Raw Deal - Raw recap for November 16, 1998

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WWF owner Vince McMahon shows up with Shane McMahon, Pat Patterson, Gerald Brisco, WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter and The Big Boss Man. Vince and Shane are introduced as co-owners of the WWF. Vince brags that he and Shane proved that the person who said you can't fool all the people all of the day was a damn fool, and that a damn fool insists on doing things the hard way, is someone who embraces middle-class ethics and values, and someone who doesn't pucker up and kiss the boss' ass. Vince tells the crowd they kiss the boss' ass, but they don't kiss it enough. Vince then introduces someone who he believes is no damn fool and has always been his champion: The Rock. The Rock says his phone has been ringing off the hook all day long, and tells the crowd he never sold out; instead, he got ahead. Some people can call him "a kiss-ass,"as they are all unintelligent pieces of trailer park trash. The Rock tells the crowd they work their asses off day in, day out for minimum wage, while he had to do what he had to do to stand in the middle of the corporate ring and become WWF Champion. He tells the crowd they are no different from "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, and they can all have their morality, honesty, blood, sweat and tears, but with all that hard work, 50 cents could not buy them a coffee. He then addresses the "Die, Rocky, Die" and "Rocky Sucks" chants, saying he never forgot those chants and that the fans will never forget it as well, as he plans on raising "The Corporate Eyebrow," planting people with the Rock Bottom, and laying the smackdown on everyone's candy-ass with The Corporate Elbow. The Rock says he would be The People's Ass than ever kiss Vince's ass, but now he would kiss Vince's ass before he would kiss the people's ass. Vince then asks what it is like to kiss his ass. Shane says he likes it. The Rock agrees that Vince smells what The Rock is cooking. Vince then shows us video footage of how exactly he and everyone else fooled the fans on the TitanTron, but instead he gets live camera footage of Austin entering the arena. Vince is enraged, and demands Austin be removed from the TitanTron. He then says he is glad Austin is here, so he can see the footage of how they did it along with everyone else. We look at the footage of Shane telling Vince he hired Austin back from three weeks ago, then the steel cage match from two weeks ago when Shane confronted The Big Boss Man and gained Austin's trust. We then see footage of Shane confronted by The Big Boss Man last week, as well as medical staff tending to The Rock and Mankind getting a makeover (to which Vince replies by saying "you can't polish caca," followed by The Rock beating "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry to keep his job and get back in the Deadly Games Tournament, where Shane admits he sucked the people in before Vince got the then-People's Elbow. The Rock then brags about winning the Deadly Games Tournament, then Shane asks the production crew to replay the footage where "Stone Cold" Steve Austin got screwed. After this footage is re-shown, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin shows up, and asks the crowd to give him a "hell yeah" if they believe The Rock is "a sorry sell-out son-of-a-bitch." Vince then reminds Austin that there is a clause in his new contract that unless Austin is provoked, he cannot lay a hand on him. Austin says he's got something bigger and more important than Vince, and asks the production crew to roll some footage from two weeks ago, where Shane McMahon told the crowd that Austin will get a shot at the WWF Championship. Vince says he overruled that on the same night, and that Austin got his shot at Survivor Series. Austin pulls out a legally binding contract which overrules the overruling, meaning that he has a shot at the WWF Championship tonight after all. Vince says the document is worthless, but Austin says 3rd District Court Judge Horn has ruled otherwise. We then get footage of Judge Mills Lane, who rules that the document is indeed legally binding despite written on formal pleading paper. He has reviewed everything, and finds that the document was signed November 2nd by Shane McMahon, who was part of the corporation and had a right to bind the corporation, declaring that Austin has a WWF Championship and there is nothing Vince can do about it.

D-Generation X ("Road Dogg" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn, X-Pac) beats The Oddities (Kurrgan, Golga, Giant Silva) after Shaggy 2 Dope accidentally takes down Golga behind the referee's back. The Insane Clown Posse (Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope) gets chewed out by The Oddities (Kurrgan, Golga, Giant Silva, Luna Vachon) on their way to the back. The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh) rush in and attack Road Dogg afterwards.

