Raw Deal - Raw recap for September 5, 1998

Note: This episode aired on Saturday due to the U.S. Open.

RAW

WWF owner Vince McMahon heads to the ring to start tonight's show. He announces that on September 27th, a brilliant, Machiavellian plan will be unfolded, as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin will suffer a physical and emotional breakdown that will cause him to no longer be the WWF Champion once the plan is executed, and guarantees that this will happen and that he should not even be WWF Champion right now. Vince says The Undertaker dominated Austin and even had an insurance policy in the form of Kane, but he sent him back to the locker room. Vince calls The Undertaker "a damned fool." He then talks about Austin's appearance on Regis and Kathie Lee, where he said SummerSlam was a hard-fought battle and that he has respect for The Undertaker. Vince knows The Undertaker is somewhere in the building and can hear him, and that his "retarded" brother Kane can hear him, too. He tells them they should be striking terror in the heart of every WWF Superstar, and that they should be dominating and terrorizing the World Wrestling Federation, but instead, the Superstars are starting to snicker at their mere sight and are not terrorized any longer to the point that they could not terrorize a kindergartner. The crowd starts calling Vince an asshole, and Vince responds "That's class all the way," then days The Undertaker and Kane have been reduced to "two putrid pussies." Kane and The Undertaker show up, and Vince McMahon leaves through the crowd immediately, with The Undertaker and Kane following.

The Disciples of Apocalypse (Skull and 8-Ball) vs. "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock and "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman comes to an end when The Undertaker and Kane show up and attack Blackman, with a choke slam by Kane and a leg bar by The Undertaker. The D.O.A. and Paul Ellering start running as soon as Kane and The Undertaker come their way, and Shamrock is angry when he sees Blackman is injured.

Val Venis is spotted making out with a woman in a bathroom stall backstage.

Before the next match, Val Venis says "The Big Valbowski is like your family dog: he's loyal, he's obedient and he comes when he's called."

Val Venis vs. Vader ends in a no-contest. During the match, Dustin Runnels is seen in the crowd holding up a sign with the message "He's coming back." Later in the match, Bradshaw shows up and confronts Vader, but when The Undertaker and Kane show up, he gets out of the ring before The Undertaker and Kane demolish both Venis and Vader.

Michael Cole interviews "The Rock" Rocky Maivia and "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry. The Rock tells says The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dog" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) are like everyone else he has laid the smackdown on. As for "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmesley, he will always be the people's champ, even if Triple H left him laying in a pool of his own blood at SummerSlam.

Michael Cole interviews The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dog" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn). Billy Gunn says the boys are back, and that they did what they said they would do. Road Dog says they aren't just going to get a piece of "The Rock" Rocky Maivia, they're getting his whole ass, and if "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry wants a shot, they'll knock him off too, as it's their first title defense and the only good offense is "a damn good defense."

The Nation ("The Rock" Rocky Maivia and "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry) beat The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dog" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) by disqualification after Chyna rushes into the ring and goes after Mark Henry. The New Age Outlaws, who retain the WWF Tag Team Championships, have to hold her back.

Tiger Ali Singh and Babu show up. Singh says he has proven that American men have no class or courage, and that they will do anything for money. He says they have continually embarassed themselves by eating worms and licking Babu's feet. He has also proven that American women have no morals and no self-respect, and that they have degraded themselves continuously by taking their clothes off and eating dog food. He has now concluded there is no limit to how low Americans will go. As he speaks, Babu is eating sardines, and Singh notices this, saying the stench has gotten on his nerves and that he hasn't even brushed his teeth in four days. This gives Singh an idea: offer $500 to any American woman who will get in the ring and French kiss Babu. Babu picks a younger American woman, and since she is beautiful, Singh bumps the reward up to $600. All she has to do is kiss Babu for five seconds - which he will count - to get the money, but if she stops at any point, she does not get paid. She plays tonsil hockey for more than five seconds, thanks to Singh telling the crowd to shut up, and gets the $600. After this, The Undertaker and Kane show up as the young lady leaves, and they both choke slam Singh and Babu, and Babu is choke slammed out of his shoes.

Southern Justice (Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight) beat The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh).

The Undertaker and Kane find the door to WWF owner Vince McMahon's office. kane tries to reak the door with a sledgehammer, and manages to do just that. Mr. McMahon is not in the room, however.

