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I'm going to make a serious effort this week to get into tonight's show. We're only six days away from Survivor Series, the third/fourth biggestshow of the year, so I feel I need to suck it up and get excited for what the WWE has to offer. Tonight's Raw is taking place at Madison Square Garden inNew York which almost always means it will be a good show. The building is legitimately sold out which is a first in a while for Raw. It should be a hotcrowd all night which will add to the quality of the show.
Hot Rod Rowdy Roddy Piper is hosting tonight. I have mixed feelings about this. I have no doubt that Piper will be great, but this is New York City, and Iwould think they could sign a legitimate big name celebrity for tonight's show. On the other hand, Piper actually knows the WWE. He can be a moreintegral part of the show, instead of just coming out at the beginning to make a match for Kofi Johnson at Summerfest. I hope Piper has a bigger role than thenormal guest host formula.
The main event tonight is arguably the biggest mixed tag match you could have on Raw - DX vs Jerishow vs Cena/Undertaker. There was no explanation as to whyThe Undertaker is appearing on Raw. I guess that clever GM last week, Ricky Hatton, made a one night deal with Teddy Long to have The Undertaker ontonight's show. Love the brand extensions. Anyway, anytime you have The Undertaker involved, you know it's a big deal. This match of course leads tothe dual triple threat main event title matches at Survivor Series of Cena (c) vs HHH vs HBK and Undertaker (c) vs Jericho vs Big Show. I would be surprisedif the champions didn't go over tonight, but when DX is involved, all bets are off. I just hope this isn't one of those main events that they start at11:01pm.
Speaking of Kofi Johnson Kingston, he has really been elevated in the past few weeks in a legitimate feudwith the WWE's top heel, Randy Orton. Kofi has been great so far and really stepped up in the role. With the WWE in such dire need of new stars, you haveto hope that the push is sincere, and not just a one month thing to get a match on the card for Survivor Series. Team Kofi is comprised of MVP, Mark Henry, RTruth, and Christian, while Team Orton is comprised of Ted Dibiase, Cody Rhodes, CM Punk, and William Regal. Nothing has been announced for tonight, but Iwould expect some mix of these 10 men being involved in some type of match tonight. One side note, the WWE is really wasting CM Punk right now. He jobbed outto The Undertaker which was the wrong move. He never got his revenge. He had some backstage issues. And now the top Smackdown heel is delegated to feudingwith R Truth? Give me a break. Survivor Series should have been the night where Punk went over Taker clean in the middle of the ring. Once again we see thereason the WWE can't establish new stars. The Undertaker deserves just as much blame as we often heap on HHH.
The Miz and John Morrison once again reignite their feud on Sunday as their teams (Team Miz - Jack Swagger, Sheamus, Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre and TeamMorrison - Shelton Benjamin, Evan Bourne, Matt Hardy, Finlay) face off in a traditional Survivor Series match. This match feels really just thrown togetherfor no reason to me. Jack Swagger was onto something good when he inexplicably jobbed to Evan Bourne last week for the sole reason of giving Bourne a spot inthis match. I haven't watched ECW in a while, but I thought Shelton was a heel. Matt Hardy and Finlay bore me. Ziggler was feuding with Morrison, but Iguess here he matches up with Hardy. And since they're both Irish, I guess Sheamus goes with Finlay. Brining Sheamus to Raw was a huge mistake, just asit was with Bourne. Again, they could have gotten these guys over big in ECW, but instead they move to Raw too soon where they will be nothing but glorifiedjobbers.
Finally the Divas. Team Mickie - Eve Torres, Gail Kim, Kelly Kelly, Melina takes on Team Michelle - Jillian Hall, Layla, Beth Phoenix, Alicia Fox. I'msure they'll have some type of match in kilts or something tonight. Hopefully it's kept short tonight and short at Survivor Series.
If DSK doesn't update news and notes, I'll try to post some later today.
