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Be sure to check back after Raw tonight for one of J.G.'s incomparable Insanities.

Also, look for a new 51-minute "Glorious" tomorrow on ClubWWI.com where Paul Roma fires back at Ted DiBiase.

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Welcome to WWI's ongoing coverage of Raw, live from the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York.

Tonight's Co-Guest Hosts will be NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers Kyle Busch and Joey Lagano. Now there's an odd couple. Busch is well known for his whining as much for his winning. Definitely not a fan favorite. Lagano is a winner, too, and a very likeable one. In fact, I believe he is the youngest winning driver in the Cup series. Both drive for the Joe Gibbs Racing Team.

That said, if WWE was looking for drivers who could pop the crowd and be easily recognizable, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Tony Stewart or Carl Edwards might have been better choices. Carl Edwards has even done some cross-promotions with John Cena. Considering the outcome of last night's "Bragging Rights" pay-per-view, this will be a big night for Cena, and Edwards as Guest Host would have made a heck of a lot more sense. But then nobody asked me.

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The show opened with a recap of the 7-on-7 match from "Bragging Rights." Team Smackdown won when Big Show double-crossed his team.

Jerry "The King" Lawler and Michael Cole welcomed viewers to the show and JeriShow made their way to the ring as Unified Tag Champs. Jericho didn’t just have a new belt, he had a trophy.

Big Show had the nerve to say he was still a proud member of the Raw Roster. Harumphhh!

Jericho kept interrupting Show, who seemed to want to say something. He finally got a word in edgewise and said that what he'd done he'd done for himself. He'd struck a deal with Teddy Long and Big Show would be the Undertaker's next opponent.

Suddenly the sound of race cars doing burnouts was heard outside in the parking lot. The cars entered the arena, still revving their engines. Kyle Busch and Joey Logano made quite an entrance!  They had WWE paint schemes on their race cars, which they will race a week from Saturday in Texas.  Jerry Lawler will also be on hand to give the command to start the engines. 

Kyle said he was a "man's man" and was with Big Show and he congratulated him. Joey said it wasn't impressed; what Big Show had done was weak. Kyle said Joey was "young and dumb" and didn't know much about championships.

Kyle was on a roll and made fun of the local sports teams. That's what heels do, right?

Joey, literally a baby face, said it would be up to him to make the matches tonight; therefore, Big Show would be facing Triple H later tonight.

Kyle pointed to Jericho's trophy and said he had 58 of his own. He could make matches, too, and coming up next would be Jericho vs. Kofi Johnson…errr…Kingston.

If Kyle and Joey hadn't been suppressing nervous laughter, they would have been more effective.

(Commercial break)

Good match with each giving as good as he got, considering last night's battle.

(Commercial break)

Back from the break and Jericho was in control. Kingston whipped Jericho into the turnbuckle and he was just getting started. Both made pinning attempts, each with near falls. Code breaker from out of nowhere, but Kofi got his foot on the rope just in time. Trouble In Paradise from Kofi to Jericho for the winning pin.

Kofi got blindsided at the top of the ramp by Randy Orton. The crowd was chanting for Cena.

(Commercial break)

Randy Orton was still walking around backstage, yelling at people. His first victim was Josh Matthews. Orton says he's only just begun with Kofi.

Legacy joined him and said Orton had been robbed last night and they had a gift for him. They pulled the cover off a race car and presented it to Orton. 

Eve Torres was talking with Joey and Kyle, who made insider race track talk. Jack Swagger came up and asked for a championship match with John Cena. Joey and Kyle told him they couldn't do that because of the Iron Man Match last night. So, ignoring what they'd just said, The Miz appeared and asked for a WWE Championship Match, too. The Awesome One expected to beat him at the next PPV.

Santino and Melina were headed for the ring accompanied by the paps.

(Commercial break)

This was not the most technical match, but Santino is always fun to watch. HBKSwoggle interfered as Melina pinned Jillian.

After the match, someone in a suit handed Hornswoggle an envelope. The King read it to Hornswoggle, and it was a cease and decest order, barring him from dressing like DX.

(Commercial break)

Justin Roberts introduced the winner of last night's Iron Man Match, John Cena. But instead of Cena, Legacy's music hit and they came out and challenged Cena.

Cena came out and said the Orton-Cena feud needed to end and it had last night. The fans were ready for something new.  (More than ready, trust me.)

Cody said they weren't Randy and Cena agreed. Cena said that last night he'd earned the right to say "no more." But if they wanted a shot at the championship, they needed to lace their boots up and work for it. He'd had a conversation with Joey and Kyle; the match would now be now be with MVP and Mark Henry.

(Commercial break)

(Experiencing computer difficulties.)

MVP and Mark Henry took the win. How embarrassing for Legacy.

Randy Orton came out on stage, with another bone to pick, I'm sure. He was griping that the guest hosts had decided that Cena's next opponent would not be him. He was entitled to a rematch and would do what he had to in order to to get back his title.

Kofi, accentless, appeared on the TitanTron and reminded Orton that he'd lost last night. The camera panned back, and Kofi was shown standing atop Orton's precious race car. He was denting it and keying it and generally making it look like it had been in a wreck.  Kofi "painted" it for him with a big bucket of orange paint. Orton looked about to explode. And cry.

(Commercial break)

The Miz was in control of the match, nearly pulling Evan's arms out of their sockets, but Bourne began a comeback. Midway through the match Jack Swagger came out and said that the audience was not watching the match; they were watching Eve. The Miz got out of the ring to argue with Swagger and Evan Bourne was declared the winner via count out.

(Commercial break)

Next week's guest host will be the conductor of the Crazy Train, Ozzy Osbourne, and his wife Sharon.

Backstage, Kyle and Joey were sitting with the Bella Twins watching the show. Jamie Noble came to the ring and began sucking up to Kyle Busch. In return, Kyle gave him a match with Seamus, the Celtic Warrior, who was appearing on Raw for the first time.

Seamus was handing Jamie his behind in his debut match. After a kick to the face, he pinned Jamie, 1-2-3.

DX was headed to the ring for some retribution.

(Commercial break)

The announcers hinted that some retribution may be coming Big Show's way, since most everyone backstage was angry with him for his double-cross at "Bragging Rights."

Speaking of which, Triple H said he'd spoken with Joey and the match would now be a lumberjack match. And a no-disqualification lumberjack match.  And the lumberjacks would be all the folks Big Show had screwed over last night. Oh, and one last thing, the special guest referee would be John Cena.

(Commercial break)

During the break, the lumberjacks took turns picking on Big Show, but Big Show continued to pick on his opponent. He was wearing Triple H out. Triple H got his wits about him again and went for a Pedigree. Big Show reversed it, but darned if referee Cena hadn't injured his hand and could not make the count.

The lumberjacks all took turns pummeling Big Show in the ring. Santino got a choke slam, but Show got a Trouble in Paradise from Kofi.

In the end, HBK tuned up the band and gave Big Show a super kick and Triple H pinned him for the win.

Joey and Kyle came out and thanked the audience. Then said they were going to announce Cena's opponent for Survivor Series.  At first it appeared to be Hornswoggle. Just kidding, I guess. Actually, it would be a Triple Threat Match: John Cena vs. Triple H vs. HBK. None of the three knew quite what to make of that one.

Don't forget to tune in the NASCAR Nationwide race a week from Saturday to see the Raw and Smackdown race cars in action.  And maybe even the Randy Orton one, too.