RAW opens with a recap of last week's gauntlet match between McMahon and Cena. Shouldn't he be dead? He took like 5 finishers!!
Stone Cold comes out and the crowd is absolutely BONKERS! He looks to be in great shape. Guess he had to be for his movie, "Damage". He does his schtick on the mic. Cena comes in as SCSA finishes and SCSA teases a stunner on Cena. I know a lot of the Cena haters would've loved to see that. Big Show comes in for the match while SCSA is walking out and SCSA gives him a real sarcastic look...classic Stone Cold again. Match itself was good, with Batista coming in to interfere. Almost got a Cena win, but Show pulled off the one hitter quitter. I don't think Cena will ever see the mid-card ever again.
Dave's lookin' a bit old.
Edge promo. I like this Edge better. He has a better cocky dynamic to him.
Next match, Evan Bourne vs Sheamus. I smell squash match............yup, I was right. Sheamus smashes Evan on the head with the mic mid-promo and demolishes him. Bell didn't even ring. Sheamus cuts a promo right after. I hate that an awesome talent like Evan gets buried like this. Sheamus' got a great work rate, but I'm still not totally sold on him.
Backstage with Stone Cold and HBK. Quick promo about Wrestlemania. SCSA thinks it's going to be 18-0. In comes Y2J to talk smack to HBK and kiss Stone Cold's ass. Nice, short backstage vignette.
Kelly Kelly vs Maryse. Yum. Double Yum.
Post match run in by a bunch of divas. Michelle McCool somewhat dominates. She's just no good. She's a worker, but she still sucks.
HBK/Undertaker vignette for Wrestlemania. Great production! I love how they put in other wrestlers' commentary to add that realism to the whole thing.
Good match between Y2J and HBK. Edge comes in post match and demolishes Y2J. I still don't like Edge's spear, though. Goldberg's will always be the best to me.
Triple H vs Orton next. Another great match. Triple H is always a great storyteller. Orton's primed to be the next of the locker room leaders. Legacy comes in and takes out both Orton and Triple H. I like their storyline because they're taking their time with it and really building it up....but a part of me thinks they're starting to stretch it out too much.
Gorgeous George is inducted in the Hall of Fame this year. I know who he is, do you?
Kofi Kingston vs Batista. Squash match #2! It's the second time in 2 days a Filipino beat someone from Ghana LOL! Sorry...I had to say it.
Contract signing...I knew Bret wasn't hurt!
Overall, a nice, solid show. Really good build up to 'Mania. Didn't have any crazy moments that made me think "WTF?" Take that, TNA!
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