WWF June 1996

[Kimmel]

Monday Night Raw
Broadcast on the USA Network
June 3, 1996
Hosted by: Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler


Gorilla Monsoon opens the show from behind his desk, he says as a result of what happened last week, Owen Hart and The British Bulldog will put the WWF Tag Team Titles on the line against Razor Ramon and XPac at King of the Ring.


KING OF THE RING QUALIFYING MATCH: Yokozuna defeats Ahmed Johnson via DQ when Johnson tosses the referee aside for a third time while beating on Yokozuna. Ahmed pearl river plunges the referee after the match, Yoko hits Ahmed with a Samoan Drop. Ahmed rolls out of the ring, gets a chair and wears Yokozuna out with it up until The Road Warriors run out to make the save.

Jim Ross is backstage with former WWF Champion Bret “The Hitman” Hart, he shows footage of last week and Bret coming down during a brawl between the Wolfpac and The Hart Foundation and him attacking Diesel with a baseball bat, Ross says this is twice that Bret has come out and been on the same side as The Hart Foundation, is there something deeper going on other than Bret just trying to get at the Wolfpac. Bret doesn’t want to answer the question and is annoyed that Ross asked it saying what he does is none of Ross’ business. Bret says that at King of the Ring he is going to take his title back, and that’s all Ross needs to know and ends the interview!!

KING OF THE RING QUALIFYING MATCH: Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated European Champion Marc Mero via count out when a massive female fan attacked Sable, Mero left the ring and carried Sable back to the locker room. Security escorted the Amazonian Woman away in handcuffs.

Vince McMahon interviews Dr. James Andrews via satellite, Andrews says that Shawn Michaels is still in the hospital and may remain so for quite some time. He suffered from a massive concussion at Collision Course and suffering so many concussion in succession has caused massive damage. He says Shawn is suffering from black outs and memory loss, when asked when Shawn might return to the ring, Andrews gets a little upset and says that is the furthest thing from his mind right now and he recommends that Shawn NEVER get back in the ring.

KING OF THE RING QUALIFYING MATCH: Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett w/Debra defeats Marty Jannetty with the Nashville Front Legsweep.

Vince McMahon interviews The Wolfpac in the ring. Diesel laughs at Shawn Michaels condition and says that he warned Shawn, they offered Shawn a spot and Shawn spit in their face, now look at where he is, in a hospital bed, while “Big Daddy Cool” holds the WWF Title!!! Ramon says he and XPac will win the WWF Tag Team Titles at King of the Ring, then they might go after the Intercontinental and European Belts, because the Wolfpac control the WWF and their isn’t a damn thing anyone can do about it, they are taking over!!!

Vince shows the people at home footage of a 6 man match from this past weekend in Madison Square Garden, Undertaker teamed with Rocky Maivia and European Champion “Marvelous” Marc Mero to face Crush, Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett. Crush got his team DQed when he brought out the Biker’s Chain and busted Taker open with it, then tried to once again hang him.

KING OF THE RING QUALIFYING MATCH: “Stone Cold” Steve Austin defeats Crush by count out when The Undertaker drags Crush under the ring. After the match Crush and Taker emerge from under the ring and Crush is bleeding. The two men continue to brawl, Taker has a Biker’s Chain and starts to whip Crush with it. Crush takes off for the locker room. Taker grabs a microphone and says that Crush brought the Chain into this, and if he has the guts, if he is as bad as he says he is, he’ll accept the Undertaker’s challenge, take a walk on the Dark Side and face Taker in a Biker’s Chain match at King of the Ring, a bloody Crush yells that Taker is on!!!

[Kimmel]

Monday Night Raw
Broadcast on the USA Network
June 10, 1996
Hosted by: Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler



KING OF THE RING QUARTER FINALS: Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett w/ Debra pinned Yokozuna by using the ropes for leverage after Yoko lost his balance while attempting the Banzai Drop and fell to the mat; Jim Ross interviewed Yoko about the loss in the aisle, with Yoko expressing the need to clear his mind and rethink things.

Michael Hayes is backstage with “Marvelous” Marc Mero and Sable, Mero says Sable is shaken up from the attack last week, which they show footage of. Hayes reiterates that fans cannot attack the wrestlers and he can’t believe what he saw. Mero thinks that this massive woman was trying to get noticed and has chosen not to press charges against her, he says that while he was eliminated from the King of the Ring Tournament, he is still the European Champion and looks forward to defending the belt at the King of the Ring against whomever the WWF sees fit.

