Stone Cold Steve Austin to return at pay-per-view

Although Bob Knight was unjustly terminated Sunday, Monday Night Raw continued. \nSomehow it also managed to receive a 7.2 rating, tops among all cable television shows. In front of a sold out crowd in Phoenix, Ariz., Mick Foley came out to help publicize the return of WWF great Stone Cold Steve Austin. \n The Rock then made his way to the ring to claim revenge for what happened last Thursday, where he was choke-slammed by Kane. Next, Chris Benoit came out to a parade of boos louder than if Kent Harvey were to become new interim coach for the men's basketball team. Kane and The Undertaker quickly came to the ring in an effort to start foreshadowing the main event at the Sept. 24 pay-per-view "Unforgiven." This was a seemingly weak introduction to Raw, and I was anxious to see what was going to unfold.\nNext, the show's writers decided to bring the tag team contenders out. The Dudley Boys came to the ring to face my personal favorites, The Hardy Boys. In a not-so-surprising move, Edge & Christian were guest commentators for the match. This match ended in a disqualification but the Dudley Boys did manage to 3-D Christian through a table. The Hardy Boys will be facing Edge & Christian at "Unforgiven," and expect these two high fliers to leave the ring that night with the belts.\nTriple H was scheduled to face a surprise opponent on Raw. After telling Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley not to come to the ring, he went out to face his opponent, Y2J, Chris Jericho. Worried about Triple H, Stephanie came out to the ring. Continuing the love triangle, Kurt Angle came out and tried to bring Stephanie backstage. After Triple H saw this, he immediately attacked Angle. In an effort to launch his singles career, X-Pac seized the opportunity and gave Y2J the "X-factor." Expect to see some drama between X-Pac and Triple H. These once good friends might be spending some time apart, as Triple H caused him to be disqualified.\nContinuing with the saga, Angle's handicap match between Test & Albert was interfered with, when Stephanie went to take care of business on T & A's manager, Trish Stratus. Triple H was not very happy to see his wife come to the ring and found his way out to feud with Angle. In an effort to stop the two from feuding, Stephanie received a barrage of incidental elbows by her husband, giving Angle another opportunity to make his move on Stephanie in the up-and-coming weeks. \nThe main event was lackluster and expected. It was a tag team match between The Rock & Undertaker and Kane & Benoit. The Undertaker was outside of the ring when Kane and Benoit double-teamed The Undertaker to pick up a victory. Remember, The Rock was double-teamed last week against Kane & Benoit to get defeated. It almost seemed like poetic justice for The Undertaker to pick up the loss this week with The Rock unavailable to come to his aid. But, the night did not end with a pin-fall as the four superstars continued to go at it. A "Rock Bottom" from The Rock and a choke slam from Undertaker occurred simultaneously to end the show.\nWith a pay-per-view event less than two weeks away, Monday Night Raw did nothing but foreshadow what was going to happen. I was not very impressed with what happened on Raw, but with Stone Cold Steve Austin coming back Sept. 24, the WWF is going to explode bigger than it might have ever been before. I can't wait.