Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for March 29, 1999

David Flair talks to Torrie Wilson in front of a fireplace in a black-and-white vignette. David says his father, WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, is such a loser for ducking Hollywood Hogan. He says Hogan treats him like a father, and says this is something he never had. He says Hogan introduces him to people and takes him to the finest hotels and restaurants - something his father never did as he was never there for him. Torrie tells him not to worry about it.

We see a blue 1999 Volkswagen Beetle with the Beetle Adventure Racing logo, the Nintendo 64 logo, the WCW website and the Electronic Arts logo on it. This is the grand prize for the "Battle For The Beetle" Sweepstakes. To enter, log on to WCW.com or send a 3x5 postcard to P.O. 8203, Grand Rapids, MN, 55745-8203. Deadline is April 9, 1999. The commentary reminds also reminds players to play the #1 racing game on Nintendo 64, Beetle Adventure Racing.

Konnan's music video - now without Disco Inferno in it - is replayed.

Vincent shows up as Konnan speaks before the next match, and talks about how the nWo got rid of Konnan and how Hollywood Hogan made him the boss. Vincent says he will take Konnan out.

Konnan beats Vincent with the Tequila Sunrise. During the match, Stevie Ray shows up and distracts Konnan, but he also ends up distracting Vincent, which allows Konnan to get the win. After the match, Mike Tenay plus the WCW Hotline with never-before-heard information about Goldberg which will up until midnight Eastern Time tonight.

Torrie Wilson and Hollywood Hogan are seen talking to each other in a black-and-white vignette. Torrie tells Hollywood that David Flair will not stop talking about him, and that he looks up to him like a father figure. Hogan says that David needs guidance after living with so many lies and rumors all of his life, and to be his dad and have him see the light all in one day, he can see why David is so upset. Hollywood Hogan then embellishes his match against Kevin Nash on January 4th, saying it was "real" and that if he had to fight him again, he would have no idea how it would turn out. Hogan then whispers something into Torrie's ear.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Hollywood Hogan. Hogan says Hollywood and the nWo Wolfpac are definitely in the house tonight, and says the last time he was in Canada, they were shaking the rafters as loudly as they are tonight, as when the man with the largest arms in the world hit Canadian soil, they knew there would be a riot going on. He then says he came here to talk straight talk, and says he is the man because he beat the man, and wants to know where the WCW World Heavyweight Championship is. He also goes on to say that when Canadian customs and the border patrol measured his arms to be 24 1/4 inches, they asked him who he was beating up tonight. He then took four fingers and said he would beat up WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. He then says he has the rest of the nWo looking for Flair in the building, and if he has to drag him out to the ring and embarrass him out of the country, so be it, as he wants the WCW World Heavyweight Championship back.

The "60 Seconds With Goldberg" vignette is replayed.

It is reported that there are rumors going around that Sting has showed up in Canada.

Mike Tenay interviews Diamond Dallas Page. DDP says that he and Kimberly have gone through some drama, but Kimberly is doing fine and that his doctor has told him that he has an herniated L4 disc, which started a sporadic paralysis in his legs which left him unable to feel them. He says the feeling has come back and that he is feeling good. He does not want to make any excuses, and says Scott Steiner took him out and laid him out and that it will not happen again. As for Scott Steiner's 30-day stipulation, even he thinks that stipulation is ridiculous and is not happening. DDP - no longer wanting to be called "The People's Champion," telling Tenay not to believe the hype - says he will come back on his own terms and pick his spots instead of coming out like a bull in a china shop, and tells Scott Steiner he will get to him and do it his way.

Wrath beats Kenny Kaos. Mike Tenay then plugs the WCW Hotline again.

Torrie Wilson talks to Kevin Nash in a black-and-white vignette. Torrie asks about the match with Hogan at January 4th, and wants to know his side of things about the match. Nash asks Torrie if she thinks Hollywood Hogan can beat him, and says it is as real as Hogan says it was...really interesting, that is.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. Flair says if he was going to kick someone's butt tonight, it would be Ty Domi, but Domi sin't here tonight. He then says that one of the downsides of making big decisions for a big company is going global, and going to Canada is not a good decision as he does not like being here. He says it is the only country in the world where he can take a $100 bill and spend every night of the week in the Marriott with "Mean" Gene. Because he is the president of the greatest wrestling organization in the world and a man who makes things happen, he has a surprise for the wrestling fans in Canada and all over the world tonight. He announces that one of the biggest stars in the industry has been after him all day long, and that he has told him he can come out to the ring on his time and make a presentation to the president of WCW. That man is Diamond Dallas Page, who has not been seen since SuperBrawl IX. DDP says things have changed, and asks what happened in the month he was gone and if Eric Bischoff has beamed into Flair's body. Flair says that since he has the book, he can do what he wants to him just like he used to. DDP tells Flair that introducing him had to feel like sticking needles into his eyes. Flair admits that DDP has elevated much to his chagrin, and knows that DDP wants him to give him a match against Scott Steiner. DDP then calls the Canadian fans "jacked-offs" for "being into women being thrown out of cars." Flair then says he will make a corporate decision, and announces that tonight, DDP will wrestle Hollywood Hogan, and says he is doing it because he is the boss and he gives the orders when DDP questions his courage. Before Flair can say more, Hogan shows up and tells Flair that he is in a lot of trouble as he will get the belt back. As far as DDP goes, the two of them still have a big problem. DDP says he will go through Hogan and then take the World title from Flair if he has to get to Scott Steiner. Hogan says that he and DDP have something in common, and if he has to beat him and jump through hoops to get the World title back, then everyone in Canada will be witnessing it tonight. DDP says that works for him. Flair then says he will ensure DDP's victory by being his manager that night. As DDP tells Flair he does not need him, we suddenly see Sting in black-and-white in the rafters of the arena. Okerlund is shocked at Sting's sudden return, as is Flair, who yells at Sting to get down to the ring.

Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour. We then see a performance by The Nitro Girls.

Rick Steiner beats Scott Norton after ramming Norton into the ring post four times prior to the Steiner Bulldog.

Rey Mysterio Jr. talks to Kidman backstage. Rey says "The Crippler" Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko have issued an open challenge and he needs a tag team partner. Kidman says it didn't work out last time, but Rey says that every time they are in the ring, they tear it up. Kidman agrees on the condition that they both enter and leave the ring as partners and not as friends. Rey agrees, saying to forget the past and focus on right now, and that he has his back.

Booker T retains the WCW World Television Championship against "Gentleman" Chris Adams.

We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.

Before the next match, Chris Jericho says he is 100% Canadian, and that he spent his childhood in Canada, grew up in Canada, and became everything that he is today in Canada. Now, he lives in the United States, which earns him boos. But as he walked around in Toronto, looked up at the blue skies and said hello to all the Torontonians, he says one thing is clear: he's glad to live in the United States because Canada sucks. He is then attacked by Jerry Flynn to start the next match.

Chris Jericho beats Jerry Flynn after using the top rope for leverage.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund and Spice of The Nitro Girls plug the "Battle For The Beetle" Sweepstakes again.

Bret "The Hit Man" Hart shows up. He says it is nice to be in a place where he gets a little respect as the crowd gives him a positive ovation, and also a place where you see a few kids, too. He says everyone is upset about the ratings and whatnot, so he isn't going to worry very much tonight. After reciting "O Canada," he says he has been in WCW for over a year, a five-time champion and the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be. He then says that he cannot get a match with anybody, as "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair is hiding behind a chair somewhere and Hollywood Hogan is afraid of him. He says he came to WCW to earn a reputation, not to lose one, and he wants to prove he can excellently execute any wrestler in WCW any time he wants, and says he is not going anywhere until Goldberg gets in the ring with him. He says Goldberg is putting up money to take on "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, but Bret says he beat Austin every time he fought him. He says Goldberg likes to fancy himself as a tough football player, and takes off his Calgary Hitmen jersey to reveal a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey as he says that this is hockey country and dares Goldberg to get in the ring with him. Goldberg shows up, then tries to Spear him only to take himself out along with Bret. Bret is the first person to move in any capacity, and he eventually turns Goldberg over and pins him for a self-made three count. He then takes his Toronto Maple Leaf jersey off to reveal that he was wearing a solid iron chest plate underneath. Head of WCW Security Doug Dellinger shows up and checks on Goldberg, and Bret then takes the microphone and says "Respect that!" before telling Eric Bischoff and WCW that he quits. Hart is confronted by WCW Executive Committee Chairman on the way out, then walks off to the back. Someone else confronts Hart, but the show has faded to black for commercials before we can even see who it is.

After the break, we then see who confronted Bret as soon as the broadcast faded to black for commercials: Eric Bischoff.

Before the next match, Buff Bagwell says that it is over between him and Scott Steiner, and tells the crowd that he loves them as much as they love him, because he's buff and he's the stuff.

Buff Bagwell beats Norman Smiley.

Rey Mysterio Jr. and Kidman beat The Four Horsemen ("The Crippler" Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko) to become the WCW World Tag Team Champions! During the match, Malenko puts Rey in a Texas Cloverleaf as the referee is distracted with Benoit and Kidman. As this is going on, Raven and Saturn show up, and Raven hits Malenko with an Evenflow DDT as Malenko still has the Texas Cloverleaf on Rey. Saturn tells the referee that Rey and Malenko are down, and Rey manages to crawl to Malenko to get the three-count.

We see footage from WCW Spring Break-Out '99 at Panama City, Florida courtesy of Cinn-A-Burst Gum.

We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.

Hollywood Hogan beats Diamond Dallas Page. During the match, Hogan whips Page into referee Mickey Jay before clothesline Page into Jay into the corner. Referee Charlese Robinson comes in as Hogan misses the leg drop after the big boot, and Flair eventually hits Page in the back of the head with a steel chair before chopping Hogan. All the while, Robinson does not start the match, and Hogan takes out flair before hitting DDP with the leg drop. Robinson does not make the count, and Hogan knocks Robinson out. Mickey Jay comes to and makes the three-count.

Raw Deal - Raw recap for March 29, 1999

RAW

"Stone Cold" Stevie Austin shows up to start tonight's show. He asks the crowd to give him a "hell yeah," then says he did exactly what he said he would do at WrestleMania 15. He gives The Rock all the credit in the world because it was one heck of a fight, and says that when he woke up this morning and saw the WWF Championship sitting past a pile of beer cans, he realized it was not worth all the trouble and frustration, and that it wasn't going to cut it. He demands that WWF co-owner Vince McMahon show up so he can relinquish the WWF Championship. Vince shows up with a look of relief on his face, and Austin tells him to hurry up and take the belt. Vince asks if he is going to relinquish the title, and Austin says there are no tricks and that he will hand him the WWF Championship, just like that. Vince is reluctant to climb between the ropes and get in the ring, but Austin tells him to take it easy and get in the ring. Austin lets Vince take the WWF Championship, and Vince says that he knew Austin would crack under the pressure one day and wants to thank him, but he can't. Austin stops Vince before he can leave, and tells him he has some footage on the TitanTron: footage from Breakdown where Vince ran away with Austin's custom WWF Championship as well as the footage where Vince says that the title is going above his fireplace on the mantle at one of his homes. Austin tells him he can have that title back, but he is still the WWF Champion and there is nothing he can do about it. He says he is not through yet, and tells him to call one of his butlers to bring back his custom-made WWF Championship because that one is the one that he wants. He tells him he has two hours, and if he doesn't get it in time, he will beat his ass in front of everyone. Vince tells Austin the title is where it is, and every time he sees it, it reminds him he owns a piece of Austin. He says he will not be getting his custom-made championship back and that there is no reason for him to do so. Austin immediately asks the crowd to give him a "hell yeah" if they want to see him kick Vince's ass, but Vince tells Austin that if he lays a hand on him, he will fire him on the spot as per his contract. Austin then shows off more footage, this time from last night at WrestleMania 15 where Vince is taking the boots to Austin in the corner along with The Rock. Austin reminds him that this is considered physical provocation, which means Vince belongs to him for 24 hours and that he has two hours to give him the belt back or he will stomp a mudhole in his ass and walk it dry. Vince hits Austin with the WWF Championship and runs away, flips Austin off with both hands and then runs to the back. Austin tells Vince he can be a nice guy sometimes, and other times he can be a mean son-of-a-bitch. He says they will do it the hard way, and that Vince has two hours until his ass belongs to him.

