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A special New Year's Eve edition of Raw kicks off with "Miz TV"!2 U* R1 k0 s; h; p# R
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Team Rhodes Scholars crashes the party ..." }6 c1 v" z/ _- J4 W
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... but Cena has some fun at the expense of Cody Rhodes. And his mustache.
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1 n! K3 @0 t0 v0 c; K2 ?WWE Hall of Famer Sgt. Slaughter arrives on New Year's Eve to battle United States Champion Antonio Cesaro.! [4 d; K4 w1 ^- m. f# R
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Tag Team Champions Team Hell No get set to take on 3MB.2 Z$ [* b( ]+ w* ]8 E
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! q) n U% o7 b' G9 V- H4 nAfter their win, Team Hell No rocks on at the expense of 3MB.
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! V9 M% o5 f, ]WWE Champion CM Punk brings along his personal physician to illustrate the severity of his injury.
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Mr. McMahon arrives to address CM Punk's WWE Title Match with Ryback.
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On a Champion's Choice edition of Raw, Divas Champion Eve chooses to defend her title against Mae Young!
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) _8 j7 m! d. c$ i8 Z5 LWorld Heavyweight Champion Big Show takes on Ricardo Rodriguez with the title on the line.
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Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston puts his title on the line against Wade Barrett.6 H7 U S; k- U% k* o/ k9 s b
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2 K7 x" {5 E7 S) W6 ]* w; _Help arrives in the form of Randy Orton, returning to Raw after suffering a December injury at the hands of The Shield.% X* Y# m# U0 p9 f1 _ y% i
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Dolph Ziggler and AJ Lee kick off their New Year’s toast ...# s9 Q6 {) L2 k# ` j0 `2 C
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6 S/ t2 M" ~, N3 J2 V2 C... but when John Cena arrives, business picks right up.( h! A6 H/ q3 L, o6 k$ I. }/ P" Z
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Cena proposes “a prosperous 2013 to Dolph and AJ with the one thing that you are full of ...”
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The year 2012 ends with Ziggler and AJ Lee in a bad (and smelly) way.
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) M' R) u: m' N0 G7 ^9 Z5 X# bThe first SmackDown of 2013 kicks off with the return of The Viper, Randy Orton!6 k1 Y8 @2 R8 I$ C
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The Miz looks to silence 3MB frontman, Heath Slater.
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# z+ o* Z1 p6 a3 r( b+ F: Z: E) QThe Great Khali, Hornswoggle & Natalya take on Primo, Epico & Rosa Mendes Natalya in Six-Person Mixed Tag Team action on the blue brand.4 o5 h; b, d/ d% r* U* H
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6 _1 K' G% G; P- N# p0 m! }To prove his claims of being a fighting champion, Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett challenges any WWE Superstar to a Non-Title Gauntlet Match.
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