RAW Results

As I predicted, a busy and forgettable pre-PPV RAW. The opening divas segment, which involved them shooting each other with water guns and sliding all around, was absolutely worthless. I watch RAW to see wrestling, not to see something I could probably witness any night of the week at school. This followed with Shane's discussion of his 2 on 3 match later that night and the announcement (many of you knew about this already) that the three hour RAW on June 11th will feature a tri-branded draft. Who will draft and which wrestlers will be eligible remains to be seen. The Irish Whip has done a few segments on this, including my award-winning column "The Invasion Is Dead" along with a more insightful version done by Jared (which I can't find right now).

The 8 man tag (Hardys and Cade & Murdoch vs. World's Greatest and Kenny & Nitro) was good, but not great. Of course, it had its moments involving Jeff Hardy and Johnny Nitro, but it went on too long and ended with Shelton Benjamin holding a microphone. Nothing kills a segment quicker than giving that man a mic. Maybe Bobby Lashley. Thankfully, it ended with the announcement of a Ladder Match at One Night Stand (I thought it would be TLC), but I would rather have seen Kenny & Nitro in the match than the World's Greatest Tag Team. At this point, I'll take what I can get.

The RVD-Randy Orton match was probably the highlight of the night with both men being the excellent technical wrestlers that they are. For the majority of the match, RVD used his high flying ability to shine above Orton, but this was quickly squashed when it was time to kick RVD out of the WWE. I hate that Vince feels the need to get rid of wrestlers in this manner, but since he does, I'll at least give credit to the one and only RVD and note that he took it like a man. As it was happening, I kept asking myself why Bret Hart couldn't have exited like this.

Carlito then came out to absolutely zero reaction from the fans. I always think it's entertaining when the WWE tries to turn a wrestler too hard and instead of getting a strong reaction one way or the other, they get nothing. The match was actually decent, and I always enjoy watching a male wrestler perform a dangerous finisher to a 95 lb. female diva. Let's call this the second bright spot after the first half of the RVD-Randy Orton match.

Finally, we come to the...main event, for which I have nothing good to say. I'm so tired of seeing these big oafs lumber around the ring in triple the time it would take Chris Benoit to do the same thing. I refuse to waste more potential sandwich making time on the likes of Lashley, Umaga, Cena, and Khali. The best part of this match, BY FAR, was that we got to see Shane McMahon wrestle.

Last week's polls have been closed, ending with the following results:
66% of respondents think that Mr. Kennedy has been the most devastating injury in the WWE.
60% of respondents think that Chuck Liddell should fight the winner of Rampage-Henderson, with 40% thinking that the loser should be awarded an immediate rematch.

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