RAW IS WAR & HEAT SPOILERS to air (01-04-99):

[Courtesy of: Suptman from the Jobber Report.]

I just returned from the RAW taping in Worcester, MA. This show will go
up against WCW's big Georgia Dome Nitro with Kevin Nash vs. Goldberg. What
could the WWF do to get people to watch RAW? Let's just say it is great!
More on that later! I would estimate the crowd at about 10,000 since aboout
a 1/4 of the arena was blocked by the Titan Tron. Here are the full
results...

·DARK MATCH:
-Steve ? beat Nick ? with a Northern Lights Powerbomb in a match-up of local
guys. Steve ? hit some nice moves including an Asai Moonsault and somersault
plancha to the floor.

·SHOTGUN:
-Gangrel beat a jobber with his Leaping DDT.

-The Acolytes were set to take on Animal and Droz, but Droz walked out, and
the Acolytes got DQ'ed for beating on Animal. Hawk made the save, and the
Acolytes kicked his broken arm.

-Blue Meanie, Scorpio, Bob Holly, and Duane Gill beat Brian Christopher,
Kevin Quinn, and the Hardy Boys when Scorpio pinned Christopher with a top
rope Huracanrana. Afterwards, Too Much attacked Quinn with Scott Taylor's
crutch.


·SUNDAY NIGHT HEAT:
-The New Age Outlaws came out for an interview. Road Dog messed up and said
"last night"(meaning RAW), and then said "check that, last week". That
should be edited. Road Dog challenged the Rock to a match, but the Rock
turned him down because he is not a worthy challenge, and has to pass the
Test. Billy Gunn challenges Ken Shamrock, but Shamrock turns him down.

-George the Animal Steele beat Mosh with a rollup after Kurrgan distracted
Mosh. It was basically three minutes of stalling. The Oddities now get a
shot at the Headbanger's fake tag titles that they carry around.

-Triple H beat Mark Henry with the Pedigree. Chyna and another woman stood
at the top of the ramp and distracted Henry, allowing HHH to hit his
finisher.

-Val Venis beat Christian with the Money Shot, but got a bloodbath from the
Brood afterwards.

-Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart beat Ken Shamrock and Big Boss Man in a
non-title match. Debra distracted Boss Man, and put his hand on her ass, and
Jarrett got the rollup for the pin. Shamrock wasn't happy with Boss Man.

-Road Dog took on Test in the Heat main event, with Mankind doing
commentary. Road Dog apologized for last week's RAW when he beat Mankind
with Rock's help, and he allows Foley to play Billy Gunn for his intro.
Foley says "If you're not down with the fact that Road Dog is a damn good
Hardcore Champion, then I've got one word for you... SOCKO!" Road Dog hit
Test with his Pumphandle Slam finisher, but the Rock ran in for the DQ.
Mankind made the save, and they brawled as Heat went off the air.


·HEAT DARK MATCHES:
-The Blue Meanie beat Matt Hardy with the Meaniesault. The crowd wasn't into
it at all, and most people took a bathroom break.

-DOA beat Kurrgan and Golga. I have no clue how, I was just staring at the
ground in boredom.(This might be a RAW match, because they did change the
ring apron around, but the announcers didn't come down until after this
match.)

·RAW is WAR:
-RAW was kind of messed up, because they taped a lot of it out of order. I
am not sure how this will go on TV, but this is the order it took place at
the arena...

-Edge took on D'Lo Brown in a decent match. PMS came down, and Terri jumped
on the apron. Somehow, she fell off, and it looked like it was D'Lo's fault.
She held her stomach to go with that whole pregnancy angle. Terri was
stretchered out, and D'Lo looked worried.

-Road Dog defended the Hardcore Title against Al Snow in a crazy match. Snow
put the Head on the ramp, and then hid behind the curtain and attacked RD
when he came out. Snow put RD through a table with a moonsault off the
guardrail. Chairs and cookie sheets got involved. Snow got hiptossed through
a table by the stage. They went into the locker room, and then outside. I
couldn't see what was going on since I was at a bad angle to see the Titan
Tron, but there was a lot of smashing going on. I guess in the end Road Dog
Tombstoned Snow outside and got the pin.

-Mark Henry took on Goldust, and Goldust got DQ'ed for Shattered Dreams.
Chyna came out with the same woman from Heat, and said that her name was
Sammy. Chyna said her night with Mark was incredible, but she wasn't enough
women for Mark, and Mark was too much man for her. She said that she and
Sammy had something for him, and Mark fell down in excitement. It looked
like Sammy was really a man, so we'll see how that plays out.

