WWF Raw is War Report - July 5, 1999
Hosted by Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler
Taped from Fayetteville, North Carolina
[courtesy Joe de Leon]

• Stone Cold Steve Austin Interview.
- Stone Cold Steve Austin had the crowd say "Hell Yeah," after he defeated The Undertaker the previous Monday on Raw is War. He criticized the way he crumbled up Vince McMahon's four month plan against him. He accepted The Undertaker's First Blood title match challenge for the Fully Loaded PPV. He mentioned the last time he was in a First Blood match (with Kane at King of the Ring '98), it was The Undertaker who busted him open, so payback would be a bitch. McMahon then made his way out near the entrance-way. The crowd chanted, "Asshole." Austin said McMahon needed to speak louder because he had bad hearing and 15,000 people were calling McMahon an asshole. McMahon said either him or Austin had to leave the WWF for good because it wasn't big enough for the both of them. He said he was so confident The Undertaker would leave Austin a bloody mess and capture the title at the PPV, that he would put in writing that he would never again directly or indirectly have anything to do with Austin in the WWF again if Austin won the match. Austin said he was interested. McMahon said he would put up his offer only if Austin accepted the other stipulation that if Ausitn lost his First Blood match, he would never against get a shot at the title McMahon said he wasn't taking the risk because it wasn't much of a risk since the thought of Austin at the champion made him sick. The "Asshole" chants got really loud. McMahon said if Austin decided to accept, it would be an end of an era. McMahon then made the stakes higher, and said if Austin won, he would leave the WWF for good. McMahon said it would be a done deal as long as things were signed by both sides' attorneys. Austin proudly accepted.

• Backstage, The Rock arrived. He was then interviewed by Michael Cole and was asked about his upcoming Steel Cage Match with Triple H later in the show. The Rock put a Smackdown Hotel t-shirt over Cole's head. The Rock said before he let Triple H ever become the Heavyweight Champion, he would lay the smackdown on his candyass. He said Triple H was dealing the most electricfying man, as he continued to tell Cole to keep his head still. He called Mr. Ass a pee-on and cut the rest of his promo, as the crowd was heard following along.

• The Hardy Boyz defeated The Acolytes with a Tornado DDT by Matt Hardy, to capture the Tag Team Titles.
- Before the match, a medical official told Bradshaw in the backstage area that he didn't have clearance to work the match after the Tombstone he took on a steel staircase the previous night on HEAT, courtesy of Kane. Bradshaw punched him away. The Hardy Boyz received their shot at the Tag Team Titles after they defeated The Brood at the King of the Ring PPV. Matt and Jeff Hardy immediately went at Faarooq and Bradshaw. At one point, The Hardy's executed their finishing maneuver of a simultaneous Guillotine Legdrop and Frog Splash, but Bradshaw surprisingly kicked out when a pin was being made. The Acolytes could not gain a full advantage of their opponents due to excellent team work by The Hardy's. At one point, Bradshaw nailed Matt with the Clothesline from Hell, but Jeff made the save when the pin was being made. As Faarooq and Michael Hayes brawled on the outside of the ring, Bradshaw set up Matt for a top rope maneuver, only to be clocked by Jeff with Hayes' cane. Jeff then finished off Bradshaw with a Tornado DDT for the win. The Hardy Boyz and Hayes celebrated near the entrance-way, while The Acolytes looked on with grins on theirs faces.

• Backstage, Terry Taylor interviewed new Tag Team Champions, The Hardy Boyz, along with Michael Hayes. Hayes told Taylor to talk to the champions after Taylor wanted comments from Hayes. Matt Hardy said he always wondered what it would feel like to be the Tag Team Champions and he finally got his chance. The interview was interrupted by G-TV. Droz and Prince Albert were dressing up in their locker room for their position as ho's for The Godfather. Albert asked Droz if he shaved his legs, and Droz said he did. Droz said he liked being dressed with a wig, make-up, high-heels, etc., because it made him look sexy, while Albert was furious.

