I thought Raw was good this week. I'm glad they saved Cena-Miz for PPV, even if it was only announced 6 days in advance. The only thing is that Miz really has to win to keep any of his heat - but the only way I can see that happening is if Big Show interferes and they continue Show-Cena feud...which wouldn't be good.

The only disappointment was HHH saying at the end that his feud with Orton isn't over by a long shot. I was hoping he would say something like "it all ends this Sunday" and they'd both move on afterwards.

They lost me, however, when McMahon started talking about how Trump doing commercial-free shows and offering refunds at live events was costing him a lot of money. If Trump owns Raw, how does any of that affect McMahon?...THIS MADE NO SCENSE. HOW COULD THE WRITERS BE SO CARELESS?

Speaking of tired... WWE, STOP OVER WORKING HARDY, JERICHO, MYSTERIO & PUNK

What were the odds that Jerry Lawler would have a bucket of chicken sitting in front of him during a divas tag match and not make one joke about breasts or thighs? … THE COMPANY THAT OWNS KFC WOULD NOT STAND FOR IT. HE WAS PRABABLY WARNED

Wow, a commercial-free episode and MVP doesn’t even make it onto the show. … TRUMP IS A RACIST - LOL!

How long will it be before we see Jon or Kate Gosselin making an appearance on Raw?

I guess Trump offering refunds would cost Vince money because people would want to attend Raw rather than Smackdown.

Kevin I'll go out a limb here and call it ahead time....

Miz beats Cena @ The Bash

Anyway..The HHH match was good. I think the spot with the ladder was real. It appeared the "worker" tried to get his hand up but it looked to me as if he took the ladder straight in the head and I believe he had a cut over his eye, it was hard to tell.

I didn't pay attention to the Big Show-Cena match...just like I wouldn't pay money on PPV to watch those 2 wrestle again...enough is enough.

I missed Goldust's comment but I did see Vince was having a hard time keeping a straight face during most of it.

The six man tag was decent.
At the end was it just me or did CM Punk tease like he was going to hit Hardy from behind with the belt?!?

Who would have thought that 2 buckets of chicken could be used as a 10 minute time filler in a "Commercial Free" program. I'm suprised a leg wasn't used as a foreign object.

Maryse was in such a rush to get that match over with she left the Diva's Title at ringside. Looks kinda bad in general.

Lawler's quote " I've got russian (rush-in) hands and roman (roamin) fingers to Cole after the 10th visual of the 2 buckets of chicken.....

Hey Kev...How about this, How about a 2 Chicken Buckets to Hell Match? Loser eats all....

Peace.

Did anyone not see a broadway finish for HH and Orton. It was the only thing that made sense. Oh and just my little pet peeve, I am so sick of Cena, turn him heel already to give his character a little freshness!

I wonder if the people at the arena really got their money back last night or did that not happen since Vince McMahon owns Raw again?

I was bored! Time for new talent....and is anyone getting tired of Big Show and how he just walks around the ring and steps on people... I am calling out for a new Bob Backlund!

why couldn't it have been Donald talking about controlling Wrestlemania? McMahon could have balked saying WM is a WWE product not a RAW product and finding out it was a clause in the contract. That would have made sense. The way it went down made no sense.

Eck loved Cena's jab at the Miz and the Real World.

The last three Junes have been tough on Vince.

2007: His limo blows up
2008: In the money give away the set falls on him
2009: Sells/buys Raw back at substantial cost

So I am looking for the next 3 Junes

2010: Vince gets hijacked by Stan Kronke
2011: Vince's brain is stolen and put in a jar and a Vince's Head in the Jar on a Pole match is needed to get it back
2012: Vince is abducted and taken to Uranas and violated

Did you know that KFC has kentucky grilled chicken?
But I hate to admit it because I bash him all the time, Cena's promo on the Miz was funny. My prediction for the match is that the big show somehow gets involved and the Miz wins

Kevin,

I usually enjoy your blog, yet for you not to go rip city on WWE this morning is just crazy! That was the WORST show I have seen. Boring, boring, boring.

