WWF March 1996 - 3/4, 3/11, 3/18, & 3/25

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Monday Night Raw 3/4/96

- A black and white video plays with snap shots of last week’s drama around the WWF Title plays, Bret going to the ring for the first time, Shawn getting jumped in the back, Bret and Diesel face to face in the locker room, Diesel headed to the ring, Bret heading to the ring a second time and dropping his stuff to brawl with Diesel. Some of the bigger spots in the Diesel-Bret match and it finishes up with Shawn Michaels laying both Diesel and Bret out with Sweet Chin Music!

-Vince announces as Raw comes on the air that Diesel and Shawn Michaels will face each other at Wrestlemania, and the winner will receive a future WWF Title shot.

--Raw starts with a bang as The Undertaker and The Giant meet in a Casket Match. A total slobberknocker, Taker looks like he is going to win after a rope walk ax handle and a chokeslam, but when he drags Giant to the casket and opens the lid



THIS MASKED MAN POPS OUT!!! HE APPLIES A DEATH GRIP TO UNDERTAKER, DRAGS HIM INTO THE CASKET AND DROPS HIM INSIDE!! GIANT SLAMS THE LID SHUT AND THE GIANT WINS!! Jimmy Hart jumps up and down in the ring and yells at The Giant and the masked man to pull Taker out and finish him off. But when they open the casket it is empty!!! Ross, McMahon and Lawler want to know who the masked man is and where the hell the Undertaker went??

-Todd Pettingill catches up with Jimmy Hart, The Giant and the masked man, Jimmy says the masked man is Mortis and the hold he used to put Taker down was the Amazonian Death Grip. Jimmy says Mortis was once a promising young wrestler till The Undertaker disfigured him in a match early in both their careers. Mortis was forced to don a mask, but still couldn’t get work in Wrestling, so he resigned himself to fighting in Death Match in the Amazonian Jungle, where he was undefeated. Jimmy says Mortis reached out to him and The Giant offering to aid them in the destruction of the Undertaker and they accepted his offer. Todd asks though, where did the Undertaker go? Giant says it doesn’t matter, he is gone, FOR GOOD, and now The Giant says he is going after the WWF Title!!!


-Hunter Hearst Helmsley with “The Millon Dollar Man” Ted Dibiase faces Bob Holly in our next match. Holly and Hunter put on a show with Hunter bumping some for Holly while Holly sold for Hunter as well, during the match we hear from European Champion Jake “The Snake” Roberts who agrees to defend the European Title against Hunter Hearst Helmsley at Wrestlemania XII. Hunter defeats Holly when Holly misses a top rope dropkick and eats a Pedigree.

-We then head backstage where Michael PS Hayes is with Diesel, The Kid and Razor Ramon collectively known as The Wolfpac! Hayes asks about what happened last week here on Raw with Shawn Michaels as well as about the match that has been signed for Wrestlemania between Diesel and Michaels and Diesel is irate. Diesel says Michaels signed his death warrant, his life isn’t worth spit!!! ,Diesel says the WWF Title belongs to him, and anyone who tries to take it will have to answer to him. On cue, HULK HOGAN walks up!!!! He and Diesel go face to face and Hogan cracks a smile and asks what does that mean for him? Before Diesel can say anything Razor Ramon pipes up, he says that Hogan has been getting in their way lately, and they don’t like it. Ramon says Hogan may think he’s a big shot, but Ramon knows he ain’t nothing but a big goof, Ramon calls Hogan the Huckster and says that he’d love to get Hogan in the ring and carve him up. Hogan tells Ramon if that’s what he wants, then he’s got it, RIGHT HERE TONIGHT!!! Hogan shoves Ramon into Diesel and decks The Kid!!! Hogan leaves as the Wolfpac collects themselves and Ramon yells after Hogan!!!


