Feel The Heat - Sunday Night Heat recap for September 20, 1998

Mankind beats a less-than-focused Dustin Runnels with the Mandible Claw with The Rock and "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock at ringside in case Kane and The Undertaker show up. During the match, WWF owner Vince McMahon is seen talking to Kane and The Undertaker backstage. After the match, Dustin Runnels is still in the ring when Val Venis shows up. Venis says life must have gotten Dustin a little down recently, and says that his wife Terri Runnels has been down as well. Venis then says he is a kind and charitable man who likes to spread his good cheer wherever possible, and decides to raise Dustin's emotions to brand new heights by playing his latest video, How Terri Got Her Groove. In the film, Terri is seen in bed with Venis, who says he understands how tough it must be to see his wife in bed with another man, and that he can only thing that harder. Terri says it is "The Big Valbowski." Dustin is inconsolable, and Venis says that if anybody knows how hard "The Big Valbowski" is, it is his wife.

Backstage, Michael Cole interviews Kane and The Undertaker. The Undertaker asks why everyone feels it is necessary to anger him and Kane, and when Cole has no answer, The Undertaker says his business deal is just business. He says he has no love lost for WWF owner Vince McMahon, and if he were on fire, he would not pour scalding hot water on him. As far as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin goes, it is neither his nor Kane's fault that Vince is angered, and that he should be focused on their match for the WWF Championship so that the only thing Austin loses is the WWF title. When Cole says that their plan could be flawed with Mankind, The Rock and "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock waiting for them, The Undertaker tells Cole he is starting to push his luck and says that as far as they go, they need to understand that if they get in his and Kane's way, they will be hurt badly. He says that they should think long and hard before sticking their noses in their business, for they take no prisoners and show no mercy. As for The Disciples of Apocalypse (Skull and 8-Ball), DOA stands for "dead on arrival," which is what happens with their careers when they get in the ring tonight, as they stand between them and something they want very badly. While the D.O.A. cannot be the first victims, they can be the next. Kane then takes the microphone and talks through his autolarynx, and tells Austin that his and The Undertaker's destiny will be Austin's demise. All of a sudden, Mankind rushes towards them, and The Rock and Shamrock join in on the assault. Vince McMahon tries to break the brawl up to no avail, and referees and officials have to pull everyone apart. The brawl ends with The Undertaker and Kane brandishing sledgehammers.

Backstage, WWF owner Vince McMahon tries to talk to Mankind, and tells him to leave along with The Rock and "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock out of the arena for their collective protection.

Jacqueline beats Luna Vachon with a Figure Four Leg Lock. After the match, Sable tells Jacqueline to get back in the ring. Jacqueline returns and tells Sable she doesn't tell her what to do and that she has something for her that isn't a bikini or arm wrestling contest. Tomorrow night on Raw, she is challenging her to a wrestling match, and dares her to pin her if she is woman enough. Sable says pinning Jacqueline should be easy enough, since she gets nailed enough. She then accepts the challenge.

Mankind, The Rock and "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock are seen being escorted out of the arena.

Before the next match, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn tries to do "Road Dogg" Jesse James' part of the intro due to Road Dogg's throat issues, but he messes up and skips ahead to his usual part.

"Double J" Jeff Jarrett and The Nation (D'Lo Brown and Owen Hart) beat D-Generation X ("Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley, X-Pac, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn). During the match, a few production botches involving a circular wipe to black, a Sunday Night Heat logo suddenly showing up, the "double feature" replay showing the exact same thing and a few color bar test patterns occur, much to the bemusement of the announce team. Later in the match, Southern Justice (Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight) brawl at ringside along with "Road Dogg" Jesse James, and Mark Canterbury hits X-Pac with a pump handle slam before D'Lo hits the Lo-Down for the win. After the match, "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry attacks Triple H on the ramp.

When the next match featuring Edge is announced, the color test bar pattern appears again.

Cameras are seen inside the production truck with Al Snow messing with things. The production staff call security on Al Snow.

Edge quickly beats Taka Michinoku. During the match, head of WWF security Jim Dotson and two police officers are seen heading to the production truck. After the match, the rest of Kaientai (Sho Funaki, Men's Teioh, Dick Togo). Suddenly, Gangrel shows up and slams Yamaguchi-san, causing Kaientai to run. Gangrel then tells Edge that he will come home.

Al Snow is seen being handcuffed by local law enforcement in the production truck.

