Tons of WWE news regarding the Raw 15th Anniversary show!

The planned outline for the Raw 15th Anniversary show Monday night is for various stars, both from the past and the current roster to humiliate Vince McMahon and or lay Vince out with their finishing move. Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan, Eric Bishoff, Trish Stratus and Mick Foley are all heavily advertised.

- Hulk Hogan being brought in is surprising to many, because he is being part of an ensemble cast, and not the main star. This is all due to Austin and other being on the show. Hogan is dealing from the weak position for the first time in a long time, due to his current personal problems. Many feel as if this is a form of revenge on the part of McMahon for all of the difficult times he had with Hogan over the years.

- Bret Hart was invited to be a part of the show, but declined. WWE is working to get him on the show as a surprise, but that seems unlikely at this time. This is all due to conflicts over the book he published. Hart was working on a deal with WWE to promote and distribute the book in the US, and they had agreed on a verbal deal with WWE agreeing to no changes in the book. Dean Miller, the man in charge of WWE books then informed Hart that they had planned changes to nearly 400 of the 553 page book, and that ended the deal between the parties.- McMahon has been obsessed with bringing Hart back to the WWE fold, especially since they worked together on the WWE released DVD. But that seems to be a line that Hart has been determined not to cross. McMahon has worked hard to get Hart in, offering the special referee spot at WrestleMania in 2002. He also was working on a Hart vs. McMahon street fight for 2006, but that never came to be.

- Ric Flair is scheduled to be a part of the show. Flair was scheduled to return in Charlotte, but no scheduled to wrestle until this week's Raw. But plans were changed and they went ahead with the Orton vs. Flair match, which Flair was admittedly not in shape for. The audience grew for that match by 1,205,000 viewers, which was one of the largest growths all year for Raw. Vince McMahon is behind the angle, but many felt that his promo didn't make sense, as he never explained himself. Flair was directed not to make verbal comebacks to McMahon or Orton during the segment.

- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has been advertised in commercials and Internet banners for the show, but Johnson had denied the invitation sighting a vacation from the public. He doesn't plan on making any public appearances until he starts work on Witch Mountain in January. Plans are for WWE to run videos of "Rock Moments" on the show.

Credit: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter