Unforgiven: In Your House

Unforgiven: In Your House was the 21st In Your House and inaugural Unforgiven professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on April 26, 1998, at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex in Greensboro, North Carolina. This was the first WWF pay-per-view that used the new "scratch" logo for promotional work, which had first appeared on the ring apron at WrestleMania XIV. This event saw the first Inferno match and WWF's first evening gown match.

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). Unforgiven returned in September 1999, becoming the promotion's annual September PPV until its final event in 2008.

In Your House was a series of monthly professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) events first produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in May 1995. They aired when the promotion was not holding one of its then-five major PPVs (WrestleMania, King of the Ring, SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and Royal Rumble), 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 in Greensboro, North Carolina.

For months, Nation of Domination leader Faarooq had felt that his leadership had been compromised by the growing ego of The Rock. At WrestleMania XIV, as Rock was tapping out to Ken Shamrock's ankle lock submission, rather than save him, Faarooq merely laughed as The Rock ostensibly lost his Intercontinental Championship (the decision was soon reversed). The following night on Raw is War, Rock promised to Faarooq that in their tag match against Shamrock and Steve Blackman, the Nation of Domination would "find a new strength". The new strength turned out to be a double cross, as Rocky left the match, making it a de facto handicap match which Faarooq lost. After the match, Faarooq demanded that The Rock return, so they could face each other man-to-man. But when Rock came back to the ring, the rest of the Nation members turned on Faarooq, and The Rock took leadership of the newly named Nation. The next week, as Faarooq arrived at the arena, he was met with a beating in the parking lot by all the Nation members, which they also filmed. Ken Shamrock, meanwhile, was in the midst of forming a tag team with Steve Blackman based on their martial arts backgrounds; however, he still wanted his hands on the Intercontinental Champion.

As the only Hart family member left after the Montreal Screwjob, Owen Hart found himself in a bitter feud with D-Generation X and, more specifically, Triple H. Hart wanted Helmsley's European title after Shawn Michaels laid down during a match, in order to give the title to Triple H as a Christmas present. Hart eventually persuaded Helmsley into a match, although it turned out to be a ruse with The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust playing the part of Triple H; Hart's win was upheld, and he became champion anyway. Triple H would win the title back with the help of Chyna exploiting Owen's injured ankle. Their rematch at WrestleMania XIV would see Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter be handcuffed to Chyna in a bid to prevent her from interfering. However, Chyna managed to get involved regardless and Hart lost the match after a low blow. The decision was then made for a rematch to be held at Unforgiven, with Chyna restrained in a small cage suspended from the ground.

Since the beginning of the year, Jim Cornette had long been on a campaign to "return tradition" to the WWF; in doing so, Cornette assembled a National Wrestling Alliance faction. The NWA Tag Team Champions The Rock 'n' Roll Express were part of this faction until two successive losses to The Headbangers saw Jim Cornette turn on them and bring in The New Midnight Express who would eventually score a win over the Headbangers and take the titles. The Rock 'n' Roll Express, however, still wanted revenge for their assault and Cornette's double-cross.

Marc Mero's jealousy over the attention his wife and valet, Sable, gained from the crowd had been escalating for months. In an effort to mock her and to deliberately annoy the audience, Mero would send Sable from ringside during his matches, and eventually would invite out The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust, dressed up as Sable, to accompany him; this would lead to a short-lived tag team between the two. The team would soon come undone, however, as Goldust's valet Luna Vachon took exception to Sable. After Sable dominated Vachon in a mixed-tag match at WrestleMania XIV, Vachon demanded a one-on-one rematch with Sable, which was instantly accepted. The stipulation was later revealed to be an Evening Gown match, in order for Vachon to humiliate Sable, which she initially did by having Goldust dress up again as Sable and strip him. Sable appeared, however, and assaulted Vachon, with the latter having to flee.

After a series of successive losses, the Legion of Doom seemed to split up after brawling in the ring following a loss at the hands of the New Age Outlaws on the February 24 episode of Raw is War. The team would return over a month later as the surprise entrants of WrestleMania's opening fifteen tag team battle royal with a revamped image as "LOD 2000", sporting new ring attire and a new manager, Sunny. By winning the match, LOD 2000 became the number one contenders for the WWF Tag Team Championships and were initially set to face the winners of the WrestleMania "Dumpster Match", Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie. However, a technicality saw the titles being stripped from the team and on the March 30 edition of Raw is War, the Outlaws would win the titles back thanks to some interference from their new D-Generation X stablemates, meaning LOD 2000 would have to once again face their old rivals for the titles.