WWF Tag Team Champions Owen Hart and The British Bulldog w/Jim Neidhardt defeat Devon Storm and Ace Darling when Owen forces Darling to submit to the Sharpshooter. Jim Ross interviews Owen and Bulldog after the match in the aisle, they say they will be ready for the Wolfpac at King of the Ring and say there is no way Ramon and XPac will take the titles away from them, when questions turn to Bret the Hart Foundation end the interview and walk away.

We quickly go to the back where Vince says there is a commotion, when the camera cut to the back we find the Hart Foundation beaten and bloody lying on the ground, the Wolfpac is standing around with baseball bats threatening any and everyone around them. It is complete chaos backstage, Bret Hart suddenly appears with a steel chair and bashes XPac from behind with it!!! Bret is yelling at Ramon and Diesel to come on and fight him, Diesel and Ramon are threatening with the bats!!! Finally, Gorilla Monsoon and a bunch of security swarm the area to try and get some sanity back!!!

KING OF THE RING QUARTER FINALS: Rocky Maivia defeated Billy Gunn w/Sunny with the Rock Bottom. Sunny kept interfering in the match until Savio Vega came down to ringside and carried her away. That distracted Gunn long enough for Maivia to get back to his feet and make a comeback on Gunn before putting him down for the count.

Vince McMahon interviews WWF President Gorilla Monsoon in the ring. Monsoon is very upset over what happened between the Hart Foundation and The Wolfpac, he says since the Wolfpac likes to use baseball bats, he is going to do them a favor, next week here on Raw we are going to have a match between Owen Hart and Razor Ramon, a Ladder Match, and hanging above the ring will be a baseball bat, the match cannot end until someone retrieves that baseball bat and uses it. He says it is an unorthodox match, but unorthodox problems need unorthodox solutions. As Monsoon is talking he is interrupted by Ahmed Johnson!?!? Vince says that this is not Ahmed’s time to speak and Ahmed brushes Vince off, he says for weeks everyone has wanted to speak to him, now he is ready to talk no one wants to hear anything he has to say. Ahmed says that’s another piece of proof that what he did was right, because the WWF is full of a bunch of racists!!! Vince and Monsoon take great offense to this, Ahmed says that’s the reason he attacked the Road Warriors, he don’t give a damn about the Hart Foundation, he was just tired of being the Road Warriors “boy”. He asks Monsoon how come he hasn’t been put in any title matches? He has spent pay per views beating up an announcer, as Monsoon referee, and then as a corner man, doing someone else’s dirty work, then when he gets a title shot at the IC belt, he gets screwed by a bunch of honkeys and the WWF just ignores it, don’t give him any more title shots. Ahmed says what kinda crap position is Monsoon gonna give him at King of the Ring? He gonna have to sweep up the ring or clean the bathrooms? Monsoon is angry and says if Ahmed wants onto the King of the Ring Pay Per View, then he’s on it, he tells Ahmed to go find a partner, or don’t, Monsoon doesn’t give a damn what he does, but with or without a partner at King of the Ring, Ahmed is going to step in the ring WITH THE ROAD WARRIORS!!!!

KING OF THE RING QUARTER FINALS: “Stone Cold” Steve Austin defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley with the Stone Cold Stunner in a thrilling back and forth battle that saw both men score several nearfalls and false finishes. Brian Pillman joined the commentary team for the match, since he would be facing the winner of this match at the King of the Ring. Pillman tried to jump Austin from behind after the match, but Austin was ready for him and tossed Pillman from the ring. Pillman laughed like a maniac on the arena floor as the show went off the air!

[Kimmel]

Monday Night Raw
Broadcast on the USA Network
June 17, 1996
Hosted by: Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler

Show opens with footage of International Superstar Konnan signing a contract to join the World Wrestling Federation, Savio Vega is on hand as well to welcome his fellow Latin Superstar to the WWF. Vince puts this over as a huge signing and says Konnan is going to make a huge impact here in the WWF and says that all the best wrestlers in the world are trying to make it to the WWF!!!

Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett w/Debra and “The Loose Cannon” Brian Pillman face the two men who they will meet in the King of the Ring Semi Finals, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and Rocky Maivia in a preview of sorts for this weekend’s pay per view!!! Pillman and Austin pick up where they left off and are brawling everywhere, both teams work well together, even if Pillman gets on Jarrett’s nerves a bit. Austin and Pillman end up brawling into the crowd while Jarrett and Maivia go at it in the ring, Jarrett attempts the Nashville Leg Sweep, but Rocky fights out of it and instead hits the Rock Bottom in the center of the ring, pinning Jarrett for the three count!!!! ,

Michael Hayes is backstage with the Road Warriors, they don’t care who Ahmed Johnson has picked as a partner, at King of the Ring he will pay for betraying their trust, they blow off the racist claims by Johnson saying it’s a bunch of crap and he knows it. The Road Warriors say that at King of the Ring they are going to take care of Ahmed Johnson, then it doesn’t matter if it’s The Wolfpac or if it’s the Hart Foundation, whoever has the tag titles will have to deal with the Road Warriors!!! OOOOOOOH WHAT A RUUUUUUUUUUSH!!!!

Ahmed Johnson comes down to the ring while the Headbangers are waiting, Ahmed says that he’s got himself a partner and together they are going to form a Nation of Domination that will make the WWF pay for the discrimination they have faced. Ahmed then introduces his partner, Kama Mustafa!!! Kama has gotten rid of the red jump suit and shaven his head totally bald like Ahmed’s.

The Nation of Domination defeats the Headbangers when Ahmed Johnson pins Mosh after a Pearl River Plunge. Ahmed and Kama then throw their fists in the air after the match.

Todd Pettingill is backstage with Savio Vega, he asks Vega about Konnan’s signing with the WWF and Vega puts Konnan over big time, while discussing it, Billy Gunn and Sunny interrupt the interview, Gunn is pissed about Vega getting involved in his match last week, Vega says he just saw some trash that needed to be collected last week and he took care of it. Sunny slaps Vega!!! Vega starts to get angry, Gunn tells Vega that he’ll see him on the Free For All this Sunday Night, and the only trash that’s going to be taken out is Vega!!!


Hunter Hearst Helmsely defeats Marty Jannetty in a back and forth battle when HHH gets his knees up when Jannetty goes for a top rope splash and then puts Jannetty away with the Pedigree. During the match it is announced that Helmsley will get his rematch for the European Title at King of the Ring.

The Wolfpac, Razor Ramon, XPac and WWF Champion Diesel are backstage going over strategy for Ramon’s match later in the night with Owen Hart when Gorilla Monsoon and security shows up, he lets XPac and Diesel know they will remain in the locker room during the match, and security will be at the door to insure that. Diesel says Monsoon is taking away their rights and starts yelling ATICA!!! ATICA!!!! As Monsoon walks away.

Vince McMahon brings out Bret “The Hitman” Hart for an interview. All Bret wants to talk about is how he will regain the WWF Title this weekend at the King of The Ring, Vince however wants to know what Bret showed up to defend the Hart Foundation last week, Bret says he is sick and tired of being questioned about the Hart Foundation, after everything that happened last year between him and them, what is there to ask. He tells Vince to mind his own damn business and says to stick to what’s important and that’s the Hitman kicking Diesel’s ass. Gorilla Monsoon and his security guards show up, and Bret wants to know what Monsoon wants, Gorilla says he has confined Diesel and XPac to their locker rooms, he has confined The Bulldog and The Anvil to theirs and now he is going to have the security guards escort Bret to his locker room and confine him there. Bret wants to know why and Gorilla says he doesn’t want any interference in the Main Event, that he is sick of it, and whether Bret is aligning himself with the Hart Foundation or not, he isn’t taking any chances. A very angry Bret Hart storms off with security in tow.

Owen Hart and Razor Ramon met in the Main Event in a Ladder Match where the object of the match was to retrieve a baseball bat that was hung above the ring, and only after the baseball bat was retrieved could the match end in pin fall or submission. Owen and Ramon threw everything they had at each other, using the Ladder as a weapon multiple times, as well as chairs and anything else they could get their hands on. Owen retrieved the baseball bat, but Ramon pushed the ladder over and Owen was sent crashing, Ramon then picked up the bat and blasted Owen in the face with it!!! Ramon bashed Owen in the ribs several times before hitting the Razor’s Edge and pinning Owen for the three count. Ramon posed with Owen’s WWF Tag Team Title belt and the ball bat as the show went off the air!!