• The Godfather (w/Val Venis, ho's) defeated Gangrel with a Leg Drop.
- Gangrel came out alone once again. The speculation continued that there was tension in The Brood after Gangrel was upset with Edge the previous Monday on Raw is War when Edge took a ho with him. The Godfather came out with two female ho's. He hyped up the crowd with his ring introduction and then had Val Venis enter the ring. After The Godfather and Venis defeated Droz and Prince Albert the previous day on Sunday Night Heat, Droz and Albert were The Godfather's ho's, as they were introduced to the ring. Both wore their wigs, make-up, high-heels, dresses, etc. Droz did the grind near the entrance-way and slapped Albert on the rear. Jim Ross said Albert was the worst she-male he had ever seen because of all the hair. The Godfather dominated Gangrel and finished him off in a matter of minutes with a leg drop. Following the match, Albert and Droz attacked Venis on the outside of the ring, while Gangrel nailed The Godfather on the inside with his Implant DDT. Gangrel joined in on the Venis attack. Christian and Edge made their ways down to calm down Gangrel. Gangrel argued with them as the group made their ways to the backstage area.

• Backstage, Stephanie McMahon told Test she was worried about him. Test told her not to worry about a thing.

• Test defeated Joey Abs by Disqualification.
- Joey Abs, who wore his usual Mean Street Posse clothing, admired the entrance video as he made his way out, but regretted it once Test speared him on the steel rampway. As Tet dominated the match, Shane McMahon dragged his sister Stephanie out. Rodney and Pete Gas then interfered and attack Test, as Shane forced Stephanie to watch. After the Posse attack stopped, Stephanie tended to Test. Shane yelled out as he made his way back with his friends, saying his sister would never be with Test.

• Outside of the arena, Chyna, along with Triple H, wanted police to arrest X-Pac and Road Dogg for supposedly spraypainting her car with D-Generation X grafitti. She claimed she saw the both of them vandalize her car.

• Hardcore Match: Al Snow defeated D-Lo Brown, to retain the Hardcore Title.
- D-Lo Brown said he wasn't the one to mess with. As he taunted Al Snow, Snow ran in and clocked him with a cookie sheet. Both superstars immediately took it in the crow. They sprayed beer in each other's faces as they went into the backstage area, up, and down an escalator. Snow threw some plants at D-Lo. They brawled near a phone booth where D-Lo told Snow to next time use 1-800-Collect (guess he learned from Stone Cold Steve Austin in that commercial). Further in the backstage area, both used a shovel to their advantage. They went to an area with tables, where Snow used a chain to choke D-Lo. Snow was placed on a round table and was given the Lo-Down. The table didn't break all the way. D-Lo and Snow then threw each other into tables that were against the wall. Mideon popped out from behind a curtain and knocked out D-Lo with two falling tables. Snow then placed D-Lo on a table, went behind the curtain, rasied himself on a life, flew off to put D-Lo through the table for the win. Mideon then passed by D-Lo and laughed as he walked away.

• Backstage, police asked WWF officials if they had seen X-Pac and Road Dogg. They said they didn't know, but ring announcer, Howard Finkel was kind enough to tell the policemen where they could find X-Pac and RD's locker room.

• Road Dogg and Val Venis went to a No-Contest.
- Road Dogg hyped up the crowd with his newest ring introduction. Just when he took the advantage with his shake, rattle, and roll dance, police officers made their ways down, with X-Pac handcuffed. RD was handcuffed and escorted out to the police car for a drive to the police department along with his fellow D-Generation X member. Mr. Ass and Chyna watched from the backstage area. Ass said RD and X-Pac deserved justice. Chyna agreed, as Ass questioned how RD and X-Pac could "vandalize" her car.

