Monday Night Raw 279: September 21, 1998

For the first time since 1995, the Women's Championship is reintroduced as Sable and Jacqueline face off to bring home the gold. Val Venis continues his tirade against Dustin Runnels.
==Event recap==
===Headbangers vs. The Oddities===
The Headbangers spray something in the giants’ eyes and choke Golga out before ripping up the Cartman doll. Luna attempts to stop them but gets tossed out of the ring. Kurrgan gets beaten up as well. No match.
===Women's Championship: Sable vs. Jacqueline===
Mero stays on the apron and distracts Sable so that Jackie can get in a shot to her back to take over. Jackie fires off some kicks into the ribs and a DDT gets two. She misses a crotch attack on the ropes though and Sable goes into catfight mode with a take down. Sable throws Jackie to the floor and knocks Mero off the apron as well. She suplexes Jackie back in but Mero holds the foot for the pin and the title for Jackie. No title was given after the match. Michael Cole tried to interview Jackie but Mero interrupted saying Jackie is a bad woman and they're going to Disney World.
===Val Venis vs. Owen Hart===
Dustin is on commentary. Val talks about cigars before the match. This was in the Lewinsky scandal so I think you know where this is going. Owen takes over to start as Shane taunts Dustin about his wife being in two adult films with Val. Owen pounds on Val some more and Dustin comes in for the DQ. Val knocks him back and ties him up in the ropes. There’s a third video with her from Val called "There's Something about Terri", which has Terri saying she was considering a reconciliation but has changed her mind.
==Match results==
* Tag team match: The Headbangers fought the Oddities (w/ Luna Vachon) to a no contest when the Headbangers destroyed Golga's Cartman doll before the match.
* Singles match for the WWF Women's Championship: Jacqueline (w/ Marc Mero) pinned Sable at 2:53 when Marc Mero held Sable's legs down during the cover as Sable attempted a suplex into the ring; due to prematch stipulations, Jackie won the reinstated WWF Women's Championship.
==Notes==
* Jacqueline Moore became the first African-American woman to hold the WWE Women's Championship.
* The 3rd Women's Championship match on Monday Night Raw.
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