Raw Deal - Raw recap for August 10, 1998

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The show starts with Mankind swinging a steel chair at things, saying he is not afraid of the truth and that he wants the truth.

Mankind takes the steel chair into the ring after the show intro, and says he is sick of being lied to and deceived, and would like the truth. He has finally realized, as much as it hurts, that there is only one man who has ever really given him the truth: WWF owner Vince McMahon, and calls him to the ring, demanding the truth. Mankind hands Vince the microphone, and Vince says that it must be humiliating for him to ask him to come out and help him find the truth, and says he detests people who need help and loathe people who rely on pillars of strength like him to get through the day, and that the mere sight of the infirmed and the invalid make his stomach turn. Mankind, however, is a special case, as he knows him and says he did not really invite him to the ring to help him, but instead to hurt him, and and hurt him he will, as when the truth is told, it hurts. Last week, Kane could have struck either Mankind or The Undertaker, and that it was no accident that he was hit in the head with a steel chair. When The Undertaker snatched the chair away, he could have annihilated Kane but went for Mankind instead. He then mentions what happened last night on Sunday Night Heat when The Undertaker disguised himself as Kane, and that it could have been Kane as Kane and The Undertaker are in cahoots against not only "Stone Cold" Steve Austin or Mankind, but the entire WWF roster, and that Kane and The Undertaker are one and the same. Kane and Paul Bearer show up, and Paul Bearer tells Vince to listen to him. It may be true that Vince may be the big manipulator in WWF and get in Mankind's mind, but he will be damned if Vince gets in his mind or Kane's mind. He asks Vince how he would feel if someone tried to poison his son's mind much like Vince has poisoned Kane's, and says he has watched Kane suffer for 20 years and that he will be damned if Vince ruins it. Bearer goes on to say he has been in the WWF for seven years and has made a lot of money thanks to Vince, and that he doesn't need him anymore and that he and Kane can hit the road if need be. However, Paul Bearer thinks it would only make Vince happy. Vince then points at Kane and says that Kane is not Paul Bearer's son and that Kane is a "son-of-a-bitch," and that Undertaker is disguised as Kane right now as he can smell the stench of death on him. He commands Kane to take the mask off or he will rip it off for him. Bearer says he will not touch Kane, and Vince goes for Kane's mask when the arena suddenly goes dark. When the lights come back, The Undertaker is in the ring with his hand on Vince's throat, and he is not dressed as Kane. Vince runs off, and The Undertaker beats up Mankind and Paul Bearer before chasing Vince to the back.

The Undertaker is seen entering the locker room...and Kane is inside.

Sable is special guest ring announcer for the next match. When Luna Vachon shows up with The Oddities (Kurrgan, Giant Silva Golga), the three of them are no longer with The Jackal or the Howard Stern characters.

Luna Vachon beats Jacqueline after Sable shakes the top rope to crotch Jacqueline on the top rope as the referee is preoccupied with "Marvelous" Marc Mero. After the match, Sable hands Jacqueline's bikini contest trophy to Luna.

The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dog" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) come to the arena in a limousine, and they are not in a good mood.

Darren "Puke" Drozdov beats Savio Vega on points to continue to the semi-finals of the Brawl For All Tournament, with Droz nearly knocking Vega out on at least two occasions.

"Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Chyna show up in a powder blue BMW sports car.

Chyna tells Michael Cole to suck it before pushing him into her and "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley's sports car.

L.O.D. 2000 (Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk) are on their way to the ring to face Southern Justice (Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight) when Hawk falls off the ramp when their pyro hits. Animal is irritated.

After the break, WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter tells Road Warrior Hawk he is not competing tonight, as it is evident that Hawk's personal problems are still a thing and Hawk insists there is nothing wrong with him. Animal has to face Southern Justice (Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight) alone. Dennis Knight confronts Hawk, and Hawk jumps on Knight before Southern Justice beat up Animal. As Hawk is carried off to the back, insisting nothing is wrong with him, Darren "Puke" Drozdov fights off Southern Justice before "Double J" Jeff Jarrett, now with shorter hair and facial hair, gets in the ring, hits Droz in the head with a guitar with the words "Don't piss me off!" on the back and proceeds to cut his hair.

The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dog" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn), X-Pac, and the duo of "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley all make separate entrances. Triple H is about to tell the crowd where D-Generation X (Triple H, Chyna, X-Pac, Road Dog, Billy Gunn) stands when X-Pac takes the mic and says he is tired of Triple H "and his bitch," and calls Triple H and Cyna "a couple of jackoffs." Triple H counters by saying the world's biggest jack-off is standing right in front of him and that Road Dog and Billy Gunn are two of the biggest jackoffs he's ever seen in his life. Triple H says that everyone in DX is a jack-off and that everyone is in agreement that they're all a bunch of jack-offs. Since they are all in agreement that they are a bunch of jack-offs and that they should do "the DX split." Instead of actaulylly splitting up, they decide to moon the crowd. Chyna grabs the microphone and asks Triple H and the rest of DX is if it ever occurred to them that the crowd is tired of seeing their asses every week. Triple H says no, and asks what the point is. Chyna says that if anyone is initiating a DX split, it's going to be her. Chyna ends up mooning the crowd instead, and, and the rest of DX celebrates while Triple H also moons the crowd himself.

