 Unforgiven yakatanga kuitwa pay-per-view PPV muna Kubvumbi 1998; In Your House yaive nhevedzano yemwedzi wega wega PPV inoratidza yakatanga kugadzirwa neyaimbova World Wrestling Federation WWF, ikozvino WWE muna Chivabvu 1995. The In Your House branding akanga pamudyandigere pashure February wa1999 chiitiko, sezvo kambani vakatamira yokugadza mazita zvechigarire mumwe nomumwe wayo pamwedzi PPVs. Haana kukanganwirwa ndokuzodzoka muna September 1999somutambo waro wePPV, nokudaro kugadza Unforgiven sePPV yegore negore yaSeptember yekusimudzira. Chiitiko cha2002 chaive chiitiko chechishanu muUnforgiven chronology uye chakaitika musi waGunyana 22 kuStaples Center muLos Angeles, California. Yaivawo yekutanga yakaitwa pasi peWorld Wrestling Entertainment WWE zita, sezvo kukwidziridzwa kwakatumidzwa kubva kuWWF kuenda kuWWE muna Chivabvu. Yaivewo yekutanga Unforgiven yakaitwa panguva yekuwedzera kwechiratidzo iyo yakaunzwa munaKurume, chikamu chenyaya umo kukwidziridzwa kwakakamura roster yayo kuita maviri akapatsanurwa mabhureki, Raw uye SmackDown!, uko varwi chete vakaita. Chiitiko cha2002 chakapihwa varwi kubva kumakambani ese ari maviri, kunyangwe gore rakatevera, chiitiko ichi chakaitwa chakasarudzika kuRaw brand. 