It's the night after WCW Uncensored 97 and the nWo are now calling the shots. The Outsiders decide they want to defend the tag titles on Nitro, so Nash and Hall are in action this week. Diamond Dallas Page vs Macho Man Randy Savage is made official this week, and the show is headlined by The Steiners vs Harlem Heat.
It's also the Raw before WrestleMania 13 and a big steel cage match on Raw could potentially change the Mania main event. Bret Hart faces Sycho Sid, if Bret wins, the WWF Championship goes to the Hitman and the Wrestlemania 13 Submission match becomes a WWF title match. The end of Raw is War is filled with drama when the WrestleMania 13 main event gets set in stone once and for all.