-- 9/14 WWE Raw Reax

Jon Gargis of Cartersville, Ga. (7.0): Best Match: Six-person mixed tag match. Worst Match: Team Chavo vs. Team Hornswoggle. The upside of Batista's return to action was that not many expected him to do so after a relatively short time period out. The downside is that his return match buried Randy Orton a little bit more, though his loss was softened since if effectively was two-on-one after Cena entered the match. How come nobody cares when a heel steals a face's title belt? Why are there never any repercussions? Couldn't Kofi be shown at least once on camera venting about his stolen belt or chasing Miz down the hallways? Is Alicia's finisher an Axe Kick? Scissor Kick? Either way, it just looks terrible, and I don't know why she's being vaulted into the title picture while the more-talented Beth Phoenix is not. Even Kelly Kelly is more polished than Alicia and has put more time into the company. Good to see that Trish hasn't lost her ring skills and presence, and having the talented Jericho and MVP in the ring didn't hurt her two matches, either. How many times has Chavo lost to Hornswoggle? I hope his admission of defeat means the ridiculous matches are over. By the way, if we've had a different guest host each week, why did each one put Chavo in a humiliating match? Finally, I don't understand how a host has the power to book pay-per-view matches. Anyone care to explain?

Suzie Chandler of Louisville, Ky. (2.0): Best Match: None. Worst Match: The ongoing Chavo-Hornswoggle Feud. This was an awful episode of Raw. I am surprised to see so many people giving the Shawn Michaels match such a high rating. Michaels seems slow in the ring to me and is a mere shell of what he once was. Having Chavo lose to Hornswoggle once was mildly amusing, but this feud has gone on way too long and simply is not fun nor funny. What has the Glamazon done to deserve the treatment she has received for months by the WWE? Trish Stratus was a solid wrestler in her day, but to have her basically knock out a much bigger and strong wrestler like she did was ridiculous. Beth Phoenix should be much more dominant. I don't have a problem with Orton losing to Batista but he basically got destroyed. It made Orton look weak, and made Raw look weak.

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