I thought that MVP looked sluggish and sloppy during his match with Jericho and it seemed like the opening match was on track to be a total mess. Jericho really covered for MVP and eventually they picked up some momentum and had a good finish.

I was interested in MVP getting a push for a while for the sake of getting some fresh faces in the main event but now I really don't think he deserves it. There's a lot of mid-card guys on the Raw roster (Swagger, Miz, Kofi, and Carlito off the top of my head) who consistently perform better than MVP lately, none of whom were on Raw this week. No divas match this week either, maybe Mickie's in trouble after that ugly battle royal on the heels of that botchfest with Gail Kim. Hope they fix whatever's going on with the divas for next week's show with Trish Stratus.

Even with my complaints, I really enjoyed this week's Raw. The skits were probably the best of any guest host.

My girl can't stand wrestling, but has been a huge Price Is Right fan forever. Every time Barker was on screen, she was glued to the set. And by the end of RAW, I think she now a DX junkie. Go figure. And as far as the Bella Twins go, I was frantically trying to phone in my bid on that hot tub.

Haven't seen it yet, but I'm looking forward to watching it on my DVR. With Barker doing a great job, I'm thinking that Betty White might be a great guest host. She's pretty spry, is quick on her feet, and she is freaking hilarious.

I stand completely corrected. Last week I posted a comment that said "What will Bob Barker bring to RAW?". Boy was I wrong. I actually found myself wanting more segments with him and the wrestlers. So kudos for selecting him. I now find myself trying to predict what Kevin will say about a certain portion of the show. Your comment of "Shouldn’t Guerrero have beaten Bourne by disqualification.... " , was exactly what I predicted. Speaking of which, why wont the WWE future endeavor Chavo. Why bury him like this

I don't have a Cauliflower ear and I'm not Tone Deaf, but I swear Lillian Garcia said Evan Bourne weighed 283 pounds! Please Send the Masterpiece to ECW.

hey kevin!
yes..probably ted debiase jr will end up being the bigger superstar of the two!! but i would like to know one thing! did randy explain his rko on dusty rhodes to cody?
( i ask this because raw is shown on thursday in india so i have not not seen it! and i cannot wait .....it was so entertaining last week)

RESPONSE FROM KE: Randy didn't explain it, but Cody explained why he stayed loyal to Orton.

Who wouldn’t want a lei from the Bellas?

DAMN!

Thanks to Bob Barker hosting, I actually watched the entire Raw show without dozing off. I looked forward to each Barker segment far more than the what went on in the ring. I guess I have to agree with White Sox player A.J. Pryzinski who said he loves the WWE but is more of a Bob Barker fan. That says alot about the entertainment value of pro wrestling these days. Bring in more great hosts like Barker and ratings should steadily increase.

Good raw but i guess orton chances retaining the title are slim, dont see the point in another cena reign got nothing against the guy but him becoming world champion is not going to help anyone or create a new star? i would just given orton a few more months a legthy reign as champion then whoever beat him hopefully a rising star would get the rub and go onto big things but then again this is raw and the same peoeple will be champion in a continous cycle.

I though the show was horrible. NO DIVAS MATCH?!? Where was Gail Kim, The Miz, Beth Phoenix, Jack Swagger, and Mickie James? an Evan Bourne match with no hoot Star Press?!?? It is the owrst RAW in recetn memory. i would rather see 20 ZZtop RAW than this one

The highlight of the night was IRS asking Barker if they price included taxes.

The end seemed a little weird to me. So Orton ran way from the DX legacy scuffle. Then he was just hanging out for awhile by the entrance and looking suspicious. I was sitting there thinking that they really did not do anything to promote Cena v. Orton, and then Cena came out. The match still seems to lack any story though. At least when HHH was wrestling Orton, there was the story to make it interesting. When you have Orton V. Cena for the millionth time, there needs to be a better story than they just do not like each other. I think it is obvious that Cena will win the I quit match after the two beatdowns he has recieved over the past two weeks. Which will mean Orton gets a rematch at the next PPV.In 30 days, I imagine Raw will have changed very little in terms of feuds.

