"Ladies and Gentlemen of the WWE Universe ,I do call this 'Access Monday Night Raw' for a good reason and that reason being that Nancy O'Dell and Maria Menounos were last night's guest hosts for Raw. The question is, could they top Ben Rothlisberger from last week? I'll get to that at the end of this blog.


"But first, Raw started off last night with Chris Jericho talking about how he is the best in the world at what he does [blah, blah, blah] and how he is going to be the captain of the Smackdown team at Bragging Rights in the huge 7 on 7 Tag Team match.



"But Nancy O'Dell interrupted him and told him that Raw was going to start off with Degeneration X's Triple H all by himself, because Shawn Micheals was at home with his daughter being sick and all.




"As Triple H was going on about Bragging Rights, he was interrupted by Jericho and the Big Show, who wasn't happy about last week's loss to DX.


"But that verbal confrontation took a turn when the Big Show began talking about who was carrying the team. While the Unified Tag Champs were arguing back and forth, Nancy O' Dell allowed Triple H to make some qualifying matches for Bragging Rights. The first match was the Big Show vs.Chris Jericho, which got a great reaction from the WWE Universe.



"But during this match, the Jericho was doing all he could to win the match, but why was Big Show trying to calm him down? I mean, Jericho wasn't having any of that. The Big Show once again told him to calm down and nobody was going to get hurt. Jericho once again slapped the Big Show in the face, but the Big Show himself slapped him back. Jericho went down to the arena floor and hurt his knee. Now I don't know why he was doing this, but the Big Show went to check on his partner. He must have really didn't want to be a part of team Raw. But Jericho was really playing possum as he was trying to get back in the ring before the 10 count. However, Jericho was pulled out of the ring by the Big Show, and he made it back to the ring and he beats the count, making him a part of team Raw.



"Another Bragging Rights qualifying match saw the All American American, Jack Swagger against MVP. I'll be honest with you, either one of these guys would make a great addition to team Raw.


"MVP was looking to advance on team Raw as he was doing a Ballin' Elbow, and drops it, and only gets a 2 count. But Swagger put away MVP with his Gutwrench Powerbomb, making him a member of team Raw, and not only that, Swagger kept his promise about being undefeated for the remainder of 2009.



"Even though Kofi Kingston lost the United States Championship last week to the Miz, he was still in good spirits as he was taking on Evan Bourne for another spot on team Raw. This was my favorite match of the night.



"This match really could have went either way, and both men were so evenly matched, with the use of amazing agility and great athleticism. Man, what a great match this was. In the end, when Bourne was going off the top rope, he was caught with a little Trouble in Paradise and gets the win, and not only is he on team Raw, he gained a lot of redemption after losing the United States Championship last week to the Miz, who was bragging about how at Bragging Rights, he is going to face his former Tag Team partner, John Morrison.


"Let me say this, Morrison is going to show why he was the better half of the Miz and Morrison duo, and at Bragging Rights, Morrison will prevail.




MORRISON IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


"One more Bragging Rights Qualifying Match was a Triple Threat match. If Ted Dibiase wins, then he is a part of team Raw. Same thing for Cody Rhodes, but If John Cena wins, then neither Rhodes or Dibiase is a part of team Raw.



"As it turned out, when Cena tried to put away Dibiase, Randy Orton tried to interfere and distract Cena, Cody Rhodes took advantage and rolled up Dibiase for the win, making him a member of team Raw.


"That caused friction between the Legacy, but Nancy O'Dell had some plans for them. The Main Event was the Legacy vs.Randy Orton and John Cena. Before the match got started, he told the WWE Universe that he was talking to next week's guest host of Raw, which happens to be Snoop Dogg, and he made a match which could be Cena's last match on Raw.



"But before I could tell you who that is, let's get to last night's main event, which was really something that we could have done without.



"Orton said that he was not going to have himself tagged into the match as he wanted both Rhodes and Dibiase to soften up Cena for their 60-minute Iron Man match at Bragging Rights.



"But as it turned out, Cena did tag Orton in, and he was forced to wrestle Legacy. Rhodes tried pinning Orton, then when Dibiase was tagged into the match, he tried pinning Orton as well.



"Orton then tagged Cena back in and he was ready to make a statement to Orton, but Orton tagged himself in. Orton goes to work on Cena, which allowed Dibiase to roll up Orton for the pin. Orton was livid because of that, and as he was telling off Dibiase, Cena comes from behind and gives him the Attitude Adjuster.


"The friction has started between the Legacy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



"Mickie James was to defend the Divas Championship against Jillian, in which Jillian shockingly beat Mickie to become the new Divas Champion, but there was a 7 Divas Trade orchestrated by Nancy O'Dell, and ECW and Smackdown GMs Tiffany and Teddy Long.


"Mickie James was traded to Smackdown for Melina, and on her first match back on Raw, she beats Jillian and becomes the new Divas Champion.


OTHER DIVAS TRADED:


Rosa Mendes Traded To ECW

Eve Traded To Raw


The Bella Twins Traded To Raw


The Glamazon Traded To Smackdown.
A quick note from me:
OK, I've been trying to digest this Diva Trade for some time now, and here is the way I see it.
Current RAW Diva Roster
Faces:
Brie Bella
Eve
Gail Kim
Kelly Kelly
Melina
Nikki Bella

Heels:
Alicia Fox
Jillian
Maryse

My take: Alright, in my opinion, it's a bit one-sided with the faces. What I see happening is possibly either Gail Kim or Melina turning heel, because I can't see the other face Diva wrestlers turn heel. Or, maybe Maryse can come back from her knee surgery and possibly back up Alicia and Jillian. Who knows? We'll have to see what happens.

Smackdown
Faces:
Maria
Mickie James

Heel:
Beth Phoenix
Layla
Michelle McCool
Natalya

My take: Not bad, but only TWO faces and FOUR heelS? Imbalance! The only way in my opinion to correct this is to possibly bring someone up from FCW. Possibly the self-proclaimed Queen of FCW, Mia Mancini could become a face on Smackdown. Or I think we could see either the Glamazon or Layla turn face and even up the odds.

ECW
Faces:
NO ONE

Heels:
Katie Lea Burchill
Rosa Mendes

My take: I know I'm leaving out Courtney Taylor and Savannah, but they haven't wrestled yet in ECW. With no face Divas, I bet quite possibly Savannah could split her time between interviewing and wrestling Rosa and Katie Lea. Especially Rosa, because I heard that Savannah and Rosa have had a bit of history since their days in FCW, so a Savannah-Rosa Mendes feud is definitely possible. But, of course, the FCW option is still available to possibly even out the rosters, but you never know.

That's my forecast of the Divas trade. Now back to you, Rob!



"The Glamazon wasn't very happy, so she challenged one of the guest hosts last night, Maria, to a match, but along with Nancy, Kelly Kelly and Gail Kim, they took on the Glamazon, Alicia Fox and Rosa Mendes.

"WAIT A MINUTE, this was a six Diva Tag!



"Anyway, I'm happy to report that Maria and her team came out on top.


"So, this was a pretty good Raw, but not as good as last week, but I've got a good feeling that with Snoop Dogg as the guest host, it's going to be a great Raw next week with Triple H taking on John Cena in what is possibly going to be Cena's last match on RAW."

Man, what a recap, huh? Also, you can head over right now to ps3.ign.com on the Smackdown vs RAW 2010 section to check out some pretty cool, and funny videos of SDVR10's story mode. Have a great Tuesday night!:D