The main event of the show was a Steel Cage match, in which reigning WWF Champion Bret Hart defended the championship against Diesel.

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.

Diesel, who had been a face throughout his time as champion, began showing more and more heel tendencies both in his wrestling style and comments towards other wrestlers; at the 1996 Royal Rumble he attacked referee Earl Hebner during Hart's title match against The Undertaker, costing the latter his opportunity for the championship.

In November 1995, 1-2-3 Kid turned on Razor Ramon and joined Ted Dibiase's heel Million Dollar Corporation.

This would result in the two squaring off against each other in a tag team match at In Your House 5, before their feud took a month-long lapse after Goldust pursued Ramon's Intercontinental Championship.

Michaels teased retirement but returned in January 1996 to win the 1996 Royal Rumble match, earning him a title opportunity at Wrestlemania XII.