WWF Monday Night RAW - June 3rd , 1996
Your Hosts - Jerry Lawler & Vince McMahon
We get Goldust discussing how he saved Mr. Johnson's life last week. That he wasn't happy with the mouth to mouth CPR done to him. Goldust is seen posing on a couch with the IC Title daring him to come get it. Gorilla Monsoon has announced that Ahmed Johnson will face Goldust for the IC title at King of the Ring. Then we go right to the ring where Bob Holly waits to face Stone Cold Steve Austin in the 1st round qualifier match.
McMahon brings up that Austin is alone due to what has happened at the last 2 In Your House : Beware of Dog shows. The 1st match between Savio Vega and Steve Austin was in the dark and Vega won. Then Ted Dibiase put his career in the WWF on the line and Vega won the 2nd Beware of Dog strap match on Tuesday. The fans serenade Dibiase with "NA NA GOOD-BYE" as he slowly walks outta the WWF for good.
Austin is alone without the Million Dollar Championship and without Dibiase. Stone Cold is still using his technical wrestling skills that made him Dibiase's pick of a superstar. McMahon runs down the rest of the show and will re-air footage of what happened at both Beware of Dog PPV shows that happened. Then we see Austin in ring concentrate on Holly's leg and working it over.
Lawler claims he has footage of Clarence Manson being assaulted by WWF President Gorilla Monsoon. Holly soon rallies back against Stone Cold as McMahon claims he's pulled some upsets before (none that I have seen in these reviews thus far). Then Stone Cold gets back in control and delivers a pretty hard core back breaker as some fans boo. He looks out and smiles , then goes back to work. Austin is starting to form his full Stone Cold character as we watch this.
This match is lasting longer than many would expect a Bob Holly/Steve Austin match would. Holly rallies back yet again and its then we see Stone Cold get behind him and locks on the million dollar dream. Austin will face the winner of Savio Vega/Marty Jannetty on WWF Superstars this weekend in the 2nd round of King of the Ring. Then we get clips of we see Lawler trying to get involved in the Ultimate Warrior end by jumping him from behind. He now has a match against Warrior at King of the Ring as well.
Lawler proclaims he should have been the artist of Warrior's comic book and actually shows a page he drew mocking the Warrior. The one page is better than all of Warrior's comic. So he proves his point pretty well here. McMahon claims the Warrior will join us next week for an interview. Then in ring we see Barry Horowitz ready to face Mankind. The match at King of the Ring 1996 will be Undertaker vs Mankind. Jim Ross brings up that this will be the most intense battle the Dead Man has ever faced.
We get replays of how Mankind appeared in the casket outta nowhere on the Beware of Dog PPV match against Goldust. He choked out Undertaker with his mandible claw and pushed him into that same casket. He disappeared once Bearer raised the lid. In ring Mankind is making short work of Barry Horowitz as he screams in Horowitz's face after stomping him and then throws him outside.
The WWF airs a promo where we can ...LIVE IT.....FEEL IT.....TOUCH IT......EXPERIENCE IT LIVE ! Its the WWF Attitude Adjustment Tour folks. I guess they had to do something better than the WWF Tour-de-Force stuff. Back from commercial Horowitz tries some European uppercuts and Mankind gives him a kick off the ropes and locks in the mandible claw for the win. Then he sits all peaceful as Jim Ross comes out to speak to him about the Undertaker.
Mankind is hoping the Undertaker stands up and SHOWS A LITTLE BIT OF PRIDE !! That he has the fortitude to come to King of the Ring. He then proclaims that the Undertaker can't take his ear , its ALREADY GONE !! That he can't take his mind ....HE LOST IT A LONG TIME AGO !! He screams out as Jim Ross leaves.
We get replay of the controversy of the WWF World title with British Bulldog vs Shawn Michaels. Where the original referee and 2nd referee disagreed on who won. Its then we see Gorilla Monsoon declare this match a draw. A rematch will happen at King of the Ring. Then we get Goldust who is posed sexually and claims he's in his den and the clips where he performed mouth to mouth to revive him.
Goldust quotes the Color Purple movie line and he proclaims he gave Ahmed the breath of life. He just couldn't let the man...expire. Because he has a heart ...of gold. Then its more sexual as Goldust claims he loves a taste of chocolate and slowly licks a chocolate bar and takes a small bite from it. He claims that he will face the mighty mandigo at King of the Ring and he will never forget the name...Gooooldust.
END OF PART #1