We go backstage to Jerry Lawler who is at Sable’s locker room door and she lets him in. Lawler asks Sable about the Bikini Contest and asks if the fans can have a SNEAK PEAK. Sable goes behind a curtain and takes her clothes off and Sable tosses her shirt over the top of the curtain to Lawler and then calls him over to give him a sneak peak and while the audience doesn’t see it but Lawler walks out laughing.
Austin/Taker-Kane/Mankind video package
Match 1
Val Venis vs Jeff Jarrett w Tennessee Lee and Southern Justice
Jarrett gets a side headlock into a hammerlock back into the side headlock, Venis shoots him off but Jarrett slides through the legs and lands a series of punches to start but Venis counters with a knee to the gut and lands a series of shots in the corner. Venis goes for an O’Connor Roll early but Jarrett holds on, Venis misses a crossbody but then catches Jarrett with a stun gun for a near fall. Venis whips Jarrett into the ropes and lands a big Russian Legsweep. Jarrett comes back and lands a sloppy powerbomb and then clotheslines Venis to the floor and backs off referee Tim White while Tennessee Lee gets involved on the floor. Jarrett. Venis and Jarrett trade shots and Venis gets the upper hand, Venis goes for Urinagi but Jarrett counters and lands a big DDT on Venis. Jarrett whips Venis into the ropes locks in a sleeper but Venis escapes and locks in one of his own but Jarrett counters with a big back suplex. Jarrett goes for a suplex but Venis counters and lands a big belly to belly suplex.
Venis lands a series of punches and catches Jarrett coming off the ropes with an inverted atomic drop followed by a clothesline, and a fisherman’s suplex for a near fall. Venis whips Jarrett into the corner but misses a charge, and Jarrett climbs the ropes and lands a big powerslam. Venis climbs the ropes but Jarrett stops him and Venis snaps the neck of Jarrett but Jarrett backs up and catches referee Tim White, Venis climbs the ropes but Tennessee Lee gets involved and crotches Venis allowing Jarrett to land a superplex for a near fall. Jarrett waistlocks Venis but Venis counters and sends Jarrett into the Tennessee Lee while getting the O’Connor Roll to score the fall.
Winner Val Venis
Match 2
Non Title Match
WWF European Champion D’Lo Brown w the Gofather vs X-Pac w Chyna
D’Lo and X-Pac lock up, D’Lo gets a side headlock and X-Pac shoots him off and gets taken down for his efforts. D’Lo locks in another side headlock and goes for the wristlock but X-Pac uses the ropes to flip off of and gets a nice arm drag. X-Pac locks in a side headlock and D’Lo shoves him off and gets a big shoulder tackle. X-Pac comes back and lands a series of shots and a big spin kick. X-Pac goes for an Irish whip but gets reversed and ducks a series of shots but D’Lo catches X-Pac with a big leg lariat for a near fall. X-Pac sends D’Lo into the corner but misses a charge and D’Lo catches him wirth a clothesline for a near fall. D’Lo snaps over X-Pac and locks in a chinlock as the Fresno crowd chants for Chyna. D’Lo lands more shots and lands a violent Irish whip into the corner and lands a big leg drop for a near fall. D-Lo lands more shots and avoids a spin kick from X-Pac. D’Lo locks in another chinlock but X-Pac escapes. D’Lo picks up and slams X-Pac and climbs the ropes but misses a big moonsault to X-Pac. X-Pac lands a series of shots and lands the Bronco Buster in the corner. X-Pac goes off the ropes but the Godfather catches him from the outside and D’Lo lands the SKY HIGH on X-Pac for the win.
Winner WWF European Champion D’Lo Brown
We go backstage to Bradshaw and Terry Funk. Ross points out that Faarooq and Scorpio are undefeated. Funk says that it’s not what’s written on paper that counts it’s what’s in your heart. Funk announces that this will be his last match in WWF for 6 months and Bradshaw is very upset by this. Funk says that he’s had a rough go of it up here in th WWF and needs to go home and recharge his batteries.
