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  National Wrestling Alliance: Total Nonstop Action [January 7, 2004 - Present] Raven feuded with The Gathering led by his former nemesis Father James Mitchell for the early weeks of 2004 as he kept being defeated by them despite the aide of his rival turned partner The Sandman. Raven disappeared as Sandman fought the Gathering on his own with the aide of ECW mainstays like Ballz Mahoney & Terry Funk to no avail. Funk promised to bring a Raven back taht could take out Punk and his crew and Raven returned in his classic look. When it seemed the day was won, The Gathering took out Funk and Raven came back and defeated Punk and Dinero once and for all with the help of Sabu! Sabu and Raven became a formiddable team in TNA, even getting shots at the TNA Titles, but Raven's ambition for the TNA Championship got the better of him & he turned on Sabu. Raven claimed that he and Sabu had both been trained by Sabu's uncle The Sheik & that he had promised that they would never fight on the Sheik's deathbed. But Raven claimed that vow was as dead as The Sheik. Raven goaded Sabu into fighting him to no avail, even decimating Sabu's protege, Sonjay Dutt. Sabu finally relented & Raven got the victory, but Raven claimed it wasn't enough and wanted to end Sabu's career in a Hangman's Horror match. Sabu was injured so Sonjay took his place & defeated the mighty Raven to gain revenge for Sabu. At this point, Raven once again sought the TNA Title, embroiled in a 3 way feud with Abyss & Monty Brown. However,Raven was robbed of his title chase by another former nemesis -- Diamond Dallas Page! |