Raw Dec 13 2004
 

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The Return of Eric Bischoff
DEC. 13, 2004

After a month-long vacation, Eric Bischoff returns to RAW. But the show he’s coming back to is much different from the one he left. After four wild weeks under the reign of Team Orton, the Women’s Championship has changed hands and the World Heavyweight Championship has been vacated. Tonight, it will be up to Bischoff to determine what to do with the World Heavyweight Championship. The entire RAW roster -- especially Edge, Chris Benoit and Triple H -- will be anxiously awaiting his decision. What will the General Manager do? Tune in tonight (9/8 CT; Spike TV) to find out.

Also tonight, the long-standing rivalry between Randy Orton and Edge will reach its boiling point. When these two meet in the ring, all of their pent-up anger and hostility will be unleashed.

And Muhammad Hassan will appear on RAW. For some time now, he’s been voicing his no-holds-barred opinions and has promised that those who practice hypocrisy and prejudice will pay a steep price. Will he be able to back up his words tonight?

With the World Heavyweight Championship now vacated, anyone could conceivably become champion. Triple H has already attempted to make his case to the returning GM. Will his pleas fall on deaf ears? RAW viewers may well see the fall of the old champion, and the rise of a new one. Tune in to RAW Monday (9/8 CT on Spike TV) to see how it all goes down.


With that said whats your thoughts and predictions Regarding the belt?

For a brief moment there I thought the picture of Eric Bischoff was Christian.

my prediction: No champ till' NYR

lol yeah, it looks like his face. Should be a good Raw tonight though.

oh yeah, that's right. Hussan tonight. Should be really interesting.

One of two things will happen:

1) Elimination Chamber: HHH, Batista, Bentoit, Edge, Orton, Jericho. (At the PPV, not on Raw)

2) Tournament.

I'm hoping for number two. I loved the King of the Ring and thought it was a HORRIBLE idea to get rid of it. They could use the concept here. Qualifying matches on Raw and then the final rounds at the PPV.

Yeah and vince almost looks like JBL

Yeah, I don't mind those ideas (Elimination Chamber or tournament).

Rumour has it Foley's going to be on RAW. If he does show up, how great would it be if he did a clean job to Muhammad Hassan? Foley could talk about how he respects Muhammad, and knows what he says is true. Foley then offers his hand in friendship and respect to Muhammad, but he gets sucker punched by Khasrow Daivari and/or Muhammad Hassan who proceed to beat up Foley. This gets them over as non-race based heels. They can use the discriminaiton against them as an "excuse" if you will, which is a heelish thing to do. Hassan vs. Foley is on later that night, and Hassan beats him with his finishing move (which I head is quite impressive).

Or you can have Muhammad & Khasrow as faces, by accepting Foley's hand and having a clean face vs. face match.

Yeah, World title to be decided at the PPV. I would almost like to see it in a HIAC.

Oh, and they completely ignored new Tag champs. :lol:

who are the tag champs?

No way Alienoid, Hussan is going to be heel. And he's going to have squash matches the first few weeks like all up and comers.

Regal/Eugene :roll:

oh yeah :lol: god, those belts are ridiculous. I wish they would do something totally unexpected with Hussan and not make him a full blown heel.

Well, we shall see

MERCI :love:

As the newcomer, I predict Hussan's first match to be against Hurricane. Cause it always seems to be him to face new comers and job to them.

Nah, I think it'll be Richards.

You think Bischoff will come back as a heel or face?

He's a tweener really right now. I think the only way he'll get total face is if he sides with Eugene on something.

The Arab's are probably going to beat up Ivory for her comments the other day.

is it just me or do they seem to almost be trying to get Christian to go face? After the attack by Edge and then the super hero outfit.

I'd say that's a possibility.

Both good ideas.I wish War games was brought back sometime this year between two factions.

Bischoff :love:

Depending on the card for New Year's Resolution I may have to order two PPVs in January. Wallet will take a beating. I'd like to see another Elimination Chamber since I missed the one at Summerslam.

