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RAW NOTES!

A ton of recapping and "12 rounds" trailers. Same stuff we've seen a lot of over the past 4 weeks. To be honest, some of this stuff is getting a little old, but there were some stand out moments.

So, nearly everyone on RAW either got jobber entrances or had their normal entrance motions abbreviated. Even HHH and Undertaker.

RAW began with another Flair/Jericho segment (and yes, even Ric Flair got a jobber entrance). Jericho got the best heat he's had in awhile when he beat Flair down mercilessly. It was nearly great. The only thing holding it back was knowing that it was the lead in for the Jericho v Legend Mania snorefest.

Crazy face paint Jeff Hardy beat the horribly underused Dolph Zigler. It's guys like Zigler that make me almost miss the cruiserweight title. Problem is, the WWE always treated that title and 90% of all cruiser weights like shit anyway. Jeff hit the 'twist of fate' twice. Zigler took it like a swinging neck breaker both times which was a little odd. After the match, Jeff managed to spit out an awful 10 second promo.

Remember when I bitched about the previous 6-man tag with the money in the bank competitors? Well, there was a second one.... and Finley was on the heel team for whatever reason. Anyway, it was much better this time. Christian got the pin on Shelton Benjamin.

Randy Ortan cut a promo to remind us that both he and HHH are douchebags.

Edge and the Big Show had a decent much. Before it, Cena spoke to us via video promo. He did his "man of the people/wrestling mark" thing. Eh. The match ended as a draw after Chavo Guerrero entered the ring and.... did nothing? He took a spear for his efforts and Edge got knocked-the-fuck-out.

Rey Rey beat William Regal in a quick one. Regal has always been a tough one to grade because his style is so aggressive and stiff. Never pretty or fluid stuff.... What am I saying, I love me some Regal. JBL did commentary for the match. Guess what, he knows he has a match at Mania! nice to hear someone besides a commentator say it.

Taker had his blessfully short intro and cut a solid promo. Michaels countered via video promo that started out ho-hum and ended amazing. "Undefeated streak.... REST IN PEACE." Nice

Santino jobbed to Mickie James? He sure did, and it was great. Completely guilty pleasure but surprising well done. Far fewer blown spots then the average diva match.

The King challenged Jericho for a little one on one action next week? It happened. Curious....

Trips had a nearly spit-spray free entrance. He even tossed his trusty water bottle way before reaching the ring. He got beat down in what turned out to be a unofficial match. Something happened during this match that has rarely happened since this feud began.... I honestly enjoyed it. It wasn't just because Trips got cuffed to the ropes and beaten on. It wasn't just cause Stephanie came down to the ring and took a nasty DDT off the middle rope for her efforts. It wasn't just cause Ortan planted a kiss on a lights-out Stephanie. It wasn't just cause Trips took a Sledge to the face. It wasn't just cause there were chants of "RKO" along with scattered applause and various fans encouraging Ortan to do more. It all came together into one powerful ball. I dug it.

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