Raw Deal - Raw recap for February 9, 1998

Sunny, dressed like Marilyn Monroe, sings Happy Birthday for "Classy" Freddy Blassie as WWF celebrates his 80th birthday.

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin shows up with a white bag. He tells "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels not to rub a championship belt in his face on live television, and calls him out so he can a piece of his ass. D-Generation X (Shawn, "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Chyna) show up on the TitanTron and mock Austin, and Shawn says he knows exactly how to pull his strings as he brags out how he punked him out. Shawn says he's the one who calls the shots in the WWF, not Austin, and that Austin will get a piece of him when he says so. Shawn then tells Austin that if he can give him one reason to come out, he'll do it and slap the taste out of his mouth. He tells Shawn he knows he won't come out to the ring for the hell of it, as he's whipped his ass. Austin tells him he has his WWF Championship. Shawn insists he has it, and when he looks in his bag, he finds a replica belt instead. Austin pulls the real deal out of his bag, and tells him he'll be in the building all night. If Shawn wants it back, he'll have to ask him for it nicely in the ring.

Sunny is guest ring announcer for the next match.

Jeff Jarrett and Barry Windham beat The Legion of Doom (Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk) by disqualification after Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw chases Jarrett and Windham all the way to the back after mowing down The Rock 'n Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson).

D-Generation X ("The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Chyna) seem to have a plan to get the WWF Championship back...

Henry O. Godwinn beats Quebecer Pierre after Quebecer Jacques grabs Henry's leg after Pierre is sent out of the ring and hits him in the head with a steel bucket. Phineas I. Godwinn chases Jacques around, and when Jacques gets into the ring, Phineas I. Godwinn hits Pierre in the head with his own bucket to allow Henry the win.

Chyna enlists the help of Los Boricuas (Savio Vega, Miguel Perez, Jose Castillo, Jesus Estrada Jr.), who are busy playing a dominoes game, to get the WWF Championship back from "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Unlike in promos involving "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels and "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley, where she whispers into their ears from time to time, this is the first time she is heard talking, and also in fluent Spanish.

"Too Sexy" Brian Christopher and Pantera beat Taka Michinoku and Aguila after Brian Christopher hands off a brass knuckle to Panetra, who uses it to knock Taka out in a double-team manuever as the ref is preoccupied with Aguila.

Kane and Paul Bearer show up. It is announced that Kane and Bearer are on the cover of the newest issue of WWF Magazine, available on newsstands tomorrow. Paul Bearer says the WWF and The Undertaker's fans are still in shock over what Kane and Vader have done to each other over the last two weeks, and says he is tired of hearing it's Vader Time. On Sunday, it will be time for Vader to be snuffed out as Kane sets a Vader clock on fire. Bearer then tells The Undertaker's fans that there is no way The Undertaker will show up on Sunday as he is gone for eternity.

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

Before the next match, "The Rock" Rocky Maivia gives his opinion on genetic human cloning, saying it should be done very selectively as not one person in the crowd is worthy of being cloned and that the only person worthy enough for it is himself.

The Nation of Domination (Faarooq and "The Rock" Rocky Maivia) beats Chainz and "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock after The Rock hits Shamrock in the head with a chair as Skull, 8-Ball and Ahmed Johnson fight D'Lo Brown, Kama Mustafa and "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry. Shamrock then snaps and hits both the referee and Chainz with belly-to-belly suplexes, and Skull, 8-Ball and Ahmed have to restrain Shamrock, who eventually calms down.