-The Road Warriors make their return after their suspension, Ross points out that the Roadies have changed their face paint from the bright colors they have been wearing to very dark, ominous colors. Their opponents, Hurricane Castillo Jr. and Miguel Perez Jr. await in the ring. Ross puts Perez and Castillo over as multi time WWC Tag Team Champions. They try and take the fight right to the Road Warriors, but it’s to no avail, the Roadies are in a mood not seen since the mid 80’s. They tear Perez and Castillo apart, pinning Castillo after a Doomsday Device. After the match Jim Ross interviews the Road Warriors after the match and they say that they can’t wait to rip the Hart Foundation apart at Wrestlemania XII, Road Warriors say they aren’t playing nice anymore, The Legion of Doom is here to crack skull, break spleens and tear out medulla oblongata and eat them!!!!! WHAT A RUSH!!!!



- We go to video of a sit down interview that Jim Ross conducted with “Stone Cold” Steve Austin down in Victoria, Texas. Ross was quick to ask Austin about the handshake he gave Hulk Hogan, Austin says not to make too much of it, he is a man of his word and he said if Hogan could pin him for the 1-2-3 he’d shake the man’s hand and that’s what he did. It doesn't mean he likes Hogan, hell, he still can’t stand the sumabitch. Talk then turns to how Austin broke into the wrestling world, they talk about him being down in Texas and being trained by Chris Adams in the Sportatorium, Austin talks about how damn much he wanted it. He talked about sleeping in cars, eating very little and wrestling for nothing just so that he could one day make it to the big time. Austin says all he wanted to do was make it to a Wrestlemania, it’s what he lived for, it’s what kept him going day in and day out wrestling in little towns no one ever heard of, not eating anything but a can of beans for days and sharing a room with 12 other guys just so he could wrestle in front of people. Ross asks Austin if it was all worth it and Austin says it damn sure was because he is here in the WWF. Back in the arena Ross says that part 2 of the interview with Austin will play next week where they will talk about wrestling for WCW and then making it here to the WWF.

-Vince can’t believe how well Wrestlemaina is stacking up. They quickly go over the matches already signed for the card, Jake “The Snake” Roberts will defend the European Title against Hunter Hearst Helmsley, the WWF Tag Team Titles will be up for grabs when Owen Hart and The British Bulldog defend against the Road Warriors, Shawn Michaels battles Diesel for a shot at the WWF Title and the big one, Hulk Hogan will attempt to gain his 6th WWF Title when he faces Bret “The Hitman” Hart!!! They then send us up to the ring where Jerry Lawler is about to conduct the Ms. WWF Pageant!!


Lawler can barely control himself he is so excited. There are 3 women in the ring, one of them being Debra, who has Jeff Jarrett standing with her. Lawler says that these women have survived voting on WWF.COM brought to you by America Online. They are each wearing a robe. Lawler says that each woman will remove their robes and the cheers of the crowd will decide who wins. The first woman steps up and removes her robe








She gets several cheers.


Debra then steps up and Jarrett removes her robe.





She gets several more cheers than the first girl, finally the third lady steps forward and removes her robe







The crowd EXPLODES!!!! Lawler grabs his chest like he is having a heart attack, both Debra and Jarrett protest the young ladies choice of attire!!!! Lawler gathers himself and announces the third lady, who goes by Sable, the winner!!! Jarrett and Debra are pissed!!! Jarrett grabs Sable by the arm while the first girls quickly retreats out of the ring!! Jarrett is saying he is going to teach Sable a lesson when


MARC MERO RUNS OUT OF THE BACK AND FOOTBALL SPEARS JARRETT!!!! Ross wants to know what the hell Mero is doing here? He walked out of the WWF last year!!!! Mero and Jarrett are rolling around the ring brawling until officials come out to pull them apart.


-In the Main Event, Hulk Hogan faces Razor Ramon, with Diesel and The Kid in his corner. Ramon and Hogan brawl for most of the match. The Kid tries to interfere and gets knocked out by Hogan. The referee gets knocked down late in the match and Diesel looks to take Hogan’s head off when Bret Hart comes running down the aisle!!! Bret knocks Diesel out of the ring!!! Bret and Diesel brawl on the outside, Hogan backdrops out of the Razor’s Edge, whips Ramon into the ropes, connects with a big boot and a leg drop to get the three count and the victory!!! Bret and Hogan fight the Wolfpac off after the match, Bret offers his hand to Hogan and the two men who will face off at Wrestlemania shake hands in the ring. Raw’s parting shot is of Hogan and Bret, shaking hands with the Wrestlemania XII banner high in the air between them!