Paul Bearer is seen arriving to the arena with The Undertaker and The The Ministry of Darkness.

WWF co-owner is seen with WWF co-owner Shane McMahon, Pat Patterson, Gerald Brisco and a young woman named Stephanie. Vince asks Stephanie to call the house and get "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's custom-made championship belt down to the arena as soon as possible. Shane questions why Vince is doing this, but Vince says he has got this and that he will take care of it his way.

Tori and Ivory beat Sable and Jacqueline after Tori chases Terri Runnels to the back as the latter tries to light her cigar before Sable smacks Jacqueline from behind with the WWF Women's Championship, giving Tori the win. After the match, Tori and Sable stare down, but the lights go out and The Ministry of Darkness show up. Tori is gone, but Sable is still in the ring when some semblance of light returns to the arena. The Undertaker says he came out here to see what she's got, and Sable gyrates her hips before The Undertaker grabs her by the throat. The Undertaker tells WWF co-owner Vince McMahon that he has his meal ticket and that he can snap her like a twig, and wants him to come to the ring before he snaps her head off her shoulder. Vince is seen backstage, telling Shane and Stephanie to stay backstage in order to be safe, and he eventually makes his way to the stage. Vince asks The Undertaker what kind of man he is, and The Undertaker looks at the TitanTron. Vince then says Stephanie's name and leaves, and The Undertaker says it is nice to see Vince's true colors. He then wants to see what he thinks of his personal assets. Vince runs back to the back, and Stephanie is gone as security guards near the room are laid out.

WWF co-owners Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon do not call the cops on Stephanie's disappearance, and Vince refers to what The Undertaker did to The Big Boss Man last night. He also says that Stephanie could just as easily be in the parking lot. (It is mentioned on commentary afterwards that Stephanie is Vince McMahon's daughter, which means she is a McMahon.)

X-Pac shows up. One year ago tonight, he came back to the World Wrestling Federation because he got a call from a friend who told him "Kid, D-Generation X (X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) is falling apart. Please come and hold this thing together." He says that it's been a hell of a ride, and along with The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg, Billy Gunn), they have been kicking ass and taking names for a year straight, but that all changed last night. He says that we all have important choices to make in life, and last night, "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley made his. Tonight, he makes his, and D-Generation X will not die, as he and The New Age Outlaws will come out each and every week, say "Suck it!" and raise hell. He tells Triple H that tonight, he is not Hunter, he is hunted. Tonight, they will fight, and Triple H's ass is grass and he's going to smoke it.

WWF co-owner Vince McMahon tells WWF co-owner Shane McMahon that Stephanie McMahon is not in the parking lot. The phone rings, and Vince picks the phone up. The Undertaker is on the other end, saying it is true that Stephanie is sugar and spice and everything nice before laughing, confirming that Stephanie is Vince's daughter. Vince throws down the telephone receiver in disgust.

"The Big Show" Paul Wight, who has been released from jail on his own recognizance after his arrest from last night, quickly beats Test. After the match, Big Show says he knows WWF co-owner Vince McMahon is sitting in the back with some personal trauma on his hands, and when he sits back and thinks about it, he really doesn't give a damn. The first mistake Vince made was being dumb enough to think he owns him, as nobody owns The Big Show. As for Vince saying that everything would chance when he showed up in the WWF, Vince was right, and he is going to eat those words.

WWF co-owner Vince McMahon is seen backstage talking to "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock, asking him to help him find Stephanie McMahon. Ken says if she is in the building, he will find her and bring her back, and leaves along with Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco.

"The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock looks around the building for Stephanie McMahon.

Jim Ross guests on Spanish commentary for the next match, demanding his job on the commentary table back and also putting "Dr. Death" Steve Williams over.

Hardcore Holly retains the WWF Hardcore Championship against "Dr. Death" Steve Williams. During the match, Dr. Death hits Hardcore Holly with the Oklahama Stampede, but the referee is knocked out by one of Holly's boots in the middle of the move. Al Snow shows up out of the crowd and hits Dr. Death with a frying pan, knocking him out. The referee comes to and counts the pinfall for Hardcore Holly. Jim Ross tells the referee what has happened, but the referee's decision is final.

WWF co-owner Vince McMahon asks WWF co-owner Shane McMahon to take over the show and do what he needs to do.

WAR ZONE

WWF co-owner Shane McMahon accompanies The Rock to the ring before the next match, and guests on commentary.

The Rock beats "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn. During the match, The Rock takes a commentary headset and speaks on it briefly until Billy Gunn moons him, knocks the headset off The Rock's head, puts it on and tells WWF co-owner Shane McMahon to suck it.

WWF co-owner Vince McMahon says The Undertaker may be near the ring, and tearfully asks "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock to bring Stephanie McMahon back. Shamrock says he will find Stephanie even if he has to tear The Undertaker's leg off.

"The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock beats Gangrel with the ankle lock as he tries to get information on where Stephanie McMahon is. After the match, Shamrock is attacked from behind by Edge and Gangrel, and when he is covered in blood, he is seen putting Christian in an ankle lock. Christian tells him that Stephanie McMahon is in the basement.

"The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock searches the basement of the arena for Stephanie McMahon.

Goldust beats "Road Dogg" Jesse James to become the WWF Intercontinental Champion for a third time. During the match, Ryan Shamrock tries to approach the ring, but The Blue Meanie stops her, saying Goldust doesn't want to hear what she has to say. Later on, Road Dogg gets the Meanie involved by whipping and slamming him into Goldust. In response, The Blue Meanie grabs the Intercontinental Championship and hits Road Dogg in the head with it as Goldust whips Road Dogg into the ropes and the referee is not looking to help Goldust earn the title. After the match, Goldust says the Intercontinental Championship has come home, and says "oh, what a raging climax that was." He says this is for all who didn't believe and didn't dream he would do this, and says he now knows what he was missing and now knows who he is. Very soon, everyone will know, too, and we will never, ever forget the name of Goldust.

"The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock finds Stephanie McMahon, her make-up ruined and an Undertaker symbol on her forehead. Shamrock helps her out of the basement.

Stephanie McMahon is reunited with her father, WWF co-owner Vince McMahon. Vince says The Ministry of Darkness will pay.

Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett retains the WWF Tag Team Championships against The Legion of Doom (Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk) - now officially with Paul Ellering as their manager and no longer "L.O.D. 2000" - after Debra distracts the referee and Jarrett hits Animal in the head with a guitar. Before the match, it is announced that Backlash: In Your House will be live on pay-per-view Sunday night, April 25th.

A black limousine pulls up. The driver leaves the car and arrives with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's custom-made WWF Championship.

WWF co-owner Vince McMahon is with The Corporation and Stephanie McMahon, and is thanking "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock for his efforts in finding Stephanie when "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's custom-made WWF Championship belt. Vince says the night is over, that he doesn't give a damn about the belt,and to just hand the title to Austin. Vince leaves with Stephanie to take her home, along with Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco. After they all leave, Shane tells Shamrock this is not over, and to find The Rock and bring him to the room.

X-Pac beats "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley by disqualification. During the match, WWF co-owner Shane McMahon grabs X-Pac's leg as X-Pac readies the Bronco Buster. X-Pac chases after Shane only to be leveled with a clothesline by Chyna. After the match, Triple H continues to attack X-Pac, and Chyna low blows X-Pac before Triple H puts him in the Pedigree. The lights go out, and Kane shows up. Shane forearms Kane from behind, and Shane runs away. Triple H tries to fight Kane, but Kane hits him with a right hand. Chyna gets in the ring and confronts Kane, and Shane hands a steel chair to Triple H, who then hits Kane in the head with the steel chair. Chyna and Triple H then leave, but Kane gets up and grabs the steel chair before heading to the back. As this happens, Shane is seen hiding behind the English commentary table. Shane then grabs the microphone and gets in the ring, and tells "Stone Cold" Steve Austin he is doing things his way. He says he is a champion just like Austin, and if Austin wants his custom-made WWF Championship back, it will not be hard to find as it is around The Rock's waist. The Rock shows up with Austin's custom-made WWF Championship belt, and says that last night, the entire world witnessed him lay the smack down on Austin's candy ass, and he almost gives credit where credit is due. He admits that Austin defeated him, but says it took Stone Cold Stunners to beat him. Austin shows up and immediately goes after The Rock. Both men brawl, but Austin ends up hitting Shane with a Stone Cold Stunner before The Rock puts the boots to Austin and hits him in the face with the custom-made WWF Championship belt. Triple H returns and takes the boots to Austin along with The Rock, and Chyna, Test and "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock also show up. Shamrock and Test also gets a piece of Austin as Chyna helps Shane to the back. Suddenly, "The Big Show" Paul Wight shows up and single-handedly fights off The Corporation. Shamrock gets a Stunner, and Triple H gets a choke slam to close out the show.

After the show goes off the air, "Triple H" gets a Stone Cold Stunner from "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, then Austin and "The Big Show" Paul Wight stand tall in the ring. Austin then brings a steel chair into the ring, and uses it against anyone who tries to get back in the ring. Triple H almost gets back in, but decides against it. The Corporation then make their way to the back. Austin catches two beers (two others are thrown, but Austin misses them), and Austin drinks the beers as he celebrates. Big Show waits in the corner of the ring, and Austin grabs the microphone. Austin says he went to WrestleMania 15 and burned the Smackdown Hotel to the ground, and asks The Rock - who is still on the ramp with WWF co-owner Shane McMahon - to come to the ring so he can drink a beer with Austin and let bygones be bygones, even going so far as to ask the crowd to give him a "hell yeah" if they want to see him and The Rock drink a beer together. The Rock is wary of getting in, as The Big Show is still there, but Austin says there is no trickery here. Austin and The Rock shake hands and drink a beer, then both men fight only for Austin to give The Rock a Stunner almost instantly. When The Rock stumbles back up, he eats another Stunner. Austin then leaves the ring, takes Shane and throws him to Big Show, who immediately choke slams Shane. Both Austin and Big Show have a beer together. The Rock leaves with Austin's custom-made WWF Championship belt. Austin then celebrates one more time, then tosses another beer to Big Show.

