Raw Deal - Raw recap for September 23, 1996

We see screenshots of the footage of Razor Ramon and Diesel's return from last night.

Mr. Perfect guests on commentary for the next match, while Pat Patterson acts as special guest referee. We then see a tombstone in the middle of the aisle advertising the next In Your House.

Marc Mero beats Faarooq Asaad to become the WWF Intercontinental Championship after hitting Faarooq with Sunny's purse behind the referee's back - which is revealed by Sunny to contain a brick - and hitting the Wild Thing (the Shooting Star Press he debuted at SummerSlam). During the match, Kevin Kelly interviews Ahmed Johnson via telephone, and Ahmed says he's feeling a lot better and that he'll be back before we know it. He says Marc Mero is tough, but he's got to get tougher to beat Faarooq. When Jerry "The King" Lawler makes another Jake "The Snake" Roberts joke at Ahmed's expense, Ahmed tells him that he'll put him on his back when he comes back. Sunny is also tossed out of the match, having tried to interfere only to be caught by Sable. Also, Jim Ross announces that "Double J" Jeff Jarrett will be "exposed" tonight. Jim Ross then interviews Marc Mero, who thanks Jesus Christ, all his fans, Sable and Mr. Perfect for the victory. When Jim Ross asks "What about me?" Mero says "Jim, you're a great guy."

Razor Ramon and Diesel have their own locker room, signifying that they're here tonight...

"Wildman" Marc Mero, celebrates his Intercontinental Championship victory with all of the good guys in the locker room.

It is revealed that not only did Jeff Jarrett lip-sync "With My Baby Tonight" when he performed it at In Your House last summer, he didn't even record it. Next week, we learn about "The Real 'Double J'" who really sang on the record.

Clarence Mason guests on commentary for the next match amid accusations that Mason may have taken advantage of Jim Cornette and had him sign a contract at In Your House: Mind Games under duress.

Owen Hart and The British Bulldog beat The Bodydonnas (Skip and Zip) with the Sharpshooter. During the match, Taz from Extreme Championship Wrestling shows up holding an orange sign saying "Sabu Fears Taz" with the ECW logo on the bottom as Jim Ross makes fun of the company, stating that they wrestle in bingo halls. Jim Cornette is seen in the back, saying that the contract he signed was supposedly for him to represent him against Jose Lothario when he sues him for assault and battery, but instead it helped Clarence Mason hornswoggle him out of a tag team. He plans to get Mason disbarred before he gets revenge on Lothario himself. It is announced that Vader and Jim Cornette will take on "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels and Jose Lothario in a tag match, while Savio Vega will take on the returning Razor Ramon.

In a dark graveyard, The Undertaker says the wounds that he suffered at SummerSlam have just begun to heal, but there is one scar that he shall carry for all of eternity: the scar of betrayal. He tells Paul Bearer and Mankind that last night, they witnessed who truly is the master of the mind game. He tells Mankind he has condemned him to eternal damnation and that he is going to bury him alive, and that he will never rest in peace.

Dok Hendrix is standing outside the locker room of Razor Ramon and Diesel, attempting to get an interview, but they simply slam the door on him without even looking back and without even so much as a glimpse of their faces.

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin guests on commentary for the next match, as Jerry "The King" Lawler mentions that his artwork is on the cover of the upcoming Comedy magazine. .

On Option 6 of the WWF Superstar Line: Why did Diesel and Razor Ramon attack Savio Vega at In Your House: Mind Games?

The Stalker beats Hunter Hearst Helmsley after Mr. Perfect walks out with Helmsley's escort.

As Jim Ross gets in the ring, Paul Bearer tells Mankind that The Undertaker was the reason Mankind lost the WWF Championship, but they still have the power of his urn. Mankind tells The Undertaker will come to view last week as his greatest mistake, as he took something from him and made it personal. Mankind then plans to take something from The Undertaker in exchange: his last breath.

Jim Ross is still in the ring. Before he brings out Diesel and Razor Ramon, he tells the fans something he's wanted to tell them for a long time. He has no loyalty to the World Wrestling Federation and only loyalty to himself, as in 1993 he left the Atlanta Falcons for the WWF to be the primary play-by-play man of the company. He says he is "the best play-by-play man in the whole damn business." He jabs at the toga he has to wear at WrestleMania 9, and says he carried the broadcast from ringside at King of the Ring 1993. Unfortunately, he's no longer doing play-by-play because the "egotistical owner" of the WWF, Vince McMahon, couldn't stand the competition, and he disappeared. Then, on Super Bowl Sunday of 1994, he woke up with an affliction called Bell's palsy, which made the left side of his face look like he had a stroke and kept him from opening his eye on that side completely up, and Vince McMahon fired him over it on February 11th of that year. He was then called up to call Raw when McMahon was on trial for allegedly giving WWF Superstars steroids, and then was let go again. He was hired back again to work "fifty cents on the dollar" in the front office, and says the guys leaving the WWF as well as the guys entering the WWF is no accident. He then finally brings back Razor Ramon, but it becomes very quickly apparent that this is not Scott Hall. The show end with Savio Vega rushing into the ring and fighting the fake Razor.