I'm not completely sure though... the fact that they've started a new gimmick with him, with Orlando Jordan as "Virgil 2004" makes me unsure.
The Relay Match rules were a bit confusing to me at first. Once they became easier to follow though, I feel that losing large parts of the match for commercials really hurt it.
Outside of ratchetting the heat between Eddie Guerrero and Kurt Angle though I don't think the show did a lot to make us really eager to buy the PPV.