I think it's great that Vickie gets more heat than anyone else on the roster and all she has to do is say two words. She really is a saint.

Gail Kim must be gettin' PAID, cause her career is down the drain.

Am I the only one that noticed K Millar holding a baby directly behind the announcers table?

That segment you mentioned highlights have far "WWE Sports Entertainment" has evolved since the days of "WWF Rock 'n' Wrestling." The WWF's best segments weren't even in front of a crowd (thinking of Vachon's wedding & after party specifically) and back in those days, the crowd was primarily obedient spectators.

Your readers can say what you want against WWE today, but I think this PG change has made for more entertaining episodes. I am impressed with your ability to judge WWE by how well they did what they were trying to do, Kevin, and not dismissing them for what you'd rather see them do.

The Vickie segment was tremendous! What a crowd. I admit, the jokes got a little much, but the first part with her "attempted" promo was great. She played it well for the first few tries, and then you could see her breaking character to laugh at one or two points when the camera was on Cena. Kudos to her, though, as she quickly recovered.

Surprised that Punk attacked Cena, actually- I was expecting Orton, but he's tied up with Morrison and Miz for a bit I guess. Cena/Punk seems like a weird combo.

Tamina hoisting Santino and carrying him up the ramp was crazy! Loved her Superfly moment, too.

Bryan/Regal was tremendous. Wish they would do more of that "wrestling" and less of that "sports entertaining" sometimes.

Kevin, does it seem like Zigler's move-set was heavily influenced by old school DX? His "zig-zag" is what the "fame-asser" (Billy Gunn) used to be and it looked like he hit an "x-factor" (X-Pac) somewhere in the middle of the match.

Sheamus will stop wearing his regal get up just as soon as The Miz takes off his Mr. Rogers sweater.

RESPONSE FROM KE: The difference is that The Miz is portraying an annoying heel, while Sheamus is supposed to be a tough guy heel. Tough guys don't wear funny-looking capes and crowns. It worked for Booker T. because his character had a comedic aspect to it that Sheamus' doesn't have. Just my opinion.

I like Sheamus's outift, he looks like a comic book villain.

I also like John Cena's character at the moment. Last night he reminded me of the Rock, the way he had the audience in the palm of his hand. Maybe he likes performing in the middle of the card, less pressure and stuff, more room to be creative. I guess that's thanks to the Miz...

Who else found the finish to the divas match extremely funny for some reason?

Agree on the Sheamus-as-Scottish King get-up...it's pretty ridiculous. But really, aren't all the "King ____" outfits and characters?

Is it me or have the crowds been a lot hotter recently? Cena-Barrett, Orton as face/champ and The Miz as champ have seemingly reenergized the live crowds and gotten them more into the action. Throw in a suddenly pretty strong mid-card and strong comedy (for the most part) and Raw has become quite entertaining and interesting most weeks. This Raw was much better than The Slammys - which have never been good for anything but giving Owen Hart a hilarious accomplishment to tout and carry everywhere with him. Otherwise, they're pretty worthless.

Not too excited about Punk vs Cena. Punk isn't even going to get get built up as a threat when he returns from injury and he's already gonna get buried by Cena. Ugh. Terrible.

Of course that said I was surprised by the Ziggler vs Cena match! It went long and was good and Dolph hung right in there! Awesome!!!

It looked like Vicki was having a hard time not laughing during that spot with Cena and the crowd. Several times you could see her smile, then have to put her "mean face" on to try to shout over the crowd.

How can I get Tamina and Maryse to walk on my back?

His crown should be made out of chain links and simply have a celtic cross on the front of it where the main jewel should be, and he should continue to carry around that sceptor and actually start to use it for something. I mean, he's a heel after all and he brings it to the ring with him. Hello Finlay?

He doesn't need a cape. So the King attire isn't really an issue that he shouldn't wear it at all, but he should make it fit him a little better. I mean that crown he has looks absolutely stupid. I thought the first one with the big horns on it looked bad, but sheesh.

