Welcome to 10 Thoughts on Monday Night RAW. The Road to Wreslemania continues.
- The opening HBK/Undertaker “Career vs. Streak†video package was well put together. Those two have so much history in the WWE and it’s nice to see a little slice of it.
- Triple H’s love fest to HBK was a great tribute. Reminds me of all the things he would say about Ric Flair during his retirement run. I also really liked how Trips mentioned that if they won the tag team belts they wouldn’t have to defend them for 30 days. Man, when I was a kid all the heels used that excuse to duck a rematch right away. Nice to hear a nod to history.
- Tommy Chong eating trippy Lucky Charms with a midget. HA!
- The DiBiase/Orton match was very good. I think they work well together. The attempted double team at the end needed to be more successful, though. I still like this rivalry but DiBiase/Rhodes need to look stronger.
- Jack Swagger has a chance to shine in the Money in the Bank match at Wrestlemania. I keep waiting for his push and maybe this will be the start of it. I don’t expect him to win but if he has a good showing he may be competing for the US or intercontinental titles in the near future.
- Batista’s explanation of why he’s been attacking Cena is lame. “You’re the face of this company and I’m not… blah, blah, blahâ€. I would have preferred “I don’t like your jokes so I’m going to beat you upâ€. At least it would have been fresher. The confrontation overall was pretty good though.
- Vince McMahon was in rare form tonight. You can tell he just really enjoys being the heel. He’s fun to watch.
- I don’t know what to expect from the McMahon/Hart match at Wrestlemania. I can’t help but think it will be a huge letdown. Hart can’t wrestle due to real injuries, he’s selling a broken leg injury and yet he can’t lose. That doesn’t sound like a great match on paper.
- The DX/ShowMiz match was way too short. And if you’re going to have the Undertaker cost him the match, put him in the arena not on the Titantron. Seriously, a “professional†distracted by a picture?
- And just when I was wondering where Sheamus has been, he makes an appearance. And just as I was wondering what Triple H would be doing at Wrestlemania, I get my answer.
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Cheech and Chong were totally wasted tonight. (Pun not originally intended, but once noticed was intentionally left in.) They’re too funny to get this kind of treatment.