Monday Night Raw 3/11/96

A total scramble backstage for the WWF before Raw began as Hulk Hogan tried to pull a power play. Hogan was scheduled to turn heel on Bret Hart on Raw and join up with The Wolfpac, something Hogan agreed to as a part of the deal brokered by The Undertaker and Yokozuna. Hogan pulled his creative control clause in his contract and stated that if he was forced to turn heel he would leave the building and not return, plus he would not show up for Wrestlemania. Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon are said to be furious, as is The Undertaker who put the entire thing together to help keep things going in the WWF. Taker reportedly asked for a chance to try and straighten it all out, so Hogan had the Giant by his side for the entire evening and refused to leave his dressing room. Vince gave into Hogan’s demands, and scrapped the heel turn, but it cause Vince and his team to rewrite Raw, Wrestlemania and scrap several plans for the rest of the year. Word is Hogan lost any support he had outside of his circle after the power play with several wrestlers in the WWF refusing to work with him.


-Mortis with Jimmy Hart and Savio Vega mix it up to kick Raw off, the masked Mortis is impressive, but Savio is no push over. The two even fight into the front row of the crowd at one point while Jimmy Hart has the referee distracted. The match finally gets back into the ring and Mortis hits a Flatliner to get the win out of nowhere. The Giant comes down to the ring and chokeslams Vega after the match. He gets the mircrophone and demands that he be given a WWF Title shot because he finished the Undertaker off once and for all. Suddenly the lights go out, smoke begins to fill the arena and a purple light shines on several druids who push out a casket. The leave it by the ring, Giant wants to know that the hell this is, he and Mortis get out of the ring, leaving Jimmy Hart alone. Mortis swings he Casket open and Giant prepares to attack whomever is inside, but the Casket is empty!!! The lights go out again, and when they come back on THE UNDERTAKER IS IN THE RING AND HE HAS JIMMY HART IN POSITION FOR THE TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER!!!!! TAKER TOMBSTONES JIMMY HART!!! GIANT AND MORTIS DASH BACK TO THE RING, THE LIGHTS GO OUT AND WHEN THEY COME BACK ON TAKER IS GONE AND JIMMY HART IS OUT COLD IN THE CENTER OF THE RING!!!

-Vince McMahon holds the Bret “The Hitman” Hart-Hulk Hogan contract signing for their match at Wrestlemania XII in the center of the ring. Hogan and Hart are very complementary of each other as they each sign the contract. Vince calls this the biggest main event in the history of Wrestlemania. The Wolfpac’s music plays and Diesel, Razor Ramon and The Kid come out and stand in the aisle. They aren’t happy with what Bret did last week, getting involved in Razor’s match with Hogan and they say that if Bret wants a piece of the Wolfpac again, how about teaming up with Hogan to face them, since teaming with someone to battle the Wolfpac worked out so well before for Bret Hart before. Bret says he knows he can trust Hogan and accepts the challenge of the Wolfpac for tonight here on RAW!!!

-”Marvelous” Marc Mero with Sable defeats The Sultan with a Shooting Star Press. Mero is wearing his Johnny B. Badd attire and pretty much copying that gimmick as opposed to the Wildman gimmick he did last year. The Sultan pounded Mero quite a bit, but Mero wasn’t backing down in his return to the WWF. A cut in interview with Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett and Debra plays where Jarrett states that Mero doesn’t belong in the WWF. Ross brings up Mero’s challenge to Jarrett to meet him at Wrestlemania, Jarrett says Mero doesn’t deserve to be in the ring with him and refuses, Ross questions Jarrett’s manhood, Jarrett gets angry and says that he’ll face Mero at Wrestlemania and he’ll even put the Intercontiental Title on the line, IF Mero can beat him here next week in a Non title match!!! Debra is angry about losing last week and finally says she has had enough of watching that hussy wear her MS. WWF Sash and storms down to the ring leaving the interview. Debra grabs Sable and the two get into a cat fight at ringside just as Mero is pinning Irwin!!! Sable and Debra roll into the ring, they are clawing at each other when Mero tries to pull them apart, Jarrett arrives and shoves Mero for touching Debra, AND MERO KNOCKS JARRETT OUT WITH THE KISS THAT DON’T MISS UPPERCUT!!! JARRETT IS SPREAD EAGLE OUT COLD IN THE RING AS SABLE CHARGES DEBRA AGAIN!!! SABLE RIPS DEBRA’S DRESS OFF!! DEBRA RUNS AWAY IN HER BRA AND PANTIES AS JARRETT LAYS MOTIONLESS IN THE RING!!!

