RESULTS: Monday Night Raw Mar. 31, 1997

ON THE VIDEO WALL...

The video wall lights up as you see an old, old Roman stadium passing through the stages of it's life, from it's beginnings to it's state it's in now. The sun passing behind it becomes blinding and the video wall goes dark, as does the entire arena.

The video wall lights up again to see the name 'Venus Victrix' scroll across and a beatiful, tall woman walk up towards the camera. She has long blonde hair that is flowing behind her and eyes you could get lost in.

Venus: Oh Atlantra, dear. I pitty you, foolish child. I have been here on this earth longer than one person could imagine. I've been sitting on my throne here in Rome and I ponder your existence in the WWF. I fear it is for the worst. I know Posidon could not have sent you here with a mission like this. So, I shall seek you out and determine for myself your mission. Beware Atlantra, for if you are so unwisely jeopardizing the image of gods, you shall perish in my grasp."

The video wall goes blank.

DOK HENDRIKS....

DOK: Wellllll, ladies and gentlemen, here is . . . "Double J" Jeff Jarrett!

Double J's country theme plays through the arena, as Jeff Jarrett makes his way down the aisle in his blinking outfit. The fans rise up to greet him, giving, yet again, another ovation, louder then the previous. Jarrett climbs into the ring as the lights die down and the musicial notes flash across the ring. Jarrett motions for Dok to step aside as he does his strut down center ring.

DOK: Alright, Double J, last night we saw you go one on one against Sting, but unfortunately things didn't go your way in the match, and Sting came out with the victory. How do you feel about what happened last night?

JEFF: Well, Dok . . . hey, Dok, did I ever apologize for slapping you around that time?

DOK: No, actually, you didn't.

JEFF: Well . . . I'm sorry about that.

DOK: Thank you.

JEFF: Last night, Dok, I had the ball in my hands and was looking right at the end zone! I had Pamela with me . . . I had the first match, so all the fans were watching . . . I had the match I wanted against Sting. But what happened, Dok?

DOK: Well, you gave a great performance against one of the best -

JEFF: No, no. I fumbled the ball yet AGAIN. I let Pamela down. I let the fans down. I let myself down. I let everybody down! And now Sting can go on with . . . well, are the Horsemen even a unit anymore? Ahh, it doesn't matter. Sting can go on and dive down from the rafters onto people, and continue this reign of terror he's had over the WWF. Warrior, I know you're looking for a shot at Sting. I wish you the best of luck.

DOK: Well what happenes now, Double J? What are you looking to do now in the WWF?

JEFF: Dok, I told everyone that I'd be making an annoucement sometime after WrestleMania. And I'll do that right here next week. After that, the plans of Double J might seem more clear. But as it goes right now, Vader . . . I hope you'll be the man I know you are and give me a title shot. 123 Kid . . . I heard you saying you were coming after me. Well, I'm not a hard man to find. Blizzard . . . you said that people are afraid of you? Well, I'm sure as hell NOT afraid of you! So if you ever want to step up from guys like Blaine Parker and Corey Major, not that there's anything wrong with Corey, I'll give you another match and maybe you'll be able to walk away from it this time. But last, and certainly not least . . . Shawn Michaels.

DOK: We saw Shawn back at WrestleMania last night!

JEFF: We sure did. Shawn, you've reunited yourself with Diesel. You've left the Empire. You're a new man now. Hey, that's great. More power to you. BUT . . . don't think for ONE SECOND, Shawn, that I'm gonna forget what you did to me. I won't even go into how you got a cheap DQ win over me, promised me a rematch, and never delivered on it. Let's go back to the Royal Rumble. Shawn says "Double J, you go out and help me win the Intercontinental title, and I'll give you a shot at it!" Well, that's fine with me. I don't care how I get my LONG overdue title shot, Dok. I just want it. So what happens? I go to the Royal Rumble. I walk down during Shawn's match. And his Empire goons jump me in the aisle. I don't even remember what happened, but 4 Tombstones later, I'm on the shelf for a month with a neck injury. Shawn set me up to take a fall, and the next thing I know, he's run out of the WWF before I can even come back.

DOK: Double J, I'm sure Shawn was acting under Empire orders at the time. You can't fault him for that. He wasn't even involved in the attack!

JEFF: Dok, he's a man, isn't he? He could have stepped up and said "No, I don't want to do this!" Shawn, boy toy, Heartbreak Kid, whatever you want to be called. I am ONCE AGAIN laying a challenge out to you. You want to come back into the WWF? You want a fresh start? That's fine. But you're going to answer up for what you've done in the past. I mean, I've done PLENTY of seedy things here in the WWF, Dok. But I have never tried to run away from any of them. Everything I've done, I've owned up to. So anytime you want, Shawn, I'll be ready. But, Dok, I'm not challenging Shawn to a match!

DOK: Wait, you're not challenging him to a match?!? What ARE you challenging him to?!?

JEFF: It's simple, Dok. At the top of the interview here tonight, I told you I was sorry for that past incident. It was wrong. I was wrong. And I'm sorry it happened. Shawn, on Superstars this week, I'm going to come out to the ring and do some talking. If you're half the man you want to be, Shawn, you'll come out, too. And right there on Superstars, if I don't hear some sort of apology from you, Shawn, that's fine. But you'll have Double J beating on your door for a LONG time to come. If I do hear it, I'll be man enough to stick out my hand and shake his, and put aside everything that's gone down. Shawn, I'm either gonna shake your hand or slap your face! Superstars this week. BE THERE.

DOK: Well, thank you very much! Double J, everybody!

Double J's country theme begins again, as he climbs out of the ring and heads back to the dressing room, slapping the gloved hands as he does. The fans give a loud ovation for Double J.

Dok: Alright folks... if you'll just follow me... I'm going up to the interview stand over there... to conduct another interivew!

The camera follows Dok....