WrestleMania 15 - The Results

Boyz II Men sing The Star Spangled Banner.

Hardcore Holly beats "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn and Al Snow to become the WWF Hardcore Champion for a second time.

Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett retain the WWF Tag Team Championships against D'Lo Brown and Test after Ivory stopping Debra from being a distraction on the apron turns in a full-blown argument between Ivory, Debra, Test (who cannot even got along with D'Lo Brown for the whole match) and P.M.S. (Terri Runnels and Jacqueline), who also show up near the end of the match. This allows Owen and Jarrett to double-team D'Lo and thwart the Sky High. After the match, D'Lo confronts Test, and both men brawl outside of the ring.

We see a video package where Bart Gunn and his training team talk about Gunn's match against Eric "Butterbean" Esch tonight. Gunn's training team thinks Gunn can beat Butterbean in one or two rounds.

Isaac Hayes is seen in the crowd, as is Rodney and Pete Gas of the Mean Street Posse, as well as three friends of WWF co-owner Shane McMahon.

Before the next match, we are introduced to special guest referee Vinnie Pazienza, as well as the judges: former boxing trainer Kevin Rooney, former boxer Chuck Wepner and WWF Hall of Famer Gorilla Monsoon, who has not been seen since 1997 and is frail from being in ill health for some time. (This proves to Gorilla Monsoon's final WWF appearance.)
Eric "Butterbean" Esch knocks Bart Gunn out in the first round with 27 seconds left. (Bart Gunn ends up being released after this match, and after this, the Brawl For All tournament is never done again and rarely mentioned ever again.) After the match, the world-famous San Diego Chicken shows up and tries to fight Vinnie Pazienza.

Kevin Kelly interviews Mankind. He says he did everything that was asked of him, but WWF co-owner Vince McMahon keeps throwing curveballs. He tried to be nice to "The Big Show" Paul Wight, but now he is going to see an angry young man.

Mankind beats "The Big Show" Paul Wight by disqualification after The Big Show choke slams Mankind through two chairs. As a result, Mankind is the special guest referee for the WWF Championship match between "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and The Rock. After the match, WWF co-owner Vince McMahon shows up and confronts The Big Show, asking if he realizes what he has just done. Big Show walks away, but Vince tells him not to make the mistake of walking away from him at WrestleMania, saying that he is Vince McMahon and that Big Show is a nobody. Paul Wight grabs Vince by the throat and almost choke slams him but lets him go. Vince tells Big Show not to make any more mistakes, and tells Big Show to belittle himself and that he is a nobody again before slapping him. This leads to Big Show knocking Vince McMahon out with a punch to the face. Big Show then tells Gerald Brisco and Pat Patterson - and the crowd - that nobody owns him as he makes his way to the back. Mankind is taken to the back on a stretcher, and Brisco and Patterson have to help Vince to the back. Once they do, Vince says he will think of something concerning a special guest referee for the WWF Championship match, then demands he be given a mobile phone so that he can call the police and have Big Show arrested for assault.

Before the next match, Val Venis says he is going once again for the Intercontinental Championship, and tells the ladies not to fear as even the Intercontinental title will never keep his pants on.

"Road Dogg" Jesse James retains the WWF Intercontinental Championship against Val Venis, "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock and Goldust in an Elimination Tag Team Match. Shamrock accidentally eliminates himself as well as Val Venis by count-out, and Ryan Shamrock accidentally costs Goldust the match when she accidentally grabs his leg instead of Road Dogg's, which leads to Ryan Shamrock being chewed out by Goldust and The Blue Meanie.

"The Big Show" Paul Wight is paced in an unmarked squad car outside of the arena.

Before the next match, the world-famous San Diego Chicken runs in and tries to attack Kane. Kane fights back and unmasks the man in the chicken suit, who happens to be baseball great Pete Rose, who got a Tombstone Piledriver from Kane at WrestleMania last year. Just like last year, he gets a Tombstone Piledriver, and referees and officials have to help Pete Rose to the back. When "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley shows up, he comes out of the crowd and hits Kane from behind with a low blow.

Kane beats "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley by disqualification. During the match, Chyna shows up and place some steel steps in the ring, and Kane uses them as a weapon only for Triple H to kick them back in his face and trip him face-first into them. After Kane hits Triple H with a choke slam, Chyna gets into the ring with a steel chair, telling him to leave Triple H to him, and hits Kane in the back with it, betraying him. As Kane confronts Chyna, Triple H takes the steel chair and hits Kane with it before sending him face-first into it with the Pedigree. Triple H then hugs Chyna after the match, confirming that Chyna is back in D-Generation X (Triple H, X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn).

Kevin Kelly reports on who will be the special guest referee for the WWF Championship match between "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and The Rock, reporting that Mankind has been taken to a local hospital. WWF co-owner Vince McMahon shows up and says he has the best looking referee's shirt in his bag, and says he will be the special guest referee for the match.

Big Punisher is seen in the crowd.

Sable retains the WWF Women's Championship against Tori. During the match, Tori accidentally hits referee Jimmy Korderas with a cross body. As she readies Sable for a power bomb, Nicole Bass - from The Howard Stern Show as well as from Extreme Championship Wrestling - shows up and lays Tori out, then tells Sable to pin Tori. The referee comes to as Sable hits Tori with the Sable Bomb, and Sable gets the win.

Kevin Kelly interviews "Triple H" Hunter Helmsley, who says that Chyna is back home and that D-Generation X (Triple H, Chyna, X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) is a full house again. He does not care if WWF co-owner Shane McMahon is the boss' son, as he had better bring everything he has as tonight, X-Pac will hand him his shiny corporate ass.

Gerald Brisco and Pat Patterson try to attack X-Pac before the next match, but Patterson accidentally clocks Brisco.

Shane McMahon retains the WWF European Championship against X-Pac, after the introduction of a leather strap into the match as well as the attempted interference by Test, Rodney, Pete Gas and Shane's friends in the front row. The icing on the cake, however, is Chyna and "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley. Chyna distracts the referee as Triple H betrays X-Pac by hitting him with a Pedigree before placing Shane on top of X-Pac, revealing that Chyna is still in the Corporation and that Triple H is now part of it along with her. "Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn rush into the ring, but Triple H and Test make quick work of them. The lights then go out, and Kane shows up and chases Test, Shane, Triple H and Chyna out of the ring and towards the ring. Road Dogg and Billy Gunn check on X-Pac after the match.

The Undertaker beats The Big Boss Man in a Hell in a Cell Match. After the match, The Brood (Gangrel, Edge, Christian) rappel down from the roof of the arena to the top of the cell. They tear a hole open in the top of the cell, and lower down a noose. The Undertaker then wraps the noose around the Boss Man's neck and hangs him from the top of the cell after Paul Bearer takes the cell controls and raises the cell upwards. (A special harness inside Big Boss Man's ring gear allows him to be hung without being suffocated.)

We see footage from the WrestleMania Rage Party.

Michael Cole introduces Jim Ross, who will be calling the main event on commentary. Jim Ross tips his hat to Michael Cole, who heads to the back. Jim Ross says he cannot describe how this feel, but Jerry "The King" Lawler there could not be a better match for him to call.

Before the next match, WWF Commissioner "The Hearbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels shows up with referee Mike Chioda. Shawn says WrestleMania cannot happen without him, and that he is disappointed that he had to buy a ticket to get in. He tells Vince that if he has told him once, he's told him a thousand times that he has got to read the rule book, because if he did, he would know it states that there is only one man who can appoint an official at WrestleMania, and that one man is the Commissioner. He tells to "take that Jack LaLanne physique of [his]," get the hell out of here, and to not let the door hit him on the way out. He also proclaims that The Corporation is barred from ringside for this match, and if any member of The Corporation breaks the rules, he and Vince will have a fight out back.

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin beats The Rock to become the WWF Champion for a third time. During the match, referee Mike Chioda is accidentally hit in the head with a steel chair by Austin, and he is replaced in the match by Tim White. Tim White eventually ends up being hit with a Rock Bottom, and Austin hits The Rock with a Stone Cold Stunner. Earl Hebner rushes in to become the referee for this match, but not in time as The Rock kicks out of the Stunner. As Austin grabs a steel chair, WWF co-owner Vince McMahon shows up. Austin flips Vince off as Hebner tells Vince to get out, and The Rock hits Austin with a low blow. Vince gets in the ring as Hebner tells him to get out, and Vince punches Hebner out before taking the boots to Austin along with The Rock. Suddenly, Mankind shows up, having left the hospital and clutching himself, and beats up Vince, taking over as the referee for this match having earned the opportunity to do so earlier tonight. Mankind is there to make the count after Austin counters the attempt at a second Rock Bottom with a Stunner to win the title. After the match, Austin and Earl Hebner, the latter of whom has come to, have a celebratory beer together. As Austin leaves, Vince yells at him, saying the WWF Championship is his. Austin punches Vince, gets him in the ring and hits him with a Stone Cold Stunner before pouring two whole cans beer on him.

Feel The Heat - Sunday Night Heat recap for March 28, 1999

WWF owner Vince McMahon and "The Big Show" Paul Wight show up. Vince says that WrestleMania conjures up images of larger-than-life competitors, extravagant pageantry and great personal sacrifice that sometimes results in either resounding defeat or even greater victory and triumph. He says that the images of this year's WrestleMania will equal, if not surpass, the images of all others; however, there are some who has hoped, dreamed and prayed that "Stone Cold" Steve Austin will become WWF Champion. He says that these people are in for a major disappointment, for there is a new provision in the WWF Championship match in which there will be no disqualifications, The Rock is the better man and a sleeping giant has been awakened following the steel chair shots from Austin to Paul Wight, who will be refereeing the match. Wight tells Austin that all bets are off, and if he wanted his attention, he has got it, and that is not necessarily a good thing. He then clues Austin on what he will do with him by telling Mankind's mother to remember what her son looked like before he left home, because he will come back home looking like it. As for Mankind, he knows that Mankind loves pain, and says that Mankind will love what he has in store for him tonight. He calls Mankind an idiot that he has cut through like grass in order to do his job - protect the WWF Championship and keep it around The Rock's waist - which he will do with extreme prejudice. As for Austin, he is not afraid of rattlesnakes and likes to crush and eviscerate them to make key chains and boots out of them. He tells Austin that he is on his time tonight, and when he walks into the arena, he will find out if he really is the toughest S.O.B. in the WWF or if he is just selling T-shirts by waiting for him at the back door, where he will beat him up, toss him into the ring and have The Rock beat him to keep the WWF Championship. He says this is not the bottom line, but the last word. Vince says there is "no chance in Hell" that Austin will win the WWF Championship tonight.

Backstage, WWF owner Vince McMahon asks Pat Patterson to protect his daughter Stephanie McMahon, then tells "The Big Show" Paul Wight that even though he appreciates his intensity, he has to have a main event tonight.

Terri Runnels guests on commentary for the next match.

Jacqueline beats Ivory, then Terri Runnels burns Ivory with a cigarette. Tori runs in to chase Terri and Jacqueline out of the ring.

Rodney, Billy P, Willie Green and Pete Gas of The Mean Street Posse are in the front row.