Al Snow is seen being led in handcuffs to the ring, where WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter waits for him. After Slaughter berates Snow and tells him that he is not wanted in the World Wrestling Federation. Al Snow then laughs because Head sneezed up his butt and he cannot stick a Tic-Tac up there. Slaughter says Snow needs discipline and that enough is enough, and if Snow wants to keep showing up, then he had better be at Raw tomorrow night, as he will challenge him to a Boot Camp Match. Snow wants to know what is in it for him and Head if they win, and Slaughter says that if they can somehow win, he will reinstate him. After he dismisses Snow, he then attacks Snow - who is still handcuffed - from behind and gets him in a Cobra Clutch. Head of WWF security Jim Dotson has to pull Slaughter off Snow. Slaughter then tells Snow to beware of the Cobra Clutch.

WWF owner Vince McMahon guests on commentary for the next match.

The Undertaker and Kane beat The Disciples of Apocalypse (Skull and 8-Ball).

Raw Deal - Raw recap for September 14, 1998

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The show starts with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin coming to the ring, and WWF owner Vince McMahon, The Undertaker and Kane are already there. An irate McMahon screams that he is tired of Austin carrying around his own custom WWF Championship, and after Break Down, he won't have to. Vince reiterates that he has introduced a master plan that would culminate in Austin losing the title, and that he has ordered a triple threat for the title between Austin, Kane and The Undertaker. However, Vince adds that there is a business arrangement, as he has granted The Undertaker and Kane a title shot, but will do something for him in exchange. Vince says he will never forgive or forget Austin, and while The Undertaker and Kane still have no love lost between each other, if they scratch his back, he scratches theirs, and by "scratching his back," he means "protect his back." Vince tells Austin that if he lays a hand on him, The Undertaker and Kane will annihilate him, even though that will happen to Austin at Break Down, anyway. Vince says he is able to guarantee Austin losing the title because of a new stipulation in the Triple Threat Match just a moment ago: The Undertaker is prohibited from defeating Kane in the match, and Kane cannot do the same to The Undertaker. Vince then spells it out: the match is a glorified 2-on-1 handicap match for the WWF Championship. Vince then tells Austin that since he does not want to do business and always wants to do it his way, Austin will remember one thing when he is defeated: "Stone Cold screwed Stone Cold." As he says this statement, Vince jabs his finger into Austin's chest repeatedly. As expected, Austin punches Vince, and The Undertaker and Kane gang up on Austin as promised. Austin is choke slammed by both The Undertaker and Kane, and Vince mocks Austin before leaving the ring. Before The Undertaker, Kane and Austin leave, The Undertaker tells Austin that it's nothing personal and just business. Vince then tells Austin that tonight, he will be defending the WWF Championship against "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock.

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin is seen backstage, and he is not in a good mood.

"Double J" Jeff Jarrett beats "Road Dog" Jesse James. During the match, Southern Justice (Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight) drag Road Dog out of the ring, which starts a brawl between them and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn and X-Pac. As referee Tim White is keeping Billy Gunn back at ringside, Jeff Jarrett is able to hit Road Dog in the throat with the neck of his guitar. Road Dog has to be helped to the back after the match by Billy Gunn and X-Pac.

"Road Dog" Jesse James is helped into an ambulance backstage after the attack on him by "Double J" Jeff Jarrett. Billy Gunn snaps on WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter when Slaughter asks if Road Dog is okay.

"The Rock" Rocky Maivia has hatched up a game plan for Kane with the rest of The Nation (Owen Hart, D'Lo Brown, "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry), but as The Rock breaks it down for them, disagreement can be sensed within The Nation.

"The Rock" Rocky Maivia beats Kane. During the match, the referee is accidentally knocked down by The Rock's foot during a a Tombstone Piledriver attempt by Kane. After The Rock hits The People's Elbow, The Undertaker shows up and goes after The Rock. As Kane watches, Mankind - who has not been seen since SummerSlam - appears with a sledgehammer and smashes the hammer into Kane's back before running back to the back. The Undertaker chases Mankind to the back, and the referee is able to come to and give The Rock the pinfall. The Undertaker checks on Kane after the match, then grabs the microphone and tells Mankind that this has gone way too long and that it ends once and for tonight. He challenges Mankind to a match, and tells him to bring his sledgehammer.

Michael Cole interviews Mankind, who now has a visible bruise on his face and bandages on his left hand. Mankind says he used his left hand to block the sledgehammer, and says he is lucky that he did not look all that good to begin with. He accepts The Undertaker's challenge, for he has been working on scientific moves and is looking forward toa fair fight. He then smashes a steel drum with his sledgehammer.

Dustin Runnels is in the ring, where he welcomes everyone to Hell as the WWF is stained with vulgar language, aggression and sex. Runnels then tells Val Venis that he told him He is coming, and when He gets here, he will repent. Val Venis shows up, asks if he will repent because he works hard or because he plays hard. He then introduces him to his latest video entitled "The Preacher's Wife." We then see a short clip where Venis explains that he got back at Dustin for attacking him last on Sunday Night Heat by sleeping with Terri Runnels, aka Marlena. Dustin Runnels is aghast and breaks down, and Val Venis tells Dustin Runnels that getting on his knees must run int he family.

