Raw Deal - Raw recap for March 27, 2000

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WWF co-owner Linda McMahon shows up to start tonight's show. On behalf of the McMahon family, she apologize for the spectacle that took place in the ring last week on SmackDown, and says that she cannot describe how embarrassing and degrading it was for her. For weeks and months, she sat in the corporate headquarters running the company on a daily basis until she felt that she could not stay there any longer, as she was seeing how ugly things were becoming with her family. She eventually took a stand, and made the Fatal 4-Way for WrestleMania for the WWF Championship, which she believes was the right decision. Linda also goes on to say that Mick Foley deserves a chance to be part of the main event at WrestleMania and fulfill a lifelong dream. By giving Mick Foley a chance to live his dream, she has had to live a nightmare, and she cannot being to explain what it was like to stand in the ring and stare into "the hateful, cold blue eyes" of her only daughter saying what she said, and she was horrified. She then calls being slapped to the mat "humiliating and hurtful." She tells WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley that she has not always been a perfect mother, but she has always tried to give her the best direction and guidance she knew how to give, and gave her nothing but love and devotion for all of her 23 years. Linda then tells her that she did not deserve to be treated the way she was treated last Thursday, and she demands that Stephanie come to the ring and apologize right now to the fans and to the family. Suddenly, WWF Chairman Vince McMahon shows up, and he takes the time to stand next to Linda to hear Stephanie's apology. He also says it is no secret that he has been surprised of Linda's actions of going from the boardroom to the ring due to his concerns for her personal welfare, as he was fearful that something like what happened with Stephanie would happened. He also shows concern with Linda standing in Mick Foley's corner, but Linda says Vince has known her a long time and that she can take care of herself. Vince says he does not doubt that, as it was one of the reasons he fell in love with her a long, long time ago; however, is it because of this that he hopes no harm comes to her when he raises The Rock's hand in victory when he wins the WWF Championship at WrestleMania 2000. Vince then tells Stephanie that if she has the same guts as the rest of her family, then she will come to the ring to apologize to both fans and family without her "degenerate husband" Triple H at her side. Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley shows up without Triple H, and after having reflected on her actions, she says it wrong to slap Linda and that it was a disrespectful and cowardly act on her part. Stephanie says she slapped Linda out of rage, and apologizes to Linda, saying she really wanted to slap Vince, and if she could do it all over again, she would slap him in the face as hard as she could. Vince threatens to go up the aisle and "blister [her] little fanny 'til it turns blue." As Vince gets out of the ring, Triple H shows up and asks what kind of family he married into, and that Vince and Linda have to be the heads of the most dysfunctional family on the planet. Vince dares Triple H to get in the ring and see just how dysfunctional he can be, but Triple H says Vince is a violent man who needs counseling and lashes out in anger, while he is here to be the voice of reason and the calm, cool and collected one who can smooth everything over. Vince tells Triple H he has 20,000 people calling him an asshole, but Triple H says he does not give a crap about any of the fans. Triple H says it dawns on him that Vince should have packed his bags and left town a long time ago, as he has worn out his welcome in the business and it is time to go out with the old and in with the new. He then says that it is time for an ancient era to resign and a new era to run the show. Suddenly, WWF co-owner Shane McMahon shows up, and says he agrees with Triple H in that a voice of reason as he claims that he and Lina are the only two level-headed McMahons in the arena. He then says that Stephanie slapping Linda was a cowardly act and that it proved her gutless. He calls Stephanie a pretentious, spoiled brat and he hopes that the image of her slapping Linda stays in her mind forever and rots and festers her guts until the day that she dies. He asks Stephanie how she could possibly do that and he hugs Linda, and apologizes to everyone on behalf of the McMahon family before announcing he will stand against Triple H and Stephanie as well as their marriage, which he says makes him sick. As for Triple H's proposal of a new era, he agrees with Triple H, then attacks Vince from behind with his microphone. Triple H and Stephanie get in the ring and and Triple H and Shane attack Vince. Linda grabs Shane by the hair, but Stephanie holds Linda back. Shane is about to punch Linda when Mick Foley runs into the ring and confronts Triple H and Shane, then Big Show gets in the ring and Mick Foley brawls with him. Triple H and Big Show make quick work of Foley, then Triple H punches Vince. Triple H is about to hit Vince with the Pedigree when The Rock runs into the ring and fights off both Triple H and Big Show, but once again the numbers game takes over and The Rock gets choke slammed after a clothesline from Triple H. Mick Foley gets back into the ring only to eat a pedigree from Triple H, who hits Vince in the head with the WWF Championship. Triple H, Stephanie, Shane and Big Show stand tall in the ring, and Triple H and Stephanie celebrate.

Chyna makes her first WWF television appearance since taking part in an episode of 3rd Rock From The Sun. Chris Jericho then shows up and says that ever since Chris Benoit came to the WWF, he has not smiled once because he is in denial. He says that Benoit is not "The Canadian Crippler;" instead, Jericho says he is "the robotic crappler" due to how the way walks and talks is completely mechanical and that everyone Benoit absolutely stinks. When Benoit shows up, he comes out to his own music and TitanTron video despite approaching the ring together with Eddie Guerrero.

