Raw Preview 12.21.09

Last week's Raw featured the 2009 Slammy Awards show, hosted by guest host Dennis Miller. During the show a variety of awards were given out, with two award winners engaging in a stare-down moment to end the show. The brand new WWE Champion, Sheamus, won early in the night for the 2009 Breakthrough Superstar of the Year. He delivered a serious message to Cena during his acceptance speech, claiming he'll make sure Cena never gets the title back. Meanwhile, Cena was scheduled to compete in a special tournament involving Undertaker, Randy Orton and CM Punk, with the winner being named 2009 Superstar of the Year. Cena defeated Punk, while Orton defeated Undertaker, so the two Raw rivals had the final showdown for the award. Cena managed to pull off the pinfall victory and earned himself the prestigous Slammy trophy. Sheamus made his appearance felt though as he came out to the top of the stage to brag about being WWE Champ. Cena dared him to come get some, but Sheamus held back. What will the next situation be between these two stars on a collision course?

While D-Generation X failed to win a Slammy for Tag Team of the Year, they did bring the unified tag titles back to Raw after TLC PPV. During the Raw show, Chris Jericho invoked his team's rematch clause, allowing himself and Big Show to face DX for the chance to reclaim the gold. DX cleverly got themselves disqualified by shoving the referee down. With that result, HHH let Jericho know that he was out of rematches, and that meant it was time to leave Raw. Various members of Raw, Smackdown and ECW came to the ring dressed in DX gear and escorted the enraged Jericho out of the arena, kicking and screaming the entire way. With that victory, it would seem to be the end of Jericho's tirades and insulting appearances on Raw. D-Generation X looks ahead to their Christmas night title defense on Smackdown against The Hart Dynasty. Will DX be ready for the fight? What's next for Hornswoggle in his quest to sue DX?

Tonight's special guest host for Raw will be Johnny Damon, MLB baseball player from the World Champion New York Yankees. According to the write up on WWE.com, Damon will bring his own "secret Santas" along with him to the show. What will Damon have in store for tonight's holiday-themed episode of WWE Raw?

2009 Slammy Awards Press Release

WWE issued a press release that The Slammy Awards will make their second consecutive annual appearance on Monday Night Raw on December 14th, 2009. The show is set to be hosted by comedian/actor and radio talk show host Dennis Miller. It will be a three hour event which will include the announcement of the WWE Superstar of the Year, WWE Match of the Year and WWE Diva of the Year awards. It may also involve all three brands and other WWE personalities much like last year's show did.

Last year's Slammy show saw Chris Jericho named the Superstar of the Year and Beth Phoenix the diva of the year. The 2009 Slammy Awards show airs Monday December 14th at 8PM EST on USA, live from the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Read the full official WWE press release here.