Match 3
Faarooq and Scorpio vs Bradshaw and Terry Funk
Bradshaw and Scorpio start us off, and Bradshaw sends lands a series of shots. Bradshaw sends Scorpio into the ropes and lands a big shoulder tackle. Scorpio lands a dropkick and a clothesline but Bradshaw catches him with a big back elbow. Scorpio lands a big frankensteiner and lands a series of shots and makes the tag out. Faarooq whips Bradshaw into the ropes and lands a big back elbow. Bradshaw comes back and lands a big corner clothesline and makes the tag to Funk. Funk lands a neckbreaker for a near fall. Faarooq lands a series of shots and goes for a powerbomb but Bradshaw comes in with a big boot to the face. Bradshaw climbs the ropes but Faarooq catches him with a big a powerslam for a near fall. Faarooq sends Bradshaw into the corner and makes the tag out. Scorpio climbs the ropes but Funk crotches him and Bradshaw lands a big back superplex and makes the tag out.Funk sends Scorpio to the floor and into the guard rail and into the Fresno crowd and back over the guardrail. Funk sends Scorpio into the apron and lands a big dive off the middle rope taking out Scorpio. Funk gets an O’Connor Roll but Faarooq comes in and breaks it up. Scorpio picks up and slams Funk and lands a top rope reverse splash for a near fall. Scorpio climbs the ropes and lands a big leg drop but Bradshaw comes in and breaks it up which brings Faarooq in to knock him out of the ring. Scorpio climbs the ropes again and lands a big 450 splash for the win.
Winners Faarooq and Scorpio
After the match. Bradshaw gets in the face and verbally abuses Funk and calls for Faarooq and Scorpio to come back. Bradshaw teases leaving but then turns around and obliterates Funk with a clothesline. Scorpio comes back and tries to make the save but Bradshaw sends him to the floor and obliterates him with another huge lariat on the floor. Faarooq goes to check on Scorpio and Bradshaw gets a steel chair and nails Faarooq with a violent chair shot to the back.
Match 4
Vader vs Mark Henry
Vader and Henry collide in the center of the ring. Vader goes for a bodyslam but can’t get it and Henry gets a bodyslam and an elbow drop and Vader rolls to the floor. Henry forces Vader into the corner and lands a series of punches in the corner. Henry whips Vader into the ropes and lands a big clothesline. Henry lands another big elbow drop and a clothesline for a near fall. Henry goes for a sunset flip but Vader counters with a sit down splash and then lands a big splash off the ropes for a near fall. Vader sends Henry to the floor and then sends him into the steel steps. Vader rolls Henry back into the ring and sends him into the corner and lands a big splash in the corner for a near fall. Vader picks up and slams Henry and climbs to the middle rope and lands a big splash off the ropes for a near fall. Vader goes for the Irish whip but gets reversed and Henry lands a big powerslam followed by a splash out of the corner for the win.
Winner Mark Henry
WWF Tag Team Champioons Kane Mankind and Paul Bearer come out. Bearer says that he knew all along that Undertaker didn’t want to face his brother Kane. Bearer says that Taker is a coward and is trying to save his energy for Summerslam. Bearer says that Stone Cold Steve Austin is in the wrong place at the wrong time because Kane and Makind are going to finish him and the Undertaker won’t be here to help Austin. The New Age Outlaws come out and Road Dogg quickly demands for his music to be cut. Road Dogg calls Kane Mankind and Bearer Gomez Morticia and Cousin It. Road Dogg says that since they seem so confident that they’ll be able to take out the COLD ONE tonight they should have no problem accepting the NAO challenge for the next night on RAW IS WAR. Kane and Mankind seem hesitant and Billy grabs the microphone and says maybe they can help them by KICKING THEIR ASS. All four men brawl in the ring until referees and Commisioner Slaughter come out to break this up.
DOA-LOD 2000 highlights from the previous week’s Raw
Match 5
DOA-Skull and 8-Ball w Paul Ellering beat LOD 2000-Hawk and Animal when the illegal member of DOA hit a DDT on Animal after the legal member had hit been hit by the Doomsday Device,
MR Mcmahon along with Pat Patterson Gerald Brisco and Sgt Slaughter come out to the ring. Vince says that if the Undertaker does not show up don’t blame him. Vince says that it was Stone Cold Steve Austin who hit Undertaker with a chair last Monday Night on Raw. Vince says that Austin has provoked Undertaker by challenging him for the WWF Title at Summerslam. Vince points out that in all the advertisements in the newspaper it says CARD SUBJECT TO CHANGE and then reads the insert of the bottom of the program and says in the unlikely event that the Undertaker doesn’t show up the suitable replacement partner will be THE BROOKLYN BRAWLER.