-They shot the RAW opening, which I assume will go before the matches taped
before, and showed last week on RAW when Michaels Superkicked Vince. Vince
came out with the Corporation and said that Michaels had threatened to show
up tonight. Vince warned that anyone who disrespects his son would pay.
Shawn comes out, and then brings out DX! HBK says that Vince can't fire him
from his role as Commissioner because he has an iron clad contract, and HBK
isn't going to resign. HBK says he has control over every WWF superstar
except Austin, and makes Vince #2 in the Royal Rumble! HBK says that he is
leaving to go get a suprise for Vince, but he will be back within two hours
with something that will drive Vince "Stone Cold"!

-In a non-title match, Ken Shamrock took on Steve Blackman. Dan Severn came
down in his neck brace, and Shamrock punched him. Billy Gunn runs down and
hits a Rocker Dropper on Shamrock, and Blackman gets the pin.

-Mankind came out for an interview, and said that he he had learned a few
things about himself in recent weeks. For the first time, he grabbed a man's
testicles, and in a lovely-manly kind of way, he enjoyed it. It was the
first time he used the words "suck it" without "please" in front of them. He
has made a hobby of kicking the McMahon's asses. He asks for a title shot at
the Rock at the Royal Rumble. He says that he sees signs that say "Foley is
God", but they must have forgot a letter because it should say "Foley is
Good". Vince comes out and says that Mankind has wasted his opportunities,
and doesn't deserve a title shot, and he hasn't paid his dues.(Yeah right,
nobody has paid their dues like Foley!) But because Vince is a benevolent
individual, he will givew him a chance to enter the Royal Rumble...IF he can
beat Triple H later tonight, with Shane McMahon as the referee. Whoever wins
is in the Rumble.

-The Godfather comes out with four ho's to take on Test. It ended up in a
double countout, I think, with Val Venis getting involved. It was pretty
bad.

-They had us cheer for 30 seconds, so that is probably the beginning of the
second hour of RAW.

-It's time for Triple H vs. Mankind, with Shane as ref. Triple H goes for
sunset flip off the apron, but Mankind holds the ropes. Shane kicks
Mankind's hands and registeres a FAST three count. HHH says that business is
business, and a win is a win, and he will take it anyway he can get it. He
says Happy New Year to Shane, and then hits him with the Pedigree! He says
that he is all Mankind's. Mankind says he is going to break Shane's shoulder
off, and puts him in some sort of hold. Vince and the Stooges came down.
Mankind no longer wants a shot at the Royal Rumble, he wants it TONIGHT, and
he wants it to be NO DQ! Shane agrees, and the Rock ain't happy!

-Kane comes out with the Stooges. The are messing around with him, and put a
sign on his back that I couldn't read. Shane comes out as ref again, and
says it is a handicap match...Kane vs. BRISCO AND PATTERSON! Vince says that
they are responsible for Shane's emotional scarring. Kane will make them
pay. Patterson offers Kane candy, and then a chair to sit on, but Kane choke
slams them, and then crotches them around the ring post. He grabs Shane
around the throat, but Vince tells him to let go. Kane is the winner, and
leaves as the Stooges fight each other.

-Some fans started chanting "Goldberg". When Earl Hebner got in the ring, he
did some DX crotch chops to them and told them to Suck It!

*****It's main event time, Mankind vs. The Rock, no DQ for the title. DX
comes down with Foley, and the Corporation comes down with the Rock. Most of
the match was outside the ring, with ample use of the stairs. The Rock hit
the Rock Bottom through the announcer's table, and then the Corporate Elbow
in the ring, but Mankind kicked out at two! Bossman distracted the ref, and
the Rock nailed Mankind with the belt, but Mankind kicked out again! Mankind
hit the Double Arm DDT on the belt, but only got two! Mankind whipped out
Socko, but Shamrock jumped in the ring and cracked Mankin with a chair! A
brawl outside the ring between DX and the Corporation erupted. GLASS
CRASHES!! STONE COLD! Austin comes down and cracks the Rock with a chair.
Mankind makes the cover and the ref crawls back in the ring! 1....2...3!
MANKIND WINS!! MANKIND WINS THE TITLE!!! The crowd is going nuts. Road Dog
announces the NEW WWF World Champion, and Foley dedicates the win to his
kids! A huge "Foley" chant starts up, rivaling any "Austin" chant ever. Road
Dog holds up a "Foley is God" sign, and Mankind does the DX chop. Triple H
says DX is leaving so Mankind can talk. He talks about his kids watching him
go off the Hell in the Cell with his tooth hanging out his nose. He talks
about the WWF showing too much cleavag