Big Show is seen waiting for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin at the back door.

D-Generation X ("Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley, X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) show up. Triple H tells Kane that if he wants to play with matches tonight, then he should think back to last week, as he proved who has the biggest flame. He says that whether it is throwing punches or throwing fire, Kane will get in his battlefield tonight and he will go down in a blaze of glory. Road Dogg says that in his match, he has "a nut, a slut and ["The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken] Shamrock with his head up his butt." He says that it is like a Steve Gutenberg movie, but instead of "three men and a baby," it is "three men and the D-O-Double G," and he welcomes his opponents to the Dogg House. Billy Gunn says that if Road Dogg thinks he has problems, then he has a Triple Threat Match with "Mr. Rodgers and a goof who talks to a head," and he is fixing to unload a whole lot of "Badd Ass" on them, and it will be long and hard and it will get nasty. X-Pac tells Shane McMahon that he may be the boss' son, but tonight, he will pay some dues that he has never paid in his entire life. He says he is through talking about things, and tonight, his ass is grass and he is going to smoke it.

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Lucas interviews The Rock backstage. The Rock says "Stone Cold" Steve Austin wishes "The Big Show" Paul Wight was on his side and not The Rock's, then tells Austin that he will go out there and lay the smack down on Austin's candy ass.

Owen Hart, Jeff Jarrett and Debra guest on commentary for the next match.

D'Lo Brown and Test are the last two men left standing in the ring in the Invitational Battle Royal. As per pre-match stipulation, they will face Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett for the WWF Tag Team Championships at WrestleMania 15. During the match, Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Flyboy Rocco), not surprisingly, are the first team eliminated as soon as they enter the ring. After the match, Jarrett and Owen attack D'Lo and Test.

"The Big Show" Paul Wight is still waiting at the back door.

Michael Cole interviews The Big Boss Man in the ring. The Big Boss Man says his match tonight is a challenge, but a challenge he relishes, as he has spent more time in a cell than The Undertaker has spent walking the face of the earth. He says that Hell In A Cell is his home and a dangerous place, and tonight, he will make The Undertaker live up to his "Deadman" nickname. The lights then go out, and The Undertaker's voice is heard telling Boss Man that not only is he facing a phenom tonight, but he is also facing an entire movement of darkness and he will be his personal escort through the darkness and straight to Hell, as Boss Man cannot stand between them and he owns the key to his soul. Boss Man is then attacked by The Brood (Gangrel, Edge and Christian), and when the lights come back on, he is covered in blood.

Backstage, "The Big Show" Paul Wight is seen throwing things around.

Backstage, Mankind enters the arena through the back door, where "The Big Show" Paul Wight is waiting. This quickly leads to a brawl between the two men that ends the show. As both men fight, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin enters the arena in the background under The Big Show's nose.

Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for March 22, 1999

Van Hammer beats Bull Payne. During the match, Mike Tenay plugs the WCW Hotline, which this week contains information on the whereabouts of Sting and "Macho Man" Randy Savage.

Riki Rachtman interviews Rey Mysterio Jr., who says that Panama Beach, Florida is a party town, and that Kidman deserves another Cruiserweight title shot at Spring Stampede. He says that Kidman gives him a lot of competition in the ring, and that he wants to see who is the best man that night.

We see some footage of today's Spring Break-Out party in Panama Beach, Florida courtesy of Cinn-a-Burst Gum.

Riki Rachtman interviews Disco Inferno. Disco would like to say he's having a great time, but he says a woman in a wet T-shirt contest who weighed more than him. After a Yakov Smirnov reference or two, Riki Rachtman mentions Disco placing himself in Konnan's video, and admits that he and the fans find it irritating after seeing it more than twice. Disco says "his" video made everyone forget Konnan's video, then we see Disco's version of Konnan's video briefly. Riki says he and everyone else is getting sick of seeing it, and Disco says that if Konnan wants to do something about it, to face him at Spring Stampede, as Konnan needs to decide if he wants to be a wrestler or a rap star, as his sources in Tijuana say they hate Konnan there and that the people there look better than Ricky Martin. Disco says he is also in negotiations with Madonna to produce her next music video.

We see footage of Fit Finley looking for Rick Steiner. After some words are exchanged, Rick tells Finlay he will see him in the ring.

Riki Rachtman shows us footage of Goldberg spending time with the fans in Atlanta, Georgia, then Hak shows up with Chastity. Hak says that he came to WCW his first night and told everyone that he was the king of extreme. He says he told everyone he was the king of hardcore, and demands everyone call him "Hardcore Hak, the king of extreme." When Riki Ratchman asks if this means he is facing Goldberg, Hak confirms this after whacking himself in the forehead with a kendo stick, saying that if everyone thinks Goldberg is extreme, he'll show everybody extreme.

We see the "60 Seconds with Goldberg" video package from last year.

Psychosis, El Dandy, Silver King and La Cucharacha (who is seen wearing a Mil Mascaras mask) beat Damian, La Parka, Lizmark Jr. and Super Calo after La Cucharacha hits Stone Cold Stunners on three guys on the opposing team. After the match, La Cucharacha immediately leaves.

We see the Mr. & Ms. Nitro competition at today's party in Panama City, Florida courtesy of 1-800-COLLECT.

Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour, and we see a performance on the balcony by The Nitro Girls.

WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and WCW Executive Committee Chairman J.J. Dillon are seen outside in Panama City, Florida in footage from earlier today. Flair tells Dillon that he plans on challenging the entire company, drawing names lottery-style and involving all of the mid-card and the cruiserweight division.

We see footage from earlier today where Mike Tenay interviews "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, who is now employed by World Championship Wrestling as a consultant. Dusty mentions that when "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair won last night, he was supposed to be re-hired as a commissioner, and that this may be an oversight on Flair's part, which he will let go for now. He also calls "The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko a second-rate announcer who is sitting in the spot that he should be sitting at. He also says that there was talk of him replacing Tenay as WCW analyst. When asked about how he feels about Flair being president of WCW, he says that the tradition that he and Flair made came back, and all their bad blood was put aside. He is happy with him having been World champion more than a dozen times, and asks Flair if he is cross with him, then calls himself "the bull of the woods."

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. Before much can happen, Raven shows up and says it is a little obvious that Raven has never received a title shot, and says "What about me? What about Raven?" Flair tells him and he and Kanyon can take on "The Crippler" Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko for the tag team titles tonight. Raven says that he was looking forward to wrestling Flair tonight, but if that is the way he wants to escape it, he'll have to try a little harder as Kanyon is not here and is instead shooting a movie about Jesse "The Body" Ventura. Flair tells Raven that he should not have walked out here like he did. Raven says he'll beat them by himself, then. Flair then says that he has challengers coming from all sides, and whether people like it or not, they'll have to learn to love him as WCW President. Tonight, because he is the WCW President and the greatest world champion of all time, he is defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. He plans on putting everyone's name in a hat, and whoever has their name pulled out will be facing Flair for the World title.

Rick Steiner beats Fit Finlay. During the match, it is announced that a tournament to decide a new United States Champion - following Scott Hall being stripped of the title for not defending it within 30 days - will start with a first-round match between Scott Steiner and Chris Jericho later on tonight tonight and will end with the finals at Spring Stampede.

We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.

Juventud Guerrera beats El Vampiro.

Riki Rachtman introduces Julie Williams, who has been crowned Miss Nitro 1999. Hollywood Hogan and Kevin Nash shows up with a few women in bikinis, and Nash says it it time for nWo's "Miss Spring Break." The seven women stand in front of the camera, and Nash there was supposed to be eight lovely ladies. The eighth one is Torrie Wilson, who shows up with David Flair. Torrie takes off her dress to reveal the bikini she is wearing underneath. Nash then asks Riki Rachtman to pick which woman will become Miss nWo. Riki wants nothing to do with this, but Nash prepares to put Riki in a Jackknife Power Bomb before giving him a second chance. Riki says he will pick whichever one Nash chooses, and that person is Torrie Wilson. Torrie Wilson is declared Miss nWo, and Nash says "Sable...eat your heart out!"

Goldberg beats Hak.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Bret "The Hit Man" Hart. Bret says that he came to WCW to earn a reputation, not lose it. He says that he has had zero title shots in one year, and says that he gets no respect in WCW and that he is sick and tired of it. He says WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair stuck his nose in his business a few months ago and cost him the United States title, and fancies himself a tough guy. He asks Flair if he remembers him coming in a year ago and wiping the floor with him. As for Hollywood Hogan, people have dreamed about the two of them squaring off, and says he has stopped believing that it will ever happen. Bret tells Hogan that they both know it comes down to the both of them, as they are the two biggest entities in wrestling and they have never had a match. As for Kevin Nash, he may be seven feet tall, but he remembers the time they have squared off in the past and says that he can beat him now just like he did back then. He says that if Nash is the pencil, he can be the eraser. As for Goldberg, he says that Goldberg has been hand-fed opponents for so long that he has ducked him, and says Goldberg has never stepped in the ring with a technical wrestler. He dares Goldberg to step in the ring with him one time, even if he is wetting his whistle after the match from earlier. He says that Goldberg has never fought any real, tough competition and says he could beat him in five minutes as he has a wrestling background the likes of which nobody has ever seen. He reiterates his claim that he can beat Goldberg in five minutes.

We see another performance by The Nitro Girls, who are all dressed like Hollywood Hogan, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Konnan, Raven, Buff Bagwell and Sonny Onoo.

Before the next match, Vincent tells Horace Hogan that Hollywood Hogan put him in charge, and says he is the boss and Horace is the nephew. This leads to Horace punching Vincent when he pokes him in the chest one too many times.

Vincent beats Horace Hogan with an inside cradle. During the match, Stevie Ray shows up and watches the match from ringside. When Horace's back is to him, Stevie Ray pushes him, allowing Vincent to get the win with an inside Cradle. After the match, Stevie and Horace attack Vincent, and Brian Adams heads to the ring to join him. Stevie Ray and Brian Adams are seen talking after the match, and it is noticed by their tones of voice that something has gone awry.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund is in the ring with The Four Horsemen ("The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko) and WCW Executive Committee Chairman J.J. Dillon. There is a tumbler with numerous numbers inside, and whoever has their number drawn will face Flair for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship tonight. The lucky number is 23, and that number belongs to El Dandy, who is injured. Rey Mysterio Jr. takes the number and says he will take care of it. Flair says that Rey is ineligible, as he is already a champion, and tells Dillon to get this worked out. Flair wants nothing to do with Rey, but Rey is facing Flair, anyway.

We see a video package of "The Crippler" Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko. (Interestingly, the music for this is Hardcore Holly's theme in the WWF.)

The Four Horsemen ("The Crippler" Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko) retain the WCW World Tag Team Championships against Raven by disqualification. During the match, Perry Saturn shows up and confronts Benoit and Malenko, who says that he can have the leftovers and that "this is Horsemen business." As soon as Benoit turns his back, Saturn attacks him and Malenko, which effectively makes him part of the match as part of Raven's team. The match ends when Raven is caught hitting Dean Malenko with one of the tag belts before Malenko can do the same to Saturn - who has Benoit in the Rings of Saturn - with the other. Benoit and Malenko end up retaining the tag titles by the thinnest of margins.