We see a vignette for Steven Regal: a man's man. Here, we see him cut a tree with an ax.

"Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley retains the WWF Intercontinental Championship against Owen Hart. During the match, Chyna hits "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry with a right hand after X-Pac tries to stop Henry from further confronting her, distracting Owen. After the match, Mark Henry tells X-Pac that if he wants to play with him, they can play tonight, and makes it a 2-on-1 handicap where Chyna will fight along X-Pac since he "looks like he is about a buck-five." Henry tells X-Pac and Chyna that he will prevail tonight.

Mankind is seen pushing a dumpster backstage while placing weapons inside of it.

WAR ZONE

Mankind brings a sledgehammer and ladder with him to the ring before the next match, and the dumpster that he pushed around backstage is already in front of the ring. When The Undertaker shows up, he brings a sledgehammer of his own as Kane accompanies him. Referee Tim White has to take Mankind's sledgehammer away from him as he tries to strike The Undertaker with it before the match can begin, but before The Undertaker can hit Mankind with his, Mankind gets the Mandible Claw in, starting the match.

The violent match between Mankind and The Undertaker ends in an no-contest. During the match, "The Rock" Rocky Maivia comes out of the dumpster and stops The Undertaker from hitting Mankind with a sledgehammer after a Tombstone Piledriver on the chair. After tossing Mankind into the crowd - and presumably out of harm's way - The Undertaker and Kane trail The Rock to the back, and the match ends.

Edge and Gangrel wrestle to a double count-out. Gangrel then tells a downed edge "My blood flows through your veins" and that "eternity is forever."

"The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry beats Chyna and X-Pac. X-Pac is asked to start the match at the recommendation of referee Jack Doan. Shortly after the start of the match, D'Lo Brown shows up to watch the match from ringside, and "Double J" Jeff Jarrett and Southern Justice (Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight) watch the match from the aisle. Later on, D'Lo Brown grabs at Chyna's foot as she tries to get into the match, and though X-Pac stops D'Lo with a drop kick, Mark Henry is able to recover and hit Chyna with a power slam as she comes down from the middle rope.

Sable beats Jacqueline in an Evening Gown Match. (After the match, the camera focuses on a woman watching the match from the front row. This woman would appear later in the year and into the following year as Tori.) After the match, Sable takes off her evening gown for the fans.

Michael Cole interviews "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock, who says it is about time that he gets a shot at the WWF Championship, as the WWF keeps putting opponents in front of him and he keeps defeating them. He tells "Stone Cold" Steve Austin that he is looking at the calm before the storm.

"The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock vs. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin for the WWF Championship ends when The Undertaker and Kane show up and attack both men. "The Rock" Rocky Maivia and Mankind rush in and fight The Undertaker and Kane, and WWF owner Vince McMahon shows up on the stage, confused as to what is going on. Austin gets back in the ring with a steel chair and hits The Undertaker and Kane in the back with it before chasing Vince to the back as the show ends.

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 August 17, 1998

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"Stone Cold" Steve Austin tries to force his way into WWF owner Vince McMahon's office backstage.

The show starts with a hearse backing up into the arena. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin comes out of the driver's seat, and gets in the ring to tell WWF owner Vince McMahon to either get in the ring or he'll sit there and drink about 23 more beers until he does. Pat Patterson shows up, followed by Gerald Brisco, followed by WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter. It is then and only then after Austin asks someone to fetch him another beer than Vince shows up. As Vince heads to the ring, it is announced that Vince McMahon will be live on America On-Line this Thursday night at 8 PM Eastern, 7 PM Central (Keyword: WWF). Austin tells Vince he must be happy that he and The Undertaker are no longer tag team champs, but Vince says "not really." Austin says Vince is so full of crap it's unreal, but that is okay with him because he and The Undertaker are no longer "bound together" due to tag team gold, as he does not trust or depend on anybody. As for The Undertaker saying he pissed him off, Austin says he was "born pissed off." As for "having one foot in the grave," he plans to pull the foot out of the grave and put it in The Undertaker's ass to let him know how SummerSlam will be like before he beats him and stuffs him in the hearse. Austin threatens to stuff Vince in the hearse if he gets in his way, and chauffeur the three of them down the highway to Hell that is SummerSlam.

The rest of The Nation ("The Rock" Rocky Maivia, D'Lo Brown, "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry) are ejected from ringside before the next match.

