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Old 10-26-2004, 03:54 PM   #322
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I almost always agree with CyNick, but I just don't tonight. I thought tonight's RAW went really well.

So what if it took 15 guys to take down Triple H? I know it makes the babyfaces look weak, but the babyfaces look weak when they're jobbing to him one-by-one anyway. At least this way it's something different than feeding Trips a new flavor of the month. He's already run through Jericho, Benoit, and Orton individually, but the three of them united gives the RAW main event something it hasn't had: a group that could legitimately (in the fans' eyes) take apart Evolution.

Plus, you've got your RAW main event for Survivor Series all lined up. Orton, Benoit, Jericho, and Maven (I'd prefer Shelton, but...) vs. Evolution and Edge. Maybe throw in a stipulation that if the face team wins, the survivors all get title shots (similar to the "Bischoff favor" storyline from last year). Obviously, Maven gets eliminated, and they could screw Orton out of a win, but set up a Trips/Benoit/Jericho match for the Rumble.

I'm not crazy about them re-running the entire Eugene/Bischoff segment from Taboo Tuesday, but it sort of laid the groundwork for the whole "inmates running the asylum" storyline. If Bischoff can't even get his production crew to not run that humiliating video, what control does he have left? Hopefully, this leads to something big. That "big angle" that everyone has been looking for (and that LC made a thread about).

The Shelton/Jericho match was very good. Shelton looked like a legit champion and - even though he lost - Jericho came out looking very good. Plus, with Jericho out of the IC hunt, it put him in position for the Evolution confrontation. Plus, any time Christian is feuding for a title, you've got potential gold on your hands.

I wish Regal hadn't been jobbed out so fast to Snitsky, but it did an excellent job of making Snitsky look invincible. He took out Kane at Taboo Tuesday, and then he just picked apart somebody that JR is always talking about as one of the toughest competitors on the roster.

Plus, any show where we get commercials for "Halo 2" and "SmackDown vs. RAW" gets an A in my book.

This was one of the best RAWs in a long time, and for the first time in months, I can't wait for Monday to see what happens next.
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