Dale's RAW Report for January 18, 1999
Taped January 12, 1999
Hour 1 and 2 Commentators: Michael Cole & Jerry "The King" Lawler

Regular Intro for RAW

Michael Cole is in the ring for an interview. Steve Austin comes out. Cole asks Austin about being #1 in the Royal Rumble match. Austin talks about Mankind being the #1 entrant in the Rumble and Vince going from #30 to #2. Steve Austin asks the crowd if they want to see him beat up Vince and win the Rumble. The crowd gives him Hell Yeahs. Austin then leaves the ring and drinks a Steveweiser on the announcers table.

Ad for this months Survivor Series results.

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MATCH 1:(Hardcore Title, No Holds Barred, Falls Anywhere Match) Gangrel vs. DX's "Road Dog" Jesse James
WINNER: Jesse James by pinfall via flying head shot(5:56)10/10

They show Austin in back

Plug for Royal Rumble

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They show Shamrock lacing up.

MATCH 2: DX's "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn vs. Test
WINNER: Billy Gunn by DQ via Shamrock attacking him(5:00)7/10

Shamrock throws Gunn over the announcers table and gives him the Ankle Lock for about 30 seconds

Plug for Halftime Heat during the Halftime show of the SUper Bowl

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They show a doctor looking over Gunn's ankle

Kevin Kelly is in back interviewing Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart about their climb through the tag ranks until Ken Shamrock and Big Boss Man come and a brawl happens in back.

They show Shane training Vince McMhan for the Rumble with Vince wrestling Masked Wrestlers and winning

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They show Mankind and Big Boss Man brawling in back and Cole said they had a non-title hardcore rules match and I guess it already started then

MATCH 3: Dan "The Beast" Severn vs. "Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman
WINNER: Steve Blackman by DQ via low blow from Severn(2:35)5/10

Severn goes nuts and slaps the Dragon Sleeper on Blackman

They Austin in back

They show Mankind and Boss Man brawling in back

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They show Mankind accepting Rocky's challenge to fight him at the Royal Rumble and you see footage of their past careers with voiceover from both guys saying they're gonna beat each other

They show Mankind & Boss Man brawling to the ring so I guess its...

MATCH 4:(Non-Title, No Holds Barred Match) Big Boss Man vs. Mankind(world champ)
WINNER: Mankind by DQ via Rocky attacking him(6:29)7/10

They show Mark Henry begging Chyna for something

They show Austin in back

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They show Chyna helping Henry last week

Chyna comes to the ring and tell Henry to come out and make his decision. Mark Henry comes out and says nothing else happened between Chyna and him on their date. Chyna then showed footage on the titantron that last week Sammy was making out with Henry and in the middle of it Sammy takes off HIS wig and Henry runs away in disgust finding out that Sammy is a guy.Mark Henry's mom happens to be in the crowd and tells Mark to come over their and she slapps Mark.

Plug for Halftime Heat

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They show Henry's mom slapping him in back

They show Patterson & Brisco preparing for their match with Chyna

They show Goldust stealing Head from Al Snow 8 days ago on Heat

MATCH 5: Goldust vs. Job Squad's Al Snow
WINNER: Al Snow by pinfall via Rollup(3:33)6/10

Snow grabs Head then Goldust gives Snow a slam then the Shattered Dreams then steals Head again.

They show Patterson & Brisco arguing over who should pin Chyna

Ad for WWF: The Music: Volume 3

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They show Dennis Knight, now konwn as Meridian, babbling to the announcers. He goes up to the ring entrance with the Acolytes, Paul Bearer, and the Undertaker. Undertaker talks about changing Dennis Knight and the sacrifices aren't over yet and the next one will occur at the Royal Rumble. UU\ndertaker ends his boring interview segmen by saying, "let evil lead you." After that the Undertaker symbol burns and we go to a ....

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MATCH 6: DX's Chyna vs. Pat Patterson & Gerald Brisco
WINNER: Chyna when she pinned Brisco and Patterson at the same time via 2 DDT's(6:08)9/10

They showed Austin in back

They show VInce McMhan in back with Rocky Maivia. Vince says he'll tell Kane to lay down for him(Shawn made the match yesterday on Heat).

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WWF Rewind: Kane giving Tombstone to Mankind then Rocky nailing Mankind with a Chair from last week on RAW

They show the McMhan Corporation beating up Shawn Michaels two weeks ago on RAW

Vince tells Kane to lay down for Rocky, instead Kane slaps Vince which brings us too........

MATCH 7: "The Rock" Rocky Maivia vs. Kane
WINNER: TV Time Ran Out(5:88)8/10

Kane gave Maivia a chokeslam then the Corporation attacked Kane until Mankind came out and nailed Boss Man and Tetst with a chair. Rocky nails leaves the ring then Austin comes out which distracts Rocky and allsows Mankind to nail him with a chair as the show went off the air

COMMENTS: Chyna did a pretty good job on the stooges. They showed Austin in back throughout the whole show making it look like he was gonna do something big and all he did was distract Rocky.This was a pretty good show though, but didn't put enough hype into the interviews like they usually do. The show gets an A-. C Ya next week.