All depends though.I haven't seen a Rumble in 4 years so I'll definitely get that. Still kicking myself for not going to the one here in Boston in 03.

hopefully tonights Raw will be a good one.. i have to say Raw has been getting very good...

Foley's back tonight :eek:


Sweet shit, I hope Raw is good tonight


I've missed Bisch :(

Hello Splaya :wave:

Foley on RAW? I'll believe it when I see it.

Hello Nervous


Azriel you shut your mouth

I'd love to see it, don't get me wrong Splaya, but I don't want to go in with false hopes :lol:

HI, EVERYBODY! [/Dr. Nick]

Yeah, should be an interesting one tonight as it has been for the last couple weeks (which is good). Hussan will try to impress us all tonight, so let's see if he can accomplish it. And how about that Ivory, huh?? ..that dumb...

Oh, and yeah, I can imagine WWE wants Xtian to turn face.. he FINALLY has a shirt now! That should the biggest hint, even if heels have shirts but usually it's heels that are cool.

The Arabs are the good guys. You guys just are being prejudice and discriminating them because they are Arab.
:nono:

All they're trying to do is complete their lifelong dreams and wrestle!
You people won't let them be the good guys.

I feel like cutting a Paul Heyman-esque promo right now.
:-\

I'm so glad they shaved Bischof's head. He looks so good with it.

who wants to talk about chicken? :wink: gonmadd

:shifty:

Bisch :love:

Bishoff should claim himself champ lol

On a side note I was just playing the classic teenage mutant ninja turtles Arcade game...F'n awsome

What's funny is they are all standing next to each other lol.


HHH looked bored before he started talking

Benoit is soooooooo rabid. :drool:

I loved Edge talking while Benoit and HHH were talking

HHH shoulda just let them beat each other up...now there is going to be a triple threat match

ORTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNN

Splllllllaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaa

Okay, I'm hear for my only appearence in TPWW for the week.

Staring at my Avatar for more than 30 secs may cause you to go blind :shifty:

AHHHHH fux. I'm blind. Who has heeling powers?

fuck they're delaying raw 3 hours in canada next week :(

TMNT = Ratings!

And Ferret, the chicken thing is over, man. Plus no one else gets it. Sorry bout that.

..BTW Jericho should have the title, damn it! Bisch wants ratings then he should do that!

http://www.normastitz.com/graphics/assshaking.gif : i'm heeled

I don't see why they should be heels, keep them face/tweeners, dammit!

A few things I'd like to mention about Muhammad Hassan before he official debuts on RAW:

-I don't know why, but I always pictured Mark Magnus debuting in the WWE by showing up on the stage, wearing the American flag as a a cape type garment. This is before I even knew what he looked like, so I was just thinking of a way to debut him using what I did no about him. I pctured Magnus teasing debuts on both RAW & SmackDown!, followed up by a feud with Edge on RAW.

-When the Muhammad Hassan character was created, I pictured him winning the Intercontinental Championship form Shelton in his debut match. Then I pictured Muhammad getting a World Tag Team Title shot, and him going to choose Shelton as his partner, but the deceiving manager (Khasrow Daivari) convinces Muhammad to make him his partner. Muhammad & Khasrow become the World Tag Team Champions as Khasrow uses Muhammad's other titles to protect him from defending one title too often.

-Eventually Shelton is angry at Khasrow, and Muhammad has to choose, and he aligns himself with his manager. Magnus plays the misguided face until he eventually realises that Khasrow is no good, and Eric Bischoff makes a Handicap Match. Shelton Benjamin vs. Khasrow Daivari, and Muhammad has to choose who he partners with. The winning team gets the tag titles, and if the person whom Muhammad doesn't choose wins the match, then he gets to choose a partner to team with. Shelton Benjamin & Mark Magnus (now going by that name) capture the World Tag Team Championship.

