Dale's RAW Report for October 26, 1998
Hour 1 and 2 Commentators: Jim Ross & Jerry "The King" Lawler
Location: Didn't Catch It

They show Austin's prank on Vince McMhan last week.

Regular Intro for RAW

They show Austin arriving earlier with a smile.Vince and friends come out. Vince complains about what Austin did to him last week.Vince then got pissed at something in that envelope he got from Austin last week and left.
(NOTE: I Missed most of this opening interview because on Nito they reshowed Page vs. Goldberg in its entirety because they didn't get to see it on PPV because of certain "Technical Difficulties!")

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MATCH 1:(European Title Match) "Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman vs. DX's X-Pac(champ)
WINNER: X-Pac by DQ via Steven Regal attacking him(2:43)6/10

They show Vine yelling at his attorneys in back

Ad for Rocky Maivia's "Smack Down" T-Shirt

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Cole is in back waiting for a statement from Austin

MATCH 2: "Puke" Darren Drozdov vs. "The Rock" Rocky Maivia
WINNER: Rocky Maivia by pinfall via Rock Bottom followed by People's Elbow(4:27)7/10

Hawk is mad at Drozdov for the loss

Michael Cole is in back with Austin wondering what was in that letter.Austin said we'll have a statement later.

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They show Tiger Ali Singh and Kama fighting last week.

MATCH 4: Tiger Ali Singh vs. "The Godfather" Kama Mustafa
WINNER: No Contest via the two going into a slugfest(4:18)7/10

Plug for Survivor Series: Deadly Game

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Cole is in back catching up with Vince McMhan asking him how he felt.Vince was shocked.

MATCH 5: Oddities' Kuurgan, and Golga & Insane Clown Posse vs. Kaeintai's Teioh,Togo,Funaki, & Taka Michanoku
WINNERS: Keintai by DQ via Clown Posse beating up the ref(3:23)7/10

They show what Shane said earlier than they show Vince leaving the arena.

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Michael Cole is in back with ken Shamrock.Ken talks about being the Most Dangerous Man.

MATCH 6: "Marvelous" Marc Mero vs. Goldust
WINNER: Marc Mero by DQ via Goldust giving Mero the Shattering Dreams Low Blow(2:58)6/10

Sable comes out and challenges Jacquelyn for the Womens title at Survivor Series.

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Kaboom of the Week: Jarrett nailing Al Snow with the guitar last week on RAW

Cole is in back with Al Snow and Mankind.They goof off about deciding to use One word: Head or One Wird: Sock-O.Ross also announces that Mankind will be in the 16-Man Tournament also.

MATCH 7:(Tag Titles Match) Al Snow & Mankind vs. DX's New Age Outlaws(champs)
WINNERS: Outlaws when Road Dog pinned Snow via Rollup after Snow and Mankind were arguing to finish off Road Dog with Head or Sock-O(4:52)9/10

After the match D-Lo Brown and Marc Henry attacked the Outlaws wheile Al Snow and Mankind cautiously exchanged Sock-O and Head.

Austin is shown lacing his boots.

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Ross announces that Ken Shamrock will be in the tournament. MATCH 8:(Submission,Non-Title) Ken Shamrock vs. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
WINNER: Steve Austin by submission via Mankind coming in and giving Ken the Mandible Claw then Austin using Ken's unconscience hand to make the tapout signal(6:14)9/10

Austin then gives the Ston Cold Stunner to Brisco, Patterson, and Slaughter as the show goes off the air.

COMMENTS:I see a lot of DX, but I barely see Helmsley that much now. WCW showed too great matches during RAW's two great interviews to steal the ratings. So far in the 16-Man tournament are: Big Boss Man,Undertaker,Rocky Maivia,Kane, Mankind, and Ken Shamrock with 10 more names to be announced(look for Mero,Goldust, and Jarrett likely to be particapents)I finally got to see Tiger Ali Singh wrestle even though thes been mostly wrestling house shows in the WWF since April 1997.Al Snow and Mankind make a great combination.Regal is a great athlete anf I hipe he takes the title away from X-Pac.Now this was good, but probably won't win the ratings due to WCW's shinanigans!RAW won the rating the past 5 weeks in a row and when this happens Nitro puts on a great show to get the ratings back (I.E.: Hogan vs. Goldberg on July 6 after RAW won the ratings for about 4-7 weeks in a row) This show combined great Extras and Great Matches and gets an A+.