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A special New Year's Eve edition of Raw kicks off with "Miz TV"!
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' d* t \$ q9 p2 i: _" eThe Awesome One's guest? John Cena!8 I0 p. [8 l4 `- q0 w1 W7 M% s6 ^% ^' x
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Cena & The Miz then take on Team Rhodes Scholars in tag team action.
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WWE Hall of Famer Sgt. Slaughter arrives on New Year's Eve to battle United States Champion Antonio Cesaro.
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Tag Team Champions Team Hell No get set to take on 3MB.# F1 V# z0 K, ]7 ~! h
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WWE Champion CM Punk brings along his personal physician to illustrate the severity of his injury.9 [( D2 ^* T3 p0 D8 K d9 h
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Mr. McMahon arrives to address CM Punk's WWE Title Match with Ryback.
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Sheamus locks up with Dolph Ziggler.# H) v8 F) C& Z, x/ B4 c4 F/ n
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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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% @6 m8 l0 ?! ^World Heavyweight Champion Big Show takes on Ricardo Rodriguez with the title on the line.
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Barrett covers Kofi ...
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... and a new Intercontinental Champion is crowned!' n9 Y' k( R+ \, ?. T% \
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Ryback battles The Shield in a 3-on-1 Handicap Match.
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% e% S' c4 J$ q! Q1 X9 `/ ~1 d; ZHelp arrives in the form of Randy Orton, returning to Raw after suffering a December injury at the hands of The Shield.
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Dolph Ziggler and AJ Lee kick off their New Year’s toast ...( U; n1 q) v5 m: b( ~* G
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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.- [! u7 Z8 m0 g0 r
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The Miz looks to silence 3MB frontman, Heath Slater.
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A titanic tag team main event rages on SmackDown, as Sheamus & Randy Orton lock up with World Heavyweight Champion Big Show & United States Champion Antonio Cesaro.
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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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