WWE Monday Night Raw 5th May 08 reviewed

After a quick review of last weeks crappy show we open with Mr McMahon boring us on the mic only to receive an EXTREMELY LOUD "Asshole, Asshole" chant ;-)

William Regal bores us on the mic ordering the lights to be turned off. More than 15 minutes of tv air time is wasted needlessly talking.

Womens Lumberjack Championship Match, Beth Phoenix vs Mickey James. Mickey James wins after interference from Melina went wrong. Awful Match.

2 on 1 Handicap Match, Paul Burchill & Katy Leah vs John Cutler. I assumed this was going to be a squash match as Burchill never seems to get involved in anything that he might lose. Yep, another awful match with Katy taking the pin & no JR on commentary during the match thanks to William Regal.

Tag Match, Chris Jericho & Shaun Micheals vs The Miz & John Morrison. With HBK playing out a knee injury & Y2J not buying it, this had all the hallmarks of a short match that was going to lead to miscommunication eventually. Well I was wrong, it was short with Jericho getting the pin off the lionsault after an assist from HBK and some sweet chin music.

Randy Orton vs CM Punk - I expected this to be pretty short as CM also has to work again in the stupidly pointless handicap match later. All of the action came from Punk prior to the lights out from Regal (pointless & a waste of tv time) which effectively ended the match with no result either way. This is WWE actually showing the fans how little respect they have for them now.

Carlito's Cabana - BORING! JBL vs DH (Harry) Smith (is this his 1st tv match?) - JBL won quickly with poor Harry jobbing big time! Oh, & the second that ref had to put hands on JBL to pull him away? That should had been a 6 month suspension with no pay right there be it kayfabe or not.

(Very Pointless) Handicap Match, Mr Kennedy & HHH vs The Entire ECW Roster which is (The Miz & John Morrison, Kofi Kingston, Tommy Dreamer, Nunzio, Chavo Guerrerro, Shelton Benjamin, Mike Knox, Elijah Burke, CM Punk, Stevie Richards, Kane & Matt Striker as well as Chavo's bodyguard Bam Neely).
It screams volumes when the entire male ECW roster is only 14 men. How sad is that? This started out with Kennedy & Elijah Burke, went to HHH & Matt Striker, to Kennedy & Mike Knox, to Kennedy & Chavo Guerrerro, to Kennedy & Kofi Kingston, to Kennedy & Tommy Dreamer, back in for Kingston, to Kennedy & Shelton Benjamin after a clash of heads with Kingston (technically Shelton tagged himself out by hitting Kingston out of the ring & Kennedy should have won off a count-out), to Kennedy & Nunzio, back in for Chavo, a few run-ins by various ECW people & Chavo getting the win from Kennedy off the frogsplash.

I won't talk about the lights off, lights on post match b**ls**t because it was exactly that. UTTER B**LS**T from the laughingly named "Creative" Team who wouldn't know an idea if it painted itself bright green and ran up and down screaming through a bullhorn "I AM AN IDEA!"