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7 x- P, e: Q N: g- U4 I0 y. K1 jA special New Year's Eve edition of Raw kicks off with "Miz TV"!
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; {' \+ [1 F r" h" Y) _The Awesome One's guest? John Cena!
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Team Rhodes Scholars crashes the party ...
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... but Cena has some fun at the expense of Cody Rhodes. And his mustache.
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0 z$ Y [* a% K3 \The Cenation leader & The Awesome One prevail." J6 ?, q3 Q+ C! k* t- d- L) d6 q& ~2 H0 S
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WWE Hall of Famer Sgt. Slaughter arrives on New Year's Eve to battle United States Champion Antonio Cesaro.0 P; ~ l) F" Z0 ~, [, t
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Tag Team Champions Team Hell No get set to take on 3MB.
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After their win, Team Hell No rocks on at the expense of 3MB.
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WWE Champion CM Punk brings along his personal physician to illustrate the severity of his injury./ t) D# V- i% E& L1 F
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Mr. McMahon arrives to address CM Punk's WWE Title Match with Ryback.' f: d; B, C' @2 Q& C
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Sheamus locks up with Dolph Ziggler.
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% f0 N. u6 s! y; T& m2 c8 EOn a Champion's Choice edition of Raw, Divas Champion Eve chooses to defend her title against Mae Young!. y, r% A- y1 _: u7 H6 w9 C
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, q+ ^9 q s# G4 o) BWorld Heavyweight Champion Big Show takes on Ricardo Rodriguez with the title on the line.2 u6 k* Y/ b9 F6 D: z: t) Q
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Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston puts his title on the line against Wade Barrett.$ x+ w+ x2 u% M8 Z! K8 s
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Barrett covers Kofi ...
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Dolph Ziggler and AJ Lee kick off their New Year’s toast ...
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3 s; r1 g; t2 c- p... but when John Cena arrives, business picks right up.
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The year 2012 ends with Ziggler and AJ Lee in a bad (and smelly) way.
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The first SmackDown of 2013 kicks off with the return of The Viper, Randy Orton!" l C- \) w% B3 t
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The Miz looks to silence 3MB frontman, Heath Slater.5 \1 ~+ a, b& M
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( `+ y7 y/ z# | y) G# Y1 h ^The Great Khali, Hornswoggle & Natalya take on Primo, Epico & Rosa Mendes Natalya in Six-Person Mixed Tag Team action on the blue brand." h6 I. y* b1 P$ j8 ?; ]! [# l
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Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett battles Kofi Kingston in an Intercontinental Championship rematch.
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4 N" J# I: u/ z* f! N4 `2 a, _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.
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The Great Khali takes on United States Champion Antonio Cesaro with the title on the line on WWE Main Event!
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6 v5 E) d: N# C! f& d5 UTo 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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