in reality austin needed spinal surgery to repair damage suffered Bodily_harm by a botched tombstone piledriver delivered Sending by the late owen hart 27 months earlier at summerslam 1997 the undercard included Cause_to_be_included the new age outlaws defending Defending wwf tag team championship against al snow and mankind , chyna defending Defending the intercontinental championship against chris jericho , three four-on-four survivor series elimination match ( including a handicap match involving Participation big show ) and event also featured the wwf in-ring debut Process_start of olympic gold medalist kurt angle .

the undercard featured x-pac versus chris jericho , a kennel from hell match between champion al snow and challenger big boss man for the wwf hardcore championship , new age outlaws ( billy gunn and road dogg ) versus edge and christian for the wwf tag team championship , ivory versus luna vachon in a hardcore match for the wwf women 's championship , the acolytes ( faarooq and bradshaw ) versus the dudley boyz ( bubba ray dudley and d-von dudley ) , jeff jarrett versus chyna for the wwf intercontinental championship , mark henry versus d'lo brown for the wwf european championship , and val venis versus steve blackman .