[Kimmel]

Free For All
Broadcast on The Preview Channel
June, 23, 1996
Hosted by: Jim Ross and Michael Hayes

Billy Gunn w/Sunny defeated Savio Vega with help from the returning Bart Gunn. Savio had Billy Gunn rocking and rolling and was ready to put him way when Sunny jumped on the apron to distract both the referee and Vega, Bart Gunn then came out of the crowd, slid in the ring and blasted Vega with a cowboy boot!!! Billy then got the pinfall and he and his brother celebrated. They then double teamed Vega, hitting him with a Sidewinder, they put the boots to Vega and would have continued but Konnan ran out of the locker room and fought off both of the Smoking Gunns to make the save!!!!



King of the Ring 1996
Broadcast on Pay Per View
June 23, 1996
Hosted by: Vince McMahon, Jim Ross and Michael Hayes

KING OF THE RING SEMI FINALS: “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and “The Loose Cannon” Brian Pillman lit it up for the fourth Pay Per View in a row as they opened this one going at it full tilt. Neither man backed down and much like their previous encounters this one was a hell of a brawl. Pillman and Austin traded several nearfalls and the match really could have gone either way. When Austin tried to come off the top with a double ax handle and Pillman connected with a dropkick flush to the mush as Austin came down, everyone thought that was the end, but Austin somehow kicked out at the last possible millisecond. With time quickly running out in the 15 minute time limit, Pillman pulled out all the stops to try and put Austin down, but he couldn’t do it, Austin blocked a Tornado DDT and turned it into a Northern Light’s Suplex with a bridge that almost got the three count, Pillman then scrambled up and rushed right into a Stone Cold Stunner!!! Austin made the cover and got the three count with less than 10 seconds left in the time limit to advance to the finals!!!!


KING OF THE RING SEMI FINALS: Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett w/Debra took on the third generation superstar Rocky Maivia, Rocky showed tons of fire in this one and had Jarrett begging for a time out early in the match. Maivia gave it all he had, but he couldn’t overcome the constant interference by Debra and finally was put away by a Nashville Front Legsweep by Jarrett. Maivia went after Jarrett and Debra after the match with Jarrett throwing Debra to Maivia, who gave her a Rock Bottom and left her lying in the ring!!!!!


Michael Hayes is backstage and reports that WWF President Gorilla Monsoon has once again posted security outside Bret Hart’s locker room and WWF Champion Diesel’s locker room, as well as ordered that Jim Neidhardt not be allowed to accompany the Hart Foundation to the ring for their match, Monsoon is taking no chances here tonight to deliver a good show to the fans.

WWF Tag Team Champions Owen Hart and The British Bulldog defeated Razor Ramon and XPac to retain the WWF Tag Titles when The Bulldog caught XPac as XPac attempted a Moonsault and then planted XPac with a running powerslam. Owen kept Ramon form breaking up the pin. Owen came into the match with his ribs taped and played Ricky Morton for most of the match as Ramon and XPac unmercifully attacked the injured ribs. Owen somehow fought through the double teams and the pain to tag out to Bulldog who came into the ring a house of fire and took care of business. After the match XPac got his can of spray paint and sprayed Bulldog and Owen in the eyes!!! They then stole the tag team titles and took off for the locker room!!!


The Undertaker and Crush battled in a Biker’s Chain match, where the object of the match was to tag all four corners before your opponent does. Crush and Taker both bleed in this match as they used the chain as a weapon. Taker actually tagged all four corners first but when he did so he also took out the referee as he was straining to tag the last turnbuckle and Crush was pulling back on the chain, only releasing it so that Taker would collide with the referee. Crush then pulled a blackjack from his pocket and used to the knock Taker out!!! Crush tagged all four corners and got the victory. Crush looked like he would attempt to hang Taker again, but Taker fought him off like a possessed demon and ended up chokeslamming Crush through the Spanish Announce table!!!!!!


Michael Hayes is backstage where there is a massive commotion, the Hart Foundation are trying to get into the Wolfpac’s locker room to get the Tag Title belts back, Gorilla Monsoon is on the scene and is telling the Hart Foundation to let him handle it, but they seem like they would rather just kick the door down and take the belts!!!


