Another video promo was shown for Road Warrior Hawk, who passed away last weekend.
The Coach's music hit in the arena and he made his way out with Stone Cold's book in hand.
Coach said that tonight, because of Eric Bischoff, he has the honor of reviewing the brand new autobiography of Stone Cold Steve Austin, the Stone Cold Truth available in bookstores tomorrow, if anyone is interested. He has to be honest, when he picked the book up, he couldn't put it down and he read it cover to cover because it amused him. The Stone Cold Truth, there's not a shred of truth in this book. You see, in the Stone Cold Truth, Stone Cold would have you believe that Eric Bischoff fired Stone Cold over the phone because he didn't want to have a face to face meeting with Stone Cold. That's not true; the truth is that Bischoff called Stone Cold dozens of times. He even drove to Stone Cold's house and Stone Cold wasn't there, so Eric Bischoff had no other choice. In this book, there are hundreds of lies but none the less, pick up a copy, not because of the content but because this will be a collector's item. Supposedly, Stone Cold has done it all but after the Survivor Series, Stone Cold is going to be unemployed. Stone Cold came out and interrupted The Coach. Austin said from the sounds of him running his mouth, it seems as if Coach has some kind of problem with him. Coach said that he does have a problem with him because if it weren't for him, he wouldn't have to do these stupid book reviews and he'd be sitting over there as the lead announcer for RAW. Austin said he can see he's a little frustrated and pissed off, so maybe he wants to take a shot at him right now. Austin looks at it like this; maybe he'll get lucky and knock Austin clean out. But then again, maybe he won't. Coach laughed, saying he has an even better idea. Why doesn't he give Coach a shot, right there? Coach said he knows Steve wants to. Austin said he appreciates the offer, but here's how he's going to do things. At Survivor Series, when Austin's team beats Bischoff's team, which will mean Stone Cold can go back to stomping mud holes in people and walking them dry, drinking beer, whooping ass and raising hell, he wants The Coach to handle the post match interview because after that match is over, The Coach's face is the first face he wants to see. Austin immediately left and Coach was left paranoid.
Terri was shown backstage with Jindrak and Cade. She said they must be excited after what happened earlier? Cade said that they are and they're going to prove that they can hang with the very best of RAW. Jindrak said that he's sick of hanging, he wants to win. Cade and Jindrak argued and Shawn Michaels showed up and said that was the kind of fire that they've been waiting to see out of them since they got here. What they did last week with taking the money was awesome and tonight, they jumped Flair in Flair Country. They have one decision; they can make friends or they can make an impact. What's it going to be? It's decision time. Cade and Jindrak left and Theodore Long showed up and complained to Michaels about what he did earlier tonight. Theodore said that what he says is let's finish this because what he sees is the World's Strongest Man vs. the Heartbreak Cracker next Monday night! Shawn told Theodore that he'll see him next week. Now does he feel Shawn, playa? Eric Bischoff showed up and he thanked Shawn and Teddy for making his job easier. Last week, Mark Henry was escorted from the arena and this week, Eric has decided to have Shawn escorted from the building. Shawn said that he's going but he bumped into Eric Bischoff "accidentally" and then he apologized, saying he'll see him next week.
Garrison Cade and Mark Jindrak vs. Evolution
Garrison Cade and Mark Jindrak made their way out to the ring and they're set for a tag team match against Randy Orton and Ric Flair, collectively known as Evolution. Flair and Orton were accompanied to the ring by Batista.
Randy Orton started it off against Mark Jindrak and as the two squared it off, Maven made his way out to the ringside area, seemingly to even up the odds between the two teams as Batista was positioned at ringside for Evolution.
Ric Flair rolled Mark Jindrak up from behind and Maven got in the ring and nailed Flair in the head behind the referee's back and then Jindrak hooked Flair's tights to pin him for the three count.
Orton, Flair and Batista got in the ring and dominated Cade, Jindrak and Maven and Batista gave Cade a vicious power bomb and then he planted Jindrak with a devastating spinebuster. It ended with Batista giving Maven the sit down power bomb and then Evolution stood tall in the ring over the three rookies.
Intercontinental Championship Match - Chris Jericho vs. Rob Van Dam
Chris Jericho's music hit in the arena and he made his way out to the ring for his one on one match against Rob Van Dam for the Intercontinental Championship!
Chris Jericho kicked RVD in the gut and then he gave him a hard right hand and then backed him into the corner and choked away on him.
Chris Jericho took Rob Van Dam down to the mat with a bulldog and then he went for the lionsault but RVD rolled out of the way.
RVD then went for the five star frog splash but Jericho moved out of the way. Jericho then rolled RVD up but only got a two count.
Chris Jericho put Rob Van Dam in the Walls of Jericho and the referee was there to check on RVD to see if he was going to tap out but he refused to.
Eric Bischoff made his way out to the ringside area and he argued with the referee and RVD crawled to the ropes and being that the referee was distracted, Jericho held onto the hold.
Chris pulled RVD to the center of the ring and RVD tapped out, giving the win to Chris Jericho.
Intercontinental Championship Steel Cage Match - Rob Van Dam vs. Chris Jericho
Stone Cold Steve Austin's music hit in the arena and he made his way out as the Co General Manager and he told Jericho to stop celebrating.
Now he can't change the referee's decision on that match but he can see fit to make his first title defense against RVD right now! Since his little plan with Bischoff involving the steel cage didn't work out earlier tonight, then let's get some use on that son of a bitch! Steve Austin then told them to lower the cage because this is a steel cage match, Chris Jericho vs. RVD for the Intercontinental Title! Austin told Bischoff to shuffle his ass out of here because all parties including GM's are banned from ringside. Bischoff went up the ramp and he tripped and hit Stone Cold and since Austin was provoked, he chased Bischoff to the backstage area.
After the commercial break, the cage was already lowered to the ring and Chris Jericho was stomping RVD in the back with control in the early goings of this rematch.
Rob Van Dam knocked Chris Jericho down in the ring and he climbed up the cage in an attempt to escape and it was noted that to win this match, you either have to escape, make your opponent submit or get a pinfall.
Chris Jericho planted RVD with a bulldog and then he went for the lionsault but RVD got up and Jericho landed on his feet. RVD went for a catapult on Jericho but Jericho caught onto the cage and tried to climb out but RVD grabbed Jericho by his hair to pull him back into the ring.
Chris Jericho gave RVD another bulldog and then he tried to get out of the ring once again but RVD leapt to the top rope and then he pulled Jericho back into the ring. RVD knocked Jericho down into the middle of the ring with a side kick and then RVD attempted to get out of the ring by climbing over the cage.
Jericho attempted to get out of the door but RVD kicked the door into his head and then he dropped to the floor to get the win and regain the Intercontinental Title!
Christian and Scott Steiner made their way out and double teamed Rob Van Dam and officials tried to break it up but they were unable to do so. As the beating was going on, Bubba Ray and D-Von made their way out to the ring to come to the aid of Rob Van Dam and one can only assume that they'll be a part of Team Austin for the Survivor Series. Theodore Long and Mark Henry made their way out and Mark Henry got in the ring as Teddy Long locked the cage door. As the heels were dominating the faces, Booker T made his way out and he climbed to the top of the cage and jumped on Mark Henry and Scott Steiner to take them down. Booker then went to work on Christian until Scott Steiner got back up and knocked Booker down to the mat. The show went off the air with the heels dominating the faces.
