Raw Deal - Raw recap for June 5, 2000

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Backstage, Michael Cole interviews WWF chairman Vince McMahon. Vince says that had it not for Triple H's ego, there would not be three #1 contenders for the WWF Championship, and if people around here started listening to him, there would not be these kind of problems. Vince then has Gerald Brisco carry his bag.

Triple H and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley head to the ring to start tonight's show. Triple H tells the fans to shut up, then says that never before in the history of the WWF has the WWF Championship meant so much for so many or been so hotly contested, and that one cannot blame everybody for wanting it, as holding the WWF Championship means one has beaten the best there is, which is what it is all about, and being the undisputed best that there is. He says that there have never been so many people wanting to be the absolute best that there are three #1 contenders - Kane, The Undertaker and The Rock - to the championship, all of whom have the dream to stand in the ring and lay claim to beating him to become the champion. He says that while the competition is fierce, he thrives in it, and the hotter it gets, the more he loves it, as competition turns him on. Triple H then says that "big, huge inflated egos" turn him off, and while he has heard that he has a big ego, he says he should have the biggest ego on the planet due to how good he is, but he does not, as the claim to the biggest ego on the planet is reserved for just one man: WWF chairman Vince McMahon. Triple H says that Vince's ego is so big that it has become a problem, and that him and Stephanie entertaining taking over the company three or four months ago was not such a bad idea after all. Vince McMahon shows up, then Triple H says "Hello, Dad," only for Vince to take the microphone. Vince says he believes in the law of the jungle and that he believes that the bigger, stronger and smarter will eat the weaker and less fortunate one day, and that it is not Triple H's time, for while Triple H is "pretty damn good," the best thing he has ever done for his career is enter the World Wrestling Federation under his tutelage and guidance and marry his daughter Stephanie. He tells Triple H not to get ahead of himself, for regardless of whether his time comes, he made him and can break him. Triple H takes the microphone back and tells Vince that while he may have made the monster, the monster can take over any time he wants, and it was only a short time ago - last December at Armageddon - when he was kicking his ass all over the place. Triple H then shoves Vince McMahon, who takes his suit jacket off before Triple H takes his jacket off. As Vince and Triple H are about to square off, Shane McMahon shows up and says that both of their egos are out of control and that they need to relax. He says that both men's egos are so big that there is more than one #1 contender while Triple H wants to make his own matches and Vince wants to take Triple H in a fistfight. Shane then says Vince is not the only one with great ideas and that he should be running the company, which Vince and Triple H take offense to, and Shane responds by saying he is a giant killer and will kill their giant egos. Shane gets clotheslined by Vince and Triple H, and both of them get slapped by Stephanie in turn. The Rock then shows up and says that instead of a family feud, the owner of a multi-million dollar company or even the WWF Champion, he sees three of the biggest steaming, stinking, smoldering pieces of monkey crap being slapped around by "a walking two dollar slut." The Rock then says he realizes there are two other #1 contenders for the WWF Championship, but he is also a #1 contender, too, and he wants his title shot tonight. He says that he has two options: sit in the back and wait until Triple H is ready to face him, or get in the middle of the ring and whip Triple H's ass all over Rochester, New York. Kane shows up and tells The Rock that he has it all wrong, for he is the #1 contender and he wants his title shot tonight. The Undertaker then shows up and says that in all of his years in WWF, he has never seen so many assholes gathered in one place, and that with allies like the ones he has, Triple H does not need enemies. He says that while everyone else has issues, he does not give a damn, and he wants a title shot even if that means everyone faces Triple H at the same time. Vince proposes that Kane, The Rock and The Undertaker have a shot at Triple H and the WWF Championship in a Triple Threat Match to decide an undisputed #1 contender for the title, with the winner facing Triple H for the WWF Championship tonight.

Val Venis and T&A (Test and Albert) beats Too Cool (Grandmasta Sexay, Scotty 2 Hotty, Rikishi). During the match, referee Teddy Long is distracted on the outside. Trish Stratus gets on the apron with one of her boots, but Grandmaster Sexay catches her. When Test charges at Grandmasta Sexay, Sexay hits him with a back elbow and then hits him with the boot. As the referee is still distracted, Val Venis hits Grandmasta Sexay with one of the tag team title belts. After the match, both teams brawl, and Too Cool comes out on top with Val Venis almost getting the Stinkface when Trish Stratus confronts him. Trish slaps Rikishi after Venis rolls out of the ring, and she ends up getting the Stinkface instead. Too Cool then celebrate in the ring.

Backstage, Vince McMahon praises Triple H and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley for making everything look believable, and Triple H apologizes to Vince. Vince says that if Triple H is sorry, then he is sorry. Shane McMahon then says "families gotta hug," then everyone hugs. Crash Holly then tries to run into the proceedings with a chair, but Gerald Brisco slams the nearby door on him without so much as looking back.

Chris Benoit beats Road Dogg with a German suplex bridge pin to qualify for the King of the Ring Tournament after The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley) rush in and distract Road Dogg. After the match, Bubba Ray grabs Tori from behind as Tori checks on Road Dogg, and D-Von takes out Road Dogg before setting up a table on the outside. Bubba Ray is about to powerbomb Tori through the table when X-Pac hits him with a blow, and X-Pac and Tori flee with Road Dogg.

Backstage, Michael Cole interviews Gerald Brisco and Pat Patterson when Crash Holly sneaks up from behind the curtain and attacks Patterson with a plastic soda bottle carrier.

Backstage, Kevin Kelly interviews Kane. Kane says that in tonight's Triple Threat Match, there are no allies, and when it comes to the WWF Championship, he does not have a brother in The Undertaker.

Crash Holly heads to the ring. He calls Gerald Brisco and tells him to get to the ring and wrestle him after saying he promised his mother he would not get upset. Pat Patterson shows up and says that if he wants the WWF Hardcore Champion, he will give him to him. Patterson then introduces Brisco, who heads to the ring for an impromptu match but runs away from Crash when Crash runs after him.

Gerald Brisco retains the WWF Hardcore Championship against Crash Holly despite Pat Patterson running in to bring a pair of poop-stained underwater into the ring only for Crash to use it as a weapon against Brisco. Brisco gets the pinfall after kicking a stop sign into Crash's face from the corner while the underwear is still around his head, and Pat Patterson gets on top of Gerald Brisco to ensure Brisco retains the title.

Backstage, Michael Cole interviews The Undertaker. The Undertaker says Kane is "damn right" when Kane said he had no allies and no brother in tonight's Triple Threat Match.

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Triple H guests on commentary for the next match.

The Rock beats Kane and The Undertaker in a Triple Threat Match to face Triple H for the WWF Championship later tonight after Triple H attacks The Undertaker throughout the match before attack him and Kane with a chair. After the match, Triple H hits The Rock in the head with the chair.

Eddie Guerrero and Chyna beat The Godfather and Dean Malenko after Eddie counters a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker with an inside cradle despite Eddie Guerrero being surrounded by The Godfather's hos on the outside.

Hardcore Holly beats Faarooq to qualify for the King of the Ring Tournament.

Backstage, Kurt Angle apologizes to Edge and Christian for how they lost the WWF Tag Team Championships last week, then says he has good word that if they beat The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley), they will have defended the honor of Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley and that Stephanie may be in just a good enough mood to give Edge and Christian another tag team title shot.

Before the next match, Christian says that Rochester, New York is known for three things: the best chili dog in New York three years in a row, the home of a sports team that Christian is unable to identify, and being the home of Kodak. Kurt Angle says he finds it very ironic that "the Kodak moment" originated in a town with very unattractive people, then Edge leads into the five second pose "for the benefit of those with teeth."

Edge, Christian and Kurt Angle beat Chris Jericho and The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley) in a six-man tag match following an Angle Slam to Bubba Ray Dudley. After the match, Jericho and the Dudley Boyz attack Edge, Christian and Angle, then Jericho puts Angle in the Walls of Jericho and make him tap out while Bubba Ray frantically looks for - and finds - a table undeneath the ring. Bubba Ray and D-Von set it up, then put Angle through the table with a Dudley Death Drop.

The Hardy Boyz (Jeff and Matt Hardy) beat The Big Boss Man and Bull Buchanan. After the match, Bull Buchanan gets frustrated with The Big Boss Man and shoves him, then The Big Boss Man attacks Buchanan from his behind with his nightstick.

Backstage, Triple H tells the rest of The McMahon-Helmsley Faction that that there will be no screw-ups and that he will beat The Rock on his own. He tells everyone in the room not to interfere in his match tonight.

