"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels shows up and guests on commentary for this week's show. It is notable that instead of the usual Sunday Night Heat set, the set for this year's SummerSlam is used. Also, instead of being taped, the show is recorded live, and Howard Finkel is the ring announcer. (This will be a regular thing during the show's early years.)
Road Warrior Hawk shows up before the next match, wearing his helmet and getting in the way at the beginning of the match, apparently less than perfectly sober. Hawk ends up being Road Warrior Animal's partner when Darren "Puke" Drozdov storms out, irritated with Hawk. Edge is also seen watching the match from above the SummerSlam logo
Too Much ("Too Sexy" Brian Christopher and Scott "Too Hot" Taylor) beat L.O.D. 2000 (Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk) when Christopher gets Taylor off Animal's shoulders and Hawk - who never removes his helmet - stumbles off the top rope and knocks Animal down.
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin is seen backstage pacing back and forth with a sledgehammer in his hand waiting for Kane and The Undertaker to show up.
"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels interviews Sable in the ring. Sable says the Sable Bomb will be dropped on Jacqueline tonight, and when asked who her mystery tag team partner is, Sable says that if she revealed who it was, it would not be a mystery anymore; however, she does say that even though they are very dear to her heart and make her laugh, it is not one of The Oddities, as "their dance card was full tonight." Sable then asks HBK to dance, and she dances along with him.
Gangrel beats Dustin Runnels, who has the words "He Is Coming Back" on the back of his shirt during the match.
Backstage, Michael Cole interviews "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley as D-Generation X (Triple H, Chyna, X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) arrive to the arena. Triple H says that DX lives for today, and after the final bell rings, things in the WWF are never going to be the same.
Michael Cole is seen waiting with WWF owner Vince McMahon in McMahon's own dressing room for an interview later in the show.
We see footage courtesy of WWF.com where Val Venis says Mario Lopez should have showed respect to him, and admits that he thinks Mario Lopez is a good actor. He gives Lopez credit for the double-leg takedown he got him with weeks ago, saying Lopez has guts, but his attention was right back on Lopez' fellow Pacific Blue co-star Amy Hunter.
Michael Cole interviews WWF owner Vince McMahon, who says that he has to do something about "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, as he is afraid Austin will hurt someone else or himself, and that he has to protect his main event. He says that if he has to go backstage and personally take the sledgehammer away from Austin's hands, then that is exactly what he is going to do. Vince says he will not let Austin ruin things for him or for the fans.
Jeff Jarrett and Southern Justice (Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight) attack ring announcer Howard Finkel. Southern Justice hold Finkel down while Jarrett cuts Finkel's hair with an electric razor. Jarrett then says he has a few advice for everyone in the back, including X-Pac: don't piss him off.
Backstage, Sgt. Slaughter, Gerald Brisco and Pat Patterson try to take the sledgehammer away from "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, but Austin is having none of it as he refuses to let Kane attack him from behind.
Backstage, Gerald Brisco, Pat Patterson and Sgt. Slaughter tell WWF owner Vince McMahon what has just transpired with Austin. Vince says Austin is just one man, and when asked to do it, he says he will do just that, and the others offer to go with him. Vince says again he will show them that Austin is only one man.
The Disciples of Apocalypse (Skull and 8-Ball) beat Bradshaw and Vader. Tony Chimel replaces Howard Finkel as ring announcer for the rest of the night. During the match, Bradshaw and Vader fail to get along, and even argue over who will start the match as soon as the bell rings. The match ends after Vader is whipped into Bradshaw, who is distracted by Paul Ellering, and Bradshaw responds by punching Vader in the face and allowing D.O.A. to win on a schoolboy pin. After the match, Vader and Bradshaw brawl on the outside, and referees and officials have to separate both men. Bradshaw has the upper hand at first, but Vader gets back in the ring and clotheslines Bradshaw out of it. It is then announced for viewers to stay tuned to the Home Shopping Network after SummerSlam at 10:55 PM Eastern/9:55 PM Central, as Michael Cole and Brian Collard will be selling WWF merchandise live. Viewers can dial 1-800-284-3100 now to buy some WWF merchandise without having to wait for the post-show events on HSN.
The nine-foot cage for the Lion's Den Match between Owen Hart and "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock is seen.
Backstage, WWF owner Vince McMahon, Gerald Brisco, Pat Patterson and Sgt. Slaughter try to get "Stone Cold" Steve Austin to put his sledgehammer down. Austin refuses, as he feels Vince only cares about the SummerSlam pay-per-view and its main event, and he refuses to let Kane attack him from behind. Vince and company leave almost immediately.
We see a video package chronicling the events leading up to the Ladder Match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship match between "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley and The Rock.
The Nation (The Rock, Owen Hart D'Lo Brown, "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry) shows up. Suddenly, D-Generation X ("Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley, X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) rush in and fight The Nation, and The Rock strikes the back of Triple H's knee with the WWF Intercontinental Championship before fleeing, injuring it.
A hearse pulls up in the arena, and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin lies in wait. Austin pulls the driver out of the hearse and smashes the hearse with his sledgehammer before getting on a forklift and puts it through the rear windshield to lift it up as the show ends.
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