In Your House: St. Valentines Day Massacre Review

Austin vs. McMahon

Goldust defeated Bluedust (3:07)
Goldust pinned Bluedust after a Curtain Call.
¼*
Almost nothing going on here.

Bob Holly defeated Al Snow to win the vacant WWF Hardcore Championship (10:02)
Holly pinned Snow after wrapping him up in some fencing.
**1/4
Pretty good little match here. This is one of the 1st matches to go outside.

The Big Boss Man defeated Mideon (6:20)
Boss Man pinned Mideon after a Boss Man Slam.
¼*
Awful match here. Crowd could not have cared less who won.

Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett (w/Debra) defeated Mark Henry and D'Lo Brown (w/Ivory) to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship (9:34)
Jarrett forced Henry to submit with a Figure-Four Leglock.
*3/4
Just stuff thrown together. Mark Henry was injured before the match and soon had surgery.

Val Venis (w/Ryan Shamrock) defeated Ken Shamrock (w/Billy Gunn as Special Guest Referee) to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship (15:52)
Venis pinned Shamrock with a Small Package.
**
I remember this match because towards the end Ken said "slap me" to his sister Ryan. Right in front of the camera too.

Kane and Chyna defeated Triple H and X-Pac (14:45)
Chyna pinned Helmsley after a Chokeslam from Kane.
**1/2
Suprisingly good.

WWF Champion Mankind fought The Rock to a no-contest in a Last Man Standing match (21:54)
The match was declared a draw after both men simultaneously hit each other with steel chairs and couldn't get up before the 10 count.
***3/4
Not as good as the Rumble match but very close. I thought it was a foregone conclusion that Rock was going over here. He had to face Austin next month.

Steve Austin defeated Vince McMahon in a Steel cage match (7:52)
Austin won when Paul Wight made his debut and threw Austin into the cage, causing it to collapse and Austin to fall onto the floor.
Austin won a WWF Title shot at WrestleMania XV by winning.
*1/2
Vince bumped like crazy here. Didn't really help the match though.

~ An almost great LMS match is about all there is on this show. Oh, and Vince McMahon taking the bump of the year off the cage.

~ Bonus match: Raw, the next night; The Rock defeats Mankind in a ladder match with the help of The Big Show to win the WWF title. ***1/2