Official RAW thread of January 3 2005
 

http://www.wwe.com/images/shows/banners/raw_hdr.jpg
http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/raw/ima...aw_chamber.jpg HBK as Referee adds more unpredictabilty to Elimination Chamber
Jan. 3, 2005

What will be the fallout from the last Raw of 2004? After such a blockbuster show with so many twist and turns affecting New Year’s Revolution, emotions will most definitely be running at an all-time high.

As Raw went off the air last week, it was announced that Shawn Michaels will be the special guest referee for the Elimination Chamber Match. Triple H and several other Superstars didn’t look too pleased with the announcement. It’s no secret that The Game and HBK have bad blood that will probably never go away. And Edge cost Michaels the World Heavyweight Championship at Taboo Tuesday. That’s something that the Showstopper surely hasn’t forgotten. Will this cause Edge to speculate further that everyone is out to get him in his quest for the World Heavyweight Championship?

Batista must be happy that he will be entering the Elimination Chamber last, but it was clear that didn’t sit well with Triple H last week. How will the two continue to co-exist, and will Ric Flair be able to keep them together as a cohesive unit heading into New Year’s Revolution?

Also, after verbally and physically assaulting Good Ol’ J.R. and The King last week on Raw, Muhammed Hassan and Khosrow Daivari will square off against the Raw announcing duo in a battle of the minds as Eric Bischoff signed a debate to take place on the first Raw of 2005.


Last week, Gene Snitsky found out he’d be facing Kane at New Year’s Revolution. Will that announcement send Snitsky on the war path this week?

Kane’s wife Lita also found out she’d be putting her Women’s Championship on the line at New Year’s Revolution in a rematch against rival Trish Stratus. Will the two Divas’ paths cross this week on Raw?


Be sure to tune in to Monday Night Raw (9/8 CT; Spike TV) for all the answers.

Bowling league is over and I'll finally be able to watch Raw when it's actually on for the first time in roughly 17 weeks. This one should be decent.

I dont think itll be that great I think itll be resting all the guys in the Chamber up for there sunday match...so if anything a few squash matches

I said it in last week's thread but I'll say it again:

I guarantee Jerry Lawler will make a "master debator" joke.

Looking forward to the debate. Obviously just cause Hassan and Daivari are involved and I have really liked them so far.

I want to see Hassan wrestle already. Fuck a debate.

First Raw of the new year.. lets see if the writers will go the right way this year...

And NYR is still 6 days away. How much time do you think they'll need to 'rest up'?

Yeah I could understand the week after.. but the week before? :?:

They're not going to risk any injuries so dont expect alot tonight..maybe everyone giving each other there finisher but not to much more.

the end of the show is gonna have Batista and HHH starin at each other while everyone else is laid out in the ring.

I wonder if they signed any more new divas for tonight.

If one guy gets injured, all they have to do is write him out of the storyline somehow on Sunday before the PPV (assuming its not the guy that's gonna win). Its been done so many times, like a sneak attack from behind and someone finds a wrestler lying in his dressing room, so I don't see any reason for Vince to 'rest' anyone. That, or they could go the legit path and say that the wrestler is really hurt badly, and he still wants to be in the match but Bischoff says he doesn't want to risk further injury, etc. Just in case, I guess you could rest the guy whom you want to win the elimination chamber, and put all of the rest of them into normal action. I mean its not the NFL or anything and guys don't get injured as often.

Tonight


RAW is RADDICAL

I agree with Superslim..They will lay out everyone turn around and be the only 2 standing and stare each other down...or One will "accidentaly" attack the other

I hope Snitsky goes apeshit on somebody tonight. I don't care who. Anybody.

on a sad note....there is no NFL game tonight...so when Wrestling gets boring I have no escape.

Just channel surf.. thats what I do.

I'm not looking forward to it. Any time there's a debate the entire show sucks.

To go against the grain I predict they will all be knocked out with the last one being superkicked by Shawn Michaels and Shawn will stand over them all and do his dance.

http://img57.exs.cx/img57/6756/419ir.jpg


:yes: :yes: :yes:

http://austinwm.club.fr/HTLM/Photos/...hn_Nord_02.jpg

:yes: :yes: :yes:

I guess I'll start off another funfilled monday night raw....

CHICKEN!!!!!!!!!!


http://www.eotl.org/races/chicken.gif

ummmm CHICKEN!@!!!!!! > Cats


http://www.hmz.stuph.org/ranimg/chicken.jpg


when nf is posting chicken you know it's gunna be good.

Joey Radd...that Christy pic. She has the six THING. :rofl:

Tonight, I predict Dave Mustaine will come out and perform Peace Sells live with Megadeth. :love:

What is confirmed so far for NYR?
Elimination Chamber
Snitsky vs Kane
Lita vs Trish???

Is that all so far? I don't think they'll do any better. Seems NYR is built around the Elimination Chamber. It was a bad idea in the first place to put a secondary January PPV. This PPV will probably fail :( Elimination Chamber will be good...Kane will come back and get revenge on Snitsky...Lita will beat Trish...is this a 3 hour PPV? If so...the EC will be like an hour long or so.

WWE stole the EC idea from Celebrity Deathmatch.