Kev, surely an "old school wrestling fan" like yourself can't be happy with the direction of this show? It really doesn't matter who wins or loses anymore, since the "show" is the main focus now. The angles and matches ultimately get lost.

Hopefully TNA keeps going in the non-entertainment direction they have been going the past month.

Hey Kev,

Kofi wrestled before Raw in a tag match filmed for Superstars. I won't play spoiler but I will tell you the crowd reaction Kofi got was incredible! Maybe I haven't been paying attention but is that the typical reaction everywhere? You'd have thought the Hardy's were introduced. Btw...Chicago apparrently hates The Miz.

RESPONSE FROM KE: Kofi has been getting great reactions everywhere. He is far more popular than he should be considering the level at which he has been pushed.

Can't blame Bob Barker for that bodyslam thing. Most of us regular fans have not even seen a bodyslam contest in a long while. I would not expect Bob Barker to know that the match ends when one person bodyslam the other, instead of the usual means of pin, submission, etc. Someone from the WWE should have made it clear beforehand to Bob Barker that getting bodyslammed by the Big Show means Santino had lost the match.

"Since WWE has become more family friendly, the audience demographic has changed, and I think that’s the main reason for the overwhelmingly positive reaction Cena has been getting. …"

Which is probally explains why he's been so passionately defending it lately.

RESPONSE FROM KE: No doubt.

I thought it was a good episode primarily due to Bob Barker - have to admit --- my friends and I were all pre-guessing the show and how Bob would be, etc. with our main guesses being that he would not physically enter the ring due to the "Springyness" of the ring and his balance and that none of the wrestlers would even touch him. I personally was quite surprised that the show was as good as it was - sure Bob got his plugs for Spaying the Animals and his book, but he really was amusing (like you said, especially his interactions with Jericho, and the other three in the beginning) --- I found myself laughing at quite a bit there in the beginning - from Santino's $ 1,400 bid for a DVD, to Bob's comment to Jillian about tone deaf, to Chris's interactions.

Rest of the show was okay --- but I'm really getting tired of the Chavo/Hornswoggle, MVP/Jericho, and now DX and some part of Legacy week after week after week. So much so that I won't be wasting money for Breaking Point PPV.

And God only knows how much more I'll be able to tolerate Cody Rhodes....

Yeah, I've also noticed the crowds for John Cena. You are right in that the family friendly initiative has a big part to do with it. Cena's always struck me as a "go with the flow" type of guy. He'll take the reactions he gets and run with it. I always remember a part in Eddie Guerrero's book saying something along the lines of if your actions elicit some sort of reaction, you're still good. It's only when the crowd stops caring that you should worry. The only way that I think Cena would turn heel is if crowds weren't as strong with their feelings as they are now.

A large part of me wants Cena to win Sunday, but I am a bit unsure with my choice because of not only the match stipulation, BUT the fact that the show is in Montreal and there is a bit of controversy associated with the city. What do you make of that? I'm hoping that something like The Rock vs. Mankind in their I Quit match 10 years ago doesn't rear its ugly head. Just my two cents.

You are right: The Price is Raw was a winner.

I wonder based on the wallpaper for the PPV and the fact that it's in Montreal will we see a heel turn for HHH?

According to another wrestling site I read, the guys you were wondering about not being on the show taped a match for Superstars in which - Swagger & The Miz team up against Kofi & Primo.

Who wouldn’t want a lei from the Bellas? …

I'm not sure whether to smile or groan at that, but FWIW that's worthy of Lawler.

Shouldn’t Guerrero have beaten Bourne by disqualification after Hornswoggle entered the ring and shot him with a Super Soaker? Wait, did I really just try to apply logic to something involving Guerrero and Hornswoggle? …

I think the "logic" here would be "it was only water and none of it blinded him."