- We are then treated to part 2 of Jim Ross’ interview with “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. Austin now talks about joining WCW and how he got a call from them promising him the moon, they promised him World Titles, fame and glory, they promised him main events and the like and at first things seemed OK, he quickly won titles and he was feuding with some of the better wrestlers in the World, but then WCW started ignoring him. Ross says this is when Austin started teaming with a man who was his best friend, Brian Pillman. Austin says that Pillman and him were tighter than brothers, the best of friends, and together they proceeded to tear WCW down around the ears of those aging stars that wouldn't give up their spots. Austin says some big shots saw what was happening and got in his ear and convinced him that Pillman was holding him back, he says he and Pillman split and WCW got what it wanted, the hottest thing ever in pro wrestling died before it could get off the ground. Austin says it wasn’t long after that his contract with WCW ended, and that’s when things got interesting because his other buddy Diamond Dallas Page gave him a call and told him he was going to the WWF and the WWF wanted Austin too. Austin says he got to the WWF and it was everything he ever wanted, he walked in and in his first month took the Intercontinental Title away from Razor Ramon and held onto that thing for longer than anyone else ever has or probably ever will. Austin talks about teaming with Shawn Michaels and trying to win the WWF Title, and then talk turns to the feud with Hogan. Austin says he went after Hogan because Hogan was the biggest name ever in wrestling, and he knew if he put Hogan out to pasture it would put him right there as the next biggest thing. Plus Austin says whenever he looks at Hogan, all he can think about is those guys in WCW that kept pushing him down, kept cutting his legs off so they could hold onto the spotlight for that much longer. Austin says he has worked too damn hard to let anyone stop him, and he guarendamntees that he will walk into the Main Event at Wrestlemania one day and walk out with the WWF Title, and you can take that to the bank CAUSE STONE COLD SAID SO!!! Austin then pulls the microphone off his shirt and tells Ross and his camera men to get the hell out.

-The Giant and Mortis are interviewed by Michael Hayes and Giant is irate he tells The Undertaker to find himself a partner, see if he can find some fool to team with him, because he and Mortis are laying out a challenge to meet them at Wrestlemania!!!

- Brian Pillman attempted to regain his European Title when he took on Jake “The Snake” Roberts, cut in promo from Hunter Hearst Helmsley who was not happy that Roberts was putting the title on the line before facing him at Wrestlemania XII. Pillman has control of the match and looks on his way to regaining the belt when Roberts catches him with a DDT out of nowhere!! Ross says that’s what makes Roberts so dangerous, he can take a helluva a beating and then pull out the great equalizer, the DDT!!! Roberts covers Pillman and retains the title!!!

-WWF Tag Team Champion The British Bulldog with Owen Hart and Jim Neidhardt faced Road Warrior Animal in a one on one preview of Wrestlemania XII. Bulldog and Animal tried to overpower each other throughout the match, neither was able to get an upper hand. In the end it was Jim Neidhardt’s interference that once again helped Bulldog win the match as he tripped Animal up when he had Bulldog up in a military press!! Ross says the only way The Road Warriors are going to be able to regain the WWF Tag Titles is if they find someway to neutralize The Anvil!

-Shawn Michaels appears via Satellite and says he will be cleared to return to the ring for Wrestlemania. He says he is going to kick Diesel’s teeth down his throat, and then it doesn’t matter if it’s Hulk Hogan or if it’s Bret Hart, whomever walks out of Wrestlemaina with the title will have to answer to him!!!

