The show opens with Vince McMahon celebrating his win at the Royal Rumble. The first match is Goldust versus Billy Gunn. The Rock has a verbal confrontation with Mankind. Droz faces George Steele. Kevin Kelly interviews Debra. The Big Bossman and Ken Shamrock defend the Tag Team Championship against Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett. Shane McMahon calls out Kane and makes him apologize. We see a video of D-Lo Brown buying maxi pads for Terri Runnels. Val Venis shows us his latest adult film. Val Venis faces Test. Al Snow and the Road Dogg take on Gangrel and Edge in a hardcore match. Kevin Kelly interviews Snow and Road Dogg after the match. The main event is The Rock defending the WWF Championship against Triple H in an I Quit match.
2 Reviews
A Night Of Shockers And Match Setups
jeremycrimsonfox21 August 2022
Warning: Spoilers
This episode of WWE Raw (or WWF Raw Is War as it was known back then) took place in the American West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, and is the episode taking place after WWF Royal Rumble: No Chance in Hell, and is a memorable episode. It starts with Vince McMahon, the owner of WWF and the one who won the Royal Rumble (eliminating Stone Cold Steve Austin when the Rattlesnake was distracted by The Rock, who won the WWF Championship from Mankind that night), paying the champ the bounty of one hundred thousand dollars (out of Shane's trust fund), and going as far as to remove himself as number one contender at Wrestlemania, reserving the right to choose his opponent. However, Stone Cold appears on the Titantron, as he is at Shawn Michael's house in San Antonio. The Heartbreak Kid, who at the time is the WWF commissioner, throws a wrench in Vince's plan telling him by forfeiting, then Austin, as the runner-up, gets all rights and privileges to go to Wrestlemania to face The Rock for the WWF Championship at the pay-per-view's main event, leading to Stone Cold declaring he is putting his shot at The Rock on the line against Vince, which sets up the two's cage match for St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
Another major highlight comes with The Rock coming out after the first match of the night, as he gives an electrifying rant to accept Triple H's challenge. However, Mankind, appears, takes out the guards of the armored truck guarding Rock's bounty money, and holds it for ransom and even throws it into the crowd as he shows evidence that the win was because The Rock used words Shane McMahon recorded when he interviewed Mankind on the Sunday Night Heat before the event, and challenging The Rock to an empty arena match, setting up Halftime Heat.
The matches are so-so. Starting with a bout between Goldust and Bllly Gunn, the matches are basically a gimmick overkill, with the worst being the tag team match between the team of Gangrel and Edge and the team of Road Dogg and Al Snow. Also, the main event between Triple H and The Rock was okay, as it has Chyna betray Triple H in a twist where she joins The Corporation. All in all, a good episode, despite the match card being hit-or-miss.
Another major highlight comes with The Rock coming out after the first match of the night, as he gives an electrifying rant to accept Triple H's challenge. However, Mankind, appears, takes out the guards of the armored truck guarding Rock's bounty money, and holds it for ransom and even throws it into the crowd as he shows evidence that the win was because The Rock used words Shane McMahon recorded when he interviewed Mankind on the Sunday Night Heat before the event, and challenging The Rock to an empty arena match, setting up Halftime Heat.
The matches are so-so. Starting with a bout between Goldust and Bllly Gunn, the matches are basically a gimmick overkill, with the worst being the tag team match between the team of Gangrel and Edge and the team of Road Dogg and Al Snow. Also, the main event between Triple H and The Rock was okay, as it has Chyna betray Triple H in a twist where she joins The Corporation. All in all, a good episode, despite the match card being hit-or-miss.
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