Backstage, Michael Cole interviews Triple H, who says that he does not say anything he does not need, and that there is no need for the Faction and that he will prove he is "that damn good" and that he can beat The Rock on his own. When Michael Cole tells Triple H that the referee for the match is Earl Hebner, Triple H says that it will not matter who the referee is, as all the referee needs to do is make the three-count. Michael then interviews Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley and mentions that she has yet to defend the WWF Women's Championship. Stephanie asks Michael Cole who he is to say who she defends the title again and when, as she has no number one contender, unlike Triple H. This leads Ivory and Jacqueline to show up and confront her over a title shot, and Stephanie announces that on SmackDown, there will be a women's battle royal and that she will successfully defend the championship against whoever wins it because she is "that damn good."

Triple H retains the WWF Championship against The Rock. During the match, The McMahon-Helmsley Faction shows up and surrounds the ring, and Shane McMahon gets shoved off the ring apron by referee Earl Hebner. The Rock fights off the Faction as they get on the apron, and he is soon able to hit Triple H with The People's Elbow. X-Pac tries to pull Hebner out of the ring, but Hebner kicks him. "Road Dogg" Jesse James then confronts Hebner on the apron, and Triple H whips The Rock into Hebner before The Rock hits Triple H with a DDT. The Faction soon gets into the ring and attacks The Rock before Shane McMahon hands Triple H a chair, then The Undertaker and Kane show up and lay out The Faction. The Rock hits The Undertaker with a chair, then The Undertaker choke slams The Rock before stomping on Triple H, taking out X-Pac, Road Dogg and Shane McMahon, then leaving. Triple H then barely covers The Rock to retain. After the match, The Undertaker knocks Triple H out of the ring.

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Police officers are stationed around the inside of the ring as WWF Chairman Vince McMahon makes his way to the arena, where he tells Gerald Brisco that if The Undertaker shows up, he will have him arrested for trespassing. Vince tells Shane that tonight will not be a repeat of Monday night, then The Undertaker nearly runs down Vince, Brisco and WWF co-owner Shane McMahon. Vince, Shane and Brisco are forced to flee up a flight of stairs. Vince eventually makes it to the ring and yells at the police for not being backstage when The Undertaker nearly ran him over, then calls out The Undertaker. The Undertaker eventually shows up minus his motorcycle, then Vince asks The Undertaker "Who the hell do you think you are?" after his actions backstage and asks him if he thinks he is a badass who lives by his own rules before stating that he will pay for thinking that tonight. Before having the police arrest The Undertaker and carry him away in shackles, Vince tells The Undertaker that he was one of the happiest individuals ever at Judgment Day after The Undertaker single-handedly cost The Rock the WWF Championship, saying that he would rather enjoy that even thought Triple H would have beaten him anyway. He then asks The Undertaker how it feels to have cost The Rock the WWF Championship, and says he should not turn his back on The Rock any time soon. He then addresses his actions on Raw, saying he would have had him arrested for trespassing then, except he was not as prepared for him then as he is now. He then tells The Undertaker that he is not under contract and that he walked out on him, and Vince says that nobody walks out on him. He then says that since The Undertaker is standing in his ring on his property, he is trespassing, and orders the police to arrest him. The Undertaker takes the microphone from Vince, then asks Vince if he talks to his wife, WWE CEO Linda McMahon, anymore, saying that if he did, he would know that Linda signed him to "a big, fat contract" that gives him "lots of years and lots of zeroes," which means that Vince gets the pleasure of paying him lots of money to "kick [his] stank ass." Vince then tells the police to arrest The Undertaker for attempted vehicular homicide. One of the policemen says he would be happy to do that, but he would also have to arrest Vince on the grounds of assaulting a police officer. He then tells Vince and The Undertaker to work their problems out on their own, much to the chagrin of Vince, who yells at the police, telling them he hired them to do a job. Vince then comes face-to-face with The Undertaker, who goes for a choke slam on Vince only to be hit in the back with a steel chair by Shane. This has no effect, and Shane and Vince run up the ramp to the stage.

Before the next match, Edge informs the fans that earlier tonight, he and Christian issued an open challenge to any team in the World Wrestling Federation that they had not beaten, then says that they have beaten everybody. Christian says they are lacking competition, and as Edge and Christian asks where some of the teams formerly in the WWF went, Eddie Guerrero and Chyna show up.

Eddie Guerrero and Chyna beat Edge and Christian by disqualification after Christian shoves referee Jimmy Korderas. Edge and Christian retain the WWF Tag Team Championships. After the match, Christian tries to hit Chyna with one of the tag team title belts, but Chyna ducks and Eddie and Chyna get the upper hand, forcing Edge and Christian to retreat.

Backstage, The Acolytes Protection Agency (Faarooq and Bradshaw) catches Crash Holly in their headquarters shaking a an of beer - and mistaking it as him masturbating - and Crash opens the can of beer, shooting it into Faarooq's face. Bradshaw tells Faarooq "Remember, he's just a boy!", then tells Faarooq "Kill him!" after he opens a can of beer and finds that it too has been shaken up.

WWF Chairman Vince McMahon tells Gerald Brisco to head to the back of the building and keep his eyes open for The Rock, asking him to let him to let him know if The Rock shows up. WWF co-owner Shane McMahon also asks Brisco to keep his eyes open for The Undertaker.

Bradshaw guests on commentary for the next match.

Faarooq beats Crash Holly in a hardcore match.

Gerald Brisco is seen waiting for The Rock backstage.

Another limousine shows up at the arena in front of Gerald Brisco, and Triple H and WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley walk out of it. Brisco tells them what has happened recently with WWF Chairman Vince McMahon.

Before the next match, Chris Jericho says that tonight's match is to determine a #1 contender for the WWF Intercontinental Championship, and he contends that in the eyes of every single Jerichoholic, he is still "the Ayatollah of Rock 'n Rollah." Suddenly, Hardcore Holly shows up, followed by Val Venis.

Hardcore Holly beats Val Venis and Chris Jericho in a Triple Threat Match to become #1 contender for the WWF Intercontinental Championship after hitting a leg drop on Jericho as he pins Venis.

Backstage, Triple H and WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley talks with WWF Chairman Vince McMahon, who says that they will get even with The Undertaker tonight. Gerald Brisco shows up and tells Vince that he has gotten word that The Rock is on his way to the arena. Vince tells Triple H he has this under control, as he does not want to anger The Rock and he knows what he is doing.

Backstage, WWF Chairman Vince McMahon and Gerald Brisco meet up with The Rock. Vince tells The Rock that they have had their differences in the past, then mentions that The Undertaker cost him the WWF Championship. To show him that there are no hard feelings, he wants him to take the night off. Before The Rock leaves, he smacks Vince in the face from the back of the limousine. The Undertaker is then seen nearby, entering the building behind Vince and Brisco.

Matt Hardy beats Essa Rios after Essa Rios inadvertently knocks Lita off the ring apron. After the match, Essa Rios powerbombs Lita in the middle of the ring before hitting her with a top rope moonsault. Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy run back into the ring and beat up Essa Rios before carrying Lita to the back.

Backstage, WWF Chairman Vince McMahon tells the rest of The McMahon-Helmsley Regime he is glad that The Rock is gone, because he can now come up with a plan to get rid of The Undertaker. Triple H proposes they find somebody who can look The Undertaker in the eye and take him down, preferably a giant killer. Everyone agrees that WWF co-owner Shane McMahon is a shoo-in to get rid of The Undertaker.

Too Cool (Grandmasta Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty) and The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley) beat D-Generation X (X-Pac and "Road Dogg" Jesse James) and T&A (Test and Albert). During the match, Albert is whipped into referee Teddy Long, taking him out in the corner. Rikishi Phatu shows up and beats up D-Generation, allowing The Dudley BOyz to hit the Dudley Death Drop on X-Pac for the win. After the match, Too Cool, Rikishi and The Dudley Boyz dance in the ring, with Too Cool and The Dudleys trading glasses beforehand. Buh Buh Ray is seen dancing the Macarena before really getting down.

Backstage, Triple H fires up WWF co-owner Shane McMahon for his confrontation with The Undertaker.

Before the next match, Kurt Angle says that last Monday night, he came to the realization that preaching abstinence and posing with friends is all fun and good, but he is an Olympic gold medalist and the best in the entire world. He says that none of the fans could possibly understand the goals and the high standards that he sets for himself, and says that it has been too long since he last had championship gold around his waist. He realizes that tonight, the people here do not have much to live for, but they will remember this night forever when they witness the crowning of a new Intercontinental Champion.

Kurt Angle beats Chris Benoit by disqualification after Hardcore Holly shows up and smacks him in the head with a steel chair. Chris Benoit retains the WWF Intercontinental Championship. After the match Benoit fights back against Hardcore HOlly and hits him with his own steel chair.

Bull Buchanan beats Al Snow after The Big Boss Man hits AL Snow in the back with a nightstick. After the match, The Big Boss Man hits "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman with a nightstick to the side of the head.

