Rejoice wrestling fans the world over, for tonight is the massive 25th anniversary of WWE Monday Night Raw and thank you for reading our coverage of said historic show.

It’s going to be almost impossible to list everything going on at tonight’s show but I will give a (fairly) quick rundown of what, and who, to expect. Seeing as this is the anniversary of Raw, WWE and Vince McMahon has pulled all the strings to bring back just about everyone you’ve ever cared about – obviously minus CM Punk, Hulk Hogan, and those who’ve sadly passed away. Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Trish Stratus, The Dudley Boyz, Kelly Kelly, Scott Hall, Chris Jericho, JBL, Torrie Wilson, Miss Jacqueline, and more, all with Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler on the commentary table. This alone, makes this the most exciting Monday Night Raw since the historic episode 2000. Not to mention, this roster of legends makes the three-hour runtime of Raw seem almost too short!

Alas, maybe as much as we would like it to be, tonight’s Raw is not just about the legends. Tonight’s show will feature all of the regular Superstar’s, both from Raw and SmackDown Live. That’s right, Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan will be bringing their WWE Champion AJ Styles, Women’s Champion Charlotte, Tag Champions The Uso’s, as well as The New Day, Natalya and John Cena. So tonight’s show really is as jam-packed full of names and faces as a show could possible be. I really don’t envy the booking team for tonight’s show.

Brock Lesnar will also be on tonight’s Raw, as he responds to Braun Strowman’s insane attack on him two weeks ago. This is Lesnar’s last chance to make a statement against the Monster Among Men, but let’s not forget that Kane will be here to also cause some havoc! Tonight’s show will also feature WWE Intercontinental Champion, Roman Reigns, defend his strap against The Miz. Reigns looks to knock-off Miz one last time and head on to the Royal Rumble, whereas The Miz looks to win the IC title for the eighth time!

So that’s our preview for tonight’s show, which will no doubt be an incredibly fun show because, well because Steve Austin will be there and we could watch him for three hours and nothing else. So remember to download the Ringside Talk app and join the conversation. Enjoy the show!

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Former WWE United States Champion MVP has been added to the lineup for former talents appearing at Monday’s RAW 25th anniversary show. Here is the updated list of talents for the show:

MVP
William Regal
Jonathan Coachman
Lilian Garcia
AJ Styles
Charlotte Flair
The New Day
Randy Orton
Daniel Bryan
Shane McMahon
The Usos
Jeff Hardy
Mark Henry
Christian
Chris Jericho
Trish Stratus
Jacqueline
Michelle McCool
Torrie Wilson
Kelly Kelly
Terri Runnels
Maria Kanellis
Eric Bischoff
Gene Okerlund
Sgt. Slaughter
The Godfather
The Boogeyman
Brother Love
Teddy Long
John Laurinaitis
Ted DiBiase
X-Pac
Steve Austin
Ric Flair
The Dudleys
The APA
Scott Hall
New Age Outlaws
The Bella Twins
The Undertaker
Shawn Michaels
Triple H
John Cena
Brock Lesnar
Jim Ross
Jerry Lawler
Roman Reigns
Seth Rollins
Asuka
Braun Strowman
Alexa Bliss
Sheamus
Cesaro
Kane
Kurt Angle

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Russo is joined on today’s show by his co-host, Jeff Lane, and Glenn Gilbertti (Disco Inferno).

Russo opens today’s show speaking about the rumours that The Undertaker will be returning to the ring at WrestleMania 34 to face John Cena. Russo hopes these rumours are untrue, and he hopes that The Undertaker remains retired, especially after the huge retirement display that we saw at the end of WrestleMania 33.

He adds that Undertaker needs to think about his legacy in the business at this point, because his worst mistake would be returning for more matches when he’s clearly not the same competitor that fans remember from the prime of his career. Russo goes out on a limb and predicts that Undertaker will not be returning to face John Cena at WrestleMania this year.

Gilbertti doesn’t have any issue with Undertaker returning for one more match at all. He thinks Undertaker carried himself pretty well during his last couple of matches, and he still has the best entrance in the business. As long as Undertaker can sell tickets for WWE and cash a big WrestleMania paycheque, Gilbertti has no issue with him returning to the ring.

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While speaking to the With Spandex podcast, The Big Show was asked if he believes that The Undertaker is finished with wrestling and revealed that he doesn’t think that’s the case.

“No, man, I’m telling you — The Undertaker, they don’t call him ‘The Phenom’ for nothing bro, I’m telling you. An Undertaker at 30 percent is better than most everybody else at 90 percent, I’ll tell you that much. If that makes any sense at all. He’s just that damn good.”

As previously noted, The Undertaker is being heavily advertised for the RAW 25 Anniversary event on January 22nd, 2018. Taker is also being rumored to have one more match against John Cena at this year’s WrestleMania 34 event.