-Diesel and Razor Ramon with The Kid wrestled to a no contest with WWF Champion Bret “The Hitman” Hart and Hulk Hogan when referee Earl Hebner lost complete control of the match and threw it out. The brawl kept going after the bell. All four men kept fighting all over the place as Raw went off the air!!!

Monday Night Raw 3/18/96

--The Wolfpac comes down to the ring and snatch the microphone. Diesel steps up to talk, he says last week, they didn’t get to finish things and tonight, they want to. They wants Hogan and Bret back in the ring, TONIGHT, NO DQ, NO COUNT OUT!!!! The Kid says if they’ll take the match, he won’t even come to the ring, he’ll stay in the back. Diesel says they’ll be waiting to hear from Hogan and The Hitman.

- Next up two of the biggest, if not the biggest athletes in the World going one on one as The Giant with Jimmy Hart and Mortis battled Yokozuna!!! The two big men beat on each other for most the match, but Giant couldn’t get Yokozuna up in the Chokeslam, try as he might. Yoko began to make a babyface comeback when Jimmy Hart jumped on the ring apron, Yoko grabbed Jimmy, Giant tried to attack Yoko from behind, but Yoko moved and Giant creamed Jimmy Hart! Yoko then belly to belly suplexed the shocked Giant!! But before Yoko could try for a cover Mortis attacked!!! Mortis and The Giant beat on Yokozuna until the lights went out!!! The Bong sounded, the lights came back on and The Undertaker was standing in the ring!!! Taker and Yoko cleared the ring!!! Taker offers Yoko a handshake!!! Yoko takes it!!! Ross says he never thought he would see this last year when these two were at each others throats!!! McMahon says he thinks Undertaker has found his tag team partner for Wrestlemania!!!!


-The Road Warriors are backstage with Michael PS Hayes, they say that they know as long as Jim Neidhardt is in Bulldog and Owen’s corner they are at a disadvantage, so they have a challenge to make, Hawk challenges The Anvil to face him one on one here next week, and if the Anvil wins, then he can team with Bulldog and Owen to defend the titles in a 3 on 2 match at Wrestlemania, but if he loses than the Anvil will have to be locked in a cage at ringside!!!


-Shawn Michaels defeats Mabel with Sweet Chin Music after avoiding a splash in the corner from the big monster and barely kicking out of a belly to belly suplex. After the match Jim Ross interview Michaels at ringside, Micheals says at Wrestlemania he is going to kick Diesel’s teeth right down his throat and then it doesn’t matter, Bret Hart, Hulk Hogan, whomever has the WWF Title, they’ll have to deal with the Heartbreak Kid!!!

-Todd Pettingill is backstage with “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and asks the Texas Rattlesnake what his plans are next? Austin says that is the dumbest question he has ever heard, his goal is and always will remain the same, becoming the WWF Champion. At that moment, Todd and Austin are interrupted by Brian Pillman!!! Pillman wants Austin to team with him and reform their tag team, Pillman says they could turn goat piss into gasoline and together they could teach The Bulldog and Owen Hart a lesson. Austin says he doesn’t know what Pillman has been smoking lately, but Austin ain’t blonde anymore and he sure as hell ain’t looking to get in no tag team. Pillman says he should have known better than to ask Austin, since Austin has turned into a PUSSY!! Austin doesn’t like Pillman’s tone of voice and gets right in the Loose Cannon’s face, he says his hearing isn’t so good anymore and asks Pillman to say that again. Pillman smiles and turns to walk away, Austin starts to continue the interview with Todd until Pillman blasts him from behind with a Steel Chair!!! With Austin lying on the ground, Pillman once again calls Austin a pussy!!

-”Marvelous” Marc Mero with Sable defeated Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett in a non title match to earn a right to face Jarrett at Wrestlemania XII!!!! Jarrett and Mero battled through a commercial break and had a back and forth battle, the girls got involved as well as they broke into a cat fight that saw Debra get stripped once again and run to the back, with no Debra to help him cheat Jarrett was unable to wiggle his way out of this one, Jerry Lawler left the broadcast booth to try and get his friend Jarrett the guitar that was stashed under the ring, but he was too slow. Jarrett got caught with the Mero Uppercut and dropped the match after Mero hit the Shooting Star Press for the three count and victory!!! Lawler tried to come in after the match with the guitar and got knocked out as well!!!