Backstage, WWF co-owner Shane McMahon tells the rest of The McMahon-Helmsley Regime that he wants no interference and that he wants to beat The Undertaker on his own.

Before the next match, Shane McMahon says he has been dominating in the World Wrestling Federation and that tonight will be The Undertaker's judgment day much like Sunday was for Big Show, then rolls the footage of how he won against Big Show at Judgment Day. Shane then warns The Undertaker to stay in the back, as he does not want any of him. The Undertaker shows up on his motorcycle, anyway.

Shane McMahon vs. The Undertaker ends with D-Generation X (Triple H, X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jesse James) attacking The Undertaker. Suddenly, The Rock shows up and fights off DX along with The Undertaker. Shane falls victim to a Tombstone Piledriver as The Rock knocks Triple Hout of the ring. The Undertaker gets back on his motorcycle and chases The McMahon-Helmsley Regime to the back.

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Before the next match, Gerald Brisco shows up and brags about splashing Buh Buh Ray Dudley through a table before saying he is a great wrestling champion and a great fighter for women's right, and that he will carry the torch for all the women in the World Wrestling Federation. He then introduces The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley)'s opponents: Trish Stratus and T&A (Test and Albert). Brisco walks Trish to ringside, then WWF co-owner Shane McMahon shows up and says he shares Brisco's sentiments and sensitivity towards women's rights, saying that his own sister, WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, could have been one of the Dudleys' victims. Therefore, he stands with Brisco, and watches the match from ringside with him.

T&A (Test and Albert) beat The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley) after Shane McMahon pulls the referee out of the ring after the Dudley Death Drop and after D-Von sends Albert into Trish Stratus, who is knocked off the apron and into Gerald Brisco. After the match, Big Show goes after Shane, but end up choke slamming Test when Test gets involved.

Backstage, Big Show is seen hunting down Shane McMahon.

Chris Benoit beats The Godfather with the Crippler Crossface. After the match, Michael Cole interviews Benoit, and brings up his win against Chris Jericho. Benoit admits it did not look like Jericho tapped out to the Crippler Crossface and that he did not hear him say he quit, but he will guarantee all the Jerichoholics that he had no choice after his body went numb. He says that Triple H broke the hold because it was the only merciful thing left to do, because Jericho could not tap out or surrender. He then offers Jericho an opportunity at the WWF Intercontinental Championship at Judgment Day, with the only stipulation being that the match will be a Submission Match.

Backstage, Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit are seen brawling. Referees rush in to break the brawl up.

D-Generation X (Triple H, X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jesse James), Pat Patterson, Tori, WWF Chairman Vince McMahon and WWF co-owners Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley show up. Patterson says he has done a lot in his wrestling career, but tonight, he is a very proud man because of the Stinkface he gave Rikishi Phatu and because he was granted permission to book a match. He has booked a six-man tag team elimination match between X-Pac, Road Dogg and Triple H and Too Cool (Grandmasta Sexay, Scotty 2 Hotty, Rikishi). Shane puts Big Show in a handicap tag team tables match against The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley). Triple H says it was surprising to everyone but him that The Rock did not show up on Raw this week, and says it is because word leaked out that he would challenge him to a 60-minute Iron Man Match and that The Rock was too scared to face him (even though he is in Morocco filming The Mummy Returns). He then says that they will go face-to-face next week on Raw and that The Rock will have to answer his challenge and that it will be judgment day for The Rock. He says that as great as he is, The Rock will not be as great as he is and he will never be him, for he is not the shape he is in and does have the amount of heart that he has. At Judgment Day, he will prove he is that damn good and he will be WWF Champion. Vince says he understands that a number of fans feel that they were not fair to Chris Jericho, and says that is "too bad damn," saying that nothing in life is fair and that some people are born with inferior DNA, and that some of the fans might as well admit that "life sucks, and then you die."

Backstage, Chyna and Eddie Guerrero agree that she will take on Dean Malenko while Eddy will take on Perry Saturn after rock-paper-scissors and a coin toss both go awry.

It is announced that Chyna is featured in the newest edition of Talk Magazine.

Dean Malenko retains the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship against Chyna. During the match, Chyna inadvertently takes out referee Jack Doan, and Perry Saturn shows up to attack Eddie Guerrero before hitting Chyna with a vertical suplex after entertaining the idea of doing the same thing to Malenko.

At Pauli G's Cafe, The Big Boss Man and Bull Buchanan show up and bully some patrons.

In footage from earlier today, Edge and Christian give a kid an autograph, then charge him $5. Another fan gets a gets a photo with them, then Edge and Christian charge him $10 after Kevin Kelly takes the photo. Kevin Kelly is disgusted with their behavior as Christian says that the people in town have no idea what's going on and Edge says that this is the easiest money they've ever made.

Before the next match, Edge and Christian give the fans a few seconds for flash photography, then Edge says that he and Christian realize the fans really like and respect them. Unfortunately, they cannot garner that respect from the rest of the guys in the back. Christian tells Edge that he is right, and says it is not funny how the guys in the back looks at them with envy, anger and rage. He then says there is one man who shows them the respect that they deserve: Kurt Angle. Angle says it is true that he respects the both of them, and that he used to think that the only good things to come out of Canada were maple syrup and Michael J. Fox. He says that Edge and Christian "are role models for all of us" and says there are no better men to tag with to avenge his loss against Chris Jericho and "make this twisted world right once again."

Edge, Chrisian and Kurt Angle beat The Hardy Boyz (Jeff and Matt Hardy) and Chris Jericho. During the match, Chris Benoit attacks Chris Jericho as the referee is pre-occupied with Matt Hardy, and Edge hits Jericho with a Spear. Jericho manages to kick out and tag Matt Hardy in, then runs up to Benoit and brawls with him on the stage while referees try to separate them. Christian hits Matt Hardy with the ring bell behind the referee's back to give himself, Edge and Angle the victory, then Angle runs to the stage to beat up Jericho along with Benoit.

Backstage, Edge, Christian and Kurt Angle celebrate their victory.

Hardcore Holly vs. British Bulldog for the WWF Hardcore Championship ends with Crash Holly winning the title. During the match, Crash Holly shows up with a referee and attacks both Hardcore Holly and Bulldog with a trash can lid to steal the Hardcore title from both men. After the match, Hardcore Holly slams Bulldog on a steel chair in the ring in frustration.

Backstage, Kevin Kelly interviews Pat Patterson, who brags about making Rikishi Phatu "hit skid row" while displaying the underwear with the "skid marks" in the center.

At Pauli G's Cafe, The Big Boss Man and Bull Buchanan nearly run out a patron who bets money that The Acolytes (Faarooq and Bradshaw) can beat them while also mentioning that they ran away from The Acolytes on Raw.

The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley) beat Big Show in a 2-on-1 handicap Tables Match. During the match, WWF co-owner Shane McMahon shows up to get a closer look at the match from the ramp, and after the ramp, Shane sneaks up on Big Show to pound on him after trying to stay out of the sight of The Dudley Boyz. The Dudley Boyz see what is going on on the TitanTron and are about to pull a table out from underneath the ring when X-Pac and "Road Dogg" Jesse James attack them. Tori also gets a chance to slap the Dudleys in the process.

Backstage, The Acolytes (Faarooq and Bradshaw) see footage of The Big Boss Man and Bull Buchanan at Pauli G's Cafe.

Eddie Guerrero retains the WWF European Championship against Perry Saturn after Chyna clocks Saturn with her bouquet of flowers - which is revealed after the match to contain a lead pipe - as the referee is dealing with Dean Malenko on the apron.

Jerry Toliver - the driver of the "The Rock" funny car from WWF Racing - is seen in the front row.

At Pauli G's Cafe, The Acolytes (Faarooq and Brashaw) show up and confront The Big Boss Man and Bull Buchanan, and this quickly leads to a brawl between both sides that ends in The Acolytes laying Boss Man and Buchanan out.

D-Generation X (Triple H, X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jesse James) beat Too Cool (Grandmasta Sexay, Scotty 2 Hotty, Rikishi Phatu) in a six-man elimination tag team match. During the match, referee Tim White is knocked out after Triple H uses him as a shield. While Tim White is down, The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley) show up and lay out X-Pac and Road Dogg with the Dudley Death Drop, allowing Rikishi to sit on X-Pac and Road Dogg to pin them simultaneously. Near the end of the match, Pat Patterson shows up with the pair of underwear with the "skid marks" on them and wipes the "skid marks" on Rikishi's face behind the referee's back. Rikishi beats up Patterson before shoving the dirty underwear in Triple H's face. WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley gets in the ring and confronts Rikishi, and when Patterson gets back in the ring and attacks Rikishi from behind, Rikishi crushes Stephanie in the corner, and Patterson gets attacked and Stinkfaced by Rikishi for his efforts. Stephanie is about to get a Stinkface when Triple H saves her and hits the Pedigree to get the win.

