Raw thoughts and Husky hoops

Raw was pretty decent. Nice old school ECW promo by Foley for the Orton/Foley match, and Shelton Benjamin takes another win from HHH(though a cheap countout), and then gets a big old beatdown for his troubles setting up Evolution vs. Foley, Benoit, HBK, and Benjamin next Monday on Raw. I'd say that that match will be the end of Benjamin's initial ride in the Main Event, though the dirt sites are suggesting that he might get shoehorned into the main event at Backlash. The show ended with an Evolution beatdown of the faces, suggesting a face win next week, but who knows...

Lesser things: Lita is getting a title shot at Backlash, unfortunately, as Trish has been added to the Jericho/Christian match. I guess it's okay, but I'd rather see Trish v. Vickie, since Lita still hasn't shown any of the skill she used to have.

Poor Rhyno and Tajiri. Both of them have been fed to Kane in successive weeks, but at least Rhyno's not about to be stuck in a stupid storyline with the Coach.

I pity Nick Dinsmore. Here's a guy who's been kicking around the minors for a while, and when he finally gets brought up, he's saddled with a "retard who's related to Bischoff" gimmick. Feh. I pity Steve "William" Regal more, because he returns from major heart problems, and gets stuck managing "Eugene" Dinsmore. Apparently the character is inspired by a character in "There's Something About Mary", and he started his illustrious career by licking Jerry Lawler. Hopefully, he'll go get tested for STD's tonight.

Huskies are up 14 with about 3 and a half to go, though they were up 25. Still, I don't expect a catastrophe here.