RAW 8/6
RAW on Monday night in Buffalo was highlighted by the soap opera return of Vince McMahon, complete with the just silly ending angle that Vince had a paternity suit labeled against him, meaning that there is a kid out there (and gee, don't you just know that it'll end up being a current WWE star?!) that belongs to Vince. The night was set up with a battle royale to determine a new GM, and that went to Steven Regal, which will actually turn out to be a good move. I thought it would truly be Sandman, since he's gotten a push, but instead they are going with Regal, which is a much wiser move.
The main event was Umaga vs John Cena, which was a match set up with Randy Orton and Carlito getting to pick who faced Cena is some bizarre ruling. They chose Umaga, who gave Cena a good match until Cena got the upper hand, then Orton and Carlito jumped in. Then, as they were instructing Umaga to beat on Cena, he turned on the two heels, which sets up Umaga and Cena vs Orton and Carlito next week on RAW from Madison Square Garden. The face turn for Umaga is taking place a lot faster than expected, as I thought they would make it take a little longer, but oh well.
The other somewhat big event on the show was King Booker beating Jerry Lawler, setting up Lawler having to crown Booker next week. All this will do is set up HHH's return, as I can't believe for a second that they are not going to have their big star back for MSG RAW. They have all but announced the HHH vs King Booker match for SummerSlam, and next week after they get into it at the Garden, it will become official.
It was a quick night otherwise on the wrestling front, as we had Snitsky vs Rory from the Highlanders, which was nothing more than a squash, and Jillian Hall vs Mickie James, with Jillian winning as it looks as if she'll be starting some angle with ring announcer Lillian Garcia. If that's the case, I will be sure to have a restroom break in me for that match at SummerSlam. With the Battle Royale being a big part of the night, there was not much else wrestling wise to this show.
As for the McMahon stuff, it was pretty poor. Using the congress coming after him for all his issues is not that far off from the truth, but using it for a wrestling angle is downright boring. And for good measure they throw in the whole paternity thing at the end, and it was not that watchable. Of course the wrestler that they are going to have him "father" is Mr.Kennedy - hence the Vincent Kennedy McMahon part of Vince's name. Mark it down.