“Marvelous” Marc Mero w/Sable defended the European Title against former Champion Hunter Hearst Helmsley who shocked everyone when he came to the ring with the massive woman that attacked Sable several weeks ago!!! Vince and Ross wonder if it was under Hunter’s orders all along that the woman attacked Sable? Hunter and Mero traded several nearfalls and control of the match, Mero looked like he was going to win after he crotched HHH on the top rope when HHH was going to attempt to come off it and brought him down to the canvas with a Super Frankenstiener, but then the massive woman once again attacked Sable!!! Shaking her like a rag doll and then dumping her on the ground!! Mero jumped out of the ring to defend Sable, and the massive woman crossed her arms and got in Mero’s face, daring him to hit her!!!! Mero hesitated and HHH attacked him from behind with a knee, the massive woman then rammed Mero into the ring post while HHH kept the referee’s attention. Mero was rolled back into the ring where Hunter hit the Pedigree and took the European Title back!!! Sable crawled into the ring to Mero, the massive woman grabbed her by the hair and pulled her to her feet then bodyslammed her onto the mat!!! HHH and the woman left both Mero and Sable lying in the ring!!!!!


Todd Pettingill interviews Bret “The Hitman” Hart backstage about tonight’s Main Event, Todd says that Monsoon plans to post security at the Hart Foundation and Wolfpac locker rooms, Bret says he doesn’t care and he doesn’t know how many times he has to say he is not aligned with the Hart Foundation. Bret says last month Diesel won the title because Shawn Michaels sucker punched him with a super kick, this month, Diesel is going to have to beat Bret all on his own to retain the title and Bret says that is something Diesel cannot do!!!


The Nation of Domination (Ahmed Johnson and Kama Mustafa) defeated The Road Warriors when referee Teddy Long made an extremely fast count when Ahmed Johnson had Road Warrior Hawk pinned!!! The Road Warriors were livid after the match, Gorilla Monsoon confronted Teddy Long in the aisle, yelling at him for the fast count, Long took off his referee shirt and threw it at Monsoon before leaving with Ahmed and Kama.


The next time the WWF will be on Pay Per View will be July 21st when they present In Your House: Canadian Conflict, live from the Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada!!!


KING OF THE RING FINALS: Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett, who was without Debra after she took the Rock Bottom earlier in the show, faced “Stone Cold” Steve Austin for the right to be crowned King of the Ring and to face the WWF Champion at Summerslam!!! Jarrett and Austin start off slow, both know what is at stake here, the match picks up and soon turns into an all out brawl, Jarrett keeps trying to escape Austin’s barrage but can’t get away because he doesn’t have Debra to distract people for him. Jarrett reaches down though and finds something that most people didn’t think he had and started to give as good as he got from Austin, Jarrett comes oh so close to beating Austin with the Nashville Leg Sweep but Austin kicks out at the last second, Austin gets Jarrett with a Stone Cold Stunner, but Jarrett gets his foot on the bottom rope at the last second, in the confusion Jarrett almost rolls Austin up for three. The two brawl for a while longer until Austin catches Jarrett with the Stunner once again and makes the cover in the center of the ring for the three and the King of the Ring victory!!!!


Michael Hayes is with “Stone Cold” Steve Austin as he is crowned King, but Austin refuses to put on the stupid little crown or wear the dumb robe. Austin says he has beaten them all, Hogan, Warrior, Piper, Luger, Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Razor Ramon, Diesel, Brian Pillman, it doesn’t matter who it was Austin has found a way to win. Austin says he has been saying it for a year now, and he hopes everyone is learning that the book of Austin is being written here in the WWF and Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your ass!!!! Austin says it doesn’t matter if it’s Bret Hart or if it’s Diesel or whoever it is, at Summerslam he’s taking that next step to becoming the WWF Champion, and that’s the bottom line, cause Stone Cold said so!!!!!