Before the next match, Scott Steiner tells the women in the crowd to close their eyes and visualize their idea of the perfect man, and fantasize about a man with a perfect man. When they open their eyes, that man will be right in front of them.

Scott Steiner beats Chris Jericho with the Steiner Recliner to advance in the United States title tournament after kicking Jericho in the groin to get out of a full nelson.

Rey Mysterio Jr. beats "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair by disqualification after "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson yanks referee Charles Robinson out of the ring, but the win goes to Flair after Anderson tells him to give Flair the win. Flair retains the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Rey responds by booting Flair into the nearby swimming pool to end the show.

Raw Deal - Raw recap for March 22, 1999

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"Stone Cold" Steve Austin makes his way to the arena, and looks at a Coors Light truck. The driver stops him to get his autograph, but Austin, pressed for time, promises him something better: a seat at tonight's show.

The Rock and WWF co-owners Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon show up. Vince says it is a privilege to stand before the fans tonight between "two great WWF champions" in the form of Shane and The Rock who will walk in and out of WrestleMania 15 as title holders. He gives the floor to the WWF European Champion, Shane McMahon. Shane says he has X-Pac's number and can take him, and at WrestleMania 15, it will be an honor and privilege to embarrass him in the ring. He cannot wait that long, because if X-Pac has the cojones, he challenges him to a Greenwich Street Fight outside of the arena tonight. Vince says the McMahon family is confident, as well they should be, for they are very secure, and when The Undertaker shows up, he will be busy with The Big Boss Man "and others." Vince says he has this all figured out, as The Undertaker and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin are conspiring together to divide his attention so he could not devote the proper amount of attention to preventing Austin from becoming WWF Champion again. He says that nothing will stop him from his appointed rounds, then gives the floor to the WWF Champion, The Rock. The Rock says he is focused six days before WrestleMania 15, when he goes into Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and ends Austin's career. Austin is seen watching from a monitor backstage, and that is seen on the TitanTron. The Rock is not surprised that Austin is watching him, as he says there is something about him that draws Austin towards him, and says Austin cannot wait until WrestleMania to go at it with him. When all is said and done, The Rock says there is no way that Austin will ever beat him to become WWF Champion. Austin walks away from the monitor and leaves. The Rock tells Austin to leave the building and get some fresh air, as he lives for two things: entertaining the millions - and millions - of his fans and to kick Austin's monkey ass all over God's green earth. Vince then says that as far as tonight is concerned, Austin will be facing "The Big Show" Paul Wight, which the fans will think is unfair. To make sure that Austin is six feet under and that everything is fair tonight, he appoints a special guest referee for that match: The Rock. Suddenly, Mankind shows up, and says he has a better idea: since he's the best referee there is, was and ever will be, he suggests that he and The Rock get in the ring tonight, with the winner becoming the special referee for Austin vs. Big Show. Vince says that Mankind has been having too many beers with Austin, but Mankind then proposes the idea to The Rock. The Rock tells Mankind to kiss his ass, but Mankind says he gave that up for Lent. He then says "he" would make Austin vs. Big Show and make The Rock the special guest referee for it, so he went to San Antonio, Texas, met with WWF Commissioner "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels and signed a contract that makes The Rock vs. Mankind to decide the special guest referee for Austin vs. Big Show official. Mankind leaves, and Vince asks The Rock if he doesn't mind taking Mankind apart again. The Rock says he will lay Mankind on his candyass. Suddenly, Austin shows up, but instead of walking to the ring, he drives the Coors Light truck into the ring. The driver from earlier rides shotgun before Austin gets out and flips the bird with both hands on the top of the trailer. Austin asks the crowd to give him a "hell yeah" if they're ready for WrestleMania, and says he has been jerked around long enough. With or without Paul Wight as special guest referee, the WWF Championship is coming with him after WrestleMania. Austin says that for the last few weeks, he has heard The Rock talk and talk, and tells him to get serious as he will take his ass to Philadelphia, check into the Smackdown Hotel, roll right into room 3:16 and "burn that son-of-a-bitch to the ground." When the bell rings and the match is over, he will become the WWF Champion. Austin then says he will be drinking a lot of beer after WrestleMania, but suggests that he should share a pre-match beer right now. Austin gets off the truck, pulls out a hose, and sprays Vince, Shane and The Rock with it.

Before the next match, we see the "JR Is War" frat party (which can be seen as a parody of the Nitro Parties of the last few weeks), where Jim Ross, "Dr. Death" Steve Williams and members of the local Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett vs. The Brood (Gangrel and Edge) ends in a no-contest. During the match, Christian and Edge switch places the match, and the referee strangely allows for it. Owen gets Hart in the Sharpshooter, then Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Flyboy Rocco) get involved only for all four men in the ring to toss them out. The lights around the ring then start flashing red as the rest of the lights go out, and when they come back on, Debra is the next victim of a Brood bloodbath. Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett retain the WWF Tag Team Championships.

The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) say they will be competing who is the best of the best tonight. Both men say they will take the other's title and retain their own.

WWF co-owner Vince McMahon tells WWF co-owner Shane McMahon to take his frustrations out on X-Pac tonight. Vince asks Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco for a cup of coffee. Shane complains about everything smelling like beer.

"Road Dogg" Jesse James vs. "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn for the WWF Intercontinental and Hardcore Champions ends in a no-contest when Vel Venis, Al Snow and Goldust attack both men only for Road Dogg and Billy Gunn to fight back. When the match begins, it is announced that X-Pac has accepted WWF co-owner Shane McMahon's challenge to a Greenwich Street Fight for later tonight. "Road Dogg" Jesse James retains the WWF Intercontinental Championship, and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn retains the WWF Hardcore Championship.

Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco are seen getting coffee for WWF co-owner Vince McMahon. Suddenly, they are confronted by someone off camera.

Backstage, Pat Patterson, Gerald Brisco and referee Jimmy Korderas are tended to by referees and officials. We find out that during the break, Patterson and Brisco were attacked by L.O.D. 2000 (Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk), who are now accompanied by long-time manager Paul Ellering again. Animal and Hawk have taken offense to Patterson and Brisco mocking them during their match with WWF co-owner Shane McMahon last week.

Before the next match, The Blue Meanie comes to the ring with a steel chair and calls out "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock, saying he is sick and tired of Shamrock sticking his nose in his and Ryan Shamrock's business. He says that the WWF is not big enough for the both of them, and says that he is taking a stand and calling him out. Instead of getting Ken, he gets Ryan instead, and Ryan gets in the ring to receive a spanking. She almost gets it before Ken shows up, but Goldust rushes into the ring and attacks him from behind. Ken gets Goldust in the ankle lock, but The Blue Meanie hits Ken in the back with a steel chair. The Blue Meanie, Goldust and Ryan Shamrock head back to the back together. Ken runs after them.

Jim Ross and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams are seen at the "JR is War" frat party again. He blames Hardcore Holly for him not being at ringside tonight.

We see a black-and-white shot of a 1950's style house complete with a 1950s-era car. The mailbox has the words "Cleavage" on it, and happy music plays throughout.

The Ministry of Darkness is seen backstage.

Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco try to tell WWF co-owner Vince McMahon about their being attacked by L.O.D. 2000 (Road Earrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk), but Vince demands to know where his coffee is.

Before the next match, Sable says the match is for "the women who want to be and the men who come to see me." It is also announced that after WrestleMania 15, the Home Shopping Network will play host to a plethora of WWF merchandise and special Superstar appearances. D'Lo Brown guests on commentary, and it is announced that "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn will be defending the WWF Hardcore Championship against Al Snow and Hardcore Holly. Suddenly, P.M.S. (Terri Runnels and Jacqueline) show up, and Terri Runnels slaps D'Lo Brown for telling her to "get [her] two-dollar slutty ass out of here. D'Lo Brown is then seen confronting Terri Runnels at ringside.

Sable beats Ivory. During the match, Jacqueline trips Ivory, allowing Sable to hit Ivory with the Sable Bomb. After the match, Tori rushes into the ring, but Sable sees her coming and beats her up before tying her up in the ropes. Tori manages to free herself and fire back at Sable, who runs away with the Women's title.

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin is seen in the locker room preparing for his match against "The Big Show" Paul Wight for later tonight.

WAR ZONE

Mankind beats The Rock by disqualification. During the match, Mankind accidentally knocks out referee Tim White. When Mankind gets Mr. Socko ready, "The Big Show" Paul Wight shows up and choke slams Mankind from the apron. At this point, referee Tim White is coming to and see this, and The Rock is disqualified. As per pre-match stipulation, Mankind is the special guest referee for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs. "The Big Show" Paul Wight for later tonight. After the match, The Rock gets out and argues with The Big Show as Mankind gets into the ring with a steel chair.
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"The Big Show" Paul Wight is seen angrily throwing stuff backstage, while "Stone Cold" Steve Austin waits for his match in the locker room.

Kane vs. Goldust ends before it can begin with Goldust pulls out a flamethrower and shoots a fireball into Kane's face. Goldust then takes his robe off only to reveal that Goldust is in fact "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley in disguise (even though it is obvious from "Goldust's" entrance that his arms are bare and he is wearing different facepaint). Triple H attacks Kane as referees and officials try to restore order.

Jim Ross and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams are seen at the "JR is War" frat party. Jim Ross asks for predictions for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs. "The Big Show" Paul Wight, then Hardcore Holly shows up and announces that he is screwing up his party in revenge for Jim Ross screwing up his match. Steve Williams immediately brawls with Hardcore Holly, and the camera cuts in and out as both men fight all over the frat house. The cameraman is eventually knocked out, as is the satellite feed.

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Mankind meet backstage. Austin tells him to call it right down the middle and to stay out of his way, because he wants to get his hands on "The Big Show" Paul Wight.

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X-Pac meets Shane McMahon for the Greenwich Street Fight when he is attacked by Pete Gas, Rodney, Willie Green and Billy P, friends of Shane McMahon's from Greenwich, Connecticut. All four men hold X-Pac down so Shane can hit him with a low blow, then all five men flee into waiting Corvettes and speed off.

The Corporation (Test, The Big Boss Man, "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock) vs. The Ministry of Darkness (The Undertaker, Faarooq, Bradshaw) ends in a no-contest after both teams brawl their way into the crowd and the lights go out.

WWF co-owner Vince McMahon shows up. He appreciates the fact that the fans are having so much fun (sarcastically) that he replays the footage of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin spraying him, The Rock and WWF co-owner Shane McMahon with beer. He says he hopes Austin enjoyed that, because he guarantees that Austin will not enjoy what he is about to experience. He says there is no chance in Hell of Austin becoming the WWF Champion at WrestleMania 15, and announces that The Rock will walk both in and out of WrestleMania with the WWF Championship before announcing that The ROck will be special guest commentator for the next match. He then introduces the man who will be the special guest referee for the WWF Championship match at WrestleMania and hopefully teach Austin a lesson tonight, "The Big Show" Paul Wight.