Cena-Miz is a waste of Cena's talent, Orton-HHH is in JR's words more overdone than a $2 steak; the only good thing was the six man match, surprisingly!

Just awful! Oh and if I were McMahon, I would scream you're fired in Cole's ear! He is awful!

I can't understand why you take TNA to task all the time, yet last night WWE puts on an dreadful show that made no sense whatsovever and you don't go off on them. ???????

RESPONSE FROM KE: If I thought it was awful I would have taken the show to task. It wasn't great by any stretch, but I didn't think it was that bad either. I've seen a lot worse.

"Cody Rhodes won a match!"
The crackling sound you heard shortly after that was hell freezing over.

To quote Cartman of South Park, "That was fifth season of Night Court lame."

The WWE has been there and done that with Trump. A lot of hype with very little pay off. Triple H-Orton was a snoozefest that was predictable as a Three's Company re-run.

The highlight of the show was Mickie James superkick of Rosa Mendes. Has she been working with Shawn Michaels? Too bad they didn't think it was worth an instant replay.

I do have a prediction for the match between Cena and The Miz at The Bash. I think Cena wins but The Miz attacks him after the match and breaks Cena's leg thus putting Cena out of action. The Miz will then spend the next two months telling people he put Cena out of wrestling. If that doesn't impress Maryse then nothing will. I see a liplock between those two on Sunday.

Please let The Miz score any sort of win against Cena Sunday. It's so predictable what's going to happen. The Miz has "won" a couple of matches so far then cost Cena a win. According the WWE playbook you only get so much on Cena then in the end he squashes you. I wish you could get over a little more but you have zero chance.

I hope this Sunday ends Orton/HHH but the way WWE has set it up there's no way this is the end. If HHH wins Sunday (which almost is certain to happen) who does Orton fight next? Maybe Cena but what would that leave for HHH? It'll probably be a triangle scenerio where Orton, Cena and HHH fight for the title until WM26. One week on Raw we'll see Cena and Trips team up to face Cody & Ted, then vs. Cody & Randy, then vs. Ted & Randy.

Excellent recap. I, too, was hoping for a longer storyline with Trump. At least it was something new! Although the obviously taped "live" interaction between Vince and Trump the week before was weak.

Oh, if it really DID happen, I can see how Trump giving everything away for free would cost Vince money. Trump would own all rights to the RAW show, but not WWE in total. Since Vince is Chairman (and Linda is CEO), and together they own approximately 88% of the voting power of issued and outstanding shares of the company, the more the company spends (giving money back to fans, broadcasting "free" (wonder how much KFC paid to be on the table....)), Vince does lose some money.

Just when I was starting to warm up to Trump...BOOM!, he's off the show. What a disappointment. Question: Did the fans in attendance still get their money back after the show as Trump had promised?

It also made no sense that Trump having a commercial free episode was costing McMahon money. What? If Trump is the owner, what does Vince have to do with it? Bad writing.

Once again, Raw has to inject Smackdown talent into their show. It appears they would rather have guys cross over from Smackdown to work a match instead of showcasing Raw's own mid-card.

Totally agree with you Kev. Enough Cena vs Big Show and enough with Orton vs Triple H.

Did anyone see Jeff Hardy almost slip on his entrance? Obviously an act of sabotage on the part of CM Punk. ;)

I thought Lawler had the line of the night... "Tonight's commercial free raw is brought to you by new Kentucky Grilled Chicken".... unbelievable.

Also, a last man standing match, that didn't have a man standing? That's kinda like having an iron man match that lasts 23 mintues isn't it?

Kev, I read somewhere else that WWE & USA may face an SEC investigation for the "sale"; my guess is that's why they ended it so quickly.

If TNA had a last man standing match that ended in a draw on TV you would have crapped all over them for: one, putting a PPV match on free TV (like you've done to TNA before), and two, for doing a "bait-and-switch"/screw job type move by not having a winner in a definitive match like that. You sir, are a WWE apologist.

