Raw Power at the Erwin Center

Wait for a broadcast of WWE Monday Night Raw and two come along at once. Monday was the first time the Erwin Center has hosted World Wrestling Entertainment's flagship show in four years, and due to international touring commitments, the matches for next week were recorded as well. Don't ask for any results: if you're a big fan, you were there. If you're a casual fan, you were watching it on TV. And no one likes a spoiler.

With a sell-out crowd of 13,001 (yeah, the full capacity is 16,755, but the Longhorns don't have the massive HD Titantron and entrance ramp taking up the east end of the arena) the atmosphere was, as announcer Jim Ross aways describes it, electrifying. That wasn't hurt by the in-ring return of Austin's own Paul London, a major appearance by fellow Austinite Mark Henry, and a show that was low on talk, high on matches.

The absence of Triple H for personal reasons may have lead to some surprise re-booking, with Snitsky in the main event. But this also meant the audience got a dream six-man-tag match with Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho, and Jeff Hardy on the same team.

But the big question: Will Raw be back? Austin is not known for being a big pro-wrestling town, and close enough to San Antonio that fans would drive. But a sell-out crowd that stayed hot through four hours of matches, that popped that loud for John Cena and that made current champion Randy Orton inaudible with its boos? That's the kind of noise that might be heard in the WWE corporate offices.