WWF Ex-perience was a live

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event held by the

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(WWF), which took place on August 24, 1996 from the

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. It was considered to be the tenth anniversary of The Big Event which took place ten years earlier in the same venue. The event is also known as "Xperience".

Event

Rowdy Roddy Piper came out and talked to the Toronto crowd before the first match. During the opening match, The Godwinns ( Henry O. Godwinn and Phineas I. Godwinn) (with

Hillbilly Jim James Morris (born July 5, 1952) is an American retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and current radio host, better known by his ring name, Hillbilly Jim. He is best known for his appearances with the WWE, World Wrestling Federa ...

) defeated The New Rockers (

Marty Jannetty Fredrick Martin Jannetty (born February 3, 1960) is an American retired professional wrestler who has worked for promotions including the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E), the American Wrestling Association (AWA), World Champion ...

and

Leif Cassidy Allen Ray Sarven (born July 18, 1963) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Al Snow. He is best known for his tenures in Extreme Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment ...

), following Phineas pinning Cassidy. The following match saw

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defeat Bob Holly via pinfall. The next match was a Caribbean Strap match in which

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defeated Justin Bradshaw. This was followed by Jose Lothario defeating

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. During the next match between

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and

Marc Mero Marc Mero (born July 9, 1960) is an American motivational speaker and retired professional wrestler and amateur boxer. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) under his real name and with World Champ ...

, Mankind came to the ring and attempted to kidnap

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. Mero was distracted by this and went after Mankind, resulting in Mero being counted out. The following match was a lumberjack match, with the

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serving as the lumberjacks. During this match, Sycho Sid defeated Vader following a chokeslam. The next match saw

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make quick work of Aldo Montoya for the victory. During the

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, the champions,

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(

Billy Gunn Monty Kip Sopp (born November 1, 1963), better known by his ring name Billy Gunn, is an American professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to the WWE under a Legends contract and All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he also perfo ...

and

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) retained their titles against Owen Hart and The British Bulldog. After The British Bulldog hit a running powerslam and went for the cover, Sunny pulled the referee out of the ring, forcing the referee to disqualify the Gunns. The second to last match, was a

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between

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and Mankind. After Undertaker hit Mankind with a chokeslam followed by a tombstone, Undertaker rolled Mankind into the casket for the victory, The main event saw

Shawn Michaels Shawn Michaels (born Michael Shawn Hickenbottom on July 22, 1965) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is the Senior Vice President of Talent Development, Creative, and oversees the creative aspects of th ...

defend the

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against

Goldust Dustin Patrick Runnels (born April 11, 1969) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Dustin Rhodes, with a nickname of "The Natural" and is a member of The Sons of ...

in a

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. After Michaels hit Goldust with the Sweet Chin Music, he was able to successfully climb the ladder to retain the title.

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