Week of August 7, 2000
Raw Recap of HHH and Steph's marital issues, along with Angle and Trish's involvement from last week. Steph is pacing and waiting in the parking lot. Live from Madison Square Garden for this edition of Raw, kicking off with Rock coming out to the ring. He brings up how Shane hit him with a chair on Smackdown, and how Benoit pinned Rock. He figures Shane is trying to send a message, that Benoit should be the WWF Champion, that Benoit should challenge for the title at Summerslam. Rock says that after careful consideration, he wipes an NYC sewer rat's ass with what Shane thinks, offering Benoit up a title shot for right now. Benoit and Shane, speak of the devils, come out. Benoit says that everyone knows he beat Rock for the title all by himself, only to have it stripped by Foley, but he says it's alright. He says by accepting the challenge tonight, it gives him the chance to beat Rock and become WWF Champion. Shane says it'll happen under a special stipulation, not el...