RAW ends it's 3 hour spectacular in celebration of the 800 episodes of RAW. It's time to see what direction the WWE is planning on taking the brand.
We open up with Randy Orton in the ring demanding an answer to his ultimatum that he made last week. Orton than sits at ring side and waits. This is how you do talking segments. Orton says what needs to be said and then gets out of the way.
The Hardy's team up against MVP and The Brian Kendrick in the opening match. It's interesting to see that these are the four men that they picked to open the show. It shows that the WWE still thinks highly of MVP and Kendrick to trust them with this important spot.
The match was pretty good with a nice quick pace and some great selling from Kendrick. Everyone was show cased pretty well in the match.
The end spot came off kind of strange. The Hardy's pulled a heel move when they distracted the referee as MVP made the tag to Kendrick. When the referee was trying to get Kendrick out, the Hardy's double teamed MVP for the win. It was weird seeing this happen but good to know that they had to cheat to pin MVP. At least he keeps a little bit of credibility.
The next bout is the 8 man over the top battle royal for number one contender to the Intercontinental Championship. This match should have been advertised as it is a number one contender match for an important title. Seeing as it wasn't advertised, it really shows what the WWE thinks about this title.
The match was quick considering that it was a battle royal. Jamie Noble and William Regal fought each other almost through out the match, which is good as they still haven't forgotten about the feud.
The end sees Regal waiting outside before he jumps in and takes out Ted DiBiase for the win. It was an expected ending as Regal has done this before whenever he's in a battle royal. When the announcers said that RAW will be in England next week, it felt like they said Regal will not win the title next as creative likes to bury people in their hometowns.
Shane and Stephanie McMahon arrive to the arena. Shane comes out to confront Orton about his ultimatum. Adamle comes out and announces that he resigns as the GM before Shane can make his decision.
This was a bad move. Adamle as GM was great. He had that persona of always trying to please everyone and in the process, screwed over a lot of people. Now that he's gone, we'll have that void of a leaderless RAW like we did a few months back, which lead to many strange story lines.
Shane takes this time to announce that Orton will be making his in ring return tonight against C.M. Punk. Again, this match should have been advertised well in advance. This is the feud that the WWE has been pushing for two months now. There is no reason to have it as a last minute edition on RAW especially when the football season is in full swing. How is the WWE expecting to gain viewers if everyone is already watching Monday Night Football?
Vladimir Kozlov versus Charlie Haas is next. Haas comes out as Bret "Hitman" Haas. The gimmick is still working but they need to get to the end now. If this is just for fun, it's starting to wear off. If this is suppose to lead to Haas winning matches once he realizes that he should stay as himself, then they need to get to it.
Kozlov gets the win in a very quick match. There really was no point in using air time for this but with a three hour show, they may have been desperate to fill the time.
Batista is backstage for an interview. He keeps it short like usual, which is a good thing. Batista shouldn't be talking with his gimmick.
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