January 3 , 2005 Monday Night RAW results The January 3 , 2005 Edition of RAW was a televised Professional wrestling show by the WWE ' s RAW brand , which took place on January 3 , 2005 at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale , New York . Summary . Last week , Eric Bischoff shook the very foundation of this Sunday ’ s Elimination Chamber Match at New Year ’ s Revolution by introducing a " Beat the Clock " challenge . With only six days remaining until the big event in San Juan , Puerto Rico , Bischoff shook things up one more time . At the beginning of this week ’ s RAW , Bischoff said that just as last week the six competitors had a chance to beat the clock , this week , they ’ d have a chance to beat each other . Batista faced Chris Benoit , Edge battled Chris Jericho and in the main event , Triple H took on former Evolution member Randy Orton . Orton hadn ’ t faced Triple H since he lost the World Heavyweight Championship to him at Unforgiven all the way back in September . With the referee knocked out late in the match , Batista came down to the ring and took out Orton with a clothesline . Benoit came down to take Batista out of the equation and Shawn Michaels ran down , decked out in referee garb , to officiate the rest of the match . With HBK ’ s back turned , Edge flew into the ring to set up for the spear . Jericho joined the fray and took out Edge before he could take out Michaels as the fracas moved to the outside . Triple H finally arose only to see his arch nemesis Michaels standing there . With his attention diverted , Orton set up for the RKO but Triple H countered . Orton came back with another RKO attempt and this time he hit it , pinning Triple H in the process . Orton had momentum heading into New Year ’ s Revolution , but no one was on a bigger roll than Batista . He continued that roll in his match against Chris Benoit earlier in the evening . The animal of Evolution was just too overpowering for Benoit . The Crippler managed to hook in the Crossface , but Batista powered out of the move , carrying Benoit on his back , and rammed his head into an exposed turnbuckle several times before hitting the Batista Bomb for the pin . Later , Batista pledged his allegiance to Triple H and said that he would help Triple H win the World Championship at New Year ’ s Revolution . Gene Snitsky takes on Kane at New Year ’ s Revolution , and on RAW , Snitsky said he was surprised that Kane was ready to come back after the injuries he suffered at Taboo Tuesday . He also said that he had a surprise for Kane , as well . Later in the evening , when Trish and Lita were going at it in the ring before their Women ’ s Championship match in six days , Snitsky stormed the ring , diverting Lita ’ s attention . Trish laid out the champion with the Chick Kick , and then Snitsky placed a steel chair around her throat and looked to be getting ready to crush her throat just as he had done to Kane in October . The fire exploded and Kane ’ s music hit as the Big Red Monster returned to RAW , throwing Snitsky into the crowd . Jim Ross and Jerry " The King " Lawler were also scheduled to take on Muhammad Hassan and Khosrow Daivari in a civilized debate . What started out as a war of words , soon turned into fisticuffs , as Hassan and Daivari attacked The King and J . R . Hassan wrapped his belt around his fist and delivered two crushing blows to The King , busting him wide open . He then choked out J . R . with the same belt . It was announced later in the night that The King — with J . R . in his corner — would take on Hassan in a grudge match at New Year ’ s Revolution . In other action , Christian defeated Eugene and another New Year ’ s Revolution match was announced pitting the champions , Eugene & William Regal , against Christian & Tyson Tomko . Intercontinental Champion Shelton Benjamin was able to get the win over Sylvain Grenier in a non - title match , but Maven added guest commentary after challenging the champ to a title match at New Year ’ s Revolution . Plus , Trish Stratus defeated Victoria , sending a message to Lita that she ’ ll stop at nothing to take the Women ’ s Championship back .