I wasn't as fond of the Cena/Vikki back and forth, simply because I am so sick of Cena. Nothing changes with him, save for the colors he wears. I wonder if his next color change will coincide with which team wins the Super Bowl?

Jericho needs to come back. The show needs another heel that can deliver on the mic and actually get some heat.

The crowd at the WWE shows are the main difference between WWE and the other wrestling companies, I think. On the TNA shows I've watched, the crowds are far less into it than the WWE universe is even on their poor days. The crowd really helps sell the show and the storylines.

I thought The Miz promo wasn't great. He's trying to do something like "The Rock", but he's not as talented (The Rock is a natural), and when he's on the mic, it feels like is enjoying himself more than he's entertaining the crowd.

i really wish we could get beyond her weight. she's not fat, and so what if she is? it's really amazing cheap heat, and it's a really bad way to down the heel. it's saying to kids that it's OK to make fun of fatty, because they're hte bad guy anyway.

I love how Sheamus exclaimed his status as the only king in the wwe with the threat of "death to the king" at Lawler...who he just ranted to about not actually being a king. Smooth one fella.

I will kind of miss having Punk as an announcer. An announcer hasn't made me laugh like that since Bobby Heenan probably and Punk wasn't even settled in yet.

It's going to be really interesting when HHH comes back. Cena is out of the title chase it seems and once HHH squashes Sheamus, would he then jump into the title picture? I think a refreshed HHH vs the chicken champ Miz would make for some amazing promos. That would put Orton on the far outside with Morrison and there's suddenly way too many faces on Raw. Do they trade some or turn some?

The Cena/Vickie segment was brilliant. I can't remember a crowd getting THAT into it in a while.

Punk will spend the next month getting buried. Welcome back.

The Punk / Cena feud has so much potential. It looks as though Punk will question Cena's malicious nature and ask how can the WWE Universe love a man who takes such glee in punishing people, much in the same way he questioned their love for Jeff Hardy.

Punk deserves a main event match at Mania to showcase his talents. I'd love to see the feud culminate in a Bret / Austin style match with a double-turn. But, realistically, I fear Cena will bury Punk much like he did Barrett. Literally, in Barrett's case. . . .

"I love how Sheamus exclaimed his status as the only king in the wwe with the threat of "death to the king" at Lawler...who he just ranted to about not actually being a king. Smooth one fella."

I thought it was even more fun when Sheamus said that line, and a few words later raised his hands and shouted, "Long live the King."

I think he flubbed his line. I think he should have said, "King Lawler is dead, long live King Shaemus!"

Unless that is what he meant by the first, "The King" meaning Lawler. It just didn't translate that well verbally.

At any point, who cares. Nobody that has received the King of the Ring in the recent past has really done much with it. There was King Booker, and then King William Regal, and now King Shaemus. This is ripe for a showdown with the "King of Kings."

I think the last time the KOR actually really meant anything is when Brock Lesnar won it. He actually moved on to become something afterward.

I have been bored to tears by RAW every week and I haven't watched any other WWE Show in quite awhile. Count me in as a despiser of the continuous "Super Cena" angle. But, that being said, the Cena-Vicki spot was hilarious and the first enjoyable moment for me with Cena since his start on SmackDown against Taker when he was just signed up so many years ago.

"The King is dead, long live the King" is a phrase used in monarchies when the old king dies and the new king is crowned. Sheamus acknowledged in the segment that Lawler was the King in the old days, but his point was that that reign is over and a new king is on the throne. He did the lines right, they just probably would have made more sense to a UK audience than an American one.

One of CM Punk's "smarkish" comments made me laugh the rest of the night. He asked about a petname that Michael Cole used for Santino, and Cole explained that it came directly from the "talk" segment right before the commercial break.

CM Punk replied, "oh *that*, I didn't pay attention to *that*."

Fat jokes are so passé.

The highlight of the show for me was the superb match between Regal and Danielson (btw Bryan, ease up on the fake tan, dude).
Nothing beats a quality match between two legitimately talented and stiff workers.

Ziggler's in-ring work reminds me of Mr. Perfect more and more.