World Wrestling Entertainment has announced that tonight’s episode of its long-running flagship show, Monday Night Raw, will be a rerun.

Citing the “logistical nightmares” of creating a new, three-hour live broadcast every single Monday, the company issued a press release today stating that it is “taking the week off.”

Staring at 8pm EDT tonight, WWE will re-broadcast a popular episode from that originally aired on May 23, 2005.

Filmed in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the “Encore Episode” (as WWE is branding the new series of reruns) features such fan-favorite segments as:

  • Lita confronts Kane about her abduction and presumed rape
  • Muhammad Hassan & Daivari face Shelton Benjamin in a handicap match
  • Sylvain Grenier quickly taps out to Chris Jericho’s Walls of Jericho
  • Tajiri squares off against a blurred out, unnamed mass of pixels that bears a passing resemblance to Chris Benoit

WWE returns to its regular live programming next Monday, although due to the ongoing feud between the Bella Twins, it might feel like a rerun as well.

 

 

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