Episode 45: Shane McMahon Rehires "Stone Cold!"

October 26th, 1998: "Stone Cold" Steve Austin is still technically fired from the WWF, but Vince McMahon's son Shane goes behind his back to bring "The Rattlesnake" back to the company! In the main event, Austin then squares off with WWF Intercontinental Champion Ken Shamrock in an "I Quit" Match. The newly-face-turned Kane goes one-on-one against Gangrel, with the highlight being the post-match formation of a new gothic stable. Real-life best friends Mankind & Al Snow unite to challenge The New Age Outlaws for their WWF Tag Team Titles. In a match you probably thought you'd never see (or even want to see), The Rock steps into the ring with Darren Drozdov. WWF European Champion X-Pac faces Steve Blackman, but the returning Steven Regal appears to have an issue with a non-European holding the belt. The four members of Kaientai team up to do battle with Kurrgan, Golga, and (in their only "Raw" match ever) The Insane Clown Posse! The Godfather and Tiger Ali Singh have a terrible match that causes the fans to tune them out and start doing The Wave. "Marvelous" Marc Mero goes head-to-head with Goldust, who is wrestling his first match on "Raw" in almost a year. Plus, Motley Crue stops by the WWF to perform their song "Wild Side" and their bodyguard Test proceeds to dispatch an unruly fan. Meanwhile over in WCW, a pay-per-view mishap results in the company having to give away the "Halloween Havoc" main event for free on "Nitro." This results in a new television ratings record for a wrestling match, but the fans' long-term trust in WCW may have eroded to the point that they will never recover... Enjoying the Podcast? E-mail us at rawattitudepodcast@gmail.com or Tweet us @RawAttitudePod! Or even better, write us a five-star review and it will be read on the show! And be sure to check out these other fine Podcasts on The Questionable Endeavor Network: The Rundown Wrestling Podcast (http://rundown.podomatic.com/) The New Blood Rising Podcast (https://newbloodpod.podbean.com/) The Shadowvane Podcast (https://shadowvane.net/) Tooning Japanese (https://tooningjapanese.com/) The Slasher Sanitarium (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/troy-boesen-2/the-slasher-sanitarium) And thank you to @GoadPhillip on Twitter for actually volunteering to tally up all of The Attitude Era's disqualification finishes!