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As previously reported, The Undertaker, John Cena and other legends have been confirmed for the upcoming 25th Anniversary of RAW show on January 22nd, which is the go-home show for The Royal Rumble.

Bryan Alvarez discussed the event on today’s installment of Wrestling Observer Live and speculated that The Undertaker will tease his retirement on that episode of RAW. Cena would then come out to the ring as The Undertaker is retiring and challenge The Deadman to one final match at this year’s WrestleMania event.

Alvarez explained that he’s been told there is a “big plan” for Cena at this year’s WrestleMania and it’s “bigger than the championship matches” on the card. That doesn’t leave a lot of options.

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As previously reported, Dave Meltzer mentioned in the latest installment of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that AJ Styles probably won’t be facing John Cena at next year’s WrestleMania but instead The Undertaker was one of the names rumored as an opponent for Cena on the card.

It’s worth noting that the @WrestleVotes Twitter account, the same account that broke the story about Neville walking out on WWE, mentioned that Undertaker vs. Cena is not definite but it’s certainly “on the table” as a match being discussed for next year’s show.

Hearing Taker vs Cena is not definite but certainly "on the table". Many in WWE are still convinced Taker is done, hip surgery or not. Could be a result of his direct relationship with Vince. He only needs to tell him, & no one else. And Vince keeps everything w/ Taker hush.

— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) December 29, 2017

Speaking of Undertaker vs. Cena, there is a poster floating around on the internet for the match. That poster is a fake and was made by a fan several months back.

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Sportskeeda‘s Riju Dasgupta recently spoke with The Undertaker while he was promoting the upcoming WWE Live Event in India. Here are some highlights from the interview:

How he felt about beating the Undertaker at WrestleMania:

What it means for him to become the Intercontinental Champion:

” It was extremely important for me. Not just a checklist of holding all the titles, working towards the grand slam achievement, but just the fact that it is known as the ‘workhorse title’. That title has been known to be present at every single TV, every single live event. I don’t care who I’m wrestling. As long as someone’s willing to get in there, compete and push me, I believe iron sharpens iron. If you want to get in there with me, just be willing to step up. That’s the thing. I’m a fighting champion.”

Becoming a Grand Slam champion:

“It’s really neat. I’m so driven at this point that it feels really good, but I still know that there’s another out there. Even though, with the new generation, the new era, you can switch it up due to creative and storyline but that Universal Championship is still very important to me. Right now, the most important thing and priority is to represent this Intercontinental title. That’s my goal, to make it ‘the’ title, not only on RAW, but in WWE. It’s what everybody wants to see. Everybody wants to see Roman Reigns defend the IC Championship. That’s what I want. That’s the reputation of this title.”

His message for Indian fans:

“I just want to say, last time I came, they were excellent. I felt that, it was real. I felt goosebumps being there, it gives me goosebumps thinking about it right now. I just want to say thank you for the way they received me last year. We’re going to come there and we’re going to give it our all. That’s all we can do. It’s going to be a great show, and I hope they can enjoy it. We’re looking forward to it. Can’t wait to get there.”

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While taking part in a Q&A session at The Wales Comic Con event in Wrexham on Saturday, Sting was asked about reports of him postponing the required neck surgery he needs to have on final match in WWE. Sting would deny those claims and reveal exactly why he hasn’t got the surgery done yet.

“I have never said ‘one more match’ ever. I’d like to have one more match, I’d like to have that Undertaker match. The only reason I held off on the surgery is because I had guys like Stone Cold saying don’t do it.”

The Stinger continued, “I don’t have any side effects? I can still work out and it doesn’t bother me, I don’t get a sore neck from sleeping or anything so why would I get surgery? If you don’t need it, don’t do it.”

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While speaking to The Associated Press while promoting his new 30 For 30 special, Ric Flair joked that The Undertaker “contributed” to his drinking problem.

“He’s one of those guys that contributed to my problem,” Flair said with a big laugh. “He’s tough to hang with, man.”

Speaking of The Undertaker, he attended Flair’s special screening last week for the special. You can check out a photo of the two together below.

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As seen on Monday’s episode of RAW, Kane returned to WWE programming to assist Braun Strowman in his steel cage match against Roman Reigns. The Miz would then announce that Kane would be the 5th participant in his match against The Shield on Sunday at the WWE TLC event.

Dave Meltzer mentioned in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that WWE went to great lengths to hide Kane’s return this week. None of the talent knew of his return and he didn’t fly directly into Portland, but but flew into a different airport and drove to Portland.

Kane had been resting up from various nagging injury and hasn’t been used on WWE programming since December of 2016. He has also been working at his Allstate insurance business in Knoxville and running for Mayor of Knox County while away from WWE.

As previously reported, Kane’s return is expected to be short-lived and probably only last around a month. There are rumors floating around online that he may be aligning himself with The Undertaker at Survivor Series, but those reports are false. The Undertaker is retired at this point in his life.

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