By Shane McKinley, PWTorch Absurdity specialist

I mean, c'mon. Give me one thing you can recall from the No Way Out PPV. Meanwhile, Raw had a lot of moments. You probably already have forgotten that Mick Foley is interim general manager for a week.

Is it kinda shameless to trot out Mick Foley, Roddy Piper, and Cyndi Lauper basically in one-offs for TV? You bet. But, you weren't expecting it, and I thought it was interesting to bring them back.

These interim general managers plus the blasts from the pasts acts (Vader, Piper, etc.) are nice and all, but viewers want to know that there's a future to be excited about, too.

Not so interesting to see fired Johnny get so much air-time, though. He's fired, right? Right?

The A.J.-Kane storyline is moving at the speed of evolution, and that's fine by me. Here's hoping A.J. speaks with a voicebox or sets Jim Ross on fire in tribute.

Big ups for Dolph Ziggler gutting it out and getting some love from WWE. He gets docked points for smooching cougar Vickie on the lips (Sensational Sherrie is one thing, but Vickie is another thing entirely). If that happens again, the ghost of Eddie Guerrero will kick this gringo's ass.

Best moment of the night was when they showed that Dolph Ziggler was trending worldwide.

Yes yes yes, I was rewinding that Trips-Paul Heyman verbal showdown, where Paul OWNED Trips. I wish there was more of Trips-Paul verbal showdowns...nah, I just wish for more of the Heyman Hustle on the mic.

Because of Trips's punch to Paul's face, in a while, Raw will be just two hours of Brock, Paul, and all of the world's jobbers Ryback hasn't gotten to yet.

A pissed off Alberto Del Rio destroys Santino. At the end of the match, though, a beaten Santino raised his United States Title belt up high. They're pretending that the title doesn't exist. It's kayfabe of me, but I'm still thinking, "He's got 30 days to defend it!"

I enjoyed that Cyndi Lauper/Roddy Piper bit, as random as it was. I even take a shine to Heath Slater. There have been plenty of "train wreck" segments where nobody is helped, but I thought Health Slater did a nice job out there.

As Heath was walking up to those girls, I got a bad feeling in my stomach, thinking of Heath's main claim to fame. But, it looks like Jeff Jarrett had a kid and named him Heath Slater. Plus, good ol' Cyndi made Heath bleed.

The Prime Time Playas will only survive if AW gets over. Nobody cares a lot for Black Cena and the "Make It A Win" guy in pink trunks. We understand you're pushing the tag team division, but we don't get why yet.

And, Cena...thrashes Big Johnny, just in case you were too cheap to buy the PPV, where Cena thrashed Johnny.

It seems that a lot of people hated this show, but I thought it was the show was easy to sit through. Maybe it's because of Cena's program right now.

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