Helmsley then sends 'Taker back into the ring. Shawn works on 'Taker some more, then Helmsley and Chyna attack him again. 'Taker then regains momentum, pulls out the brass knuckles from Shawn's tights and uses them against Shawn before putting them in his tights and punching Helmsley off the apron. The second referee is back up, and even after this, Shawn still kicks out, and the second referee gets choke slammed. Another referee, Tim White, shows up and throws the match out. 'Taker almost choke slams Shawn, but grabs Helmsley and throws him into Shawn before tossing Helmsley over the top rope. Shawn hits Sweet Chin Music, and The Undertaker is tied up in the ropes. Chyna grabs a steel chair at ringside and hands it to Shawn, but when Shawn runs at 'Taker after Helmsley knocks out Tim White, 'Taker kicks the chair into Shawn's face before fighting him and Helmsley off. Helmsley puts a stop to the Tombstone piledriver, and he and Shawn attack 'Taker and any referees and officials that try to restore order. 'Taker hits a Tombstone Piledriver on Helmsley. Other Superstars - all in plain clothes - try to stop both Shawn and The Undertaker. Rockabilly gets choke slammed, but everyone else outnumbers him. Nevertheless, 'Taker dives over the top rope to get at Shawn. Shawn, Helmsley and Chyna head to the back while The Undertaker stands tall in the ring.