Layin' da SmackDown - SmackDown recap for April 27, 2000

Val Venis and Essa Rios beat Eddie Guerrero and Chyna after Lita distracts referee Jack Doan, keeping Chyna from tagging in. After the match, Lita hit Eddie Guerrero with a moonsault from the top rope before stomping on him along with Essa Rios. Chyna then chases Lita and Essa Rios out of the ring and checks on Eddie.

The DX Express arrives outside of the arena, and D-Generation X (Triple H and "Road Dogg" Jesse James), Tori, WWF Chairman Vince McMahon and WWF co-owners Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley walk out of it.

We look back on January 1999, when "Stone Cold" Steve Austin arrives to the arena in a white limousine with monster truck wheels.

The Rock shows up. He says it is safe to say he has been through hell to get to where he is at, and looking back at everything that Triple H and the McMahons have done to him, he still stands in the ring and he is still heading to Backlash. However, he realizes it is not over yet and that they have one more night to do something to him, and asks what exactly they are going to do to him this time, bring up ideas such as a steel cage match or a "Stephanie [McMahon-Helmsley]'s dirty panties on a pole match." He then calls the McMahons and Triple H out, and tells them to bring out whatever idea for a match they have for him. D-Generation X (Triple H and "Road Dogg" Jesse James), Tori, WWF Chairman Vince McMahon and WWF co-owners Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley all show up, and Triple H says that The Rock had some pretty good ideas for matches, and that they have all been thinking that same question for the last few days. He then credits Stephanie with coming up with some ideas that are "absolutely brutal" before saying he has kicked The Rock's ass so many times that he is starting to get boring and redundant. He proposes waiting until Sunday so he can kick his ass for the WWF Championship one last time, then says that The Rock is seeming tense tonight and tells him to relax. He tells The Rock to take the night off, as everyone else in his party also have the night off and will be relaxing as they watch "Road Dogg" Jesse James as he destroys Christian tonight. Since Edge might get involved, and says that if he does, he and Christian will be stripped of the WWF Tag Team Championships as he and Stephanie will not put up with people interfering in other people's matches. Vince then takes the microphone and says he knows The Rock is excited about Backlash, and so is he. He also says that Shane is very excited about Backlash, as they will not have "an Earl Hebner situation" again with Shane as the special guest referee for the WWF Championship match at Backlash. He then says The Rock is "gutsy" for calling Triple H and the McMahons out, then brings up whether or not The Rock can trust "Stone Cold" Steve Austin at Backlash again before telling him not to trust anybody. The Rock then tells Vince that he has spoken with Austin, and says that Austin doesn't want to wait until Backlash and "guaran-damn-tees" Austin is going to make a special appearance tonight. Vince says The Rock is "a damn liar" and says Austin would never show up tonight because he doesn't have the temerity to do it. The Rock tells Vince to shut up, as he guarantees to walk out of Backlash a WWF Champion and guarantees that Austin is here tonight.

Outside of the arena, The Rock heads out of the parking lot in a limousine. Mewanwhile, two "Stone Cold" Steve Austin foam fingers are placed on the windshield wipers of the DX Express. D-Generation X (Triple H and "Road Dogg" Jesse James), Tori, WWF Chairman Vince McMahon and WWF co-owners Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley laugh it off a they wave goodbye to The Rock's limo.

Dean Malenko beats Scotty 2 Hotty after sitting down on a sunset flip powerbomb pinfall attempt and grabbing onto the middle rope for leverage in full view of the referee to win the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship for a second time. (Beofre the match, it is announced that the match was originally scheduled for Backlash, but was pushed forward to SmackDown due to the feud between both men being "too hot.")

Inside the DX Express, D-Generation X (Triple H and "Road Dogg" Jesse James), Tori, WWF Chairman Vince McMahon and WWF co-owners Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley are talking when the numebrs "316" show up on Triple H's pager. Vince says he does not think "Stone Cold" Steve Austin is here tonight, yet he ha a funny feeling about tonight.

Backstage, Crash Holly is sad about losing the WWF Hardcore Championship. Hardcore Holly reminds him that hthe two of them have a chance to win the title back at Backlash just like everybody else, and tells him that just because he lost the WWF Hardcore Championship, can't get a girlfriend and collects Beanie Babies does not make him any less of a man. Crash insists that his Beanie Babies collection was a gift, but Hardcore Holly is like "whatever.".

T&A (Test and Albert) beat The Hollys (Hardcore and Crash Holly) after Crahs insists on being tagged in only to miss big on a diving headbutt from the top rope, starting an argument between the Hollys. During the match, The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) are seen watching the match from backstage. After the match, The Dudleys attack T&A with steel chairs, then Buh Buh Ray grabs Trish Stratus and throws her into the ring as D-Von Dudley sets up a table from underneath the ring. Buh Buh Ray then takes Trish Stratus to the top rope and almost powerbombs her through a table when Trish Stratus kisses Buh Buh Ray, causing Buh Buh Ray to go into a trance as T&A run back into the ring and rescue Trish. Afterwards, Albert slams Buh Buh Ray through the table.

Backstage, D-Generation X (Triple H and "Road Dogg" Jesse James), Tori, WWF Chairman Vince McMahon and WWF co-owners Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley go looking for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin at the behest of Vince, whom everyone thinks is just being paranoid. As everyone splits up, Vince thinks he and Shane have found Austin only to find out that they have found a cardboard cut-out of Austin.

WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley has a surprise run-in with Kurt Angle backstage. Angle talks about the new movie Gladiator, and says he may have to miss next week's Raw after Steven Speilberg has personally invited him to to attend the world premiere of the movie. Stephanie then asks Angle if he has seen "Stone Cold" Steve Austin anywhere, but he has not seen him, nor has he ever met him.

Chris Jericho and Tazz beat The Radicalz (Chris Benoit and Perry Saturn).

Backstage, WWF co-owner Shane McMahon and Triple H think they have found "Stone old" Stee Austin, but end up finding a broom closet with a floor covered completely in beer cans.

"Road Dogg" Jesse James beats Christian, then continues to attack him after the match until referees run in to break up the brawl. When Road Dogg shoves one of the referees, the referee of the match reverses the decision and declares Christian the winner of the match.

Backstage, Tori tells WWF Chairman Vince McMahon that she has found "Stone Cold Steve Austin. She, Vince, Triple H and WWF co-owners Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley approach a door where Austin's theme from WWF Aggression is playing at maximum volume on the other side. When they open the door, however, they find a mop sink with a JVC Kaboom! Box with WWF Aggression playing at full blast. Triple H throws the Kaboom! Box onto the floor out of anger.

Before the next match, Kurt Angle says he does not hate Big Show, much less anybody, and says that he feels sorry for him as he is a very large, talented man who lets all of his talent go to waste. He then comapres Big Show to the Charlotte Hornets, saying they are talented but are not going to accomplish anything. He then sayas that at Backlash, he will not only beat Big Show, he will also beat some sense into him.

Rikishi Phatu and Big Show beat Kurt Angle, The Big Boss Man and Bull Buchanan in a 3-on-2 handicap match. Big Show and Rikishi are about to dance after the match when they get attacked by Angle, Boss Man and Buchanan. The Acolytes (Faarooq and Bradshaw) then run out and make the save for Big Show and Rikishi. Afterwards, Big Show and Rikishi then dance.

Triple H and WWF co-owner Shane McMahon find a man in the bathroom who looks like "Stone Cold" Steve Austin only to find out he does not look like Austin when they attack him.

In the locker room, Al Snow tries to reconcile with "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman and do things his way, but Blackman wants nothing to do it as Snow takes nothing seriously, talks to a mannequin head all the time and comes off as a lunatic. Snow agrees, but says he can be just as serious as Blackman. Nevertheless, Blackman says it is over between them.

Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy for the WWF Hardcore Championship ends with neither man winning the title. During the match, Perry Saturn shows up to get a closer look at the match, and Hardcore Holly and Tazz show up to watch shortly afterwards. When Jeff Hardy is knocked off the top of a ladder into Tazz and Saturn, everyone starts to brawl with each other as the Hardys keep their match in the ring. Crash Holly then shows up and attacks The Hardys, then goes for a cover on Matt Hardy to win back the WWF Hardcore Championship. Afterwards, Crash takes the title and runs all the way to the aback.

Backstage, D-Generation X (Triple H and "Road Dogg" Jesse James), Tori, WWF Chairman Vince McMahon and WWF co-owners Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley are arguing over "Stone Cold" Steve Austin when a delivery man shows up and tells Vince there is a special delivery for him. Triple H, Shane and Vince come up with a quick plan to ambush Austin, but they find out that the special delivery is cement meant for Vince's Corvette. Vince sees this as a bait and tells the driver to get out as everyone heads back inside the arena.