Dan "The Beast" Severn beats "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock and Owen Hart in a Triple Threat Match by choking Shamrock out as Owen kicks as Shamrock's abdomen. Owen and Severn continue to beat up Shamrock, but "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman shows up, attacks Owen and stares down Severn before checking on Shamrock. Severn then chokes out Blackman from behind, and Owen then attacks Blackman. Referees and officials have to rush in to restore order. Severn the does a double high-five with Owen Hart before leaving. Shamrock then snaps, and Blackman tells Shamrock he came in to save him. Shamrock calms down a little bit, then threatens to knock fifty pounds off WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter after he says something to him.

Bart Gunn beats "The Godfather" Kama Mustafa by knockout in the third round to continue to the finals of the Brawl For All Tournament. Before the match, Jerry "The King" Lawler calls President Bill Clinton (or in this case, an impersonator), who says that he "likes it Raw" and that "even Monica knows that." The Godfather considers giving Bart Gunn a choice to either fight him or spend a night with his hoes, but then decides against it and says he's going to kick his ass. After the match, Gunn from Jim Ross, to which Jim Ross replies "Nothing's given; you've earned it."

"The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman and "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock are seen tearing things up backstage while looking for Owen Hart and Dan "The Beast" Severn, while Gangrel - a man with a gothic, vampiric gimmick - is seen backstage waiting for his debut, which is next.

Michael Cole announces that Owen Hart's trainer for his Lion's Den Match against "The World's Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock is none other than Dan "The Beast" Severn. Owen and Severn have already left the building, but Shamorck and "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman will make a statement concerning this later tonight.

Gangrel beats "Too Sexy" Brian Christopher in his Raw debut. Edge is seen in the crowd, paying close attention to Gangrel as he makes his entrance, which involved Gangrel coming out through a ring of fire in the stage and drinking blood from a goblet before spitting it out.

Michael Cole interviews "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock, who says that there had better be two hospital beds for Owen Hart and Dan "The Beast" Severn, as he will pop every bone in their bodies. He then threatens to do the same to Michael Cole if he does not leave, before he and "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman trash the backstage set.

Cameras are trained on the entrance to the arena as commentary waits on The Undertaker to arrive.

Michael Cole interviews D-Generation X ("Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Chyna, X-Pac, "Road Dog" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) concerning their Street Fight with The Nation ("The Rock" Rocky Maivia, D'Lo Brown, "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry). Before they can say anything, The Nation shows up and both sides brawl backstage. Referees and officials are quickly in place to try to stop the carnage.

The Disciples of Apocalypse (Skull and 8-Ball) beat Faarooq and Scorpio. During the match, Jerry "The King" Lawler interviews "President Bill Clinton," who says that despite all the scandals, his job is getting done. Also during the match, the brawl between D-Generation X ("Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley, X-Pac, "Road Dog" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) and The Nation ("The Rock" Rocky Maivia, Owen Hart, D'Lo Brown, "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry) continues backstage, and the brouhaha quickly spills into the arena. The brawl between DX and The Nation distracts the referee, allowing Skull and 8-Ball to switch places after Scorpio hits the 450 Splash.

WAR ZONE

After the commercial break, the Street Fight between the brawl between D-Generation X ("Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley, X-Pac, "Road Dog" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) and The Nation ("The Rock" Rocky Maivia, D'Lo Brown, "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry) starts proper.

The Street Fight between the brawl between D-Generation X ("Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley, X-Pac, "Road Dog" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) and The Nation ("The Rock" Rocky Maivia, D'Lo Brown, "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry) ends in chaos. During the match, "Double J" Jeff Jarrett and Southern Justice (Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight) get involved, attacking both X-Pac and "Road Dog" Jesse James as Jarrett cuts some of X-Pac's hair. Triple H is ganged up on by The Nation and even has his mouth busted open.

Tiger Ali Singh and Abu show up. Singh makes fun of America again, saying that the people of India are in way better condition than the people of America. We see footage of Abu training heavily, and we see that Abu is still caked in sweat from being unable to bathe himself afterward. Tiger Ali Singh then offers $500 cash to anyone who is willing to lock Abu's unwashed feet. Abu picks a person out of the audience, and Abu removes one of his socks so that he will lick the toe jam between Abu's toes, which the young man is all too eager to do. He gets his $500 and quickly leaves after showing it off on camera.

The arm wrestling contest between Sable and Jacqueline ends in controversy. Before the contest, Sable shows up with Jacqueline's bikini contest trophy and says that if she wants it back, to come and get it. During the arm wrestling contest, Jacqueline pushes the table onto Sable, and smashes the bikini contest trophy on Sable's back. "Marvelous" Marc Mero shows up, but The Oddities (Luna Vachon, Golga, Kurrgan, Giant Silva) rush in and both Mero and Jacqueline flee. The Oddities check on Sable and help her up and to the back.

