Raw Deal - Raw recap for July 29, 1996

It is announced at the top of the show that Ahmed Johnson has been sidelined with a ruptured kidney as a result of the attack from the mystery man from last night's main event.

Sycho Sid beats Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw by disqualification after Bradshaw hits Sid with his cowbell. Uncle Zebekiah joins in on the post-match beatdown, but they both fall victim to a double clothesline and two massive powerbombs.

We find out that the mystery man from last week is Faarooq Asaad, "a modern day gladiator." Sunny said she had a surprise for Ahmed Johnson, and it came in the form of Faarooq. She plans to get Ahmed where it counts and when it counts at SummerSlam for the WWF Intercontinental Championship and make Faarooq "a champion of the '90s." Faarooq says that Ahmed has "a newfound appreciation for women" and that the next time he addresses Sunny, it will be with a Ms. or Mrs. in front of it. He says there are no guidelines or rules on the street, and he plans to remind Ahmed of that at SummerSlam, where he will become fifteen pounds heavier, all of it in gold.

Jim Cornette guests on commentary for the next match.

Vader beats "Wildman" Marc Mero after reversing an attack from the top rope into a powerslam.

We see more footage of Clarence Mason's hearing with WWF President Gorilla Monsoon from last week, and this time, Monsoon is the one asking the questions. After the match, Jim Cornette wants Jose Lothario in the ring so he can speak to him face to face.

Vince McMahon is in the ring with Jim Cornette and Jose Lothario. Cornette tells Lothario he hasn't forgotten what happened at the Free For All eight nights ago, and wants to know how Jose Lothario suddenly popped up in the WWF. He learned that Lothario was a great wrestler in his day, that "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels came to Lothario to ask him to train him to be a wrestler, and that Lothario ended up being a father figure to him. While Shawn went all over the world, Lothario stayed in San Antonio "sitting on a back porch with a scrapbook full of memories with nobody caring if he lived or stinkin' died." Cornette knows that Shawn called him up to lead him again, this time to the WWF Championship in WrestleMania 12. Cornette tells Lothario he plans to get even with him by having Vader take the WWF Championship away from Michaels, and Lothario will go back to San Antonio a nobody. He calls Lothario trash, and if HBK learned everything he knows, then HBK is trash too. Lothario grabs Cornette tells him that he will kick his butt like nobody before if he insults his family or Shawn again. He pushes him away, and as he is about to leave, Cornette goes after him with the tennis racket only to get punched in the face again. Cornette then rolls out of the ring. The camera then suddenly cuts to Mankind attacking Shawn Michaels, who has been watching all this from the back, with the Mandible Claw.

We find out that Mankind assaulted "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels as Jose Lothario was going at it with Jim Cornette.

Before the next match, Jerry "The King" Lawler challenges "The Portuguese Man O' War" Aldo Montoya to a rematch on Raw next week after an upset win on Lawler last week on Superstars. We then hear from Aldo Montoya, who accepts Lawler's challenge without hesitation, and says Jake "The Snake" Roberts taught him two things: to believe in himself, and the DDT, which Roberts taught him. Owen Hart then guests on commentary for the next match, and Hillbilly Jim threatens to throw the bucket of slop at him if he gets involved in the next match. It is then announced via news ticker on the bottom of the screen that Sunny will be live in the WWF AOL Auditorium tomorrow night at 8 PM Eastern, celebrating her status as the most downloaded celebrity on AOL.

The British Bulldog beats Henry O. Godwinn when Owen Hart distracts Godwinn and Hillbilly Jim by dumping the bucket of slop as Henry O. Godwinn is about to hit the Slop Drop on Bulldog. During the match, Bret "The Hit Man" Hart is mentioned on commentary again, when Owen Hart is asked when Bret is coming back.

Mark Henry, who put Jerry "The King" Lawler in a gorilla press slam back in March, is seen setting a record with a 903-pound dead lift in footage from a powerlifting meet from last weekend.

In footage recorded after In Your House: International Incident, we see Mankind say that The Undertaker is a very bad man, and that while he can tolerate what he did to him, but not what he did to maternal love. He says that "Mommy" - a blond wig he is holding in his hands - doesn't want Undertaker to hurt her anymore, and what Mommy wants, he shall provide. He says he was supposed to uses his powers to create and not to destroy, but he has no control of his mind anymore. He says The Undertaker will find out that destruction can be beautiful at SummerSlam. All the while, Goldust and Marlena are nearby, and Goldust tries to comfort Mankind while lying on top of some lockers.

Mankind is seen in the boiler room before the next match.

Mankind is seen leaving the boiler room...

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin beats The Undertaker by count-out after The Undertaker fights Mankind outside of the ring (even though Mankind threw the first punch in the brawl). After the match, The Undertaker returns tot he ring and hits Stone Cold with the Tombstone Piledriver. Vince McMahon then interviews Paul Bearer and The Undertaker in the ring, and The Undertaker tells Mankind it's time the reaper enters the serpent's lair, and at the Boiler Room Brawl at SummerSlam, Mankind will finally rest in peace.