In place of the traditional Survivor Series match, for this event, was a 14-man single elimination tournament for the vacant WWF Championship called "Deadly Game".

[5] Survivor Series consisted of professional wrestling matches involving wrestlers from pre-existing feuds and storylines that played out on Raw is War — WWF's primary television program.

[7] Kane's reign did not last long, however, as Austin coerced him into a rematch for the title the next night on the Raw episode following the pay-per-view and defeated him to regain the WWF Championship.

[8] Austin and Undertaker then began a brief but strained alliance shortly thereafter that resulted in a brief 15 day WWF Tag Team Championship reign before a title match was signed between the two for SummerSlam in August.

McMahon, furious at the brothers for failing to protect him from Austin, decided to leave the title vacant and booked a special match at Judgment Day: In Your House.

Not only would Undertaker and Kane wrestle for the vacant title against their will, McMahon ordered Austin to serve as the referee so he would have the “indignity” of being forced to count a fall and crown a new champion.

Fourteen wrestlers were signed to take part in what was referred to as the “Deadly Game”, with the last man standing winning the WWF Championship at the end of the night.

The following week McMahon threatened him with expulsion from the company if he could not win a match against former Nation of Domination stable mate Mark Henry.

McMahon awarded him a new belt, the WWF Hardcore Championship, as well as giving him a makeover, including a pedicure, haircut and tailored suit, gearing him up to win the tournament.

As well as being a Hardcore Champion, Mankind had formed an ad hoc tag team with Al Snow; the humorous duo mocked each other's mascots which they talked to, Mr. Socko and Head.

In a tag team match Mr. Socko went missing and it later transpired that Mr. McMahon had wrapped it round Al Snow's Head in order to provoke his wrath.

The enforcer turned out to be the returning Big Boss Man, who after a stint in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) had taken on the role of personal bodyguard for McMahon.

The Headbangers had met the New Age Outlaws the previous month and after dominating most of the match, won via disqualification when Road Dogg broke a boombox over Mosh's head.

[9] Despite titles not changing hands by disqualification, the Headbangers began to declare themselves champions, coming to the ring with toy replica belts and parodying New Age Outlaws pre-match speeches.

[5][14] In the last first round match, the Rock was to square off against a returning Triple H. However, Triple H did not appear (presumably due to his knee injury); instead Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco came out, and presented a "last minute replacement" in the form of Big Boss Man, who ran to the ring only to be rolled into a pin for the shortest match in WWF history, three seconds.

Rock was not down for long, coming out of a kneeling position with another clothesline before chasing Shamrock out of the ring and spitting water into his face but receiving steel steps in the shoulder for it.

As the two met back in the ring, they grappled so much that Mankind's shirt came out of his trousers, resembling more and more his old appearance by the time a double clothesline floored both wrestlers.

He picked him up and executed a Stone Cold Stunner on the chair too and as he made what seemed to be the inevitable victory, McMahon jumped out of his wheelchair and pulled the referee out of the ring, punching him to the ground and kicking him.

Gerald Brisco and Slaughter climbed in the ring and hit Austin with a chair, then Shane counted the pinfall advancing Mankind into the final.

When Road Dogg returned he took the brunt of assault again and as he was down Brown's running powerbomb on Mosh was reversed into a sunset flip like pin.

In a reference to the infamous Montreal Screwjob which took place at the previous year's Survivor Series event, without anyone having submitted, Mr McMahon ordered the referee to ring the bell and award the victory and the WWF Championship to The Rock.

If you watch wrestling primarily for the soap opera and storyline elements then you will probably love this show because they absolutely nail that aspect here, with a great story being told throughout the night that pays off in the end.

The twists and turns all make sense in the grand scheme of things and it’s a testament to how hot the WWF was at the time that they could tease the fans with a Rock babyface run and snatch it away, only to then do even better business as a result.

"[23] In 2022, John Canton of TJR Wrestling gave the event a rating of 8/10, stating, "This is an example of great booking making a show awesome rather than amazing matches from top to bottom.

The following evening on Raw, McMahon declared The Rock to be the Corporate Champion and set about persuading other wrestlers down the roster to join with the promise of money and power.

They also tried to convince the New Age Outlaws to join, but after feigning an allegiance they revealed to be true to D-Generation X and had to defend their Tag Team Titles at Rock Bottom: In Your House[25] and again the following night, which they lost after much interference.

Firstly he split with Jacqueline, blaming her for his losing streak and she went on to form Pretty Mean Sisters; then in a moment of cockiness he announced that he was so insulted by being forced to face Duane Gill that he would quit if he lost.

Thanks to interference from the debuting Blue Meanie, Duane Gill (who had become Light Heavyweight Champion) won the match[13] and Mero quit, making one last appearance at UK's Capital Carnage.

[31] Sable would disappear until the new year, when she became an active defender of the Women's Championship; fighting the likes of Luna Vachon[26] and newcomer Tori and forming an alliance with Nicole Bass.

[30] Decisions by pinfall (Pin), submission (Sub), disqualification (DQ) or double countout (DCO) † Triple H was originally in the bracket set to face The Rock in the first round, but his injury prevented him from competing, and was replaced by Big Boss Man.