Raw Hits and Misses for July 21

Hits
- Chris Jericho and Lance Cade: Cade brings a new development to the Jericho-HBK feud which has been fueled by stellar promos by both men. On Monday, Cade defeated Paul London who sold very well and Y2J excelled on the mic.
- D-Lo Brown's Return: After working several dark matches, D-Lo defeated Santino Marella on Monday during Santino's open challenge. D-Lo returns to the company after 5 years in Japan and TNA as an agent. He has still kept the "Frogsplash (Low Down)" sharp. I hope he gains a worthy position on Raw such as an IC Title challenger.
- IC Title Feud: A mixed tag on Monday, IC Champ Kofi Kingston and Women's Champ Mickie James versus Paul and Katie Lea Burchill, furthered both title feuds. The Burchills are developing well and Kofi and Mickie still have the fans on their sides.
- Duggan and Lawler Versus Rhodes and DiBiase: After being humiliated by the Tag Champs a week earlier, Hacksaw Jim Duggan was announcing his retirement Monday when Jerry Lawler told him to ignore Rhodes and DiBiase, second and third generations prodigies respectively. Duggan is actually enjoyable on the mic as well as the young but ready World Tag Champs. This could be a solid feud considering Jim and Jerry's decision to stay in shape.
- Santino and Beth Phoenix: Two weeks ago on Raw Santino was defeated by Beth Phoenix, the taker of his open challenge. This week, Beth came to ringside during Santino's challenge with D-Lo Brown. After the match, Beth and Santino reluctantly caught themselves in a kiss that sparked the crowd's immediate interest. This skit was nice comedic relief for Raw compared to John Cena's "JBL is poopy." bit two weeks ago.
Misses
- John Cena Pins DiBiase in Six Man Tag: For the past couple of months, WWE has made it a goal to make the tag division seem important. All was almost lost on Raw Monday when John Cena, teamed with Cryme Tyme, pinned one of the Tag Team Champs Ted DiBiase Jr, teamed with his partner Cody Rhodes and JBL. This might signal that WWE is back to their old ways of jobbing out the Tag Champs who are more than worthy of victories.
- The Topsy Turvy Main Event: With Batista and John Cena tangling, it looks like CM Punk's next PPV opponent for the World Title will be JBL, maybe. Its also unknown where Kane will end up by Summerslam, and it isn't even certain that Batista and Cena will face off. Also, Punk really hasn't defeated a huge star. With decisions over only JBL and Snitsky, it is beginning to look as if WWE doesn't trust CM as World Champion. More importantly on Raw, Batista and Punk fought to another no decision. Why couldn't Punk have gotten the win?