Again, RAW for the past few weeks now has been hit AND miss.  Tonight's episode was no exception.  I will admit, however, that the plus of tonight's episode was pretty awesome, and I'm glad that Batista isn't as big an idiot as I thought he was...I'll explain in a minute.

HIT - RAW Violates ECW
So, we find out that before Donald Trump was fired, he made 15 "trades" for the RAW brand, and in tonight's episode, 3 of these 15 trades would face WWE Champion Randy Orton in a Gauntlet Match.  These 3 trades were all from ECW: Evan Bourne, Jack Swagger, and Mark Henry.

In case you didn't see the show: Orton beat Bourne, Swagger intentionally got himself counted out (citing that he wanted to make an impression upon Orton because he "respects" him), and Henry faked getting himself counted out, only to stop the ref at 4 and return to beat Orton for the victory.

Before I go on, I must say that this was a very non-intelligent move for Tiffany, ECW's current GM.  Bourne and Swaggar are currently two of the hottest stars on the brand, and let's hope the Hart Dynasty stays put for the sake of the brand...then again, Shamus O'Shaughnessy has been making his rounds on the WWE TV's dark match circuit, so we could be staring at some new talent on their way into the organization via ECW.  This would be a good thing.

This move is also good for RAW, which proves my theory that somebody watches what we write on here; I've been talking for a few weeks about how stale RAW has become, and it seems that things are slowly being shaken up...but then, here comes the miss...

MISS - Triple H versus John Cena, Next Week on RAW
Yeah...I was just writing on here about how terrible this match-up was, and I had to switch gears and acknowledge the fact that RAW did something right.  BUT, we've still got these same old, archaic match-ups that have fans yawning on Monday nights.  I'm guessing next week's episode will do something to shake this up, but let us not forget that there's also the possibility of another grossly negligent creative injustice.  As it stands, we'll either get Cena v. Orton in four weeks, or HHH v. Orton in four weeks.  I have no clue how next week's match-up between Cena and HHH will turn out, but I can assure you that out of all parties involved, the fans will not be the winners