Charlie Haas worked under the name "Rowdy" Charlie Piper and defeated Snitzky in a match prior to RAW. Haas has impersonated Piper in the past at overseas house show events.

Mike Knox also made his RAW 'debut' defeating D'Lo Brown in a quick match. Knox got the win following a spinning neckbreaker. It is expected that Knox will be a full-timer on RAW. Is that good news?

William Regal just defeated Santino Marella to become the new Intercontinental Champion in a quick match at the RAW tapings. That is surprising as Santino had a streak going that they had been pushing. I'm sure they did it for the big pop for Regal in the U.K but it'll be interesting to see where they go with this.

Confirmed matches for RAW tonight include:

-- Randy Orton vs. Batista
-- Kane vs. Rey Mysterio - No DQ Match
-- Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho - Last Man Standing Match
-- Stephanie McMahon appears at the start of the show.