Michael Cole interviews Val Venis, who wants to run the gauntlet against Kaientai (Dick Togo, Men's Teioh, Sho Funaki, Taka Michinoku, Yamaguchi-san) as he has been conditioned to run all night along, and if he wins, he gets five minutes with Yamaguchi-san during which he will show him what it's like to be severed at the head.

On Droz's World, Darren "Puke" Drozdov talks about his tattoos and body piercings.. We then see footage of some guy in a production room who says "anyone who yaks is an okay person in my book."

Bradshaw beats Darren "Puke" Drozdov to continue to the finals of the Brawl For ALl Tournament.

It is announced that Al Snow is back in the World Wrestling Federation. We then see Al Snow talking to Head, who is on the floor drunk. Al Snow has to take the keys to the car from Head, who is close to losing his license.

Backstage, an angry Sable heads to the ring.

Dustin Runnels says that according to the Bible, your body is a temple, and that we should be careful what we put into it. He asks wy one should poison their mind. He suggest that instead of watching the next segment, one should curl up with a good book like Oliver Twist, Ivanhoe, or his personal favorite, the New Testament. He says the viewer will be glad they did, and that He is coming back. We then see the "The preceding was sponsored by the Evangelists Against Television, Movies & Entertainment" message.

Sable shows up, and calls Jacqueline out so they can fight. Jacqueline is on the TitanTron, saying she wasn't born yesterday and that if they want to fight, they'll do it at SummerSlam in a mixed tag team match. The Oddities (Luna Vachon, Golga, Kurrgan, Giant Silvan) then storm "Marvelous" Marc Mero's locker room and go after Mero and Jacqueline.

Michael Cole announces that The Undertaker has made it to the arena, and that it will not take long for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin to find him. In case the two men go at it, cameras will be backstage to capture the action.

Before the next match, Val Venis shows up with a pink Super Soaker. It is announced that Val Venis will show up on Code Red at WWF.com. Val Venis then tells the ladies that they can forget about trying to blackmail him, because even though he is not a screamer -unlike Bill Clinton - after he leaves his mark, he always "Shouts it out" before imitating the act of squirting a spray bottle. When Kaientai (Dick Togo, Men's Teioh, Sho Funaki, Taka Michinoku, Yamaguchi-san) shows up, WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter shows up and says only one man can be in or around the ring at any one time.

Kaientai (Dick Togo, Men's Teioh, Sho Funaki, Taka Michinoku) beat Val Venis in a Gauntlet Match after Taka hits the Michinoku Driver on Val Venis. During the match, Jerry "The King" Lawler calls "Bill Clinton," who says that he did not have any improper relationships with Monica Lewinsky and that it was "just good sex." After the match, Kaientai beat up and mock Val Venis, and also hold Venis down as Mrs. Yamaguchi slaps Venis. Venis then pulls out his pink Super Soaker and soaks everyone in the ring, including Mrs. Yamaguchi-san.

The Undertaker and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin confront each other in the ring. It is then revealed that Kane is in the ring with Austin, not The Undertaker, and is wearing The Undertaker's robe and clothes. Kane attacks Austin, and both men brawl in and out of the ring and into the crowd until Austin tosses Kane into the hearse and closes the back door. Austin tries to get in the hearse, but finds out that the door is locked and that the real Undertaker is in the driver's seat. The Undertaker drives away with Kane in the back to end the show.

Raw Deal - Raw recap for August 10, 1998

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The show starts with Mankind swinging a steel chair at things, saying he is not afraid of the truth and that he wants the truth.

Mankind takes the steel chair into the ring after the show intro, and says he is sick of being lied to and deceived, and would like the truth. He has finally realized, as much as it hurts, that there is only one man who has ever really given him the truth: WWF owner Vince McMahon, and calls him to the ring, demanding the truth. Mankind hands Vince the microphone, and Vince says that it must be humiliating for him to ask him to come out and help him find the truth, and says he detests people who need help and loathe people who rely on pillars of strength like him to get through the day, and that the mere sight of the infirmed and the invalid make his stomach turn. Mankind, however, is a special case, as he knows him and says he did not really invite him to the ring to help him, but instead to hurt him, and and hurt him he will, as when the truth is told, it hurts. Last week, Kane could have struck either Mankind or The Undertaker, and that it was no accident that he was hit in the head with a steel chair. When The Undertaker snatched the chair away, he could have annihilated Kane but went for Mankind instead. He then mentions what happened last night on Sunday Night Heat when The Undertaker disguised himself as Kane, and that it could have been Kane as Kane and The Undertaker are in cahoots against not only "Stone Cold" Steve Austin or Mankind, but the entire WWF roster, and that Kane and The Undertaker are one and the same. Kane and Paul Bearer show up, and Paul Bearer tells Vince to listen to him. It may be true that Vince may be the big manipulator in WWF and get in Mankind's mind, but he will be damned if Vince gets in his mind or Kane's mind. He asks Vince how he would feel if someone tried to poison his son's mind much like Vince has poisoned Kane's, and says he has watched Kane suffer for 20 years and that he will be damned if Vince ruins it. Bearer goes on to say he has been in the WWF for seven years and has made a lot of money thanks to Vince, and that he doesn't need him anymore and that he and Kane can hit the road if need be. However, Paul Bearer thinks it would only make Vince happy. Vince then points at Kane and says that Kane is not Paul Bearer's son and that Kane is a "son-of-a-bitch," and that Undertaker is disguised as Kane right now as he can smell the stench of death on him. He commands Kane to take the mask off or he will rip it off for him. Bearer says he will not touch Kane, and Vince goes for Kane's mask when the arena suddenly goes dark. When the lights come back, The Undertaker is in the ring with his hand on Vince's throat, and he is not dressed as Kane. Vince runs off, and The Undertaker beats up Mankind and Paul Bearer before chasing Vince to the back.

