Raw, Edge and Jesse

So I suppose since it's Tuesday tonight's entry should be solely dedicated to Raw. Well - that's all well and good except for Raw sucking. :P Don't get me wrong, there were some gloriously funny moments; the Great Char-li was hilarious (Charlie Haas as the Great Khali); Ranjin Singh coming out with him, and Khali's reaction, including the trying not to laugh, was the best moment of the show. The DX reunion was an attempt to create a big moment on a week when Raw really couldn't compete with Smackdown. And Glamarella was hilarious as always.

However: the buildup for the PPV which is coming up IN SIX DAYS was virtually non-existent. They mentioned matches - particularly the Jericho-Michaels title match - and added the Rey Mysterio demasking stip to his match with Kane; but the show felt like it was treading water, which coming off some momentum from last week's show and heading into a PPV should not have been the case. DX to some might have seemed old a couple of years ago when they reunited but I didn't mind their act; it bothers me now, after Shawn has been in such a serious mode and involved in such a serious feud, to have him skipping out with Triple H out of nowhere ... honestly I'd have rather it been CM Punk or even an unknown Shawn had trained to counteract Lance Cade. Or build back up to funny Shawn. It's again, the inconsistencies you've heard Ari and I ranting about.

And two paragraphs, in that sense, is enough to devote to Raw - Ari and I will be dicsussing the show in more detail tomorrow night on In This Very Ring. Meanwhile, tonight tune into Between The Ropes (http://www.betweentheropes.com) to listen to a rare online radio interview with former WWE and World Heavyweight Champion Edge, which promises to be very interesting. And keep posted through TMZ as well on a new potential project featuring former Minnesota Governor and pro wrestler Jesse Ventura which is allegedly about to be snapped up by TruTV (the former CourtTV) - it's apparently a conspiracy theory show where Jesse will pursue the truth and weed out the fiction as it relates to various urban legends - perhaps inspired by his own well-known 9/11 conspiracy theory-ing.

I'll hopefully put up my thoughts on the Edge interview, and more details on the Ventura project as I learn them. Meanwhile be sure to tune in tomorrow night, between 10 and midnight Eastern, for another episode of In This Very Ring. See you around!