Never say never in the world of wrestling, and that fact was never more on display than on Monday night in Fresno, as the WWE threw a few curveballs in what was another outstanding RAW. The main event saw Rated RKO take on the tag champs and soon to be WrestleMania opponents - John Cena and Shawn Michaels. All night the show teased Michaels' history of turning on "friends," and the feeling was he would do the same to Cena. In the end, it was Rated RKO that suffered a breakup, as Edge walked out on Orton in the tag title match, leaving Edge as a willing victim to Cena-Michaels as they picked up the win to keep the belts.

I have predicted that they needed to get the belts away from Cena and Michaels for the past few weeks, and last night I was stunned with the outcome of the show, which meant that it was very good. I will hold true to that they need to move the belts, but for now, you walked away from the show wondering what it going to happen next to Rated RKO, as well as is there still a chance that Michales and Cena will turn on each other. That makes for good TV, and last night was that for sure.

The other big announcement on the show was Bobby Lashley, in not a surprise, being named the guy that will represent Donald Trump in the challenge against Umaga, who will be representing Vince McMahon. The two had a rather strong segment, as Lashley came to the ring with tons of "security," and after Vince poked him, Umaga and Lashely went at each other for a few minutes. The call of the brawl by JR and Jerry Lawler was strong as well, and made the brawl even better than what it was. They also stated after the brawl that "the board" wants a guest ref, and we all know already that the guest ref will be Steve Austin.

I felt the other big highlight to the show was a great match as a "Money in the Bank" qualifier between Jeff Hardy and Shelton Benjamin. The bout really showed the strength of the two high-flyers, and in the end, Hardy was able to hit the swanton bomb and get the win. The win puts him in the match for Mania, which now has been extended to eight men instead of the six that it has been the last two years. Hardy's win also screws up what I had been thinking would be a MNM - Hardy match for Mania, possibly with two other teams from SmackDown, one of course being the champs - London and Kendrick. They still can use MNM for Mania together, as with Nitro losing last week, he is out of the event for now.

Speaking of Nitro, they also teased a breakup of he and Melina, as he told her to shut up backstage after she was whining about Ashley once again. Then Nitro came to the ring on his own and gave a beat down to Super Crazy, which was well done. They are playing off that Nitro is all upset about losing to C.M. Punk last week, and that he is now showing this new aggressive attitude. Melina also came out on her own, and beat Maria in a quick match. Next week Melina takes on Mickie James in a falls count anywhere match for the title.

Kane and Great Khali also had another run in, as Chris Masters, who's stock is as low as ever, tried to do a masterlock challenge on Khali, and then Kane came in to beat down the 7+ footer. In the process, Masters took a vicious chair shot from Kane, but it was all done basically to push the two big men for Mania, in a match that could be announced within the next two weeks. That match could be the worst on the card with the way that Khali works.

In the feel good moment of the night, they announced Jerry "The King" Lawler for this years

WWE Hall of Fame. Lawler looked humbled by the announcement, and he is a great choice for this years class. I would think without a doubt that JR will be his presenter, as its a perfect fit. I have had the pleasure of two sit down interviews with Lawler over the past 7 years, and he is always a very down to earth, humble guy to talk to. One interview I did with him at an Indians game back in 2000, he even called me a few days later to thank me for the interview after reading it. Overall the WWE got this one right.

Overall those were the main highlights of the show. Vince said he'd be at ECW tonight to harass Lashley, who is slated to fight Bob Holly in a cage. I can see Umaga being there to give Lashley a beat down after the match, and further that feud. I was again encouraged by the show, as the storylines and effort right now is about a good as its been in a long time. ECW should be a basic, straight forward show tonight with the Lashley-Holly cage match, as well as interaction with the ECW Originals and the New Breed as they continue to build towards a WM match.