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Bob Malachowski of Whitesboro, N.Y. (5.0): Best segment: Jericho/Michaels. Worst Match. Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy. In the words of Wade, Triple H is a prick. When I saw Hunter getting all the offense in the match, I thought at least Jeff would get a fluke roll-up pin on a Cena distraction or something. Of course, Hunter would not even give him that. What an awful one-sided match that was. The $2 prize is not a gag, not just being mean, and the contestant was most likely real. It is listed in the prize breakdown. There will be a $2 prize regularly, which is ridiculous. I would say that lady may actually tune out of Raw in anger now. Jericho was incredible in his role, and had easily the best segment on the show. If you watch Raw anyway, the money contest was okay, thinking you may get lucky with the one in a million odds that your phone will ring, but I don't see how any non-regular viewers would tune in for that. I would not have...

Jon Bain of London, England (6.0): Best match: Jeff Hardy vs. Triple H. Worst match: Cryme Tyme vs. Santino/Carlito. Tonight's Raw was a strange experience. There were numerous performances that I felt were very good, but because of the sheer number of time-consuming McMahon's Million Dollar Giveaway segments, I was left feeling like I hadn't got my regular fix of Raw this week. Not all of McMahon's segments were bad, but there was just too many of them. Jeff Hardy came off looking very good tonight in his countout victory and post-match cross body on Triple H and John Cena. Cena was good on commentary and his match with JBL was a decent TV match and went the right length. However, other matches did not go the right length, specifically Mr. Kennedy vs. Paul Burchill. I would have preferred to have seen Cryme Tyme and Santino/Carlito in a backstage segment this week so that their match time could have been added to Kennedy-Burchill. Nonetheless, I think Burchill and Kennedy did the best with what they had. The star of tonight's show was without a doubt Chris Jericho. He gave a brilliant performance in his heel turn and that spot with the Jeritron 3000 looked awesome! I was glad to see Umaga get a win on the show and I enjoyed the brief promo from Ted DiBiase Jr. and think his character is coming along very well. It's a shame Raw ended with Vince McMahon instead of the Night of Champions main eventers!

Dan Strauss of Goodhue, Minn. (4.0): Best: Highlight Reel. Worst: Tie between the too many money segments and Umaga's red pants. As soon as I saw the show open with Mr. McMahon, I couldn't wait for it to be over. And again, they had to do the extremely anti-climactic transferring of money from one clear case to another...Women's segment was very good...So WWE tried to sell two PPV's in a row with one of the highlights being a Cena-JBL "brawl," and we're back seeing it again on Raw? Want to hear my impression of a JBL match? Sleeper hold... boot to the face... sleeper hold... boot to the face...sleeper hold...clotheseline...anyway, Triple H on commentary was good, almost too good, as he seemed to idolize Cena's strength. He did a good job, though, of showing respect for his adversary. So far I think they're selling the Triple H vs. Cena feud well, with their backstage confrontations and one-upmanship in front of the fans. I thought Jericho promised us he'd defend the prized IC Title as often as he could now? Gee, right when you think that the writers will start listening to the fans, they go back to their old ways a week later. Aside from that, the Highlight Reel segment was outstanding. Great to see Y2J finally get some. I'm of the minority in that I don't see why everyone's cheering a guy who lied and faked an injury like a heel. The segment was very intense and Jericho was 100 percent believable. This could turn into an even bigger feud with an "I quit" match or other beat-down match thrown in. Did Umaga steal some diva's red pants?. Good to see Jeff Hardy in a main event, although I wish they'd have built him up more throughout the show as a true main eventer. The match timing looked really bad when Hunter and Hardy spent a good 15 seconds outside the ring before Triple H got a countout. I liked seeing Jeff Hardy end on top (literally) after the match. Keeps his legitimacy as a contender, which will be huge for the push he'll hopefully be getting. What a dumb way to end the show. We had to stick around for a commercial for that? This show could have been good, but it was overshadowed by the stupid money gimmick. I wish it was just a one-time thing but apparently it's here to stay, and that means that it now takes precedence over quality storylines and entertaining, long matches. What Chris Jericho said to Shawn Michaels tonight is true of this money angle: "The worst is yet to come."

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