The WWF Title is on the line in the main event as current Champion “Big Daddy Cool” Diesel faces former Champion Bret “The Hitman” Hart. Referee Earl Hebner gives the men allot of leeway, as they throw caution to the wind and try to do whatever it takes to win the belt. The brawling ends up catching Hebner and knocking him out, Bret uses that as an opening to grab a steel chair and bash Diesel in the legs with it!! Lawler complains but Ross points out that Hart is just doing what Diesel has done countless times to him!!! Bret tosses the chair and locks on a Sharpshooter as second referee Jimmy Kordaris rushes out to the ring, Diesel however refuses to give up and slowly makes his way to the ropes. Diesel is having a hard time standing and Bret is going for it, he keep the punishment on Diesel’s knees. Diesel keeps trying to swat at Bret, but Bret isn’t going to let Diesel get an opening. Diesel tries to big boot Bret but instead catches Kordaris, knocking him out cold!!! Bret is working over Diesel when one of Monsoon’s security guards dart out of the locker room, he runs over to the time keeper and snatches the WWF Title away from him, then climbs into the ring and comes off the top rope with it, bashing Bret in the head, as he comes down his hat and sunglasses come off to reveal XPAC!!!! How did XPac slip out of the locker room? Xpac quickly escapes the ring as other security comes down, Diesel pulls Bret off the mat, whips him into the ropes, connects with a big boot and covers, Earl Hebner crawls over and slowly makes a count, but Bret somehow kicks out right before two!!!! Security is chasing XPac through the crowd, Diesel pulls Bret up, and sets him up for the Jackknife, Bret tries to fight out of it but Diesel plants him in the center of the ring!! Diesel covers and gets the three count to retain the title!!!!!


XPac jumps the railing out of the crowd and slides back into the ring, security follows him in and he and Diesel fight off the security, Razor Ramon runs out of the back with two baseball bats, he gives one to Diesel and they are daring security to get into the ring, XPac pulls Bret up and pins his arms behind his back, Diesel looks like he is going to brain Bret with the ball bat when…



THE HART FOUNDATION RUSHES THE RING!!! OWEN HART, THE BRITISH BULLDOG AND JIM NEIDHARDT COME TO BRET’S RSECUE!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!??!


The Wolfpac bails out of the ring, Owen checks on Bret while the Anvil and The Bulldog, holding chairs in their hands, dare the Wolfpac to come back into the ring and fight, Diesel simply holds the WWF Title over his head while the show goes off the air!!!!!

[Kimmel]

Monday Night Raw
Broadcast on the USA Network
June 24, 1996
Hosted by: Vince McMahon and Jerry “The King” Lawler


Show opens with “Stone Cold” Steve Austin in the back with Jim Ross, Ross congratulates Austin on becoming the King of the Ring last night, but tonight he has to go one on one with his arch rival Brian Pillman inside a Steel Cage, Austin says that tonight he’s taking care of Pillman once and for all and that’s the bottom line, cause Stone Cold said so!!!!!

Vince says if you didn’t see King of the Ring 96 last night, then boy this first match is going to shock you!!!


Bret “The Hitman” Hart and the WWF World Tag Team Champions Owen Hart and The British Bulldog w/Jim Neidhart defeated The Sultan, Rad Radford and Mabel when Bret forces Radford to submit to the Sharpshooter.

Vince McMahon climbs into the ring after the match to talk to the reunited Harts. Bret claims that he and the Hart Foundation just came back together last night, but maybe the universe was forcing them together in the last few weeks. Bret says that in the end, Owen and Bulldog were right last year when they said he couldn’t trust Diesel, or Ramon or Xpac or even Shawn Michaels. Bret says that blood is thicker than water and that the Hart Foundation stands united and strong. He says that the Wolfpac used the commotion when Owen and Bulldog went to retrieve their title belts to dress XPac up in a security uniform and slip him out the door unnoticed. He said once again the Wolfpac found a way to screw him, but they aren’t going to do it anymore because now he has people he knows he can trust watching his back, he has his family back and that’s bad news for the Wolfpac. The Hart Foundation goes on to lay out a challenge to The Wolfpac, Bret, Owen and The Bulldog want Diesel, Ramon and XPac in a six man match in CALGARY, AT IN YOUR HOUSE: CANADIAN CONFLICT!!!!

“The Loose Cannon” Brian Pillman is backstage and says Steve Austin isn’t going to be challenging for the WWF Title at Summerslam because tonight Pillman is going to take him out in the cage!!!!

