


WWF Raw is War Report for May 25, 1998
Hosted by Jim Ross, Michael Cole, and Jerry Lawler
The fireworks explode and RAW IS WAR has begun.
The announcers for the 1st hour are Jim Ross and Michael Cole.
Vince McMahon and officials make their way down to the ring. JR
announces the matches later in the night. Clips of Pat Patterson and
Gerald Briscoe vs. Steve Austin last week. Clip shown of Vince
McMahon jumping out from the fans disquised in a mask. McMahon says
that this Sunday the WWF Title will be going Over the Edge. McMahon
was about to leave and Stone Cold's music starts playing. The crowd
goes nuts. Stone Cold says that Vince McMahon is the World Dumbest
Son of a Bitch. He says that McMahon confessed to assaulting Austin.
He demands that the police arrest him. The cops handcuff him and
McMahon goes nuts. McMahon looked in pain. He then gets Pat Patterson
and Gerald Briscoe arrested for Obstruction of Justice. Austin makes
some hilarious comments like usual. He then poors beer on Vince
McMahon. Nice opening to RAW.
Commercials.
Clips shown from earlier when McMahon got arrested.
** 1st Match: DOA vs. LOD with Puke (Darren Drosdorv) **
Winner: LOD 2000 via a Powerbomb from Puke
LOD comes out and announces PUKE as their partner. Each team
exchanges blows. Puke starts off with some armdrags and dropkicks.
Hawk comes in and takes control of the match. Then Chainz makes a
tag. DOA does some double teaming in the corner. Hawk then gives a
member of DOA a clothesline. Chainz comes back in for DOA. They keep
exchanging moves for a while. Puke comes in and clears the ring. In a
minute all 6 men are in the ring. Puke performs a flying tackle on
Chainz. Puke then Powerbombs Chainz. LOD 2000 is the winner of this 6
man tag. Puke looked pretty good.
Clip shown of Vince McMahon in handcuffs backstage.
Commercials.
Clip of McMahon being put in a squad car.
** 2nd Match: Owen Hart vs. Dan Severn **
Winner:
Dan Severn starts off with the advantage. He tries to overextend Owen
Hart's elbow. This match has a very slow pace. The action goes onto
the outside and Owen Hart gains the advantage. Owen nails Severn with
a forearm. The ref is yelling at Dan Severn and Owen Hart nails him
with a low blow. Dan Severn puts the armbar on Owen Hart and then
D-Lo Brown comes out and is followed by the rest of the nation. They
all jump the Beast Dan Severn. Owen grabs a chair. The Rock performs
the Rock Bottom. Mark Henry jumps on Dan Severn. They then wrap his
ankle in the chair. Owen Hart goes to the top ropes but is held back
by officials.
Video clip of Austin performing at Celebrity Deathmatch.
Video clip of McMahon in a squad car.
EDGE Promo. This guy looks like HHH. I'm I the only one that sees the
resemblance.
Jackyl comes out with Crackhead Bob and Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf.
These guys are from the Howard Stern show. Jackyl talks about how
People Magazine voted Hank the #1 Most Beatiful person in the world.
Jackyl calls out the rest of his oddities. They include Princess
Luna, John Tenta in a mask, and Paulo Silva (I think). A tall giant,
who is about 7 foot 4.
** Match 3: Golga (John Tenta) vs. Thrasher **
Winner: Golga
Tenta has lost a lot of weight and looked pretty good. The match
started in a slow pace. Golga then wins with a Powerslam. Mosh come
in but then the giant come in and nails the ref.
Clip of Al Snow in the top rows of the stadium in a mask.
Clip of McMahon in the squad car again.
Commercials
** 4th Match: Jeff Jarrett vs. Vader **
Winner: Vader by DQ
Tennessee Lee introduces JJ and he comes out to the normal fireworks
and everything. Pretty good entrance. While Vader makes his way to
the ring JR talks about another DX Invasion and some new footage.
RAW goes to commercials while JR is saying that something is going on
in the locker room. JR says that Vince McMahon may be released. Vader
looked pretty good in this match. Vader nails a splash on JJ and
covers but Tennessee Lee distracts the ref. Vader takes control of
the match. He covers him again and Tennessee Lee distracts the ref
again. Vader confronts Tennessee Lee and JJ attacks him from behind.
Vader comes back though and sets JJ up for a big splash. He connects
but then Kane comes out and assaults Vader. The match ends in a DQ.
Kane slams Vader and then clotheslines him over the top rope. Kane
throws him into the steps.