We see footage from moments ago, where an angry Mankind curses WWF owner Vince McMahon backstage in the darker recesses of the arena, where Mankind says he would not want to be in Vince's shoes as he is coming home.

WWF owner Vince McMahon talks with Shane McMahon, Pat Patterson, Gerald Brisco, WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter and The Big Boss Man backstage. He is already worried about the WWF Championship match, and does not want to be worried about Mankind, of whom he calls "an imbecile, but can also be a lunatic." Vince asks Boss Man to stick with him, and asks someone else to take care of Mankind. Pat is picked as he has known him the longest, and Vince tells him to remember that "he's gullible."

"The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock shows up. Shamrock makes it clear that he is not too happy about Survivor Series as he was screwed out of the WWF Championship. He would rather be fighting than talking, but this is the only way to get his point across. He says The Big Boss Man screwed him twice, and that he will not do it again as tonight, he challenges him to step in the ring with him, face-to-face and man-to-man. He also puts the Intercontinental Championship on the line to ensure he shows up, and tells Boss Man he awaits his answer.

Before the next match, Val Venis says they are in the Bluegrass State and the home of the Kentucky Derby. If the ladies want to cross the finish line in 1st place with "The Big Valbowski," all they have to do is hop aboard this stallion bareback.

Val Venis beats "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry. During the match, Chyna returns and distracts Mark Henry, who is made happy by her appearance. This allows Val Veni to roll up Mark Henry with a schoolboy pin to win the match. After the match, Henry says that his and Chyna's lawyers have had a lot of problems, but all he wants is for them to go out on a night out for dinner - with no sex involved - and recites a poem to show how much he wants her. Chyna just walks away.

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin is seen making coffee backstage.

Pat Patterson tells WWF owner Vince McMahon he cannot Mankind as cannot find the boiler room. Vince tells Pat Patterson he can't even find his ass. Gerald Brisco tells Vince he knows where the boiler room, and heads out to find Mankind.

Goldust and "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman beat Jeff Jarrett and The Blue Blazer. Blackman tries to take off The Blue Blazer's mask, but Jarrett attacks him from behind and Owen Hart joins in almost immediately, revealing that The Blue Blazer was not Owen during this match. Owen, Jarrett and the Blazer all attack Blackman briefly before retreating.

WWF owner Vince McMahon is talking to The Rock when Gerald Brisco shows up, saying he has heard weird noises in the boiler room. WWF Commisioner Sgt. Slaughter calls Brisco a wuss, and offers to head into the boiler room.

WWF owner Vince McMahon chews out WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter, who says Mankind is out of his mind and that it will take multiple men to get him. Vince tells Gerald Brisco, Pat Patterson and Slaughter to take care of Mankind.

WAR ZONE

Before the next match, The Godfather announces that Lexington, Kentucky has some of the best hos ever born, and gives Steven Regal the option of a night with his three hos or fighting him, knowing he can kick his ass. He also gives him a third choice "for the working man:" all three women for free. Regal says he would like nothing more to kick The Godfather's head in, but the last time he checked, he was Steven Regal and not Elton John. He picks the hos. The Godfather admits he did not think Regal would pick the hos, and then quotes Archie Bunker from All In The Family: "England ain't nothin' but a place full of fags." The Godfather and Steven Regal then brawl outside of the ring, and referees have to restore order.

Kane is seen backstage, attacking technicians in the loading bay.

WWF owner Vince McMahon asks The Big Boss Man to take care of "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock.

"The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock vs. The Big Boss Man ends in a double disqualification. During the match, both men attack referee Mike Chioda after he tells both men to stay off the throat in the corner, and Chioda calls for the bell. Referees and officials have to pull both men apart as they continue to fight each other. Shane McMahon and WWF owner Vince McMahon show up, and asks what Shamrock and Big Boss Man are doing. Vince says he knows Shamrock is dangerous and that he can use a man like him, as they are both a lot alike - coming from broken home, having to earn everything they ever got, and know the people don't care about them. Vince says he cares, and says he can give him the one thing both of them never had growing up: family. He says that family sticks together, and that every corporation needs a dangerous man. He asks Shamrock to "come on home." Shamrock shakes hands with Vince, then shakes hands with The Big Boss Man.

