Reactions to the last two WWE shows, which I've barely watched and the next one, which I kind of don't want to

Cyber Sunday- I'll be damned; they did finally put Batista over the Undertaker decisively. Admittedly, it took three Batista Bombs, but that's about par for the course as far as what it takes to beat the Undertaker goes. It was also nice to see these two finally get the main event after being stuck in the middle of the card during their first two PPV matches. I wonder how much that will happen now that Cena won't be around for awhile?

The rest of the card sounded solid, and if nothing else, CM Punk got to wrestle and Finlay vs. Rey actually had a finish, so it sounds like a better show than No Mercy was last month. I may give this one a rental at some point, but that's about as far as I'd go on spending money on it.

I haven't finished watching RAW yet, and I'm not sure I'm going to. It doesn't seem like much interesting happened beyond the first hour, which I did catch. Battle Royals and Diva matches are already guilty pleasures for me, so put them together and add goofy costumes, and you've got a good time that makes me feel sort of like an asshole for enjoying. There were a lot of fun little touches here, from Maria getting her tail tied to the rope, to Mickie James apparent Tatanka worship, to Victoria's banzai drop, that made this one of the more enjoyable openers in recent memory. It was also cool to see Mickie and Melina (who should always wear a showgirl outfit, I think) go at it in the little series they worked in there; it's a shame that they've both been depushed so severely, as they have a good chemistry and can do stuff none of the other Divas are capable of.

Devoting more words to the Divas than are probably neccessary, Beth Phoenix's promo sets up a pretty interesting direction for them to take with her feud with Candice, as they could really build it up while Candice is on the shelf and make her return a big, triumphant thing. That could make the usually filler-tastic Women's match at Wrestlemania mean a little more than it usually does.

I did catch the end of the show, and the one night return of DX is an interesting idea, and one I expected them to save for Survivor Series given that Umaga and Orton vs. HBK and HHH was advertised as the main event wherever they're holding the show. Of course, those things are about as reliable a deadbeat dad at Christmas, but it seemed like something they would do. It will be interesting to see how long Shawn and Orton will be working together and whether they'll be headlining the show or stuck in the middle of the card (assuming the next matches in the series don't end with low blows).

Speaking of Shawn, I've always liked the dynamics of the feud between he and Vince. While it degenerated (no pun intended) in to dumb crap like Vince putting himself over God and, well, the entire DX/McMahon feud, I liked the idea behind it, that deep down Vince resented the peace Shawn had found through his family and religion, and wanted to drag him back down in to the mud with him because of that. They quickly abandoned that in their original feud last year in favor of dick jokes and roofies in Shawn's water, so it was nice to see all that resurface in their interview last night.

ECW tonight promises a Monster Mash Battle Royal, a.k.a the only match in history where Kane is far and away the best worker and will hae to carry the whole thing to watchability. Good luck and godspeed, Mr. Jacobs.