RESPONSE FROM KE: You sir, are mistaken. There are plenty of writers on the Internet who "crap all over" TNA for giving away PPV matches on free TV, but I am not one of them. I don't recall ever criticizing TNA for that. All of my TNA posts from the past two years are archived. Feel free to look into them and give me some examples of when I did this.

I also wouldn't criticize TNA for not having a definitive winner in a match on free TV. The TV match obviously is there to set up the match you have to pay for. That's basic booking.

Sounds like you are a TNA apologist.

I started to get a headache well before Vince started crying about lost money. I mean if Trump owned RAW would the WWE Logo have been in the lower left corner all night? Smackdown is owned by Vince, why would they be on RAW? May as well be on TNA, really.

Vince taking back RAW had to be seen coming, but it's really funny how it made Vince look like an idiot. Vince is now 0-2 vs the Donald. He did try to gain some of his cred back by getting in Orton's face a little later on.

Tricky bit of editing with Santino. I wonder if Vince will hire back Santina?

Typical idiotic swerve by Vince McMahon and his overpaid, underworked writing staff at the WWE compound in Stamford.

I thought it was a decent episode, but I do not understand the booking order. Why was Cena/ Big Show the last match of the night? The only reason I can figure is that they were worried about the Last Man Standing match running long and sending the show way over time.

For being "commercial free" the show moved along pretty quick until the last half hour. Then it seemed like there was a lot of filler. Also, why no ECW representation? There sure weren't a whole lot of matches for a "commercial free" RAW.

I'm sure I wasn't the only person who didn't understand the Trump angle. He "bought" RAW but somehow is costing Vince money by giving fans a ticket refund? Still, somebody was wise enough to hit the abort button on the entire angle, I'm sure the stock hit the WWE took last week had a part in that.

Coming into last night's show, the WWE has two options: give more stars a chance to shine, longer matches, meaningful promos, promote the midcard, etc; or produce a regular episode of RAW with filler in place of commercials. The WWE went with option 2. It wasn't a bad show by any stretch, just an average RAW produced under the premise of being something special. How is it possible that in 130 minutes of uninterrupted TV do guys like MVP, Matt Hardy, and Kofi Kingston (you know, the guy holding the brand's number two title) not get air time? What was the purpose of having Smackdown wrestlers on the show? The LMS match was really good, but counterproductive, why would anyone pay to see a rematch on Sunday when they watched it for free 6 days prior? The Cena/Big show match was the same match we've seen every other week for 2 months with the exception of Show actually winning, albeit not without help. Cena/Show match at Extreme Rules was promoted under the premise that Show was too big to be put in the STF, yet Cena did it with no problem last night (as he had done numerous times in the past). I did like that Miz was given mic time against Cena and held his own, no small feat as Cena has really found his groove on the mic lately.

Hmmm... Donald Trump paid $0 for RAW in reality, so Vince McMahon is going to have to pay DOUBLE that amount to get it back. Let's see.. $0 x 2 = $0.

Well, now we know how much RAW is worth these days.

As a guy who hasn't watched a full episode of Raw since 99, last night's show was great. Triple H v. Randy Orton was epic. The cameraman getting smacked with the ladder was a nice touch and the ending was fitting. The trump angle was cool and harkens back to a time when mainstream celebs made cameos more frequently (MIke Tyson, Karl Malone, Dennis Rodman). Cena v. Miz v. Big Show is tired, predictable, and a little annoying.

I watched the Orton-Triple H match on DVR, and I watched the ladder shot a few times. It looked like the guy meant to take it with his hand but missed and got it in the head. Ouch.

This commercial free Raw had tons of potential, but it was executed poorly. I didnt have a problem with the Last Man Standing match but the finish was too expected given its ben announced they would face off six days later.

Having Smackdown there seemed very unnecessary to me.

