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A special New Year's Eve edition of Raw kicks off with "Miz TV"!
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The Awesome One's guest? John Cena!
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Team Rhodes Scholars crashes the party ...
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$ G* c5 ^2 o5 f! \1 K" I. nCena & The Miz then take on Team Rhodes Scholars in tag team action.
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6 O3 z0 i) ]5 f1 C3 A1 v nThe Cenation leader & The Awesome One prevail.
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O+ o! b; o3 }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.
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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.& V2 z- A7 D4 l' K- S" p
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Sheamus locks up with Dolph Ziggler.
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The Shield descend upon the ring and attack The Celtic Warrior!
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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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- g7 ^* s; |7 U7 f$ UBut when Mae cannot compete, giving Eve the disqualification victory, Kaitlyn shows up with her sights set squarely on Eve!
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Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston puts his title on the line against Wade Barrett.
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Help arrives in the form of Randy Orton, returning to Raw after suffering a December injury at the hands of The Shield.+ t$ r- i# q% g5 g% c8 r
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7 a8 q( @1 ~' m# Y. VCena proposes “a prosperous 2013 to Dolph and AJ with the one thing that you are full of ...”
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9 y$ e& q; j" h' B# D; K- y9 LThe year 2012 ends with Ziggler and AJ Lee in a bad (and smelly) way.
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4 f0 k+ n) r A8 _" `The first SmackDown of 2013 kicks off with the return of The Viper, Randy Orton!& _! h) p& n b, ~ E/ E
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4 x( V7 e9 f( KThe Miz looks to silence 3MB frontman, Heath Slater.
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2 g |: z, j X1 Q# J# u% N U; F5 vThe Great Khali, Hornswoggle & Natalya take on Primo, Epico & Rosa Mendes Natalya in Six-Person Mixed Tag Team action on the blue brand.
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Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett battles Kofi Kingston in an Intercontinental Championship rematch. U( s, X, D' ]0 ~$ M
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Barrett connects with the devastating Bul Hammer elbow to knock Kofi to the canvas ...
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Tamina reemerges to take on Layla in Divas action on SmackDown.
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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.# `0 f" N2 n, y. E& f
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" I' O: y7 H6 B a, @8 JTo 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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