WWE Unforgiven was an annual

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(PPV) event produced by

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(WWE), a

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-based

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. It was first held as the 21st

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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 very first

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, as well as the first evening gown match. After WWE introduced the

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in 2002, Unforgiven from 2003 to 2006 was held exclusively for the Raw brand. Following

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in April 2007, brand-exclusive PPVs were discontinued, thus the 2007 and 2008 events also featured the

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and ECW brands. In 2009, Unforgiven was discontinued and replaced by Breaking Point.

History

Unforgiven was first held as an

(PPV) event. In Your House was a series of monthly PPVs first produced by the

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(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

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. This inaugural Unforgiven event was notable for introducing the

, 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. In May 2002, the WWF was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as a result of a lawsuit from the

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over the "WWF" initialism. Also around this time, the promotion held a

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that split its roster into two distinctive

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of wrestling, Raw and SmackDown!, where wrestlers exclusively performed—a third brand, ECW, was added in 2006. To coincide with the brand extension, Unforgiven was held exclusively for wrestlers of the Raw brand from 2003 to 2006. Following

in April 2007, WWE discontinued brand-exclusive PPVs, thus the 2007 and 2008 events featured wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands.

Events

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External links

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History

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