Tha Raw Report

With respect to my bredren Dante Ross, I didn't title TRR this week. If I had it would have been "This Is How We Screw It (Up). What the hell happened? Before I go off on that I'd like to tell everyone to go read Andrew's latest piece, scroll down, it's about the Next Generation. That'll clue you in a little.

MVP is part of that. Last week's "Raw" did wonders to elevate him, as did the first half of this week's, that is until the conclusion of his match. He was positioned to feud with the top heel on "Raw" and arguably the top heel in the fed. Not to mention a one man hindrance on Legacy.

Forget that, now he's going to feud with Billy Regal for the United States Championship.

Consider the ball dropped. Don't get me wrong, I have the utmost respect for Regal, but in the mind's eye of 85% of the fans out there he isn't going to give MVP the rub he needs to go to the next level. In all honesty from a fans standpoint he may not even give him the rub to stay at this level.

I wish that weren't true, I wish Regal had multiple World titles under his belt, but let's face it, he doesn't and he most likely never will. I'm not saying this will ruin MVP, but it certainly isn't the stepping stone we thought he was on. Now he'll be embroiled in a mid-card feud for a mid-card belt. Earlier Monday evening, he held a mid-card belt but was on the verge of wearing it to a main event match.

Another cold hard fact about Regal, his last few feuds weren't exactly memorable, or lengthy. Jamie Noble and CM Punk come to mind. MVP should have been defending against either of the Abercrombie models directly underneath Orton. Now he's completely off that part of the radar. Hopefully he'll pop right back up on it, but realistically it'll be a while.

Honestly, was he just filler for the Orton/Shane feud for two weeks? That's retarded. Was that his reward for involving "The View" on "SmackDown" last week? That's absurd. MVP can carry the ball. As O Nation cringes upon reading the following statement, I'll stick by it. There is no reason an MVP vs. Matt Hardy WWE Championship shouldn't happen within the next year, and maybe even six months.

Remember the best feud on "SmackDown" that we'd seen in a long time? Remember maybe the best feud on "SmackDown" other than Cena/JBL ever? That was MVP and Matt Hardy carrying an understaffed roster. That was heel MVP and face Matt Hardy involving everyone. Now that the two of them are flipped a face MVP and heel Hardy would be just as good, maybe even better.

MVP did all the talking then, he could do it now. Hardy is a heel, no need to talk, just sneak attack people, or just Bob Orton the shit out of them. Have MVP voice his displeasure just once, or have him knock MVP's ass out and you've kick started that feud, and people will remember the old one. Hell they had an action figure 2-pack at the time. Remember the competitions? Neither of these guys should be wasted when that opportunity is out there.

I'm a the Brian Kendrick mark, and I'm not ashamed of that, and I think it'd be better for him to get his "Future Endeavors" letter. He went from having a nice push to being a jobber. He isn't even a glorified jobber, he's become a damn jobber and it's senseless. There is more misused true wrestling talent in the E than there is "Drizzling Shits" members. There are alot of drizzling shits out there.

Speaking of drizzling shits, I've tried to be open minded and not bash John Cena to accommodate some friends of mine. Fuck that, fuck them. He sucks. By the way I have it on great authority, actually Hammered down authority that John Cena was sprinting around the damn ring in Buffalo tonight. He's healed, miracles happen. Fuck, shoot me.

Shane McMahon got his foot crushed tonight, now if that had happened to John Cena, he'd immediately learn to use an enziguri. He'd do it that night with the foot that got crushed. Maybe the writers should have him injured more, and his damn repertoire would expand 150%. Hopefully they'll starting filming 12 Rounds in the Marine Corp soon and he'll disappear for a while. Speaking of disappearing, where did the Miz go?

While I'm thinking about it, Chavo Guerrero may be the next ECW General Manager. Just because the E wants to replace Tiffany, and they went out of their way to have Chavo make a decision tonight, unless that's just so Batista can obliterate him again next week. Who knows, hell, who cares? Tommy Dreamer is also a candidate for that job.

It's time to be positive. Santino Marella, Santino Marella, Santino Marella, Santino Marella. Also, Kelly Kelly. That segment was great. Is that a face turn for Santino or just a little comic relief? Hard to tell considering he gets pops each week but now he's bashing Public Enemy #1.

I can't stand Batista. He sucks in nearly every aspect of the game. Seriously, he's horrible, he can't talk, can't work, can't sell, can't act. To end this weeks highly opinionated and relatively one topiced "Raw" report I want some interactivity from the Nation of O. Who do you dislike more John Cena or Batista. Please explain.

Tha Results:
*Shane McMahon def. The Legacy in a 3-on-1 Handicap Match by disqualification
*Unified WWE Tag Team Champion Carlito def. The Brian Kendrick
*Ted DiBiase def. Batista by disqualification
*Mickie James def. Divas Champion Maryse in a non-title match
*Cody Rhodes def. United States Champion MVP by count-out in a non-title match
*Kofi Kingston def. Matt Hardy
*WWE Champion Randy Orton vs. Shane McMahon ended in a no-contest

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