WWF Fully Loaded

Fully Loaded
The logo for Fully Loaded
Information
Promotion(s)	World Wrestling Federation
First event	Fully Loaded: In Your House
Last event	Fully Loaded (2000)

Fully Loaded was an annual World Wrestling Federation (WWF) pay-per-view event, which started in July 1998 and was held for a further two years in July. The first edition of Fully Loaded, held in 1998 was an In Your House pay-per-view. The 1999 edition was simply named Fully Loaded as WWF removed In Your House subtitle from pay-per-view events after Backlash: In Your House. Fully Loaded was held for one more year in 2000. In 2001, the event's pay-per-view slot was replaced by the one-off Invasion, and eventually was replaced by Vengeance in 2002.

Fully Loaded dates and venues

Event	Date	City	Venue	Main Event
Fully Loaded: In Your House	July 26, 1998	Fresno, California	Selland Arena	Kane and Mankind (c) vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Undertaker for the WWF Tag Team Championship.
Fully Loaded (1999)	July 25, 1999	Buffalo, New York	Marine Midland Arena	Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) vs. The Undertaker in a First Blood match for the WWF Championship
Fully Loaded (2000)	July 23, 2000	Dallas, Texas	Reunion Arena	The Rock (c) vs. Chris Benoit for the WWF Championship

History

Fully Loaded started as an In Your House pay-per-view event in 1998. It was the twenty-third In Your House pay-per-view. Fully Loaded continued to be used as a pay-per-view in July for two more years, before being replaced by WWF Invasion in 2001, that was based on The Invasion storyline between WWF and The Alliance. However, Invasion was used only once before Fully Loaded's slot was given to Vengeance in 2002 and Fully Loaded was disbanded.

1998

Further information: Fully Loaded: In Your House

The inaugural Fully Loaded event took place on July 26, 1998 at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California. Nine professional wrestling matches were scheduled on the card. Fully Loaded: In Your House was the twenty-third event to be produced under the In Your House chronology. The event had an attendance of 9,855. The event was rated 7 out of 10 by John Powell in Canadian Online Explorer's professional wrestling section.^[1] The main event scheduled on the card was a tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship. Kane and Mankind defended the title against The Undertaker and the reigning WWF Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin. Austin and Undertaker defeated Kane and Mankind to win the championship.

In addition to the main event, the undercard featured a Two out of three falls match between The Rock and Triple H for the WWF Intercontinental Championship, which Rock retained after the match ended in a time limit draw. Another featured match was a Dungeon match between Owen Hart and Ken Shamrock, officiated by the special guest referee Dan Severn. Hart won the match.

1999

Further information: Fully Loaded (1999)

The second Fully Loaded event took place on July 25, 1999 at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York. Nine professional wrestling matches were scheduled on the card as well as three matches on Sunday Night Heat before the event aired live. The event had an attendance of 16,605. John Powell rated the event 3 out of 10 in Canadian Online Explorer's professional wrestling section. He explained that "The World Wrestling Federation has fallen into a severe slump. Lacking any heel depth in their roster the federation has been compelled to renew old feuds and perpetuate a McMahon - Austin angle that's months past its expiration date."^[2] The main event scheduled on the card was a First Blood match for the WWF Championship. Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated The Undertaker to retain the title.

Other matches featured on the card were Triple H defeating The Rock in a Strap match, Ken Shamrock defeating Steve Blackman in an Iron Circle match, Jeff Jarrett defeating Edge in a standard wrestling match to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship and Acolytes (Faarooq and Bradshaw) defeating Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff) and Michael Hayes in a Handicap match to win the WWF Tag Team Championship.

2000

Further information: Fully Loaded (2000)

The third and final Fully Loaded event took place on July 23, 2000 at the Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas. Eight professional wrestling matches were scheduled on the card as well as four matches on Sunday Night Heat before the event aired live. The event had an attendance of 16,504. John Powell rated the event 7.5 out of 10 in Canadian Online Explorer's professional wrestling section.^[3] The main event scheduled on the card was a standard wrestling match between The Rock and Chris Benoit for the WWF Championship. Rock defeated Benoit to retain the title.

Other matches featured on the card were Triple H defeating Chris Jericho in a Last Man Standing match, The Undertaker defeating Kurt Angle and Val Venis defeating Rikishi in a Steel Cage match to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship.

References

↑ John Powell (July 26, 1998). "Austin and Taker win tag team gold". Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
↑ John Powell (July 26, 2000). "Fully Loaded recycles Raw material". Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
↑ John Powell (July 24, 2000). "WWF stars bleed for the company". Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2010-12-28.

External links

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Fully Loaded	Fully Loaded: In Your House 1999 2000

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