The Patriot beats Owen Hart by disqualification after The British Bulldog interferes. Bret "The Hit Man" Hart arrives after the bell rings, and the three of them attack The Patriot until Vader shows up and fights The Hart Foundation (Bret, Owen, Bulldog) off, and throws Bret into The Patriot and into an Uncle Slam. Referees have to restrain The Patriot as Bret rolls out of the ring.
We see a statement from earlier in the week from WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter. Despite doctor's orders and potential paralysis, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin wants to return to the ring. Therefore, it is in the opinion of the World Wrestling Federation, Austin is not allowed back in the ring until he has successfully completely rehabilitation, as Austin has more guts than he does brains. He also suspends Austin and orders him to give up his half of the WWF Tag Team Championships at Ground Zero. We then see footage of Austin, who tells the camera crew that shows up at his house to head back to Stamford, Connecticut, then changes his mind and decides to have the interview, which will be shown later on.
On the WWF Superstar Line, Brian Pillman's plans for Marlena are exposed on The Ross Report on Option 3.
Sunny shows up before the next match.
We see footage of the interview with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. He shows off the get well message he has gotten from WWF, which contains pictures of Jim Ross, Vince McMahon, Owen Hart, WWF President Gorilla Monsoon and former President Jack Tunney. He asks somebody to put the pictures on the target range as that's where he feels they belong. Austin wants to know why he is suspended when he has done nothing wrong, and says he will wrestle any day of the week and that the office is just trying to save themselves from a lawsuit when the last thing he wants to do is own the WWF. He says Owen Hart will get payback for dropping him on his head. We then see the pictures from earlier on a target deer, which he shoots at with a crossbow while making fun of everyone in them. Austin says he's going to be at Ground Zero, saying he'll give the WWF the tag belts if he wants to, but the Intercontinental Championship is staying with him.
Before the next match, Dude Love says he's feeling mighty down due to the vacancy of the tag team titles. The British Bulldog attacks him before he can say anything else.
Dude Love beats The British Bulldog by disqualification after Owen Hart shows up and attacks Dude Love. Owen grabs the microphone and tells "Stone Cold" Steve Austin he will break Dude Love's neck like he did Austin's. The Legion of Doom (Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk) make the save before he can do it. Dude Love invites The Legion of Doom to dance, but they decline.
Sunny interviews Brian Pillman. Pillman says Marlena will have to swallow her pride at first, but he thinks everything will be all right as he won't make Marlena do anything she's hasn't already done with him.
Jim Ross interviews Bret "The Hit Man" Hart in the ring. Bret says the American wrestling fans mistake a short memory for a clear conscience, as he remembers when they turned their backs on him and says that they treat their heroes like crap. Bret says he has proved over and over again that he is the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be, but he still can't get the respect he deserves. He tells the American wrestling fans he hasn't forgotten anything, and he plans to destroy their heroes one by one. He tells The Patriot that victory will be his and that this is the moment he's been waiting for. At Ground Zero, he won't see The Patriot; instead, he will see the American wrestling fans, as he says that The Patriot hides his face because he's a hyena just like the rest of the American fans. He says it's time to stop being nice and to start setting an example, and he wants his fans around the world to look away and not judge him as he beats The Patriot so badly he'll be the only guy in Heaven in a wheelchair and he'll wish he never messed with him or The Hart Foundation (Bret, Owen Hart, The British Bulldog). He plans to end The Patriot's career at Ground Zero.
Sunny interviews "Ravishing" Rick Rude. Rude is here because he loves action...and physical attraction. He doesn't say exactly if he will be at Ground Zero (though he will be at the penthouse suite at the Marriott), and says that he is a businessman who sells insurance policy before telling Sunny she needs some protection of her own.
The Undertaker beats Hunter Hearst Helmsley by disqualification. "Ravishing" Rick Rude shows up during the match, and he distracts The Undertaker so that "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels can attack 'Taker. Chyna grabs a steel chair as Helmsley, Rude and Shawn attack 'Taker as referees try to restore order, but 'Taker comes to and choke slams Gerald Brisco and a member of security while attacking a few referees. Shawn and company retreat while 'Taker leaves through the crowd.
Sunny interviews "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, who says he's going to draw first and last blood at Ground Zero.
The Legion of Doom (Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk) beats Los Boricuas (Jesus Castillo and Jose Estrada, Jr.) by disqualificaton after The Godwinns (Henry O. and Phineas I. Godwinn) show up and attack Hawk after he goes after them. Savio Vega and Miguel Perez of Los Boricuas also show up, as does The Disciples of Apocalypse (Crush, Skull, 8-Ball, Chainz). Los Boricuas and The Disciples of Apocalypse brawl in the ring - with The Disciples of Apocalypse coming out on top - while The Legion of Doom and The Godwinns take it backstage.
We learn about The Patriot's college football career from when he was better known as Del Wilkes. George Rogers, a 1980 Heisman Trophy winner and teammate of Del Wilkes, says that he was a great player on the field and had the talent to become a wrestler, and that the qualities he had in football also worked for him in wrestling. We also learn that The Patriot got his start in wrestling in Japan, where he was a babyface American hero-type character known as The Patriot who was cheered and appreciated by the fans despite being in Japan. The Patriot says that Bret "The Hit Man" Hart has the right to feel how he feels, and that he can't change that, but he couldn't continue to let him trash America. By doing this, he put a big target on his back. He has a one-win advantage on Bret, and knows he can beat him again.
Ahmed Johnson recently showed up at Camp Cool J. It is announced that Ahmed Johnson will be back in action in three weeks.
"The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock beats Salvatore Sincere with the ankle lock.
Scott Putski beats Steve Casey in a Light Heavyweight Division match.
Sunny interviews Paul Bearer, who says Vader needs to understand where his allegience lies: with him, not America. He then says Kane will come, there won't be a fat lady singing, and instead, there will be a fat man, and that's him.
The Interrogator beats Sonny Rogers and Jerry Fox in a 2-on-1 handicap match.
Ground Zero will be the first In Your House pay-per-view to be three hours long. The first 2500 people who purchase Ground Zero and send in their cable bill as proof of purchase will receive a WWF live event program guide and a pop-up piece with "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels on it. Send your cable bill to: WWF Ground Zero, P.O. Box 3857, Stamford, CT 06902.
The show ends with footage of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin firing a shotgun at the target deer with the "Get Well Soon" pictures still tacked to it.
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