Greetings friends and neighbors from under the black, custom made hat from your resident Okie who is just returning to Norman, Okla., from Las Vegas after having a great time Tuesday and Wednesday visiting with so many wrestling legends and fans at the Cauliflower Alley Club’s 43rd Annual Reunion.

Raw No. 785 emanated from Oakland, Calif., and was perhaps the first-ever “sports-entertainment game show” in the history of television. Picking a Raw Superstar of the Week is challenging, but after looking at the broadcast again, it became clearer. This week’s Raw Superstars of the Week are Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels simply because their interaction was the most memorable in ring activity we have experienced on Raw in quite some time from where I was sitting. Jericho’s physicality on HBK was the most compelling moment of the night for yours truly and I am anxious to see where this extremely personal issue goes this Monday night in Salt Lake City.

What’s the over/under this Monday night that Mr. McMahon won’t have a beautiful Diva at his side as his “Vanna White” and perhaps even having the lovely lady dialing the telephone? Congratulations to all the winners of Mr. McMahon’s Million Dollar Mania and don’t forget to pay your taxes.

One can assume that we can expect to see more of Kennedy-Kennedy against the affluent Brit, Paul “Don‘t Call me Churchill” Burchill, or his sister Katie Lea. Furthermore, something tells me that Miss Burchill has Mickie James’ Women’s Title in her sights.

The Glamazon is not in a good mood these days, and Melina is largely the reason why. Bottom line: Mickie James should not trust either The Glamazon, Melina or Miss Burchill, but it does seem that the fiery Latino Melina and Beth Phoenix are on an intriguing collision course. Perhaps they will have a match held entirely ON the announce table which would make my broadcast partner so happy that he would have to have the smile sandblasted off his face.

Charlie Haas is looking for your mouthwash donations. Sorry, Charlie. The Great Mae Young strikes again.

So the Triple H/Cena issue isn’t personal, huh? Of course it’s not, and beginning right ... now … The King doesn’t admire handsome, young women. Right.

John Cena seems to have JBL’s number and that has to P.O. the former Texan turned Manhattanite to no end. It’s enough to make a man load up on Mamajuana and lock himself in a Marriott.

Again, the interaction between HBK and Y2J Monday was great TV and Michaels was lucky (as best I know) that he did not get any glass in his eyes. I would love to see these two get it on in Dallas on June 29 at the Night of Champions pay-per-view event for the Intercontinental Title. These two might just steal themselves a PPV.

Wasn’t it amazing how Umaga was cheered Monday night upon taking the fall in the non-title tag team match against Holly and Rhodes? Fans in the Bay Area have long loved the Samoan athletes since the Cow Palace days of the High Chief Peter Maivia. That had to be the first time Snitsky has been cheered since his former dentist and staff gave Snitsky a standing “O” when he of brown teeth decided to stop seeing his dentist except in Olympic years.

Cody Rhodes and Bob Holly have “issues” and one has to assume that doesn’t bode well for the long term success of their duo. This team seems to have little in common. Let’s put it this way, Cody is an iPod and Hardcore is an 8-track tape, not that there is any thing wrong with that, Bob.

Jillian Hall and Trevor Murdoch in an American Idol-like sing off on Raw …”Oh, My!” (Compliments of Michael Cole.) (Not to be confused with the timeless, “OH MY GAWD,” from our colleague Joe E. Styles.)

What broadcaster has the coolest TV wardrobe in WWE … The Adamle … The King? My vote goes to The Tazz for his colorful The Shirts. Just thought I would mention that….now back to our regularly scheduled programming.

Yours truly was a little surprised to see Cryme Tyme upset Santino and Carlito in oh-so-hot-tag team action Monday night. One could go out on a limb and even declare that the Raw tag team scene is in a little turmoil … a storm … a conundrum … a calamity … a date with “The D List’s” Kathy Griffin … a long car trip with Adamle … you get the picture.

Having WWE Champion Triple H and No. 1 contender John Cena sitting in on commentary Monday night was fun for the King and me. I hope we can have more guest broadcasters join us in the future. It adds to the unpredictability of the broadcast which makes it feel more like a vintage Monday Night Raw.

Jeff Hardy received arguably the loudest ovation of the night Monday, and the Thrill Seeker came out looking pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good at the end of the evening.

Triple H and Cena were not pleased with each other as we left you Monday night, but remember, “It’s not personal.” Right … and “Ol J.R. doesn’t like barbecue.

I hope you will check out our Web site at www.jrsbarbq.com , as we are doing some new and exciting things there, which should be happening this week. Our newest J.R.’s Family Bar-B-Q will be open just after the July 4th holiday in Moore, Okla., on the west side of I-35 at the 19th street exit. Stay tuned!

Boomer Sooner!
J.R.

Editor's Note: This is J.R.'s first Superstar of the Week column to be published at WWE Fan Nation. You can read J.R.'s previous Superstar of the Week columns at his column archives page.