Raw Deal - Raw recap for June 28, 1999

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The Corporate Ministry arrives to start tonight's show. Glitter and balloons are seen dropping down from the ceiling of the arena. WWF co-owner Vince McMahon says tonight is a night of celebration, as The Corporate Ministry celebrates the good times and the McMahon celebrate the removal and total dejection of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. He guarantees that nobody will ever forget tonight he and WWF co-owner Shane McMahon kicked Austin's ass, and now they have total control of the World Wrestling Federation. As such, Shane has an official announcement: Austin is fired as CEO of the World Wrestling Federation. Vince then announces that Austin will go all the way back to the bottom of the ladder where he started, but tells the fans not to despair as Austin is here tonight and will compete in the ring in a preliminary match-up before he disassembles the ring after the show. Vince then says that he and The Ministry are also celebrating The Undertaker's sheer, utter supremacy, as The Rock smelled what he was cooking and it curled his upper lift. He also announces that they are celebrating the total harmony of The Corporate Ministry, saying that there are no cracks in the Corporate Ministry before inviting The Undertaker to defend the WWF Championship at Fully Loaded against fellow Corporate Ministry member Triple H. He says they will celebrate like no other night, and that this is a night that everyone will remember forever. Suddenly, The Big Boss Man shows up - to his old theme music - but Vince tells The Corporate Ministry to stay back as he tells them he has got this. He asks if The Big Boss Man is man enough to take on him and Shane. Boss Man gets in the ring, takes the microphone from Vince, and says "I love you guys." Shane and The Corporate Ministry take Boss Man back, then Shane tells Austin that McMahon 6:32 states "Payback's a bitch." Suddenly, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin shows up. He says there is not much use in talking about last night's match, as the pictures at the beginning show what happened. He says it was a bunch of B.S., but knowing Vince and Shane like he does and knowing that he might get screwed, he has taken out "an insurance policy." Last night, before the main event, he wrote himself a new contract where he has given himself a big pay raise, changed the clause stating that he can only attack Vince when provoked so that it states he can hit him any time he wants and that Vince cannot do anything about it, and if Vince does not come to work, he can come to his house and punch him right in the mouth, and Vince cannot do anything about it, either. He also states that while CEO, he stated that there would be a certain time and place where he would become WWF Champion again, and picked here on Raw tonight to be the time and place for his WWF Championship match. He then asks the crowd to give him a "hell yeah" if they want to see him face The Undertaker for the WWF Championship. He also announces that if anyone in The Corporate Ministry gets with in ten feet of the ring, The Undertaker will be disqualified and he will become the WWF Champion.

Before the next match, "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock says WWF co-owner Vince McMahon must think he is cute setting things up tonight, and states that Vince set someone up to attack him last night. He makes it very clear to Vince that he can keep sending men out and he will go after him. He then calls out "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman and tells him to bring all his weapons, as the only two he needs are his fists.

"The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock vs. "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman in a Weapons Match ends when Blackman incapacitates Shamrock yet again and walks to the back.

Backstage, "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock is seen bleeding internally and snapping on an official. We then see footage from during the commercial break where "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman leaves the arena.

Michael Cole interviews "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn. He says it's "Bad Ass" and not "B.A." because "bad ass" is what he is. He then announces that last week, he became half of the tag team champions because The Acolytes did not have the balls to step up to the challenge and he never backs down. He then beat three men who were at the top of their game to become the 1999 King of the Ring. He says tht he is no longer carrying other men on his back, and that it is now all about him. After being told that Bradshaw is coming to the ring to take back his half of the tag team titles, Gunn says that is not happening as there is an open invitation to anyone who wants to come into his yard. Suddenly, Triple H and Chyna show up, and Triple H tells Billy Gunn they have no beef with other and that this is strictly business. Triple H says that this is about his financial future, and asks him if he has gotten his royalty check lately, as he and Chyna have and they both seem to be lower than they should be as of late. When he asked about it, he found out that "Road Dogg" Jesse James and X-Pac are claiming all rights and privileges to D-Generation X, which means that Road Dogg and X-Pac are getting all all the DX royalties. He says that he, Chyna and Gunn were DX, and carried them around only to have them profit from it. He has talked to WWF co-owner Vince McMahon, and if they want it, they will have to take it. He is busy gunning for the WWF Championship right now, but he is loaning him Chyna's services so that they go after what is rightfully theirs. He says DX is rightfully theirs and they don't want anything else but the money, and asks Gunn and Chyna to grab all the cash and bring it home. Gunn says he's got it. He then tells the production crew in the back to play the D-Generation X theme, then The Rock shows up and fights off both Triple H and Billy Gunn until referees and officials run in for the pull-apart.

We see footage from earlier tonight where Michael Cole interviews Chaz, the man formerly known as Mosh as well as Harry "Beaver" Cleavage, about him breaking character last week. Standing next to him is his girlfriend Marianna, the woman formerly known as June Cleavage. Chaz states that with all due respect to Michael Cole and WWF's creative team, he has been down "gimmick road" before. Through the support of Marianna, he is now striking out on his own as himself. He is Chaz, a kid from New Jersey who just wants to have fun, and that is what he is going to do.

We see footage from GTV where Test and WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon are seen leaving a Marriott hotel. Test and Stephanie kiss, then they get in a car parked outside. The car then drives off.

Chaz beats Meat in his first match as himself after Terri Runnels gets on the apron to distract the referee only for Chaz' girlfriend Marianna to get on the apron and push her off, distracting Meat. During the match, it is announced that WWF co-owners Vince and Shane McMahon have signed a match for later tonight between The Rock and Triple H.

