Raw Deal - Raw recap for September 28, 1998

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"Stone Cold" Steve Austin's music hits to start tonight's show, but instead the crowd gets WWF owner Vince McMahon, Pat Patterson, Gerald Brisco, WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter and a squad of police officers. Vince is seen holding Austin's custom-made WWF Championship belt. He tells the crowd that he knew they would be upset with him, but time heals all wounds, and the next time he says he will guarantee them something, they will listen to him. All he ever wanted from Austin was to listen to him and taken direction, but he did not want to do it and he had to remove the title from him the hard way. Now he is doing things his way, and he ensures that there will be no re-match for the WWF Championship for Austin. However, in a "magnanimous gesture," he will show he does not carry a grudge against Austin by declaring tonight "'Stone Cold' Steve Austin Night" and will celebrate his career. Vince then says he has a "welcoming committee" in the form of a police perimeter by Detroit, Michigan's finest to ensure Austin has "easy access." He also announces that a new WWF Champion will be crowned tonight and presented the championship - the official one, and not Austin's custom-made belt which will go above the fireplace on the mantle at one of his homes with all his other awards. Vince then asks Austin if he will be part of the ceremony, then asks Sgt. Slaughter to place Austin's custom-made WWF Championship around his waist.

Before the next match, "Road Dogg" Jesse James announces that he has his voice back.

Southern Justice (Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight) beat The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) by disqualification after Road Dogg takes "Double J" Jeff Jarrett's guitar away from him as he tries to get involved and uses it as a weapon. Billy Gunn confronts Road Dogg, telling him he had the match won, and when X-Pac tries to play peacemaker, Billy Gunn pushes him back, poking him in his injured eye. Billy Gunn leaves, and when Chyna and a wheelchair-bound "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley confront Gunn, Gunn pushes them away and heads to the back.

Dan "The Beast" Severn is seen welcoming the Detroit Red Wings hockey team at the front row before the next match.

Michael Cole is near D-Generation X's locker room, where a very loud argument can be heard.

Dan "The Beast" Severn vs Owen Hart ends when Owen hits Severn with a piledriver. The piledriver makes it impossible for Severn to move his arms after his head hits the mat.

After a commercial break, Dan "The Beast" Severn is fitted with a neck brace and placed onto a stretcher.

After another break, Dan "The Beast" Severn is wheeled out of the arena and into an ambulance.

Before the next match, Vader shows up with WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter.

Al Snow beats Vader after using Head as a weapon while WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter distracts the referee.

"Bad Ass" Billy Gunn is seen leaving the arena with his bags.

D'Lo Brown beats Gangrel, "Double J" Jeff Jarrett, Darren "Puke" Drozdov, "Marvelous" Marc Mero and Edge in a Four Corners Match to become #1 contender to the WWF European Championship. (During this match, two men are in the ring, while the other wait to be tagged in.) Jarrett and Droz are both counted out after they fight each other outside of the ring Mero is eliminated when D'Lo Brown hits him with a Lo-Down meant for Edge. D'Lo Brown beats Edge after the young man with the long brown hair shows up and distracts Edge, and this time this young man is seen with Gangrel, who has already been eliminated. Both the young man and Gangrel leave through the crowd together.

WAR ZONE

WWF owner Vince McMahon, Pat Patterson, Gerald Brisco, WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaugher and a host of Detroit, Michigan policeman show up for the crowning of a new WWF Champion. The ring has red carpet, and in the center is a podium with the official WWF Championship belt under glass. Vince introduces The Undertaker, then Kane. Before Vince can even get started, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin shows up...on a Zamboni. He rides the Zamboni into the arena, runs it into the ring, climbs out, and jumps from the front of the Zamboni onto Vince McMahon. Jim Ross screams the iconic line "Austin got McMahon! Austin got McMahon!" The police quickly move into place and arrest Austin, who still tries to fight Vince despite being handcuffed. Austin is taken out of the ring and escorted into a squad car, and Austin says towards the camera "I'm not through with ya, Vince! I ain't through with ya, not yet, by a long shot!" Vince follows, screaming at Austin "Take his ass to jail! You go to jail, you son of a bitch! You go to jail!" as the police tell him to calm down. Austin tries to get out of the back of the police car, and Vince dares them to let him go so he can fight him. Austin is placed back in the car, and the car drives off.

