December 27 , 2004 Monday Night RAW results The December 27 , 2004 Edition of RAW was a televised Professional wrestling show by the WWE ' s RAW brand , which took place on December 27 , 2004 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi , Mississippi . Summary . As if signing an Elimination Chamber match for New Year ’ s Revolution wasn ’ t enough , Eric Bischoff shook things up again on the last Raw of 2004 . As soon as Raw went on the air Bischoff announced there would be a special referee for the Elimination Chamber at New Year ’ s Revolution , but his identity wouldn ' t be revealed until later in the show . In addition , he declared that it would be a Beat The Clock night for the Chamber participants . Chris Jericho , Randy Orton , Chris Benoit , Edge , Batista and Triple H all had matches against mystery opponents , which would have a huge impact on the Elimination Chamber match . If any of the Superstars were defeated by their mystery opponent , that opponent would take their spot in the Elimination Chamber . To sweeten the pot even more , Bischoff announced that the Superstar to win his match in the quickest time would enter the Elimination Chamber last , thus giving them the biggest advantage in the match and the best shot at the World Heavyweight Championship at New Year ’ s Revolution . Chris Jericho defeated Christian ; Randy Orton defeated Maven ; Edge defeated Eugene ; and Chris Benoit defeated Viscera in their respective matches . Benoit made his massive adversary tap to the Cripple Crossface in a prompt 5 : 43 , giving him the time to beat . But that was before Batista hit the ring . Rhyno , Batista ' s opponent , scored an early Gore , but Batista kicked out and became enraged and hit a sit - down powerbomb on the Manbeast . Batista looked up the clock and proclaimed that there was plenty of time for more punishment as he delivered yet another devastating sit - down powerbomb for the win at an amazing time of 3 : 02 . Triple H was infuriated that Batista had gone out and not only beaten the clock , but beaten it in such a quick time . Batista did apologize , stating that Rhyno had made him angry . Flair calmed down the two Superstars , and Triple H headed out to face his challenger as the rest of the Elimination Chamber participants were at ringside watching . Triple H had to face Shelton Benjamin , the same Superstar who gave Evolution fits earlier in the year and had gotten the best of The Game on more than one occasion . In fact , Triple H had never beaten the Intercontinental Champion . Triple H had the advantage early on . He had a sleeper hold locked in soundly just as time was winding down . The referee picked up Benjamin ’ s arm for a third time , and he dropped it as the clock hit zero , as Triple H thought he had won via submission . But Benjamin had his feet on the ropes , so the match continued . An irate Triple H was starting to let his emotions get the best of him as Benjamin took over . Benjamin was able to hit his T - Bone Suplex , but Flair had distracted the referee . Benjamin then took care of Flair , but that allowed Triple to recover and hit the Pedigree for the win . As Evolution began to celebrate in the ring , Bischoff returned and announced that the special guest referee for New Year ’ s Revolution ’ s Elimination Chamber match would be none other than " HBK " Shawn Michaels . Triple H , Batista and Edge in particular all looked on in horror as Raw went off the air with Michaels posing for the crowd . Earlier in the night , Muhammad Hassan and Khosrow Daivari interrupted Stacy Keibler when she was revealing her New Year ’ s resolution , and berated the crowd , telling them that they are all prejudiced towards Arab Americans . They then took their tirade to the announce booth and started pushing around good ol ’ J . R . and the King . They later complained to Eric Bischoff , requesting a match against the two , but Bischoff instead told them they could have a debate next week on Raw . In other action , Lita defeated Molly Holly in a non - title match . After the match , Gene Snitsky came down to the ring and chased Lita through the crowd and to the backstage area , forcing the Women ’ s Champion to lock herself in a room . Bischoff then informed Snitsky that he would be able to continue his fun at New Year ’ s Revolution in a match against Kane . It was also announced that Lita would face Trish Stratus in a rematch for the Women ’ s Championship .