I was glad to see MVP get the win over Jericho, although it would have meant more if Jericho hadn’t suffered that loss to JTG. I think it’s worth noting that Jericho put MVP over clean (after wrestling a competitive match with him the week before), while Triple H, on the other hand, beat MVP on one leg in about four minutes. …

When was the last time HHH put somebody over, anyway? Also, given his *close* friendship with Michaels, is Paul Levesque really in a position to derogatorily insinuate that somebody else is gay? Just thought I'd throw that out there.

I am happy when a young talent is put over, but seems like there is no one except Jericho to do the job!

I feel sad. The ayatollah of rock n rolla is too big for the raw writers to handle.

Man, what a great Raw! That opening segment had me laughing so hard, Chris Jericho was gold, the name tag on the chest was a great touch. Bob Barker was fantastic, he looked like he was loving every minute of being there.
When he asked Chris, "You going to be good, or do I have to put you over my knee?"I was really laughing.
Santino was great as usual, as soon as he saw the hot tub, he ran into the ring to try to win it to make Santino Soup with the Bella Twins. They also did a great job of pushing their DVDs and other events by doing the price is right, it was much more entertaining than DX pushing it by themselves.
I was a little worried about him guest hosting, I was hoping he would be enthusiastic about it, and it looked like he was, which makes him my second, maybe even tied for first place in the hosts so far with Shaq. That was easily the best Raw since Shaq when comparing entertainment value, I stopped expecting great wrestling a long time ago (have to wait for Fridays for that).

I have to disagree. I thought last night's show, other than the Jericho/MVP match, was a train wreck. Chavo being outsmarted by Hornswoggle is dumb but then getting beaten up by an 86-year-old man was no improvement. Mark Henry slamming the Big Show was no big deal to me since we've seen Cena hit the F-U... I mean Attitude Adjustment... on Show a couple of times. And I've seen Mick Foley shill his books with more subtlety than Bob Barker used.

Great to see IRS again, even though he works for WWE and sometimes is seen in a non IRS role. Barker was probably my favorite celebrity guest host, though he resembled Mr. Burns when he was on drugs in the X-Files spoof Simpsons episode.

"What about someone with more upside such as Jack Swagger or even The Miz? Then I realized that Masters was only there to tap out, so perhaps it was better that it wasn’t one of those two. "

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Even with the tap out, I thought that Masters came away looking pretty strong. He dodged Sweet Chin Music and had Michaels trapped in The Masterlock until HHH made the save. Meanwhile, Jack Swagger is taking WGN by storm.

Did anyone else notice AJ Pryzinski flipping the bird to the crowd when they were booing him while he was a "contestant"? Surprised WWE kept that on camera...

RESPONSE FROM KE: I think he was showing off his World Series ring.

The best Raw in a long time. I mean, look at the comments here. The
Jericho-Barker mike exchange was priceless. As for burying Chavo,,,,hes been on Raw like every week, since the inception of the guest host. I agree with you on Masters. He will not be in any story line with Orton, so why not Swagger or The Miz. they have been pushing them good, only obvious to stand them face to face soon. Thanks again Kev, look forward to your comments every tuesday and saturday.

Kevin, it looked like Jericho had a stitched up cut above his eye last night, do you know what happened??

RESPONSE FROM KE: I read that he got busted open in a house show match.

Does this mean that Mark Henry won the hot tub? Will we see The World's Strongest Sexual Chocolate bring a traveling hot tub party to RAW now? I can just see a special edition of the VIP lounge with Mark, MVP, and the Bellas chilling in the jacuzzi. Actually, I'm trying to keep my vision focused on the Bellas.

great raw, bob barker was great and it was the refs fault why didnt the ref ever raise the bigshows hand? what a stupid ref, i cant wait to see tirsh next week on raw she is soo great hopefullly raw has some material for her to work with.

