RAW Thoughts:

 

Good opening promo, especially when Trips was picking on the people at ringside....you KNEW the Benjamin/Trips match wouldn't end clean. Triple H wouldn't end Benjamin's streak without hype, and Benjamin wouldn't take another one from the game....The Tag match was confusing. What happened to Hurricane's outburst last week?....The Kane interview segment did nothing to advance the storyline, but according to the Torch, they had to rewrite that part because a travel miscommunication forced Lita to miss the show....

 

I dug the Regal/Eugene/Benoit backstage segment for some reason. Maybe for Benoit's comic timing....Snitsky v.s Venis was, well, there. That is one ugly dude, and the facial expressions do nothing for him....The Flair interview was BOSS, and so was Orton's. As much as he may have sucked on the mic in some people's opinions, he was GOLD here. Best of all, he said what we were all thinking. Best segment of the night, by far....The tag match was disappointing, and seemed a bit out of place. This is a match they should've hyped better....

 

Regal's segment in the ring would've been better if there wasn't a live crowd, because they didn't pick up on his subtle humor....I hope that was Carmella's only appearance, because if not, it makes a mockery of that contest (I know, I know....). Christy looked good though, but why did the crowd boo her when she thanked them?....Orton v.s Batista was just a backdrop for the Flair fake-turn....Not a good RAW. Only segment worth watching was the Flair interview.

My thoughts exactly, there really wasnt anything special about the show. I was sort of hoping though to see a Flair face turn and then you can have him and Orton feud their own faction which would feud with HHH and Batistas faction.