WWE RAW - 7th Jan 2008

Well it was the return of Raw Roulette, reminding us of why Eric Bischoff was more watchable than Vince McMahon, because he IS a gameshow host.

Mr. Kennedy & Shawn Michaels teamed up against Charlie Haas & Trevor Murdoch in a strange bedfellows match, it was pretty standard stuff really, Kennedy picked up the win after taking out his own partner first (***)

Hardcore Holly and Carlito fought in an absolutely rubbish comedy match, because they had to dress as each other, that was pretty much it! Hardcore Holly won (*)

Then we get a Lingerie Pillow Fight between the Divas, which i cared about for about 10 seconds, even after seeing Maria and Mickies outfit. Ashley won the 'match' in her first match since her jump from Smackdown! That will get the ratings up! (*)

William Regal really pissed off Triple H last week so Vince set up a match between the two, so i bet Regal wasnt too happy when he got a first blood match. It wasnt too bad, i mean completely obvious but still entertaining. Triple H gets the win by busting Regal wide open! (***)

JBL & Snitsky vs. Jericho - not even sure about this one, i mean it started off well with Snitz and Y2J in the ring, then the wrestling god himself got involved and just became a massive drawn out (dare i say dull to watch) beatdown. So Y2J wins throgh DQ. (**)

Hornswoggle and tag team partner for the night, Mick Foley had to beat the Highlanders to qualify for the rumble. Mick Foley obviously making up his quota of TV and PPV matches in one easy step. McMahons midget offspring and Mrs Foleys baby boy picked up the win (**)

Thankfully we got a good match to end Raw! Jeff Hardy vs. Umaga, in a steel cage.
It did look early on as if Umaga would destroy Hardy, but as Orton came to ringside Hardy picked up the pace even delivering a whisper in the wind from the top of the cage to pick up the win (****)

So the Rumble is shaping up to be a good PPV, but with the rating for this episode of Raw being a lot lower than hoped it seems the booking squad is gona have to try a lot harder to keep us hooked. Dressing Hardcore Holly up as Carlito is NOT the way to do it.