The Radicalz (Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero) beat Chyna and Chris Jericho after Eddie Guerrero trips Jericho on the Asai moonsault attempt. After the match, Benoit and Guerrero continue to attack Chyna, and Jericho makes the save, brawling with Benoit in the front row while Chyna chases Guerrero into the ring. Suddenly, Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko get in the ring and attack Chyna from behind before triple-teaming her with Guerrero. Too Cool (Grandmaster Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty) run into the ring and chase Saturn, Malenko and Guerrero out of the ring.

Backstage, Michael Cole interviews WWF Chairman Vince McMahon, who says that he is concerned about the welfare of his wife, WWF co-owner Linda McMahon, before saying that everyone in the family should be worried about the welfare of another family member: WWF co-owner Shane McMahon, whom he is calling out later tonight. Linda shows up and tells him not to do this tonight, but Vince insists on doing this, saying this is his arena and not Linda's.

Hardcore Holly vs. Crash Holly for the WWF Hardcore Championship quickly turns into a brawl when Tazz and The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh) - both parties with their own referees - get involved in the match. Viscera also shows up with his own referee and tries to get involved, then Crash Holly tries to flee through the crowd. He is quickly ambushed by The Mean Street Posse (Rodney, Pete Gas, Joey Abs) - who also have their own referee - who quickly fight each other over who wants to be Hardcore Champion. He tries to ask Kaientai (Taka Michinoku and Funaki) if they know a way out of the arena, but Taka attacks Crash from behind and Funaki rips the striped shirt off of a referee to put it on himself and count a pinfall for Taka. Everyone else quickly catches up to Crash, who hides behind a trash can to great effect. When everyone is outside, Crash leaves through the door and locks everyone out of the arena, keeping the WWF Hardcore Championship in his hands for now.

Backstage, Michael Cole interviews WWF co-owner Shane McMahon. Shane says he would love to tear WWF Chairman Vince McMahon up after all he has done to him. Nevertheless, he turns down Vince's challenge.

Backstage, Kevin Kelly asks Rikishi Phatu for his thoughts on his match tonight with "Road Dogg" Jesse James. Rikishi simply replies "My ass in his face."

Backstage, Michael Cole waits in front of The Rock's dressing room door.

Rikishi Phatu beats "Road Dogg" Jesse James by count-out after Road Dogg walks back up the aisle following a Stinkface from Rikishi that almost makes him vomit.

Backstage, Michael Cole interviews The Rock. He does not care about the "ongoing soap opera" within the McMahon family, He also says that because he is The People's Champion, he is not done tonight, and whether it be Triple H, Big Show, or any of the McMahon family members, his opponent will have no choice but to smell what he is cooking.

Edge and Christian guest on commentary for the next match.

The Radicalz (Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko) beat The Hardy Boyz (Jeff and Matt Hardy) after Edge hits a Spear on Jeff Hardy behind the referee's back.

Backstage, Kevin Kelly interviews Big Show and WWF co-owner Shane McMahon. Shane says The Rock does not want any of him, and that he and Big Show would like to take The Rock up on his offer, and tonight, The Rock will find out how much of a prick he can be. Big Show says that the more he sees it, it is up to them to unplug the most electrifying man in sports entertainment.

Charles Barkley is seen in the front row.

WAR ZONE

Before the next match, Kurt Angle says that there are certain things that make sense, such as why the grass is green, the sky is blue and the Oilers wanting to leave Houston, Texas and never come back. He then says there are things that do not make sense at all, such as himself putting both the WWF Intercontinental and European Championships on the line in a two-fall Triple Threat Match at WrestleMania and his match tonight against "The Big Red Retard" as "[he has] nothing against retarded people and [has] a lot of retarded fans out there that admire and respect [him], and [he wishes] them well." He then says this is a conspiracy and he does not like it one bit.

Kane beats Kurt Angle by disqualification after Angle uses the WWE Intercontinental Championship as a weapon. During the match, Bob Backlund is seen watching the match backstage. After the match, Kane gets up and goes after ANgle, then brings him back into the ring to choke slam him and hit him with the Tombstone Piledriver.

Backstage, Michael Cole interviews WWF Chairman Vince McMahon, who is unaware of the handicap match between the team of Shane McMahon and Big Show against The Rock, thinking there is a tag team match between the team of Shane and Big Show and the team of him and The Rock. He then says that tag team match is what everyone will see and that there is nothing anybody can do about it, as The Rock has got a partner.

We see footage from earlier today, where Al Snow shows up and "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman predicts that a Hawaiian pygmy will "come out and play 'Let's Go, Head Cheese' with his asscheeks." Snow says they did the impossible last week and got an audience reaction out of Blackman until T&A (Test and Prince Albert) screwed up, and now T&A are going to find out what happens when "Head Cheese" goes bad. Snow also says that does not mean he does not like "the pygmy and the asscheeks thing," which he keeps in mind for later.

Test beats Al Snow after Snow fails to catch Head when "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman tries to throw Head into the ring.