Why is it that I am never excited when I see Cody Rhodes in the ring? Oh thats right, because he has to steal victories from Primo.

No Kofi or MVP was very upsetting, and dont even get me started on ANOTHER Big Show-Cena match.

One day many years from now, I'm going to sit my grandchildren on my knee and tell them that I remember a time in wrestling when HHH and Randy Orton and Big Show and Cena weren't feuding with each other.

I am with u on a lot of things lately which is not good but anyway Rhodes is not believable to me and to have him beat primo is shocking i just hope that the Colons win at the GBA because they have never beaten legacy yet and for them not to would be a shame and i think legacy is better done on Raw only while its fun to see the Colons defend the titles on all the shows. Sorry to see the Trump era end but since WWE & USA are in trouble over it i can understand why i also wonder since Vince bought the show by the end of the telecast and Trump no longer owned it did the People from Green Bay get their money back.Was happy and surprised that Show beat Cena even though he got helpfrom the Miz which is amazing if you think the he will be doing a major angle on a PPV before morrison.

I would love to own something in which I would get the profits and someone else would take the losses.

The Big Show is an outdated performer. WWE keeps him around probably because it hopes that non-wrestling fans will come across Show while channel surfing and say "holy #*&)! He's big!," and continue watching the episode. The Big Show is ineed big, but that matters little when the bell rings.

@ Adam B.
"I'm calling out for a new Bob Backlund!"
You mean a guy with incredible mat skills and limited cartoonish appeal? A guy that can't talk on the mic but can outwrestle anyone? I know one guy currently on the smackdown roster but they've had him jobbing for the past 8 months.
Can anyone name him?

The show was ok for me .like everyone else I think wwe needs to work on there mid card wrestlers more let the sd guys get a break u don't see raw going to sd as much as sd comes to raw

It's funny so many people are hung up on the losing money comment. While Trump bought RAW, it would basically be like a franchise of WWE. Thus WWE would still make/lose money in a real sale of the show, since it is their talent on the show.

Also, to all the Big Show haters, this guy is amazing for his size in the ring. Look at the limited ability of Kahli. Show is even pulling off moves that Andre never could have done in his prime. Are you people really expecting him to pull of lucha libre moves?

Absolutely great show! I also would have like to have seen Trump stick around longer. I was so pumped up, then it just ended. I am trying to figure out the whole Miz thing. I am not seeing him as PPV material, at least not in this match. I am missing something others are not? Would like your feedback!

Biggest statement of the night came when Mr. McMahon heard the toilet flush in his brand new bathroom stall office, and then Festus walked out with his usual stupor, then handed Vince the latest copy of Wall Street Journal...Raw is Crap?

What's up with MVP? Did he violate their wellness policy and they aren't announcing it until Superstars airs? Just odd they have totally killed his push without some reason. But what's more weird, no one seems to care he is missing.

Frank, I'll guess Jeff Hardy (or Jimmy Wang Yang? lol)

HHH definitely nailed the "production guy" with the ladder. It was pretty stiff too from the sound. In the replay I didn't see him get his hand up in time to block it and he took it square in the face from what I saw. Does that get him some cred backstage for taking it stiff or will he get ribbed for not getting the hand in there?

The Trump thing was a mess. I was thinking "wow they are really going crazy" when Trump was running down all the free things they'd be doing this summer. The sad part is that I thought they were pretty buzzworthy ideas. Silly me. I can't imagine this whole buyback was the long term plan and is more related to the stock hitting the toilet last Tuesday. MVP is booked stronger than Vince was in that whole exchange and MVP was left off the show (and the ppv it seems) entirely this week.

I will say this though, I think Vince doing the piggyback ride on the limo driver is the funniest Vince segment since the Stone Cold bedpan incident.

Frank king,

Shelton?

hey kevin, what's more annoying for you, the HHH-orton feud or the miz?

"Frank king,

Shelton?"

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I had guessed Charlie Haas, but Shelton does fit the time frame better.

