The evening starts off with Kane accompanying Vince McMahon to the ring. Vince talks about Austin and Wrestlemania for a bit, and then addresses the Undertaker, his letter, and the way he treated Shane and the Big Bossman. "You don't go there. You don't threaten me like that..." And then announces that, on Raw tomorrow, there will be a match between Undertaker and Kane. Said match will be an inferno match, where there is no winner until one of the men is set on fire. (Note: I know, we all groan when we hear Kane vs Undertaker, but the inferno match at Unforgiven was one of their best matches to date, so I have high hopes.)

Terry Taylor and Kevin Kelly are on commentary. (Note: Terry Taylor had me laughing all night. A THOUSAND times better than Shane, no offense to Shane.)

Backstage, Chyna is seen training Shane for his match.

Too Much/DOA vs The Oddities
Droz comes out for commentary, and while I love Droz, and guarantee he'll be a star in less than a year, nothing can save this match, which Too Much/DOA win.

Ryan Shamrock is backstage, snuggling up to Billy Gunn.

Ken Shamrock vs Godfather
Billy and Ryan come out in the middle of the match. Shamrock runs to Billy, they brawl some, and then Kenny drags Ryan away. There wasn't much to the actual match at all- it was just a way to add heat to the Billy/Ken feud.

The RESCUE OF THE WEEK, the most bizarre "of the week" yet, features Ken/Ryan from a few minutes prior.

Shane McMahon (with Chyna) vs Gillberg
Terry Taylor quips, "that music is hauntingly familiar, especially to me." And the match is over quick. Gillberg lands a spear, Shane hits him with the belt, the end. Gillberg tries to spear Chyna, and she doesn't even budge. XPac comes out. He challenges Shane to a match at Wrestlemania. Chyna says he has to go through HER first, on Raw, tomorrow. (Note: If they do not give me a decent intergender match FINALLY, I will scream. I will be a sad, sad girl, because I am REALLY looking forward to this.)

Al Snow vs D'Lo Brown
Al Snow is wrestling with a fractured arm. Bummer, I really thought this was going to be a solid workrate match. Ah well... Debra comes out, and distracts the ref... Owen/Jeff Jarrett jump D'Lo, and Al Snow gets the win. ANOTHER match set up exclusively to forward an angle.

Mankind comes out.
"Thanks... I don't have the belt- the thought of me being or feeling naked isn't so good... As I laid in the ruins of my room at the SUper 8, I realised Wrestlemania was my time to do what i wanted to give the fans- a great match. I feel that's been taken away from me. When Wrestlemania 2000 rolls around, Mankind might not be in fighting shape. I've been thinking about what jobs I'd do when I left wrestling... what the hell do you do when you're Mick Foley and your resume reads "been hit in the head with chairs for 15 years?" I thought mailman, but I don't think I'd look good in those shorts. I thought jet pilot, but I don't like the taste of hard liquour. I thought I'd go to WCW, but I'm probably not quite old enough. So what do I do? Well, the main event at Wrestlemania cries for two refs. I have the job qualifications, I'm universally respected by the wrestlers, I can count to three in 4 different languages. I have this petition for Commissioner Shawn Michaels. Chatanooga, Tennessee, stay all night and get 10,000 signatutres. Together, we can send Mankind to Wrestlemania." Mankind then tosses Socko into the crowd and starts the petition through the crowd. (Note: As always, Mick was the highlight of the show.)

Viscera vs Bossman
To be honest, I have nothing to say. Undertaker came out at the end. The usual- "Burn in hell, blah blah blah, Ministry, burn in helll..."