-Todd Pettingill catches up to Hulk Hogan as he enters the arena and tells him of the Wolfpac’s challenge. Hogan says if Bret’s game, than so is the Hulkster!!! Hogan says he is going to go find Bret, grabs Todd and tells him to follow along!!!


-Ahmed Johnson is making his way to the ring. Ross says the former Intercontinental Champion looks in great shape and he expects Ahmed should be making a push at a title very soon. Brian Pillman is out next, and the nutjob is completely off his rocker, he argues with some fans at ringside and rips a sign away from one of them. Pillman charges Ahmed to start and gets clotheslined for his troubles. Ahmed is in complete control early, slamming and throwing Pillman around the ring. But Pillman just keeps smiling and laughing, Ross says Pillman is sick in the head. The laughing gets on Ahmed’s nerves and he makes a mistake charging Pillman in the corner, Pillman moves and Ahmed crashes hard. Pillman then takes control, chopping and kicking Ahmed in the corner. Pillman whips Ahmed into the ropes and connects with a dropkick, but doesn’t get to follow it up as ”STONE COLD” STEVE AUSTIN JUMPS INTO THE RING AND ATTACKS PILLMAN DRAWING THE DQ!!!

Austin is all over Pillman!!!! He whips him into the ropes and connects with a Thesz Press!!! He is punching Pillman on the mat!!!! He jumps up and is yelling at Pillman to get to his feet when Ahmed Johnson spins Austin around and shoves him for costing him the match!!! Austin shoves Ahmed back!!! The two men start trading punches as Pillman quickly rolls out of the ring and escapes up the aisle!!! Officials run out to try and restore some order as we head to a commercial break!!!

-It is announced that Austin and Pillman will battle each other at Wrestlemania XII!!!

-WWF Tag Team Champions Owen Hart and The British Bulldog with Jim Neidhardt defeat The Headbangers when Owen forces Mosh to submit to the Sharpshooter. After the match Todd Pettingill catches the trio in the aisle and asks them about the Road Warriors challenge and The Anvil is happy to accept!!!


-Hogan and Todd catch up with WWF Champion Bret Hart as Bret is getting out of a limo in the parking lot!! Hogan tells Bret of the Wolfpac’s challenge, Bret hadn’t heard about it because he was at a hospital with a Make a Wish kid. Bret and Hogan say that if the Wolfpac wants another fight, then they’ll give it to them!!!


-Diesel and Razor Ramon defeat WWF Champion Bret “The Hitman” Hart and Hulk Hogan in a wild and crazy No Hold Barred match!!! The fighting was everywhere, and both teams had several nearfalls, Bret was busted wide open during the match and blood flowed freely down his face. Vince kept apologizing and a graphic content warning kept scrolling across the bottom of the screen. Bret was having a hard time seeing through the blood and that factored into the finish when Bret hit Hogan with a chair!!! Bret was aiming for Razor Ramon, but Ramon moved and Bret connected with Hogan’s back!!! Ramon took Bret out of the ring while Diesel jackknifed Hogan and covered him for the three count!! Ramon tossed the bloody Bret into the time keeper. Lawler yelled that the hit from Bret was deliberate!!! Diesel and Ramon celebrate in the ring. Medics are checking on Bret, he is unresponsive as blood is everywhere and the show goes black.

Monday Night Raw 3/25/96

- Raw starts off with a bang as Hulk Hogan storms down to the ring and demands WWF Champion Bret Hart come down. Bret does so and has a huge bandage on his head. Hogan wants to know why Bret hit him with a chair last week and Bret says it was an accident, he was bleeding and couldn't see anything. Hogan doesn't buy it and says Bret was just trying to weaken him before Wrestlemania. Bret takes offense to this and says he doesn't want a weak Hogan because he doesn't want Hogan to have an excuse for why he lost the match. Hogan says he won’t need an excuse because he is going to beat Bret at Wrestlemania and take the WWF Title, Hogan says that tonight he’s got Diesel one on one and he wants Bret to stay away from the match, Bret says if Hogan wants to go it alone, then fine he can!! Bret and Hogan get nose to nose as we break for a commercial.