After the commercial break, the WWF Championship ceremony gets underway. WWF owner Vince McMahon, The Undertaker and Kane are in the ring, and reminds them that they would get a title shot if they could keep "Stone Cold" Steve Austin away from him. However, after being attacked by Austin three times in the span of a week, they did not live up to their end of the deal and he will not live up to his, and that they will have to fight for the title shot at Judgment Day on October 18th. Since they can't keep Austin out of his business - or theirs - he will put Austin in the match as special guest referee. Vince then hopes his cellmate is telling him all this, because he will be there to watch Austin suffer the indignity of making the three count and handing the WWF Championship to one of them. To ensure that the fans are not cheated tonight, The Undertaker and Kane will be in a handicap match against "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock, Mankind and "The Rock" Rocky Maivia. He wishes them the best of luck, as they will both need it, and as far as he is concerned, it is like dealing with the handicapped, saying "one is physical, the other mental." THe Undertaker grabs Vince, takes the microphone, and tells Vince to watch his ass, as the next time he gets out of line with either of them, he will be the one handicapped and he will promise that. Vince tries to flip them the bird from behind, but The Undertaker sees it and he and Kane beat him up. Kane leaves as The Undertaker tries to break Vince's knee, and patrols the ring in case Pat Patterson or Gerald Brisco try to pull Vince out of the ring. Kane ends up getting his hands on Brisco and sending him into the steel steps, then The Undertaker and Kane move Vince to the steel steps, where Vince's knee is sandwiched between both parts of the steps. Kane and The Undertaker leave, with Vince unable to move due to his knee being shattered.

We see footage of WWF owner Vince McMahon being held down on a stretcher, with referees, officials and medical staff waiting for an ambulance. Mankind tries to give Vince a drink, which Vince does not take.

Chyna is special guest referee for the next match.

Faarooq beats "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry after Chyna hits Mark Henry with a low blow, allowing Faarooq to fall on him. After the match, as Chyna looks down at Mark Henry, a man in a suit shows up and places something in her hand. Jim Ross says that it looks like the man is a process server. It is an Airborne Express delivery with a document inside. Chyna tears it up and leaves.

WWF owner Vince McMahon is placed in an ambulance backstage.

Michael Cole interviews "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock, who says he doesn't like Detroit, Michigan much and doesn't like what happened to him last night, either. He tells "The Rock" Rocky Maivia, Mankind, The Undertaker and Kane he owes every single of them, and he hasn't forgotten about what Mankind did to him with a steel chair.

We see a vignette of Steven Regal: a real man's man. Here, we see him using a construction digger.

The Oddities (Golga and Kurrgan) beat The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh) after Luna Vachon distracts the referee so Insane Clown Posse (Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope) can trip Thrasher, allowing Kurrgan to hit a splash for the win.

Michael Cole interviews "The Rock" Rocky Maivia. The Rock says he did what he was going to do when he headed to Break Down: In Your House. He is okay with what's going on tonight as he is the #1 contender for the WWF Championship, and whether anyone likes it or not, there is nothing that could ever compare to being The People's Champion.

Val Venis is seen being given oral sex (though not explicitly) in the locker room. Val Venis asks Terri Runnels if she found the earrings she dropped, to which she raises her head up, replies "not yet" before going back down.

Before the next match, Val Venis says he is here in "Motor City," and says everyone knows what that means. He tells the ladies to show him their headlights, as he is about to drive them all night long.

Val Venis beats X-Pac by disqualification. During the match, Chyna shows up after Terri Runnels trips X-Pac, and Val Venis approaches Chyna as she tries to chase after Terri. Chyna and X-Pac beat up Val Venis outside of the ring. X-Pac retains the WWF European Championship. Val Venis and Terri Runnels then make out inside the ring, then all of sudden, the Goldust entrance theme and video plays on the TitanTron. Dustin Runnels' voice is heard telling Venis "I told you he was coming back," then gold dust falls from the top of the arena.