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin beats "The Big Show" Paul Wight in a match with Mankind as the special guest referee. During the match, The Big Show confronts Mankind after sending Austin over the barricade. As Big Show continues to stare Mankind down, Austin removes one of the top turnbuckle covers. It ends up being used against him after trying to ram Big Show's head into the exposed turnbuckle bolt fails and Big Show pushes him into it after he goes for an early Stone Cold Stunner. Big Show then confronts Mankind again, and Mankind punches him in the face. Later on in the match, Mankind gets a steel chair and carries it as he tells Big Show to get Austin back into the ring after Big Show dominates Austin outside of the ring for a few minutes. Austin eventually takes advantage of this chair, which is left in the ring, and uses it to weaken Big Show enough to hit him with the Stone Cold Stunner. After the match, Paul Wight attacks Mankind, and The Rock and Austin brawl until The Rock hits Austin with a Rock Bottom to end the show.

Feel The Heat - Sunday Night Heat recap for March 21, 1999

The Corporation (The Rock, Big Boss Man, "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock, Test, Pat Patterson, Gerald Brisco) shows up to start tonight's show. The Rock says that WWF owner Vince McMahon is not here, but he is, and that the WWF Championship is symbolic of being "The Great One;" therefore, he calls all the shots tonight. He then says there has been a lot of questioning about him, then mouths off at Patterson and Brisco for saying he has paranoia towards Big Show, threatening to end Test's career, telling Shamrock he has beaten him "from January to January" and accusing The Big Boss Man of wanting to be him before telling him he cannot do it. The Big Boss Man tells The Rock to be paranoid on his own time, not his, for his time is hard time and he is very close to crossing the line with him. The Rock takes this as a challenge, and threatens to not only cross that line, but he will shove his nightstick up his rectum. Everyone else in The Corporation has to keep The Big Boss Man away from The Rock, much to the chagrin of Shane McMahon, who is on commentary.

Backstage, Al Snow tells Head they do not have a nicer ass than "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn, and that they do not even have an ass at all.

Backstage, Shane McMahon talks with The Rock, who says he is not paranoid and that he is the smartest man walking. He tells Shane to handle his own affairs while he takes care of his own in his own way, much to Shane's chagrin.

Hardcore Holly guests on commentary for the next match.

"Bad Ass" Billy Gunn retains the WWF Hardcore Championship against Al Snow after Hardcore Holly hits Al Snow with a steel chair.

Backstage, The Rock admires a painting of himself when Test shows up. Test tells The Rock that The Big Boss Man is in a foul mood and that he should not take him on, but The Rock refuses to listen to him.

Backstage, "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock tells The Big Boss Man that his match against The Rock tonight is a bad idea, but Boss Man says it was not a good idea to get in his face, and that he should be paranoid on his own time, not his, because his time is hard time.

We see a video package of X-Pac chronicling his time in WWE since he returned after WrestleMania 14 as well as his current opinions on Chyna (he has no idea where her head is at after joining The Corporation) and Shane McMahon (saying that he is not a wrestler and that he is going to hurt him).

We see a vignette of Rodney and Willie Green of The Mean Street Posse talking about how tough they and Shane McMahon are and how nobody are.

"The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock vs. "Road Dogg" Jesse James for the WWF Intercontinental Championship ends after Val Venis gets involved in the match. "Road Dogg" Jesse James retains the WWF Intercontinental Championship. After the match, Val Venis brawls with Road Dogg while Goldust shows up and brawls with Ken Shamrock. Referees have to break the brawls up as Goldust and The Blue Meanie take Shamrock to the back.

"Dr. Death" Steve Williams quickly beats The Hardy Boyz (Jeff and Matt Hardy) in a 2-on-1 handicap match.

A limousine pulls up outside of the arena.

"Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley beats The Godfather.

Big Show is seen exiting the limousine and entering the arena.

Before the next match, it is announced that Mankind, Sable, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and The Rock are on the four collectible covers of this week's TV Guide, now available everywhere.

. During the match, the lights go out and The Undertaker's music hits, and when the lights go out , The Ministry of Darkness attcks The Big Boss Man. The Rock leaves with the WWF Championship, but he runs into The Undertaker and Paul Bearer. Big Show walks up the ramp to stand with The Rock, much to The Rock's chagrin, and the show ends.

Living Dangerously 1999 - The Results

Stephen Prazak interviews Taz outside of the arena before the show. Taz says his game plan is simple: ECW tried to hide the fact that he busted Sabu's jaw, but he is going after his jaw like a shark going after blood in water. He will be on him "like stink on shit," and he will take the FTW Championship and unify the two titles. He says that he hates Sabu's guts and that Sabu hates him, and he would not want it any other way. He also asks if there is anyone out there who thinks "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair can beat him, before saying that he would make "Stone Cold" Steve Austin tap out in a New York minute before saying he can also beat The Rock, Mankind and Hollywood Hogan. He says he will become both the FTW and ECW World Heavyweight Champion tonight.

Joey Styles welcomes everyone to the show. He says there are no paid-off judges tonight, and that Don King is barred from the building.

Super Crazy beats Yoshihiro Tajiri.

Bill Alfonso asks Tazz if he remembers what it was like to have him as a manager, then tells Tazz he is a man alone. He says that if Sabu gets hurt, he will fix him back up, and Sabu will kick his ass. Meanwhile, Rob Van Dam faces Jerry Lynn with the ECW World Television Championship on the line. All the while, Rob Van Dam and Bill Alfonso have to kiss up to Sabu, who threatens to beat them down if they do not say he is 100% that Tazz is not a challenge, and that it doesn't matter who RVD defends the TV title against. Alfonso has to keep them apart when RVD asks how he will carry all five belts "and his partner, too" when Sabu wins the ECW World Heavyweight Championship and unifies it with the FTW title.

Before the next match, Steve Corino says he does need steroids to look good or wrestle in foreign lands for people to respect him. He demands that somebody from the back so he can show how aerial he is and show the fans how hardcore he is. That challenge is answered by Balls Mahoney, who shows up with Axl Rotten.

Balls Mahoney beats Steve Corino with the steel chair.

Little Guido beats Antifaz del Norte with the Sicilian Crab. After the match, Guido is confronted by Tracy Smothers and "The Big Don" Tommy Rich, and Smothers punches Guido when he isn't looking. Big Sal E. Graziano checks on Little Guido, and Tommy Rich hits Big Sal in the back with the Italian flag only for it to have no effect. Guido scares Smothers and Rich out of the ring and to the back.

Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn ends in a time-limit draw. Referee John Finegan wants to award the match - and the ECW World Television Championship - to Jerry Lynn, but Jerry Lynn wants a decisive pinfall and wants to beat RVD so the match does not end in controversy. He asks for five more minutes, as does the crowd, and the match proceeds to go five more minutes. Rob Van Dam beats Jerry Lynn the second time around with a Van Daminator followed by a Five Star Frog Splash, and retains the ECW World Television Championship. Both men shake hands after the match.

In footage from earlier today, adult film star Jasmin St. Clair declares herself the new queen of wrestling. Suddenly, Francine shows up, and Jasmin shoves her by the face. Francine hits Jasmin St. Clair with a three-quarters seated jawbreaker before pretending to seduce Lance Wright and hitting him with a low blow.

Mustafa vs. New Jack ends with New Jack putting Mustafa through a table with a splash from 20 feet high on a balcony. ECW security has to help New Jack to the ring, while medical staff have to do the thing for Mustafa. New Jack then drapes his arm over Mustafa to get the pinfall and the win. After the match, The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley) attack New Jack while Sign Guy Dudley and "The Quintessential Studmuffin" Joel Gertner eggs them on. As the locker room checks on New Jack, Gertner brags about his sexual prowess and about beating the crap out of New Jack. Buh Buh Ray says New Jack is old news, threatens to beat the crowd up like New Jack got beat up, and says it is typical of ECW to not have a tag team worthy of stepping into the ring with them. He lays down another open challenge to any two men in the back "with the guts enough and the nuts enough" to get in the ring and feel the wrath of 3D. The challenge is answered by Spike Dudley and Nova.

The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley) destroy Nova and Spike Dudley. At one point, several men check on Nova when he is injured, and ring announcer Bob Ortiz falls victim to a Dudley Death Drop. Buh Buh Ray says there is nobody left, and says he and D-Von have destroyed everybody's heroes and that everyone has fallen victim to the Dudley Death Drop. He goes on to call everyone in the crowd "white trash" and "nothing but people from New Jersey with no heart." Since there is nobody in the back, maybe there are some people in the arena whou would like a shot at The Dudley Boyz. Nobody comes out of the crowd, and asks if there is any man tough enough to get in the ring with them. Suddenly, Judge Jeff Jones comes out with a stretcher...and brings out Sid. Buh Buh Ray says to Sid "What do you think, you big dumb blonde faggot? We're afraid of you? What do you think, Sid? You think you're the fuckin' man? You think you're such a psycho and you're so vicious?!?" D-Von then tries to stare down Sid and bumps into him, then shakes his hand. Sid grabs it and starts hurting his hand, then Buh Buh Ray hits him in the back with the microphone. It isn't long, however, before Buh Buh Ray and D-Von are both choke slammed simultanoeusly before D-Von falls victim to a powerbomb. Sid then places D-Von on the stretcher and chokes the life out of him before Spike Dudley gets back in the ring and fights off Buh Buh Ray and knocks D-Von off the stretcher, which Sid drops directly on D-Von. Spike then hits a low blow follwed by the Acid Drop on Buh Buh Ray for the win. Sid and Spike Dudley beat The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley), then Judge Jeff Jones sics Sid on Spike, who then gets powerbombed, once in the ring and again into a table off the entrance ramp. After Sid leaves, medical staff tend to Spike Dudley.

"The Franchise" Shane Douglas and "The Innovator of Violence" Tommy Dreamer beat Justin Credible and Lance Storm after Francine introduces a ladder into the match before stopping Justin Credible from hitting Shane Douglas with a kendo stick and hitting him in the head with a roundhouse kick. After the match, Cyrus shows up, and this proves to be a distraction for Storm to hit Douglas and Dreamer from behind at the ramp while Cyrus puts his hands on Francine. Francine runs into the ring and is held down by Dawn Marie (who is passing herself off as Beulah McGillicutty), Jazz and Jason. Cyrus covers Francine's crotch with his jacket, then headbutts her in the gut.

Stephen Prazak interviews referee John Finegan. Finegan says that Jerry Lynn won against Rob Van Dam, but he and the crowd wanted five more minutes. He says that fans paid money to see a clear-cut winner, then Rob Van Dam shows up and says that Jerry Lynn is a great competitor and was at his finest tonight. Tonight, he was one of the two greatest athletes in the ring, and gives him his best matches now. He then challenges Jerry Lynn to face him for the ECW World Televison Championship at Hardcore Heaven if he feels he was ripped off by the decision. He says that Jerry Lynn is too worried about everyone getting their money's worth, but everyone gets their money's worth when they see him in the ring, before .

Hardcore Heaven comes live to pay-per-view on May 16th!

At the beginning of the match, Tazz proposed to Sabu that their match for the ECW World Heavyweight and FTW Championships be an Extreme Deathmatch where falls count anywhere in the building. Bill Alfonso tells Sabu not to consider this, but Sabu pushes him out of the way.

