First of all lets get to the non-wrestling action of the show. As I said before hand last night was Mr. McMahon fan appreciation night and to commemorate to occasion he autographed his picture from the cover of Muscle and Fitness magazine. Donald Trump then appeared on the screen of the arena to declare that Vince wasn’t giving fans what they wanted, value in the form of money! Thousands upon thousands of Donald’s dollars were dropped from the ceiling infuriating Mr. McMahon.

Shawn Michaels opened the show discussing his disappointment at losing the Royal Rumble but his optimism that he would still be able to win the WWE Title. John Cena then came to the arena to defend his title while Edge and Randy Orton closely followed. Before a brawl erupted McMahon announced that Rated RKO would face Cena and Michaels for the Tag Team Titles.

Before the main event Ric Flair warned Cena that Michaels might try to give him Sweet Chin Music after the match to show his intentions for the title. Cena hit the FU on Orton to get the pin and to make both him and Shawn Michaels the new WWE Tag Team Champions. After the match Michaels and Cena exchanged words before the Undertaker appeared on Raw. The Dead Man threw into doubt his Wrestlemania opponent as he stared Cena down as Raw went off the air. We will just have to wait and see who Undertaker will face at Wrestlemania: Cena or Batista?

In the match for the Intercontinetal Championship the Great Khali landed a chop on Jeff Hardy that left him outside of the ring unable to answer the 10-count. Despite winning the match Khali failed to win the title since he won by countout rather than pin or submission. I would expect to see a rematch of this one next week on Raw.

Cryme Tyme fell to the World’s Greatest Tag Team of Charlie Hass and Shelton Benjamin. The loss was their first since joining the Raw roster. After stipulating the match as a No. 1 contenders match Melina topped Maria to become the No. 1 contender for the women’s title. Umaga beat Val Venis in singles action in his first match since his loss to Cena at Royal Rumble. Carlito and Super Crazy beat Kenny and Chris Masters in a tag team match.

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Cena and Michaels Become Tag Team Champs

The action for the nights main event started early in the broadcast when Rated-RKO used “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan as an example first beating him up backstage then performing the con-chair-to on him infront of thousands of fans. Ric Flair responded by giving Shawn Michaels his support and backup. Rated-RKO’s response: another beat down, this time with Flair on the recieving end.

An obviously furious Michaels delivered sweet chin music to Todd Grisham before storming off camera to prepare for his match. Then match time came. Rated-RKO entered first and with the help of Mr. McMahon took away DX signs from the crowd under the threat of those who didn’t comply being thrown out of the arena.

Next entered Shawn Michaels and the match was underway. Rated-RKO and HBK fought hard and long in the see-saw battle with no team gaining enough of an upper hand. Edge then retrieved a pair of chairs and the referee called for the bell. The match was over but the action was not. An extremely bloodied Michaels turned the table first using the chairs then retrieving Triple-H’s sledgehammer taking his anger and frustration out on the team that has caused DX so many problems. Not a bad match at all.

The show opened with the setting of a contract signing. Johnathan Coachman announced that John Cena and Umaga would go head to head at the Royal Rumble and that the match type was up to Umaga’s manager Armando Estrada. Estrada chose a last man standing match which should make for a good match at the Rumble.

In other action Mr. McMahon and Carlito got into an argument over the ‘coolness’ of the WWE owner. Mr. McMahon’s response: A chokeslam from Raw’s newest member The Great Khali.

The feud between the Hardys and MNM was renewed yet again when Johnny Nitro and Melina took on Maria and Jeff Hardy. This match kind of has a double feud involved. The first is the feud I mentioned between the Hardys and MNM while the other is between Nitro and Hardy. I am not sure which line(s) WWE is taking but they seem to be leaning towards the later singles feud. Anyways Hardy and Maria won the match after Hardy landed the Swanton Bomb on Nitro and got the three count.

Ric Flair and Kenny Dykstra faced off yet again with Flair coming out on top after putting his feet on the ropes to get the win. Mickie James beat Victoria on Raw to retain her title again. Chris Masters issued the Master Lock challenge to anyone willing to give it a go. Ron “Damn” Simmons volunteered and appeared to get the victory after Super Crazy interfered but it was ruled that the Master Lock was not broken. JTG of Cryme Tyme faced Shelton Benjamin of The World’s Greatest Tag Team in sigles action. JTG won the match with an assist from his partner Shad.

Despite the horrible preview Raw turned out not to be so horrible after all.

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Bloody Shawn Michaels Takes Down Rated-RKO

So it appears the rumors were true and Khali has indeed moved to RAW. Coachmen stated he was giving Umaga the night off because of his hard work at NYR and that Cena would face the Great Khali in a non-title match instead.

The match was bad for Cena from the start. Khali is just immensely huge, if you saw RAW last night when Cena and him went toe to toe you know what I mean. Well Khali beat Cena up while Estrada sat at the announcers table commenting on Umaga’s loss and the match at hand.

A steel chair was added to the already explosive match by Estrada and Cena used it against Khali earning the DQ. Umaga then ran into the ring to take on a tired and battered Cena giving him the Samoan Spike and standing over him until RAW went off the air. I guess the whole Umaga storyline is going to continue but I’m not sure how Khali enters into all of this. If I had to venture a guess I’d say eventually we see an Umaga/Khali feud crop up at some point.

Rated-RKO held a ‘celebration’ of sorts on RAW calling their no decision to DX a victory since they took out one of its members. The show also recapped the injury and confirmed The Game will be out 4-6 months. Shawn Michaels will be facing Rated-RKO next week in a 2-on-1 handicap match.

Ric Flair gave Kenny a revenge low blow which allowed Jeff Hardy to get the pin and retain the Intercontinental Champpionship. Victoria and Melina topped Maria and Mickie James in a tag team match. Torrie Wilson helped Carlito get the win over Chris Masters when she hit ‘The Materpiece’ over the head with the ring bell while the referee was distracted. Cryme Tyme defeated Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch in a tag match to reiterate their NYR victory.

The Donald Trump/Rosie O’Donnell bout was as bad as expected with Trump coming out victorious.

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Umaga Takes Out Anger On Cena

Update: WWE is reporting that Tripe-H was injured in the match which may have led to the no contest. Not sure if it was storyline or not because most injuries like this follow other injuries. I will have more as soon as it is available.

Check back later for more results and a full recap of New Year’s Revolution.

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New Year’s Revolution: No Decision Allows Rated-RKO to Retain