February 16 , 2004 Monday Night RAW results The February 16 , 2004 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s RAW brand , which took place on February 16 , 2004 at the Centennial Garden Arena in Bakersfield , California . Summary . Less than 24 hours after the SmackDown pay - per - view event , “ no way out ” seemed to be the theme for RAW General Manager Eric Bischoff . A month from WrestleMania XX , Bischoff was faced with perhaps the toughest decision of his tenure – who would face Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship – Shawn Michaels or Chris Benoit ? With Triple H demanding an answer and “ Stone Cold ” Steve Austin prepared to take the law into his own hands without a response from Bischoff , the GM seemed backed into a corner . By evening ’ s end , he finally came to a conclusion with a shocking result . At WrestleMania XX , for the first time in history , the World Heavyweight Champion was going to be decided in a Triple Threat match as Triple H defended the title against both Michaels and Benoit . Ironically , Bischoff asked his nemesis Austin to deliver the news to Triple H – who ended RAW enraged by the announcement that he will have two opponents to defend the Championship against at WrestleMania XX . And to make matters worse for himself , Triple H ended any speculation that he and Michaels were working together against Benoit when he entered the ring after the Michaels ’ victory over Benoit , and delivered a Pedigree to Michaels . Now , at WrestleMania , Triple H had two angry opponents to deal with ! The decision by Bischoff did not lessen his problems as he is a week away from perhaps the fight of his life . The Monday Night War seemed to be rekindled when Bischoff declared to Austin that he could beat Mr . McMahon in a fight based on Mr . McMahon ’ s track record in the ring , age , and Bischoff ’ s experience with Karate . Little did he know that Mr . McMahon was standing right behind him when he made his statement ! An infuriated Mr . McMahon announced that next week , he would appear on RAW to make a bombshell announcement concerning WrestleMania XX … and he would do so in his wrestling gear . Mr . McMahon repeated his warning that interference by Goldberg at No Way Out would mean bad news for Bischoff , and since Goldberg did in fact interfere , McMahon was scheduled to meet Bischoff next week . RAW also saw history made when new World Tag Team Champions were crowned . The Evolution duo of Ric Flair & Batista seemed to have their match with Rob Van Dam & Booker T in hand when Mick Foley made a sudden appearance to attack Randy Orton – who had gone to ringside in support of his fellow Evolution members . With Batista distracted by Foley , RVD & Booker T had an opportunity to double - team Flair , and emerged victorious as World Tag Team Champions . Evolution would have a measure of revenge moments later when Orton called Foley out for an Unsanctioned Fight and during that battle , Flair & Batista joined Orton for a three - on - one on Foley and unleashed a vicious assault that left Foley in the hospital . In other action , the situation between Chris Jericho , Christian and Trish Stratus took a new twist when Christian seemed to go against his claims that he is Jericho ’ s best friend . Shortly after Jericho professed to Christian that he wanted to be “ more than just friends ” with Stratus , and asked Christian to hold the rose he bought for Stratus , Jericho was hospitalized after an assault from Kane on Jericho ’ s already injured knee . Later , while celebrating her victory with Victoria over Molly Holly & Jazz , Stratus tried to fend off an assault from Test on Victoria and Steven Richards . When Test appeared to be in position to seriously injure Stratus , Christian ran to the ring to save the day . Moments later , Christian gave Stratus the very rose Jericho had asked him to hold !