Taz beats Sabu with the Katahajime after busting his jaw open, putting him in a Dragon Suplex through a table and Bill Alfonso trying to throw the towel in to stop the match only for Sabu to throw the towel away, and unifies his ECW World Heavyweight Championship with Sabu's FTW Championship. After the match, Taz tells Sabu he gave him the fight of his life, as he has more respect for him every time they wrestle. He tells Sabu to get up and shake his hand, and he does.

We get a recap of the show to end the event.

Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for March 15, 1999

The show starts with a black-and-white vignette of David Flair checking into a hotel. He is meet at the desk by Deniece Robinson, the woman whom Hollywood Hogan and Kevin Nash asked to seduce David. As he signs in, she introduces herself to him, and follows him outside as he gets the rest of his bags.

We see footage from earlier today of the "Campus Clash" from University of Cincinnati. Lodi, who has not been seen on Nitro in quite some time, is seen at the beginning of the footage.

We see footage from earlier today of an interview with Ernest "The Cat" Miller, who once again plays himself up as he dances like James Brown. He says that he wants to beat a top guy, but WCW just throws chumps at him to hold him back. He also says that he has beaten Jerry Flynn twice, and that Jerry Flynn will not take his position as "the greatest."

Meng beats Jerry Flynn with the Tongan Death Grip. (Compared to last week's episode, it took eight minutes - not counting commercials - to grom from the start of tonight's episode to the first match of the night.)

Riki Rachtman is seen at the Nitro Party at the University of Cincinnati with some of The Nitro Girls. Todd Charlman is going to next week's Nitro at Club La Vela in Panama City, Florida.

We see footage of MTV Beach Brawl, airing this Friday at 9:30 PM on MTV.

We see another black-and-white vignette of David Flair and Deniece at the hotel. Deniece follows David into the elevator, and asks him about his plans.

We see another black-and-white vignette of Deniece following David Flair into his hotel room, saying she has lost her key and needs to use the phone to call the lobby so she does not have to go all the way back down to the desk. David lets her into his hotel room.

Riki Rachtman interviews Raven during the Nitro Party. Raven says he should have seen Chastity turning on him, as he gave her and Hak jobs in WCW and set her hair on fire when she was six years old. He says family functions suck and that he only goes to them for the money and to sit at the kids table. He says that if Chastity thought Dutch ovens were bad, imagine what he is going to do to her and Hak. He will crush both of them like Jerry Falwell in one of Saturn's bondage balls.

Rick Steiner beats "Gentleman" Chris Adams.

Mike Tenay plugs the WCW Hotline with his weekly report, which this week includes information on the return of a major WCW star.

Disco Inferno shows up. When he does, the nWo Wolfpac theme ends as quickly as it begins. Disco heads to the commentary table and complains about this as well as the fact that there are no music videos for him and that Konnan's music video is being played again. He asks commentary not to play the music video out of respect for him and the fact that he has no music video. They play it anyway, but then a black-and-white Disco Inferno is seen in front of the video anyway, singing over the music. After the music video plays, Disco has the last laugh.

We see security camera footage - again in black-and-white - of David Flair and Deniece in the hotel room as Torrie Wilson and Kevin Nash watch. David refuses Deniece's advances, and knows that she is seducing him. The plan fails, and Torrie wants to know what kind of plan Nash has, after saying what happened was "sweet." Nash reminds Torrie that "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair now has the World title, and asks Torrie if he is in love with David, and says that Deniece is not only getting the $20,000, he is not even giving her cab fare home. Nash also tells Torrie she owes her as they argue over who got David into the nWo. Torrie asks for Nash's next plan. Nash tells her to give him five minutes.

Riki Rachtman is seen at the Nitro Party, interviewing some of The Nitro Girls. They tell Riki they never talk to him because they never see him dance. Riki, who has no idea how to dance, then interviews Norman Smiley, and asks Norman to teach him how to dance.

We see the Nitro title card.

We see a performance by The Nitro Girls, then pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.

A white limousine is seen pulling into the arena, and "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson comes out along with a few women. and WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. The WCW World Heavyweight Championship no longer has "nWo" spray painted in red on the center plate. Referee Charles Robinson, the referee from last night's World title match, is allowed to walk with them by Anderson as everyone makes their way to the ring. "Mean" Gene Okerlund then interviews Flair in the ring. Anderson says that Okerlund should be congratulating Flair for winning the World title instead of questioning how he won, and stands up for Charles Robinson, saying he called the match like a professional. Okerlund asks Robinson about the three count, and Robinson says Flair should be owed a great deal of gratitude; nevertheless, that did not influence his decision during the match, as "his boss" Flair signed him for the match and asked him to use discretion. He says that Hogan's wounds were superficial while Hogan was badly hurt and a badly beaten man. Robinson says he owed it to Flair and his family to end the match before Flair got hurt any further, and that he did what he thought was right. Flair says that tonight, of all night, they will all pretend like the wrestling business is starting all over again, as he is now the 14-time World champion and the most powerful person in professional wrestling as he is the president of the greatest wrestling organization in the world. As Flair continues to speak, Goldberg shows up. Flair asks Goldberg if he wants to congratulate him on being World champion or being president for life. Goldberg says the way he sees it, he had him begging and pleading for his life last week, and that he is looking at the #1 contender. He wants a title shot tonight, but before Flair can make a decision, Kevin Nash shows up and says that if anyone around here is #1 contender for the World title, it is him, and that Flair robbed Hollywood Hogan of the belt last night before reminding Goldberg he gave him his first loss. Anderson says this conversation would not be happening is he and Flair were in the mix, but Goldberg tells Anderson to keep his mouth shut if he doesn't want to get Speared. Hollywood Hogan shows up, says he sees things the way Nash does, and says he got stabbed the back and had Flair pinned as he was bleeding like a hog. Flair tells Nash, Hogan and Goldberg to talk it out while he, Anderson and the woman all go to a party, but Hogan shows up and asks Flair if he got all the women he has with him with an American Express card. Hogan says he is all geared up and ready to go, but he won't be able to get his hands on him unless Nash slaps Goldberg around a little bit. The way he sees it, he and Nash have somethingL they want a piece of Flair, as does Goldberg. Flair says he is going downtown with the women, because he is the president, but Nash asks Flair if he has the guts as he and Hogan will beat him and Goldberg up all night long. Flair goes up to Goldberg and pokes him in the chest, and Goldberg shoves him down. Goldberg then says if he has to be Flair's partner to get the World title back, so be it. After Goldberg leaves, Flair makes the tag match official for later tonight.

We see black-and-white footage of Vincent talking to Horace Hogan, saying they had a plan to take out Stevie Ray, and blames him for the loss. Horace says he doesn't have to baby-sit anybody, and that Vincent was too slow to grab him. Vincent says Hollywood Hogan made him of the black-and-white nWo, and Horace tells Vincent that he is closer to Hollywood than anyone else and that Hollywood Hogan made him the boss.

Rey Mysterio Jr. beats Kidman to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship for the fourth time. Rey and Kidman show respect after the match.

The WCW Hotline is plugged again.

We see black-and-white footage of Stevie Ray confronting Horace Hogan backstage for throwing the slap jack into the ring. Horace Hogan tells him that as far as he is concerned, he saw Stevie Ray win with the slap jack. Both men tell each other that Hollywood Hogan made them the leader of the black-and-white nWo, then Stevie Ray punches Horace in the face. Disco Inferno shows up wanting to know what is going on. Stevie Ray tells Disco to tell Hollywood that if he is blowing smoke up his ass, he does not like it. When Horace gets up, he says he wants Stevie Ray in the ring tonight.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews "The Crippler" Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko. Benoit says there is no greater feeling than that of being number one, and after the adversity and injustice they want through in the tag team title tournament, the tag titles are a testament to how much he trust Malenko and does not want anyone else as a tag team partner. Malenko says last night was a great night for The Four Horsemen, especially for himself. He says this is the end result of teamwork and team effort, and has led to a team victory. They are not tired, and they are ready for tonight's tag team title defense.

The Four Horsemen ("The Crippler" Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko) retain the WCW World Tag Team Championships against Hugh Morrus and The Barbarian after The Barbarian boots Hugh Morrus in the face and Benoit hits the top rope diving headbutt on Morrus.

We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.

Before the next match, Scott Steiner bashes the crowd again, saying that looking at them is proof that nobody lives in a perfect world and that he is a genetic freak. He then says the Cincinnati Bengals and the Cincinnati Reds suck, and that he is the greatest athlete in Cincinnati, Ohio right now. He then asks the "hooches" who want to be with a real man that he will give them satisfaction. He then says the nWo are the greatest athletes in body and mind today, but last night, somebody made a mental error, and that person is Buff Bagwell. Since his neck injury, he taught him how to train his body, but he has not changed his brain as he not only cost him, he cost the nWo. He then says that ever since he broke his neck, he has not been the same, and does not belong in the nWo anymore. Buff takes a microphone and says that since they are getting stuff off their chest, he tells Scott Steiner to look at the Buff Bagwell signs in the crowd. Scott Steiner says he does not care about the fans, unlike Buff. Buff tells him he has made him look like a million dollars for the last three months, but ever since he got back in shape, Scott Steiner might be just a little bit jealous. Scott says that as good as he looks, Buff will always be second-best compared to him. Buff says this is getting out of hand, and while Scott may be Big Poppa Pump, he is not buff or "the stuff." Scott Steiner says Buff was nothing before the nWo, and if he is kicked out, he will be nothing again. Buff says he told him he was sorry last night and is still sorry now, and if Scott has a problem with him, he needs to know right now. Scott and Buff shake hands and hug, then Scott hits Buff with a belly-to-belly suplex beofre getting out of the ring, grabbing a steel chair and smacking it into the back of Buff's neck before putting him in the Steiner Recliner. He then tells Buff that he and all his fans suck before leaving the ring.

Stevie Ray beats Horace Hogan. During the match, Vincent shows up with a steel chair and stands on the apron, and as he holds it up while arguing with referee Scott Dickinson, Stevie Ray whips Horace into a chair that was meant originally for him to get the win. He then chases after Vincent after the match.

Before the next match, Konnan calls out Disco Inferno for "perpetrating" in his music video earlier tonight and calls him the "nWo Nyquil."

Disco Inferno beats Konnan. During the match, Lex Luger and Miss Elizabeth show up, and Lex has his right arm taped up. Miss Elizabeth distracts the referee, and Lex Luger nails Konnan from behind while standing on the apron with the wrapped-up arm to give Disco the win.

We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.

Booker T retains the WCW World Television Championship by disqualification against Chris Jericho after Jericho pulls referee Johnny Boone into the path of a top rope missile drop kick from Booker T.

When the next begins, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair tells Goldberg to start the match and pokes him in the chest again. Goldberg responds by putting Flair in a gorilla press slam.

Kevin Nash and Hollywood Hogan vs. "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and Goldberg ends in a no-contest. During the match, referee Charles Robinson fails to count a pinfall from Hogan. Hogan punches Robinson out, then turns around and gets hit by a Spear from Goldberg just before the show ends.

