HBK and Cena: An Epic Battle

What a great main event on tonight's RAW. A nearly hour-long grappling duel which ended with Shawn Michaels pinning the Champ John Cena with Sweet Chin Music. There are a couple of things I would like to point out here that are very uncharacteristic of a WWE match:

- Firstly, I can't remember the last time in WWE that during a feud both wrestlers won clean. Obviously in the Cena-HBK feud, Cena won clean at Wrestlemania and Michaels won clean tonight. And what's even more astounding...WWE let Cena lose clean! When is the last time he lost clean? I have no idea! If somebody can find this information for me, you will forever gain my respect.

- Secondly, the fact that WWE put on an hour-long main event was as surprising as the fact that Cena lost. Normally to watch an hour-long match, you have to pop in a Ring of Honor DVD. WWE normally makes a huge deal out of matches like these, calling them "Iron Man" matches, making this a big surprise.

Overall, they did a great job with tonight's RAW. The beginning of the show was a little slow but the main event was truly epic. Final note: Cena wrestled well. Everybody likes to hate Cena (me too) but Cena has become a better wrestler over the course of this feud with HBK. We're seeing the same thing with MVP feuding with Chris Benoit and Carlito almost feuding with Ric Flair. It's a great way to improve these guys' skills in the ring.

Drew Arnold, writing for The Irish Whip