That was a rather schitzophrenic RAW. Some of it was great, some good... and some awful.

On the great front: the opening bout between Kurt Angle and Shelton Benjamin was an early contender for Match of the Week. Shawn Michels gave another great promo, and Ric Flair was riveting in his return.

In the good category: Big Show turned a dumb skit with Snitsky and his foot fetish crap into something watchable. Also, the John Cena - Chris Jericho match was okay. Is Jericho now headed to Smackdown!? The impending arrival of the new Murder Inc. tag team (Cade and Murdock) isn't exciting, but they'll bring some new blood to the anemic tag-team division.

In the awful category, pretty much everything else. Chris Masters doesn't deserve a mini-feud with Shawn Michaels. Tori Wilson and Candace "Tits McBoobsalot" Michelle on RAW (well, in Candace' case back on it), and starting a feud with new Diva Ashley - who I'm guessing can wrestle miles around them, is depressing. Seeing Matt Hardy further buried with jobbing to Rob Conway was also depressing. Chavo Guerrero's new Kerwin White character is sad even without the fact he hasn't wrestled in months.

It's a small step forward, but too much kept it from driving home.