Three men try to get an autograph from Kane. Kane is about to choke slam one of them when the police show up.

The Brood (Gangrel and Edge) beat L.O.D. 2000 (Road Warrior Animal and Droz) by count-out, but the match ends in a very chaotic fashion. Road Warrior Hawk shows up and climbs up to the top of the TitanTron.

After the commercial break, Road Warrior Animal asks Road Warrior Hawk to come down peacefully after Hawk has threatened to jump off the TitanTron. Referees, officials and even Paul Ellering - their former manager - is there to talk him down. He admits he does not know how Hawk feels, but he and his family care about his life. He reminds him of a story he told them about his mother, but Hawk does not want to listen to anybody. Droz climbs up the TitanTron as he says that next year can be better than this year, and Hawk says Droz is the last person he wants to talk to. Animal asks Hawk not to move, and Hawk does not want Droz to touch him. Droz inadvertantly pushes Hawk off the edge, and Hawk falls. Everyone on stage rushes to the back.

Road Warrior Hawk is taken out of the building in an ambulance.

Michael Cole interviews Sable. Sable says the last three years were a wild ride, but last night was the greatest accomplishment of her career. She dedicates the WWF Women's Championship to all the fans who have made her who she is. Suddenly, Shane McMahon shows up and questions her decision to dedicate the championship to the fans and her statement that the fans made her, and says WWF owner Vince McMahon was the one who made Sable, as he has put an incredible investment in her for the last three years and made her a star. Sable says she is where she is because she worked damn hard for it, and that nobody gave her anything. Shane says that is what women just like her always do, and leaves. Sable tells Shane that the only thing he knows about real women are the ones he can buy, and tells him "this one ain't for sale." After this, it is announced that Road Warrior Hawk has been taken to a local hospital, and that Hawk is still breathing.

Pat Patterson, Gerald Brisco and WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter are seen wearing University of Kentucky football player gear as they look for Mankind in the boiler room. They find him, all right: Mankind assaults them all with a trash can lid and attacks them all with objects found all around the boiler room despite their protective gear.

Before the next match, WWF owners Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon arrive with "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock and The Big Boss Man. Vince says he is not happy about this WWF Championship match, and resents "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and the fact that he would associate himself with "legal eagles" would bring a contract into this ring. As far as he is concerned, last night was the last time Austin would ever come close to becoming WWF Champion, and that he had his shot and blew it. McMahon tells Austin he had better be right, as this will be his absolute last shot. He then introduces The Rock to the ring.

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin beats The Rock by disqualification, but The Rock retains the WWF Championship. During the match, Mankind runs in and brawls with The Big Boss Man outside of the ring, and Mankind is held back as he tries to get his hands on WWF owner Vince McMahon. "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock gets some shots on Mankind as The Big Boss Man holds him up for Shamrock. Austin hits the Stone Cold Stunner and has the match won when Shamrock pulls the referee out of the ring. The Undertaker and Paul Bearer show up, and The Undertaker is holding a shovel in his hands. He smacks Austin with the shovel, and the match is over. The Undertaker is about to strike Austin with the shovel again when Paul Bearer stops him. Vince McMahon and The Rock are then seen heading to the back.

After the show goes off the air, Shane McMahon is showing off in the ring, flipping the middle finger with both hands when he turns around and gets hit with a Stone Cold Stunner by "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. The Big Boss Man and "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock get in the ring, but they both fall victim to a Stunner, too. Stone Cold then celebrates with a beer, and hands one to Earl Hebner, and they both stand in the corner and drink a cold one. Austin then heads to a stage, drinks another beer, and then pours it on himself before heading to the back.