Match 6
Dungeon Match Special Referee Dan Severn
Ken Shamrock vs Owen Hart
Owen gets a double leg takedown but Shamrock counters and goes for a cross armbreaker, which Owen counters and goes for a submission but Shamrock kicks him off into the Dungeon Walls. Shamrock lands a big judo throw and goes for another submission. Shamrock rams the back of the head of Owen into the dungenon wall and works him over., Owen sends Shamrok into the dungeon wall and lands a German Suplex on Shamrock. Shamrock and Owen trade punches and Shamrock sends Owen into the wall but Owen fights back and uses the plumbing pipe to land a frankensteiner. Shamrock goes for the same spot but Owen blocks it with a big powerbomb. Owen picks up Shamrock and drives him up into the ceiling of the Dungeon. Owen locks in the sharpshooter but Shamrock is able to counter out. Shamrock lands a series of shots and goes for the big hooking kick but Owen ducks it and it catches Severn. Owen gets a dumbbell and clocks Shamrock with it and knocks out Severn and then locks in a crossface and taps Shamrock’s hands on the mat so Severn can see it and gets the cheap win.
Winner Owen Hart
Match 7
2 Out of 3 Falls for the World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental Championship
The Rock vs Triple H w Chyna
Rock lands a series of shots to start things, Rock and Triple H trade shots and Triple H sends Rock into the ropes but ducks his head and gets a big boot and a clothesline for his efforts. Rock lands more shots but Triple H comes back and lands a big knee to the face. Triple H chokes Rock over the ropes and backs off referee Mike Chioda while Chyna takes a shot at the Rock. Triple H goes for the Pedigree but Rock reverses with a back body drop. Rock charges but Triple H shoots him to the floor. Rock tries to escape but Triple H catches him and the two brawl up the entry way and Triple H lands a big bodyslam on Rock and brings him back to ringside and rolls Rock into the ring but Rock rolls out the other side. Triple H tries to send Rock into the steel steps and then drops Triple H across the guard rail. Rock works over Triple H in the corner and goes for the Irish whip but Triple H counters with a big swinging neckbreaker. Triple H hooks Rock and lands a suplex followed by a big knee drop out of the corner for a near fall. Rock and Triple H trade shots and it’s Rock getting the upper hand and whips Triple H into the corner and Triple H sails to the floor. Rock backs off the referee and Mark Henry comes out with a big splash which brings out Billy Gunn to chase him off.
Rock rolls Triple H back into the ring and the referee is distracted again allowing Rock to get the belt shot for a near fall. Rock sends Triple H into the ropes and lands a shot to the gut and a swinging neckbreaker. Rock lands more punches and locks in a chinlock. Rock sends Triple H to the floor and chokes him with a camera cord. Rock rolls Triple H into the ring and continues to work him over and locks in another chinlock. Godfather tries to wonder out but the New Age Outlaws come out and back him off. Rock tries to use brass knuckles but referee Mike Chioda catches him and the two argue, but this gives D’Lo Brown a chance to come out and climb the ropes but Triple H crotches him and decks D’Lo with the European title belt. Rock catches Triple H with the Rock Bottom to finally score the first fall and we have a 1 miute rest period.
Rock sends Triple H to the floor and lands a series of shots and sends Triple H into the barricade but Triple H come back with a clothesline. Triple H goes for a pedigree on the floor but Rock counters and slingshots Triple H into the SPANISH ANNOUNCE TABLE. Rock rolls Triple H back into the ring and picks up and slams him and lands the PEOPLES ELBOW for a near fall. D’Lo Brown tries to get involved but Chyna stops him and sends him into the barricade. Referee Mike Chioda catches her and the two argue which allows X-Pac to come through the crowd and land the X-Factor allowing Triple H to score a near fall. Triple H gets a steel chair but the referee catches him. Rock gets the chair but Triple H ducks and Rock wipes out Mike Chioda with it. Rock goes for another chair shot but Chyna gets involved and low blows Rock with a DDT on the chair and Triple H scores the 2nd fall and we have two minutes left and Earl Hebner replaces Mike Chioda. Rock and Triple H brawl on the floor and Triple H sends Rock into the apron and lands a big clothesline and sends Rock back into the ring. Rock and Triple H trade punches with less than a minute to go and Rock goes for the ROCK BOTTOM but Triple H counters and lands the PEDIGREE but time runs out.
