RESULTS: Monday Night Raw May 19, 1997
BRIAN PILLMAN AND STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN
Stone Cold and Pillman leap out of the crowd and into the aisle. Each comes from a different side of the aisle. Pillman flips a police officer's hat up onto his head. Both carry nightsticks down to the ring and roll in. Pillman yanks the mic away from the announcer.
Pillman: We have a LOT to talk about. But let's talk about the here and now. Steve... on Superstars, we heard that cheater, Bret Hart... who took advantage of my injured leg to beat me.... we heard him challenge you to a match at Superstars Revenge on the 31st.
Stone Cold: Bret Hart.... I accept your little challenge. Plain and simple. I know damn WELL that you don't want me as bad as I want you. At Qualify 97, I whooped the so-called greatest Intercontinental champion of all time's ASS, because I wanted to get to you. But you couldn't get the job done. So now you want this match on Revenge. You want to prove to the whole world that at Countdown it was just a fluke. What you want to do is get some payback for all the times I whooped your behind up and down the aisle.... and for all the times I whooped that fat, goateed, hippopotamus' ass all around, too.
Pillman: So you DO accept! Right... we all heard that!
Stone Cold: As plain and as simple as Sunny's implants! Your damn right I accept. At Q97, I did what I said I would do.... and I went and done won the match with Bret's little boy scout wrestling move, the Sharpshooter. Any piece of trash can put the move on.... but it takes somebody like Stone Cold Steve Austin to put it on... and MEAN IT! Bret Hart... I am the best there is... the best there was... and the best there ever will be. And at Superstars Revenge, I'm not only gonna beat you.... I'm gonna whoop you like the dog that you are.... and I'm gonna slap you into the Sharpshooter and tell you to ADMIT that I'm the better man... because you know damn well that I AM! And that's the bottom LINE!
Pillman: Now... on to OTHER things. Von Strahden.... we're glad you like our style.... but in case you missed it... Sabrina SAVAGE is our manager. We don't want your little disco singer to be backing us up. SABRINA is a symphony of DESTRUCTION.... and no mind is as DARK as hers.
Stone Cold: And while we're talking about DESTRUCTION... you might as well keep the ball rolling and talk about the Legion of Muppets, Hawk and Animal. Yer damn right they're a legion. Since day one, the whole damn Mega Pansies have been trying to put me and Time Bomb down. If it wasn't Brutus Beefcake, it was the Ultimate Warrior . Then you had Slim Jim Savage trying to get in on the action and the Human Punching Bag, too. They all got their ass whooped... and we'll do it again... one at a time if we have to... and we'll start with the Road Kill.
Pillman: The Road Warriors don't learn. The entire Mega PANSIES don't learn. Steve... remember when the Giant sat out at the table... he helped us out when they tried to hurt me... an INJURED man!
Stone Cold: I don't know what the HELL Taylor Tech is all about. They got their briefcases and their little suits on, talking about Wall Street, and stocks and bonds. All Stone Cold knows is that when I whoop somebody's ass... our ratings go up.... and when I whip more then ONE person's ass... it goes up further. Taylor Tech can figure out the money an do their number crunching. But the bottom line is.... a bunch of them were there for us when we were running the show as the Empire. And if they want to do some number crunching.... there's two painted up statistics that are gonna be in the ring tomorrow night... the Legion of TRASH!
Pillman: So Taylor Tech... you KNOW the Legion is gonna have all their Mega Pansie buddies out there.... because they FEAR me and Stone Cold... just like the whole federation FEARS Corey MAJOR! So maybe you want to come down... and do some business.... and get a first hand view of the how and WHY our ratings go up everytime me and Austin show up.
Stone Cold: It don't take much figuring. The reason TNT's rating are gonna be so high is... SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET THEIR ASS WHOOPED!!!
Pillman: Let's walk the BEAT, shall we?
Stone Cold nods at Pillman and tumbles out of the ring. Pillman leaps out next to him and they begin to walk around. Pillman taunts the fans... but Austin ignores them, pushing aside a camera-man as he goes.
They stay on the opposite side of the ring from the Road Warriors. They pretend not to notice them. Hawk and Animal watch them suspiciously.
JR: More fuel to the fire here tonight! Let's go to a commercial, and then we'll be back with the Hart Foundation as they defend their titles against.... Luxury's TEAM!