WWF Raw is War
Report
August 3 1998
By Maddog
Fresh off their win over Kane and Mankind the
previous night on Sunday Night Heat, The Rock and Owen Hart demanded their shot against
World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champions Stone Cold Steve Austin and the Undertaker
to open RAW IS WAR. The titleholders obliged--until Kane and Mankind made an appearance!
While the Phenom was occupied with Paul Bearer's tandem, the Texas Rattlesnake cleared
Owen and The Rock from the ring with a steel chair!
Flanked by Bikini Contest winner Jacqueline, "Marvelous" Marc Mero was set to
face Golga of the Parade of Human Oddities. However, Sable made an appearance to accompany
the "Eric Cartman" idolizer to the ring! In a surprise announcement, the femme
fatale announced she had put her rivalry with Princess Luna behind her, and stepped aside
as Kurrgan and Silva serenaded their "Miss America"! According to Sable, she
found the Parade to be "very nice people" once she got to know them. When
Jacqueline tried to interfere in the match, Luna brutalized her nemesis--leading to an
all-out cat fight! With the referee in the middle of the two ladies, the giant Silva
chokeslammed Mero, opening the door for Golga to get the win with a cannonball-like move.
After the victory, the Parade celebrated with their new entrance music performed by the
Insane Clown Posse!
Prior to a second-round Brawl For All bout pitting Scorpio and the Godfather, Dan
"The Beast" Severn announced he had withdrawn from the tournament because he had
nothing to prove. Then, the Nation played Santa and offered the Hardcore athlete to take
the night off with his "ho ho hos" rather than face him! Scorpio chose the
match, and ended up losing all three rounds and the bout to the Las Vegas native.
The self-proclaimed "soon to be Federation Tag Team Champions," the New Age
Outlaws stared pure evil in the face in a match with Kane and Mankind. While the lights
were out, Road Dog and Billy dragged the Boiler Room Dweller outside the ring and pummeled
him to start the contest. All-out bedlam soon erupted, as both teams took turns smacking
each other with steel chairs! Following a double-suplex, the Outlaws appeared to have the
pin on Kane, but Mankind latched the Mandible Claw on Billy! With Road Dog by his
lonesome, Bearer's son Tombstoned his foe for the win.
Prior to his match with Double J, Hawk of LOD 2000 apologized to World Wrestling
Federation fans and Titan Sports for his actions the previous week on RAW IS WAR. Although
he failed to explain his disposition, he asked everyone to forgive him. After a commercial
break, Hawk hit the ring and beat Jeff Jarrett with a neckbreaker despite interference
from Tennessee Lee. While Animal congratulated his partner on the win, Southern Justice
attacked their foes from behind--leading Droz to make the save for his friends.
To open Warzone, Federation owner Mr. McMahon entered the ring with Patterson, Brisco
and Slaughter. The boss discussed the alleged "conspiracy theory" he thinks
exists between the Undertaker and Kane--reviewing what he called suspicious
"coincidences" involving the brothers! McMahon challenged the Phenom to come out
and prove him wrong, and was obliged by the superstar. However, before the Undertaker
could speak Stone Cold hit the ring, ripped the owner and stated his partner could have
both titles because he was only interested in whipping his ass at SummerSlam! While the
Rattlesnake exited, the Undertaker told the champion that he was only playing into
McMahon's plan to divide them, and invited him to come back in the ring to take his tag
team gold. The Reaper then announced he would watch Austin's back--UNTIL SummerSlam!
In a match to determine the number-one challenger to The Rock's Intercontinental gold
at SummerSlam, fellow DX members Triple H and X-Pac faced off! With Chyna by their sides,
both superstars entered the ring together, but unleashed unholy hell on each other after
the bell rang! Hunter concentrated on his friend's neck with Irish Whips and neckbreakers,
but X-Pac remained determined. However, in a surprise move Chyna ended her neutrality by
decking Pac--allowing Triple H to get the win with the Pedigree and the SummerSlam shot
against The Rock!
Looking for vengeance against Val Venis, Yamaguchi-san sent Teioh and Togo to face the
adult film star and Taka Michinoku. However, during the match the Light Heavyweight
Champion attacked his own partner! While Kaientai took turns annihilating Val, Taka
pointed at Yamaguchi's wife and exclaimed it was his SISTER! Following a commercial break,
the Japanese stars were seen dragging Venis into their locker room and produced a sword
before they ordered Federation cameras out! Later, as RAW IS WAR went off the air,
Federation officials busted in to find Val stripped bare--and Yamaguchi-san about to take
a horrific swing at his crotch with the weapon! For a further update on what happened to
Val, tune in to LiveWire this weekend!
Claiming he was wrestling the match under protest, European Champion D'Lo Brown faced
former UFC champion Dan "The Beast" Severn. Just after the bell rang, fellow
Nation member Mark Henry came down to support his partner, and was followed by
"Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman. However, all hell broke loose when Ken Shamrock
came down and assaulted D'Lo and Henry--leading to a disqualification for Severn! As
Blackman attempted to calm the former UFC foes, Edge appeared from the darkness to attack
the European titleholder!
Wealthy Indian superstar Tiger Ali Singh appeared on RAW IS WAR, claiming American
women would do anything to make a dollar. In a show of the power of his wealth, Tiger paid
a fan to take off her clothes--only to offer her cold hard cash to stop the humiliation!
According to Singh, there's no limit to how low Americans will go to earn what we cherish
most--money!
World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champions Stone Cold and the Undertaker lashed out
at The Rock and Owen Hart, but the Nation co-leaders were able to damage the Rattlesnake
with quick tags. While the Intercontinental Champion looked on with a busted nose and
bloodied lip, the Calgary native seemingly had his foe out cold with a sleeper. However,
Austin battled back and tagged his partner who issued a chokeslam to Owen! After a brawl
erupted on the outside between The Rock and Stone Cold, the Undertaker hit Hart with the
Tombstone for the victory. Following the bout, Mankind attacked and placed the Mandible
Claw on Austin--only to have Kane accidentally hit the Boiler Room Dweller with a chair.
After the Outlaws hit the ring, complete chaos broke out between all six superstars!