Winner Time Limit Draw tied 1-1
We go outside of the Selland Arena to catch WWF IC Champion The Rock and WWF European Champion D’Lo Brown leaving the building. Rock says that WWF Cameras are giving people what they want to see the People’s Champion. Rock says that Triple H had his sidekick Chyna interfere but it didn’t matter. Rock says the fact of the matter is that he beat Triple H with the Rock Bottom 1.2.3. Rock says that he’s still leaving Fresno the greatest Intercontinental Champion of ALL TIME. Rock says that if Triple H wants a rematch with the GREAT ONE go ahead and scratch that itch because he will make Triple H famous… IF YOU SMELL WHAT THE ROCK IS COOKING.
Sable-Jacqueline video package
Bikini Contest
Jerry Lawler is in the ring and says that it’s time for the BIKINI CONTEST. Lawler brings out Marc Mero and Jacqueline. Lawler says that it’s time for Jaacqueline to strut her stuff but before she can Sable comes out to a big pop from the Fresno crowd and Lawler tells her to get in the corner. Lawler says that the challenger goes first so Jacqueline disrobes and shoves off her bikini and struts her self. Lawler says it’s Sable’s turn and Sable takes off her shirt to to reveal another shirt. Lawler says that this isn’t what Sable showed her. Sable gets the microphone and says that when she described what she was going to be wearing on TV she was called into MR McMahon’s office and told to wear something more conservative. Sable says that this is MR McMahon’s idea of conservative and she has ideas of her own. Sable says that this is live TV and this is PPV and like they say ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. Sable takes off her 2nd shirt to reveal nothing but BODY PAINT. Mero and Jacqueline protest but in the end Sable is declared the winner. MR McMahon comes out and cover her up and brings her backstage as Mero and Jacqueline continue to protest the decision of the crowd.
Kane/Mankind-Austin/Taker video package
Main Event
For the World Wrestling Tag Team Championship
The Undertaker and WWF Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Kane and Mankind w Paul Bearer
All four men briefly brawl on the floor and Austin sends Kane into the steel steps. Taker rolls Mankind into the ring where Austin awaits to start the match. Austin sends Mankind face first into the corner and lands a series of shots. Austin whips Mankind into the ropes and lands a big clothesline and then lands a big suplex for a near fall and Mankind tags out. Kane lands a series of shots and goes for the Irish whip but gets reversed and Austin lands the Thesz Press and punches. Austin goes for the Stunner but Kane escapes and bails to the floor. Kane tries to leave but Austin brings him back and rolls him back into the ring. Austin wrenches the arm and makes the tag out and Taker lans a shot. Taker wrenches the arm and then goes into a Russian Legsweep and Mankind tags in. Taker works over Mankind for a little bit but Kane gets a blind tag in and lands a big chokeslam. Kane lands a series of shots and makes the tag to Mankind who lands a series of shots in the corner and a running knee. Taker fights back but Mankind catches with a kick to the knne and a double arm DDT but Austin breaks the count. Mankind clotheslines both him and Taker to the floor, and Kane lands a big shot to Taker. Mankind goes for the elbow drop off the apron but Austin shoves him off and onto the SPANISH ANNOUNCE TABLE. Mankind whips Taker into the ropes but ducks his head and Taker lands a DDT and Mankind makes a tag to Kane who tries to shove Taker into Austin and but it backfires allowing a tag to be made.
Austin comes in and cleans house with a series of shots and Taker taks out Mankind to the floor. Taker puts a chair in the ring and Austin plasters Kane with it for a near fall. Kane and Mankind work over Austin on the floor and then bring him back into the ring. Mankind lands a series of shots and works over Austin. Mankind locks in a chinlock but Austin fights out of it and they take each out with a double clothesline but Kane stops Austin from making the tag. Kane and Mankind work over Austin. Kane goes for the Tombstone on Austin but Austin escapes and lands the STONE COLD STUNNER on Kane and then one for Mankind and makes the tag to Taker. Taker quickly cleans house of Kane and Mankind and chokeslams them both. Taker picks up Kane and lands the Tombstone and Austin stops Mankind as Taker scores the fall.
Winners and NEW World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champions The Undertaker and Stone Cold Steve Austin.
An alright show here. Basically the first half has some good matches in the opening but the meat of your show to set up the main matches at Summerslam including the Shamrock/Owen finish, Rock/Triple H draw and the Rock promo afterwards sets up their rematch. Not to mention the bikini contest to set up another Sable/Jacqueline match. Of course the main event you get the tag title change but also a lot of friction between Taker and Austin to close the show which leads into the main event at Summerslam 98. Thumbs up for story development but the show overall is a thumbs in the middle.