Rocky Maivia defeats European Champion Hunter Hearst Helmsley w/Chyna by Count Out when “Marvelous” Marc Mero runs out and chases HHH through the crowd!!! Chyna gets up in Rocky Maivia’s face after the match, daring him to hit her!!! Rocky doesn’t do it it, but Chyna wants him too. Lawler reveals the massive woman’s name as Chyna and says she is an old friend of Hunter’s. Vince says that Sable was injured by Chyna and is at home resting but obviously Mero is here and he is out for Hunter!!!!


Michael Hayes is backstage with WWF Champion “Big Daddy Cool” Diesel, Razor Ramon and XPac. They happily accept The Hart Foundation’s challenge and Diesel says he can’t wait to embarrass the Hart Foundation in front of all their idiot Canadian fans and inbreed relatives. Hayes reveals next week, as a result of an online poll on WWF.COM and AOL, Diesel will face The Undertaker in a non title match in a Fans Choice Battle as they are the two wrestlers fans most want to see battle on Raw. Diesel says the fans are idiots, and this just proves it, but he’ll send the Undertaker straight to hell next week.


The Nation of Domination (Ahmed Johnson and Kama Mustafa) w/Teddy Long defeated Marty Jannetty and Bob Holly when Ahmed pins Marty after a Pearl River Plunge. Jim Ross interviewed The Nation and Long as they came up the aisle before the match and Long said that he was now the manager and advisor for the Nation, and they ain’t done adding members, lots of people feel disrespect and discriminated in the WWF and the Nation is gonna give them a voice!!! After the match The Road Warriors rushed the ring, but the Nation escaped without coming to blows.


Crush is backstage and is pissed, he says it is bull that Taker will be facing Diesel in a non title match next week, he says he beat Taker at King of the Ring, HE should be in that match. Crush then shoves down the camera man and storms off.


Vince interviews Konnan who is seated at ringside, he is wearing an all white suit and is happy to be here and happy to be joining the WWF. Vince says next week Konnan will make his in ring debut here on Raw and Konnan can’t wait! Vince shows footage of Konnan coming to Savio Vega’s aid on the Free For All last night and Konnan says that he wasn’t gonna sit back and watch the Smoking Gunns punk out Savio like that. This brings The Smoking Gunns and Sunny down to ringside. They aren’t happy about Konnan putting his nose in their business and they say that he needs to be taught a lesson, Bart then sucker punches Konnan and they pull him over the railing, they throw Konnan into the ring and start to work him over but Konnan fights back and he has the Smoking Gunns rocking, finally Savio Vega runs down to the ring and helps Konnan dump the Smoking Gunns out!! Vega and Konnan stand side by side yelling at the Gunns to get in the ring!!!



In a Cage Match to settle things between them once and for all, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, the man who won King of the Ring last night, battled “The Loose Cannon” Brian Pillman!!! This was not one for the squeamish and Vince reminded fans several times that viewer discretion was advised. Both men tasted the steel early and often and both bleed buckets. Pillman pulled a pair of brass knux from his tights and used them on Austin several times. Pillman also came off the top of the cage with a big splash, but Austin stopped him before he could escape out of the door. Austin also stopped Pillman form escaping over the top and brought him back into the ring with a big superplex!!! Vince continually thanked the USA Network for allowing them to over run as the show was going way over its scheduled time. Finally Austin and Pillman both found themselves perched on top of the cage, Pillman tried to hit Austin with the Brass Knux, but Austin blocked it and knocked Pillman back into the ring with several punches. A weary and bloody Austin then started to head down the cage to the floor while Pillman crawled for the door. Austin dropped to the floor just as Pillman reached the door, giving Austin the victory!!!


Austin used the cage to slowly pull himself to his feet when he was suddenly attacked from behind by the Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett!!! Jarrett slammed Austin’s head into the cage and worked him over with several punches and kicks!! Jarrett spit at Austin, officials came out to pull Jarrett away as the show went to black!!!!

[Captain Charisma]

Another great month. We finally got Austin 3:16, and the conclusion of Austin/Pillman. What a great rivalry that turned out to be. And obviously the Roadies are White Supremacists/Apocalyptic Aryans, why wouldn't Ahmed be pissed off? Mr. Johnson, I apologize for not having noticed this myself earlier. That Miavia kid is really coming along.

The Wolfpac is really firing on all cylinders, and I feel like his feud with Crush will come back to bite him, but I'm really looking forward to Taker/BDC next week.

Lots of great action really coming together here Kimmel! Good work my man.