There's so much going on this week that I'm breaking BOS into two parts. This is the first part of the article, and I'll post the second part later today.

Today's Rundown: Donald Trump, owner of Raw? Huge announcements falling flat, fatal four way for the WWE Championship, The Bash main event given away for free on Raw, battle royal to determine Randy Orton's challenger

Donald Trump is the new owner of Raw: It's fitting that Trump made his money in real estate, because I am selling this. I was not into Trump when he appeared at and around WrestleMania 23 and I am not into him now. On top of that, this has "temporary" written all over it when Raw needs a jolt of new blood combined with consistency right now. On top of that, is he going to appear sporadically in badly produced "live" interviews?

The idea that there can be an 'owner' of Raw: I am selling this and it was my big problem with the whole situation. Since when are there owners of specific shows? So, Vince McMahon sold ownership of Raw to Donald Trump; but Vince still owns the company? Or is Raw no longer under the WWE umbrella? This whole thing makes my head spin. It's new, which is to be applauded, but it doesn't make an ounce of sense.

Vince McMahon's big announcement: Once again, I am selling. I listed this separately because "big announcements" have to live up to the hype, or then some, in order to be a hit with the audience. I remember Kevin Nash saying that right before he introduced Shawn Michaels as the newest member of the New World Order. This announcement died and unfortunately, nobody cared.

Triple H vs. Randy Orton vs. Big Show vs. John Cena for the vacant WWE Championship: As I expected, the match itself was solid enough, but I am still selling. I am not one of those people that is going to say "we need to overhaul the entire main event picture." However, I have always advocated keeping things fresh with new talent at the top of the card. There needs to be a fine balance and this match screamed "same old stale booking."

Randy Orton wins the WWE Championship: I'll buy it given those who were in the match. Triple H or John Cena winning would not have gone over too well. Big Show winning would have just been an avenue for Cena to beat him yet again and win the title, so it would have just been delaying the inevitable.

WWE's unwillingness to take a chance on someone: I am selling this, but their booking forced them to book the four way for the WWE Championship. Sure, MVP or The Miz would have been great, had they been booked more strongly over the past several weeks. Who cares though? Take a chance! Randy Savage won the tournament at WrestleMania IV. That was taking a chance. Cena chasing Miz for the title would be a lot of fun and then Triple H and Randy Orton could finish their feud without holding up the title.

Randy Orton defends the title against Triple H next week on Raw in a Last Man Standing match: Okay, there is a pay-per-view in two weeks (and I will be in attendance) and although we've seen Triple H vs. Randy Orton before, they better have something huge up their sleeve for The Bash. I am selling giving this match away for free next week after all of the title matches this week and with a pay-per-view in two weeks.

Battle royal to determine Randy Orton's opponent at The Bash: I'll buy the majority of this. It was nice to see Kofi Kingston in the match late. It was nice to see Legacy and The Miz in the match late. However, Legacy was eliminated awfully easily and Miz was made to look like a goof a bit. Triple H vs. John Cena was predictable at the end, and while they are both legitimate top guys, it was just too predictable. By the way, I'm guessing the severity of Batista's injury was undetermined at Extreme Rules because unless they hot shot a title change for ratings purposes, it made zero sense to take the belt off of Orton only to put it right back on him.

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