The Undertaker is seen entering the locker room...and Kane is inside.

Sable is special guest ring announcer for the next match. When Luna Vachon shows up with The Oddities (Kurrgan, Giant Silva Golga), the three of them are no longer with The Jackal or the Howard Stern characters.

Luna Vachon beats Jacqueline after Sable shakes the top rope to crotch Jacqueline on the top rope as the referee is preoccupied with "Marvelous" Marc Mero. After the match, Sable hands Jacqueline's bikini contest trophy to Luna.

The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dog" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) come to the arena in a limousine, and they are not in a good mood.

Darren "Puke" Drozdov beats Savio Vega on points to continue to the semi-finals of the Brawl For All Tournament, with Droz nearly knocking Vega out on at least two occasions.

"Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Chyna show up in a powder blue BMW sports car.

Chyna tells Michael Cole to suck it before pushing him into her and "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley's sports car.

L.O.D. 2000 (Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk) are on their way to the ring to face Southern Justice (Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight) when Hawk falls off the ramp when their pyro hits. Animal is irritated.

After the break, WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter tells Road Warrior Hawk he is not competing tonight, as it is evident that Hawk's personal problems are still a thing and Hawk insists there is nothing wrong with him. Animal has to face Southern Justice (Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight) alone. Dennis Knight confronts Hawk, and Hawk jumps on Knight before Southern Justice beat up Animal. As Hawk is carried off to the back, insisting nothing is wrong with him, Darren "Puke" Drozdov fights off Southern Justice before "Double J" Jeff Jarrett, now with shorter hair and facial hair, gets in the ring, hits Droz in the head with a guitar with the words "Don't piss me off!" on the back and proceeds to cut his hair.

The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dog" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn), X-Pac, and the duo of "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley all make separate entrances. Triple H is about to tell the crowd where D-Generation X (Triple H, Chyna, X-Pac, Road Dog, Billy Gunn) stands when X-Pac takes the mic and says he is tired of Triple H "and his bitch," and calls Triple H and Cyna "a couple of jackoffs." Triple H counters by saying the world's biggest jack-off is standing right in front of him and that Road Dog and Billy Gunn are two of the biggest jackoffs he's ever seen in his life. Triple H says that everyone in DX is a jack-off and that everyone is in agreement that they're all a bunch of jack-offs. Since they are all in agreement that they are a bunch of jack-offs and that they should do "the DX split." Instead of actaulylly splitting up, they decide to moon the crowd. Chyna grabs the microphone and asks Triple H and the rest of DX is if it ever occurred to them that the crowd is tired of seeing their asses every week. Triple H says no, and asks what the point is. Chyna says that if anyone is initiating a DX split, it's going to be her. Chyna ends up mooning the crowd instead, and, and the rest of DX celebrates while Triple H also moons the crowd himself.

Michael Cole interviews "Stone Cold" Steve Austin only to be taken into a shower and squirted with water from a shower head.

WAR ZONE

Before the next match, Bart Gunn tells Jim Ross to give him some respect, as he knocked out "Dr. Death" Steve Williams and that J.R. and the WWF keeps making excuses for him. Jim Ross admits that Bart Gunn was the better man, and that if he has a problem, his next Brawl For All opponent is in the ring right now. Bart Gunn says that if Vader doesn't knock "The Godfather" Kama Mustafa, he will, and that somebody is getting knocked out tonight. He then watches from ringside. The Godfather then asks Vader if he's ever been with a ho, and if he even knows what a ho is. He then cuts to the chase and offers Vader a choice between fighting him or spending the night with some of his finest hos, knowing full well Vader wants to fight him. Vader takes the hos, then tells Bart Gunn that if he has the same opportunity, to take the women. Bart Gunn knocks Vader out, then goes after The Godfather before referees and officials try to restore order.