Michael Cole interviews Mankind, who says two things became apparent after Break Down: he can swing a mighty chair, and in the entire history of professional wrestling, The People's Elbow was the worst move he's ever thing he had ever seen. He hopes that he, "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock and "The Rock" Rocky Maivia will get on the same page so they can all beat The Undertaker and Kane tonight.

"The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock, Mankind and "The Rock" Rocky Maivia all fight each other before The Undertaker and Kane show up for the next match.

"The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock, Mankind and "The Rock" Rocky Maivia beat The Undertaker and Kane in a 3-on-2 handicap match after The Rock hits The Undertaker with a Rock Bottom.

Raw Deal - Raw recap for September 12, 1998

Note: This episode aired on Saturday due to U.S. Open tennis.

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Edge beats "Double J" Jeff Jarrett by disqualification after Jarrett is caught hitting Edge in the head with a guitar. Mark Canterbury then leaves a card on top of Edge reading "Southern Justice" and "Problem Solvers."

Bradshaw beats Darren "Puke" Drozdov after using the ropes for leverage. When Droz complains to referee Jack Doan, Bradshaw nails Droz with a clothesline.

"Marvelous" Marc Mero beats Miguel Perez.

Michael Cole interviews The Oddities (Luna Vachon, Gorga, Kurrgan, Giant Silva, Violent J, Shaggy 2 Dope). Luna says that tonight, the entire world is going to learn that The Oddities aren't just a bunch of pretty faces. Violent J says he and Shaggy 2 Dope are not wrestlers, but they know it can get rough around here, and that he'll ride a bike up and down the backs of The Disciples of Apocalypse (Skull and 8-Ball) if they have to.

The Disciples of Apocalypse (Skull and 8-Ball) beat The Oddities (Golga and Kurrgan) by disqualification. During the match, Golga accidentally breaks the top rope, and The D.O.A. use it as a weapon. The Insane Clown Posse (Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope) try to stop it, but they get attacked. The D.O.A. are able to quickly get away. (Yet again, The Oddities' entrance is excised on the WWE Network.)

WAR ZONE

"The Rock" Rocky Maivia shows up. He addresses the Ladder Match against "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley for the Intercontinental title at SummerSlam, and says he did to him what he said he was going to do. As he laid on his back and watched Triple H take the Intercontinental title, he realized that even though Triple H took the title, he will always be "The People's Champ." He then says that there a lot of people in the WWF who don't know their roles, and two of these people in particular are The Undertaker and Kane. Last week, when they showed up, he knew he was going to get his ass whupped, and tells Kane that for one second that he will get away with choke slamming him, he will take his big right hand, raise The People's Eyebrow and lay the smackdown on him.

The Lion's Den match between Owen Hart and "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock from SummerSlam is replayed.

Southern Justice (Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight) beat Too Much ("Too Sexy" Brian Christopher and Scott "Too Hot" Taylor).

Vader beats Dustin Runnels. During the match, Val Venis walks around in the crowd carrying a sign simply reading "I have come." At one point, this distracts Runnels, who is wearing a T-shirt with the words "He is coming back" on the back.

Al Snow and Head come out of the crowd and get in the ring. Snow says "What does everybody want?", "What does everybody need?" and "What does everybody love?" as the crowd chants "Head!" (These three questions would be sampled for his WWF entrance theme.) Snow says he and Head will not leave the ring until they see a WWF official. Pat Patterson, Gerald Brisco and WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter show up, then Snow says the word of the day is "stooge" before asking the crowd to say the word "stooge" and introducing the crowd to "The Stooge Is Right." Snow lets Slaughter know that since everyone loves a little Head, the crowd has been chosen as the new WWF Commissioner. Slaughter tells Snow and Head to leave the ring. Snow tells Brisco he and Head have been reinstated, but Brisco tells him to leave the ring. SNow asks Patterson where the dressing room is, but Patterson tells him to leave the ring or he is going to jail. Snow then decides to give the three of them a parting gift: a little Head. Snow hits Patterson in the groin with Head and then runs back into the crowd, out of the grasp of Slaughter and Brisco.

