Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Sophs RAW Review.  Sorry about missing last week but if you read my SD Summation you'll understand why. But I'm back and ready for another fun filled installment.  I apologise in advance for any typos I make.  I have just drank half a bottle of wine.  Well what did you expect?  With Mike Adamle as the new RAW GM I needed it.  Anyways onwards and upwards shall we?

RAW was certainly an interesting show.  We had a new GM, an appearance by Shane O Mac.  JR back on commentary.  Mike Adamle on commentary.  Michael Cole beaten up (dont all cheer at once).  All in all a weird but fun filled show!

The show started off with a quite frankly awful promo between Cena and Batista.  Both guys stammered with their words and were obviously unconfortable.  Cena got a very, ahem, mixed reaction when he came out whereas the hometown boy Batista got a huge pop.  They argued about title shots or something, too be honest the promo was that bad I wasn't paying attention.  Cena had a new soccer style shirt that kids all over the globe will be buying.  After a little bit of unfriendly banter Shane O Mac came onto the stage.  Yes, he still does the dance.  He said that Punk will be facing one of the hottest free agents around which I guessed straight away was Regal.  Here's a question.  Hottest free agent?  Does that mean that Regal wont stay on RAW?  Shane then booked Cena/Batista v JBL/Kane for the main event.

Santino Marella/Beth Phoenix v Kelly Kelly/D Lo Brown:  A very short match here with Beth lifting up D Lo when Santino couldn't, and Santino pinning Kelly for the win.  It ended up with a passionate lip lock between the 'strictly professional' Beth and Santino with Santino letting out a Carlton Banks esque scream.  It was hillarious!

A Generation Rescue promo aired and Shane was backstage.  JBL tried to convince him to giving him a title match at SS when his phone rang.  Apparently Shane has his own entrance music as a ringtone.  Awesome!  Shane told him it was the new GM and JBL looked annoyed.

Jerry Lawler and Jim Duggan were announced to take on the tag team champs Priceless Inc.  But this was changed when Duggan was replaced by, um, Michael Cole.  Yes Michael Cole.  The crowd went wild.  I was happy.  So we inevitably had no commentary.  People complained.  Well if you see a live event there is no commentary.  Its really good fun!

Priceless Inc v Lawler/Cole:  Again very short match with the youngsters getting the better of Lawler and Cole.  Cole accidently tagged in when checking on Jerry and ended up getting laid out by a Cody clothesline.

The trainers checked on Cole and we had a new commentator.  Mike Adamle.  Sweet Mary and Joesph have mercy.  Adamle.  Live TV.  Help me!  Mike said that he recieved a call earlier in the week which I'm not sure is possible when its only Monday.  King sat down like nothing had happened.  So we had a brief promo from Jamie Noble with his valet Layla demmanding to take on Kofi, or Coffee as he called him.  I think Jamie was watched The Green Mile this weekend. 

Noble v Kofi: A Noble squash here with Kofi picking up the win with the Trouble in Paradise.

CM Punk vs William Regal:  So the hottest free agent is Regal eh?  Wonder if he'll stay on RAW. I would personally love it if he came to SD.  Put the hammer down and come to SD Regal.  This is where the talented people are.  This was a great match and Regal completely owned Punk. It was stiff, it was hard and the half Nelson suplex was phenomenal.  It got bloody, and despite Regal's ring gear, Regal looked excellent.  We missed you William, dont go away again!  However Punk hit the GTS out of no where for the win.  Afterward JBL and Kane came to the ring and laid Punk out.  So much for being the strong champ. 

Next up we had the last eve Highlight Reel.  Jericho looked mighty spiffy with his suit with Lance Cade.  Another gem of a promo by Jericho.  It was honest, it was brutal.  It was fantastic.  Jericho said how he matured and gone were the days of him being a comedian.  He then aired clips of him back from the early noughties, most of them insulting Stephanie McMahon.  Hey Steph, congrats on the new baby.  Here's clips of Jericho insulting you.  Oh, and those who dont know Stephanie gave birth to her second daughter yesterday so a big congrats go out to Steph and Triple H.  The girl was named Murphy Claire Levesque, which is um, an interesting name.  Anyway after the clips Jericho said that he had matured and Cade then thanked Chris for saving him.  Great, great promo.

JR came down to ringside, yay, and began to commentate showing Adamle how its really done.  Its great seeing him back for the one off but I actually dont want him to leave SD.  Him and Foley are just fantastic. 

Mickie v Jillian: Again a short match but I dont understand why they are making Mickie seem invincible, it isn't very convincing.  Jillian jobbed again despite her talents for the Mickie win. She then celebrated with her father until Katie Lea attacked from behind, doing the briliantly heelish act of blowing a kiss to Mickie's dad.  Her and Paul then came up the ramp to establish themeselves as future IC and womens contenders.

We then had a Smackdown Rebound.  Huh?  Its about time.  I'm personally so glad that the two shows are being treated equally.  Obviously RAW will have the edge because of its timeslot and the live factor but its a great sign.

Backstage Todd Grisham was seen sucking up to Shane and asking who the manager is.  Rumour has it that Todd is the new commentator is ECW.  Tune in tonight to find out.  Todd isn't bad.  His stuff for MLS is very good. 

We had a Generation Rescue promo aired again.  Note to the Americans reading this.  Please keep Piers Morgan there.  We really dont want him back here.  Pretty please?

Backstage Cryme Tyme were talking with Cena which firmly established themselves as a unit.  Soon Batista showed up and the two dont trust each other.  Oooooh.

Batista/Cena v JBL/Kane: A 12 mins match that was very back and forth.  First the faces had the momentum.  Then the heels.  The heels continued to work on Batista until he could make the tag to Cena.  Who cleared the ring and got the pin on Kane in around 30 secs.  I'm not sure why they couldn't have Batista do this in his home town.  It seems that they were too focused on getting Cena cheers which failed miserably.  After all this Shane came back on to introduce the new GM.  Mike Adamle.  You are kidding me right?  I guess this is a way of getting him off play by play commentary.  This could be great or a monumental disaster.  Us fans are quick to judge so lets see how this turns out.  It could work out for the best, you never know.  Give it a few weeks.  Remember all the furore that was caused when JR was moved to SD.  A few weeks later everyone was loving it.  Give it a chance.

So overall a very interesting show.  Lots of surpises and a new GM.  I enjoyed it and enoyed the surprise at the end, no matter what your opinion was no one expected it.  Thanks again for reading and see you all on Sat for the Smackdown Summation!

Catch you later

Soph x