Terry Taylor interviews Test when The Mean Street Posse (Rodney, Pete Gas, the unknown third man) and Shane McMahon brutally attack Test.

Hardcore Holly shows up. He tells Big Show that last week, he threw a car on him, and asks if that is the best he has got, because he missed. He will get back to him, because he has bigger fish to fry. He then says that Kane does not know who he is, and that he is the big shot. If Kane wants some of him, then he can fight him face to face as he is ready to fight him. Kane immediately accepts the challenge.

Hardcore Holly beats Kane. During the match, Big Show shows up, but instead of going after Hardcore Holly, he choke slams Kane in revenge for what happened last night at King of the Ring as the referee keeps Hardcore Holly in the corner. After the match, Hardcore Holly taunts Kane, and Kane gets back up and choke slams Hardcore Holly four times. Referees have to help Holly out of the ring.

WAR ZONE

Before the next match, The Rock talks about how he beat The Undertaker not once, but twice last night, and relishes in the fact that The Undertaker woke up this morning with a new tattoo on the back of his 33-pound head stating that The Rock took his hand, turned it sideways and stuck it straight up his candy ass. He also says that Triple H does not have enough hair on his roody-poo candy ass to get in the ring with him so that The Rock can serve him a nice Rock Burger a nice, freshly-squeezed glass of monkey piss to go along with it.

The Rock vs. Triple H ends after "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn shows up and hits The Rock in the head with a club.

As Michael Cole says that an update on The Rock's condition is forthcoming, he chances upon Prince Albert and Droz attacking Val Venis backstage. Referee and officials separate Albert and Droz from Venis.

Edge beats The Godfather. During the match, Prince Albert and Droz show up and watch the match from ringside, and it is not long before Droz gets on the apron to distract the referee and Prince Alberto slams The Godfather onto the mat before Edge can knock Droz off the apron and hit The Godfather with a Spear. It is also announced The Rock has suffered a concussion and that he has been taken to a local hospital. After the match, Albert and Droz tie The Godfather to the ropes, and when The Godfather's hos get in the ring only for one of them to be readied for a tongue piercing, Edge and The Godfather fight Albert and Droz off. The ho in question thanks Edge, and Edge, The Godfather and the hos all leave together. After this, Gangrel is seen below the mezzanine, shaking his head.

"Bad Ass" Billy Gunn is seen talking to somebody in the locker room, saying he will come and get that person when he needs them. The person he is talking to is not revealed in any way.

Bradshaw beats "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn after Faarooq inadvertently hits Bradshaw in the face with his own title belt and X-Pac blindsides Gunn to regain possession of his half of the WWF Tag Team Championships. After the match, Chyna runs into the ring and attacks X-Pac from behind before sending him into the ring and taking the boots to him. "Road Dogg" Jesse James shows up and fights off both Gunn and Chyna, and he and X-Pac clean house.

Michael Cole says that he will soon interview WWF co-owner Vince McMahon about the turn of events involving "Stone Cold" Steve Austin at the beginning of the show.

Before the next match, Ivory shows up and says that they have a real WWF Women's Champion and not a "Barbie doll lipstick loser." She does not walk it, talk it or take it off, she just does it. The only problem she sees is that there is no competition in the WWF, and wants tonight to be special. She has decided to shake things up by issuing an open challenge to anybody in the audience who has what it takes to become a champion. Suddenly, a woman jumps over the guardrail and security tries to stop her, but Ivory tells security to let her in. (The woman in question is portrayed by professional women's wrestler Malia Hosaka, who is in WWF on a developmental contract.) As soon as she gets in the ring, she changes her mind, and when Ivory attacks her, she strikes back. It is not long before Nicole Bass grabs this woman by the hair and powerbombs her. Ivory stops Nicole Bass before she can do more damage, then clotheslines the woman. Head of WWF security Jim Dotson finally pulls Ivory off the woman.

Michael Cole interviews WWF co-owner Vince McMahon, who says that last night, he and WWF co-owner Shane McMahon took the heart out of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, and that they are not worried about Austin.

Debra tosses a "Show Me Your Puppies!" T-shirt to Jerry "The King" Lawler before the next match.

Jeff Jarrett retains the WWF Intercontinental Championship against X-Pac. During the match, Debra gets on the apron, and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn gets in the ring tohit X-Pac with Jarrett's guitar only to be roundhouse kicked by X-Pac. After Debra unbuttons her top, X-Pac then nails Jarrett in the head with the guitar, but Debra is still on the apron. As X-Pac confronts Debra, Billy Gunn gets back in the ring and hits X-Pac with a Fameasser, allowing Jarrett to get the win. Gunn then proceeds to continue attacking X-Pac after the match, and "Road Dogg" Jesse James to go after Gunn only for Chyna to get in the ring and even the odds. Referees and officials have to restore order.

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin beats The Undertaker to become the WWF Champion for a fourth time. Before the match, it is announced that WWF will be on the Home Shopping Network after Raw goes off the air. During the match, Austin hits The Undertaker with a Stone Cold Stunner, but Paul Bearer drags referee Earl Hebner out of the ring before making the three-count. Austin manages to hit the Stunner again, but this time Bearer does not drag Hebner out of the ring again and Austin wins the WWF Championship. The Undertaker attacks Austin after the match as referees try to stop the inevitable brawl, and Austin is busted open. Both men continue to fight as the show ends.