While we've come to expect a big brawl to end the final Raw before the Royal Rumble, WWE decided to change it up, and instead the end of Raw featured the first appearance of Sting on the Monday night program.
WWE fans have been waiting for the next sighting of Sting ever since his WWE debut at Survivor Series. While “The Vigilante” Sting has been mentioned almost weekly, he hadn't been seen since November. Finally, he appeared on the show that he once did his best to bury in the Monday Night Wars, once again disrupting the plans of Triple H and The Authority.