Last nights Raw was very entertaining. I think Bob Barker did a great job and was very funny. I was just disappointed that there was no divas match. I figure if there was one it would be a Barker's beauty match. Looking forward to the ppv Sunday.

In a different era, something like [Mark Henry bodyslamming Big Show] would have been a huge deal.

In the current episode of "Legends" (the WWE channel's round-table discussion), Jim Ross made an interesting point about Andre the Giant, saying that Andre didn't appear at every show and so therefore when he was used, it was "special." It became an attraction. Ross contrasted this with Big Show, and opined that Show would be a bigger star if he were used more sparingly.

RESPONSE FROM KE: I saw that show, and I agree with Ross on that point.

Kev, whats your take on Batista returning already and making a "career altering announcement"?

RESPONSE FROM KE: The obvious inference is that he will announce his retirement. I think it's more likely that he will announce when he's coming back.

Bob Barker was incredible, stroke of genius by Vince to get him on the show. Really livened things up to see the game show Legend interact with superstars. By far the best guest host IMO.

The look on Jericho's face during the opening sequence was absolutely hysterical to me! He looked miserable, ashamed, and angry all at once. I thought Cody Rhodes' mic work was impressive and a sign of good things to come. And for what it's worth, when Chavo gets out of Vince's doghouse, I would like to see him join Legacy as a thug enforcer kind of guy. He fits the criteria, and it would be a good heat move with the crowds.

Did Rey Mysterio say something negative about his suspension and the wellness policy that won't sit too well with Vince and may hurt Rey's future in WWE? Heard a comment second hand and wasn't sure if it was true. Thanks.

RESPONSE FROM KE: He did an interview in Mexico in which he expressed his anger about how the supension went down. He has heat with WWE because of it.

Told ya Bob would be great! When you live as long as he has and had a good life you become easy-going in all situations. That was a peice of cake for Bob, he's just lovin' life.

Don't like Jericho loosing this much. He easly had the makings of a mega-heel. WWE is missing the boat on this one.

Love Bourne but he should have been DQ'ed.

"Did anyone else notice AJ Pryzinski flipping the bird to the crowd when they were booing him while he was a "contestant"? Surprised WWE kept that on camera..."

I think was doing both thing ring and finger..

Bob Barker was well-versed with facilitating the show. An "A" for "Roberto".

"What a change from three years ago, when Cena was booed out of the building in Chicago at WrestleMania 22."

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I was at WM22 a few years back and I vividly remember Chicago fans booing Cena out of the arena not just at WM22 but also at the Hall of Fame the night before. Neither myself nor my friend were from Chicago and we both looked at each other like, "What is up with Chicago that they hate Cena so much?" What a difference a few years and a PG-friendly show makes.

You're absolutely right about how the Henry/Show body slam would have been more iconic in a different era.

With that segment, though, WWE has already set themselves up with a finish for the tag team match at the PPV.

They can have Henry trying to slam Show again. This time, though, have Jericho come in and clip his knee, which would enable Show to pin him after landing on Henry.

Kofi: A Poem by Cliff

Less Chavo More Kofi
Less Hornswoggle More Kofi
Less Jillian More Kofi
Less Masters More Kofi
Less DX More Kofi
Less Cena More Kofi
Kofi Kofi Kofi Kofi

What's up with Chris Master's right pec? It is mishapen. Did he tear it during his hiatus?

I enjoyed all of RAW this week (minus the chavo/hornswoggle storyline) but was a little disappointed with the ending. Orton, a diabolical heel, decides to RKO Cena on a steal chair 6 days from the PPV? Shouldn't he have concentrated on a specific body part like an arm or a leg and soften it up for the submission match ahead? I know that's been done before, but that's because it's the smartest thing for a heel to do before an I Quit match.

