Yes, both RAW and SmackDown! rosters are in Japan this week. Just this past monday on RAW:
- Because RAW was in Japan, Yokohama native Tajiri drew the largest pop in the arena. He and William Regal defeated La Resistance to become the new Tag champs.
- And because RAW was in Japan, we actually had quality matches. Even HHH's match with Edge was worth watching. Why doesn't this ever happen in the U.S. anymore?
- As usual, any diva contest in the ring is worthless. For the Japanese crowd, Jerry "The King" Lawler hosted an "All-American Fashion Show" featuring Maria, Victoria and Christy Hemme. Simon Dean ran in to interrupt the contest to provoke Hawaiian sumo legend Akebono and tell the Japanese audience that just because they like sumo wrestling doesn't mean they have to look like one. He then went on to bag each of the divas. "Christy, don't tell me you spent all your $250,000 on junk food! Maria, you're supposed to look like a cowgirl, but you just look like a cow." Christy responded with a low blow on Simon.
- Batista squashed Maven in less than 20 seconds. So much for Maven's push...
- The Benoit/Y2J submission match alone was well worth the entire show.