Welcome to another edition of Shawn's Thoughts, in this edition I'll speak on the January 5th edition of Monday Night Raw.  Lets get started.

The opening:

So we seen another video recap of the Shawn Michaels & JBL story line.   Granted WWE is doing something different, but dang how many times can they show this.   Hopefully they won't show it as much as the Cena injury/return video from a couple months back.

Orton's promo that JBL shouldn't be # 1 contender was classic.   Over the last few months, I've seen a dramatic improvement with Orton's mic skills.    Of course that set up Stephanie McMahon to come out and play her **** role.   Same ole same old.

Goldust & Melina vs. Santino & Beth was an OK match, nothing spectacular but we did get to see the start of a feud between Melina & Rosa Perez (aka Milina Rouka from FCW).   Will be an interesting storyline, after watching Rouka on FCW television, I think the two can really put on a good match in the future.

The Intercontinental title match was decent, with a not so surprising finish but with a surprising result with Stephanie McMahon ordering a rematch with a clause that if Regal gets himself disqualified he loses the IC Championship.

We then see a back stage promo with JBL & Shawn Michaels telling him to superkick John Cena, so that Orton can then punt kick him which will cause him to forfeit his title to him.    His line  "I hired you, Mr. WrestleMania, to get me to WrestleMania as the World Champion," line was perfect especially with Shawn's reaction.

Ok we then see Dolph Ziggler introducing himself to Mickie James, yawn, that was until I seen Mickie James dang she looked hot in that outfit.

John Morrison & The Miz vs. Rey Mysterio & Kofi Kingston was well boring.   It actually gave me time to post news.

Kelly Kelly vs. Jillian Hall was a typical divas match, nothing spectacular but boy I had to turn the volume down during Jillian's "When the saints go marching in".   The Kane promo at the end was good, Kane definitely knows how to creep you out.  Should be a great match next week when he takes on Randy Orton.

Cody Rhodes & Sim Snuka vs. Cryme Tyme dragged on quite a bit, I wasn't surprised by the finish, but was surprised to see that Orton kicks Snuka out of the "The Legacy".

John Cena/HBK vs. Orton & Jericho was a pretty good match, Shawn Michaels can definitely portray an emotionally and mentally conflicted individual.  He did show the start of a potential back stab on JBL tonight, but who knows when that will actually happen or even if it will happen.

The big shocker of the night was the announcement that Vince McMahon will return to Raw in two weeks to confront his daughter Stephanie on her decision about the # 1 contendership spot for the Royal Rumble.   Was definitely surprised about that seeing how Vince has been wanting to be kept off television as of late.   Makes me wonder why he decided to come back, maybe its cause the whole "Stephanie Runs the Show" deal just isn't working.

Thats it for this edition, check out my next edition later this week as I dig into more possible matches for Wrestlemania 25.