Getting back to The Big Show, I don't expect him to pull off luche libre moves, but the way his matches unfold just isn't very compelling: he punches his opponent in the gut, and his oppoenent sells for ninety seconds; he chops his opponent on the chest, and his opponent sells for another ninety seconds.

The Trump thing was working. Vince's role was not. came off as a desperation publicity ploy with no payoff.

Are Vince and HHH trying to build some heel heat back again after being victimized by RO?

I think any program, Raw or Smackdown, with Michael Cole announcing is doomed to mediocrity.

The "Vince losing money" ploy was totally lame and made no sense.

Is it just me or is Mr. McMahon losing his mind of late? Or is it Vince really that is losing it?

Raw, if you can't fill two hours with your own talent and make it interesting, then either get different talent or shorten the program. We don't need to see Smackdown stars on Raw. They are doing fine on their own.

Raw could have broken some new ground that might have potential yesterday during the brief but publicized Trump era, but instead gave us mostly more of the same and some even borrowed from Smackdown.

THIS PROGRAM WAS A DISASTER!!!!!! Should have been great....instead it was fair at best. WWE misses the boat again. YAWN!!!!

@ Frank

Shelton Benjamin or Charlies Haas?

Both fit the bill.

Switching gears to the "Macho Man Randy Savage" DVD. As a big fan of the WWF in the 80's, I thought the #1 free agent scenario of Savage and the ensuing mystery of who will be his manager was a great storyline. My question is who was this Elizabeth Heulette? As Vince said at her ring debut, " in what what fashion did she cajole Savage to become his manager?"Yes, she played her role well but the question is begged, how did this happen? Was she part of the wrestling family at large. Her unfortunate demise did her legacy no good. Just wondering how "Macho" initially got involved with her from the beginning.

Correct Andy!
Shelton!
If they don't push him I hope the release him so he can go to TNA.

Billy The Kidman, is Jimmy Wang Yang still on the roster?LOL

rubbish raw.. leaves me feeling empty inside!

totally agree with the person who sed stop overworking the smackdown superstars already!!

use some raw mid card talent for the show..

"I would love to own something in which I would get the profits and someone else would take the losses."

Talk to the guys at AIG or one of the big banks. They seem to have figured out how to do just that.

Frank King -- William Regal might fit your description too.

I don't like Smackdown guys on Raw either but they do it because Raw has better ratings and hope it might cause more PPV buys. It seems like pretty short term thinking. It doesn't leave time for the low to mid card guys to get TV time. How do they plan on replacing the aging wrestlers when they retire or get hurt?

I give the McMahons credit for recognizing that there is a 'problem' with RAW, as the viewers' waning interest in storylines indicates; bringing in The Donald was a foolproof, albeit short, way of garnering fast publicity. I doubt, though, that his involvement is over- his connection to WWE reaches back a long way. The end justifies the means I guess, as the RAW rating scored huge.

My line of the night came from CM Punk: "What's the story with this chicken??" I laughed out loud. My thought exactly.

I think Punk, Hardy, Edge, Mysterio, and Jericho deserve a little extra in their Christmas bonus this year. These guys are not only carrying Smackdown with incredible matches, but now they are called upon to help carry RAW too? Really? The absences of MVP & Matt Hardy were disappointing; whenever RAW has the opportunity to elevate the mid-carders who will perhaps become the stars of tomorrow, they generally do not take advantage. I think there is a large gap forming between the aging main eventers (HHH, Michaels) and the stars that should be built for tomorrow. Sooner or later, the older guys need to step aside, but when no one has been established to "rightfully" take their places, or at the very least work alongside them, the old crew keep on shouldering the burden. Or, you get the over-exposure of the few younger guys who can draw (Cena). I do recognize that WWE is building Orton and other younger talent, but at the same time, they make Dibiase/Rhodes look like buffoons and centre the show around repeated storylines. I don't think Vince should be relying on celebrity and controversy to the point that they overshadow the actual wrestling. If RAW is to be the flagship program, I hope they incorporate new writing and a variety of talent...and fast!

