Raw Deal - Raw recap for March 25, 1996

We see "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels with the "Kliq Cam" before the next match at the start of the show.

Before the next match, "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels introduces his friend, teacher, and local legend Jose Lothario. Lothario says that WrestleMania 12 will bring San Antonio "the only Heavyweight Champion of the World." When the bell ring, it doesn't take long for Bret "The Hit Man" Hart to show up. Jerry "The King" Lawler, seeing Bret come his way, gets out of dodge by saying he has to check on his car battery. Bret "The Hit Man" Hart then replaces Jerry "The King" Lawler on commentary and to scout Michaels.

Marty Jannetty shows up later on in the match between "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels and Leif Cassidy to be in Cassidy's corner.

"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels beats Leif Cassidy when Bret "The Hit Man" Hart stops Marty Jannetty from interfering after Jannetty grabs the back of Michaels' tights. After the match, Michaels, thinking that Hart grabbed his tights, gets in a verbal altercation with Hart. Jose Lothario has to get in to cool the situation down and tell Michaels the tights grabbing was Jannetty's doing and not Hart's. Hart tells Vince that Michaels is not a great friend, but not an enemy either, and at WrestleMania 12, he plans to pound Michaels into the dirt for sixty minutes.

Jerry "The King" Lawler returns to commentary for the next match.

Hunter Hearst Helmsley beats "The Portuguese Man-O-War" Aldo Montoya.

Goldust has his way with a mannequin that looks like Acting WWF President "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.

Tonight's WWF Store item is the official WWF name-embroidered jacket with real leather sleeves and the WrestleMania 12 logo on the back. Only three easy payments of $59.95 or one payment of $179.85 plus shipping and handling!

Next week on Raw: the debut of Mankind!

Vince McMahon interviews The Undertaker and Paul Bearer in the ring. Paul Bearer says that Diesel robbed The Undertaker of the WWF Championship at Royal Rumble, and that Diesel received a taste of the darkness last month at In Your House, which led to Diesel destroying 'Taker's coffin and attacking Paul Bearer. Bearer then tells Diesel that he saw his future in the coffin last week, and that he saw the eve of his destruction. The Undertaker asks if everyone is prepared for the feast, for when all is said and done at WrestleMania 12, all that will be left is the battered carcass of one "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel. He tells Diesel he has left him no other option. He would have been content with just beating him, but now that he has laid his hands on Paul Bearer, the corpse in the casket he saw last week will be his future, and that Diesel's soul and fate lies in the Grim Reaper's hands.

We see Dok Hendrix sing Badstreet U.S.A. with the Raw Band, then we see a reprise of "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels' and Bret "The Hit Man" Hart's training footage as part of a vignette for the upcoming Iron Man Match.

Diana Hart Smith is seen watching the match from the front row, and The British Bulldog shows up to watch the match from ringside and confer with Jim Cornette soon after.

Ahmed Johnson beats Owen hart by disqualification after The British Bulldog interferes. Ahmed fights Hart and Bulldog off, but Vader shows up and attacks Ahmed. The three of them attack Ahmed until Yokozuna and Jake "The Snake" Roberts rush in to even the numbers and force Jim Cornette's men to fall back.

We see a music video tribute to Bret "The Hit Man" Hart to end the show.