Raw Deal - Raw recap for April 15, 1996

"Wildman" Marc Mero beats Leif Cassidy in his WWF debut. After the match, Vince McMahon interviews Diesel via telephone, and once again Diesel gloats about his recent actions. He says that "The Heartbreak Kid" has fallen into his trap and that he can't beat him.

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin beats Bart Gunn with the Million Dollar Dream.

In Your House: Good Friends, Better Enemies is coming to pay-per-view on April 28th!

Vince McMahon interviews Vader and Jim Cornette in the ring. Cornette talks about how Vader injured WWF President Gorilla Monsoon almost three months ago and how Vader injured Yokozuna last week. It is announced that Vader will take on Razor Ramon at In Your House, and Cornette says that Razor Ramon is the next man to step into Vader's path and see his career take a severe and sharp downward spiral, and that Razor Ramon may soon cease to exist.

We see a video package of Sunny.

This week on Option 6 of the WWF Superstar Line: What do The British Bulldog and Magic Johnson have in common?

Savio Vega beats Goldust for the WWF Intercontinental Championship...almost. When referee Earl Hebner is knocked out, referee Tim White shows up to check on him and sees Savio Vega use the Intercontinental Championship that Marlena tossed into the ring for Goldust to use as a weapon. Both referees are conflicted as to who is the champion until WWF President Gorilla Monsoon explains to ring announcer Howard Finkel what has happened. Goldust is then stripped of the WWF Intercontinental Championship. However, the WWF Intercontinental Championship is declared vacant and that a rematch for the title between Savio Vega and Goldust take place next week, which means that Savio Vega is not champion.

Next week: Vader in action! Mankind! The Godwinns (Henry O. and Phineas I. Godwinn) in tag team action!

We see never-before-seen footage of Bret "The Hit Man" Hart from WrestleMania 12 after his championship loss to "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, where he takes off as soon as possible and tells the media to "fuck off for a while." This past weekend, Hart was interviewed in Bonn, Germany. He now accepts the result of the match, but is still miffed that the 60-minute Iron Man Match went into overtime, saying that Shawn Michaels was a beaten man at the end of the match. He rues the fact that he never went straight back to the dressing room after the initial 60 minutes. He then says he couldn't picture himself working for another wrestling organization as he sees it as a step down, and he knows that a certain organization is trying to throw money around to get him to cross over to their side. He says the only place where he can get respect is the World Wrestling Federation, and says that he feels a little bit betrayed and a little less interested in getting the title back every time he loses it, but he's still willing enough to go for it again.