In the first, The Fabulous Moolah won the WWF Women's Championship from Ivory to become the oldest champion in professional wrestling history at the time.

Lastly, Triple H defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin to retain the WWF Championship.

[2] A second No Mercy was then scheduled for later that same year on October 17, but at the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.

[6] Vince Russo was asked to write the storyline leading up to the match, including when Jarrett would taunt Chyna and hit her with random household objects.

[8] They were originally supposed to have their match-up at Rebellion, but the WWF extended the storyline for another month due to its popularity.

[4] In the midst of the feud, Russo left the WWF for rival promotion World Championship Wrestling (WCW).

[4] Because of the delay, Jarrett's contract expired the day before the match, so he was not contractually required to wrestle at the event.

Matches were planned with predetermined outcomes by WWF's creative staff and featured wrestlers for the entertainment of the audience.

Leading up to their match at No Mercy, Jeff Jarrett would taunt Chyna and hit her with random household objects.

[12] Prior to No Mercy, The New Brood (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy) were in a rivalry with Edge and Christian and the two teams were in the midst of the Terri Invitational Tournament, where the winning team would win the managerial services of Terri Runnels.

[15] In the following months, the WWF Championship was traded back and forth amongst Austin, The Undertaker, Mankind, Triple H, and Vince McMahon.

[16] In late September at Unforgiven, Triple H won the championship in a match against five other wrestlers, including The Rock, with Austin as the Special Guest Referee.

[17] At the beginning of October at Rebellion, Triple H retained his title in a steel cage match against The Rock.

[19] Subsequently, The Fabulous Moolah, accompanied by her friend Mae Young, and Ivory, the reigning WWF Women's Champion, went to the ring for their match.

As a result, Jarrett performed a submission maneuver on Long, but Chyna hit him over the head with a guitar.

The manager of The New Brood, Gangrel brought a ladder to the ring, but as a result, he got ejected from ringside by the referee.

Approximately two minutes later, X-Pac performed a spinning heel kick on Kane and pinned him to eliminate him.

They spent seven minutes of the match outside the ring, where Austin used a steel fence, trashcan, and microphone as weapons.

Near the end of the match, The Rock, bandaged from his injuries earlier in the night, came down to ringside carrying the sledgehammer.

Specifically, he claimed that both The Hardy Boyz and Edge and Christian "were the future of the federation" and deserved "a hefty raise".

After No Mercy, Jeff Jarrett left the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and showed up on WCW Monday Nitro the next evening.

Chyna defeated Jericho at the subsequent pay-per-view Survivor Series in November to retain the title.

[29] When he returned to television a year later, it was revealed that Rikishi had hit him with a car to allow The Rock to become champion.

[31] The event continued to be held until 2008, as it was replaced by Hell in a Cell in 2009, which became the annual October PPV.