As for MVP, Kingston, and Hardy, they taped a match for Thursday's Superstars show.

I wonder how many people in Green Bay decided to buy some green and yellow (Packer colors) Cena merchandise, particularly since they saw the show for free.

Kev wasnt it stupied that vince couldnt even say ass he had to say butt after i heard that i turned the channel

About the Big Show, I totally agree with Scott: I find that for his size, Show is a really good wrestler, he does supplexes, spears and some other moves that Khali can only dream about. I actually loved to see him clean the ring in last week's Fourway and 10-men matches, and even this Monday, I found him good. I would actually even love to see him as a huge, unbeatable champion, but he has been Attitude Adjusted way too often for that...

I think it's funny that so many people can't suspend disbelief for Vince losing money on Trump's decisions - he's still the WWE Chairman according to storylines. I think it's a lot harder to suspend disbelief for Trump buying Raw in the first place.

Another opportunity to promote mid-upper carders wasted. Very frustrating.

When's the last time there was a tweener as good as CM Punk -he plays it so well.

Kyle's right when Vince said "butt" I was embarrassed to be a WWE fan.

Someone with a Tivo could tell you better than me, but wasn't that TV crew guy bleeding?

Nice commercial free episode, in a related note--my bladder exploded.

I guess Vince is a heel again

"What were the odds that Jerry Lawler would have a bucket of chicken sitting in front of him during a divas tag match and not make one joke about breasts or thighs?"
I'd say 1,000,000:1, that doesn't fit in with pg tv.

TNA apologist? Haha hilarious.

I didn't post my name with my last comment about 1,000,000:1. But I couldn't resist another post.

Lawler: Look at all these delicious breasts, legs and thighs in front of me.
Cole: Right Jerry, the chicken is provided by KFC.
Lawler: What chicken?

To everyone asking if the people in Green Bay got their refund? Yes, ticketholders have until Friday to get their refund if they want it. Also, please! Enough already about the grilled chicken! One of the people who commented under this blog kept talking about it. It was so annoying!

RAW has been great two weeks in a row. The commercial-free aspect was wonderful. I didn't so much care about it in terms what happens in between matches like everyone else seems to be. I was more thankful because they didn't insert a commercial in at the most exciting portion of each match. Trust me! On the typical episode of RAW, we would have went to commercial right in the middle of Hardy and all those guys jumping over the top rope.

Albeit the feud is worn out, HHH and Orton had one helluva match. Now that's the match they should have had at WrestleMania. I hope they vote that match as best RAW match at the 2009 Slammy Awards. It was that good. What made it so exciting was how unpredictable it was. They were taking it anywhere and everywhere and no one knew where they were going next. And I didn't expect the outcome to turn out with neither man being able to win making their match on the ppv that much more unpredictable.

I think the HHH/Orton feud should officially end by having HHH letting his wife, his brother and law, and all the McMahon's get a chance to punt Randy or something because we've already seen HHH destroy Orton countless times.

What Big Show does in the ring is hilarious. I like it when he silences the crowd so he's slaps can be heard all about the arena and walks on his opponent and stuff. Also seems like I'm in the minority on this one, but I really liked the match between Big Show and Cena as well.

I respect Hardy, but his character is being a d***. Someone made a good point on one of your other pages; I didn't like that he won with help from Mysterio last week, yet had a problem with Punk's victory with help from Jericho. I also didn't like that Hardy took an attitude when Punk raised his hand and tried to congratulate him after the RAW match last night. Punk hasn't shown any heel characteristics; the point of cashing in money in the bank is doing it when it's advantageous and he politely explained himself. Hardy's character is a d***. Just because the live audiences is treating Punk like a heel doesn't mean he's a heel or in the process of turning into a heel like. Just means the fans are being retarded and have gone heel.

Kevin, you would have been entertained if Donald Trump stayed? Wow! Wouldn't really entertain me seeing Trump (as Jericho says) "pandering to the live audience" on a weekly basis.

