By James Caldwell, PWTorch.com assistant editor

-- High Point: John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels. Another solid TV match between two of WWE's top stars helped advance the JBL-Michaels-Cena storyline toward WrestleMania. The match wasn't at the level of their main event match two weeks ago, but still contained a very strong set-up for the next chapter in Michaels trying to break free from JBL's employment.

-- Low Point: Shane McMahon's punches. What started off as an intriguing conclusion to the show with Shane McMahon confronting Randy Orton turned into a poor punch-fest display.

Shane was brought out by Stephanie McMahon and there was a tease of Shane turning heel to join Orton's group, but he tackled Orton to start a nice brawl. It turned ugly with Shane attempting to punch folks, then clumsily punching Kofi Kingston on stage after the Raw roster assembled in protest of Orton trying to shut down WWE.

Others Receiving votes: Too many short matches that restricted audience participation. ... C.M. Punk losing clean in three minutes to Chris Jericho one week after winning the IC Title. So much for re-building the strap.

-- Rey Mysterio, Chris Jericho, and Kofi Kingston won Elimination Chamber qualifying matches to meet World Hvt. champion John Cena at the No Way Out PPV in February. Two more slots remain.

-- No matches were advertised for next week's Raw, which broke the recent trend of promoting in advance, other than for the pre-Royal Rumble episode of TV last week.

-- Chris Jericho cut a promo on Mickey Rourke after showing a video clip from Mickey Rourke's promo on Jericho at last night's SAG awards show in Hollywood. WWE continues to set the stage for a Jericho vs. Rourke program to tie into "The Wrestler" movie.

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