Randy Orton NOT the eighth participant for the MITB Ladder Match?

[Mr. Nerfect]

Here is the RAW preview for this week's show:

The road to WrestleMania takes another turn when Raw rolls into Phoenix on Monday night.

Last week, Donald Trump chose ECW World Champion Bobby Lashley as his representative for WrestleMania 23. Lashley will face Mr. McMahon's representative, Intercontinental Champion Umaga. Moments after the announcement was made, the two champions locked up in the ring, sparking a vicious brawl that was nearly uncontainable. With WrestleMania still a month away, will these two powerful Superstars clash again before they reach Detroit?

Mr. McMahon also announced on SmackDown that on Raw, the WWE Board of Directors will name a special guest referee for the Battle of the Billionaires at WrestleMania. Who will the Board choose to put in the middle of Lashley and Umaga on April 1?

Last week, World Tag Team Champions John Cena & Shawn Michaels defeated Rated-RKO to retain the titles. Monday night, the two teams will be in one-on-one action against each other, as WWE Champion Cena will face Edge and Michaels will square off with Randy Orton. Will the World Tag Team Champions continue their mastery of Edge & Orton, or will Rated-RKO individually one-up The Champ & HBK?

It was also revealed last week that Mickie James' contract guarantees her a Women's Championship rematch against Melina and allows her to choose the stipulation. Mickie has chosen a Falls Count Anywhere Match, and will face Melina for the gold Monday night. Will she be able to recapture the title?

Find out live Monday night at 9/8 CT on the USA Network.

The final Money in the Bank qualifying match was scheduled to take place on RAW. Now, the WWE could just be inconsistent bastards, and have Orton qualify on ECW or SmackDown!, but it might be possible that it's not going to be Orton in the match.

"Yay!" is all I can say. Hopefully they take Edge out of the match (have Jonathan Coachman order all RAW entrants to defend their spots, maybe even have it go across the brands). Edge and Orton should work a match elsewhere on the WrestleMania card, where Edge is able to pick up another WrestleMania win, without cutting off the balls of seven other guys.

Of course, it's likely the WWE will just have Orton qualify at a later date (you'd think they'd advertise the qualifying match if it were set to take place), but it would be so nice if they didn't have him in the match.

Feel free to discuss the advertised matches (doesn't look like a bad show), or Randy Orton potentially not being in the match.