Michael Cole interviews "Stone Cold" Steve Austin only to be taken into a shower and squirted with water from a shower head.

WAR ZONE

Before the next match, Bart Gunn tells Jim Ross to give him some respect, as he knocked out "Dr. Death" Steve Williams and that J.R. and the WWF keeps making excuses for him. Jim Ross admits that Bart Gunn was the better man, and that if he has a problem, his next Brawl For All opponent is in the ring right now. Bart Gunn says that if Vader doesn't knock "The Godfather" Kama Mustafa, he will, and that somebody is getting knocked out tonight. He then watches from ringside. The Godfather then asks Vader if he's ever been with a ho, and if he even knows what a ho is. He then cuts to the chase and offers Vader a choice between fighting him or spending the night with some of his finest hos, knowing full well Vader wants to fight him. Vader takes the hos, then tells Bart Gunn that if he has the same opportunity, to take the women. Bart Gunn knocks Vader out, then goes after The Godfather before referees and officials try to restore order.

Val Venis and John Wayne Bobbitt show up at the arena.

Dustin Runnels is shown on-screen wanting to talk about choices, stating that the segment deals with explicit subject manner and contains numerous genitalia, adultery and fornication references, and that it is also rife with gratuitous violence unfit for family viewing. He then says that the fans of the World Wrestling Federation can choose to send a message of the WWF by spending time watching quality programming, violent sensationalist nonsense, and that right now, there is a special on reptiles on Discovery Channel that is a better way to spend the evening. He then tells the parents that it is through their choices that they can prepare their children for eternal life, and that He is coming back. We then learn that the preceding message was sponsored by The Evangelists Against Television, Movies and Entertainment (which is acronym form is "EATME").

Val Venis is wheeled out to the ring by John Wayne Bobbitt and accompanied by Mrs. Yamaguchi-san. There is an ice pack located on Venis' genitalia, implying that Kaientai (Dick Togo, Men's Teioh, Sho Funaki, Yamaguchi-San) and Taka Michinoku has gotten the job done. "Jerry "The King" Lawler interviews Venis, who says that he comes to the fans a humble man and half the man that he used to be, and says if you live by the sword, you die by the sword. He says there is only one way to stomp the mighty boa, and that is to separate it at the head. He then tells the ladies to take a rain check on "those new snakeskin boots," because The Big Valbowski is alive and ready to bite. Val Venis takes off his clothes and reveals his wrestling trunks underneath, revealing his privates are alive and well. He says that thanks to a cold butcher's block, a little shrinkage and John Wayne Bobbitt cutting the lights, he is standing at full attention, cocked, locked and ready to unload. Bobbitt says he and Venis have had a great time, and he and Lawler make some penis-chopping jokes before Val Venis tells Mrs. Yamaguchi-san that no woman is worth the trouble she gave him and that they are breaking up. As Mrs. Yamaguchi-san leaves, Val Venis hands her a AA battery.

Edge is seen in the crowd.

Bradshaw beats "Marvelous" Marc Mero to continue to the semi-finals of the Brawl For All Tournament after four rands. Before the match, it is announced that Mero is back in the tournament and replacing "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman as Blackman has received a knee injury while training. During the match, the third match ends in a draw, and a fourth round occurs, much to the displeasure of the crowd.

Michael Cole interviews The Undertaker, who tells him that he will be doing his explaining in the ring.

The team of Kane and Mankind beat The Nation ("The Rock" Rocky Maivia and D'Lo Brown), the team of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and The Undertaker and The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dog" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) in a Four Corners Tag Team Match to become theWWF Tag Team Champions. Before the match, it is announced that "The Outlaw Rule" is in effect, meaning that one wrestler cannot pin their partner to win the match. "THe World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock then shows up and attacks Owen Hart before putting him in the anke lock, and THe Nation (The Rock, Owen Hart, "The Godfather" Kama Mustafa ,D'Lo Brown, "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry) and D-Generation X ("Triple H" Hunter Hearst Hemlsley, Chyna, X-Pac, Road Dogg, Jesse James) brawl. Due to the attack on Owen Hart by Shamrock, D'Lo Brown replaces Owen Hart in the match.

After Raw goes off the air, The Undertaker tells "Stone Cold" Steve Austin he wants the WWF Championship before leaving the ring.