• Jeff Jarrett (w/Debra) defeated Chaz (w/Mariana) with the Forward Russian Legsweep, to retain the Intercontinental Title.
- Immediately when Chaz took the advantage, Debra got on the apron, and opened her jacket. Chaz told Mariana to take care of her. As the women argued on the outside of the ring, Jeff Jarrett nailed a distracted Chaz with the Forward Russian Legsweep. Jarrett grabbed his guitar and was ready to nail Chaz with it, but a returning Thrasher, who has packed on some weight, made the save. Thrasher and Chaz high-fived each other. Chaz spat up in the air and caught it.

• Backstage, Michael Cole said he would interview Triple H and Chyna following the next match.

• Edge defeated The Big Bossman with the Spear.
- Edge used quickness to his advantage, while The Big Bossman used his power. At one pont, Bossman attempted to make three pinfalls in a row, but was unsuccesful each time. Edge later hit the Spear for the win. Following the match, Bossman handcuffed Edge to the rope and beat him down with the nightstick. Bossman punched out the referee. Christian made his way down. He knocked out Bossman and was going to unlock Edge, but Bossman got right back up to attacked Christian from beaten with the nightstick. Christian was then handcuffed to the ropes and was beaten down. There was no help from Brood member, Gangrel.

• Backstage, Michael Cole interviewed Chyna and Triple H. Chyna said Road Dogg and X-Pac violated her by vandalizing her car. She said she would press charges against them and that was exactly one of the reasons she left the criminals. Triple H questioned on how would beating The Rock again get him to anywhere rather than the Heavyweight Title. Triple H said he didn't care what he had to go through because he would be the Heavyweight Champion.

• Mr. Ass (w/Chyna) defeated Meat (w/PMS) with the Famouser.
- Chyna got her cheapshots on Meat as the match went on. Mr. Ass dominated and finished off Meat with the Famouser. Following the match, Jacqueline argued with Ass. Chyna attacked her from behind and gave her a DDT, while Ass gave one to Meat. Ass spraypainted Terri Runnel's rear. Ryan Shamrock got away, but Meat and Jacqueline were not so lucky. As they lay next to each other, Chyna and Ass spraypainted DX on across the mat and the bodies. Jim Ross speculated it was possibly spraypaint Chyna used on her own car to frame X-Pac and Road Dogg. Ass and Chyna left to the entrance music of D-Generation X.

• Handicap Match: Kane defeated The Big Show and Hardcore Holly with a Chokeslam.
- Hardcore Holly ordered around The Big Show in the beginning. Big Show first dominated Kane and was ordered to tag in Holly. The Undertaker, along with Paul Bearer, made his way down to stare off with Big Show. Meanwhile, Kane finished off Holly with a Chokeslam. The Undertaker and Kane then worked as a team to beat on Big Show, putting him through a double suplex. After Kane made his way back, The Undertaker destroyed Big Show with a chair, which caused Big Show to get bused open.

• Steel Cage Match: The Rock defeated Triple H (w/Chyna).
- Triple H tested the structure of the steel cage before The Rock made his way out. As the match continued, Triple H looked as if he was going to exit through the door, but Chyna handed him some handcuffs. The handcuffs were used to punish The Rock. Triple H then tried to handcuff The Rock to the cage, but the Rock returned fire with a lowblow. The Rock was later about to make his way out, but Chyna knocked out the referee and then slammed the door in The Rock's face. Triple H then made it to the floor, but the referee remained down, so no result was announced. The Rock then went after Triple H, as they brawled on the rampway. Triple H looked for the Pedigree on the outside of the ring, but The Rock reversed it with a catapult, as Triple H went crashing into the steel cage fencing. The match continued, as both superstars re-entered the ring. After several attempts to get out, Triple H and The Rock were sitting at the very top together. Chyna handed Triple H a chair, which he used on The Rcok at the top of the cage. When Triple H was making his way down from the cage on the inside of the ring, his legs landed between the rope. Triple H slowly made his way out the door, but The Rock beat him first by climbing over for the win. Mr. Ass then made his way down and gave The Rock the Famouser on the concrete floor. The three-on-one attack continued on The Rock as the show went off the air.