The code has been broken, the walls have been broken down and so was the house! Raw was actually good last night live, from Fort Lauderdale,Florida! The first match of the night, Santino Marella pitted against Jerry Lawler was entertaining. I always enjoy seeing H.O.F. member The King beat an up and coming heel! The RKO at the end was a nice touch! The second match on the card, Jeff Hardy and Umanga...I mean Umaga was the sleeper match of the night! I didn't think these two would be able to put on a good program. The first one they did a while back was a bit lackluster in my opinion. Not so now, enter Triple H and Snitsky into the fray and you have a good solid tag match for next week.
This match was ALMOST as bad as the Hornswoggle/Carlito match! I speak of Bob Holly against foe/tag partner Cody Rhodes. Where the hell else can this angle go? They lost a hand fed title shot at Survivor Series, and the next night they are in a match against each other? At the risk of sounding a bit Seinfield-esque, "What is the deal?" What made is stomach-able was Randy Orton RKO'ing the shit outta both of them!
The diva match was entertaining as usual. I especially liked the bit with Jon Secada and Jillian Hall, it's always amusing to see an artist/celebrity do a spot with a wrestler like that. The match was so-so, I was really nervous when Jillian attempted that 450(Her finisher in OVW) and apparently hit Melina in the neck. Poor girl, her ego had probably not healed from screwing up her entry in the ring at Survivor Series! But again the bouncy and beautiful Mickie James hits the Long Kiss Goodnight on Jillian for the 3 count. If your wondering where Beth Phoenix was last night, well we were watching the show from my couch together...(IM KIDDING,I ain't that lucky!)
No D.Q. match...Hornswoggle versus Carlito....no one gives a DAMN!
Which segways into the best part of the night, the Torch Bearer arriving at the arena....and being clothslined out of his Nikes by Y2J! When he hit the ramp and the titantron showed the code video I jumped up and down like a little kid on Christmas! Beth told me to relax,(gotcha again!) no but really Jericho came out and started on the microphone like he never left at all. I like comebacks as much as the next fan, but this was something more special in my opinion. The industry needs Jericho as bad as he needs the industry. So from a greatful WWE fan I say THANK YOU AND WELCOME BACK Y2J!