Backstage, WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley tells Triple H that there is no need to accept The Rock's challenge and get into the ring before WrestleMania, as he has beaten everyone in the match before. Triple H says the point is that it is The Rock making the challenge. Stephanie then says that if Triple H wants to really mess with The Rock, he's got a present for him: a referee's shirt. Stephanie says Triple H can be the special guest referee in tonight's main event and mess with The Rock as much as he wants.

Backstage, Triple H cuts the sleeves out of the referee's shirt.

The Big Boss Man and Bull Buchanan vs. The Acolytes (Faarooq and Bradshaw) ends in a no-contest. During the match, D'Lo Brown and The Godfather show up, and The Godfather's hos give The Acolytes some money so they can take their place. The Acolytes leave, and The Godfather and D'Lo Brown get a measure of revenge against Boss Man and Buchanan before the hos get in the ring and dance.

Backstage, Kevin Kelly interviews WWF co-owner Linda McMahon. Linda says she did not have much control over how tonight started, but she will have some control over how tonight ends. If WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley wants to make Triple H the special guest referee for tonight's main event, that is fine, but there will now be two special guest referees in the match, with the second special guest referee being Mick Foley.

In the locker room, Mick Foley is seen putting on a referee's shirt.

We see some GTV footage where The Fabulous Moolah and Terri Runnels are in the dressing room when The Kat shows up. Terri compliments The Kat of her outfit, and The Kat responds by saying she has a better outfit for later after the massage. The Kat then hands Terri a bill for the shirt she ripped off of her, and Terri responds by ripping the bill in half. The Fabulous Moolah has to keep Terri and The Kat from putting their hands on each other, syaing she will take care of it. After Moolah tears the shirt off The Kat, Mae Young suddenly shows up and tears at Moolah's shirt. Terri then helps Moolah out of the dressing room, and The Kat and Me Young decide to go after them.

Backstage, The Rock tells WWF Chairman Vince McMahon that he does not want him as a partner, but Vince tells him there is not much he can do about it. The Rock then simply tells Vince to get out of his way.

We see part of the music video for "Know Your Role" by Method Man, based on The Rock's entrance theme and included on WWF Aggression, now available in stores.

WAR ZONE

Despite interference from Buh Buh Ray Dudley, X-Pac beats D-Von Dudley with help from "Road Dogg" Jesse James. After the match, Buh Buh Ray attacks X-Pac, then Road Dogg and Buh Buh Ray go at it until Kane arrives. Kane fights both of The Dudley Boys (Buh Buh Ray, D-Von) and Road Dogg, and when he goes for a choke slam on X-Pac, The Dudley Boyz hit Kane with a Dudley Death Drop before Tori stands over him and crotch chops Kane. Kane rises up and is about to hit Tori with a choke slam when X-Pac and Road Dogg stop him before tossing him over the top rope and into a table set up earlier in the match by Buh Buh Ray.

Before the next match, Big Show comes out to Big by Mack 10, K Mac and Boo Kapone featuring MC Eiht from WWF Aggression, in stores now.

Despite constant infighting and involvement in the match between special guest referees Triple H and Mick Foley that causes everyone involved in the match to fight each other, The Rock and Vince McMahon Big Show and Shane McMahon. When Vince and Shane finally go at it in the ring, WWF co-owner Linda McMahon is seen watching the match from backstage.

After the show goes off the air, The Rock, Mick Foley, WWF co-owner Shane McMahon and WWF Chairman Vince McMahon are still in the ring. Mick Foley checks on Shane, then hits him with a double-arm DDT before The Rock hits Shane with The People's Elbow. Before The Rock can do it, Foley stops him and asks Vince to hit The People's Elbow (or The Corporate Elbow, depending on how one looks at it), which Vince does. Afterwards, Foley goes for his own version of The People's Elbow on Shane. Vince then heads to the back, but The Rock and Mick Foley stop him so that The Rock can hit a People's Elbow of his own on Shane. The Rock then grabs a microphone and says he wouldn't even think of leaving without saying "Finally, The Rock has come back to Houston[, Texas]." He then says that he, Foley and Vince served up Triple H, WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon, Shane and Big Show a nice big piece of poontang pie and that he took that pie, put it in a microwave for 13.5 seconds, turned it sideways and stuck it straight up their candy asses. He then says his new book, The Rock Says... went #1 in record time, and he thanks the fans for making that possible before delivering his signature "If you smell what The Rock is cooking" line. Suddenly, Shane tries to get up, and The Rock tells him Shane everything is fine and the show is over, and that he does not have to entertain the fans too much. Shane says something, and The Rock asks him to say it to the millions of his fans. Shane then speaks into the microphone "I'm sorry," and that his shoulder is broken. The Rock says he is a passionate man, and since Shane has apologized to him man-to-man and looked him in the eyes, he accepts his apology. The Rock and Shane appear to shake hands, but The Rock them hits Shane with a Rock Bottom before delivering his signature "If you smell what The Rock is cooking" line again to send everyone home happy. Afterwards, WWF head of security Jim Dotson then helps Shane to the back.