Michael Cole I think was just trying to put Maryse over as heel as he didn't give any of the other heels that much negative attention. I guess I'm in the minority when I say I love Cole. I like it when King makes him legitimately laugh on commentary. The only commentator I hate is Todd Grisham who sounds like Fozzy from the Muppet Babies. Have you ever heard his scream at exciting point in the match?

Miz wasn't as good on commentary this week as he has been in recent weeks. Miz should have pwned Cena during that promo instead of vice versa to make the match this Sunday a little more predictable. Cena absolutely pwned Miz during the promi and the Miz lost some his awesomeness (for lack of a better word).

As a big fan of the WWF in the 80's, I thought the #1 free agent scenario of Savage and the ensuing mystery of who will be his manager was a great storyline. My question is who was this Elizabeth Heulette? As Vince said at her ring debut, " in what what fashion did she cajole Savage to become his manager?"Yes, she played her role well but the question is begged, how did this happen? Was she part of the wrestling family at large. Her unfortunate demise did her legacy no good. Just wondering how "Macho" initially got involved with her from the beginning.

Mr. Eli, you brought up a very good (albeit, irrelevant) question... Randy Savage & Ms. Elizabeth were married before he started in the WWF, so that's the answer to your question.

According to OnlineWorldofWrestling.com, Ms. Elizabeth worked cameras at her father's TV station, which hosted the Louisville, KY, promotion run by Angelo Poffo. She became a fan of the wrestling show and they used her as an announcer and host of their TV programs before Savage & Liz came to the WWF.

I had the strangest dream on monday, in it I was watching Raw and Randy Orton was actually booked strong, get this, he went up against Triple H got in a lot of offense and managed to not lose his title and was not showing to be afraid of him or needing to cheat, a strange dream to be sure?

But seriously though, the way McMahon and Triple H got on they were acting like heels and Orton finally facing up to Triple H without his usual cowardice, could there perhaps be a double switch coming up? HHH and McMahon to heel and The Legacy as faces??

One more thing, why would it not make sense that McMahon would lose money from giving out free tickets and no commercials, If Trump bought out Raw but McMahon was still paying the wrestlers wages, without advertising money coming in and ticket sales then he would stand to lose quite a lot, that being said Trump would prob get the money from ticket sales and likely most if not all from advertising too...

Just to address some of the comments underneath this blog, JamesC, totally agreed. Vince McMahon getting on the back of that guy had me laughing out loud but what ruined it is Vince jumping off. Imagine what a insane tyrant he would look like had the clip showed the man seriously walking this grown man all the way to the arena and him not jumping off. lol!

Also, how is the WWE overworking SmackDown superstars. All of the superstars work all week long anyway during house shows, only in this case, we actually got to see it. And the reason they worked a few SmackDown superstars is because RAW was so successful last week and were obviously going for another big RAW this week!

You've got to love this blog. I've wondered for twenty-four years how "Macho" and Elizabeth got together so I ask the question here and get the answer. Thanks "Anonymous" .

"One more thing, why would it not make sense that McMahon would lose money from giving out free tickets and no commercials, If Trump bought out Raw but McMahon was still paying the wrestlers wages...."

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But was McMahon still paying Raw wrestlers' salaries? If Trump purchased Raw, then presumably, he also purchased the contracts of the Raw talent. The contracts are (in storyline) brand-specific, as we have seen talent leave one show for another because their "contract ran out."

Tonetare, If Punk isn't meant to seem heelish, why did Hardy beat Edge for the championship only to have Punk come out and cash in his money in the bank moments later? All those Hardy fans went from elation to sadness. Having Punk being the reason behind that deflation gets him some heel heat. If he were meant to stay a pure baby face, he would have beaten Edge after Edge beat Hardy.

Mr. Eli, if you have questions regarding the people behind wrestling characters I would suggest looking at either Wikipedia or Online World of Wrestling.