WWE Unforgiven#2007
{{short description|World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view event series}}
{{Infobox wrestling PPV series
| name = WWE Unforgiven
| image = WWE Unforgiven logo.jpg
| image_upright = 1.15
| caption = WWE Unforgiven logo (with current WWE logo)
| alt =
| promotion = World Wrestling Entertainment
| brands = Raw (2002–2008)
SmackDown (2002, 2007–2008)
ECW (2007–2008)
| other_name = Unforgiven: In Your House
| first_event = Unforgiven: In Your House
| last_event = 2008
}}
WWE Unforgiven was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), a Connecticut-based professional wrestling promotion. It was first held as the 21st In Your House PPV in April 1998. Unforgiven returned as its own PPV in September 1999 and continued as the annual September PPV until the final event in 2008. From its first event up through the 2001 event, the PPV was held when the promotion was still called the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
Unforgiven: In Your House was notable for featuring the first Inferno match, as well as the first evening gown match. After WWE introduced the brand extension in 2002, Unforgiven from 2003 to 2006 was held exclusively for the Raw brand. Following WrestleMania 23 in April 2007, brand-exclusive PPVs were discontinued, thus the 2007 and 2008 events also featured the SmackDown and ECW brands. In 2009, Unforgiven was discontinued and replaced by Breaking Point.
History
Unforgiven was first held as an In Your House pay-per-view (PPV) event. In Your House was a series of monthly PPVs first produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in May 1995. They aired when the promotion was not holding one of its major PPVs and were sold at a lower cost. Unforgiven: In Your House was the 21st In Your House event and took place on April 26, 1998, at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex in Greensboro, North Carolina. This inaugural Unforgiven event was notable for introducing the Inferno match, as well as the first evening gown match.
After the In Your House branding was retired following February 1999's St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House, Unforgiven branched off as its own PPV that September. Unforgiven then continued as the promotion's annual September PPV until 2008. After the 2008 event, Unforgiven was discontinued and replaced by Breaking Point in 2009.{{cite journal|date=August 2009|title=Poll on a Pole! |journal=WWE Magazine|pages=29}}
In May 2002, the WWF was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as a result of a lawsuit from the World Wildlife Fund over the "WWF" initialism.{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2002/2002_05_06.jsp |title=World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Drops The "F" To Emphasize the "E" for Entertainment |date=2002-05-06 |publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment |access-date=2008-07-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119180317/http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2002/2002_05_06.jsp |archive-date=2009-01-19 }} Also around this time, the promotion held a draft that split its roster into two distinctive brands of wrestling, Raw and SmackDown!, where wrestlers exclusively performed{{cite web|url= http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2002/2002_03_27.jsp|title=WWE Entertainment To Make RAW and SMACKDOWN Distinct Television Brands|date =2002-05-27|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment Corporate|access-date=2008-07-13}}—a third brand, ECW, was added in 2006.{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2006/2006_05_25_02.jsp |title=WWE Launches ECW as Third Brand |date=2006-05-25 |publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment Corporate |access-date=2008-07-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223101434/http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2006/2006_05_25_02.jsp |archive-date=2008-12-23 }} To coincide with the brand extension, Unforgiven was held exclusively for wrestlers of the Raw brand from 2003 to 2006. Following WrestleMania 23 in April 2007, WWE discontinued brand-exclusive PPVs,{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2007/2007_03_14.jsp |title=WWE Pay-Per-Views To Follow WrestleMania Formula |date=2007-03-14 |publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment Corporate |access-date=2008-07-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319234707/http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2007/2007_03_14.jsp |archive-date=March 19, 2007 }} thus the 2007 and 2008 events featured wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands.
Theme Songs
The theme songs that were used in the event are "Beat Dream" by composer Dan Stein in 1998, "Terror Town" by composers Bruce Chianese and Geoff Levin in both 1999 and 2001, "Edgecrusher" by Fear Factory and "Sugar" by System of a Down both in 1999, "Behind The Curtain" by composers Joseph Saba and Stewart Winter in 2000, "Adrenaline" by Gavin Rossdale in 2002, "Enemy" by Sevendust and "Suffocate" by Cold ft. Sierra Swan both in 2003, "Survival of the Sickest" by Saliva in 2004, "Calling" by Taproot in 2005, "Run" by Day of Fire in 2006, "Rise Today" by Alter Bridge in 2007 and "Rock Out" by Motörhead in 2008.
Events
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See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.wwe.com/shows/unforgiven/ Official website]
{{WWEPPV|Unforgiven}}