text: This one got a minute and a half. The three minute commercial was longer than the two matches. Orton came out, he attacked Kofi and hit a RKO on him on the floor. This made me happy because I was worried that they would forget about the Orton/Kofi feud. Kofi doesn’t need to be in the US title hunt. He’s above that.
  Backstage, Orton talked about how it’s not over with him and Kingston. Next week they’ll have a match and he’ll end because there’s no better way to start the year than with a punt in the head. Oh, how cute.
  DX came out for their pre-match hype. Hunter commented on the place being full. It was definitely full, which isn’t an every week occurrence. Notice how they don’t mention the crowd with the empty seats. Anyway, he did their intro with the usual gay jokes while HBK busted out the “not that there’s anything wrong with that” line from Seinfeld. It’s well over a decade old and still funny. That’s why it’s the best comedy show ever. Before the commercial, Jericho came out and sat in the crowd with a ticket in his hand, giving him a front row seat.
  They said Show picked Chavo because he could neutralize Hornswoggle. Yes, because when you need a partner to challenge the tag champs the best choice is THE GUY THAT LOSES TO THE MIDGET ALL THE FUCKING TIME. I don’t know why I yelled. It felt necessary. The match got five minutes, which is like an eternity for Raw. They won after Hornswoggle attacked Chavo and HHH beat him with a Pedigree. Yes, two future Hall of Famers had to cheat to beat the guy that loses to the midget. I guess this means Hornswoggle is better than them.
  Post match, Jericho threw a tantrum and Michaels superkicked him. Hunter says he gets the rematch, but if they lose next week he’s gone from Raw forever. Unlike the last forever, it’s real this time. Until the next three hour Raw, I guess. Forever!
  Next week we get Bret Hart as the guest host, Orton vs. Kingston (give Kofi the win please!), DX vs. Jerishow for the tag titles and no John Cena because he’ll be at the Fiesta Bowl in Phoenix although they didn’t say that last part. They’re loading up the show to counter TNA even though they say they aren’t worried. They shouldn’t be worried, but they are also smart to load up next week.
  Oh man, they brought Timbaland to introduce the main event. I’m surprised he didn’t fall over. Dude really looked wasted. He barely got the intros out. Why would they have him intro them when this match was starting after the two hours meaning it was going to be short anyway?
  The match of the century according to Timbaland! And it got just over two minutes. Cena went for the AA, but Sheamus pulled the ref down and got DQ’d. Post-match, Cena attacked him, but when they got back in the ring Sheamus KO’d him with two kicks to the head. I guess this means a rematch at the Rumble. I think it was lame of WWE to promote this match so heavily only to give it two minutes. They really rushed it.
  I wonder if they’ll BS people and say Cena’s hurt from the kicks. I doubt they’ll promote him much at the Fiesta Bowl in Arizona considering it’s going opposite Raw.
  I think I’m being kind with the 4.5. Hey, better than the 3’s that I gave it the last couple of weeks. These three weeks of Raw were absolutely brutal. Timbaland was a terrible host. He clearly was on something. At least they didn’t have him dominate the show like some of the other bad guest hosts, though. See how positive I am? How much actual in-ring action was on this show? I have it at roughly 16 or 17 minutes. In two hours and 15 minutes! Brutal. I know I have Smackdown to watch for my WWE wrestling fix, but that’s pretty low even for Raw standards.