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Promotional poster featuring Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kane, Triple H, The Undertaker, and Billy Gunn | |||
Promotion | World Wrestling Federation | ||
Date | May 16, 1999 | ||
City | Manchester, England | ||
Venue | Manchester Evening News Arena | ||
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No Mercy was a professional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) exclusively for the United Kingdom. It took place on May 16, 1999 at the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England.
Jeff Hardy – WWE Title Match: WWE No Mercy 2008 (Full Match) Get all LIVE pay-per-views, plus more than 10,000 hours of WWE video on demand. Only on WWE Network. On October 9, the day of the event, WWE announced that, due to No Mercy airing simultaneously with the second United States presidential debate, the world championship triple threat match would begin the pay-per-view portion of the event.
The pay-per-view market was relatively new to Britain: before One Night Only in 1997, all pay-per-view events were broadcast for free on Sky Sports. The UK exclusive pay-per-views were established to serve as promotion for the new delivery method, however, were booked and treated similar to house shows.[1]
At WWE No Mercy, WWE World Champion AJ Styles defended his illustrious title against Dean Ambrose and John Cena. Plus, Dolph Ziggler saved his career and captured his fifth Intercontinental Championship against The Miz and Bray Wyatt stole the win away from Randy Orton. View photos Watch highlights. It should be noted that after its partnership with WWE ended, AKI took the engine to work on EA’s Def Jam Vendetta and later on Def Jam: Fight for NY. These games came three and four years after WWF No Mercy 64 and the engine still held up. With the exception of EuroGamer, in 2003 Def Jam Vendetta was neck-to-neck with WWE. No Mercy was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) exclusively for the United Kingdom.It took place on May 16, 1999 at the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England.
It was released on DVD in the UK and Europe on July 12, 2010, in a set also including Capital Carnage as part of the WWE's Tagged Classics range released by Silver Vision, without any edits to the original content, most notably keeping all mentions and appearances of the WWF logo intact and un-blurred.
Event[edit]
Role: | Name: |
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Commentators | Jim Ross |
Jerry Lawler | |
Interviewers | Michael Cole |
Ring announcer | Tony Chimel |
Referees | Mike Chioda |
Teddy Long | |
Earl Hebner |
Preliminary matches[edit]
The first match was a singles match between Tiger Ali Singh and Gillberg. Singh quickly pinned Gillberg after a reverse neckbreaker.[2]
The following match was between The Ministry of Darkness (Viscera, Faarooq and Bradshaw) and The Brood (Gangrel, Edge, and Christian). Bradshaw pinned Gangrel for the victory after a Clothesline From Hell.
The third match saw Steve Blackman defeat Droz by submission using a Triangle Choke. Following that match saw Kane competing against Mideon. Mideon was disqualified after several Corporate Ministry members interfered,[2] resulting in Kane being declared the winner.
The next planned match was between Sable and Tori. Nicole Bass substituted for her and the match ended quickly after Bass performed a Chokeslam on Tori. This would be Sable's last appearance in the WWF for nearly four years.
The sixth event of the night was a WWF European Championship match that saw Shane McMahon defend against X-Pac. McMahon pinned X-Pac after Triple H interfered and gave him a Pedigree, while the referee was down. At one point Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco stopped Shane McMahon from leaving the match early, leading to Chyna's interference, attacking the pair so they wouldn't interfere again.
The seventh match saw Billy Gunn defeat Mankind. Gunn pinned Mankind after a Fameasser.[2]
Main event matches[edit]
The main event match was Anything GoesTriple Threat match for the WWF Championship. Defending champion Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) and Triple H (with Chyna), pinning Triple H after a Stone Cold Stunner following interference from the Corporate Ministry, The Brood, Kane, X-Pac and Mankind.
Results[edit]
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
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1 | Tiger Ali Singh defeated Gillberg | Singles match | 1:05 |
2 | The Ministry of Darkness (Bradshaw, Faarooq and Viscera) defeated The Brood (Christian, Edge and Gangrel) | Six-man tag team match | 13:49 |
3 | Steve Blackman defeated Droz by submission | Singles match | 7:43 |
4 | Kane defeated Mideon by disqualification | Singles match | 4:34 |
5 | Nicole Bass defeated Tori | Singles match | 0:27 |
6 | Shane McMahon (c) defeated X-Pac | Singles match for the WWF European Championship | 8:26 |
7 | Billy Gunn defeated Mankind | Singles match | 12:17 |
8 | Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) defeated Triple H (with Chyna) and The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) | Anything GoesTriple Threat match for the WWF Championship | 18:27 |
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Episode 69: No Mercy 1999'. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ abc'WWF PPV Results'. Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
So, WWE 2K20was just…oof. Whether it’s the glitches that were pointed out early or parts of the story mode, WWE 2K20 really had a rough time of it upon release. I mean this was a game that was pre-ordered and is always anticipated. Do you know what game never had that problem? WWF No Mercy 64.