Michael Cole interviews The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh), who are confused about the fact that this is Raw Saturday Night and not Shotgun Saturday Night. Thrasher says he will keep "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry in the corner and feed himi bananas, while Mosh will beat up D'Lo Brown. Mosh does not understand why D'Lo is WWF European Champion when he grew up right by them in South Jersey.

The Nation (D'Lo Brown and "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry) beat The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh) by disqualification after Chyna rushes into the ring and attacks Mark Henry. Multiple referees have to keep both Chyna and Mark Henry separated, but Chyna is able to get her hands on Mark Henry again and also knock down a few referees. "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley and The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dog" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) have to calm Chyna down, and Mark Henry is left with a bloody nose.

Before the next match, "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley announces that at SummerSlam D-Generation X (Triple H, Chyna, X-Pac, "Road Dog" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) came, saw and kicked their asses.

D-Generation X ("Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley, X-Pac, "Road Dog" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) beat Kaientai (Dick Togo, Men's Teioh, Sho Funaki, Taka Michinoku). Chyna knocks out Sho Funaki and Yamaguchi-san after the match, and the show ends with a young woman flashing her panties to DX.

Raw Deal - Raw recap for September 5, 1998

Note: This episode aired on Saturday due to the U.S. Open.

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WWF owner Vince McMahon heads to the ring to start tonight's show. He announces that on September 27th, a brilliant, Machiavellian plan will be unfolded, as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin will suffer a physical and emotional breakdown that will cause him to no longer be the WWF Champion once the plan is executed, and guarantees that this will happen and that he should not even be WWF Champion right now. Vince says The Undertaker dominated Austin and even had an insurance policy in the form of Kane, but he sent him back to the locker room. Vince calls The Undertaker "a damned fool." He then talks about Austin's appearance on Regis and Kathie Lee, where he said SummerSlam was a hard-fought battle and that he has respect for The Undertaker. Vince knows The Undertaker is somewhere in the building and can hear him, and that his "retarded" brother Kane can hear him, too. He tells them they should be striking terror in the heart of every WWF Superstar, and that they should be dominating and terrorizing the World Wrestling Federation, but instead, the Superstars are starting to snicker at their mere sight and are not terrorized any longer to the point that they could not terrorize a kindergartner. The crowd starts calling Vince an asshole, and Vince responds "That's class all the way," then days The Undertaker and Kane have been reduced to "two putrid pussies." Kane and The Undertaker show up, and Vince McMahon leaves through the crowd immediately, with The Undertaker and Kane following.

The Disciples of Apocalypse (Skull and 8-Ball) vs. "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock and "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman comes to an end when The Undertaker and Kane show up and attack Blackman, with a choke slam by Kane and a leg bar by The Undertaker. The D.O.A. and Paul Ellering start running as soon as Kane and The Undertaker come their way, and Shamrock is angry when he sees Blackman is injured.

Val Venis is spotted making out with a woman in a bathroom stall backstage.

Before the next match, Val Venis says "The Big Valbowski is like your family dog: he's loyal, he's obedient and he comes when he's called."

Val Venis vs. Vader ends in a no-contest. During the match, Dustin Runnels is seen in the crowd holding up a sign with the message "He's coming back." Later in the match, Bradshaw shows up and confronts Vader, but when The Undertaker and Kane show up, he gets out of the ring before The Undertaker and Kane demolish both Venis and Vader.

Michael Cole interviews "The Rock" Rocky Maivia and "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry. The Rock tells says The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dog" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) are like everyone else he has laid the smackdown on. As for "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmesley, he will always be the people's champ, even if Triple H left him laying in a pool of his own blood at SummerSlam.

Michael Cole interviews The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dog" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn). Billy Gunn says the boys are back, and that they did what they said they would do. Road Dog says they aren't just going to get a piece of "The Rock" Rocky Maivia, they're getting his whole ass, and if "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry wants a shot, they'll knock him off too, as it's their first title defense and the only good offense is "a damn good defense."

