No Way Out of Texas: In Your House

No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
Promotional poster featuring Kane
PromotionWorld Wrestling Federation
DateFebruary 15, 1998
CityHouston, Texas
VenueCompaq Center
Attendance16,110
Buy rate150,000[1]
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No Way Out of Texas: In Your House was the 20th In Your House and inaugural No Way Out professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on February 15, 1998, at the Compaq Center in Houston, Texas and was presented by Western Union. Seven matches were contested at the event.

This was one of the In Your House events which later became the title of an annual pay-per-view, replacing the method at the time of making new names for all events aside from the "Big Five" (Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, King of the Ring, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series). It was also the last In Your House event to have the In Your House banner around the ring. However, because later events did not take place in Texas, the event's name was truncated to "No Way Out" and was not reinstated until 2000, becoming the annual February PPV until 2009, after which, only one further event was held, which was in June 2012.

Shawn Michaels did not appear in the main event as advertised, owing to a severe back injury that resulted in his first retirement after the following month's WrestleMania XIV. He was replaced by Savio Vega.

This was the last event to feature visible In Your House branding on the ring apron and the upper reaches of the venue.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "WWF PPV Statistics 1998". OSW Review. Retrieved February 23, 2021.