Raw Deal - Raw recap for December 1, 1997

"Road Dog" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn dedicate their victory and the next interview to The Legion of Doom (Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk), who they say aren't in the building tonight as they are at home licking their wounds from being whipped like unruly children. Road Dog says the Smithsonian Institute has contacted him about obtaining a piece of wrestling history, and has shipped them a pair of Road Warrior shoulder pads as they are indeed wrestling history. This Sunday, he and Bad Ass have a rematch with The Legion of Doom, but say that Animal and Hawk won't get the gold back as they are here to stay with them. Billy Gunn then announces that tonight, he and Road Dog will have a non-title match, and the only thing that they are afraid of is actually breaking a sweat. All of a sudden, The Legion of Doom, in street clothes sans make-up, come out of the crowd and attack Road Dog and Billy Gunn, forcing them to retreat and making it known that Road Dog and Billy Gunn can't beat them, and that they will be lucky to make it through tonight as they will make sure they don't leave the building tonight with the tag team titles.

Sable is guest ring announcer for the next match.

Taka Michinoku beats Aguila to continue to the finals of the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament.

Before the next match, Luna Vachon drags Goldust to the stage. Goldust now has red hair, yellow and black face paint, a ball gag in his mouth, a green sleeveless bodysuit, a steel grey bikini top with spikes on the cups, black spikes on the shoulders and no shoes of any kind. Luna says she is "the original bitch" and that the bitch is back. She says that Goldust was a prisoner of his life since he was a child, first to Dusty Rhodes (whom she calls "an overbearing, overweight father") and then to Marlena (a petite, scum-sucking gold digger.") She has brought the key to set him free from his living hell, and declares him "The Artist Formerly Known As Goldust" before He says he will never be the same again. There will be no rules and no boundaries, but there will be whips and chains. As , Luna Vachon says that Vader will learn that pain and pleasure go together and that before the torture is over on Sunday, Vader will drag Goldust's chain. Luna then removes the ball gag on Goldust before making out in the ring.

Jerry "The King" Lawler beats "El Matador" Tito Santata to continue on to next week's championship match of the 1998 Karate Fighters Tournament, where he will take on Sunny.

A Four Corners match between Recon, D'Lo Brown, Chainz and Miguel Perez ends when The Disciples of Apocalypse (Skull and 8-Ball), Los Boricuas (Savio Vega, Jesus Castillo, Jose Estrada Jr.), The Truth Commission (Sniper and The Interrogator) and The Nation of Domination (Faarooq, Kama Mustafa, Rocky Maivia) all jump in and turn the match into an all-out war. The Jackyl briefly guests on commentary during the brawl to scout for new recruits for The Truth Commission as well as to stay out of the brawl.

D-Generation X ("The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Chyna) show up. Triple H wheels Shawn to the stage, and Shawn says that DX shows the world that no matter how many millions of dollars people want to throw around, they are always one step ahead of the pack. They showed Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart that they can play anyone for a sucker, and tonight, Triple H gets to finish the job. Triple H says that in the back, Neidhart is known as "The White Rhino" and he knows rhinos are stupid, but he can't believe Neidhart is the biggest idiot he's ever seen. He gives Neidhart advice: don't think about what he'll do without his family, as nothing good can come of it. In just a little while, he will take all his decision-making ability away from him, and make the decision for him. He then tells WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter to make the match against him next Sunday any kind of match he wants, because he will bring all the heavy artillery he has and will take him out for good. He is, however, saving something for his wife: the big bazooka. Shawn then says that he is in a wheelchair because of the rigorous training Chyna has been putting him through, and says that the leg exercises come with a positive. He knows that "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock lives and dies by the ankle lock, and his pain tolerance is now at an all-time high. Without the ankle lock, Shamrock doesn't have a chance, and he then asks Triple H to show the pain tolerance that he has now. Triple H then twists Shawn's left ankle, and twists it 900 degrees, and the foot rotates in ways it shouldn't as he does. Shawn then says that DX always has a leg up on the competition, then Triple H moves the leg upwards. Strangely enough, the leg stays in that position.

We see the closing of Survivor Series as it is announced that it will be revealed what happened.

The introduction for War Zone plays to signal the start of the second hour.

Before the next match, Rocky Maivia makes it clear that the next match is a non-title match. When the match begins, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin drives his black "Austin 3:16" pick-up truck into the arena and starts drinking beer on the roof as AC/DC's "Back in Black" and "You Shook Me (All Night Long)" is blaring out of the stereo. Rocky Maivia runs away, but Kama Mustafa, Faarooq and D'Lo Brown get him back in the ring for his match against Vader.