Backstage, Jim Ross is on his cellphone talking to somebody. He is confronted by WWF Chairman Vince McMahon and Triple H, who think he is talking to "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, but Jim Ross ays he is talking to his cousin, who is coming to Backlash. Triple H hangs the phone up on Jim Ross, saying that if he was talking to Austin, he's not anymore.

The Godfather beats "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman by disqualification after he is attacked from behind with a pair of nunchaku by Al Snow. Before the match, it is announced that WWF Greatest Hits 2 is airing tomorrow night on UPN, and is being hosted by Jerry "The King" Lawler and The Kat.

Backstage, D-Generation X (Triple H and "Road Dogg" Jesse James), Tori, WWF Chairman Vince McMahon and WWF co-owners Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley hear what sounds like a rattlesnake in a bag in their private dressing room . Shane throws the bag off the couch only to find out that a real rattlesnake is behind Vince's bag.

A black limousine pulls up, and The Rock shows up in the parking lot again.

D-Generation X (Triple H and "Road Dogg" Jesse James), Tori, WWF Chairman Vince McMahon and WWF co-owners Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley show up. Shane says he is sick and tired of all the games, and calls "Stone Cold" Steve Austin out, saying if he is here, they will all welcome him back to the World Wrestling Federation. Vince then says that if Austin is here, he will ask his family members to leave the ring so it just him and Austin. Triple H says Austin has already been back for a day and he is already sick of him, and he tells Austin to come out to the ring now. When Austin fails to show up, Triple H says Austin is either not here or "a chickenshit." He then says that while Austin may not be here, The Rock is, and says he has changed his mind about giving him the night off before telling him to get in the ring and face him like a man. When The Rock fails to show up, he also calls him "a chickenshit." After this, The Rock then arrives, and says he promised that Austin would be here tonight and that he always keeps his promises. He says that all night long, he has enjoyed everyone get confused and paranoid over Austin, and he regrets that the rattlesnake did not bite one of them. The Rock then says he does not dress, talk or even look like Austin, but the person on the TitanTron looks like Austin. Austin is on the TitanTron, and Austin says he has been in and out of the parking lot all night long. As for whose side he will be on at Backlash, he will always be on his own side like he has always been. He then has a demonstration for anyone who thinks they will get his hands on him. Austin goes to say that there are a lot of people who are good at construction and building things with their hands, but the only thing he has ever been good at "tearing shit up." He admits that he is best at deconstruction, then gets in a crane with the words "Austin Deconstruction" and uses it to drop a concrete barricade on the DX Express, blowing it up to make an example out of anyone who wants to go after him on Sunday.

Raw Deal - Raw recap for March 27, 2000

RAW

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.

Raw Deal - Raw recap for February 21, 2000

RAW

The DX Express shows up at the arena, and D-Generation X (Triple H, X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn), WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley and Tori come out. Triple H tells the driver to stay put, "because you never know when a WWF Superstar is gonna want to tkae a ride on the DX Express."

D-Generation X (Triple H, X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn), WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley and Tori show up to start tonight's show. Stephanie asks the crowd to pay attention, but she gets booed so much that she tells them to shut up. She then talks about how they stuffed Kane, Paul Bearer and Cactus Jack in the DX Express and how she and DX had an image of the three of them stranded in the middle of nowhere, and Triple H mocks the mans for being "sweaty, toothless morons." The Rock suddenly shows up soon after that, but Triple H is not impressed when The Rock says he has come back to Atlanta, Georgia. He then says he and Triple H have developed a pattern where every single week, Triple H runs his mouth and subjects everyone to watch him cut a 20-minute promo where he does not really say anything. He mocks Triple H's voice as he does this, then tells Triple H he actually sucks. He says tonight will be a special night, but it will not be a DX night as the thought of another DX night makes him want to stick his finger down his throat and spew "The People's Vomit" all over DX. Triple H compliments "the pajama top" that The Rock is wearing, then says as much as he hates him, he can count on The Rock coming out each week to mention of his catchphrases so DX can laugh at him. However, if he says tonight will be a DX night, it will be a DX night. Since there are four of DX and just one of The Rock, The Rock does not have a chance or a choice. Suddenly, Cactus Jack shows up, and admits that DX left stranded in the middle of the road last Thursday night, but they did not leave him stranded for long as he has been hitch-hiking around the country since he was seventeen years old, and unlike Triple H, America does not hate his guts. He says it did not take long before a big truck with a driver named Big Earl showed up and he told him stories about what he will do to Triple H at No Way Out, including the one where he goes outside of the cage, heads up to the top and flies off the top onto him. Along the way, they saw two more figures and picked up a couple more passengers: Kane and Paul Bearer, who show up. Cactus Jack then says a six-man tag match would sound like a lot of fun, and he decides to give the Atlanta fans a taste of what they can expect to see Sunday. Both sides brawl, then Big Show runs in with a steel chair and levels anyone who is not a member of DX. The Rock and Kane receive a head shot from the steel chair, and Cactus Jack gets Pedigreed by Triple H. Referees and officials head to the ring to restore order.

The six-man tag match between the team of The Rock, Cactus Jack and Kane vs. the team of D-Generation X (Triple H and X-Pac) and Big Show is made official.

Chyna is the focus of the cover and feature article of the newest issue of Raw Magazine.

Before the next match, Chris Jericho welcomes everyone to "Raw is Jericho," then says all the Jerichoholics are ready for a rock 'n roll party tonight. He then asks who could be a better host for "this shindig" than him and Chyna. Kurt Angle then comes out and says that not good thing has happened in Atlanta, Georgia since he won Olympic gold in 1996, and that since then, Atlanta has gone from cheering Olympic heroes to cheering "punks and foul-mouthed hooligans and bad apples" like John Rocker, Isaiah Rider and Chris Jericho. He then explains himself for last week's actions on SmackDown when he attacked Chyna with the WWF European Championship. He then says he was told by reliable sources that Chyna was going to steal his belt and sell it for money so she could buy more plastic surgery. He then says he and The British Bulldog are going to give Jericho and Chyna they will never, ever forget, mocking Jericho as he says "ever." Jericho attacks both men, starting the next match early.

Kurt Angle and The British Bulldog beat Chyna and Chris Jericho after Angle hits Jericho in the face with the WWF Intercontinental Championship while Jericho has The British Bulldog in the Walls of Jericho as referee Jimmy Korderas is pre-occupied with keeping Chyna out of the ring.

Too Cool (Grandmaster Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty) meet up with Rikishi Phatu as he is getting his ankle taped up by a medical doctor, but Rikishi Phatu tells them not to worry about him and take care of their business. The doctor tells Rikishi he should not compete tonight, and Too Cool tells Rikishi not to worry about Eddie Guerrero, but Rikishi tells them to handle their business.

Before the next match, Al Snow talks with "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman backstage. Snow says Too Cool are over because they dance, and says he and Blackman should dance, too. Snow puts some sunglasses on Blackman's face, then Al Snow turns on a stereo and tries to dance to it. Blackman is not impressed.

Too Cool (Grandmaster Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty) beat Al Snow and "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman after Blackman does the moonwalk at the behest of Al Snow only to be shoved into Snow - knocking Snow off the apron - and rolled up by Scotty 2 Hotty. During the match, The Radicals (Chris Benoit, Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero) are seem watching the match on a television monitor backstage.

The Radicals (Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko) beat The Godfather and D'Lo Brown despite Saturn not being the legal man as he hits the top rope elbow drop prior to the pinfall. Before the match, it is announced that fans can chat with Tazz, The Rock and The Radicals (Chris Benoit, Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero) on an exclusive webcast on WWE.com at 11 PM Eastern after Raw.

Backstage, The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley) and The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) argue. Billy Gunn says he and Road Dogg know what they are doing, and tells them to follow while they lead. Buh Buh Ray tells The New Age Outlaws that he and D-Von will see them in the ring, and tells them to try to keep up.

WWF warns us: don't try this at home.

The DX Express is still parked outside of the arena.

"Bad Ass" Billy Gunn hits Christian with a cheap shot with the microphone after saying "If you're not down with that..." before the match begins.

Edge, Christian and The Hardy Boyz (Jeff and Matt Hardy) beat The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) and The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley) despite Christian dragging Jeff Hardy out of a pinfall too late after Buh Buh Ray Dudley hits "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn in the head with a steel chair from behind.

WAR ZONE

The Acolytes (Faarooq and Bradshaw) and "Sexual Chocolate" Mark Henry beat The Hollys (Hardcore and Crash Holly) and Viscera. After the match, Mae Young gets in the ring and stomps on Crash Holly only to get clotheslined by Hardcore Holly and splashed by Viscera. Mark Henry and EMTs scramble to check on Mae Young, who is put on a stretcher.

