The following month, Linda McMahon brought Austin back to be the co-general manager of Raw alongside Bischoff. He stayed in this on-screen role for the remainder of the year, often getting into physical altercations with talent and personnel. Austin and Bischoff continued to feud over control of the brand. On the July 21 episode of "Raw", McMahon informed Austin he could not get physical with anyone unless provoked. At Survivor Series, Austin's hand-picked team (Booker T, Bubba Ray Dudley, D-Von Dudley, Rob Van Dam and Shawn Michaels) faced Bischoff's (Chris Jericho, Christian, Mark Henry, Randy Orton and Scott Steiner) in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series elimination match. Austin's team lost after Batista interfered on behalf of Bischoff. As a result, Austin was "fired" from his position as co-general manager. If he were victorious, his physicality restriction would have been lifted.