-The Wolfpac find it hilarious that Bret is once again at odds with another one of his would be allies. Diesel promises to break Hogan’s back tonight and take his place at Wrestlemania XII.

-”Marvelous” Marc Mero with Sable defeats Jerry “The King” Lawler with a moonsault after backdropping out of a Lawler piledriver , Jeff Jarrett replaced Lawler on the commentary team for the match. Lawler spent much of the match using a foreign object to attack Mero behind the referees back. After the match Jarrett hit Mero with the Intercontinental Title laying him out!!!!! Lawler recovered enough to help Jarrett put the boots to Mero. Ahmed Johnson came down and came to Mero’s rescue forcing both Lawler and Jarrett to run for the hills.


- Lawler rejoined the broadcast team and was mad at Ahmed Johnson for getting involved, he called Johnson every name in the book.

-Ahmed Johnson defeated The Executioner with the Pearl River Plunge, the masked man stood very little chance against The Pearl River Powerhouse. Lawler kept bashing Johnson throughout the match. Johnson came down to the broadcast table after the match and asked if Lawler had something he wanted to say, Lawler insulted Ahmed more and more. Ahmed said that if Lawler wanted a piece of him then why don’t they just mix it up at Wrestlemania. Lawler said he would be happy to show the world what a sap Ahmed is on the biggest stage of them all!!! Lawler then threw a glass of water in Ahmed’s face!!! Ahmed responded by pulling Lawler over the broadcast table!!! Ahmed threw Lawler into the ring, Lawler tried to beg off, Lawler poked Ahmed in the eye and pulled him into the corner, Lawler teed off on Ahmed with some punches, Ahmed came alive, grabbed Lawler and switched places with him. Ahmed wore Lawler out with punches in the corner then whipped him hard across the ring!!! Lawler staggered out of the corner and Ahmed flattened him with a clothesline!!! Lawler quickly rolled out of the ring and ran up the aisle to escape Ahmed!!!

-”Stone Cold” Steve Austin and European Champion Jake “The Snake” Roberts faced Hunter Hearst Helmsley with Ted Dibiase and Brian Pillman in a helluva brawl. About halfway through the match Austin and Pillman fought out of the ring and up into the crowd, they kept brawling into the second level of seats before disappearing out into the arena!!! In the ring Roberts and Hunter go on for a little longer until Dibiase’s interference allows Hunter to catch Roberts with the Pedigree for the three count and the victory.


-Jim “The Anvil” Nedhardt defeats Road Warrior Hawk after hitting Hawk with a pair of brass knuckles!!! Before the match begins referee Earl Hebner sends Owen Hart, The British Bulldog and Road Warrior Animal to the locker room, as a result of his win, Neidhardt will now team with Owen and Bulldog in defense of the WWF Tag Team Titles in a handicapped match at Wrestlemania XII!!!

-Ross sends us to somewhere in the arena where Pillman and Austin have fought to a gimmick table!!! Austin slams Pillman onto a table covered in T Shirts and the table breaks!!! Austin is on top of Pillman pounding him, he then grabs a Brian Pillman T shirt and starts choking Pillman with it. Pillman breaks this by kicking Austin in the balls!!! Pillman then chokes Austin on the ground while cursing a blue streak which causes McMahon to call for them to pull away from the fight.