Anyway, I hope they do something original with Hassan. He has the potential to be good, and he has only one chance to make a good impression. He can get it done on the mic and in the ring, but if management screws up his story, it could be awkward for him.

:'(
It will forever be known as:
"The night of the Chicken"

ORTONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

*Does the Orton pose*

SPPPLLLAAYYYAAAAAAAAAa

Spear comin up >=D

Gushundheit Edge

Im thinking Edge will go over on Orton.

King: This is it!!!!!
ref:...1 kicks out

yup. sure

Edge rip his boot on that drop kick?

Right now during this commercial Edge is dominating.

R.R = railroad

Actually Road Runner.

WHy am I a little bored?

Rick Rude

All I really care about tonight is what the verdict is on the World title (Elimination Chamber at NYR hopefully), and the debut of Hussan; so expect much from me tonight.

Ok, who's greatly anticipating the arrival of Hussan

You dont like a tournament idea?
I say everyone on the roster goes through the brackets starting next week on raw all the way to the Royal Rumble being the final match.

:meh:
not so much

God.. eDGE has me bored. Send him to Smackdown and give him the title there. Talk about pushing this idiot down our throats.

MERCI.

Meh, RAW has gotten rather boring for me lately . . . I use to watch them with such excitement before and I'm barely even listening to JR and King or watching the match.

Hussan vs. Simon dean...Simon cutting a promo about how out of shape muslims are because they wont kill there cows for nutricous meat.

Vee-Jay-Double U

Nervous Ferret will you please make some posts relevant to RAW.

Don't know if anyone has already said this, but with the announcement of Triple H/Batista -vs- Jericho/Benoit again, is anyone feeling like Batista might turn tonight?

LMAO

:meh: Thats really taking me out of my game...but sure?

nasty crossbody by orton.

Naw, they're gonna build it up huge and then screw it up like they always do...

Really? Face Hussan! Show no Merci!

shit!!!!! nice though

JR said uncanny for like the first time in a year

He shouldn't be turning now anyway. (Batista)

Yea, with them having the same match again after HHH hit Batista last week with the chair, it feels a little bit forced to me. Like, either they are going to rush into the turn and screw it up, or they are going to tease the fans with it until they run the whole idea into the ground.

I dont think he will turn until a ppv. If they do the tournament I could see Batista being put up against HHH but wont lay down for him.

NO no this was a idea I had that they could do not whats happening :lol:

SPEAR! SPEAR!

HOLY SHIT I MARKED OUT LIKE CRAZY FOR THAT.

RAAAGGGHHH :mad:

well that's an effective way to fuck Edge.

wow double counter into a rko Nice

Orton!!!!!RKO!!!!!!!

http://fromthetoprope.freewebspace.c...es/trish54.jpg
This was the only thing keeping me awake.

Aw...we culd have seen an Edge-cution

FUCK the homo won, and cleanly too.

Way to kill Edge's momentum fuckers. :foc:

Orton :love:

No on all three Ric

Man Edge really need to stop those tantrums. It's like they gave him Christian's old gimmick.

http://atkins.com/img/assets/666/spi...gs_172x189.jpg thats keeping me awake.

I know it's over. I just wanted one last shot.

Don't forget Jericho in WCW

Holy crap someone taught Batista to act.

I think the smart thing to do in this match is to have Triple H & Batista win cleanly, without any hiccups in the match. The have maybe Batista stare at Triple H a little before leaving him alone in the ring.

Then next week Rhyno & Tajiri vs. Batista & Triple H, R & T win after Batista goes to clothesline Batista off the ropes but Rhyno ducks under, runs the opposite ropes, Batista stops before he hits Triple H, goes to clothesline a rebounding Rhyno, GORE! GORE! GORE! on Triple H, sending him into a sharp kcik by Tajiri, and Rhyno then counters a Batista Bomb into a sunset flip in the ring after Tajiri sprays Mist into the eyes of Batista (the ref doesn't see).

He plays a better cocky heel than an angry at the world heel.