Last Thursday at the Official All-Star Cafe in New York City, the press conference for WretleMania 14. It is announced that "Iron" Mike Tyson will be the special guest enforcer in the outside of the ring for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs. "The Heartbreak Kid" SHawn Michaels at WrestleMania 14. During the conference, Austin admits he has respect for Shawn and that he is taking this match more seriously any other match he's had in his life, but says that Shawn is a big piece of trash. Shawn calls Austin the "the Lattrell Sprewell of the World Wrestling Federation" while comparing Vince McMahon to P.J. Carlissimo, then says he does not lay down for anyone. "Iron" Mike Tyson talks about how he wanted to get involved with the WWF ever since seeing Bruno Sammartino and The Valiant Brothers ("Handsome" Jimmy Valiant, "Luscious" Johnny Valiant, "Gentleman" Jerry Valiant). Tyson says that he is not bigger than boxing and that he can survive without it. Shawn and Austin say that that they can take on Tyson in a wrestler vs. boxer match. When Shawn says he can make an ass out of Austin, this leads to a more physical confrontation between Shawn and Austin which leads to Tyson and Shane McMahon separating both men. We then see news footage of the event from several sources.

Los Boricuas (Savio Vega, Miguel Perez, Jose Castillo, Jesus Estrada Jr.) and Chyna search the men's locker room for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin but do not find him.

Right after Steve Blackman vs. Recon begins, The Jackyl makes a grand entrance from a podium on a platform lowered down from the roof of the arena. He says that the WWF has created a smear campaign against him from the very beginning, and that he is far from a deranged psychopath, fancying himself a philosopher, intellectual and poet. He says that the WWF is afraid of his intellectualism and revolution, and that he brings a message of peace to his "Jackylites." However, the WWF understands only the language of violence, and that he is forced to speak that language. According to him, however, He says he has turned Recon and Sniper from mere fans into pay-per-view headliners and Kurrgan the Interrogator from a corporate sideshow into a destroyer.

Steve Blackman beats Recon by submission and puts an end to The Jackyl's monologue. After the amtch, the Jackyl berates Recon, telling him to remember what it was like working for $40 a night in Memphis, Tennessee and what he said to The Jackyl forgives Recon, then slaps him. Recon almost strikes back, but Sniper stops him and The Jackyl is amused by the situation.

The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dog" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) show up in University of Kentucky Wildcats shirts and brag about what they did to Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie last week, and Billy says they should do it again. Billy Gunn looks behind the curtain near the edge of the stage, and he and Road Dog pull out a dumpster, calling it "a new Cactus Jack condominium." The video of them pushing the dumpster with Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie last week are replayed on the TitanTron while The New Age Outlaws make fun of it, then the Outlaws push the dumpster off the edge and into a table as part of a "re-enactment" after a few rows of the audience are moved away from the ramp. The Outlwas then head to the dumpster and find two blow-up dolls dressed like Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie inside. Road Dog says that if there is anything left of them, the remains will be swept under the rug at No Way Out Of Texas. We then see dumpster cam footage of the "re-enactment."

Los Boricuas (Savio Vega, Miguel Perez, Jose Castillo, Jesus Estrada Jr.) and Chyna continue to look for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, but Austin shows up and locks a door leading out to the arena behind them and separates them from Chyna. He then agitates Los Boricuas, who then find out they are trapped. Chyna tries to free Los Boricuas, but to no avail.

"Marvelous" Marc Mero sends Sable back to the back before the next match.

Thrasher beats The Artist Formerly Known As Goldust after Sable comes back, confronts Luna Vachon, slaps Goldust to allow Thrasher to get a schoolboy pin for the win and then slaps Luna. "Marvelous" Marc Mero goes after Sable, and referees have to separate him from Sable.

D-Generation X ("The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Chyna) show up. Shawn tells Austin that he won't wait until Sunday night to take back the WWF Championship, saying he waits on absolutely nobody. He tells Austin he will give him an ass-whupping and that he has something that belongs to him, and now he is here to take it back. He then says "please" after telling Austin to get out here, and Austin shows up. Austin uses the belt as a weapon and clears DC out of the ring, and he also keeps The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dog" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) at bay when they also show up. Suddenly, a chainsaw can be heard, and Chyna takes the WWF Championship as Austin is preoccupied with DX and the Outlaws. Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie come out of an opening in the corner of the ring that Charlie has cut open, and Owen Hart gets in the ring from the crowd. Austin, Owen, Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie fight off DX and the Outlaws and force them to retreat to end the show.