On September 6, 1996 WWF Monday Night Raw aired on the USA Network from the Civic Center in Wheeling, West Virginia. The show, known as Raw Championship Friday, featured quarter-final tournament matches for the vacant WWF Intercontinental Championship. The title had been vacated by reigning champion Ahmed Johnson after he was attacked by the debuting Faarooq and suffered injuries (kayfabe). However, Johnson was diagnosed with legit kidney problems while away. As a result, he was out for 4 months

On September 6, 1996 WWF Monday Night Raw aired on the USA Network from the Civic Center in Wheeling, West Virginia. The show, known as Raw Championship Friday, featured quarter-final tournament matches for the vacant WWF Intercontinental Championship. The title had been vacated by reigning champion Ahmed Johnson after he was attacked by the debuting Faarooq and suffered injuries (kayfabe). However, Johnson was diagnosed with legit kidney problems while away. As a result, he was out for 4 months

On July 22, 1996 WWF Monday Night Raw aired on the USA Network from the Key Arena in Seattle, Washington. In the main event, The Smoking Gunns (Billy & Bart Gunn with Sunny) put their WWF Tag Team Championship on the line against WWF World Heavyweight Champion Shawn Michaels (on his 31st birthday) and WWF Intercontinental Champion Ahmed Johnson. During the match Faarooq Asad (Ron Simmons) makes his WWF debut attacking Johnson. During the attack by Faarooq, Johnson was injured and had to vacate t

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