The Big News: Shawn Michaels is doing his best to resist the negative influence of JBL.

Show Analysis:

The show began with a phenomenal video package on Shawn Michaels vs. JBL. These packages are always great to the point it pretty much goes without saying, but this week’s package was particularly effective in putting over last week’s angle.

Chris Jericho and Randy Orton were in the ring to protest what happened last week. They complained that Michaels, in allowing JBL to…

The Big News: JBL earned a Royal Rumble title shot, with help from Shawn Michaels.

The Big News: John Cena turned to a surprise tag team partner in Toronto.

The Big News: Randy Orton and the Legacy tried to take out Batista, and John Cena got drawn into the conflict.

The Big News: The Slammy Awards are here! Can you contain your excitement for these most monumental of awards?

The Big News: The Slammy nominees for superstar of the year were announced. Start your office pools now!

The Big News: You mean besides Brock? Survivor Series is this Sunday.

The Big News: Jeezy’s not the only one.

Show Analysis:

Batista came out to start the show. He said he wouldn’t whine about losing the title, but that he would invoke his rematch clause. Stephanie McMahon appeared on the screen and said that Batista would get a future title shot but that he won’t get the shot before Chris Jericho wrestles John Cena at Survivor Series.

She added that this edition of Raw would be about finality, including Rey Mysterio vs. Kane in a no DQ match and Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels in a last…

The Big News: Raw celebrated its third episode with a special 800 hour edition of the show.

The Big News: Next week will be a monumental moment in our nation’s history. That’s right. It’s Raw’s 800th episode…