Val Venis and John Wayne Bobbitt show up at the arena.

Dustin Runnels is shown on-screen wanting to talk about choices, stating that the segment deals with explicit subject manner and contains numerous genitalia, adultery and fornication references, and that it is also rife with gratuitous violence unfit for family viewing. He then says that the fans of the World Wrestling Federation can choose to send a message of the WWF by spending time watching quality programming, violent sensationalist nonsense, and that right now, there is a special on reptiles on Discovery Channel that is a better way to spend the evening. He then tells the parents that it is through their choices that they can prepare their children for eternal life, and that He is coming back. We then learn that the preceding message was sponsored by The Evangelists Against Television, Movies and Entertainment (which is acronym form is "EATME").

Val Venis is wheeled out to the ring by John Wayne Bobbitt and accompanied by Mrs. Yamaguchi-san. There is an ice pack located on Venis' genitalia, implying that Kaientai (Dick Togo, Men's Teioh, Sho Funaki, Yamaguchi-San) and Taka Michinoku has gotten the job done. "Jerry "The King" Lawler interviews Venis, who says that he comes to the fans a humble man and half the man that he used to be, and says if you live by the sword, you die by the sword. He says there is only one way to stomp the mighty boa, and that is to separate it at the head. He then tells the ladies to take a rain check on "those new snakeskin boots," because The Big Valbowski is alive and ready to bite. Val Venis takes off his clothes and reveals his wrestling trunks underneath, revealing his privates are alive and well. He says that thanks to a cold butcher's block, a little shrinkage and John Wayne Bobbitt cutting the lights, he is standing at full attention, cocked, locked and ready to unload. Bobbitt says he and Venis have had a great time, and he and Lawler make some penis-chopping jokes before Val Venis tells Mrs. Yamaguchi-san that no woman is worth the trouble she gave him and that they are breaking up. As Mrs. Yamaguchi-san leaves, Val Venis hands her a AA battery.

Edge is seen in the crowd.

Bradshaw beats "Marvelous" Marc Mero to continue to the semi-finals of the Brawl For All Tournament after four rands. Before the match, it is announced that Mero is back in the tournament and replacing "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman as Blackman has received a knee injury while training. During the match, the third match ends in a draw, and a fourth round occurs, much to the displeasure of the crowd.

Michael Cole interviews The Undertaker, who tells him that he will be doing his explaining in the ring.

The team of Kane and Mankind beat The Nation ("The Rock" Rocky Maivia and D'Lo Brown), the team of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and The Undertaker and The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dog" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) in a Four Corners Tag Team Match to become theWWF Tag Team Champions. Before the match, it is announced that "The Outlaw Rule" is in effect, meaning that one wrestler cannot pin their partner to win the match. "THe World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock then shows up and attacks Owen Hart before putting him in the anke lock, and THe Nation (The Rock, Owen Hart, "The Godfather" Kama Mustafa ,D'Lo Brown, "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry) and D-Generation X ("Triple H" Hunter Hearst Hemlsley, Chyna, X-Pac, Road Dogg, Jesse James) brawl. Due to the attack on Owen Hart by Shamrock, D'Lo Brown replaces Owen Hart in the match.

After Raw goes off the air, The Undertaker tells "Stone Cold" Steve Austin he wants the WWF Championship before leaving the ring.

Feel The Heat - Sunday Night Heat recap for August 2, 1998

WWF owner Vince McMahon introduces the host and star of Sunday Night Heat, his son Shane McMahon. Shane leaves, then comes back with two women (named Ally and Kylah) and heads to the commentary table. Shane joins in on commentary along with the two ladies, one of whom has posed for Playboy in lingerie, and even has his own make-up done in the middle of the first match.

Edge beats "Double J" Jeff Jarrett after Tennessee Lee mistakenly trips Double J. After the match, Double J shoves Tennessee Lee before heading to the back.

Amy Hunter-Cornelius and Mario Lopez of Pacific Blue are seen in the front row.

Jerry "The King" Lawler interviews D-Generation X ("Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Chyna, X-Pac). Lawler announces that WWF owner Vince McMahon has ordered a match between Triple H and X-Pac for tomorrow's night's Raw, with the winner getting a shot at the WWF Intercontinental Championship at SummerSlam. X-Pac makes it clear that he and Triple H are professionals and that they will go out tomorrow night, rip it up, and shake hands. After they both tell Vince to suck it, Triple H says that from the very beginning, when DX was formed, Vince could not stand them as they did exactly what we wanted, from what they wanted to say to whose ass they wanted to kick, and became the most titillating part of the show every week. He then says the crowd knows what they mean by "titillating," and if any of the ladies have the good, they have the time, and get a woman in a black vest to flash her breasts. Another woman flash her breasts after the interview ends.