A distraught "Sexual Chocolate" Mark Henry joins Mae Young and The Fabulous Moolah in the ambulance with Mae Young.

Chris Benoit beats Test. During the match, Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko are seen watching the match on a television monitor. Later on in the match, Eddie Guerrero sneaks towards the ring with his left arm still in a cast, and smacks Test in the back with a piece of pipe, unbeknownst to the referee. Benoit then hits the flying headbutt from the top rope for the win.

Rikishi Phatu comes down to the ring on a reinforced steel crutch for his match with Eddie Guerrero as the rest of The Radicalz (Chris Benoit, Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko) watch from backstage on a television monitor. Guerrero shows up and says that Rikishi isn't looking "too cool," and mockingly asks if Rikishi put too much weight on it before saying Rikishi hurt it while dancing. He tells Rikishi not to go anywhere, and says that since Rikishi's ultimate goal is to get on Dance Fever, he will show him a new step, which he. As soon as Eddie turns his back, Rikishi then smacks the crutch into Eddie's head and hits the Banzai Drop on Eddie to get the win, revealing that he is not hurt after all. Rikishi Phatu beats Eddie Guerrero in a no-disqualification match. After the match, the rest of The Radicalz attack Rikishi, but Too Cool (Grandmaster Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty) show up with crutches of their own and use them to level The Radicalz. Perry Saturn eats the spike piledriver, and Too Cool stand tall in the ring before dancing.

The DX Express is seen outside of the arena again.

Michael Cole interviews Cactus Jack, who does not care if he takes a ride on the DX Express again, as he will hitchhike to get to where he needs to again. What obsesses him, however, is the look he wants to have and cannot stop thinking about: the look on Triple H's face when he is 23 feet above the ring ready to leap off the cage on top of him. He says he has to win at No Way Out, or else he, Mankind and Dude Love are done and will never again. He will dive off the top of the cage, and if he has to show up to WrestleMania with a walker, he will. Leaping off the top of the cell is the one thing he has never done, and at Hell In A Cell at No Way Out, it is the one thing he has to and will do.

Backstage, Triple H tells X-Pac that they and Big Show will get the job done, and X-Pac and Big Show open up the baggage compartment of the DX Express as Triple H says that somebody will be taking a ride tonight.

Tazz beats The Big Boss Man by disqualification after Boss Man uses his nightstick to break the Tazzmission. After the match, Prince Albert shows up and attacks Tazz, then gangs up on him along with The Big Boss Man.

Big Show and D-Generation X (Triple H and X-Pac) beat The Rock, Cactus Jack and Kane after Triple H hits Cactus Jack with a fire extinguisher behind referee Earl Hebner's back. After the match, The Rock is seen beating up Big Show on top of a pile of boxes, and Triple H runs over there. Kane and X-Pac also go at it there near a production area, and both team s continue to brawl. WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley hits Cactus Jack with a trash can lid, which distracts Cactus Jack so that Triple H can hit him. Afterwards, Triple H, Stephanie, Tori and X-Pac run back to the DX Express, but Cactus Jack has caught up. Triple H tries to slow Cactus Jack down by throwing things at him, and he and Stephanie make it back to the DX Express. Cactus Jack pushes a steel pole through the front windshield of the DX Express, which manages to speed off.

Layin' da SmackDown - SmackDown recap for February 17, 2000

A tour bus is seen approaching the arena at the start of the show. On the top of the front of the bus reads "DX Express." D-Generation X (Triple H, X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn), Tori and WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley all come out of the bus and make their way to the ring. Billy Gunn says that at No Way Out, he and Road Dogg will up the tag team titles on the line against The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley), and tells the Dudleys that if they think they are impressing anybody by putting women through tables, it will take a lot more than that. Road Dogg tells the Dudleys that they are neither Terri Runnels or B.B., and they have been putting people through tables since before "they brought [The Dudley Boyz] up from the minor leagues," and says their chances of taking the tag titles from them are that of a snowball's chance in Hell. X-Pac says that thanks to Triple H, he has Kane in a no-holds-barred match, but regardless of whatever kind of match it is, Kane will not get retribution from him for taking Tori. He then passes the microphone to Triple H before passively-aggressively thanking him in a sarcastic manner. Triple H tells Cactus Jack that it wasn't too long ago that they were face-to-face at Royal Rumble in probably one of the greatest fights of all time. He left his blood and part of his flesh in New York City when they went through hell, and this Sunday, hell will be contained in a cell and it will start for Cactus Jack and continue from there on out, as real hell for Cactus Jack will be every day after No Way Out when he is too hurt to do everyday activities and no fans will cheer for him. Triple H says that if Cactus Jack has a dream to beat him for the WWF Championship and go on to WrestleMania, then he has a dream to be in the World Wrestling Federation without him in it. Triple H tells Cactus Jack to savor the last bit of time he has as a WWF Superstars, as his days are numbered and he will put an end to his career once and for all. Triple H then tells X-Pac that he is sorry about what happened Monday night, and that he had no idea that Cactus Jack and The Rock would get involved. He admits he had a plan, but it went awry. He plans to make it up to X-Pac by taking care of his problem and going one-on-one with Kane tonight. X-Pac says he is not impressed and that does not do much for him, and tells him to put the WWF Championship on the line "so he can be doing something." Triple H says if that will get the job done and show how stand-up he is, he will put the WWF title on the line tonight and take Kane out for X-Pac. X-Pac says he is impressed, and X-Pac returns the favor by saying he will kick Cactus Jack's ass in the middle of the ring. Triple H says he is not that impressed, and reminds him of what they have done to DX. Triple H asks Kevin Dunn in the production truck to show a video package of what happened last Monday when Cactus Jack ran over Tori on the way to the ring, and says it gets him hot when he sees Cactus Jack run down a ramp and tackle "an innocent looking waif" like Tori. He says that if X-Pac wants to get the job done and end it, he would take on Cactus Jack in a Falls Count Anywhere hardcore match. X-Pac tells Triple H that if it is hardcore he wants, it is hardcore he will get, and they shake hands. Triple H goes on to put The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg, Billy Gunn) in a match against The Rock and Big Show with the tag team titles on the line. At first the Outlaws are alarmed, but they are soon okay with the match. Triple H then says that he and Kane are going to go one-on-one for the WWF Championship in a few moments, and when Kane leaves the ring, he will feel like he just got hit by a bus.

Backstage, "Sexual Chocolate' Mark Henry and Mae Young are seen displaying a public display of affection when The Hollys (Hardcore and Crash Holly) show up and show their disapproval. Hardcore Holly goes on and says the edible panties from this Monday's Raw made him sick, but Mark Henry counters by saying it will make Hardcore sick if he eats a lot of them, and says they're so pent up because "they ain't gettin' none." Hardcore Holly says Mae Young is "trailer park trash" and has had more hands on her than a doorknob. Mark Henry tells Hardcore to watch his mouth, but Hardcore and Crash knock Mae Young down and beat up Mark Henry.

WrestleMania 2000 is seven weeks away!

Kane vs. Triple H for the WWF Championship ends in a no-contest after the rest of D-Generation X (X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) attack Kane and X-Pac attacks Paul Bearer at ringside. As the rest of DX follows X-Pac, Kane gets up and leaves the ring, going after DX. DX takes Paul Bearer out of the arena and into the baggage compartment of the DX Express. Kane catches up with DX, but X-Pac hits Kane with a low blow before DX shoves Kane in the compartment with Paul Bearer. Triple H then ask for the driver of the DX Express to drive off with Paul Bearer and Kane in the baggage compartment. Triple H retains the WWF Championship.

Before the next match, Kurt Angle says that it is to his understanding that late Monday night, millions of children went o bed crying their eyes out due to a cowardly attack hed suffered at the hands of Chyna. He says parents have called him saying that their children where having nightmares about Chyna attacking them as well, and says having Chyna in your dreams is bad enough. He tells his fans, especially those in Europe, that the European Champion is A-OK. After he beats Chris Jericho at No Way Out, he will once again represent the United States of America as the Intercontinental Champion.

Chyna beats Kurt Angle by disqualification after Angle hits Chyna with the WWF European Championship. After the match, Chris Jericho gets in the ring and brawls with Angle. He comes up short, but Chyna gets the last shot in on Angle with a low blow.

"Sexual Chocolate" Mark Henry asks The Acolytes Protection Agency (Faarooq and Bradshaw) to watch over and protect Mae Young.

WWF plugs I Dare You!: The Ultimate Challenge, airing Tuesdays at 8 PM Eastern, 7 PM Central on UPN.

The DX Express is seen returning to the arena.

Mae Young plays poker with The Acolytes Protection Agency (Faarooq and Bradshaw).

