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Shane McKinley of Danville, Calif. (7.0): Best Match: Hardy vs. Cena Worst Match: Cena. Sensible people watch Raw to see Vince yell at his son Hornswoggle to kiss his behind. WWE's comeback of the year goes to Big Show. No longer the "Big Slow," he's enjoying himself, and it rubs off on fans. Good bit with Ted DiBiase. WWE could have JBL fight John Cena on top of the Empire State building and I wouldn't watch it. Decent match with JBL and Chris Jericho. Women's match wasn't half bad. I liked Lance Cade vs. Trevor Murdoch, as they had something to prove. Entertaining and charimsatic was the Rock. Cena is that, but only with women and young kids. Cena has as much street cred as a male stripper. Worst part of the night was the Cena-Mickie skit. Ugh. Hardy was the better wrestler while Cena been doing the same thing promo and match wise since 2006. In my opinion the McMachon Money Mania wasn't so bad, but maybe I bought into Vince's propaganda. I won't go as so far as to say WWE will fall and they need to get rid of Smackdown and ECW, nor do I believe that new talent needs to be put into the main event. I think we can look back on Brock Lesnar, and how he was given too much too soon. On the whole most of the segments worked (that Cena skit didn't) and in my opinion it wasn't that bad of a show That Rock DVD looks interesting.

Jason of Phoenix, Ariz.: I have to slightly disagree with your assesment that this was like any other Raw. It was different in that it was worse than it has been lately. The opening segment was very disjointed and just didn't work. The crowd barely reacted for Jeff Hardy which is a bad sign. We even had Vince McMahon make a pitiful plea to get the fans of yesteryear back by giving us "cash money"! He admitted that they are groveling for ratings! If they would listen to you and Bruce Mitchell and maybe add some fresh content, they wouldn't have to give away money to get people to watch. Keep up the great work because your analysis of the product is far more entertaining than what Raw has been giving us lately.

Dan Patrick of Vernon Hills, Ill. - Sports Editor (9.0): Best Match: Cena vs. Hardy (minus wall-jumping douchebag) Worst Match: Vince McMahon vs. Sweeps Ratings. Other than McMahon's sweepstakes, I thought this was one of the better Raws in a long, long time. There was good wrestling (Cena vs. Hardy, Melina/Mickie James vs. Glamazon/Burchill Cade vs. Murdock, Y2J v. JBL) and each match seemed to advance a storyline. The women's match featured some great moves and Melina, Glamazon both played their parts very well. Cade vs. Murdoch was also an above-average TV match, but tonight's match worried me a bit. My biggest hope is that Trevor Murdoch gets pushed as opposed to Lance Cade (which, after tonight's match makes me wonder if Cade will be the Shelton Benjamin to Murdoch's Charlie Haas). The reason I'm scared is because Cade is sort of the everyman character in the WWE: big, built, semi-talented guy with no real personality. Whereas Murdoch, between his new singing gimmick and that crazy look he used to have in older matches, seems to have a personality (and even the wrestling talent) that could make him a real draw. I'm not sure where this singing thing is going, but country music singing has made a great wrestling gimmick before. Dare I say Honky Tonk Man?! As for the main event, I have been a Cena apologist for a long time, but I genuinely wanted to see Hardy win this match. The WWE has a main eventer just waiting in the wings in Hardy and even while they need a some fresh blood at the top of the card, but they'd rather push two guys who've been on top for years. You could hear how crazy the stadium was when it looked like Hardy had a shot, but you could also hear the collective groan when Cena got ANOTHER shot at the title. PLEASE push Jeff Hardy! I don't mind Cena, but I think Hardy's high-flying style would play off of Triple H a lot better than the traditional strongman competition of a Triple H vs. Cena match. Overall, very good Raw.

E-Max, Nanny of Metuchen N.J. (1.5): Best: One Night Stand highlights of Hardy vs. Umaga and HBK vs. Y2J. Worst: Everything else! This Raw had the feel of a repeat from the get-go. I mean, haven't we seen this already, every week, and every pay-per-view for the past few months? Y2J and JBL for the IC belt, again; Cena and Triple H fued, again, Cade and Murdoch, who cares?, Mickie/Melina and Glamazon, again! Ugh, and Ugh again. We the fans need the draft to be held right now. Strike that, as fans we need to not watch until the draft. I mean why watch? You've seen it before, ad nauseam. Enough is enough.

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