Raw Deal - Raw recap for October 20, 1997

The Legion of Doom (Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk) show up to stand at "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock and Ahmed Johnson's corner before the next match.

The Nation of Domination (Rocky Maivia and Kama Mustafa) beat Ahmed Johnson and "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock after Faarooq hits Shamrock with "Ravishing" Rick Rude's steel Halliburton briefcase. During the match, D-Generation X ("The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Chyna, "Ravishing" Rick Rude) are seen on the stage, with Triple H and Shawn sitting on lawn chairs while holding up signs with phrases such as "I'd rather be in Chyna?," "Who booked this crap?," "Uncle Tom 3:16," "Spank Me Vince," "Black is Beautiful," "Hey Vince Nice Shoulder Pads!," and "Buckwheat Rules." Rick Rude walks down the ramp and is seen talking to Faarooq. After the match, Ahmed goes after The Nation of Domination, and when The Legion of Doom (Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk) head back to the back, they are attacked with trash cans from behind by The Godwinns (Henry O. and Phineas I. Godwinn). (It should be noted that as if in response to what Eric Bischoff said about not bringing the Assault On Devil's Island signs to WWF events at last week's Nitro, two official Assault On Devil's Island movie premiere signs are seen in the audience during this match.)

Michael Cole says The Nation of Domination (Faarooq, D'Lo Brown, Kama Mustafa, Rocky Maivia) isn't talking to anybody, and their locker room has been vandalized with graffiti by The Hart Foundation (Bret "The Hit Man" Hart, Owen Hart, The British Bulldog, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart). The Nation shows up, and Faarooq immediately questions Vince McMahon's character, then Faarooq gets in the ring and says there is nothing but racism in the WWF thanks to the Foundation telling them and that "black people are the original natives of this country" before calling Bret Hart out. When Faarooq is left waiting for several seconds, it just makes his angrier. Bret's music finally hits, and the members of the Foundation show up one by one, and Faarooq and Bret have a match, which was scheduled for later tonight. D-Generation X ("The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Chyna, "Ravishing" Rick Rude) shows up again, and Shawn tries to stir the pot by calling Bret a racist and saying that the WWF needs a champion sees no color, creed or religion. When Bret sees Shawn, Bret leaves the ring, and this starts a ringside brawl between The Foundation and The Nation.

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Bret "The Hit Man" Hart beats Faarooq after "Stone Cold" Steve Austin pops out from the crowd during another ringside brawl between The Nation of Domination (Faarooq, D'Lo Brown, Kama Mustafa, Rocky Maivia) and The Hart Foundation (Bret "The Hit Man" Hart, Owen Hart, The British Bulldog, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart) and hits Faarooq with a Stone Cold Stunner behind the referee's back before fleeing through the crowd. The Nation yells at Vince McMahon again on their way out.

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Jeff Jarrett, fresh out of World Championship Wrestling, shows up out of nowhere. Last week, on Monday Nitro, he was declared everything but dead. Since he refused to accept Eric Bischoff's offer and re-sign with WCW, he did everything in his power to bury him and hid behind his computer and announced to the world that he pulled the offer off the table. He tells Eric that the only thing he pulled from him was opportunity, and since he wasn't one of "his boys," he put a lid on his potential and would only go as far as he wanted to, as there was no ladder of success for him to climb. Jarrett says he was one of the youngest, most talented wrestlers Bischoff had, but Bischoff let him drown in mediocrity because his stroke wasn't strong enough, as he was stuck with Steve "Mongo" McMichael and his now ex-wife Debra McMichael. He tells Vince McMahon not to snicker and smile and cherish this momment, because he left WWF two years ago for the same reason. He says Bischoff did this out of ignorance and inexperience, and asks what Vince's excuse was. As somebody throws a Scream mask at the commentary table (which Vince plays around with for a few seconds), he brings up the gold tooth, the country music star, and the vision of what Vince wanted "Double J" Jeff Jarrett to be. He tells Vince that his vision sucked, and Vince is like "Yeah, it may have," as he was booked with a clown, a drug addict and a black man who can't even speak English (references to Doink, Razor Ramon/Scott Hall and Ahmed Johnson, respectively). He says Vince tried to bury him and kill him off, but didn't get the job done, and since he didn't put his dad Jerry Jarrett out of business, he figured he would kill him off. Not only did he survive, but he walked out on Vince, and he finds it ironic they got back together to make a deal in which he gets paid more the second time around, as he knows Vince needs him to put people in seats and ratings on the board. Vince says he told him to come out here to shoot, and that is what he is doing, and he tells Vince to take With My Baby Tonight and shove it up his butt. From here on out, it's going to be his way, and if Vince tries to stop him, he'll pack his bags and walk out the door again. He then asks Vince if he can afford it, and says he couldn't, or he wouldn't have paid him all that money five days ago. He then focuses on the state of affairs in WWF. He says Bret "The Hit Man" Hart is only the best there was and nothing else, as he lives off name recognition and past accomplishments and that it all comes to an end tonight. He says "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels can only wrestle once a week and is proud of that, and asks how often Shawn can go when he acts juvenile and "gives hand signals to [his] boys in Atlanta." He says Shawn was the WWF Champion and the main attraction, but is broken down and reduced to hiding behind an infantile attitude. He says "Stone Cold" Steve Austin has lowered himself to shaving his head and showing up ten to fifteen times a week and saying "ass" to get a reaction, and that Austin will always be "The Ringmaster," and that his blasphemous merchandise and "Austin 3:16" offends him as he is ripping off the Bible to put money in his pockets. When he hooks up with Austin, it will be Austin's judgement day. He tells Vince he wanted - and got - the real Jeff Jarrett, and hopes the investment will be worth all his headaches.