Rocy Maivia beats Vader by count-out after the rest of The Nation of Domination (Faarooq, D'Lo Brown, Kama Mustafa) distracts the referee and Goldust attacks Vader outside of the ring. Vader chases after Goldust and Luna Vachon, leaving "The Rock" to focus on Austin, who flips the Nation off from the top of the truck.

We see a video package of "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock.

Scott Taylor is in the ring for this WWF Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament semi-finals match against "Too Sexy" Brian Christopher when Kane and Paul Bearer show up. Taylor fights Kane off, but Kane hits him with the choke slam and the Tombstone Piledriver. Paul Bearer tells The Undertaker that he hopes he is happy as all the carnage at Kane's hands is his fault, and that it will continue until he does what he has to do. He tells The Undertaker that his life is already a living hell. "Too Sexy" Brian Christopher continues to the finals of the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament by default and will face Taka Michinoku this Sunday at In Your House: D-Generation X.

Before the next match, it is announced that Ahmed Johnson's rental car rolled over in Hampton, Virginia eight days ago and that Ahmed Johnson is not seriously hurt. Jeff Jarrett says that his wrestling debut will not happen tonight, saying that WWF is continuing to drop the ball by not knowing how to promote him, and if they can't do it right, he will have to take matters into his own hands. Last week, not one stipulation considering his dressing room was met. This week, Ahmed Johnson - one of the reasons he left two years ago - is in the ring, and he refuses to face him, saying Ahmed is not even on his level and that he would submit to the Figure Four Leg Lock in minutes. He says he is not wrestling tonight, and Ahmed can tell Vince McMahon that. Ahmed tells Jarrett "I guess you are chicken shit," and WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter shows up to take the microphone from Jarrett and tells him that he does not have to wrestle tonight after a review of his contract. He will, however, have to wrestle at In Your House: D-Generation X, as Slaughter has found a top-level talent for him that night, and that he must wrestle or else he will be suspended indefinitely. Jarrett's opponent will be none other than The Undertaker, and Jarrett does not like the sound of that.

Before the next match, "Road Dog" Jesse James tells The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh) that the last time they met, they wore a boombox as a hat. This time, they're just going to slap them around.

"Road Dog" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn beat The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh) by disqualification after being attacked by The Legion of Doom (Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk). They run out of the arena with the tag team titles, and The Headbangers almost go at it with The Legion of Doom.

Jim Cornette interviews Marc Mero and Sable in the ring. When told that Sable is getting more of a fan response than he is, Mero asks Sable if he has done anything than he has, and says that the fans have failed to realize his athletic ability and see his rugged good looks and chiseled body because they were chanting for Sable. The chants for Sable grow louder as Mero says he's the star and that Sable would be nothing without him and will be nothing when he kicks her to the curb. He says that Sable belongs to him and is his property. At In Your House: D-Generation X, he will make quick work of "Butterbean" Eric Esch. He then asks Sable to disrobe him so he can show a little exhibition, which she does. She then holds up the handmitts, which feature the side and back of Butterbean's head. She holds them up, and Mero punches them until one of them falls off her hands, and Mero tells her to pick it up. Mero says that for seven months, he sat in rehab wile Sable used the WWF ramp as her personal catwalk to model shirts such as the "Austin 3:16" shirt, and says "Stone Cold" Steve Austin owes him some money for that. He says that Sable should have been modeling Marc Mero wares, and that she has abandoned him. Mero calls Sable useless, and says he's sick of looking at her. He then tells her to get out of the ring, which she reluctantly does. Mero then tells Butterbean that he hasn't been in the ring with a real boxer yet, and that he is the greatest wrestler-boxer in the world. Mero plans to knock Butterbean out just like he will to anyone who stares at "his property."

We see footage from Survivor Series after the WWF Championship match between "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels and Bret "The Hit Man" Hart. We see Bret spit in Vince McMahon's face, and the footage of Bret never tapping is also shown.

"Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley beats Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart after Chyna distracts the referee and "The Heartbreak Kid' Shawn Michaels grabs Neidhart, allowing Triple H to hit Neidhart in the back with a steel chair. After the match, Shawn and Triple H attack Neidhart, and after a Pedigree to Neidhart on a steel chair, they pull down the upper half of his wrestling gear so Shawn can take a can of black spray paint and spray paint the letters "WCW" on Neidhart's back. Neidhart gets back up and clotheslines Shawn and Triple H, but Chyna forearms Neidhart and the Chyna, Shawn and Triple H handcuff Neidhart to the top rope. Neidhart tries to fight back with only one arm, and when WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter tries to stop this, he gets knocked down. "The World's Most Dangerous Man" then shows up and goes to town, putting Shawn in the ankle lock while Sgt. Slaughter comes back to and puts the Cobra Clutch on Triple H and Neidhart holds Chyna back with one hand.