Viewer discretion is advised… and so is Vince McMahon’s judgment.

This week on New to Wrestling, we break down the May 25, 1998 episode of Raw Is War — the chaotic go-home show before Over the Edge — and things spiral immediately.

Vince McMahon opens the show bragging about assaulting Stone Cold Steve Austin… and accidentally confesses in front of “police.” What follows? An arrest. Beer. Handcuffs. Public humiliation. And that’s just the first segment.

We dive into:

• Stone Cold forcing Vince to apologize — twice
• The Undertaker choke-slamming the boss without warning
• Kane and Undertaker’s explosive pre-PPV brawl
• Triple H vs. The Rock in a future-feud preview classic
• Sable manipulating Mark Mero into a career-defining stipulation
• The surreal debut of The Oddities (yes… that happened)
• DX escalating their war with WCW via skywriting and cartoon fighter jets

Plus:
Taka Michinoku steals the show.
Vader and Kane continue their monster collision course.
Farooq and The Rock’s tension reaches a boiling point.
And Vince names himself special guest referee because of course he does.

This episode is peak Attitude Era chaos — arrests, run-ins, corporate power trips, and the kind of unhinged storytelling that only 1998 could deliver.

And with Over the Edge looming, the stage is set for one of the most overbooked main events in WWF history.

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