The Nation ("The Rock" Rocky Maivia and "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry) beat The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dog" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) by disqualification after Chyna rushes into the ring and goes after Mark Henry. The New Age Outlaws, who retain the WWF Tag Team Championships, have to hold her back.

Tiger Ali Singh and Babu show up. Singh says he has proven that American men have no class or courage, and that they will do anything for money. He says they have continually embarassed themselves by eating worms and licking Babu's feet. He has also proven that American women have no morals and no self-respect, and that they have degraded themselves continuously by taking their clothes off and eating dog food. He has now concluded there is no limit to how low Americans will go. As he speaks, Babu is eating sardines, and Singh notices this, saying the stench has gotten on his nerves and that he hasn't even brushed his teeth in four days. This gives Singh an idea: offer $500 to any American woman who will get in the ring and French kiss Babu. Babu picks a younger American woman, and since she is beautiful, Singh bumps the reward up to $600. All she has to do is kiss Babu for five seconds - which he will count - to get the money, but if she stops at any point, she does not get paid. She plays tonsil hockey for more than five seconds, thanks to Singh telling the crowd to shut up, and gets the $600. After this, The Undertaker and Kane show up as the young lady leaves, and they both choke slam Singh and Babu, and Babu is choke slammed out of his shoes.

Southern Justice (Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight) beat The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh).

The Undertaker and Kane find the door to WWF owner Vince McMahon's office. kane tries to reak the door with a sledgehammer, and manages to do just that. Mr. McMahon is not in the room, however.

WAR ZONE

We see unseen SummerSlam footage where X-Pac, The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dog" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn), Howard Finkel, The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh) and Darren "Puke" Drozdov continue to cut "Double J" Jeff Jarrett's hair in the locker room.

X-Pac beats D'Lo Brown by disqualification after "Double J" Jeff Jarrett, now with a shorter haircut and brand new ring gear, shows up and attacks X-Pac. As X-Pac and Jarrett fight in the crowd, The Undertaker and Kane show up yet again and attack D'Lo Brown. "The Rock" Rocky Maivia runs in and confronts The Undertaker and Kane, but he gets a beatdown while D'Lo Brown escapes through the crowd. D'Lo Brown retains the WWF European Championship, and The Rock gets choke slammed.

"Marvelous" Marc Mero vs. Edge ends in a no-contest when Gangrel rushes out and brawls with Edge. Mero and Jacqueline have almost made it to the back when The Undertaker and Kane show up yet again and attack Mero.

Jim Ross interviews Al Snow and Head. We see footage of Snow in Extreme Championship Wrestling, and Snow says that ECW is a completely alternate experience, and there, he was able to show that he was capable of carrying the ball when it was giving it to him, taking his chance and running with it. He was a star in ECW, and he can be a star in WWF, and if he isn't given the opportunity, he'll take it, even if he is talking to a mannequin head. Snow says he is a normal human being with a regular life, a wife and kids. Snow says the voices he hears from Head are numerous but regular people. Snow says he has had numerous challenges in his life, but he will overcome them. It is also acknowledges that Snow has competed as both Avatar and Leif Cassidy. Snow apologizes for his outburt towards Jim Ross back then where he screamed that he could not take it anymore, but says he did not have a breakdown or was pushed over the edge, but rather had an awakening. If he had clearance to see WWF owner Vince McMahon, he would not even entertain the act of talking to him. Snow also says it is him running the show, not Head.

The Undertaker and Kane are seen backstage again.

Before the next match, Road Warrior Hawk is seen wearing street clothes and his L.O.D. 2000 helmet, dancing with The Oddities (Luna Vachon, Golga, Kurrgan, Giant Silva). After being Road Warrior Hawk then tries to dance with Insane Clown Posse (Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope), but when they refuse, Hawk attacks them. Despite his extremely compromised state, he is still part of the match, which does not bode well for Road Warrior Animal or Darren "Puke" Drozdov. As everyone else fights outside of the ring, Giant Silva chokes slams Hawk in the middle of the ring. The Oddities (Golga, Kurrgan, Giant Silva) beat L.O.D. 2000 (Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk) and Darren "Puke" Drozdov. (The Oddities' entrance as well as the post-match proceedings are edited out of the WWE Network.)