Wwe No Mercy 2019 Game
Dropped in 2000 as the sequel to the extremely impressive WWF WrestleMania 2000, WWF No Mercyintroduced some minor features that would become part of WWE games going forward. The easy-to-learn controls which were a major feature of the AKI Corporation-developed wrestling games returned as well.
Now, most Nintendo 64 games weren’t the prettiest thing out there. Even for the time, WWF No Mercy 64 was compared to the WWF SmackDown graphically. However, WWF No Mercy had SmackDown’s number in two areas: controls and gameplay.
WWF No Mercy 64 Had Strong Controls
These controls could be taught to someone else easily even if someone never played WCW/nWo Revenge or WrestleMania 2000. AKI didn’t change the control scheme for four games. While Yuke’s and THQ constantly tweaked the controls for every WWE game up until WWE 2K19, AKI kept it simple but allowed the same scheme to allow for more moves and spots.
The only drawback to this was that there was a concrete approach to winning in the game. If your opponent fell after a strong attack or grapple, just hit the analog stick for your taunt as much as possible. Getting the SPECIAL meter up was key and you could blast through one-on-ones with ease.
While the offense was important—this is a wrestling game after all—defense was also key. In No Mercy 64, you could get into a counter war with either a hard AI or playing with someone. This game resulted in many a standoff because no one wanted to get caught with the low blow off of a crouch!
It should be noted that after its partnership with WWE ended, AKI took the engine to work on EA’s Def Jam Vendetta and later on Def Jam: Fight for NY. These games came three and four years after WWF No Mercy 64 and the engine still held up.
With the exception of EuroGamer, in 2003 Def Jam Vendetta was neck-to-neck with WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain ratings-wise. This was with what was considered an outdated style against Yuke’s vastly improved engine from the SmackDown series. AKI’s approach to WrestleMania 2000 and No Mercy 64 still worked.
The Gameplay Experience
Now and days, players expect major improvements and graphical enhancements off a title that drops every year and features largely the same roster each year. This wasn’t the case in the late 90s and early 00s. AKI gave you more match options, updated rosters, and for two of their Western releases—the WWF games—story modes. That’s honestly all that was needed.
Also, Championship Mode was as if you mixed the current story mode approach with an actual career mode. Now by 2020—or hell, even 2010—standards, cut scenes, and progression in No Mercy 64 are pretty barebones, it worked. It kept you in the game when paired with some strong controls and near-arcade speed.
Let’s not forget that the Nintendo 64 had four controller ports. If your friends, family, and so on had an N64 but didn’t have No Mercy 64—all of them could play with you. This is the console that gave us the party game, after all and this was basically the last WWE game that allowed that until Day of Reckoning on Gamecube.
No Mercy 64 Isn’t Dead
Given that these were the days before downloading to a console was a thing, you played the game immediately and the roster that was included was the roster you played with. Of course, you could create wrestlers. We’ve been able to do that in games since WWF Warzone but AKI’s approach to wrestler creation kicked it up a few notches.
Basically, there was no DLC and you got the whole game up front. Imagine it. Let’s not even get into the canceled WWF Backlash game AKI was planned to work on for the Gamecube.
For well over a decade now emulation has allowed for WWF No Mercy 64 diehards to keep enjoying it. Fans have been modding the game with different promotions and WWE 2K rosters since the late-2000s!
Now, you’re not getting all the bells and whistles of current WWE games but hey, the glitches didn’t have you dropping the game all the way. Few customers requested refunds off of No Mercy 64. I’ve said it once before: WWF No Mercy 64 needs to be playable on the Switch, Xbox One, or PlayStation 4.
Wwe No Mercy 2000 Full Match
Or we could wait for AEW to drop their game–which is supposed to be No Mercy 64-inspired.
Wwe No Mercy 2016
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