Raw Deal - Raw recap for March 15, 1999

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The Rock shows up to start tonight's show. The Rock tells "Stone Cold" Steve Austin that he has exactly 13 unlucky days before he does what he does best: laying the smackdown on his candyass. He proposes two options. The first is Austin finding the nearest set of training tracks, laying his head on the tracks and waiting for the truck to crush his head. The second is Austin coming to WrestleMania, going one-on-one with The Great One, and having his monkey ass kicked all over God's green earth. At WrestleMania, he will prove to Austin and the fans exactly why he is The Chosen One, The Great One and the best damn WWF Champion there ever was. For weeks, he has said he cannot trust "The Big Nasty" Paul Wight, and last night on Sunday Night Heat, Wight and Austin proved they were together as once. He then says WWF co-owner Vince McMahon has not given him any answers to his questions, and demands he come to the ring to "sing his song of monkey crap" to him. Vince shows up and tells The Rock he smells what he is cooking, and that it is a load of monkey crap. He tells The Rock (whom he calls "Dwayne") that he needs a reality check after all he has done for him, and tells The Rock that he has Vince to thank for everything done for his father "Soul Man" Rocky Johnson and grandfather "High Chief" Peter Maivia as well as for his family, then says the WWF Championship is his, not The Rock's, and that neither of them will lose it to "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. He says this may be a bad dream, but there is no chance in hell this will become a nightmare in the form of Austin beating The Rock for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania 15. He tells The Rock that this family. He knows that is personal between them, but he thinks of him just like he thinks of his son Shane McMahon. Through three generations, Vince's family has been looking after The Rock's family, and to protect the family, he reaches out at great expense and brings out Paul Wight (now known as "The Big Show"). Wight may not ever become a family member, but he will do his job and has done his job, and will continue to do so to make sure the WWF Championship stays around his waist at WrestleMania 15. Vince says he may not be "as quick on the update" as they are, but he will make sure The Rock is still WWF Champion. "The Big Show" Paul Wight shows up, and asks Vince what he means by not being "as quick on the uptake" as him or The Rock, and considers taking one of the checks Vince has given him and cashing it on The Rock before giving Vince the change. Vince reminds The Big Show he was brought here at great expense to do a job, and he has done it. He does not like the tenor in his voice, and tells him to continue to do what he tells him as he always gets his money's worth. Vince then slaps him, and that leads to The Big Show grabbing Vince, shoving him in the corner and threatening to destroy him if he ever touches him again. He lets him go, and Vince says he has gone too far and that this is all his fault. He says that their bickering is what Austin and all the fans want, and none of them will get it. Instead, they will get Big Show and The Rock as a functioning unit in the ring tonight, as they will be in a tag team match tonight. Vin e tells Big Show he will be working out some of his frustrations in that match, as one of the opponents will be Mankind. He then tells The Rock that Mankind's tag team partner is Austin. He then tells Big Show and The Rock to shake hands and be the unit that they will soon be at WrestleMania. Big Show and The Rock shake hands, then all three men celebrate in the ring.

A construction crew shows up at the commentary table, presumably to build something.

Before the next match, Jerry "The King" Lawler talks to one of the men on the construction crew, and asks what they are doing. The man does not elaborate on what he is building, and simply states that they are doing a job that they were paid to do. Also, Val Venis says that this is "The Shark Tank," and tells the ladies that if they are looking for some fresh meat to chomp on, he will send them all into a feeding frenzy.

"Road Dogg" Jesse James beats Val Venis to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship! During the match (and for part of the show), the construction crew continues to build something in front of the commentary table. After the match, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn shows up and tells Val Venis to suck it.

The Rock is seen talking to "The Big Show" Paul Wight backstage. He tells Paul Wight he does not need his help, but Wight tells him that if The Rock, he has to cover his candyass. The Rock says he will slap the taste out of his mouth as much as the day is long.

"Road Dogg" Jesse James is interviewed in the locker room. Road Dogg tells The Rock he is coming for the WWF Championship next. "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn says he is happy for him, but says he wants a shot at the title.

WWF co-owners Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon show up. Shane says he knows X-Pac is backstage, and says beating him at WrestleMania "will be as easy as 1...2...3...kid." Just to show how tough and deserving he is to be the WWF European Champion, he will take on The Legion of Doom (Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk). Instead of Animal and Hawk, Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco show up looking vaguely like Animal and Hawk. Vince McMahon guests on commentary for this match.

Shane McMahon beats Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco (whom WWF co-owner Vince McMahon insists are Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk of the Legion of Doom) after hitting both men with the WWF European Championship. Vince and Shane celebrate after the match. As they head to the back, a house is seen on the TitanTron, and the voice of The Undertaker asks Vince if he knows where he is. He says the lights are on, but nobody is home...yet. However, "she" is coming home, and when "she" does, The Ministry of Darkness will be waiting. The Ministry is seen approaching the house and peering inside. Shane and Vince are in disbelief.

We find out that the house from earlier is WWF co-owner Vince McMahon's house. We then see Vince McMahon calling someone on the phone.

The construction crew is now done, and what they have built have been covered with a black cloth. Jim Ross and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams show up. After we see the WWF Slam of the Week, Jim Ross uncovers it to reveal a smaller commentary table in front of the usual commentary table, with a WWF-style "JR" logo and the words "JR is Raw" on the front. Jim Ross says that he had the table built, and says he cannot believe that people are booing him.

Before the next match, we see footage from earlier today where Kevin Kelly interviews Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, the latter now known as "Flyboy Rocco" to prevent confusion with The Rock). Flyboy Rocco says that if the WWF executive committee wants to throw them a bone and give them a shot at the tag team titles, that is fine, but they do not want anything handed to them. Johnny Grunge says they want to earn respect in the World Wrestling Federation.

Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett retain the WWF Tag Team Championships against Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Flyboy Rocco) after Jarrett nails Johnny Grunge with a guitar shot to the head. During the match, Jim Ross and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams" get in the way of Michael Cole and Jerry "The King" Lawler's view of the match, and also tries to talk over them. (This continues for a while past this match.)

WWF co-owners Vince and Shane McMahon are seen talking to the police sergeant about what is going on at their house. The sergeant is skeptical, and thinks that this is a publicity stunt because he is watching him on television.

WWF co-owners Vince and Shane McMahon are still backstage. Vince says the cops do not believe him, and that he cannot get in touch with anybody. Suddenly, the phone rings, and Shane picks up. Shane answers, then hands the receiver to Vince, saying "It's him." Vince puts the speaker to his ear, then hangs up after a couple of seconds. Vince tells Shane that the voice on the other end said "It's almost 10 o'clock; do you know where your family is?", implying that The Undertaker was on the other end of the telephone.

WWF co-owner Vince McMahon talks with the rest of The Corporation. He tells The Corporation of his plan to deal with The Ministry of Darkness during the next match.

Backstage, Mankind is seen talking to Mr. Socko, saying he likes having him around but he is the filthiest sock around, and he plans to give him a bath with "The Big Show" Paul Wight's saliva.

WAR ZONE

Mideon vs. The Big Boss Man in a Hard Times Match ends in a no-contest. During the match, The Corporation shows up and all attack Mideon. WWF co-owner Vince McMahon tells The Undertaker that he knows he can see what is going on, and says he will make sure Mideon will never see out of his eyes again and give the signal for The Corporation to destroy him if he does not get away from his home. We then see footage of The Ministry at the front door of Vince's house on the TitanTron, and The Undertaker tells Vince to take Mideon as The Ministry is ready to sacrifices themselves for The Lord of Darkness, as their mission is only to die for him. He then says there are those who are forced to die and never know pain, only pleasure. He tells Vince to do what he needs to do for now, and he will do the same. The camera feed cuts off as a car approaches the garage.

Backstage, WWF co-owners Vince and Shane McMahon continue to get help concerning The Ministry of Darkness' home invasion.

We see footage of Jerry "The King" Lawler and Sable's tour of the Playboy Mansion, complete with Playboy Playmates, the magic wishing well and the Grotto. During the tour, Hugh Hefner shows up. Lawler eventually gets kicked out of the mansion after jumping into the Grotto with the Playmates, but he leaves with a copy of the newest edition of Playboy with Sable on the cover.

Jerry "The King" Lawler is in the ring. He brings out Sabel, who will show the world her entire Playboy spread. Sable shows up, and we see censored images of Sable's photo shoot for Playboy on the TitanTron. It is announced that the issue has been so popular that a second shipment of this month's issue had to be ordered. The sneak peek is over as quickly as it began, and Sable says there will be "no more freebies." If people want to see her, they will have to pay from now on. Suddenly, Tori shows up in a red dress and heels, and says the people can see her for free. She says it took her a while, but Sable made it perfectly clear to her last week that she is just a woman and there is nothing about Sable that makes Sable better than her. She refuses to stand in her shadow for one moment longer, and unlike Sable, she is willing to show everything she has to the people free of charge. She did not come here to talk the talk, but to strut the strut. She knows that Sable is looking for an opponent for WrestleMania 15, and challenges her to a match before asking if she wants some. Sable says this is the difference between them, as Tori just wants some and she wants it all. She says she will see her at WrestleMania, and that she will put her on the map before she drops the bomb on her. Tori says that's fine, and says she has a bom b to drop on her. She then takes off her dress to show her bra and panties underneath.

The police pull up to WWF co-owner Vince McMahon's home. A police officer shows up and searches the outside of the house when nobody knocks on the door.

We hear more from Rodney as well as Willie Green, the latter of whom is obscured by shadows. They talk about how some guy talked about how tough he was until Rodney and Willie Green started a fight with him, which ended up being 20-on-2 until WWF co-owner Shane McMahon shows up and tackled them all.

Not to be outdone by "Road Dogg" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn beats Hardcore Holly with a Fameasser into a steel chair. During the match, Gunn tosses Holly into Jim Ross' announce table, much to the chagrin of Ross, who yells at Holly for breaking his table. After the match, Jim Ross and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams.

WWF co-owner Vince McMahon is seen screaming at the police, telling them to head back to his home again.

WWF co-owner Vince McMahon says the police saw nothing, yet he is still concerned that The Ministry of Darkness are still at his home. He then hears the voice of The Undertaker on a nearby monitor, where he reveals that the police did not find them, and that "she" will be coming and that he will be there to greet here, and that maybe he could be the father figure she never had...or maybe he could just torture. As the sound of a burning fire can be heard and a flaming Undertaker symbol can be seen, he says that in due time, Vince will be witness to his madness.

"Triple H' Hunter Hearst Helmsley shows up and calls out Kane, telling him that when he plays with fire, he will eventually be burned. He burned Chyna last week, but he knew the fire was meant for him and that it was him Kane wanted to incinerate. All Kane has done, however, is light his fuse. Triple H knows he is backstage, and calls him out for a fight, telling him to feel his fire and that he will burn. Kane shows up, and Kane and Triple H brawl. WWF co-owner Vince McMahon shows up, and calls for Kane, telling him he needs his help, telling Kane that he can talk to The Undertaker. Kane takes his mask off, and we find out that it was The Undertaker the entire time. He grabs Vince by the neck, and the lights go out, saying "It's that simple...anytime, anywhere." When the lights come back on, The Undertaker has disappeared. Vince is distraught.

WWF co-owner Vince McMahon is more distraught than ever backstage.

The Rock and "The Big Show" Paul Wight vs. Mankind and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin ends with both teams fighting each other outside of the ring until the show's end.