Over the Edge 1999 1999-05-23

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Over the Edge 1999

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Sun 23rd May 1999 (UTC)

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WWE

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1999

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26

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Over the Edge (1999) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and presented by MCI's 1-800-COLLECT, which took place on May 23, 1999, at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. It was the first event not to be promoted under the "In Your House" series of pay-per-views, which typically occurred in months not occupied by the WWF's biggest events (Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, King of the Ring, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series).

Owen Hart was scheduled to face The Godfather for the WWF Intercontinental Championship during the event. Wrestling under his Blue Blazer gimmick, Hart was to make a superhero-like ring entrance, which would have seen him descend from the arena rafters into the ring. He was, however, released prematurely when the harness line malfunctioned, and fell more than 70 feet (21 m) into the ring and died. Criticism later arose over the WWF's decision to continue the show after Hart's accident. In court, his widow Martha, children, and parents sued the organization, contending that poor planning of the dangerous stunt caused Owen's death. WWF settled the case out of court, paying US$18 million to his widow, children, and parents. Due to the accident and controversy surrounding the event the Over the Edge name was retired. The event was also not released for home video viewing until the launch of the WWE Network in 2014.

The main narrative for Over the Edge continued the events that unfolded at Backlash, WWF's previous pay-per-view event, held on April 25, 1999. There, The Undertaker abducted Stephanie McMahon, the daughter of chairman Vince McMahon. The Undertaker's price for Stephanie's return was control over the wrestling organization. His plans were thwarted, however, by the WWF Champion, Steve Austin, who rescued Stephanie and denied The Undertaker his ransom. This plot development set up a feud between the two wrestlers, which would be settled in a standard singles match for the Championship at Over the Edge, in which both Vince and his son Shane, who had aligned himself with The Undertaker, would serve as the guest referee. Originally Shane had named himself the sole referee of the match, but WWF commissioner Shawn Michaels made Vince the co-referee in order to level the playing field. WWF further built up the rivalry between The Undertaker and Austin by having them attack each other on WWF programming, before their showdown. On May 3, 1999, The Undertaker threw Austin off the stage, and two weeks later, the WWF Champion was handcuffed by his title's challenger to a crucifix, which was raised above the ring.

Another feud created for Over the Edge involved Triple H and The Rock, who would meet each other in a standard singles match at the event. Triple H had interfered in one of The Rock's matches, and later threw him off the stage. The script called for The Rock to portray an injury to his arm that required him to wear a plaster cast. Shane, acting his role as co-owner of WWF and ally of Triple H, further aggrieved The Rock by forbidding him to wear the cast for Over the Edge.

The pay-per-view event featured the buildup of a rivalry among two stables, groups of at least three wrestlers. The two groups were the Corporate Ministry and the Union. The Corporate Ministry was formed when the Corporation merged with the Ministry of Darkness; the Corporate Ministry consisted of Viscera, the Big Boss Man, and the Acolytes (Bradshaw and Faarooq). Throughout the month of May, the Ministry was involved in matches with Mankind, Ken Shamrock, the Big Show, and Test, and in retaliation, the four wrestlers formed the Union stable. The WWF continued to enhance the feud over several weeks, which included a brawl among all eight wrestlers on May 10, 1999. The evolving plot led to the promotion of an eight-man elimination tag team match between both groups at Over the Edge. In this bout, the team that eliminated all of its opponents would win.

Other feuds that received less promotion and culminated into matches at Over the Edge include Billy Gunn versus Road Dogg and the Blue Blazer versus WWF Intercontinental Champion The Godfather for the title in standard singles bouts. Mark Henry and D'Lo Brown versus WWF Tag Team Champions Kane and X-Pac in a tag team match for the championship, Hardcore Holly versus Al Snow in a Hardcore singles match for the Hardcore Title, and a mixed tag team match involving Val Venis and Nicole Bass versus Jeff Jarrett and Debra were also advertised.

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Result Description
WWF World Tag Team Title Match
Kane & X-Pac (c) defeat D-Lo Brown & Mark Henry (w/Ivory) (14:44)

WWF Hardcore Title Match
Al Snow (c) defeats Hardcore Holly (12:53)

Mixed Tag Team Match
Nicole Bass & Val Venis defeat Debra & Jeff Jarrett (6:07)

Singles Match
Mr. Ass defeats The Road Dogg (11:14)

Eight Man Tag Team Elimination Match
The Union (Ken Shamrock, Mankind, Test & The Big Show) defeat The Corporate Ministry (Bradshaw, Faarooq, The Big Bossman & Viscera) (14:58)
- Bradshaw eliminated Test
- Ken Shamrock eliminated Bradshaw
- Ken Shamrock was eliminated via DQ
- The Big Show eliminated Faarooq
- The Big Show & Viscera were eliminated via countout
- Mankind eliminated The Big Bossman

Singles Match
The Rock defeats Triple H by DQ (11:41)

WWF World Heavyweight Title Match (Special Referee: Shane McMahon)
The Undertaker (w/Paul Bearer) defeats Steve Austin (c) (22:58) - TITLE CHANGE !!!

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