I'm interested to see how these matches end on Sunday. The submission aspect definitely makes the Orton/Cena and Taker/Punk matches more intriguing. I'd like to see Cody or Ted "throw in the towel" for their mentor. Both have a little revenge needed (Ted for the boot to his head, Cody for the RKO on dad). As for the Punk/Taker match, I am not sure how I see it going. I don't want to see the belt off Punk already, but I am not sure how Taker loses a submission match.

I love Bob Barker and TPIR, how can you not!?! The guy is an American icon. That being said I wasn't expecting much from him last night. I thought there would be alot of pre-taped backstage skits a-la ZZ Top. Boy was I pleasantly suprised!
J Newbs took the words right out of my mouth about MVP. We can all thank Jericho for how good that match was. As soon as Jericho countered the ballin' elbow they could do no wrong in the crowds eyes. But it was everything before that that was a little hit and miss. After several weeks of spoty prefomances, at best, by MVP I have no intrest seeing him in the WWE title picture. I feel a champion should be able to go out there with anyone and be able to carry that match. They should not have to rely on the other guy to do it.
MVP should think about making his tag team with Mark Henry a permenant thing and maybe after awhile the can have tag team gold.....it's not going to happen this Sunday. Either that or get use to being in the mid-card scene for a long time to come.

did randy explain his rko on dusty rhodes to cody?

I guess the only explanation we're going to get is "Randy is just *that* psychopathic."

Kofi has been getting great reactions everywhere. He is far more popular than he should be considering the level at which he has been pushed.

I see Kofi being to Raw what Morrison is to Smackdown: puts on a great show in the ring, has not done anything promo-wise for a while. If Kofi's able to cut some good promos, then he's World Champion material.

I always remember a part in Eddie Guerrero's book saying something along the lines of if your actions elicit some sort of reaction, you're still good. It's only when the crowd stops caring that you should worry.

Usually true, but not necessarily. Take X-Pac, for example. When fans used to chant "X-Pac sucks!" it wasn't because he had heat, it was because they were tired of watching him. Fans will boo you if you're good as a heel, sure, but if they feel ripped off then they will also boo.

Chavo being outsmarted by Hornswoggle is dumb but then getting beaten up by an 86-year-old man was no improvement.

By now I've really got to wonder if Chavo's done something to get on Vince's bad side.

"I've seen Mick Foley shill his books with more subtlety than Bob Barker used."

Why else would a celebrity guest host Raw? With few exceptions, they would only do it if they have something to plug. Think of actors going on Letterman or Saturday Night Live right before a new movie comes out.

My thoughts:
- Santino wiping out over the barricade was a nice touch, as was his $1400 bid.
- Jericho + self-sticking pricetag=hilarity
- Barker really held his own and took no guff throughout the show. Nice karate chop too...
- every wrestling fan heaved a collective sigh of relief when Bourne came out instead of Hornswoggle...and then heaved a sigh of frustration when the latter appeared with a water gun. *SIGH*
- Fink should wear the sequined lapels more often...
- McMahon must love Barker, because he had more airtime than anybody else on the show! DX/Cena took a backseat for once...
- What's with Masters' hairdo? Porn star, anyone? Please ship him off somewhere...
- Canadians have a LONNNNG memory...Michaels better not walk the streets of Montreal alone on Sunday. If either one of them so much as attempts a Sharpshooter, security better be ready for the thousands who will storm the ring!! Ha.
- MVP + Matt Hardy = ???????

Raw is wasting so many talents...

I'm not glad they put Orton (their greatest talent, people would remember how spectacular he could be in the ring if his character wasn't supposed to wrestle as fast as Khali) over yesterday. That means he's gonna tap out to the STFU sunday...

Cena and HHH are so holding out Raw from my point of view. Not that they are particularly bad, but the writers have their hand tight because of these two.

Well HHH being back on DX, who's gonna feud eventually with Jerishow (that is great), Cena is the only one remaining.

