This week's episode of Raw is live from San Antonio, TX with our hosts Vince McMahon and Jerry "The King" Lawler. Raw was on its own last week with Nitro being off but Nitro is back live this week just as this week's episode of Raw is.
The opening match is Savio Vega taking on the artist formerly known as "The Ringmaster" as he is now known as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (w/ Ted DiBiase). I love the name better than Ringmaster which is super lame and it has his long-standing ring name in it in Steve Austin.
The two lock up and Austin knocks Vega down with a shoulderblock and then gets him in a side headlock and turns into a hammerlock. Vega hits him in the face and gets a series of armdrags and a clothesline only for Austin to "sledge" him in the face. A suplex by Austin gets two.
In the audience is a giant weightlifter guy named Mark Henry, who is competing in the 1996 Summer Olympics, is shown and mentioned by Vince McMahon. McMahon mentions some sort of incident between Henry and Jerry Lawler earlier before the show started but Lawler tells him to shut up. Vega comes back but when he goes for a splash, he runs into Austin's knees and we go to commercial break.
Back from commercial and Austin rams Vega's head into the top turnbuckle and clotheslines him in the back of the head. Austin then drops his neck across the top rope and continues to beat on Vega in the corner. Austin then charges at him in the corner only for Vega to boot him in the face. Vega gives him a hiptoss and then a spinning heel kick to send Austin to the outside.
Vega goes outside and brawls with Austin outside the ring. However, both men are counted out and the match ends in a double-countout. They finally fight back in the ring where Vega sends Austin out of the ring again with a heel kick.
They show us what happened earlier tonight between Mark Henry and Jerry Lawler. Lawler said something to Henry and made fun of causing Henry to pick him up and press slam him. Isaac Yankem came out to console an embarrassed King.
This past weekend on WWF Superstars, Vega and Razor Ramon defeated The 1-2-3 Kid and Tatanka in the first round of the WWF Tag Team Championship tournament. They will face the winner of the final first round matchup The Bodydonnas and The Bushwhackers this weekend on Superstars.
As Goldust is coming to the ring, they go to the WWF store to show us the WrestleMania jean jackets all for three EASY payments of $22.95!!! no thanks!!!
Roddy Piper comes to the ring for an interview with Vince McMahon and Goldust. Piper bashes Goldust calling him a "fruitcake", a transvestite, and a creampuff and reminds us he beat the hell out of the last transvestite (Adrian Adonis) 10 years ago. He also says he won't pay attention to Goldust and all he wants is attention and should be a proud Intercontinental Champion.
Goldust then takes the microphone from McMahon and begins to be all gay. He is such a great heel maybe one of the best ever. Goldust invites Piper to the back lot and begins to rub and touch him for Piper to move his hand. Goldust gets down on his knees and begins to move his hands up his leg and up the kilt. Piper grabs his arm only for Goldust to lick his own lips causing Piper to shove him.
Goldust slaps him in the face and then shimmies his body in a really gay way causing Piper to slap him hard in the face and sending Goldust to the ground. Piper says he will see him in the back lot and promises to "make a man out of him" and then throws the microphone down on Goldust's balls and then leaves. I guess these two will meet at WrestleMania in some sort of "Back Lot" match.
Dustin Rhodes has taken the Goldust character to a new level unreached before in wrestling as it makes you think Dustin is really gay in real life but that's not the case. He does a great job convincing us. He's really gotten in touch with the gay side since debuting the Goldust character six months ago and it reached new levels with Razor Ramon at the end of last year going into this year and now with Piper.
I wonder how his family and friends especially his legendary father "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes likes this? I'm sure they understand that Dustin is doing a tremendous job pushing the envelope. Goldust
The Godwinns (w/ Hillbilly Jim) take on a couple of scrubs. McMahon mentions how The Godwinns defeated The New Rockers in the WWF Tag Team Championship tournament. Phineas goes all crazy only for Henry to calm him down. Henry gets the win following the Slop Drop.
They show Shawn Michaels working out with his mentor Jose Lothario. Lothario says he thinks Shawn can win the WWF Title. Then we are shown Bret Hart training up in Calgary. Bret says submission wrestling he does is much better than the high-flying style Michaels uses. He hates that some think Shawn is better than him. While he admits Shawn is good, Bret is indeed the best.
Hunter Hearst Helmsley takes on a scrub and quickly finishes him off with the Pedigree. Helmsley again is escorted by a hot model this one named Michelle Snickler. It's also announced that Helmsley will be taking on the returning Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania XII. During the match, Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler exchange ideas on what they thought the Warrior has been doing the last three years.
We are at the Geriatric Control Center with Scheme Gene. They are giving away The Huckster vs. The Nacho Man match for free with the stipulations of no ladies shoes and handcuffs. Huckster is training and on oxygen and The Nacho Man is training by having his bald spot fixed. Billionaire Ted is the referee if he can get away from the FTC hearings. Gene then says to call the hotline to see if there will be nightfall.
It's time for the main event of Yokozuna teaming up against his former rival The Undertaker (w/ Paul Bearer) to take on Owen Hart and Davey Boy Smith (w/ Jim Cornette). They show Diesel sitting in the back watching the match.
He says he will be teaming with Shawn Michaels for an upcoming match this week against Bret Hart and The Undertaker. Diesel also says he hopes the rumors about Shawn aren't true. Vince McMahon asks him what those rumors are and Diesel simply shoves the camera away.
After a long entrance by both teams, Yokozuna and The Undertaker stare down one another. Owen and Davey try to attack both men, but Yoko and Taker get the better of them. Yoko and Taker take turns beating on Owen and Davey. Diesel comes to the ring and clotheslines Paul Bearer, causing The Undertaker to leave the match and go after Diesel, leaving Yokozuna all alone as we go to commercial.
Yokozuna is being double teamed until he fights back. Vader comes to the ring and begins to attack Yoko to get the disqualification. Ahmed Johnson and Jake Roberts come to the ring to help Yoko but are beaten by Vader. Yokozuna fights back and attacks Vader as Johnson and Roberts join and chase the trio out of the ring. Vader grabs a chair and starts hitting the ring with it before he is calmed down by Jim Cornette.
Next week on Raw, Bret Hart takes on Tatanka.
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