Tazz beats Gangrel with the Tazzmission. Before the match begins, it is announced that "Sexual Chocolate" Mark Henry has challenged The Hollys (Hardcore and Crash Holly) to a handicap no-disqualification match later tonight.

Lilian Garcia interviews Cactus Jack. Cactgus Jack says that in ten days, it will be revealed whether he goes on to WrestleMania or he is done for good. Two things are keeping him going: winning the WWF Championship and what Triple H has said about him. He says that Triple H mentioned the truth when he says that he suffers in constant pain and that his head sometimes feels like scrambled eggs. He is not going to guarantee victory, but he will guarantee that win or lose, Hell In A Cell will be "the damnedest things you will ever see." He tells Triple H that he has very bad thoughts running through his head, and he will go up to the top of the cage and drop down on his body. He guarantees that Triple H will suffer at No Way Out. He then says he wants nothing to do with X-Pac or even looking at him, as talented as he is, and he will rely on his instincts and kick his teeth all over Fresno, California. He tells Lilian Garcia to sit back and watch for flying morals.

Mae Young is beating The Acolytes (Faarooq and Bradshaw) at poker.

X-Pac vs. Cactus Jack in a Falls Count Anywhere hardcore match ends with Cactus Jack being lured towards the DX Epress by X-Pac. D-Generation X (Triple H, X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) throw Cactus Jack into the baggage compartment after a brief brawl in the bus between Cactus Jack and Triple H before asking the driver to drive off.

The Radicals (Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko) beat Too Cool (Grandmaster Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty) after referee Jack Doan is pre-occupied with Dean Malenko and Eddie Guerrero rushes in to hit Scotty 2 Hotty in the head with a metal pipe. During the match, it is announced that Eddie Guerrero - still wearing the shoulder sling - will be challenging Rikishi to a match later tonight. After the match, The Radicals continue to attack Too Cool as Rikishi limps down the ramp with a hurt ankle. Malenko and Saturn mock Rikish before going after him, but Rikishi manages to fend them both off until Eddie Guerrero whacks Rikishi in the hurt ankle with the pipe. Saturn puts the hurt ankle through a steel chair while Dean Malenko brings steel steps into the ring. Malenko and Saturn then smash the steel steps into the steel stair, further hurting that ankle. Referees and officials get into the ring to restore order before Saturn mocks Too Cool by wearing Scotty 2 Hotty's sunglasses. EMTs have to bring out a stretcher and check on Rikishi.

Scotty 2 Hotty and Grandmaster Sexay help the EMTs get Rikishi Phatu in the ambulance.

Eddie Guerrero shows up and bullies ring announcer Tony Chimel, telling him to declare him the winner of the next match by forfeit. He demands the referee raise his hand, then celebrates in the ring. Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn join Eddie in the ring.

Mae Young smokes a cigar as she is still playing poker with The Acolytes (Faarooq and Bradshaw), even though she is pregnant.

Kevin Kelly interviews The Rock. The Rock says there are certain things to go together: salt and pepper, bacon and eggs, Big Show and him raising his hand and growling, and himself and WrestleMania. He realizes what kind of task he has at No Way Out and says it will be one of the hardest matches in his career, but he will beat Big Show from pillar to post for the win and go on to WrestleMania, where he will become the next WWF Champion. As for tonight, if D-Generation X thinks they are cute and have all the answers by putting him in a tag team with Big Show, then he does not need or want Big Show, as he has a partner that Big Show will never have in the form of the people. If Big Show even entertains coming with ten feet of him, he will give him the biggest smack down he has ever seen.

The DX Express returns to the arena again.

The Acolytes hand Mae Young a beer, even though she is pregnant.

Edge and Christian beat The Big Boss Man and Prince Albert after Edge drop kicks Prince Albert from off the top rope, breaking Prince Albert's grip on Boss Man as Christian attempts a sunset flip. After the match, Boss Man and Albert continue attacking Edge and Christian, and Boss Man hits both of them with his nightstick. Referees run into the ring to restore order.

After Mae Young smokes all their cigars, takes all their money and drinks all their beer, Mae Young hands all the money involved in the poker game back to The Acolytes (Faarooq and Bradshaw) and leads them somewhere.

"Sexual Chocolate" Mark Henry beats The Hollys (Hardcore and Crash Holly) in a no-disqualification handicap match when Mae Young leads The Acolytes (Faarooq and Bradshaw) to the ring, where The Acolytes give The Hollys a beating.

The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) vs. The Rock and Big Show ends in a no-contest. Big Show does not show up until later in the match, and when he does, he and The Rock go at it, and Big Show gangs up on The Rock along with The New Age Outlaws. Big Show then carries The Rock to the back, and as he is carried to the DX Express, The Rock fihts back, but when he takes Road Dogg to the DX Express, he is easily overpowered and thrown into the baggage compartment. D-Generation X (Triple H< X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jess James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) get in the DX Express, which departs. The camera turns around to show what is behind Big Show, and it is revealed that The Rock escaped the baggage compartment. He hits Big Show from behind with a plank of wood to end the show.

Layin' da SmackDown - SmackDown recap for January 20, 2000

Backstage, Triple H and WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley welcome the rest of D-Generation X (X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) to Providence, Rhode Island. Triple H then congratulates Road Dogg and Billy Gunn for beating The Acolytes (Faarooq and Bradshaw) last week and gives them the night off. X-Pac, however, has to face Test, and whoever wins that match will draw #30 in the Royal Rumble Match. It is also announced that Cactus Jack will not be here due to a family illness, and Triple H then says that Cactus Jack is just too scared to face him. Stephanie says this will be a night to remember.

Big Show shows up to start tonight show. He says that he should come out to the ring and apologize for not being what the fans want him to be and something he cannot and can never be, and says he will never be The Rock. He says that the fans sit and boo him, yet he takes the time away from his family when he is eating dinner to interact with the fans. He knows why the fans boo him and do not like him, and why everyone in the locker room does not like him, and that is because they all cannot be 7'2" and 500 lbs and it drives them absolutely nuts that he can stand in the ring and be the most dominating force to ever walk into the WWF, and all they can do is watch and boo with a sour grapes attitude because it is not them. He says that the fans think The Rock is going to win the Royal Rumble Match, but he has to get past him to do it, and there is nobody in the locker room who can stop him in the Royal Rumble Match, as he will be the one to win and take back the WWF Championship. As far as The Rock goes, he does not like him; as a matter of fact, he hates him. He plans to settle all his scores tonight, and if The Rock can come down to the ring, he will shine his pretty little head up, take his finger, push his eyebrow up, grab his neck, turn him sideways, and stick him straight up "The People's Ass." Suddenly, The Rock shows up, and Big Show says that if The Rock sees himself as "The People's Champion," then he can have the people. The Rock knows all about Big Show, but he questions the audacity of Big Show to complain about the fans booing him. He says there is a lesson to be learned, and that lesson is that when Big Show insults The Rock, he insults the people. Since he has insulted the people, that has left The Rock with two people: either heading to the back and waiting until the Royal Rumble Match to eliminate him, or he can walk down the ramp, stop in the middle of it, inhale the electricity from the millions - and millions - of his fans, keep walking, get in the middle of the ring and kick his candy ass all over Providence, Rhode Island. Suddenly, Kane and Tori show up. Tori says huge egos are running amok on SmackDown, and says they are the only ones who think they are capable of winning the Royal Rumble Match, then says there are 28 other people who think they are capable of winning the match, but only one winner, and announces that Kane is entering the Royal Rumble Match. Kane and Tori walk down the ramp, but before they can get to the ring, Triple H and WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley show up. Triple H says that if there is one thing he hates,it is a bunch of egomaniacs putting themselves over and talking about how they're all going to beat each other, when the fact of the matter is that they are all going into the Royal Rumble Match to earn the chance to face him at WrestleMania for the WWF Championship. He has news for them: the winner of the Royal Rumble Match, April 2nd in Anaheim will be one long night and one big disappoint, because he will both enter and leave WrestleMania as WWF Champion. However, since they all seem so eager to fight tonight and the creative juices seem to be flowing in the air tonight, he and Stephanie can accommodate them. The three of them will compete in the first-ever Triple Threat Over The Top Rope Lumberjack Match, a match name that is whispered into Triple H's one part at a time. 27 other competitors will be around the ringside while Kane, Big Show and The Rock will be in, and the winner will be teh last man standing in the ring. The only difference between this match and the Royal Rumble Match is that the winner does not get a first-class ticket to face him at WrestleMania. As The Rock tells Triple H he can throw every kind of match he can at him, Big Show steps over the ropes and off the ring apron to attack The Rock from behind. Kane also gets involved in the ensuing brawl, and all three men go at it. The Rock takes both Kane and Big Show out with a steel chair to end it.