Kevin, don't you think that the greatest thing to do would be to "trade" Cena for Morrison, making him lose the belt to Ziggler in a way that he is still seen the strongest of the two? That would put over Morrison (feud with Orton), Ziggler (IC title) and put Cena in a division where he would have plenty of interesting matches to wrestle (Punk, Taker...).

Damn, I should be a creative writer for WWE.

"I was interested in MVP getting a push for a while for the sake of getting some fresh faces in the main event but now I really don't think he deserves it. There's a lot of mid-card guys on the Raw roster (Swagger, Miz, Kofi, and Carlito off the top of my head) who consistently perform better than MVP lately"

agree with you 100%.

hhh using the sharpshooter is wack..

apart from that exellent show! i didnt even know who bob barker was, now i can see hes a legend. his parts were obviously not scripted though, and they were great, more adlibbing plz, the scripted parts are crippling in my opinion..

Hi Kevin, here's a discordant opinion :-)
I understand that for American viewers, who are the first target of the WWE, Bob Barker might be fun to watch. But being French, I never heard about Barker before. We have some people like that on TV here, of course (and we have a "Price is right" show as well), but nobody really cares about them.

Anyway, I think that a lot of foreign audience was annoyed by Barker, like I was. I think that the "price" jokes fell flat (of course Jillian would "sing", of course Santino would make a dumb guess, of course IRS — glad to see him, by the way — would make a comment about the taxes... Hopefully the impeccable Jericho saved the day), that the opening segment took forever and that the promo of his autobiography in his interview with Matthews had nothing to do on a wrestling show. I'll read "Priceless memories" when it will be about DiBiase & Rhodes...

Given Barker's age, I hoped that he would at least do some comments about the golden age of wrestling, maybe we would have some star of the old times sitting in the audience or something like that, but he seemed to have no interest at all in wrestling.

I'm not happy with the guest hosts only coming at Raw when they have something to promote. Takes precious time from the show, especially that the Faces are all supposed to be the guests' "biggest fans" and happily interact with them all the time.

This was the go-home show for the next ppv, and instead of building more tension between Cena and Orton (why not at least show a footage of Orton punting Cena senior some years ago, for instance?), it was all about how great it was to have a 85 years old "Price is right" announcer on the show, as if he was making such a great present to all of us by accepting to come here.

Well, whatever works... But the first "W" in "WWE" was clearly forgotten this Monday.
The other guest hosts were wrestlers or more or less famous outside the US. The only exception before Barker was Seth Green, but I don't remember the show being focused around his Robot Chicken thing...
My only fear is that, given the good crowd reaction and even the applause of a big part of the IWC (as seen in most of the previous comments), we will have more guest hosts from these kinds of shows in the future.

On the other hand, watching an American show is for us non-Americans a way to get more accointance with some typically American "idols", but come on, America has thousands of sportsmen, musicians and actors — not to mention writers, politicians, journalists, and so on — to offer before it comes to retired TV show hosts.

And quite frankly, I don't get all the hype around Barker, aka "waow, he's been on TV for 50 years, LEGEND!". Yes, he's been trying to make people guess how much a vacuum cleaner costs for 50 years, so? Not exactly Dan Rather of Oprah, for instance...

OK, I stop complaining, just wanted to get that off my chest. Sorry for the mistakes in English as well, but that's what you get when you write a great blog that is avidly read all around the "WWE Universe": groaning comments in a bad English ;-)

Great post as usual, Kevin, even if I disagree with some parts of it. I look forward to reading your preview of Breaking Point (I see Orton "pass out" in the STF, and thus retain the title, since he will not say "I quit").

PS: I know enough about America to know who Siegfied and Roy are, and I find absolutely stupid the fat Triple H's joke about Rhodes & DiBiase. In 2009, is it still considered clever to think that you insult two men by insinuating they could be gay? I remember you also criticized Vince for his "gay masks" comments on his birthday party, and I couldn't agree more with you.

i am very apprehensive about the taker-cm punk match at braking point..
simple reason- punk does not have a submission move whereas taker is a master of submission moves....
what kind of a surprise/upset does punk have to pull off to retain his title!
undertaker will win the tile! and i am very sad..! where does this leave punk...! what about morrison who according to me should be the next in line for being in the main events..we need fresh faces...common wwe

Re: Batista - Pat Coyne and Kev

I think the retirement is way too obvious as is coming back early. Didn't Orton once offer Batista to join Legacy? Batista's character is pretty stale, so a heel turn would make sense.