I seriously hope Kane does NOT get revenge on Snitsky.

And Christy's ass is just....yeah.

sugar bowl is pretty good.

hussan vs Lawler at NYR

Its show time

greate first live raw in uk history and they kill the sound, way to go sky :shifty:

TAZ IS BACK! NYR! WHOOOOO!

Ahh...it's good to be back in a RAW thread.

Those all kinda sound like some decent matches.

God, Batista is a monster. I love him.

so much fo r the theroy of no action for the 6 men

yey i have sound now,

and my first ever particpation in an offfcial raw thread yey

Some solid singles matches tonight.

Edge vs Jericho should be good

I never said no action

im surprised they paired orton and trips together, thought they were saving that for mania

Batista's GOT to go over here.

:nono: at Benoit wearing yellow tights it just ain't right.

Batista has yellow tights somewhere too, if I remember correctly.

I wish he would have dropped to his knees when he had Benoit in that fisherman's cradle. That would've been nasty.

it would of been so much cooler if Batista did a Mexican Stretch Buster.

better see Christian tonight

yey batista! countered crossface

LOL Batista is awsome that was sweet

Wow Batista was pretty impressive.Be he will still go down to the R-K-O

Did you hear the crowd counting the pin? It sounded like they wanted Batista to win...but as much as they're building him up, I don't think he's gonna win in the Elimination Chamber at all now.

Scoring a clean win over Benoit makes Batista more credible than HHH and Orton. Glad to see him get so much momentum, but if WWE fucks up Batista's push it's gonna hurt both of them.

Batista is the man.. I could see him comming out of NYR the champ...

:lol: :lol: :lol:

http://www.webgifs.net/free-gif/cartoon/arab.gif

Debate

Batista defeating Benoit? I..dont..think..so. :n:

And fuck fans that go to the shows just to view themselves on the screen...and then the others who talk on their cell phones. I hate these idiotic people.

He can be one of the next big superstars, but if he does get the belt,just hope they dont go the orton route, and take the belt off him straight away, such that he would have to headline wm and i dont even think hes ready for that, best to find an ingenius way to keep the belt off him, yet dont kill his momentum by doing so, tough postion

I really can't see JR & The King making any valid points besides "If you don't like America...you can just get the hell out [crowd pop]"

Now do we want Batista as a face or a heel? We know what happens to big guys when they become face (Kane, Big Show, Undertaker) no longer unstopable

It wasn't exactly a CLEAN win....he did bash his head into the exposed turnbuckle like four times.

Uh-oh...HHH is going to piss his monster off.

lol 1oo bucks HHH owes Batista for getting the best time

:lol: at the $100

I'd rather him stay heel and just beat the shit out of Flair and Hunter, proclaiming that he, and he alone, is evolution. And have him keep the Evolution theme. Turning Flair and Hunter face.

HHH acts like 100 bucks is a lot of money for him

hehe way to make triple h look stupid

It would've been funny if HHH just pulled the money out of his tights.

Batista scores a clean win over Benoit, and now he gets a segment with HHH to further hype his turn. Looks like they're giving Batista a serious consideration.

LOL

3 simple words...

Raw Is Batista

Yeah...sure. Kane's throat is crushed. Just like HBK's was.

Batista's theme is WAY better than Evolution's. It fits him perfectly.

she's good int she :roll:

bring back the good interviewers who used to be able to do decent interviews, like mene gene, hell even shawn mooney

batista sounds like loosecannon...
"Lost a bet...Lost a bet" :shifty:

SNiTsKYYYYYY!!!!
is that a new diva bitch?

Well forget the theme then, but I'd really rather see him as a heel champion.

ItS N0t My FaUlt!!!!!!

Wow....Snitsky's going to abduct Lita tonight and bring her out at NYR.

At least Snitsky isn't reading cue cards anymore.

That last Batista promo was gold I admit that.

http://www.detnews.com/pix/2002/03/23/peeps.jpg

#1 peep

Bischoff is gold

Bischoff is better as a tweener Gm

Spoiler: Edge wins.

no man of madness tonight...boo:nono:
ChIKeN!!!!!!

This whole booking is GOLD. Best booking they have done in 3 years. The Batista/HHH thing.

Nah i think hbk will cost edge the match building up to a feud after nyr

Edge is such a whiny bitch right now, but I kinda like it.

That wouldn't work their is a hhh reference in the song

I like the idea but he should keep the BATISTA theme. It fits him so well :y:

ORTON SHOULD USE EVOLUTION's THEME :mad:

yeah thats why it pisses me off in Smackdown Vs. Raw he uses Evolutions theme...

to Thrilla btw..

I smell HBK/Edge at Mania.

I guess not then, but I'd really rather see him as a heel champion instead.

Edge's theme is great

how many entrance themese has edge had, didnt know he had a new one, can tell i aint watched raw in ages

Yeah, Edge is the man right now.

You think you know me!!!!!!!!!
but you have no idea.....
ths is the diary of Britney Spears. :shifty:

For some reason, Edge's theme popped into my head yesterday and it was stuck there all day. I was pissed. It's decent, though.

....and I miss heel Jericho SOOOOO bad.

Can't wait for the fucking Orton match