We look back to three months ago - the last time WWF was in Providence, Rhode Island - when The Acolytes (Faarooq and Bradshaw) came to The Friendly Tap and had a barroom brawl with everyone inside.

X-Pac beats Test to become the 30th entrant in the Royal Rumble Match when The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) show up. Billy Gunn trips Test as he goes up top for an elbow drop to allow X-Pac to hit the X-Factor while Road Dogg distracts referee Teddy Long.

Backstage, WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon Helmsley and the rest of D-Generation X (Triple H, "Road Dogg" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) congratulate X-Pac on his victory against Test and becoming entrant #30 in the Royal Rumble Match. Triple H says that since X-Pac is a shoo-in to win the Royal Rumble Match, it'll be the two of them at WrestleMania.

Backstage, "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman is talking with Al Snow, telling him he will split his skull if he costs them their match tonight. Al Snow tells Blackman that he is the tag team partner that he has been looking for, but pushes it when he says Blackman has no personality or charisma.

Before the next match, Kurt Angle announces that at Royal Rumble, he will face an unnamed opponent who will supposedly break his undefeated streak. His concern does not lie with the unnamed man, but that America would be devastated if his undefeated streak came into an end. In the Olympic games, he did not know the names of all his opponents, but he won gold medals as he lived the three I's - intensity, integrity and intelligence. Tonight, he finds himself reminded that there are towns in America that make even the most depressed towns in America - or The British Bulldog's home country of England - look really good, and says Providence could be one of those towns, but if the towns follows his three I's, they can pull themselves out of their depression. It is then announced that Triple H will co-host Royal Rumble Radio this Saturday from 8 PM to 10 PM Eastern Time exclusively on Westwood One.

Al Snow and "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman quickly beat Kurt Angle and The British Bulldog.

Matt Hardy beats D-Von Dudley by disqualification after Buh Buh Ray Dudley bdrags Matt out of the ring by his ankles and whips him into the steel steps. Before the match, it is announced that there will be a "Diva signing" at WWF New York tomorrow at noon. It is also announced that there will be a Tag Team Tables Match between The Hardy Boyz (Jeff and Matt Hardy) and The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley) at Royal Rumble where the object of the match is to put both members of the opposing team through tables. After the match, Buh Buh Ray fights off both Jeff and Matt before hitting them with a steel chair and punching out referee Jimmy Korderas. D-Von then attacks the Hardys as Buh Buh Ray sets up two tables next to the stage. Buh Buh Ray almost puts Matt Hardy through the tables as Terri Runnels pleads with The Dudley Boyz not to do it, but Jeff Hardy strikes back with a steel chair, attacking D-Von with it before doing the same to Buh Buh Ray, stunning him and sending him through the tables. Matt Hardy then puts D-Von through another table with a leg drop off the stage.

The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) head to The Friendly Tap.

We see very brief footage of Buh Buh Ray Dudley with his forehead busted open after being put through a table.

Backstage, Hardcore Holly tells Crash to get out of the locker room and find his own competition, as he has to tag with Chris Jericho and Chyna - whom he will be facing in the Royal Rumble Match - tonight, and he does not want to worry about Crash's problems. This deteriorates into a shoving match between between the Holly cousins which leads to Crash being pushed out the door and into Viscera, whom he immediately challenges to a match.

Before the next match, Chris Jericho states that the people currently in the ring reminds him of the cantina scene from Star Wars, as there are "a couple of Vanilla Ice wanna-bes, a freak of nature and her Mini-Me little buddy, a bleach blonde buffoon and a really fat guy in a diaper." After Sunday, when he becomes the undisputed Intercontinental Champion, he will never have to worry about any of them again.

Too Cool (Grandmaster Sexay, Scotty 2 Hotty, Rikishi Phatu) beat Chyna, Hardcore Holly and Chris Jericho by disqualification when the latter team refuses to listen to referee Mike Chioda. This leads to an all-out brawl between Chyna, Hardcore Holly and Chris Jericho which endw with Rikishi flattening Chyna with a Banzai Drop.

At The Friendly Tap, The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) hear about The Acolytes' (Faarooq and Bradshaw) barroom brawl in the establishment three months. When one guy says that The Acoyltes will beat The Outlaws and take the tag team titles, however, he gets a shot glass to the side of the head before being thrown out. As everyone gets ready to play a game of pool, The Acolytes are watching what is going on on a television set backstage, and they decide to go out for a couple of drinks.

Before the next match, Prince Albert says that for years, he has watched The Big Boss Man and he became his mentor, teaching him more about the business than he has ever learned in a few short months. He taught him that when someone is down, you kick them to keep them down. He taught him that there is no such thing as cheating unless you get caught. Tonight, the student is done learning, and the student is going to teach him how to take an ass kicking.

Prince Albert beats The Big Boss Man by disqualification. During the match, Prince Albert shoves the referee into Boss Man, who then shoves him into the ring apron before both men start having a ringside brawl. Referees and officials have to restore order.

Lilian Garcia interviews The Rock. He says it does not matter who his opponents are, because tonight, they do not have what he has, which is the Rock Bottom, the People's Eyebrow and the People's Elbow. They do not and never will have all his fans chanting his name.

The orange logo and lights show up before the next match, and Viscera briefly stops to look around before he gets in the ring.

Viscera beats Crash Holly.

It is announced that Michael Cole will interview "Stone Cold" Steve Austin this Saturday at 8 PM to 10 PM Eastern Time on Radio WWF.

Halftime Heat returns on January 30th!

Gangrel beats Edge by count-out when the women of this Miss Royal Rumble swimsuit competition in an attempt to sway his decision as a judge in the competition and Mae Young sloppily kisses Edge.

At The Friendly Tap, The Acolytes (Faarooq and Bradshaw) show up to have a drink. All the customers leave the bar except for The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn), the two guys who fought The Acolytes three months ago, and the guy in the hat and suit who sits in the corner (who was also there the last The Acolytes were in the bar).

The Acolytes (Faarooq and Bradshaw) spot The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) and the two guys playing pool with them. This quickly leads to a barroom brawl where The New Age Outlaws flee. Bradshaw then throws a bar stool at a Boston Red Sox wall light.

Kane beats The Rock and Big Show in a Triple Threat Over The Top Rope Lumberjack Match. During the match, Knae throws The Rock over the top rope with one hand. The Rock runs back into the ring to fight Big Show, but gets tossed out by Kane again. Kane then clotheslines Big Show over the top rope to win. After the match, the lumberjacks get in the ring and attack Kane before fighting each other.

X-Pac shakes Triple H's hand and hugs WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley before leaving the building.

Triple H and WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley show up. Triple H says that when he thinks of the Royal Rumble Match, he thinks back at the Royal Rumble Matches of the past and the devastation unleashed during them. He specifically looks back at last year's Royal Rumble Match, because it was a year ago when two best friends beat the hell out of each other, and we see footage from last year's Royal Rumble where The Rock and Mankind beat the crap out of each other for the WWF Championsip. What they did not show was Mick Foley's family watching in the crowd and crying their eyes out while seeing their father being destroyed, because they realized that their father was a loser and a failure. He gives a warning to Cactus Jack not to bring his children to Madison Square Garden in New York City or even let them see Royal Rumble on TV, as what The Rock did to him last year will be nothing to what he will do to him, as he will take it to a level even Cactus Jack has seen or been to before, and he will beat him worse than he has ever beaten before. If his kids are there in the front row crying, he knows that as he beats Cactus Jack, he will enjoy it, and even more so if the kids are crying in the front row. Suddenly, Cactus Jack shows up and tells Triple H that he is right and that they suffered enough last year and that they don't need to see anymore. They will not be watching the event or in New York City, but he is not worried about them seeing what happens to him, but he is deeply disturbed of them seeing what he will do to Triple H. He doesn't want their little innocent eyes to realize how violent their father can be and see the bloodshed that will take place. Above all else, he does not want them to realize their father will be loving it. He has every reason to believe every word Triple H has said, as he is the best in the business right now, but he will not show up at Royal Rumble without a few surprises in the form of sharp metallic objects that will be brought down upon him with great vengeance. When he sees Triple H's blood run down his face at Royal Rumble in Madison Square Garden, he will turn himn into the world's largest pincushion. His children may not be watching Royal Rumble, but they are watching SmackDown, and he does not want to deprive them of a little piece of action, and he will give Triple H a taste of what is to come at Royal Rumble. Cactus Jack and Triple H brawl at ringside. Triple H narrowly avoids a chair shot to the head and tries to flee through the crowd, but Cactus Jack grabs him. Both men then fight on the commentary table, and Triple H nearly puts Cactus Jack in the Pedigree. Cactus Jack counters it with a low blow, and hits Triple H with a piledriver on the table. Cactus Jack then hits Triple H with a steel chair shot to the head to end the show.