For me, this RAW is a tricky one to call because it had what I thought to be the second best host visit on a pretty messy show wrestling-wise.

On my list of best to worst host, Barker is second only to Shaq. Barker makes second on my list partially because of the extra added details that enhanced his visit; this was of course made possible by the whole crossover style of the show making Barker's "Price is RAW" visit stand out in a way that was genius. The best added details are how they started out the show with the Price is Right theme song as opposed to the RAW theme, the Price is Right trademark of zigzagging camera shots over the audience, having the wrestlers run out from the audience, and of course the best ring announcer of all time (The Fink). I mean, you take all that in addition to Barker's amusing interactions with the wrestlers while game show hosting/guest hosting and he easily beats out Freddie Prinze Jr. Freddie Prinze Jr. really only showed up for an opening segment and that was mainly it. I'd have to place Freddie Prinze Jr. as fourth on my list just below Seth Greene.

Barker's trash-talk was classic: "Don't boo! I think it encourages him." Also, Kev, if you pay close attention, you'll notice that the strong pop Barker received really came when he made a wish to supply everyone in the audience with a refridgerator. At that point, it was just like all hell had broken loose. The place went absolutely nuts. Do the cheapskates out in Chicago just have food melting all over their houses or what?

Anyways, making my heel turn now, RAW did absolutely nothing for me wrestling-wise. I mean, you have all these missing stars as was stated. As someone else effectively pointed out, the WWE is doing Jericho wrong, constantly forcing him to be the veteran that pushes rising stars. While it may be respectable of Jericho, it could start to hurt him. Sure as hell did with Kane. Anyways, it seems like all these people who were pushing for MVP are done with him and I've never been crazy for MVP's in-ring performance anyway. I say replace MVP with Shad Gaspard and give him the push. Gaspard's in-ring performance really impresses me. He really proved his skills on SD especially in that tag match with Chris Jericho.

Unlike the past several weeks, I wasn't overcome with horror at all this Chavo and Horneswoggle dweebiness since Horneswoggle wasn't much involved.
Still and all, the fact that Bourne couldn't defeat Chavo within a couple seconds doesn't say much about him considering Chavo's dorked up history with Horneswoggle.

It's always eye-catching to see someone give Big Show a run for his money because we're so unaccustom to that. Big Show emphasizes it in a lot his facial expression. I'm enjoying the encounters between him and Mark Henry.

I also like that Orton is being represented as the dangerous heel. No complaints with Orton whatsoever. Really no complaints at all about the main event except for maybe HBK. His pushing of the athletes is respectable and he's probably trying to make up for HHH's lack of pushing, but he's giving absolutely no offense except for at the very end. Also, what does everyone have against the Masterpiece exactly? The guy's in great shape and performed well in my opinion.

i really liked Raw 2 quick things as far as the body slam challenge went I think the Ref messed up not barker his Que was probably the hand being raised and secondly I think the reason that cena is more over now is that he is working with heels that act like heels not heels that are trying to act like faces or tweeners aka his 6 man tag partners.

I liked last week's RAW more than this week. Personally, I feel former wrestlers as a guest host are doing a better job than non-wrestlers. I know that is expected, but I would rather prefer Dusty Rhodes than this "Bob Barker" guy. Frankly, I doubt that anybody knows Bob Barker outside States. Last week's RAW had lot of twists and turns as opposed to this week. This week looked like more of a filler and a comedy show.
Anyways Ted Dibiase and Dusty Rhodes have already been the guest host. I can't wait for Cowboy Bob Orton to become one as well. That would be really interesting.