WAR ZONE

We see unseen SummerSlam footage where X-Pac, The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dog" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn), Howard Finkel, The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh) and Darren "Puke" Drozdov continue to cut "Double J" Jeff Jarrett's hair in the locker room.

X-Pac beats D'Lo Brown by disqualification after "Double J" Jeff Jarrett, now with a shorter haircut and brand new ring gear, shows up and attacks X-Pac. As X-Pac and Jarrett fight in the crowd, The Undertaker and Kane show up yet again and attack D'Lo Brown. "The Rock" Rocky Maivia runs in and confronts The Undertaker and Kane, but he gets a beatdown while D'Lo Brown escapes through the crowd. D'Lo Brown retains the WWF European Championship, and The Rock gets choke slammed.

"Marvelous" Marc Mero vs. Edge ends in a no-contest when Gangrel rushes out and brawls with Edge. Mero and Jacqueline have almost made it to the back when The Undertaker and Kane show up yet again and attack Mero.

Jim Ross interviews Al Snow and Head. We see footage of Snow in Extreme Championship Wrestling, and Snow says that ECW is a completely alternate experience, and there, he was able to show that he was capable of carrying the ball when it was giving it to him, taking his chance and running with it. He was a star in ECW, and he can be a star in WWF, and if he isn't given the opportunity, he'll take it, even if he is talking to a mannequin head. Snow says he is a normal human being with a regular life, a wife and kids. Snow says the voices he hears from Head are numerous but regular people. Snow says he has had numerous challenges in his life, but he will overcome them. It is also acknowledges that Snow has competed as both Avatar and Leif Cassidy. Snow apologizes for his outburt towards Jim Ross back then where he screamed that he could not take it anymore, but says he did not have a breakdown or was pushed over the edge, but rather had an awakening. If he had clearance to see WWF owner Vince McMahon, he would not even entertain the act of talking to him. Snow also says it is him running the show, not Head.

The Undertaker and Kane are seen backstage again.

Before the next match, Road Warrior Hawk is seen wearing street clothes and his L.O.D. 2000 helmet, dancing with The Oddities (Luna Vachon, Golga, Kurrgan, Giant Silva). After being Road Warrior Hawk then tries to dance with Insane Clown Posse (Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope), but when they refuse, Hawk attacks them. Despite his extremely compromised state, he is still part of the match, which does not bode well for Road Warrior Animal or Darren "Puke" Drozdov. As everyone else fights outside of the ring, Giant Silva chokes slams Hawk in the middle of the ring. The Oddities (Golga, Kurrgan, Giant Silva) beat L.O.D. 2000 (Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk) and Darren "Puke" Drozdov. (The Oddities' entrance as well as the post-match proceedings are edited out of the WWE Network.)

The Undertaker and Kane attack a random backstage worker and trash the backstage interview area.

Too Much ("Too Sexy" Brian Christopher and "Too Hot" Scott Taylor) beats Los Boricuas (Jesus Castillo and Miguel Perez) when Jesus has referee Jimmy Korderas distracted following a double-team on Taylor, allowing Christopher to hit Miguel with a top rope leg drop during a pinfall attempt before laying Taylor on top of Miguel for the win.

Before the next match, "Double J" Jeff Jarrett tells 2 Cold Scorpio not to look him in the eye, because that enough to piss him off.

"Double J" Jeff Jarrett beats 2 Cold Scorpio by disqualification after he is attacked by X-Pac. During the match, it is announced that "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman has been taken out of the arena earlier with a knee injury, and may be out for a while. Updates on his injury will be provided tomorrow night on Sunday Night Heat. It is also announced that tomorrow night on Sunday Night Heat, The Undertaker and Kane will fight together in a tag team match for the very first time against Road Warrior Animal and Darren "Puke" Drozdov. After the match, X-Pac and Jarrett take their brawl to the crowd, then The Undertaker and Kane show up yet again and attack 2 Cold Scorpio before he can leave the ring, and WWF owner Vince McMahon shows up and watches from the stage as The Undertaker choke slams Scorpio before he and Kane hit Scorpio with a spike Tombstone Piledriver to end the show. It is not long before The Undertaker and Kane notice Vince and chase him to the back to end the show.