Raw Musings (and a slight copout)

Hi guys, it's right in the middle of report card season so I'm going to have to take a pass on the extended ONS/Raw commentary for today. The main stuff you needed to know about ONS, other than that it was overall a solid show, can be found in my previous entry. As for Raw: it was a show with some decent stuff, which Vince McMahon and his $1,000,000 sucked the air out of whenever they were onscreen.

Only Vinnie Mac could turn $1,000,000 he's giving to fans heel by interrupting his 3 top guys, about to make a never-before-seen match, to pimp the sweepstakes. Clever for him to put out as his own idea the match the three men were making before his onscreen appearance, but still ... boo.

Otherwise, Chris Jericho and JBL had a better match than they did through their feud earlier this year, Jeff Hardy vs. John Cena happened for the first time ever and was good (although what kind of idiot fan, jumping the barricades during the main event?), and it was a solid B raw - though no better, and WWE should be aiming for better, especially having just lost Randy Orton and Undertaker for at least a certain amount of time this week.

Neither plot was really forwarded but I didn't expect them to be - Randy's injured, plain and simple, which if it had to happen was well-timed - at the nice, clear, blow-off end to the feud. just before his daughter is about to be born. And UT's on Smackdown, so that will be pushed on Friday. So it's all good. Overall an OK Raw, I just can't help think it should be better than OK. Nothing to stress about TiVoing if you missed it, but not a waste of 2 hrs. either.