We see some news clippings concerning the WWF coming to town in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in The Daily Oklahoman.

Marc Mero beats "Too Sexy" Brian Christopher, the latter being accompanied by Jerry "The King" Lawler before the match. During the match, Jerry "The King" Lawler ties to get Sable to wear an Austin 3:16 baseball cap when giving Vince McMahon an idea on how to get the baseball cap to sell, while also saying that WWF should be selling crowns much like his. When Marc Mero sees the cap on her head, he gets out of the ring and rips it off, all the while having a very irritated look on his head. Jerry "The King" Lawler gets up on the apron later, distracting Mero and the referee, but Mero is able to hit Christopher with a low blow after being raked in the eyes before hitting Christopher with the TKO for the win. Mero is seen being impatient with Sable on their way out.

The intro to the show is replayed to signify the start of War Zone.

Before the next match, Owen Hart says he put "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels on a stretcher the last time they locked up, and with both the Intercontinental and European titles on the line, Owen proposes setting their guys aside, saying that Shawn would face him without anyone outside of the ring if he had any guts. "Ravishing" Rick Rude shows up with "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Chyna, and Rude tells all the "sleazy, slimy, Oklahoma idiots" to button their lips, open their eyes and pay attention before introducing Shawn. Shawn shows up and asks the rest of D-Generation X (Triple H, Chyna, Rude) to stay back.

The Champion vs. Champion Match between Owen Hart and "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels ends in disaster when "Stone Cold" Steve Austin comes out of the crowd again and hits the referee with a Stunner. Bret "The Hit Man" Hart rushes in and goes after Shawn, who is promply saved by the rest of D-Generation X ("Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Chyna, "Ravishing" Rick Rude). The British Bulldog and Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart aren't too far behind, and neither are WWF officials.

Jim Cornette has a "too hot for TV" rebuttal for fans concerning things said about him on the Internet on Option 4 of the WWF Superstar Line.

The Undertaker says that for 20 years, he has walked the face of the earth under a dark cloud, carrying the grief of a family lost. In one moment's time, the brother he had lost forever, or so it seemed, is standing before him, and as he looked into his eyes, he didn't see the love of a long-lost brother; instead, he saw the hatred of a man whose man has been poisoned. He says Paul Bearer can rest assured he is living in Hell, for when he looked into his eyes, he saw the demon. However Paul has poisoned his mind and told Kane about him, it doesn't matter, as he will never fight his own flesh and blood. He will never fight Kane.

Kane shows up with Paul Bearer before Dude Love can face The British Bulldog. Dude Love fights Kane, and manages to send him over the ring only for Kane to send him out of the ring. Dude Love then looks for a weapon underneath the ring, and finds a steel chair. He hits Kane in the head with the steel chair, but it has no effect and Kane choke slams Dude Love onto the entrance ramp not once, but twice.

Before the next match, Jesse James and Rockabilly re-introduce themselves as the "Road Dog" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn respectively. They say their journey starts with The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh) and ends with the tag team titles.

Road Dog and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn beat The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh) after Billy Gunn busts Thrasher's head open with the stereo The Headbangers brought to the ring.

Last Thursday at Stamford, Connecticut, Taka Michinoku was seen with Vince McMahon and a signed long-term contract, revealing that Michinoku is officially signed to the WWF.

Sunny is guest ring announcer for the next match.

Taka Michinoku beats Yoshihiro Tajiri (misnamed "Tijari" on the broadcast) in a Light Heavyweight Division match. During the match, it is announced that the Light Heavyweight Tournament will start on November 3rd.

Jim Cornette says that Phil Mushnick's message board on TV Guide's website has been flooded with comments from outraged pro wrestling fans, and he reads excerpts from a few posts that criticize Mushnick's opinion on professional wrestling. It is announced Mushnick has written that he has "badly overrated the intellect and social graces of most pro wrestling fans as they believe what they want to believe, think what they want to think and have no regard for the truth. Not all but most pro wrestling fans provide what the pro wrestling industry covets: knuckleheads." Cornette finishes by saying that people with similar opinions not only founded the United States of America, but also put a man on the moon. He tells the pro wrestling fans that if they are tired of others giving them the sideways glance, looking down their nose at them, treating them like the guy who runs the Ferris wheel at the county fair just because you like wrestling or anything else, they should stand up and say they are mad as hell and that they won't take it anymore, and to voice their opinion as their opinion makes a difference. Cornette then goes on to say that Phil Mushnick isn't the only target, but he is a fine place to start.

To voice your opinion to Phil Mushnick, simply send your letter to: "Mad As Hell", c/o TV Guide, attn: Phil Mushnick, P.O. Box 500, Radnor, PA 19088.

The Godwinns (Henry O. and Phineas I. Godwinn) reveal that they were wearing black slacks and Oklahoma Sooners shirts with "Texas Longhorns" painted on them in orange earlier when they attacked The Legion of Doom (Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk) earlier in the show. As expected, Uncle Cletus is also no longer with them. They corner and intimidate referee Mike Chioda before the next match, which never starts due to The Disciples of Apocalypse (Crush, Skull, 8-Ball, Chainz) beating up The Godwinns. The Truth Commission (The Jackyl, Recon, Sniper, The Interrogator) rush in and attack the D.O.A.. Referees, officials and WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaugher all have to restore order.

Mankind, sitting in the boiler room, says if you think you've seen madness, you don't know the meaning of the word, as he is the master of madness, mayhem, malice and creulty. If The Undertaker has qualms about fighting Kane, then rest assured, Mankind has no such principles, as if it were even own his own grandma who dropped Dude Love on is head, the "old bag" would go down. He makes it clear to Kane that he'll fight him anywhere, anytime, anyhow, and Kane will be all his.