By James Caldwell, Torch assistant editor

The following are key news and notes from tonight's three-hour "Old School" edition of WWE Raw completing the Raw brand's final hype for the Survivor Series PPV.

-- WWE Hall of Famer "Rowdy" Roddy Piper brought back Piper's Pit for the main event angle of the show. Piper helped sell the Survivor Series main event of WWE champion Randy Orton vs. Wade Barrett with John Cena as special referee for Sunday's PPV.

-- WWE added John Morrison vs. Sheamus and a traditional Survivor Series elimination match featuring ten Smackdown wrestlers to the PPV line-up. (Read More on the updated PPV line-up.)

-- Jim Ross made an unadvertised return to the broadcasting position to call the TV main event of U.S. champion Daniel Bryan vs. Jack Swagger. It was Ross's first time calling Raw in over two years. (Read More on Ross's return.)

-- Tyson Kidd turned on D.H. Smith to end several weeks worth of tension between the Hart Dynasty members. Kidd and Smith were in a non-title tag match against WWE tag champions Nexus.

-- Santino Marella & Kozlov became #1 contenders to the WWE Unified Tag Titles. Santino & Kozlov went over the Usos in the #1 contender match.

-- The full list of WWE Legends who made cameos on tonight's Raw included "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka, Bob Orton, I.R.S., Tito Santana, Sgt. Slaughter, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, Brooklyn Brawler and Harvey Whippleman, Chavo Classic, "Mean" Gene Okerlund, The Fink, Mae Young, Gerald Brisco, "Million Dollar" Man Ted DiBiase, Slick, Tatanka, Tony Atlas, Arn Anderson, Ron Simmons, Dusty Rhodes, George "the Animal" Steele, Jim Ross, Iron Sheik, and Nikolai Volkoff.

-- The full list of Smackdown wrestlers who made cameos on Raw included Intercontinental champion Dolph Ziggler and Vickie Guerrero, Kofi Kingston, Cody Rhodes, Kelly Kelly, Alberto Del Rio, MVP, Michelle McCool and Layla, and Jack Swagger.

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