The Undertaker and Kane attack a random backstage worker and trash the backstage interview area.

Too Much ("Too Sexy" Brian Christopher and "Too Hot" Scott Taylor) beats Los Boricuas (Jesus Castillo and Miguel Perez) when Jesus has referee Jimmy Korderas distracted following a double-team on Taylor, allowing Christopher to hit Miguel with a top rope leg drop during a pinfall attempt before laying Taylor on top of Miguel for the win.

Before the next match, "Double J" Jeff Jarrett tells 2 Cold Scorpio not to look him in the eye, because that enough to piss him off.

"Double J" Jeff Jarrett beats 2 Cold Scorpio by disqualification after he is attacked by X-Pac. During the match, it is announced that "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman has been taken out of the arena earlier with a knee injury, and may be out for a while. Updates on his injury will be provided tomorrow night on Sunday Night Heat. It is also announced that tomorrow night on Sunday Night Heat, The Undertaker and Kane will fight together in a tag team match for the very first time against Road Warrior Animal and Darren "Puke" Drozdov. After the match, X-Pac and Jarrett take their brawl to the crowd, then The Undertaker and Kane show up yet again and attack 2 Cold Scorpio before he can leave the ring, and WWF owner Vince McMahon shows up and watches from the stage as The Undertaker choke slams Scorpio before he and Kane hit Scorpio with a spike Tombstone Piledriver to end the show. It is not long before The Undertaker and Kane notice Vince and chase him to the back to end the show.

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Before the next match, The Rock shows up with a ladder and lays it on the stage before heading to the back.

Southern Justice (Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight) beat The Oddities (Kurrgan and Golga) by disqualification after Luna Vachon gets on top of Mark Canterbury and tries to put him in a sleeper hold. During the match, Dustin Runnels is seen in the audience carrying a sign saying "He's Coming Back." After the match, "Double J" Jeff Jarrett shows up with a pair of clippers to cut Luna Vachon's hair, but Giant Silva gets in the ring. Jarrett retreats, and Silva choke slams Mark Canterbury.

An inebriated Road Warrior Hawk shows up unexpectedly before the next match, much to the irritation of Road Warrior Animal. "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry shows up and hits Hawk with a splash, then he and D'Lo Brown double-team Animal. Darren "Puke" Drozdov then runs into the ring with a steel chair, and Mark Henry and D'Lo Brown retreat, with the WWF European Championship match ending before it can even begin.

Edge is seen in the audience before the next match.

Owen Hart and Dan "The Beast" Severn beat The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh) by submission after Owen Hart puts Mosh out with a rear naked choke.

The Rock shows up, and he takes the ladder that he left on the stage at the top of the show with him into the ring. He talks about how he watched all the fans come to the arena and how he came to one conclusion: tonight is the largest collection of trailer park trash he has ever seen. He then mentions "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley's challenge to a Ladder Match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship at SummerSlam, and accepts it, saying "You bet your pretty ass." The Rock then says he will both enter and leave SummerSlam as WWF Intercontinental Champion after beating Triple H from pillar to post all over the ring before hitting him with the Rock Bottom and climbing up the ladder to take back the title, and says that he will look into Triple H's eyes and Triple H will realize that there is nobody who can beat him.

It is announced that Chyna will call out The Rock tomorrow night on Raw.

Taka Michinoku beats 2 Cold Scorpio after Mrs. Yamaguchi-san distracts the referee and Mr. Yamaguchi-San distracts Scorpio, allowing Michinoku to hit the Michinoku Driver for the win. After the match, Val Venis shows up and says he has just read Taka's fortune cookie, and that tomorrow night on Raw, "The Big Valbowski" will be speaking softly and carrying a big stick, and he will be ready to unload on him.

We hear from Pacific Blue star Mario Lopez, who had a great time on Sunday Night Heat. He also talks about his confrontation with Val Venis.

"Double J" Jeff Jarrett vs. Darren "Puke" Drozdov ends in a no-contest. During the match, X-Pac comes out of the crowd and attacks Jarrett, then grabs an electric razor and cuts some of Jarrett's hair while Droz holds Jarrett down. Southern Justice (Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight) run in, but X-Pac and Doz retreat and celebrate the cutting of some of Jarrett's hair to end the show.

Feel The Heat - Sunday Night Heat recap for August 16, 1998

Kane and Mankind retain the WWF Tag Team Championships against L.O.D. 2000 (Road Warrior Animal and Darren "Puke" Drozdov).

"Marvelous" Marc Mero and Jacqueline show up. Jacqueline tells Sable to get "her Madison Avenue butt down here" as she has something to say to her, and tells her to put down "those ring things" and the cheap wine. Sable shows up and says she likes her wine fine and her men even finer, and that the only cheap thing around here is Jacqueline's perfume as well as Jacqueline's "day rate." Jacqueline demands her bikini contest trophy back, and says Sable does not want any part of her in the ring. She then says they can wrestle for it, and dares Sable to put "that toothpick arm" into play. Sable tells Jacqueline she will beat her at whatever game she has, whether it be a bikini contest, a wrestling match or an arm-wrestling contest, and that she is always ready to drop the bomb on her.

Edge beats "Too Sexy" Brian Christopher. During the match, Dustin Runnels is seen walking around in the crowd carrying a sign saying "The Choice Is Yours" on one side and "He's Coming Back" on the other. Scott "Too Hot" Taylor runs in after the match, but Edge lays him out with a clothesline.

The Godfather guests on commentary for the next match.

Bart Gunn beats Vader by disqualification after he is attacked on the outside by The Godfather. After the match, Vader and The Godfather both attack Bart Gunn.

Tomorrow night on Raw: Dan "The Beast" Severn vs. Owen Hart vs. "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock!

The debuting Gangrel beats Scott "Too Hot" Taylor.

Tiger Ali Singh shows up in the ring with a manservant named Abu (who is portrayed by former Light Heavyweight Division wrestler Pablo Marquez and later named Babu). Singh says he believes that Americans have no class, no morals and no ethics, and that they are not prideful like the people of his country of India. He then says American will lower themselves to any depths for the almighty dollar and that he has proven this week after week, and that they have no more backbone than the "common, ordinary nightcrawler." After the camera cuts to Abu holding a worm, Singh claims he will pay any American $500 to come in the ring and eat the worm. A man in a D-Generation X shirt is picked out of the front row, and the man eats the worm with almost no hesitation and receives the $500, much to the delight of the crowd.

D-Generation X ("Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley and X-Pac) beat Southern Justice (Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight) by disqualification after "Double J" Jeff Jarrett, now with shorter hair, kicks X-Pac in the groin from behind and tries to cut his hair with an electric razor. The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) run in and chase Jarrett out of the ring.

The Undertaker shows up. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, who has been seen watching the show from a backstage monitor the entire night, is seen watching what is going on in the ring on the monitor. The Undertaker then tells Austin he came to the ring and challenged him like a man, and when he became the #1 contender for the WWF Championship, he vowed to him that he would be the safest S.O.B. in the World Wrestling Federation. He says that he has done everything he said he was going to do, and did everything he could to protect his investment in the WWF Championship, but the one person he could not protect him from was himself, as Austin has pissed him off. Austin is seen leaving the room and heading to the ring as The Undertaker says he came after him like a man just like he will at SummerSlam, and while he will be in his face, Austin has one foot in the grave. He tells Austin that if he is hell-bent on self-destruction, then he will meet him at the intersection to the Highway to Hell and he will take the WWF Championship from him. Austin shows up, but as he comes halfway down the aisle, Kane shows up to end the show as Austin is caught between Kane and The Undertaker.