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On "Droz's World," Darren "Puke" Drozdov talks about a time that "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry blew his nose in his shirt and how he responded by puking in front of it. We also hear from Tom Prichard and Mark Henry as we see some brief footage of the incident. Next time on "Droz's World," Drozdov talks about his tattoos.

Before the next match, Val Venis shows up on the stage with Mrs. Yamaguchi-san. Yamaguchi-san is furious. Val Venis and Mrs. Yamaguchi-san then caress and watch the match from the stage.

Darren "Puke" Drozdov and The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh) beat Kaientai (Dick Togo, Men's Teioh, Sho Funaki). After the match, Mrs. Yamaguchi-san leaves and Val Venis walks down the ramp to the ring. Kaientai and Yamaguchi-san leave, then Val Venis tries to turn Amy Hunter-Cornelius on in the front row. Mario Lopez gets shoved when he comes between them, and he leaps the guardrail before taking down Venis with a double-leg takedown. Mario Lopez is pulled off Venis and is escorted out of the building.

D'Lo Borwn retains the WWF European Championship against "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock after D'Lo agitates Severn, causing Severn to attack him. "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman shows up and has to play peacemaker between Shamrock and Severn. After Severn and Blackman, Shamrock smashes a chair on the floor mats at ringside and kicks down a set of steel steps.

Paul Bearer says the road to destruction begins tonight. It does not matter who they have to go through tomorrow night, for they will take back the WWF Tag Team Championships.

Shanna Moaker of Pacific Blue talks with Bart Gunn about his Brawl For All match against "Dr. Death" Steve Williams. Gunn says anything can happen in the WWF and that he has respect for Dr. Death, and when they got in the ring, he got him with a good left hook. After Shanna asks Bart Gunn to show her a few moves, she announces that Pacific Blue is coming up next.

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin is seen in the locker room, drinking beer and watching the next match.

The Nation (Owen Hart and The Rock) beat Kane and Mankind by count-out to become #1 contenders for the WWF Tag Team Championships tomorrow night on Raw.

Michael Cole interviews "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Austin says he tossed The Undertaker because he looked thirsty. As for the attack from Kane and Mankind, Austin says he was stupid to lower his guard, but finds it interesting that The Undertaker did not help him and that they are still only a team. He then says he has respect for "The Rock" Rocky Maivia and Owen Hart, he has all the respect in the world for them a tag team, but somebody is going to get their ass beat when the bell rings and he and The Undertaker will retain the WWF Tag Team Championships tomorrow night.

Vince's Got A Shotgun - Shotgun Saturday Night recap for April 18, 1998

Bradshaw beats Harley Lewis.

We hear from D-Generation X ("Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Chyna, X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn). Triple H and X-Pac tell Owen Hart to suck it, Billy Gunn says he and Road Dogg beat L.O.D. 2000 (Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk) before and that they can do it again. Road Dogg says dinosaurs don't wear gold; champions do.

Kevin Kelly interviews The Jackyl and Kurrgan in the ring. The Jackyl says that just as the prophet came down and licked the wounds of the lepers clean, so today shall he walk into the miasmatic scum that is the crowd in the arena tonight. He says the stench that emanates from the crowd can only be matched by the stench that is at the top of Titan Towers, and the stench is the stench of conspiracy against him. He says that he is sick of the fact that he is constantly censored, kept off live television and banned from house shows despite being the best speaker in the World Wrestling Federation and "over like nobody's business." He says there are people in the WWF with limited intellect and ability who have jobs in the WWF today because of him, and that in six months, Kurrgan has gone from a corporate sideshow to the most feared man in the WWF. The Jackyl then announces that he will take over the WWF and that his revolution is coming, and he tells the fans - whom he considers too dumb to participate in "intellectual intercourse" - to listen to every word he says and "Jackyl off."

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Too Much ("Too Sexy" Brian Christopher and Scott "Too Hot" Taylor) beat Ace Darling and Devon Storm.

The Nation (The Rock, D'Lo Brown, "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry) beats Al Phillips, Brian Knighton and Mark Shrader.

We hear from Faarooq, who says that Unforgiven could not be a more fitting title for the way he feels. He says that he raised The Nation to where they are in the WWF, but he brought them in and he can take them out along with "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock and "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman.

The Quebecers (Jacques and Pierre) vs. The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh) ends in a double disqualification after all four men in both teams keep fighting each other in the ring. During the match, it is announced that Tennessee Lee will be guesting on commentary next week to get the word out about "Double J" Jeff Jarrett's performance with Sawyer Brown at Unforgiven.