And yeah Jericho was awesome yet again. But is he on RAW or Smackdown?? I'm really confused. He shows up more often on RAW than Smackdown. Anyways, i am not complaining. At least he makes RAW a watchable show.

"Kev, whats your take on Batista returning already and making a "career altering announcement"?

RESPONSE FROM KE: The obvious inference is that he will announce his retirement. I think it's more likely that he will announce when he's coming back."

I think he'll announce his "I Walk Alone" dvd release set for next month.

What do you think of this list that should be some future Celeb Raw Gm's ?

10 - Ashton Kuchter - HHH has got to be able to get back at him for getting Punk'd / but Ashton is a big wrestling fan - plus it would be funny to see him Punk some WWE stars

9 - Christina Aguilera - can you say cat fight? imagine the possibilities between her and Jillian...plus she has the 'tude to pull this off

8 - Jay Leno - on a day when he's not doing the show live - think he would be cool to give this a try - he was funny in his match with DDP

7 - Flavor Fav - he'd be funny with this - Cryme Time as his posse - deserves one chance at least

6 - Chuck Norris - had a stint in the 1990's with the WWE - didn't he nearly kick Yokozuna's head off? fact - When the Boogeyman goes to sleep he checks under the bed for Chuck Norris

5 - Hayden Panettiere - a NBC tie in - but she's beautiful and if you save the cheerleader you save the world..would be a diva laden Raw and whats wrong with that?

4 - Jeff Probst- can't imagine Ryan Seacrest doing this - plus he'd be a natural fit during the - let say the - "Survivor Series" would be a natural & Jeff is good at organizing a program - great host

3 - Mary Tyler Moore - Remember when she got a 100$ bill from Jake the Snake Roberts at Wrestlemania in Sky Dome? There could be a tie-in with Ted Dibiase Jr since it was the Million Dollar's Man's money she got - plus she's a tv legend with a few catch phrases

2 - Michael Buffer - Degeneration X has stole from him, but imagine a GM that could announce his own matches - think he could really add a little excitement to the program Dx + Cena vs Legacy main event

1 - Ric Flair - Would be funny to see him do a "Brett Favre" and retire "un"retire throughout the show like he wants one more match - like a last Seinfeld episode with everyone in his past - confronting the Nature Boy - to walk that aisle one more time - or not

What you all think ? Kev

Kunal,

Jericho is on Smackdown and The Big Show is on Raw, but the Unified Tag Team Champions are allowed to appear on all shows until they lose the belts, after which they go back to their own shows.

@ Clint
You mean to tell me Batista is getting his own special DVD before Chris Jericho!?! Blasphemy!!!!

Pratik, before using the GTS, just about all of Punk's wins were by submission using the Anaconda Vice chokehold.

What's to be apprehensive about is that Undertaker has never submitted (or so the announcers say). Why would WWE let him end that streak now? That may be even more impressive than his Wrestlemania streak. So, if he does tap, does that mean Punk is totally over?

Kevin, did AJ Pierzinski do something with TNA a few years ago? I thought I recalled seeing him (or some other White Sox player) in an angle then. Thanks!

RESPONSE FROM KE: He did indeed.

Axl, I enjoyed reading your post. It is interesting to read the perspective of someone from a different culture talk about Raw, where there are so many references to U.S. culture. Your English isn't bad either. It's better than my French.

It may seem strange, but many Americans are very fond of Bob Barker. He is like the friendly grandfather of American TV.

Kev , as you know , I'm not much of a fan of WWE . But I saw Bob Barker's act on YouTube . I'm old enough to remember him on Truth or Consequences . I gotta' admit it was pretty funny .
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Yes, I totally agree that that opening segment had me laughing so hard. Told ya Bob was great. I really like your post.

Hi,
The WWE is really nice entertainment and RAW is its product.It is very popular all over the world.