Clip of Vince McMahon being let out of the car. Austin asks him to
apologize and Mcmahon says some wise crack. Austin then says that
McMahon will stay in the handcuffs and reluctantly Mcmahon apologizes
and is released. Austin also says that if someone voluntary wants to
come down and make sure that Mcmahon refs fairly on Sunday, that
McMahon will accept that. McMahon agrees. I'd say this will
definately be Dustin Runnels. We'll have to wait until Sunday to find
out.
McMahon, Patterson, and Briscoe make their way slowly out to the
ring. McMahon looks depressed and down. It looks like he has been
through hell. McMahon yells at Austin and says no WWF superstar will
stop him from achieving his goal. He demands that Austin will take on
the Undertaker later in the show.
Commercials.
Clip of the DX Invasion. Road Dog is dressed out in some funny
goggles and hat. They are at an Airport. HHH says he will fly the
plane in this mission. They all hug each other. HHH gets in the wrong
plane and Bad Ass points to the right plane. Then it goes back to
RAW.
Al Snow comes down and demands to talk to Vince McMahon. Security
comes out and escorts him out of the building.
** 5th Match: Taka Michinoku vs. Togo **
Winner: Taka Michinoku
Taka from the start does a springboard cross body on Togo. He then
performs some nice kicks. He then does a top rope dropkick. Togo then
does a Cannonball off the apron on Togo. Some pretty good moves were
performed by both wrestlers. There were quite a few of near falls but
nobody could get the win. Taka went for a Tornado DDT but Togo
countered. Then Taka nailed a hurricanrana for the win. The rest of
Kaentia come in and attack Taka. One member Powerbombs him and the
other Sin Ta Bombs him or something. Kaentia leave through the ring.
Commercials
Another clip of the DX Invasion. All of DX are talking at the airport
except for HHH, who isn't there. They just talk about stupid things.
Video clip of last week when Marc Mero presented the contract of
Sable.
** 6th Match: Marc Mero vs. Faarooq **
Winner: Faarooq
Sable disrobes Marc but their is obviously some tension. Mero uses
Sable as a shield at first. Farooq powerslams Marc Mero. The action
goes to the outside. While Farooq was distracted by Sable, Mero nails
him and takes control of the match. Mero and Sable yell at each
other. Mero hits a running knee lift. Marc then gives Farooq a DDT.
Sable jumps up to the top rope and starts arguing. Farooq then hit
him from behind and pins him for the win. Mero tells Sable to find
any WWF superstar and he'll fight him at Over the Edge. If Sable's
man wins she is released from the contract. If Mero wins then Sable
has to leave the WWF forever.
Video clip of a dedication to Pat Patterson. Showed old footage of
when he wrestled and him broadcasting.
Video clip of HHH acting like he was flying a plane over the WCW
arena. The plane kept making messages in the sky making fun of WCW.
This was pretty funny.
** 7th Match: The Rock vs. HHH **
Winner:
Rock grabs the mic and talks about Farooq. Rock says he saves the
last for the absolute worst, ole HHH. He talks bad about DX. The best
music ever plays and HHH makes his way down to the ring. Match
started off slow wit a couple of submission moves. Didn't see much of
the 1st part of this match. Mark Henry and Chyna go nose to nose for
a second. The match goes to the outside. When the action goes back to
the ring the Rock takes control. He punches him about 10 times in the
corner. Then with the ref distracted Mark Henry chokes HHH. Then Rock
nails HHH with the Intercontinental Belt. The Rock goes for the cover
but Chyna pulled him off. Then it goes to commercials. The Rock nails
HHH with the big elbow. He only got a 2 count. HHH gives the dx sign
to Mark Henry and Chyna sneaks up from behind and nails the Rock with
the belt. HHH then suplexes him. Mark Henry then attacks HHH on teh
outside. Chyna grabs a chair and nails Mark Henry. Both wrestlers go
to the outside and it ends in a double countout. Farooq comes out and
attacks The Rock. He piledrives him on the entrance way.
** 8th Match: Stone Cold vs. Undertaker **
Winner:
At the beginning Vince McMahon is announced as the special guest
referee. Undertaker comes out first. The Undertaker stares at Vince
McMahon. Undertaker chokeslams Vince McMahon. As Undertaker is about
to Tombstone him Kane comes down and attacks Undertaker. They brawl
on teh outside. Pat Patterson & Briscoe come in and then Austin come
out. He stuns Pattersona and Briscoe. Austin wraps McMahon up in the
ropes and about nails him a chair but then Dude Love come out. Austin
nailed him with a chair. Then RAW goes off the air.