-The Giant and Mortis with Jimmy Hart defeat Marty Jannetty and Bob Holly when The Giant pins Marty after a chokeslam. During the match we get a cut in promo from The Undertaker and Yokozuna who promise that Giant and Mortis will rest in piece at Wrestlemania XII

-We once again are sent into the arena where Austin and Pillman have brawled to a concession stand!! Austin backdrops a charging Pillman over the counter!!! Austin climbs over and shoves a hot dog in Pillman’s mouth!!! He then starts squirting Pillman with ketchup and mustard, a little relish!! Austin then grabs a beer, opens it and chugs it before hitting Pillman with the can!!! Austin tosses Pillman over the counter and Pillman staggers INTO THE WOMEN’S BATHROOM!!! Austin doesn’t care as he follows him in!!!! Women are running and screaming!!! Austin slams Pillman’s head against the wall and tries to shove his head into a toilet!!! Pillman fights Austin off and hits him with a stall door!!! Pillman then slams Austin head first into the sink!!! McMahon once again makes the cameras pull away as the two are fighting!!

- Pillman covered in stuff comes flying out from behind the curtain and Austin isn’t too far behind as we come back from commercial!! The two men brawl down the aisle and back into the ring!! McMahon wonders why no one has broken this up and Ross asks who in the hell would want to get in between these two??? Austin whips Pillman into the ropes and connects with a Thesz Press followed by punches. Austin then pulls Pillman up by the hair and throws him out of the ring!!! Pillman tries to crawl under the ring but Austin grabs him, he starts to pull Pillman up but Pillman pulls a chair from under the ring and blasts Austin with it!!! Pillman rolls Austin in the ring and starts to wear him out with the chair!! Pillman puts the chair on Austin’s leg!!! He starts to head to the top rope, he is going to Pillmanize Austin!!! Before Pillman can enact his plan, referees and officials finally decide to get involved, filling the ring and keeping Pillman from snapping Ausitn’s ankle!! Ross wonders what in the hell will happen between these two at Wrestlemania!?!

-Hulk Hogan defeats Diesel by pinfall in a crazy match full of interference. Hogan and Diesel trade control of the match several times, after a referee bump Razor Ramon runs into the ring to interfere, Hogan fights him off and clobbers him with a chair but then walks right into a Big Boot from Diesel that sends the chair into Hogan’s face. Diesel makes a cover and a second referee runs out and makes a count but Hogan barely kicks out. Hogan and Diesel wrestle a little longer until a second ref bump. Diesel has control when this happens and actually drops Hogan with the Jackknife, but when he makes the cover no one is around to count. While Diesel is trying to get one of the referees up, a camera man jumps on the apron. He drops his camera, and climbs into the ring then blasts Diesel with SWEET CHIN MUSIC??!?! The camera man takes off his gat to reveal that it was Shawn Michaels in disguise!!! Shawn jumps out of the ring and escapes through the crowd. Hogan gets back to his feet, Diesel staggers up, Hogan hits the big punches backing Diesel into the ropes, whips him off and connects with the big boot then leg drop!! Hogan covers and the first referee makes the three count!! Hogan has pinned Diesel. Bret Hart appears in the aisle after the match, the WWF Title slung across his shoulder, Hogan points at Bret, points at the Wrestlemania sign and makes a motion that he is going to be Champion!!! Bret just stares Hogan down as we fade to black!!

TAG TEAM GRUDGE MATCH:
THE UNDERTAKER & YOKOZUNA
VS.
THE GIANT & MORTIS
WITH
JIMMY HART


AHMED JOHNSON
VS.
JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER


EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP:

HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY
WITH
"MILLION DOLLAR MAN"
TED DIBIASE
VS.
EUROPEAN CHAMPION
JAKE "THE SNAKE" ROBERTS


"STONE COLD"
STEVE AUSTIN
VS.
"THE LOOSE CANNON"
BRIAN PILLMAN


INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP:
"MARVERLOUS" MARC MERO
WITH
SABLE
VS.
INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION
"DOUBLE J" JEFF JARRETT
WITH
DEBRA

WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
HANDICAPPED MATCH:

THE ROAD WARRIORS
VS.
JIM "THE ANVIL" NEIDHARDT
&
WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS
OWEN HART & THE BRITISH BULLDOG


DIESEL
VS.
"THE HEARTBREAK KID"
SHAWN MICHAELS



MATCH OF THE CENTURY
WWF CHAMPIONSHIP:
5 TIMES WWF CHAMPION
"THE IMMORTAL"
HULK HOGAN
VS.
WWF CHAMPION
BRET "THE HITMAN" HART