"Austin wants Tyson! Tyson wants Austin!" yelled Jim Ross at the close of last week's show, implying that all hell was about to break loose in the world of pro-wrestling. What on earth would happen next week? Would Tyson storm into the arena and punch Stone Cold out? Would the Rattlesnake drop 'Iron' Mike with the world's most shocking Stunner? Probably not, but surely there'd be some sort of continuation to the hostilities, right? Well, erm, not exactly. This week's Raw sees absolutely no sign of Tyson - not even a sniff of a pre-recorded promo - and even Austin puts in a very low-key (for him) performance. Thankfully, we've got an absolutely ridiculous undercard to make up for it, featuring all manner of botches, squashes and swerves. There's even a title change, potentially one of the weakest (or at least most controversial) in the entire history of the Monday Night Wars. Had it been for the WWF Championship, we'd likely still be hearing about it today.
20. ECW Signs On Raw
We've seen a few WCW signs on 1998 Raws so far (as well as a large number of nWo shirts dotted around the crowd), but this show sees the first explicit reference to that little Philadelphia-based promotion making big waves. Alongside that 'Quote The Raven' sign, a Taz poster keeps cropping up from time to time as well. This match also sees the appearance of a sign suggesting sexual relations between Eric Bischoff and Ted Turner - one which the camera lingered on for just a little too long. WWF, petty? During the Monday Night Wars? Surely not!