Feel The Heat - Sunday Night Heat recap for August 9, 1998

Paul Bearer, Kane and Mankind show up to start tonight's show. Mankind says that on the day before King of the Ring, knowing full well his life would never be the same, he went out and took his two little children to Santa's Village, and as he sat on the roller coaster, his four-year-old daughter reached up and kissed him on the cheek, and when he asked why, she said "Because, Daddy, you're a good man." He says it was the most beautiful thing he had ever heard, and the very next day, The Undertaker tried to take all of that away from him. He tells the crowd they are scum that don't deserve to be in the same arena as him, and then talks about how The Undertaker pushed him off the top of the cell into the announce table before choke slamming him through the cell ceiling, all the while unable to keep him down. With his arm hanging by a thread, his tongue poking through a hole below his lip and one of his teeth stuck in his nose, he finished the match because he could, and Jim Ross sat there and said that if ever a man deserved a standing ovation, it would have to be him. He then says that out of a crowd of 20,000 people, 200 people cheered as the rest saw the WWF's "toughest son-of-a-bitch" and were too stupid to know. Mankind says two things became very clear: he cannot and will wrestle ever again except for the acceptance of the fans, and his career will never end in a blaze of glory and he will slowly lose all of his bodily functions while nobody gives a damn. He then tells The Undertaker to somewhere and somehow find the courage to face him man-to-man, as he will not give the satisfaction of putting the final nail in the coffin of Mankind. He then says that if he does, then he will tear him apart.

Vader beats "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry by disqualification after Mark Henry hits Vader with repeated body splashes after Vader busts his mouth open.

Backstage, Michael Cole reports that he has been able to speak with The Undertaker and confirms The Undertaker has heard what Mankind had to say at the top of the show. He also reports that The Undertaker was in no mood to conduct an interview with him, but The Undertaker did say that he has a statement later tonight and that he will be waiting by The Undertaker's locker room.

The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh) vs. Southern Justice (Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight) ends in a double disqualification after "Double J" Jeff Jarrett and Darren "Puke" Drozdov get involved and the match gets out of control.

X-Pac beats Taka Michinoku. During the match, a joint press conference between Val Venis and John Wayne Bobbitt is announced for tomorrow night on Raw. After the match, the rest of Kaientai (Sho Funaki, Dick Togo, Men's Teioh) run in and attack X-Pac, then the rest of D-Generation X (Triple H, "Road Dogg" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) run into fight Kaientai. As Yamaguchi-San backs away into the ring, he accidentally backs into Chyna, who hits him with a forearm that causes him to roll down the ramp and into Taka.

Backstage, Michael Cole reports that he was invited into The Undertaker's locker room concerning his statement towards Mankind; however, when The Undertaker noticed the cameraman following him, the cameraman was pushed away.

Bradshaw beats Dustin Runnels. During the match, it is announced that Triple H will be guesting on Pacific Blue, coming up after Sunday Night Heat. It is then announced that Darren "Puke" Drozdov has recently challenged "Double J" Jeff Jarrett to a match, and that the challenge has been accepted on Jarrett's behalf by Tennessee Lee and will take place later tonight.

We see another edition of Droz's World where Darren "Puke" Drozdov talks about other people's reactions to his tattoos.

Darren "Puke" Drozdov beats "Double J" Jeff Jarrett. During the match, Southern Justice (Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight) show up, briefly distracting Drozdov. They are later met by The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh), who distract the referee as Tennessee Lee tosses one of his cowboy boots to Jarrett. Droz grabs the boot instead, and hits Jarrett with the boot to get the win. After the match, Jarrett argues with Tennessee Lee, and the argument gets physical as Jarrett pushes Tennessee Lee only for Lee to push back. Tennessee Lee tells Jarrett that he is the problem, but when he sics Southern Justice on Jarrett, Southern Justice turn on Tennessee Lee, beating him up along with Jarrett. Jarrett then tells the crowd that if they don't like him and Southern Justice, they can kiss his ass.

Paul Bearer, Kane and Mankind show up again. Mankind is seen carrying an ice scraper to the ring, and says that tonight, he will tear The Undertaker apart. All of a sudden, Kane grabs Mankind by the throat and tosses him off the apron and into a commentary table before punching Paul Bearer out. After hitting Mankind with the steel steps and stomping Paul Bearer, he hits Mankind with the Tombstone Piledriver before removing his mask and revealing himself to be The Undertaker in disguise the whole time to end the show.