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Here are WWE.com’s official Quick Hits preview points for tonight’s RAW:
- Hulk Hogan returns to Raw to celebrate the life of longtime friend “Mean” Gene Okerlund
- The Beast and The Monster under the same roof
- John Cena is back
- Elias takes on Baron Corbin
- The Revival vie for Raw Tag Team Titles in a Lumberjack Match
- “A Moment of Bliss” debuts
- Is the “old” Seth Rollins back?
You can find WWE’s full preview HERE. We have included some excerpts below:
Hulk Hogan returns to RAW:
“Let me tell you something, ‘Mean’ Gene …”
So began many of Hulk Hogan’s most memorable proclamations, making interviewer and backstage personality “Mean” Gene Okerlund a cornerstone of Hulkamania in the 1980s. Now, in the wake of Okerlund’s recent passing, Hogan returns to WWE programming this Monday night on Raw to honor his longtime friend.
In a Twitter post Tuesday night, Hogan called “Mean” Gene “the best partner I ever had” while describing their incredible off-the-cuff chemistry during their backstage interviews. That synchronicity even led to an unusual tag team partnership when Hogan and Okerlund battled George “The Animal” Steele and Mr. Fuji in 1984. Their training sessions before that match, which can be seen below, were perhaps even more entertaining than the bout itself.
Hogan and Okerlund’s friendship spanned the decades, from WWE to WCW and back to WWE. On Monday night, Hogan honors his brother.
Don’t miss this milestone moment on Monday Night Raw, beginning at 8/7 C on USA Network.
Can The Revival become the ‘Top Guys’ of RAW?
On Christmas Eve, Chad Gable pinned Scott Dawson, allowing himself and Bobby Roode to retain the Raw Tag Team Championship. The problem there, however, is that Dash Wilder was the legal man at that point in the match!
The Revival had reason to gripe after the controversial conclusion to that bout and, in the interest of fairness, the McMahon family has granted Dawson & Wilder another opportunity to dethrone the “Glorious” titleholders, live on the first Raw of 2019. And, to keep the action from spilling outside the ring, the bout will be a Tag Team Lumberjack Match!
With several Superstars surrounding the ring — and getting their hands on anyone who dares to venture beyond the ropes — there will be even more eyes on the action to ensure that the rightful team emerges victorious.
Can The Revival finally live up to their self-appointed moniker and become the “Top Guys” of the red brand’s tandem division?
